October 2011 - San Bernardino County Bar Association

•BULLETIN•
of the San Bernardino County Bar Association
Vol. 39, No. 12
Our 136th Year
San Bernardino County Bar Association
Annual Installation Dinner
in conjunction with
Wine & Food Under the Stars
National Orange Show Grounds
The San Bernardino County Bar Association
requests the pleasure of your company at the
Installation of 2011-2012 Officers & Directors
and Celebration of our 137th Year
Thursday, October 13, 2011
National Orange Show Grounds
689 South “E” Street -- San Bernardino
Wine & Food Under the Stars: 6:00 p.m.
Installation Program at 7:15 p.m.
Installation of Officers
Officiating:
Hon. Christopher J. Warner (Ret.)
2011-2012 Officers:
President: Jennifer M. Guenther
President-Elect: Khymberli S. Apaloo
Vice President: Bradley R. White
Secretary-Treasurer: Kevin B. Bevins
Immed. Past President: John S. Lowenthal
2011-2012 Directors-at-Large:
Hon. Diane I. Anderson Victor J. Herrera
Barbara A. Keough
Jack B. Osborn
John W. Short
M. Wayne Tucker
Sandy L. Turner
John R. Zitny
Please call 909/885-1986 to RSVP.
October 2011
Checking the Loss Of Balance In
Our Court System
By Jennifer Guenther
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n 1787, the leaders of the newly formed United States
gathered to write a set of principals by which to govern
the Country-the Constitution of the United States. So as to
ensure a strong and fair government, the Founding Fathers
created the three branches of government-the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial-and implemented a system of
checks and balances that allows one branch to limit
another, without breaching the independence of each.
The Founding Fathers never counted on the current
budgetary crisis that now jeopardizes not only the careful
balance of the three branches, but threatens to obstruct the
delivery of justice within our Court system.
The budget approved in June by the State Legislature
and signed into law by the Governor cut $350 million from
the State’s court system. Statewide, this means an average
6.8 percent reduction of funds to the trial courts and a 9.7
percent reduction to the California Supreme Court and the
six regional appeals courts. For the San Bernardino County
Court system, however, the cuts go even deeper and could
mean as much as 10 percent of the San Bernardino Court’s
already tight budget.
The County of San Bernardino is the largest County in
area in the contiguous United States, with a population of
more than 2.03 million- nearly a million people more than
who lived in San Bernardino County only 20 years ago.
As a result, the San Bernardino Superior Court system has
a larger area to serve than any other County in California.
At the same time, the San Bernardino Superior Court
system has the highest per-judge case load in the State.
With continued budget cuts, however, it becomes more
and more difficult to provide a system of justice to the far
reaches of the County. In past years, in order to conserve
limited funds, the Courts have been mandated to close one
day a month, while court services in the outlying County
areas, such as Needles and Big Bear, were cut back. The
courthouse in Twin Peaks was closed.
While the San Bernardino County Courts have found a
way to make justice accessible to those it serves within
the County, the Court has been operating in a structural
deficit for more than three years and using reserve funds
to continue operations. With the State Legislature’s most
recent budget cuts, it can be expected that services will be
cut back even more.
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21st ANNUAL RED MASS
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 6:00 p.m.
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY CATHEDRAL
2525 North Arrowhead Avenue, San Bernardino
T
he entire legal community and persons of all faiths
are invited to attend the 21st Annual Red Mass on
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. The mass will
be held at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, which is
located at 2525 North Arrowhead Avenue in the City
of San Bernardino. The chief celebrant will be the Most
Reverend Gerald R. Barnes, Bishop of the Diocese of San
Bernardino.
A dinner reception in the parish hall hosted by the Red
Mass Steering Committee will follow the mass.
The Red Mass is a religious celebration in which
members of the legal community of all faiths invoke God’s
blessing and guidance in the administration of justice.
All who are involved in the judicial system, including
lawyers, judges, legal assistants, court personnel, court
reporters, court security officers, and peace officers, are
encouraged to attend the Red Mass.
Wilfrid C. Lemann Will Be Honored with the Saint
Thomas More Award
Wilfrid C. Lemann, Esq. will be honored with the
Saint Thomas More Award for his extraordinary service
and devotion to church, community, and justice.
The Saint Thomas More Award is given to attorneys
or judges in the community whose professional life is
a reflection of their faith, who give hope to those in
need, who are kind and generous in spirit, and who are
exemplary human beings overall. The Honorable John M.
Pacheco will present this award at a complimentary dinner
reception in the parish hall following the mass.
Checking the Loss of Balance...
October 2011
(from page 1)
The Founding Father’s ideal of the separation of powers, with
checks and balances to ensure that each branch maintains its
effectiveness, does not work when one of the branches is slowly
choked off and made ineffective - not in a purposeful attempt
to grab power by another branch as fear by those drafting the
Constitution - but by the lack of the funding that allows the
Judicial system to serve justice to all those within its jurisdiction.
