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  MARCH  2010

JUSTICE CRUZ REYNOSO TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CADC 2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SEMINAR SET FOR MARCH 19 AND 20 IN SACRAMENTO

Our 2010 CADC Conference will take place in Sacramento at the Holiday Inn, Sacramento Capitol Plaza on March 19 and 20, 2010.  We are thrilled to have a great lineup this year for both criminal and dependency tracks.

On Friday, we start at noon with an informal buffet lunch with the CADC Board and project directors, followed by the project directors speaking and responding to our questions.  (Participation in the buffet lunch is not required for this presentation.)  Then we will have our yearly members meeting and board of directors meeting.  Next we will hear from Justice Arthur Scotland, Presiding Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal, after which former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso will be our keynote speaker.  Then we will go to Old Sacramento for no-host cocktails at Fats Catering, followed by our annual dinner with entertainment by member Chip Northup's group, the Crawdads, joined by former Yolo County Public Defender, Barry "the Fish" Melton.  It promises to be a magical evening of friendship and camaraderie in Old Sacramento.

On Saturday March 20, 2010, the criminal track speakers and topics will be:

Michelle May “Challenging the Challenger: The Art of Batson Appellate Advocacy”; Norton Tooby “Appellate Issues Involving Criminal Immigration Law”; Stephen Greenberg “Deconfusing-and Using-Instructional Standards of Review”; Carolyn Wiggin "Setting the Stage to Give Your Client a Fair Shot in Federal Court"; and Bill Davies “Getting Your Clients the Credits They Deserve.”  Unfortunately Beth Campbell is unable to do her presentation on “Spotting Trends and Issues in Fourth Amendment Cases,” but in her place Jon Berger and Sachi Wilson will present a tech seminar relevant to appellate practice entitled "Getting the Most Out of Your Computer: Setting It Up to Work for You, Not against You."

The Dependency track speakers and topics will be:

Brad Bristow & Melissa Nappan: “Writing a Compelling Brief”; Kimberly Cluff “ICWA in 2010: Tribal Customary Adoption and Other Developments”; Kevin Thurber “California Dependency Attorneys for Parents (CalDAP) a new Statewide Parent Advocacy Group”; Anna Wong & youth presenters from Project WHAT, "Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Youth"; Nell Bernstein “All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated”; Jan Sherwood “Trends in Dependency Law: Where the Courts Seem to be Heading This Week.”

We plan to offer 9.25 hours of MCLE credit.  The cost is very reasonable, $150 for Friday programs, Saturday programs and lunch, $20 for Friday lunch (anyone can attend the program as part of the conference fee) and $45 for Friday dinner.  Holiday Inn, Sacramento Capitol Plaza is offering a special CADC rate of $115, plus tax, for reservations made by February 17, 2010.  After February 17, 2010, you may call Janelle Loberg to see if there are any rooms available in our block by calling the hotel directly at 916-446-0100 or 1-800-Holiday and asking for Ms. Loberg and mentioning the group by name (CADC Annual Meeting) and asking for the group rate.  A booking link also appears here, but the group rate may no longer be available unless you call Ms. Loberg:http://cadc.net/annualconference/
 

You may also be able to obtain better rates by booking through an online booking service or using your AAA or AARP or other discount cards.  Please let Linda Conrad (lindajconradlaw@gmail) know if you book through another venue so we can put you in our block.  The Vagabond Inn Executive Old Town,909 3rd Street,Sacramento, CA 95814 is nearby and may be another option.  A Sacramento City Parking Tower is right next to the Holiday Inn and is $12.00 per night for people staying at the Holiday Inn and $15.00 per day for everyone else.

We hope to see you there!

GREENPATH SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, LLC - ATTYXPRESS ELECTRONIC BRIEF DELIVERY SERVICE IN PILOT OPERATION WITH THE SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

There is still plenty of capacity to process your briefs online for the Second District Court of Appeal.  If you have an upcoming filing in the Second District, please give the service a try - save yourself some inconvenience, some time and save the State of California some money. Electronic Filing is in our future, get comfortable with it now - while the pressure is low.  No one has to "Go Completely Electronic" to get value from using this service.  AttyXpress is strictly web-based - there is NO need to download and install Software to use the service. Just register for free.  Go to the website: www.greenpathsoftware.com and click on the large green button to get started.  At the Xetee website Click the REGISTER button to register as a USER.  Once you are onboard the authentication site, click the turquoise Attorney Express button to complete your USER Registration on AttyXpress.  Then you can begin to build your distribution list in anticipation of an upcoming brief.  Using the service should be simple enough not to require any training. Contact us for help at Service@greenpathsoftware.com or call the Customer Service phone line 510-612-2068.
 
