FIRST-PERSON….I litigated for 12 years. I was at the local level, doing day-in and day-out civil litigation, in court every day. I always felt bad for the non-lawyers in the courtroom, who had high expectations that the courtroom was the place to tell their story. If you’ve ever spent time in an actual [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….Our mission is to provide legal services to people who are having problems on their jobs, and to be a force of advocacy in this city—we’re looking to expand the rights that all workers enjoy in the workplace, and low-wage workers in particular. I think a lot of people think there’s a lot [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….After spending a year in Vietnam and a couple of years on the LAPD and being confronted with some difficult situations, life-threatening situations, this is pretty much a walk in the park. It’s easy, and it’s challenging, and it’s rewarding also. 98% of serving process is uneventful. But then again, there [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….Lawyers tend to be thinkers, trained thinkers. And people pay lawyers to handle problems. This is what they’re selling, and so there’s no end to it. If you’re a lawyer, and you’re trying to do something, then it doesn’t really stop because it’s 6:00 in the evening. It stops because the courts close, [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….My family’s firm has really been like a medical general practitioner. People would go in, maybe they started with my uncle for a divorce. Then they wanted to sell a house and my father would do their real estate. So it was kind of one-stop shopping. Traffic tickets, draw up a will. They [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….When I started doing the work somebody asked me how it was. And I said it was really hard, and they said in what way is it hard. And I said in every possible way. I was doing comprehensive advocacy….I mean the kid walks in the door, and they’re our client. They’re our client forever. [...]
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