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• Publication year: 2020

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California Litigation Review

Litigation Section
California Lawyers Association
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 650
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 516-1760

Co-Editors in Chief
Wendy W. Huang, Orange
Erik M. Silber, Los Angeles

Article Editors
Jessica Barclay-Strobel, Los Angeles
Karli Eisenberg, Sacramento
David R. Friedman, Los Angeles
Katy Graham, Santa Barbara
Susan Horst, San Francisco
Jeff Kosbie, Oakland
Benjamin G. Shatz, Los Angeles
Chad Stegeman, San Francisco
Lt. Cmdr. Tyler A. Stutin, Alameda
Anne Voigts, Palo Alto
Kenneth Wang, Los Angeles
Geoffrey Wilson, Fresno

Design and Production
Martha Murray Design, Bend, OR

Section Coordinator
John Boxberger, Sacramento

Executive Committee

Chair
Terrance J. Evans, San Francisco

Vice Chair
Jessica Barclay-Strobel, Los Angeles

Treasurer
Mary McKelvey, Los Angeles

Secretary
Erik M. Silber, Los Angeles

Immediate Past Chair
George Wailes, San Mateo

Members
Marc Alexander, Santa Ana
Omar Anorga, Pasadena
Jeremy Avila, San Jose
Lawrence E. Biegel, Monterey
Adrieannette L. Ciccone, Hayward
Jose A. Cordova, San Francisco
Karli Eisenberg, Sacramento
Michelle D. Galloway, Palo Alto
Katy Graham, Santa Barbara
Paul Killion, San Francisco
Jeff Kosbie, Oakland
Ana Sambold, San Diego
Chad A. Stegeman, San Francisco
Jordanna Thigpen, Los Angeles
Michelle Wolfe, Riverside

Judicial Advisors
Hon.Kevin C. Brazile, Los Angeles
Hon. Elena J. Duarte, Sacramento
Hon. Elizabeth Feffer (ret.), Los Angeles
Hon. Samuel K. Feng, San Francisco
Hon. Beth Labson Freeman, San Jose
Hon. Ernest H. Goldsmith (ret.), San Francisco
Hon. James M. Humes, San Francisco
Hon. Eileen C. Moore, Santa Ana

Advisors
Amanda M. Bettinelli, Los Angeles
Robert M. Bodzin, Oakland
Lisa M. Cappelluti, San Francisco
Jeffrey Daar, Woodland Hills
Cynthia Elkins, Woodland Hills
Christopher R. Fredrich, Los Angeles
Reuben A. Ginsburg, Los Angeles
Thomas Greene, San Francisco
Susan Horst, San Francisco
Michael Huggins, San Diego
Wendy W. Huang, Orange
Carol D. Kuluva, Los Angeles
Robert Muth, San Diego
Jonathan Patchen, San Francisco
Jessica Riggin, Oakland
Norman J. Rodich, Irvine
Megan Rowe, Sacramento
Jerome J. Sapiro, Jr., San Francisco
Benjamin G. Shatz, Los Angeles
Julia C. Shear Kushner, Encino
Erin Smith, Oakland

Dean Bochner is a partner at Horvitz & Levy LLP, the largest law firm in the nation specializing exclusively in appellate litigation. His appellate experience covers a wide range of practice areas, including products liability, medical malpractice, public entity liability, real property, employment, and contract disputes. Dean previously worked as a law clerk to Judge Barry G. Silverman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Elaine E. Bucklo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Dean currently serves as treasurer of the CLA Litigation Section's Committee on Appellate Courts.

Kathleen A. Brewer operates Brewer Law Office, a solo employment law practice that represents employees in nearly every type of employment dispute, including discrimination, harassment, disability accommodation, family leave, wage theft, and whistle-blowing cases. Brewer Law Office is located in Westlake Village, California. Kathleen is an energetic volunteer who has served California's bench and bar in a number of roles, including active involvement with California Lawyers Association. Kathleen is a former Chair of CLA's Litigation Section.

Morgan Chu is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP. Morgan served a managing partner of the firm from 1997 to 2003 for a maximum two terms. He is presently Chair of the Litigation...