Look for GreenPath Software Solutions, LLC at the CADC 2010 Annual Conference/Seminar set for March 19 and 20 in Sacramento. We will be there to demonstrate the AttyXpress Electronic Brief Delivery Service in person and meet as many of you as we can.  Stop by and introduce yourself.  Let us know about your experience as an appellate attorney and how we can help you do the important work that you do faster and easier.

A new release of AttyXpress software is being installed on Sunday, February 28.  If you try the service that day and it is unavailable, give us an hour and try again or call our customer service line.  Our software update should not take long and it has these improvements to the system:

1) We made the registration on AttyXpress easier to understand with some better language on the screen.

2) We also remind you to double check your names, addresses, etc. on the Preview screen you get to when you hit the Finalize Distribution List button.

.  .  .  And then we tell you how to make corrections, if you do not like what you see that you have entered. If you do not make changes at this point in the process it quickly becomes too late to change. :-)

3) We have added some functionality to improve the system-generated Proof of Service documents, especially for Juvenile cases. (i.e. added name suppression.)

Next we will be adding support for the Division Offices.

Reminder: Both Jay Kohorn and Joseph Lane (actually Diana Torti) are acting as the single point for electronic downloads of briefs for their offices AND BOTH want an electronic copy of all filings made using AttyXPress (Though the electronic copy does not yet count for filing, we are preparing for the time when it can :-) - so please be sure to "check the box" to add electronic copies to your order for both Jay Kohorn at LACAP and the Second DCA.  If you need to, you can add the office once with only the electronic copy, and then add it again for any changes you may need to make to the name or address for the paper copies.

Building a Green Path to the Future  .  .  .  .  .  .  Our Future California!

PROFESSOR LAWRENCE C. MARSHALL TO SPEAK AT FRIEDMAN BAR ASSOCIATION DINNER

The Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association invites you to attend its annual dinner featuring Stanford Law School professor, Lawrence C. Marshall, who will speak on “Recent Developments in Capital Punishment and Criminal Justice Reform.”  The event will be held on Thursday, March 11th at 5:30 p.m. at Vizcaya Pavilion & Mansion located at 2019 21st Street in Sacramento.   The cost for dinner is $45 for members; $55 for non-members; and $20 for students.  RSVP to info@jsaclaw.org by March 1, 2010.

Professor Marshall co-founded and served as the legal of director of Northwestern University’s world-renowned Center on Wrongful Convictions.  The Center’s success in freeing numerous wrongfully convicted Illinois death row inmates made national headlines.  In commuting the sentences of all prisoners on the state’s death row, Illinois Governor George Ryan credited Professor Marshall’s excellent work.  Many other states have re-examined their capital punishment statutes in reaction to similar efforts.

Professor Marshall is the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of the Mills Legal Clinic for Stanford Law School, where he has expanded the focus of public interest litigation. He clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.  This is a unique opportunity to hear a true innovator in the law.  For additional information, contact the Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association at info@jsaclaw.org.

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CADC'S MCLE LIBRARY

CADC's MCLE Library is now up and running! Our CADC Web site now has MCLE self-study articles available with topics including an introduction to dependency law, a guide to reading and summarizing criminal appellate records, and a checklist for augmentation and rule 8.340 requests – with more articles to come.  There is a $20 charge for each MCLE certified hour.  (You can read the articles for free.)  To access: go to our home pagewww.cadc.net and then click on MCLE Library.
 

CADC SEEKS MEMBER ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING OUR BRIEF BANK UP TO DATE

CADC members are asked to contribute their recent briefs to CADC's brief bank. Recent criminal law briefs should be attached to an e-mail and sent to Conrad Petermann at firm@cpetermann.com. Recent dependency briefs should be sent as an e-mail attachment to Valerie Sopher at vsopher@sbcglobal.net.

The brief bank may be accessed in the "Members Only" section of CADC's Web site at www.cadc.net. Keeping our brief bank constantly updated with new and better arguments makes the CADC brief bank a more valuable tool for all of our members.

Also, in order to improve the quality and effectiveness of the brief bank, CADC is asking its members' help in culling duplicative arguments or arguments which have become stale in light of subsequent case law developments.