As it stands, the County’s case load is unlikely to lessen
but increase as the County population grows. Without proper
funding, not only will access to the Court be extremely limited
for those who live outside the major metropolitan area, but there
will also be less access for those who have been defrauded, or
who are trying to enforce a contract, or protect their belongings
or persons. Without additional judges, and without access for all
of the County’s population to the Court system, the already heavy
case load of the judges will continue to grow and the time frame to
resolve disputes will get longer and longer.
While budget cuts can help eliminate the chaff in an overly
bureaucratic system, where the chaff has already been eliminated
and the system is running at its leanest, those losses hurt. Not
only are the judges, clerks and court administrators who work hard
everyday to keep the system functioning hurt, but the people of
the County and the State are hurt as well in their ability to resolve
legal disputes in a timely manner.
The San Bernardino
County Bar
Association’s
The San Bernardino
County Bar
Association’s
Fee Arbitration
Program
Lawyer Referral
Service
needs arbitrators!
needs panel members!
We have a need for fee
arbitrators practicing in the
following fields of law:
We have a need for panel
members practicing in the
following fields of law:
Family Law, Criminal Law,
Loan Modifications, and
Employment Law
Social Security,
Workers’ Compensation,
Employment Law
Please call Claire at
(909)885-1986 or send an
email to [email protected].
Please call Tina at
(909)884-0273 or send an
email to [email protected].
The Tradition of the Red Mass
The Red Mass is celebrated each year in Washington,
D.C., where Supreme Court justices, members of
Congress, and the President attend at the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception. Since 1991, the Red Mass
has been offered in the Diocese of San Bernardino, which
covers both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
For further information about this event, please contact
Jacqueline Carey-Wilson at (909) 387-4334 or Mitchell
Norton at (909) 387-5444.
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Life Lessons I Have Learned
From The Law
by Commissioner Diane I. Anderson
I
worked full time and attended law school part time. Three
evenings a week for four years, including three summers. My
law school graduation will always remain a landmark event in
my life. It seemed as though the world was waiting for me, all I
had to do was pass the bar exam. But I did not pass the bar exam
the first time, nor the second time, nor the third time. By the
time I had received my third “We regret to inform you” letter
from the committee of bar examiners, I had begun to question
every decision I had ever made that led me to want to go to
law school. At the time I was working as a law clerk for the
San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, where I met
Denise Dvorak. Denise was just embarking on her prestigious
career with the District Attorney’s Office. She gave me a copy
of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech.
I laminated it and carried it in my calendar for years. Denise
also recommended a particular book that ultimately helped me
maintain my perspective. For me it turned out the fourth time
was the charm and I finally passed the bar exam. Apparently,
the world was still waiting for me, just a little delayed. The
law had already taught me two important lessons, humility and
perseverance and I had not even begun practicing yet. It had
also shown me that attorneys will give freely of themselves
when they see a colleague struggling.
I was fortunate to begin my legal career with a mentor.
This was at a time when there were no formalized mentoring
programs or resources. Attorney MaryAnn Murphy took me
under her wing and I accompanied her to Court where she
introduced me to other attorneys and where appropriate to
judicial officers. I observed her make appearances and argue
matters in a number of courtrooms and in various areas of
the law. I even sat with her at counsel table during a jury
trial. MaryAnn was the consummate mentor and through her
mentoring I found my niche in the law that set the course for
my career. In retrospect I have come to realize that the law
had provided me with the invaluable guidance of a caring and
gifted mentor.
Eventually I came to work for the firm of Howard, Friedman
and Gebbie in San Bernardino. The named partners John
Howard, Robert Friedman and Gloria Gebbie were the defense
contract firm for the San Bernardino County Juvenile Court.
Through these partners I learned the practical applications of
integrity and ethics. It is one thing to read statutes, decisional
law, analyze fact patterns and take the professional responsibility
exam. But what these resources do not demonstrate is the level
of respect associated with an attorney of integrity and ethics.
The degree of respect shown these attorneys by their colleagues
and judicial officers alike was immeasurable. The respect was
so obvious because they had in turn earned it through their own
professionalism, integrity and ethics. John, Bob and Gloria
showed me that in the practice of law, the one quality you take
with you into every courtroom is your own integrity and you
protect that integrity by adhering to your code of ethics.
At Juvenile Court I had the honor of appearing before Judge
A. Rex Victor. Judge Victor quietly directed my career towards
the bench and I know that I have him and Judge Michael
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Welch to thank for my position with the San Bernardino
County Superior Court as a Commissioner. I cannot speak to
other professions but in the law your career can be guided in
an obvious fashion, such as by a mentor and in a less obvious
fashion, such as by someone taking an interest in your career
without you even knowing it.
