May 2013 - San Bernardino County Bar Association

•BULLETIN•
of the San Bernardino County Bar Association
Vol. 41, No. 7
Our 138th Year
From the
President’s Desk
May 2013
Mark Your Calendar for
Upcoming Events...
By
Thursday, May 9, 2013:
Kevin B. Bevins
… I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of
the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of
its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963
L
aw Day is a nationally recognized event designated for May 1, with events and
programs featured throughout the month of May of each year. The theme for
2013 is “Realizing the Dream: Equality for All.” The American Bar Association has
a terrific website with a power point and other information at www.lawday.org.
The San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office annually sponsors local
events, and is promoting Law Day programs in schools through San Bernardino
County. Assistant Public Defender, G. Christopher Gardner is the director of Law
Day activities. This program encourages the involvement of the legal community to
inform and educate the public about the courts and practice of law. With the support
of Phyllis K. Morris, San Bernardino County Public Defender, the Public Defender’s
office is scheduling presentations through May, 2013. This is a great opportunity for
attorneys to share valued experience, insight and educate local students. For more
information, or to provide much needed help, please contact Acting Chief Public Defender, Jennie Cannady at (909) 387-0569 or Tisha Baca at (909) 387-7320. The High
Desert Bar is celebrating Law Day with free attorney-client consultations offered
at the Mall of Victor Valley on May 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Judge Larry Allen is the 2013 Kaufman-Campbell honoree. If you have not
already reserved your seat for the May 9, 2013 banquet, please do so today. The
program will be held at the San Bernardino Hilton, at 6:00 p.m. on May 9, 2013.
The Honorable Douglas Elwell will present Judge Allen with the Kaufman Campbell Award, a tribute to the lives and legacies of the Honorable Marcus Kaufman
and the Honorable Joseph B. Campbell. Justice Kaufman served with distinction on
the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two for 17 years, before
being elevated to the California Supreme Court, where he served for two years before retiring. The Honorable Joseph Campbell, served with distinction from 1972
to 1986 as a judge on the San Bernardino Superior Court, and as a Justice for the
Fourth District, Division Two from 1986 until his passing in 1990. Justice Campbell is the namesake of the Joseph B. Campbell American Inn of Court chapter in
San Bernardino. A full house is expected to honor Judge Allen for his accomplishments, contribution and service to the court over the 22 years he has served on the
bench. This is one event that you don’t want to miss.
A small reprieve has been granted to our beleaguered court that will allow one
courtroom at the Barstow Court to remain open three days per week through June,
2014. This is a small step forward, brought about in large part by the efforts of
Presiding Judge Marsha Slough, Court Executive Stephen Nash, and our Board of
Supervisors. Court funding and additional judge positions are essential, and it is
vitally important that our elected officials understand the needs of our court system.
It is critical that the members of the bar continue to support the court, and as called
for many times in this column, compile stories of how reduction of available court
facilities affects the clients we serve. These letters are extremely helpful to explain
to our legislators how their constituents are impacted. Letters should be sent to your
state assembly member or state Senator, particularly those on the budget committee.
The Judicial Council has adopted a proposal for a revision of the allocation of
court funding that will, over a period of years, bring more balance to the monies
(Continued on page 2)
Don’t miss SBCBA’s 14th Annual
Kaufman-Campbell Awards Dinner,
honoring Superior Court Judge Larry W.
Allen, our 2013 award recipient. Call the
Bar office at (909) 885-1986 to RSVP.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Annual SBCBA Business Meeting &
State of the Courts, presented by San
Bernardino Superior Court Presiding
Judge Marsha Slough. To RSVP, call the
Bar office at (909) 885-1986.
Buffet served at 12 noon.
Friday September 20, 2013
Our Annual Bench-Bar Golf Tournament
will be held on at Shandin Hills. The fun
event of the year.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
San Bernardino County Bar Installation
in conjunction with Nat’l. Orange Show’s
Wine & Food Under the Stars.
Inside this issue...
Kaufman Campbell Banquet _____________3
LASSB Fundraiser_______________________ 4
District Judge Jesus Bernal______________6-7
iPad Lawyer____________________________ 8
Future of Court Technology_______________ 9
APALIE Installation Dinner___________10-11
JB Campbell Inn of Court News_________12
Memories of Marshall Miles____________13
Classified Ads_________________________14
ICAP May Meeting_____________________15
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President’s Desk...
(continued from page 1)
made available to underfunded courts. This will
help reduce some of the deficiencies affecting
courts in San Bernardino and Riverside County.
A formula has been devised to add funding, based
on the percentage of workload of the county court
system. This will, of course, divert funding from
courts not as severely impacted as the courts in San
Bernardino, Riverside and other inland counties.
