Author: San Diego County Bar Association
By Farah Hansen
You’ve been practicing law for five years. You’re sitting at your desk, working on a motion when you look out the window and think to yourself, “I’ve spent five years investing in this specific field of law, and I’m not really sure this is the type of law I should be practicing.” You briefly daydream about doing that nonprofit work you initially went to law school for. However, the idea of starting at the bottom or looking for another job sounds too daunting. So you push the thought to the back of your mind and get back to your motion. Read More
By Julie Houth
Cryptocurrency has recently caught the attention of the public and government regulators. Since then, most people have heard the term cryptocurrency and more specifically, Bitcoin. There are some people who believe it is a form of currency. Other people don’t know enough about it to have an opinion. Attorneys as legal advocates and advisers are confronted with the fact that some of their clients may own or would like to invest in cryptocurrency. This article is intended to provide a brief summary about cryptocurrency and the tax consequences that should be considered. Read More
By John Gomez
Tip #1: Get all the Opinions
One good thing about deposing an expert is that you can do it, in theory, with virtually no preparation. All you need to ask is, “What are your opinions? What are the bases of your opinions?” Just keep repeating those questions and you are taking a basic, starter expert deposition. Repeat like a robot until the expert has expressed all of her opinions and their bases. Read More
In San Diego County, 17,000 domestic violence incidents are reported to law enforcement every year, according to the San Diego Domestic Violence Council. If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, here is some basic information to know: Read More
By David Carr
Most attorneys are familiar with the ethical rules that govern our professional conduct to some degree. Most attorneys, however, don’t pay much attention to the processes that create ethical rules. There may be some tendency to take these rules for granted, to assume that they reflect such ancient verities that they must have always been around in some form. In fact, written ethical rules for the legal profession are less than 200 years old and far from reflecting eternal truths, they have often changed with the times as the norms of the profession change. In California, they are in process of what might well be a very radical change. Read More