For example, any brief bank argument which attacks the ex post facto application of a statute of limitation without discussing Stogner v. California (2003) 123 S.Ct. 2446, or any cruel and unusual punishment attack upon a Three Strikes sentence which fails to mention Ewing v. California (2003) 123 S.Ct. 1179, is no longer viable. Another problem is with duplicative arguments -- e.g., obviously, we do not need multiple copies of standard attacks on CALJIC Nos. 1.23.1, 2.50.1, or 2.90. And occasionally a member may come across a brief bank argument containing a clearly flawed legal analysis. 

If you run across any brief bank argument which appears to suffer from such infirmity, please bring it to the attention of M.K. Cecil, our brief bank clerk. Send an e-mail to M.K. Cecil using the link located on the brief bank screen. Include the title of the argument and a description of the problem.

SUSTAINING MEMBER BENEFIT

One of the benefits of becoming a CADC sustaining member is that this includes admission to CADC's annual seminar at no additional cost. In order to make this benefit more flexible and useful, the CADC Board has voted to amend this benefit to provide that the annual CADC statewide seminar may be attended for free either by the CADC sustaining member or by a person designated by the sustaining CADC member to attend the seminar in his or her stead.

ARE YOU TREATING CADC MESSAGES LIKE SPAM?

We have learned that some CADC members have not been receiving our messages because their spam filters have blocked CADC e-mail announcements. Problems have come up as to some members who use popular Internet services such as AOL, PacBell, Adelphia and Verizon. CADC sends out notices from the following addresses: renewals@mail.cadc.net,  raysilverio@gmail.com, webmaster@cadc.net  and walt@wfkplaw.com.  Messages from these sources should be cherished and read. If you have not been receiving CADC messages from these sources please check and set your spam controls to unblock messages from these e-mail addresses.

CADC WEB SITE INFO

Members should remember that our Web site is the place to indicate changes to your e-mail address and to check on e-mail address changes for fellow members. To make changes to your contact information: Log in to the Member Area, click on My Profile, enter your User Name and Password. At that point you will be able to make any desired changes to your contact information. When you have finished, click Update to save your changes. To obtain the contact information of other members: from the Members area of the Web site, click on Members.

Linda Walker is the person to contact regarding questions and problems about your membership and dues. Also, CADC members who have problems logging on to our Web site should contact our technology guru, Linda. If your problem has to do with the CADC Web site not realizing that you have paid your current membership dues, your inquiry to Linda Walker should include whether you paid by check or credit card and the approximate date of the transaction. Linda can be reached at renewals@mail.cadc.net  or (310) 968-2221.

CADC LISTSERVES

CADC now has six listserves available to our members: Chat, Practice, Criminal Law, Dependency Law, Capital Counsel and New Attorneys. For more information or to sign up for any of CADC's listserves, go to the listserve area of our Web site www.cadc.net.

CADC-SPONSORED MALPRACTICE POLICY

In connection with Complete Equity Markets (CEM), CADC is offering its members a special deal on a custom-tailored malpractice insurance policy.  This policy is relatively inexpensive and is geared toward CADC members who handle some privately-retained cases in addition to their court-appointed appeals. 
     
For a copy of the CADC malpractice insurance policy and an application, call Complete Equity Markets and ask CEM to mail you copies of these materials.  Telephone: 1-800-323-6234.  You can look over the policy and, if you want to obtain coverage, the application takes less than a hour to fill out.  You will get a premium quote within a couple of weeks after submitting  your application.  The premium varies with the percentage of your income derived from non-project appointed cases. 

You can obtain this information – the policy application and a price quote – by going to the Complete Equity Markets Web site at www.cemins.com and clicking on the link to Public Defenders/Assigned Counsel Limited Practice Coverage.  You can submit your application or send CEM an e-mail at that site, with any questions you may have.

Monthly payments and financing for the payment of annual premiums is now available at very low rates. Contact Complete Equity Markets for more information.  If you have any questions regarding this insurance policy contact CADC members Gordon Brownell at gsbrownell@aol.com or (707) 942-4565, or Dave Lampkin at dplampkin@aol.com or (805) 389-7769.