Congratulations are certainly in order for the
newly formed Asian Pacific American Lawyers of
the Inland Empire, APALIE. Their First Annual
Installation Dinner was a rousing success with a capacity gathering. The event, held on April 18, 2013
at the Mandarin Garden Restaurant in Riverside,
featured Judge Jackson Lucky of the Riverside Superior Court as Keynote Speaker. Judge Lucky was
presented the Pathfinder Award. Sophia Choi was
installed as President, with Eugene Kim elected as
Vice-President. Eugene is also a Director at Large
on the San Bernardino County Bar Association, so
he will be a very busy fellow this year. Ricky Shah
took the oath of office as Treasurer, with Lloyd
Costales rounding out the executive board as Secretary. The board of directors includes the Honorable Cynthia Loo, Sylvia Choi, Justin Kim, Warren
Chu, Julius Nam, Jerry Yang, Justin Miyai, Angela
Park, Rosemary Koo, Young Kim, Ami Sheth, Jean
Won, Niti Gupta, Kerry Osaki, and Kay Otani The
SBCBA looks forward to a long and successful relationship with APALIE. (See article on pages 10-11
of this issue.)
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Please Join Us!
By Roberta Shouse
This is the first in a series of articles about the Legal Aid
Society in San Bernardino.
W
ould you like to know what happens inside our beautiful
brick trim building? We serve a long line of people at
each clinic who have a lot of problems, and appreciate the
service they receive. We hope you will find it interesting and
will want to join us as a volunteer - you are always welcome.
In March we had a great fundraiser. I want to publicly thank the
San Bernardino Public Employees Association, especially Bob
Blough and Jeannie Marquez. These wonderful people donated
a beautifully decorated banquet room. They also donated a
wonderful dinner which was prepared and served by their
very competent staff. Thank you again,
to Bob Blough and to Jeannie and
the entire staff. You guys are beyond
generous and amazing! We also want
to thank Chris Warner, Judge Ret., who
was a great Master of Ceremonies.
A very special thank you to our keynote
speaker,
Congresswoman
Gloria
Negrete McCloud. (pictured at left)
When working on a fundraiser, a common fear is you just
won’t fill the room. For this fundraiser, we not only filled the
room, but we had to start a waiting list. It was a very successful
event with lots of great people in attendance.
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Our second awardee was Irene
Morales, Executive Director of
Inland Counties Legal Services
(pictured here with . Irene is one of
the smartest and hardest working
administrators I have ever known.
She has been a mentor to me and I
have learned much from her. She is
an amazing woman. She was honored
by her friend of 25 years, Eloise Reyes, a very popular attorney
in our legal community.
The third awardee was Mike Scafiddi. Mike is a dynamic
ex-cop turned defense attorney. He is unbelievably generous
and always gives of his time and his money. If anyone was
accused of robbing a bank, they would want Mike standing
next to them in court. Besides that, he is from New York. Mike
was honored by his long-time best friend from law school, Eric
Hunt. Eric is also an attorney who is extremely generous with
his time and resources.
The fourth awardee is everybody’s very favorite, Bill Lemann.
Bill sits on more Boards, Commissions, and Non-profit Boards
than even the Governor. Bill’s generosity reaches beyond
our local non-profits and is felt throughout the community.
Everybody knows and loves Bill Lemann. Bill was honored by
his long-time friend, Supervisor James Ramos.
Our fifth awardee was Bill Shapiro. Bill was honored by his
long-time friend and associate, Mike Scafiddi, who introduced
him by stating “Bill is larger than life.” Bill Shapiro was a P.E.
major who is now one of the most successful attorneys in the
country. He sits on many prestigious Boards, and has received
so many honors and plaques that he had to build a storage unit
to hold them. We are all afraid that Bill might move to San
Francisco or New York, but he says he loves it here and he is
here to stay.
Next month I will write more about what we are doing at Legal
Aid. If anyone wants to volunteer, please call Legal Aid at
(909) 381-4633 or 553-0957. All are welcome.
We honored 5 wonderful people who have been great friends
to Legal Aid over the years. Each awardee was asked to select
a special friend to present their award.
Our first awardee was Ron Skipper. Ron has always been a
perfect gentleman. I have never known Ron to say “No” when
he could say “Yes”. He was given his award by his long-time
friend, Judge John Kennedy, Ret. John was very helpful with
the program. John told me, with just a twinge of sadness in his
voice, that his friendship with Ron goes back over 50 years!
John filled a table with so many current and retired judges that
I was told we had more Judges than the local courthouse.
LASSB Executive Director Roberta
Shouse.
Supervisor Josie Gonzales stopped
by for a moment.
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District Judge Jesus Bernal: An American Story
by Kay Otani
N
ewly appointed District Judge Jesus Bernal
is an American success story, but as with
all American success stories, there were people
who gave him the help he needed to succeed.
In Judge Bernal’s case, these were his family,
his parents, his siblings, and his own wife and
children.
Judge Bernal was born in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Following the promise of a better life, his family
came to the United States and moved into Boyle
Heights when he was still in elementary school.
Like others before them, the family learned
that the opportunity was real but required hard
work to achieve. Judge Bernal’s father, who
had a sixth-grade education and could not speak English
at the time, commuted to Fullerton to work as a packer in
a food-processing plant. His mother, who had graduated
from high school but also did not speak English at the time,
worked in a garment factory, sewing and ironing.
The early years were tough economically, and culturally
as well. As the oldest of the children, with both parents
working, Judge Bernal had to look after his brothers and
sisters, as well as learning English and doing schoolwork.
