Family Violence Appellate Project's annual attorney battle-of-the-bands fundraiser returns!  Our 5th annual Banding Together to End Domestic Violence features bands of attorneys from California's top law firms who rock out for a good cause.  

Held every summer in  San Francisco (June) and Los Angeles (July), Banding Together features bands from California’s most charitable law firms and corporate legal teams who compete in an epic musical battle for the coveted titles: Best Lawyer Band in The Bay, and Best Lawyer Band in LA.   Though the competition is fierce, these rockstar attorneys will band together to raise over $175,000 to help end domestic violence in California.

All proceeds are donated to the Family Violence Appellate Project(FVAP), the only legal aid nonprofit in California dedicated to appealing and overturning dangerous trial court decisions that put domestic violence survivors and their kids at risk of ongoing abuse.  Learn more at fvaplaw.org.

 

This popular event features bands of attorneys and partners from Bay Area firms who rock out for a good cause.

Our 2017 bands come from Morgan Lewis, Morrison & Foerster, O'Melveny & Myers, Lieff Cabraser, Kirkland & Ellis, and Greenberg Traurig. 

When: June 14, 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. 

Where: 1015 Folsom nightclub, San Francisco

All proceeds benefit FVAP, the first and only California nonprofit dedicated to offering appellate legal aid to low-income survivors of domestic violence.

For more information, please see the attached PDF and visit fvapbotb.com.

Thank you for Banding Together with FVAP to help end domestic violence in California!

 

Want to learn more about Juvenile Justice System?

 

Please join us on June 29th for a distinguished panel of judges and attorneys who will discuss advocacy skills in juvenile court. Learn how to successfully advocate in detention, transfer and disposition hearings. Review AB 12. Hear from local judges on what they look for in different types of juvenile hearings and from experienced advocates on how to successfully achieve results in juvenile court.

 

Light snacks provided.

 

Cost:

FREE for ACBA Members

 

$150 for Non Members

 

Event Information:
Provider:	Alameda County Bar Association
Location:	Alameda County Bar Association 1000 Broadway, Suite 480 Oakland, CA  94607
Phone:	510-302-2222
Date:	06/29/2017 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Credits:	2 HR General

 

 

Please note: There is an additional $10 fee for day-of and walk-in registrations.

 

If you have trouble registering, please contact the Membership Coordinator at staci@acbanet.org

 

Speakers:

Judge Charles Smiley (Chair of Program), Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Governor Jerry Brown appointed Charles Smiley as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court in 2012. Since his appointment, Judge Smiley has presided over general criminal and juvenile dependency departments. Before his work as judge, he served the same bench as a court commissioner. As a lawyer, Judge Smiley spent his career with the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. He has taught trial advocacy at both Berkeley Law and UC Hastings College of the Law. Judge Smiley completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California at Berkeley and obtained his law degree from UC Hastings College of the Law.

 

Judge Stephen Kaus, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Judge Kaus began his law career as a deputy public defender for Contra Costa County California from 1974 to 1980. He then moved to work as a partner at Kaus Kerr and Wagstaffe from 1982 to 1990, before starting a solo practice until 1993. He then served as a lawyer at Cooper White and Cooper LLP, making partner in 1995. Judge Kaus was appointed as a Superior Court Judge in 2012 and currently presides in Juvenile Court in Alameda County.

 

Judge Jeffery Brand, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Brand was a professor of law at the University of San Francisco School of Law since 1986, where he served as dean from 1999 to 2013. He was an attorney in private practice from 1980 to 1985 and 1974 to 1976. Judge Brand served as an administrative law judge at the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board from 1976 to 1978 and as a deputy public defender at the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office from 1971 to 1974. He was co-founder and editor-in-chief at the Federal Litigator magazine from 1985 to 1995.

 

Terry Wiley, Alameda County District Attorney's Office
Mr. Wiley is the Assistant District Attorney in Alameda County who heads the DA’s Juvenile Justice Division.  Prior to leading the Juvenile Justice Division, Mr. Wiley served the district attorney as the Head of the Felony Trial Team, and Director of Recruitment and Development. He also volunteers in the community, with a proven track record of collaboration with local leaders and organizations to achieve common goals.