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 BAY AREA

BAY AREA DEPENDENCY APPEALS CHAPTER

CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER

DAVIS APPELLATE DEPENDENCY ATTORNEYS

KLAMATH FALLS CHAPTER

LA SOUTH BAY CHAPTER

LOS ANGELES APPELLATE LAWYERS

MARIN CHAPTER

NEVADA-PLACER COUNTY CHAPTER

NEW MEXICO CHAPTER

PASADENA CHAPTER

REDWOOD EMPIRE APPELLATE LAWYERS [REAL]

SACRAMENTO/DAVIS CHAPTER

For information contact Curt Zimansky at zimansky@cal.net or (530) 220-3713.

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER

SAN JOSE CHAPTER

SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER

VALLEY/VENTURA CHAPTER

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UPCOMING DEFENSE SEMINARS

The Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association invites you to attend its annual dinner featuring Stanford Law School professor, Lawrence C. Marshall, who will speak on “Recent Developments in Capital Punishment and Criminal Justice Reform.”  The event will be held on Thursday, March 11th at 5:30 p.m. at Vizcaya Pavilion & Mansion located at 2019 21st Street in Sacramento.   The cost for dinner is $45 for members; $55 for non-members; and $20 for students.  RSVP to info@jsaclaw.org by March 1, 2010.
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California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) will be presenting its Forensic Science & Technology Seminar on March 26-27 at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. For information contact CACJ at (916) 643-1800.

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California Public Defenders Association
(CPDA) will be presenting its Winning Strategies for a New Decade Seminar on April 10 at the Koni Kai Resort in San Diego. For information call CPDA at (800) 538-4993.

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California Public Defenders Association
(CPDA) will be presenting its Annual Convention on May 12-15 at the Palm Springs Hilton Hotel. For information call CPDA at (800) 538-4993.

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California Public Defenders Association
(CPDA) will be presenting its DUI Seminar on June 4 and 5 at the Koni Kai Resort in San Diego. For information call CPDA at (800) 538-4993.

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California Public Defenders Association
(CPDA) will be presenting its Criminal Defense Seminar on July 9 and 10 at the Monterey Beach Hotel. For information call CPDA at (800) 538-4993.

LEGAL RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE

TABLES OF CONTENTS AND AUTHORITIES. Very fast, scrupulously accurate preparation of tables of contents and authorities for briefs and petitions. WordPerfect only (any version). If you like, I'll correct the citation style as needed (California Style Manual or Bluebook). 24-hour turnaround. $75/hr. Marty Kassman, (415) 564-6732, marty@kassman.com.

EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL POST-CONVICTION ATTORNEY AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACT WORK. Member of the California Bar. 1998 Boalt Hall graduate and California Law Review member/editor with exceptional research and writing skills and significant criminal law experience, including three years as an HCRC staff attorney handling post-conviction death penalty habeas cases, available to provide high quality work on appellate and habeas cases including summarizing transcripts; spotting, developing, researching and writing claims; and editing briefs and writs. Excellent references and writing samples available upon request. Please contact Ellise Nicholson atelliserachel@hotmail.com or (415) 385-5516.
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EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL APPELLATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SEEKS PART-TIME WORK TO SUPPLEMENT HIS OWN PRACTICE.  My legal researching and  writing skills are superb.  I am a former instructor of Moot Court and Legal Writing at Hastings.  Contact christopherloveesq@earthlink.net.
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TOP NOTCH LEGAL RESEARCHER AND WRITER, a retired attorney, available to serve you.  If you want to outsource work in order to expand your practice or are already overburdened, please contact me.  I can provide you with relief by completing high quality research and writing projects for you.  Contact Michael Friedman at MikeFrdman@aol.com or (510) 758-4045.
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CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND CONSUMER LAWYER WANTS SUPERVISED WORK TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN APPELLATE AND/OR HABEAS LAW.  I am a new CADC member.  I have been a member of the Cal Bar since, 1975, doing PI, Criminal Defense and Consumer Law in Marin, Sonoma, SF, and East Bay.  I have done a handful of Federal and State appeals and would like to work under supervision to gain experience doing appellate and/or habeas work.  I have Westlaw and good analytical writing and research skills.  Greg Anton, PO Box 299, Lagunitas, CA 94938; (415) 789-8535; greganton@wildblue.net 
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SEEKING CRIMINAL APPEAL EXPERIENCE.  Golden Gate University 2001 grad with law and motion and civil appellate experience seeks experience writing criminal appeals.  Availability to assist with research and drafting.  Very reasonable and negotiable fee.  Please contact Jeffrey Ginsberg at ginsberg@briefsandmotions.info. 