Their parents always emphasized the importance of
education and tried to help with schoolwork, but while still
in elementary school, Judge Bernal became the family’s
translator and the tutor for his little brothers and sisters.
Although he was a gifted student, because he was adjusting
to English, he did not stand out during his elementary school
years.
Eventually, the family’s hard work began to pay off.
Their lives became better because of the education and
opportunities available in the United States. Judge Bernal’s
father continued to work at the same plant but was able to
move into less physically demanding positions. His mother
also moved on to other jobs and eventually became an
assistant in the clothing design department. As for Judge
Bernal and his brothers and sisters, once they became
adjusted to English and their new schools, they began to
shine academically. From junior high school onward, Judge
Bernal was at the top of the class, and his little brothers
and sisters followed suit. Although they all went to public
schools, they all graduated from private universities. Judge
Bernal graduated from Yale as an undergraduate with a
degree in economics, and from Stanford Law School. His
brothers and sisters all graduated from college, including
such schools as Stanford and Occidental.
Judge Bernal’s father eventually decided to step down
from the his job at the food-processing plant, but rather
than retire, he decided to stay on as a maintenance man.
Unfortunately, he passed away before Judge
Bernal became a district judge, but both Judge
Bernal’s mother and father were so proud of
their children. Their sons worked in law, in a
government housing agency, and in teaching,
and their daughters decided to become
full-time mothers who stressed the importance
of education to their own children.
After law school, Judge Bernal clerked
for District Judge David V. Kenyon and
then joined Heller Ehrman LLP, where
he practiced large and complex business
litigation. In 1996, he left private practice
for the Office of the Federal Public Defender.
He had always been interested in criminal law and wanted
to be in court more often. He had observed deputy federal
public defenders in court and thought highly of them.
Thanks to his upbringing, he was able to leave the money
of private practice behind, because he was more interested
in satisfaction with his life than in just making money. He
eventually became the Directing Attorney of the Riverside
Branch Office of the Federal Public Defender and then the
Chief of Trials for the entire office.
As an attorney, Judge Bernal was known for combining
an incredibly sharp legal intellect with a very low-key and
easy-going demeanor. As a supervisor, he not only assisted
his line attorneys with technical legal issues, but also was
able to take the weight from their shoulders by showing
them how to break a problem down into manageable pieces.
As an opponent, he was always courteous and forthright. He
fought hard, but never dirty.
In keeping with his down-to-earth lifestyle, he married
a woman from his hometown in Sinaloa, and they have two
children, a son and a daughter.
Judge Bernal became a judge on December 12, 2012.
While he wishes that his father could have celebrated with
him, his mother is as proud as a peacock, as are his brothers
and sisters.
Judge Bernal took the bench in Riverside on April 1,
2013. He is a judge who has experience in civil and criminal
matters and is respected by prosecutors, criminal defense
attorneys, and civil practitioners. His presence will help give
the people of the Inland Empire the access to justice they
deserve. The judges, attorneys, and bar associations of the
Inland Empire welcome Judge Bernal back to Riverside and
celebrate a truly inspiring, truly American story.
Kay Otani is treasurer of the Inland Empire Chapter of
the Federal Bar Association.
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The iPad Lawyer A Penny for Your iThoughts
May 2013
If you want to delete a topic, you can use the keyboard by deleting
any information you have written, and then simply tapping the
BACKSPACE (or DELETE) KEY in the empty topic area three times
quickly. Once the target topic is deleted, you will be taken back to the
parent topic.
by Scott J. Grossberg, Esq.
D
uring my seminars, I routinely rave about a marvelous
mindmapping
app
called
iThoughtsHD
(http://
www.ithoughts.co.uk). For those unfamiliar with mindmapping and
Tony Buzan’s (http://www.thinkbuzan.com) game-changing work on
it, it is essentially a free-form and visual way to capture and record your
thoughts! I use mindmapping for brainstorming, office management
(yes, it does a fine job of replacing my old love - Lotus Agenda), case
management, mediation and trial preparation, presentations, and other
planning and writing. In fact, I could go on and on about how I use this
app - it is that versatile and powerful.
Today, I want to share with you some little-known shortcuts for
using iThoughtsHD (or what the developer of iThoughtsHD,
himself, calls the “hidden features”). But, before I do, let’s start with
some basic common ground: when I mindmap, I generally use an
external, bluetooth keyboard (I happen to use one from Zagg - http:
//www.zagg.com) because there are just some things that make data
entry faster and more consistent. While the native onscreen iOS
keyboard can certainly be used for data entry, an external keyboard is
just a more high-octane thought capture method if you are going to be
entering lots of text.
Now, back to iThoughtsHD. Normally, you have to tap the icons at
the top right of the iThoughtsHD app screen to create sibling and
child branches in your mindmap (for those new to mindmapping, the
sibling and child branches are where your information and data are
entered and organized to suit your personal needs). However, there
are faster and more efficient ways when using your external keyboard
(as I indicated, these tips will also work with the native iOS keyboard,
it’s just a little less elegant in my opinion).