 

Maureen Kildee, The Law Office of Maureen Kildee
Ms. Kildee received her JD from University of California, Hastings College of Law in 2011. She currently runs a full service criminal defense firm. Her areas of expertise include drug possession and sales, DUIs, violent crimes (robbery, domestic violence, and weapons charges), illegal search and seizure, and juvenile law. Maureen Kildee is a member of the California State Bar Association, the Alameda County Bar Association, Women Lawyers of Alameda County, and the California Public Defenders' Association. 

Come learn from the USPTO during a full-day of programs on international and domestic Trademark practices before the USPTO.  Topics will include:

• Overview of the Madrid system
• Filing an International Application Through the USPTO
• USPTO as a Designated Contracting Party (DCP) – 66(a)/Madrid Applications
• Brief overview of upcoming and potential amendments to the Madrid Protocol rules
• Best Practices: Petitions to the Director, Letters of Protest, and Post Publication Amendments
• Tour of the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and the USPTO Website

This event is intended for Trademark attorneys, paralegals and practitioners who would like to know more about the Madrid Protocol and domestic trademark practice before the USPTO.

 

Four (4) hours of MCLE credit is offered for this event.

 

The event is free and open to the public.  Please register here by June 7, 2017 (link is external). (link is external)

 

Please note that the Silicon Valley USPTO is a federal facility.  Attendees are required to present a valid form of government-issued identification (driver license or passport) and may be subject to screening to gain access.

 

 

Detailed Agenda:

 

International and Domestic Trademark Practice Before the USPTO

Thursday, June 8, 2017

8:30-9:00       Registration

 

9:00-9:10       Welcome and Introduction of Speakers

 

9:10-9:30       Madrid System Overview [Speaker:  Alan Datri, IPDatri LLC]

    A brief, high-level overview of the basic features of the Madrid System with an emphasis on practical tips for navigating the system.

 

9:30-10:45     USPTO as Office of Origin – Filing an International Application through the USPTO [Speaker:  Karen Strzyz, USPTO]

 

    A detailed presentation and discussion regarding the preparation and filing of an international application. The discussion will provide information on the USPTO review process for the certification of the international application, procedures to follow if the international application is denied, the role of the International Bureau (IB) in reviewing the international application, and issuing an international registration.  Further, the discussion will cover the roles and procedures of the USPTO and the IB if a notice of irregularity issues with regard to the listing of goods/services.  This segment will also cover ceasing of effect, and the procedures for changing, correcting and renewing the international registration.

10:45-11:00   Break

 

11:00-12:15   USPTO as a Designated Contracting Party (DCP) – 66(a)/Madrid Applications [Speaker:  Karen Strzyz, USPTO]

 

    A comprehensive overview of a designation to the United States (66(a)/Madrid application).  Topics to be covered include: the receipt and processing of the designation, examination issues, restriction and correction procedures, maintenance requirements for a registered extension of protection, and the timing of notifications between the USPTO and the International Bureau (IB).  This segment will also provide some basic tips for avoiding provisional refusals.  

12:15-12:45   Amendments to the Common Regulations, Administrative Instructions and Schedule of Fees (2016-2019 and beyond) [Speaker:  Alan Datri, IPDatri LLC]

 

    The Working Group of the Madrid Union Assembly, the governing body of the Madrid System, is in the midst of executing the Union’s roadmap for the future, the scope of which will cover many concerns that have been raised by users, including holders, practitioners and Offices.  Topics include continued processing after a deadline, the overhaul of replacement, the introduction of division and merger, redefining the examination of limitations, standard refusal periods, benchmarking implementation by Offices, consistency in classification practice, examination manuals and more.  Some have been implemented, others are in the pipeline and still others will soon be under discussion.  