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HASTINGS GRADUATE BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PROVIDES RESEARCH & WRITING SERVICES TO ATTORNEYS, including memos, briefs, and litigation-related archival & public records research. $30/hr or flat fee. Contact Julie Masal at jkmasal@earthlink.net  or (410) 477-0380.
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SEEKING CRIMINAL APPEAL EXPERIENCE. Boalt Hall Class of ‘97 grad with large law firm experience seeks experience writing criminal appeals. Available immediately to assist with research and drafting. Very reasonable and negotiable rates. Please contact me at cts123@hotmail.com

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SAN DIEGO/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Writing services. Award winning journalist with JD can help with appeals, background reports, investigations, memoranda. Accurate, prompt, reasonable, cheerful. Contact Richard Acello at (619) 297-1239 or richace@cox.net. 
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ATTORNEY FOR CRIMINAL APPELLATE WORK. Transcript summary, analysis and research. $30/hour. Contact David Saunders: dsslaw@earthlink.net  or (510) 849-4424.

EXPERIENCED J.D. TO HANDLE CRIMINAL APPEALS. Nine years managing indigent felony appeals program at CAP-Los Angeles. Will provide transcript summary, analysis, research and writing. Also will proof/edit appellate briefs. $45/hour. References and samples available upon request. Contact Robert: repla@pacbell.net or (510) 387-4670.
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EXPERIENCED CONTRACT ATTORNEY WILL OUTLINE TRIAL RECORDS, DRAFT WELL-CRAFTED STATEMENTS OF FACT.  For the past fifteen years, I have maintained a specialty practice preparing finely-crafted draft Statements of Fact for criminal and dependency appeals. I also provide a meticulous outline of the entire Reporter's Transcript, detailing all testimony of possible relevance, noting every objection, and summarizing proceedings that take place out of the presence of the jury. For the past several years I have worked on a part-time basis with Dennis Riordan and Don Horgan in San Francisco. I've recently expanded my practice, am now also working with two CADC colleagues, and would like to develop a few additional CADC working relationships as well. If I can be of help to you in your appellate practice, please contact me. Joseph Tieger, 925-377-6208 orJT@REACHINGOUT.ORG.

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE ASSISTANCE

COMPENSATION CLAIM FORM FOR MACINTOSH OR WINDOWS. No other special applications or programs are needed. Send check for $88.00 (including sales tax and postage), along with the following information: name, address, telephone number, Social Security or taxpayer ID number, and state bar number, to Mary McCurdy, 808 Notre Dame Drive, Woodland, CA 95695 ((530) 666-5034). Be sure to specify whether you need the Mac version or the Windows version (and indicate which version of Windows you are using).

BOOKKEEPING

BEST BOOKKEEPING. No time to record your expenses, etc., for tax purposes? Let me take over with Quicken! I provide expert, quality service and charge affordable prices. Susan Stevenson (760) 765-1539 orTheput@aol.com.  


PUBLICATIONS

ATTENTION DEPENDENCY LAWYERS:  California Juvenile Dependency Case Law Updates, 1991-June 2009. Summaries of most dependency cases since 1991 organized by subject. $70.00 for CADC members, public defenders and panel attorneys. Send check with order to: Janet G. Sherwood, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 778, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0778.


TRANSLATORS

ENGLISH AND THAI translators provide translation and desktop publishing of a wide variety of documents by well qualified individuals. Extensive legal and business translation experience. Please contact Keith & Marisa Ensminger at 209-385-0425 tel, 209-385-3747 fax or visit our web site at www.thailinguist.com. 
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SPANISH/ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: Correspondence and other written communications translated between Spanish and English. Telephone translations, prison visits with counsel, and fax and e-mail services available. $30/hour. For additional information, please contact Kata Brownell at phone: (707) 942-0799; fax: (707) 942-8520; or e-mail: ksbrownell@aol.com  
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SPANISH TRANSLATOR. Excellent for attorney-client communications, briefs, court orders and other legal documents. Quick turnaround time. Rate: $40/hour (negotiable). Mateo Rosen. Phone: (415) 695-1652; fax: (510) 670-5055 (Attention: M. Rosen); e-mail: mateo.rosen@gmail.com. 
 