Now, here’s a non-keyboard shortcut. Suppose you want to take a
topic you have written and merge it with another one. Simply, tap and
hold on an existing topic and then drag it to the target topic you want
to merge it with. Continue to hold the dragged topic over the target
topic for a few seconds and a MERGE text message will appear. Once
that MERGE message appears, release your finger from the screen
and, voila, the two topics will now merge.
Finally, there is yet another trick that will speed up your use of
iThoughtsHD; namely, using Siri (or dictation) to capture your
thoughts and create a mindmap. To do this, you will not be using an
external keyboard. Rather, if you want to dictate your mindmap, access
the native iOS keyboard and you will see a small MICROPHONE
BUTTON appear just to the left of the SPACE BAR when entering
a topic. By pressing the MICROPHONE BUTTON, you will enable
speech dictation and you can simply say your thoughts. Your words
will appear as text in your mindmap. But wait, there’s more! If you
are using dictation to enter your thoughts and ideas, and you say the
word “COMMA” during your dictation, each “COMMA” will break
your dictation into sibling topics at each “COMMA.” For example,
if you were to dictate, “One, COMMA, Two, COMMA, Three,”
iThoughtsHD would automatically create three sibling topics with
the words “One,” “Two,” and “Three” in their own separate topic
bubbles.
Obviously, if you don’t have the iThoughtsHD app or understand
mindmapping, all of this might sound a bit complicated and much like
a foreign language to you. I challenge you to stretch your knowledge
base by purchasing the iThoughtsHD app. Then, start fiddling around
with it so that you, too, discover how it can make you a more efficient
and effective attorney. Of course, you can always find a YouTube
video of iThoughtsHD and see it in action, first.
For example, when you are writing or editing in iThoughtsHD and By the way, this is one of the apps that I will be going into in more
you tap the SPACE BAR three times quickly, you generate a new detail during the Advanced iPad Lawyer Seminar coming up on June
child topic (a branch off of the parent topic you are currently working 7, 2013 at my Rancho Cucamonga office.
on). If you tap the ENTER KEY three times quickly, you will create
a new sibling topic (a branch that is at the same hierarchal level as the If you enjoyed this, I’d be grateful if you share this with others.
parent topic you are working on). You’ll notice that I said you must That’s right, go ahead and help spread this information by emailing
strike the SPACE BAR and ENTER KEY “quickly.” iThoughtsHD is it to a friend, or sharing it on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+. And,
now “time bound” (to use the creator’s own term). In other words, if if you’re interested in finding out how I can make a presentation to
you strike the SPACE BAR or ENTER KEY three times slowly, you your law firm, please contact me at 909-483-1850 or email me at
sgrossberg@cgclaw.com.
will enter three spaces (if using the SPACE
BAR) or line returns (if using the ENTER
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KEY) in your current topic rather than creating
The iPad Lawyer
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either a sibling or child branch.
Real Secrets for Your iPad Success
And here’s an important time-saving tip:
if you’ve already created a branch with a
parent and child topic, you can go into the
parent topic, tap the SPACE BAR three times
quickly, and iThoughtsHD will insert another
child topic BETWEEN the two topics that
previously existed. Likewise, if you want to
break a topic into a parent and child branch,
you can go into a topic, tap the SPACE BAR
or ENTER KEY three times quickly, and the
topic will be split either with a new child topic
(if using the SPACE BAR) or sibling topic (if
using the ENTER KEY).
The iPad – Your New Legal Assistant
(Learn how to make the iPad work for you!)
Created specifically for legal professionals, this seminar will show
you how to effectively use an iPad in a legal environment.
In-house seminars at group rates are available.
For more information and pricing, contact:
Scott J. Grossberg, Esq.
Author of The iPad Lawyer
Phone: 909-483-1850
Email: sgrossberg@cgclaw.com
Mr. Grossberg is the author of the best-selling book,
“The iPad Lawyer: Real Secrets for Your iPad Success.”
He is a founding partner of the Southern California law
firm of Cihigoyenetche, Grossberg & Clouse and is a
featured speaker and published author on numerous
topics including media relations, social media,
technology, public speaking, memory, and various
other cutting edge concepts. Mr. Grossberg’s “iPad
Lawyer” seminars provide legal professionals with the
ability to truly harness the potential of Apple’s tablet.
He is regularly called upon to address the impact of
emerging technology and social media, suggest policies
and procedures that should be in place, and to discuss
liability exposure for this new way of doing business. He
can be reached at sgrossberg@cgclaw.com.
May 2013
Through a Glass,
Darkly:
The Future of Court
Technology
By Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and John
W. Simek © 2013 Sensei Enterprises,
Inc.
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t the behest of our good friend, D.C.
Superior Court Judge Herbert Dixon,
we noodled a bit on the future of courtroom
technology for an article Judge Dixon is
writing. Having brainstormed the topic, we
thought it might be fun to take some of our
random thoughts and make them marginally
coherent.