 

12:45-1:00     Questions

 

1:00-2:30       Lunch Break

 

2:30-3:30       Best Practices: Petitions to the Director, Letters of Protest, and Post Publication Amendments [Speaker:  Colleen Kearney, USPTO]

 

    A comprehensive discussion of petitionable issues, types of petitions, the Technology Evolution Pilot, relevant notices of proposed rulemaking, petition fees, and petition filing tips related to timeliness and due diligence.  This segment will also cover the purpose and intent of Letters of Protest, and cover appropriate Letter of Protest subject matter, procedures for filing and appealing denials of Letters of Protest, and the relevant legal standards for each.  Further, this segment will address post-publication amendments and the subject matter, republication, timing, and jurisdictional issues related thereto.

 

3:30-4:30       Tour of the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and the USPTO Website [Speaker:  Colleen Kearney, USPTO]

 

    An in-depth breakdown of TEAS forms, including filing requirements and fees associated with TEAS Regular, TEAS RF and TEAS Plus initial applications.  This segment will also cover TEAS filing practice tips and guidance for resolving filing errors.  The presentation will also provide a broad overview of the USPTO website and its features, with emphasis on the recently launched MYUSPTO homepage. MYUSPTO is a new landing site for managing intellectual property portfolios.  The site also allows for accessing and managing public facing systems and storefronts, and for hosting personalized multi-functional widgets including a trademark application docket widget and a trademark Official Gazette monitoring widget.

 

4:30-5:00       Questions

 

About Our Speakers:

 

Karen Strzyz:    Ms. Strzyz is an attorney in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner and is the primary legal advisor to the Madrid Processing Unit at the USPTO.  Ms. Strzyz ensures that the United States is in compliance with the treaty obligations under the Madrid Protocol, and is a frequent speaker on Madrid practice and procedure.  She also decides Petitions to the Director and Letters of Protest. Ms. Strzyz joined the USPTO as an examining attorney in 1996, joined operations management in 2003 as a Senior Attorney Advisor, and in 2007 was promoted to Managing Attorney.  In 2012, Ms. Strzyz joined the Office of the Deputy Commissioner.  She is a graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo and Western New England College School of Law.   

 

Colleen Kearney: Ms. Kearney is an attorney in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner. Ms. Kearney handles Petitions to the Director, Letters of Protest, congressional inquiries, and is the primary legal advisor to the Electronic Filing & Public Web Services group, which includes providing legal guidance on all aspects of electronic prosecution.  Prior to joining the Deputy Commissioner’s staff, she was a trademark examining attorney.  Ms. Kearney came to the USPTO in 2005 from the United States Copyright Office, where she focused on visual and performing arts copyright issues. She is a graduate of American University and University of Baltimore School of Law.

 

Alan Datri:  Alan Datri is an attorney/consultant who helps right holders, legal practitioners, IP offices and organizations achieve their objectives or those of their clients, constituents or members, as the case may be, with respect to the adoption, implementation, administration, legal development and use of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks and the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.  He draws on some 28 years of experience working at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he held positions in the examining operation, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and later at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations located in Geneva, Switzerland, that administers the aforementioned global protection systems in cooperation with IP offices around the world.  

 

 

Event Summary

June 8, 2017

8:30 AM PT - 5:00 PM PT

Silicon Valley USPTO

26 S. Fourth Street

San Jose , CA 95113

Contact

Silicon Valley USPTO
26 S. Fourth Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Phone: 408-918-9900
Email: siliconvalley@uspto.gov

ABA Journal Magazine

 

Ethics 

 

Posted Jun 01, 2017 02:20 am CDT

By David L. Hudson Jr.

 

 http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/law_blog_advertising_ethics

 

California Supreme Court Justice Kathryn Werdegar of Ross will be retiring in August. Werdegar said she was most proud of the court’s ruling that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. Robert Tong — Marin Independent Journal

 

http://www.marinij.com/government-and-politics/20170602/kathryn-werdegar-marin-based-justice-of-states-top-court-to-retire

Event provided by CCCBA: Employment Law Section is sponsoring:

When: Thursday, June 8, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
 

Speaker

Casey Williams, Esq.—Associate, Donahue Fitzgerald

 

Space is limited sign up soon!!!

 

The program will focus on the factors the courts rely upon to determine whether a worker should be classified as an employee or an independent contractor and the legal ramifications under various federal and state employment statutes when a worker is misclassified by the employer.

