Letter from the Chair

• Publication year: 2018
• Author: By Ritzel Starleigh Ngo

Letter From the Chair

By Ritzel Starleigh Ngo

Ritzel Starleigh Ngo is the Chair for the Solo & Small Firm Section of the California Lawyers Association, and she practices family law in Pasadena. Ms. Ngo is experienced in contentious dissolutions; parentage matters; child custody and visitation, spousal and child support; property division; temporary and permanent restraining orders; including domestic violence, elder abuse, and civil harassment. She can be reached at ritzel@gmail.com.

Dear Solo and Small Firm Section Members:

Thank you for your membership. This quarter's articles in the PRACTITIONER are interesting and useful to each of our legal practices. Thank you to Omar Anorga, Editor-in-Chief, for putting together a fabulous issue.

This past Spring, we welcomed new programs, as I welcomed the birth of my son, Thomas.

We had a successful turn out to our live in person MCLE program on April 13, held at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, which was led and organized by our Education Chair/Treasurer-Elect, Sabrina Green! Thank you Sabrina for your hard work and continued contributions to our section.

We also visited a few local bar associations this Spring, including the Tahoe-Truckee Bar Association, in which our section presented the MCLE "What to Do When the State Bar Calls," in Truckee. We met many skilled attorneys, and established new connections, particularly with President Kate Shaw, who welcomed us back for a possible summer MCLE program. Stay tuned to our e-news for future details.

Additionally, this Spring our section visited the Tulare Bar Association for an MCLE lunch in which our section presented at a beautiful venue called the Vintage Press in Visalia, where we presented "The Difference Between Mistake and Malpractice." It was great to network and meet attorneys in the Central Valley, and learn about practice issues and how our committee can serve the needs in this part of our state.

We encourage the continued involvement of attorneys to participate in our section subcommittees. If your local county bar association is interested in having an MCLE program, please contact Nancy Goldstein or me to arrange for the program presentation.

I am grateful to the participation of so many of our excom officers who are juggling the demands of life, running a solo or small law firm, while finding time to volunteer and serve our section membership.

Nancy Goldstein and Marilyn Monahan are instrumental with the e-newsletter that our members receive each month...