At the outset, it is clear that there will
be disruptive technologies that no one will
anticipate. Having covered our collective
posterior on that score, some things seem
relatively certain. As courts strive to
accommodate the needs of citizens, it is
likely that we will one day see affordable
virtual translation firms pop up so that
on-site translators don’t need to be tracked
down, often delaying proceedings. We have
also started to see assistive listening devices
in Virginia but expect them to become
universal. Long ago, we remember a client in
a wheelchair being transported to a courtroom
on a freight elevator – very demeaning.
We are making great strides in providing
accessible courtrooms and the future may see
us fully achieve accessibility for all.
Appellate courts (the bane of lawyers
who need to preserve a paper record) will go
paperless. We’re not dumb enough to predict
when, but it will happen. Even the hidebound
U.S. Supreme Court will go paperless
– in time. In fact, it will probably be the last
court to adopt nearly every technological
enhancement. Pretty safe prediction, that one.
Court proceedings will be routinely
recorded – audio and video. Access to them
may actually be sold to the media – perhaps
even the public – directly over the Internet
as courts seek to use technology to provide
badly-needed revenues. For similar budgetary
reasons, it is likely that all court personnel
functions will be studied to see where
technology can replace people. We don’t
think robots will replace bailiffs in the near
future, but you never know.
Can anyone doubt that e-filing will be
universal? Or that the day will come when the
only kind of courtrooms that will be built will
be high tech? To avoid the problem of those
who have and those who have not, courts
will furnish as much technology as possible,
as well as training on the technology. As
for the archaic rules some courts have about
restricting the use of wireless networks in the
courtroom, those rules will go the way of the
Tyrannosaurus Rex. New rules to govern new
technology that jurors, parties and spectators
bring to the courtroom are certain – perhaps
there will technology to monitor or control the
use of technology.
The “touch revolution” will reach the
courthouse in spades. And how will those in
courtrooms exchange documents? By near
field communications devices, which will
be especially helpful when documents are
annotated on the fly.
Hackers will breach court security systems
and information security will become a
constant focus for those who manage court IT
systems. Court IT personnel will need to have
multiple backup solutions in place, in different
geographic areas, to meet the combined
threats of hackers, technology meltdowns and
natural disasters. It may well be that courts
move their data to the cloud – particularly
to cloud providers with excellent reputations
for providing security, perhaps better security
than in-house personnel.
Video conferencing will boom. Judges
will talk to lawyers, at least outside of trials,
primarily though video conferencing. This
technology will be used for scheduling
conferences, hearing motions, etc. In fact, it
may become common for video conferencing
to be utilized in just about all family law,
traffic, juvenile and small claims courts.
Judges will begin to ask “Who really needs to
be at the courthouse and why?”
We have already seen technology assisting
judges in family law cases. Parents have been
ordered to provide Skype or Facetime to
children so they can communicate with the
other parent. They have also been ordered
to use apps like “Our Family Wizard” to
track parenting time, reduce divorce conflict
and remove the “he said/she said” that keeps
families returning to court over custody and
co-parenting issues. One can only imagine
what apps that courts might employ in
different areas of law to keep matters out of
court.
Pugnacious attorneys warring over
e-discovery may be ordered to videotape
their “Meet and Confer” conferences and
to record the audio if they confer by phone.
One or two judges have already employed
this methodology and find that the number
of discovery disputes declines rapidly when
conversations and meetings brilliantly
illustrate who is being reasonable and who is
being a jerk.
Online resolution of disputes, through the
private sector and perhaps through courts as
well, are likely to become more common,
perhaps lessening the number of court cases.
And finally, there absolutely will be a
successor to Judge Judy who will have a high
tech courtroom and star in a reality show
which has nothing whatever to do with reality
but which will be avidly consumed by the next
generation of reality show devotees. You can
bet the mortgage money on that prediction.
The authors are the President and Vice
President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a
legal technology, information security and
digital forensics firm based in Fairfax, VA.
703-359-0700 (phone) www.senseient.com.
Tim Corcoran
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San Bernardino County Bar Association
APALIE Inauguration Dinner
Sophia Choi, President
APALIE, which stands for Asian Pacific American Lawyers of the Inland
Empire, held its inauguration dinner on April 18, 2013 at the Mandarin
Garden restaurant in Downtown Riverside.
W
ith the growing number of Asian Pacific American
lawyers in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, it
was surprising to us that, until the formation of APALIE, there
had been no Asian Pacific American lawyers association in
the Inland Empire that we were aware of. Within four months
of our first “meeting,” we organized APALIE’s inauguration
dinner, with a guest list composed of some of Inland Empire’s
greatest dignitaries.
We had our first meeting on December 4, 2012 with just
me and eight others. At this time, we thought we accomplished
so much: we had discussed and narrowed down the potential
names for our organization. Slowly but surely, the membership
grew. By our second meeting in January, we decided that we
would hold our inauguration dinner in April of 2013. Our goal
was to have each of us ask one other person to attend the dinner,
with a very hopeful, optimistic goal of 40 people total. At that
time, we did not know how much support and love we would
receive from the Inland Empire’s legal community and the
community in general. By April 18, 2013, we had a guest list of
over 120 people. As the venue size could not accommodate any
more people, we had to close our ticket sales! The hard work of
all the board members was evident.