 

11:30am - 12:00pm  Registration and Lunch will be provided.
12:00pm - 1:00pm    Presentation 
1:00pm - 1:30pm      Q & A

 

Casey Williams’ dynamic dual practice focuses on employment and nonprofit law. On the employment side, she practices management-side employment litigation and counseling, with expertise in all areas of employment law, including wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment and leave laws. Her  nonprofit practice focuses on counseling and assisting nonprofits with corporate formations, obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, corporate governance matters, managing volunteers and operational matters.

 

For nearly five years, Casey has taught employment law to human resources professionals at the College of Extended Learning at San Francisco State University. Prior to joining the firm, Casey served as an extern for the Hon. Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. During law school, she served as a production editor for the UC Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal and was a member of the board of the moot court team.

 

 

 

 The Contra Costa County Bar Association certifies that this activity has been approved for 1 hour ofGeneral  MCLE credit by the State Bar of California, Provider #393.

MCLE Credits

General

1 hr

Cost

 

 

	Full Price	Early Bird Price
Section Member Special Pricing
Employment Section	$0.00	—
Members	$10.00	—
Non-Members	$15.00	—

Location

Greenan, Peffer, Sallander & Lally LLP
6111 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon CA 94583

Strength Through Alliance
- The Heart of California

 

 

KeyNote: Limited License Legal Technicians (LLLT)

Mitchel Winick, JD, President and Dean at Monterey College of Law

 

Morning Sessions - 1

Family Law: Financial Document Re: QDRO; Matthew E. Fletcher, Partner, McCormick Barstow LLP

 

Litigation: Legal Writing; Kathleen Taylor, Chief Deputy, Tulare County Counsel

 

Employment: Ethical Obligations in Labor Cases*; Jennifer M. Flores, Chief Deputy, Tulare County Counsel

 

Resource Law: CA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Michael Spata, County Administrative Officer, Tulare County

 

Morning Sessions – 2

Family Law: Ethics in Family Law Court*; Judge Tara James, Tulare County Superior Court

 

Litigation: Discovery; Kathleen Taylor, Chief Deputy, Tulare County Counsel

 

Employment: Employment Law; Rachele Berglund, Partner, Herr Pedersen & Berglund LLP

 

Resource Law: Water Law; Alan F. Doud, Senior Counsel, Tejon Ranch Company

 

 

KeyNote: Access to Justice

Magistrate Stanley A. Boone

 

Afternoon Sessions - 3

Family Law: Court Family Services/Self-Help; Carla Khal, Family Law Facilitator,Tulare County Superior Court

 

Litigation: Ethics in e-Discovery*; Trent Walton, National Director of Litigation Technology/CTO, U.S. Legal Support Services

 

Employment: Effective Discipline and Documentation; David Blaine, Partner, BeldenBlaine, LLP

 

Resource Law: ADA (American Disabilities Act); Rachelle Golden, Esq., Overstreet & Associates

 

Afternoon Sessions - 4

Family Law: Reasonable Expectations in Values; Michelle Hatherley-Parr, Hatherley Law

 

Litigation: Post Judgement Motions; Deborah A. Byron, Partner, McCormick Barstow LLP

 

Employment: Elimination of Bias in the Law Office**; Stephanie Smittle, Deputy, Tulare County Counsel

 

Resource Law: Premises Liability; David M. Overstreet, Senior Partner, Overstreet & Associates

 

 

Deadline June 1:

Attendees may book a room at the Wyndham Visalia, 559.651.5000 or 888.996.3426 @ $105.00/110.00 per night/King or 2 Queens; preferred rate available till June 1st, be sure to provide CAPA's Group Code 06237020CA.

 

CAPA is a State Bar of California approved
MCLE Multi-Event Provider;

 

Eligible to earn 6.0 Credit Units; General Law,
Ethics* (4.0 Units), Elimination of Bias** (1.0 Unit)

 

Hosted by Fresno Paralegal Association (FPA),
Kern County Paralegal Association (KCPA) and
Sequoia Paralegal Association (SPA)

 

Note: Speakers, topics and times are subject to
change without notice.

 

Breakfast and Lunch Included with Registration.

Conference App will be available. Be sure to respond to WHOVA App question.