 OTHER SERVICES

26+ YEARS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LICENSED P.I. AVAILABLE FOR TYPING TAPE TRANSCRIPTS, i.e., law enforcement/prosecution/defense interviews, dispatch calls, etc. – any choice of format in Word or WP; extensive investigation experience ranging from DUIs to/including 187 PC’s & Death Penalty cases, so very familiar with vernacular, slang, codes; have typed many transcripts for court use in variety of cases; can type other documents in other specialty areas if format is defined; have equipment for video-to-audio transfer; have FedEx account for send/delivery; contact Kalli G. Bolanis, P.O. Box #1961, Joshua Tree, CA 92252; (760) 368-
7486; kgbinvestigate@earthlink.net 
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AV RATED LAWYER AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS AND CIVIL LITIGATION REFERRALS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY CASES. Charles P. Charlton is a civil litigation lawyer dedicated to providing the highest quality legal representation to consumers and business clients throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties as well as many other counties and cities throughout the State of California. Charles P. Charlton, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles, CA 90067-4107, (310) 651-9906.

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The CADC Board of Directors encourages member questions and input.  If you have a question or a suggestion for the Board, please contact any of the directors for your region.  Your region is determined by the California appellate district in which your mailing address is located.  The current directors are:

Region One (1st and 6th Districts):
Randi Covin, Oakland, (510) 530-8579, rcovin@comcast.net;
Jessica Ronco, San Francisco, (415) 846-9871, jronco@yahoo.com;
Richard Rubin, Oakland, (510) 339-9552,lawrlr@aol.com; 
Laurie Wilmore, Half Moon Bay, (650) 209-4742, LWilmore@rocketmail.com.

Region Two (2nd District): 
Edward Haggerty, Diamond Bar, (626) 912-5551, ejhaggerty@adelphia.net;
Nancy Tetreault, Los Angeles, (310) 832-6233, nltetreault@hotmail.com.

Region Three (3rd and 5th Districts and out-of-state):
Teri Kanefield, Sacramento, (916) 501-8083, tkanefield@aol.com;
Curt Zimansky, Sacramento, (916) 446-2884, zimansky@cal.net.

Region Four (4th District):
Lizabeth Weis, San Diego, (858) 442-2183, lizabethweis@pacbell.net
Mary Wells, Del Mar, (858) 481-5341, mtc.wells@sbcglobal.net

In addition to the directors, who are elected by the membership every three years (or whenever there is a vacancy), the Board includes CADC's officers, who are elected annually by the Board.  The officers also welcome ideas and questions from members.

The current officers are:  
President, Walt Pyle, Berkeley, (510) 849-4424, walt@wfkplaw.com
Vice-President, Linda Conrad, Davis, (530) 756-9542,lindajconradlaw@gmail.com
Vice-President, Jeralyn Keller, Pasadena,(626) 683-1233, jbkeller@pacbell.net
Treasurer, Conrad Petermann, Ojai, (805) 646-9022, firm@cpetermann.com
Secretary, Meredith Fahn, San Jose, (408) 947-1512, fahn@sbcglobal.net
Newsletter Editor, Martin Kassman, San Francisco, (415) 564-6732, marty@kassman.com
State MCLE Coordinator, Maureen Bodo, San Francisco, (415) 244-5528, mbodo@earthlink.net
Webmaster, Jonathan Berger, Windsor, (707) 206-6649,  jberger@sbcglobal.net

Members also may wish to contact the following persons who fill special roles:  
AIDOAC Member, David Stanley, Ashland, OR, (541) 488-7910, dystanley22@mac.com
Annual Retreat Coordinator, Janice Jenkins, Oakland, (510) 532-2668, jjappeals@gmail.com
Court & Project Liaison, Marcia C. Levine, San Francisco, (415) 255-7612, marcia_levine@comcast.net

Full contact information (including mailing addresses) for everyone named above, as well as for chapter contacts and past presidents, is listed in the CADC Roster.  For more information about the election, qualifications and duties of officers and directors, members can consult the CADC Bylaws.  The Roster and the Bylaws are available to members on our Web site.

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*MCLE ACCREDITATION
California Appellate Defense Counsel (CADC) is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. CADC certifies that those activities marked with an "*" are deemed approved for MCLE credit in the amount and type specified and in conformance with State Bar's Rules and Regulations. CADC is also a State Bar Criminal Law Advisory Commission/Appellate Law Advisory Commission approved provider. CADC certifies that those activities marked with an "*" are deemed approved for appellate law and/or criminal law specialization credit.  

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