Our Keynote Speaker was Honorable Jackson Lucky, who
made lasting impressions on us all. He said, “My life has been
characterized by a series of happy accidents.” His optimism and
charisma really made it a wonderful inauguration dinner. As
the first Asian American judge in Riverside County as well as
being great support to APALIE as its judicial advisor, APALIE
showed its appreciation to Judge Lucky with the Trailblazer
Award (pictured above).
We also had a wonderful
and
engaging
emcee:
Assistant District Attorney
of San Bernardino County
Michael Fermin, who kept
the attention of the guests
during the entire dinner
(pictured at left).
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The inauguration dinner’s success was not only attributable
to all the members of the organization, but also to our very
generous sponsors, including various legal associations and
law firms . We are so honored and grateful to have so many
dignitaries give their support and attention to APALIE as well.
The inauguration dinner was a great success with leaders from
the bench, the bar, and the community.
From the Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Two,
Presiding Justice Honorable Manuel A. Ramirez, Honorable
Justice Betty A. Richli, Honorable Justice Douglas Miller,
and Honorable Justice Carol D. Codrington were present.
From the United States District Court, Central District of
California, US District Judge Honorable Virginia Phillips, US
Magistrate Judge Honorable Oswald Parada, US Magistrate
Judge Honorable Sheri Pym joined us. From the Riverside
County Superior Court, we had Presiding Judge Honorable
Mark Cope, Honorable Jackson Lucky, Honorable Jacqueline
Jackson, Honorable John W. Vineyard, and Honorable Richard
T. Fields present.
From
the
San
Bernardino Superior
Court, the Honorable
Marsha
Slough,
Presiding Judge and
Honorable Lily L.
Sinfield
attended
(pictured at right).
Judges from Los Angeles County even drove through traffic
to support APALIE, including Los Angeles County Superior
Court judges Honorable Holly Fujie, Honorable Cynthia Loo,
Honorable Paul Suzuki, and Honorable Charles Horan. Rafael
Elizalde, Senior Field Representative for Congressman Mark
Takano’s office also attended and awarded the board with
certificates. The Riverside County Bar Association President
Chris Harmon and President-Elect Jacqueline Carey Wilson as
well as the San Bernardino County Bar Association President
Kevin Bevins came to support. Riverside US Attorney’s Office
Chief Antoine F. Raphael, Deputy Chief Joseph Widman,
and Deputy Chief Corey Lee also attended. Riverside City
Attorney Gregory Priamos, San Bernardino Assistant District
Attorney Michael Fermin, Riverside Public Defender Steve
Harmon, and Interim Public Defender Brian Boles supported
our efforts and attended the dinner. President Paul Claudio of
the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce Inland Empire,
President Linda Kwon of the Orange County Korean American
Bar Association, President Rachel Rola of the Inland Empire
Asian Business Association, President Iris McCammon of
the Orange County Asian Business Association, Director of
Business Relations Bekele Demisse of the Orange County
Transportation Authority, President David Kwak of the
Inland Korean American Association, and Past President Mia
Yamamoto of the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers
Alliance also supported our efforts. We are so honored that
such dignitaries and community leaders shared this day with
us.
We were also very fortunate to have law students, the future
of the growth of the Asian Pacific American lawyers join us,
including students from La Verne, University of California,
Irvine, Loyola, and Southwestern.
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I am truly honored to be the Inaugural President of
APALIE and am committed to the growth of the organization
for it to be a positive influence upon the Inland Empire
community. We have a wonderful and diverse group on the
board, who have worked so diligently and with great energy.
out as much as we wished to the San Bernardino County bench
and bar. Fortunately, some attorneys from San Bernardino
County were able to join the inauguration dinner, including
Justin Oei, who has now also joined the board. Additionally,
as we were planning the formation of our organization and the
inauguration dinner during a time span of only four months,
we did not reach out to as many people in the Inland Empire
as much as we desired. As a team, we will work together to
continue to learn and improve.
Please contact me at SophiaHChoi1024@gmail.com for
membership information and/or suggestions. We encourage
all lawyers with any ties to the Inland Empire to join APALIE.
Our Executive Board members are President Sophia Choi,
President-Elect Eugene Kim, Secretary Lloyd Costales,
Treasurer Ricky Shah, and Judicial Advisor Honorable Jackson
Lucky. Our board of directors includes Honorable Cynthia
Loo, Sylvia Choi, Justin Kim, Warren Chu, Julius Nam, Jerry
Yang, Justin Miyai, Angela Park, Rosemary Koo, Young Kim,
Ami Sheth, Jean Won, Niti Gupta, Kerry Osaki, and Kay Otani
(see photo above). As the board consisted mostly of Riverside
County attorneys, we, apologetically, were not able to reach
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Michael Fermin, Sophia Choi, Honorable Jackson Lucky
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O
n April 10, 2013, at 5:
30 p.m. the Honorable
Joseph B. Campbell Inn of
Court met at the Arrowhead
Country
Club
in
San
Bernardino.