 

By registering for this Conference, you grant CAPA permission to take, use, reuse, and publish: photographs and/or videos of attendees in any and all of its publications, including but not limited to use and publication on the internet, webpages, magazines, e-blasts, and social media accounts. 

 

 

Date and Time

Sat, June 24, 2017

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PDT

 

 

Location

Wyndham Visalia

9000 West Airport Drive

Visalia, CA 93277

 

Organizer: California Alliance of Paralegal Associations

Organizer of CAPA 29th Annual June Conference - The Heart of California

• Organizer Facebook Profile CaliforniaAllianceOfParalegalAssociations
• Organizer Twitter Profile CA_Paralegal

STRENGTH THROUGH STATEWIDE ALLIANCE -PROVIDING A VOICE OF LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING EDUCATION, VOLUNTARY EXAMINATION, AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE PARALEGAL PROFESSION.

 

PARALEGAL MEMBER  ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTED ARE: CENTRAL COAST, FRESNO, INLAND COUNTIES (RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO), KERN COUNTY, LOS ANGELES, REDWOOD EMPIRE, SACRAMENTO, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CLARA, SEQUOIA AND VENTURA. 

ABA Bar Journal

 

 

 

Almost 30 years before Linda Brown and her parents took on the Topeka Board of Education in Brown v. Board of Education, Martha Lum’s parents Jeu Gong and Katherine sued to try to stop Rosedale, Mississippi, from barring their Chinese-American children from the local “white” school. Their case, Gong Lum v. Rice, made it to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1927. But rather than granting them relief, the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision led to even stricter school segregation.

 

For this episode of the Modern Law Library, in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the ABA Journal’s Lee Rawles discusses this little-known chapter of history with Adrienne Berard. Berard is the author of Water Tossing Boulders: How a Family of Chinese Immigrants Led the First Fight to Desegregate Schools in the Jim Crow South. Berard discusses the bravery of the family’s decision, and the complicated state of race relations in 1920s Mississippi in which the debate over whether the “colored” category applied to Asian-Americans took place. We also discuss Earl Brewer, a former governor of Mississippi, who took the Lums’ case in a bid to regain his reputation, and how the immigration debates of the early 20th century have ugly echoes in today’s political environment.

 

http://www.abajournal.com/books/article/podcast_episode_58?utm_campaign=sidebar

 

 

In This Podcast:

 

Adrienne Berard

Adrienne Berard is an award-winning journalist and graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has been the Writer-in-Residence at Delta State University in Mississippi and now resides in Williamsburg, Virginia. (Author photo by Jon Mark Nail.) 

 

Contra Costa Lawyer: May 2017 Issue

 

 

 

 

 

 http://cclawyer.cccba.org/2017/05/ccl-may-2017/

 

 The SCCBA Barristers' Committee presents an MCLE Seminar:

 

When:	June 7, 2017 6:00PM-8:00PM
Where:	SCCBA Seminar & Conference Center 31 North Second Street, 4th Floor San Jose, California  95113 United States
Presenter:	Barristers' Committee
Contact:	SCCBA info@sccba.com 408-287-2557

	For your convenience this program is also being offered via Live Webcast.
	The Barristers' Committee would like to invite you to join us on June 7, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a panel discussion on the issues of professionalism, decorum, practice and procedure.  The three judge panel includes Judge Mary Greenwood, Judge Deborah Ryan and Judge Risë Pichon who will be providing insight from the bench.   Specific topics of discussion will include the enforcement of statutory deadlines, effective communication techniques with difficult opposing counsel both inside and outside of the courtroom, feedback from the judges as to how they run their courtroom and strategies for providing sound legal counsel for clients in the courtroom.    SPEAKERS: Honorable Mary Greenwood Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara Honorable Risë J. Pichon Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara Honorable Deborah A. Ryan Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara   moderator: Jeremy T. Deuel The Law Office of Matthew J. Rudy Chair, 2017 SCCBA Barristers' Committee                     Registration: 5:30pm Program: 6:00pm - 8:00pm MCLE CREDIT: 1.0 General Substantive Law and 1.0 Legal Ethics