May 2013
San Bernardino County Bar Association
From the Desk of the President of the
HON. JOSEPH B. CAMPBELL
AMERICAN INN OF COURT
by Commissioner Diane I. Anderson
The Inn is sponsoring an
evening at the San Manuel
Stadium to watch the Inland
Empire 66ers play the Lake Elsinore Storm
on May 31, 2013. In addition to the game,
there will be a fireworks show, fifty cent
hot dogs and it is Super Hero Night at
the stadium. Tickets are $10.00 each and
members are encouraged to invite family
and friends. Tickets must be paid for by
the May 8, 2013, general membership
meeting.
The presentation topic for the April 10,
2013, meeting was How Basic Technology
Tools Can Save Time And Improve
Productivity. Guest speaker for the evening was Scott J.
Grossberg, Esq., known for his “iPad for the Lawyer” articles,
lectures, MCLE seminars and book.
Members brought their iPads to this presentation and
Mr. Grossberg graciously entertained questions during his
presentation.
Mr. Grossberg advised the Members that clients and juries
are expecting attorneys to use technology. Technology is no
longer cost prohibitive and it is readily available. He predicted
that in two years, one half of all attorneys will be unemployed
because they did not keep up with technology.
Mr. Grossberg shared with the Members that there is now a
128G iPad.
He told the members that as attorneys we should all be using
some form of automated document assembly.
He also advised that Westlaw is available on iPad.
Mr. Grossberg shared with the Members that technology has
allowed him to become completely paperless. His office uses
Mac and dual monitors and for him his iPad has become his
office.
BACKING UP
Mr. Grossberg advised the Members that they should be
backing up in at least three places. He suggested that Members
back up on their own server every night, back up to iTunes (not
iCloud) and back up at home.
DROPBOX
DropBox is a file sharing service which has taken Cloud
computing to the next level. Mr. Grossberg told the Members
that every APP being developed today is tied to DropBox.
ENCRYPTION
Mr. Grossberg indicated to the Members that we should all
be sending encrypted emails using APPS such as BoxCryptor.
WORD DOCUMENTS
Mr. Grossberg informed the
Members that with Microsoft
having developed its own
tablet, there will not be a
Word APP. He did however
suggest the following APPS:
QuickOffice HD, Pages and
Documents to Go.
NOTE TAKING
With the availability of note taking
APPS, Mr. Grossberg told the members
that he no longer uses a legal pad.
He suggested the following APPS:
Notability, which can be used with a
Stylus, converts documents to PDF and
automatically backs up to DropBox.
Other APPS are Noteshelf and
GoodNotes.
GOODREADER APP
GoodReader is a mega sized document reader.
IBOOKAUTHOR APP
Mr. Grossberg told the Members that this APP allows him to
send directly to a Mediator a digital brief which is hyperlinked
to cases and statutes.
ACCESSORIES
Mr. Grossberg shared with the Members the following
accessories:
Jambox Speaker
Epson Wireless Projector
Apple TV, which is a digital media receiver that allows you
to wirelessly play content from your iPad and iPhone. Mr.
Grossberg advised the Members not to use a Court WiFi or a
Starbucks WiFi for any secure transmission.
Zagg Keyboard (magnetic)
ZaggSparq, which is a portable power charger that provides
5 days of power
Adonit Jot Pro Stylus
STOP USING POWER POINT
Mr. Grossberg suggested to the Members that they should
stop using Power Point and move to 3-D presentations and he
showed the Members a demonstration of a 3-D Timeline.
Mr. Grossberg’s presentation was well received by the
Members and upon the conclusion of his presentation; Mr.
Grossberg remained and answered individual questions from
Members.
The next meeting of the Honorable Joseph B. Campbell
Inn of Court will be held on May 8, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. at
the Arrowhead Country Club. The presentation topic for
this meeting will be The Public Perception Of Lawyers
(Shakespeare To Now). This presentation will be chaired by
the Honorable Stanford Reichert.
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Memories of
Marshall Miles
Edgar C. Keller
M
arshall Miles, who passed
away a couple of months ago,
practiced law in San Bernardino
from 1955 to 1997. Although
known to most of the Bar, he
was quiet, unassuming, relatively
seldom in Court, and not one of the better known members of
either Bar or the community. Nationally and internationally,
however, he was probably far better known than any other
member of our Bar ever has been.
Those who knew Marshall personally outside of San
Bernardino and Riverside counties undoubtedly numbered in
the thousands and those who knew him by name probably were
in the hundreds of thousands.
As a very active member of the ACBL (American Contract
Bridge League), he was always a strong competitor and often a
winner of tournaments all over the country and in international
competition. He won a number of national titles. Although
international titles escaped him for a while, he was both
member and captain, as I recall, of the team that won the Senior
Teams championship at Istanbul in 2004.
Even more impressive than his tournament victories has
been his contribution to renovation in strategy and tactics of
bridge and its literature. He had eleven books published, all or
barely all of which received great acclaim and were read by
bridge enthusiasts throughout the world. He was working on a
twelfth book at the time of his death.
He also contributed extensively to a half dozen or more
periodicals devoted to bridge. Indeed, his first article to Bridge
World was submitted when he was twenty-two. His first major
book, How to Win at Duplicate Bridge, was essentially the first
major book dealing primarily with that subject and remains the
classic book on that subject. It was written in his spare time
while he was in the Army.
He has been for some time a member of the Contract Bridge
Hall of Fame. The May issue of ACBL’s monthly magazine,
the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, devotes a full page to Marshall’s
memory and tributes and eneomiums from some of today’s
best known players and authors.
I had the good fortune to know him and play bridge with
him regularly on numerous occasions in the late 1950’s and
1960’s. We played on and off for several years with such other
bridge players as we could assemble in my office during the
lunch hour. Marshall was, of course, in a different league from
the rest of us. In baseball parlance, he was an all star major
leaguer; I and the others would have been semi-pros pickups.
But Marshall was always patient, gracious, never visibly upset
with a partner’s mis play, but always willing to give pointers
when asked. I think he had hopes of my becoming far more
expert than I ever became.
Once around that time Marshall telephoned me and asked
if I would like to play in a game in which also playing would
be Oswald Jacoby, a true legend generally considered one
ofthe three or four greatest and most influential players of all
time. He had asked Marshall to partner with him at a major
toumament and wanted a warm-up to get to know better
Marshall�s playing style, so they had arranged to play at an
ACBL in Redlands. But, Marshall told me, it was to be a team
of four play, so I would need to assemble three more players
to make up a team with me. I immediately called Ward (later
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Judge) Matthews, Bob Sutton, an attorney then in the Public
Guardian’s or District Attorney’s office, and Ray Ellerman,
then Vice-President and later President of San Bernardino
Community College, all of whom I knew as bridge players.
In contract bridge tournament team of four play, two
players from each team are designated the North-South players
and play the North-South hands of each deal, and the other two
players of the team are designated the East-West players and
play the hands designated as the East-West hands of the same
deal. As I recall it, we had probably twelve or fourteen tables,
but it may have been a little more or a little less, so we may
have played two or maybe three hands with each other team.
Ray and I played as partners and it was when we were playing
our hands against Jacoby and Marshall that there occurred
the one event that I recall from the game: Ray, nervous at
actually playing at the same table with the Great One, reneged.
(“revoked,” to use the more correct term - failure to play a card
of the suit led) leading to a penalty of up to two tricks. For poor
Ray, who had been a good teacher, was a great Administrator,
an accomplished classical and jazz clarinetist, and a pretty
good athlete - he was feeling the ignominy ofhaving choked
in the biggest of games. For the rest of our team, it was more
of a moment of laughter at his discomfiture than a tragedy but
probably Ray recalled it with somewhat rueful laughter until
the time ofhis death a year or so ago.
For many years after the or early 60’s or early 70’s, I had
no bridge contacts with Marshall, but six or eight months ago,
I had a telephone call out of the blue from him asking me to
be his partner at an ACBL club game in Riverside a few days
later, as his regular partner would not be available then. I
warned them that I had not played any ACBL sponsored game
for thirty-five or forty years, had not kept up with any ofthe
many new conventions, and did not and would not know how
to fill out one ofthe today’s convention cards, but Marshall
insisted that he knew I could handle it. So we played and
finished a respectable fourth out of nine, as I recall it, probably
cutting Marshall down from a usual first or second place finish
and doubtless helping Marshall realize that my assessment of
my abilities was more accurate than was his.
In the field of law practice, our paths have rarely passed. I
recall only one brief litigation matter -one decided by binding
arbitration in a one day hearing. His recollection when we
were talking with some friends of his a few months ago was
that I had beat him. My recollection is the same -but that the
arbitrator decided otherwise. Even in his recollection, Marshall
was gracious.
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San Bernardino County Bar Association
BULLETIN
of the
May 2013
Workers’ Compensation/Social Security Disability Issue?
MAYBE WE CAN HELP!
San Bernardino County
Bar Association
“California’s Oldest Continuously Active
Bar Association”
Organized December 11, 1875
In Affiliation with the
High Desert Bar Association
2012-2013 Board of Directors
Donald F. Cash, Donna V. Siofele, Francisco T. Silva, Darla A. Cunningham, Scott M. Rubel
OFFICERS
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need help with Workers’ Compensation or Social Security problems, please have them call our
office for a free consultation. We pay referral fees in accordance with State Bar Rule 2-200(A).
Kevin B. Bevins
President
John R. Zitny
President-Elect
STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA / BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION
Jack B. Osborn
Lerner, Moore, Silva, Cunningham & Rubel
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Jennifer M. Guenther
Immediate Past President
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Hon. Diane I. Anderson
Hon. Khymberli S. Apaloo
Victor J. Herrera
Barbara A. Keough
Eugene Kim
Michael Reiter
John W. Short
Sandy L. Turner
Executive Director
Claire E. Furness
“The mission of the San Bernardino County Bar
Association is to serve its members and
the community and improve
the system of justice.”
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San Bernardino, CA 92401-1201
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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS
Bradley R. White
he Bulletin of the San Bernardino County Bar
Association is published 11 times a year. Our
circulation is approximately 1,100, including: our bar
membership of 900, 95 state and federal judges, state
&local bar leaders, legislators, media, and businesses
interested in the advancement of our mission.
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