Four months after I was appointed to the Juvenile Court
bench my husband, Daniel Dong, was diagnosed terminally
ill. We had nine months together and nothing was left unsaid.
After his passing I returned to work, in retrospect too quickly,
and with a level of anger so foreign to me that I attended grief
counseling to address my new found anger. In grief counseling
I learned that anger is not an uncommon response to the loss
of a loved one. Dan’s passing and my subsequent grief issues
have been the darkest days of my life. In facing this challenge,
I will always be grateful for the support of Judge Donna Garza,
who was the Presiding Judge at Juvenile Court at the time and
for the compassion of attorney Nicole Anderson, who seemed
to understand that when tragedy strikes in your personal life it
is not always possible to leave the accompanying emotions at
home.
The law is a time honored profession and if you are lucky
enough to find yourself in a career in the law, it will also afford
you the opportunity to meet some of the finest people you will
ever know in your lifetime. And that is the true lesson I have
learned from the law.
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October 2011
2nd Annual District 9 Reception -- Long Beach, CA
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n an effort to bring our District 9 Counties together, the San Bernardino County Bar Association has sponsored a
reception at the last two Annual Meetings of the California State Bar. The gatherings have both been well-attended
and welcomed by our members and the bar leaders from the other areas in the new district.
This year’s reception was held on Friday, September 16, 2011 at the Long Beach Hyatt. Our new District 9 Governor,
Heather Linn Rosing from San Diego, took time out of her very busy day to join us for a few minutes. San Diego
County Bar Association Executive Director Ellen Miller was also there.
Thank you to Tom and Deborah Dominick for their gracious hosting of this event for the last two years. This year an
extra special thanks to Deborah, who, in spite of a rocky start on Friday (through no fault of her own), maintained her
usual grace and composure and put on a wonderful party.
September 16, 2011
Long Beach Hyatt
Counter-clockwise from top left: Hosts
Tom & Deborah Dominick prepare the
room for guests; Deborah D. and Janet
LaTourette; SBCBA Board members John
Short and Khym Apaloo with guests;
Digging in (the food was delicious); Donnasue Ortiz & Karin Horspool (upper
photo); Joann Nelms, Bryan Hartnell &
Tom D.; Bryan & Jaonn; Tom with Carrie
& Michelle Schaefer; Soheila Azizi, Lynn
Glickstein and Ms. Azizi’z husband, Dr.
Farameer Azizi; Kathleen Osborn and
John Short; Finishing up the reception
(as well as the leftovers).
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Route 66 Meet & Greet!
These are scenes taken at our first Annual Meet
& Greet, held on Thursday, September 15th at
the Law Offices of Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer
& Dominick. This event, held on the first day
of Route 66, was designed primarily to introduce our new admittees to the San Bernardino
Bench.
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The Campbell Inn also hosts a
of the Joseph B. Campbell
it is a professional legal
“field trip” in December for our
organization designed to
Inn members which gives the
Inn Of Court
mentor young lawyers (as
membership an opportunity to
well as students), by having
gain insight into a related legal
Hon. Barbara A. Buchholz
them serve on various teams
field. In the past we have visited
with
more
experienced
the Sheriff’s Crime Lab, the
lawyers and bench officers. Inn participation is meant to
Coroner’s Office, the 911 Call Center, Sheriff Aviation, the
educate members in the various areas and aspects of the law
Court of Appeal, the Federal court, the Juvenile Dependency
through programs designed to address the needs of members of
court, and that is just a few of the locations. This year we are
the Inn. The Campbell Inn, like the American Inn, is dedicated
working on an equally exciting and informative field trip
to this concept and to the perpetuation of Professionalism,
which will be announced to our members in the fall. This year
Civility and Ethics in the practice of law.
the Campbell Inn will also host the Joint Dinner Meeting with
The Joseph B. Campbell Inn was founded in 1992, and has
the Slaughter and Deegan Inns which will occur in February
continued in its endeavors to provide significant educational
2012.
experiences designed to improve and enhance the abilities of
Membership dues for the Campbell Inn for the 2011/2012
lawyers, educators, law students and judges, and to facilitate
year are $275 for attorneys practicing more than 5 years;
and promote interaction and collegiality among all legal
$225 for those practicing less than 5 years; $200 for members
professionals.
from the bench; and, Pupil (law students) dues will be $50 for
Our 2011/2012 Inn year starts in October. We usually meet at
membership.
the Arrowhead Country Club in San Bernardino on the second
All membership questions should be directed to our
Wednesday of each month. We will be accepting applications
membership chairman, Donna Connally. She can be reached
from all those interested in becoming involved and promoting
at: (909) 758-5136 or you can e-mail her at: donna@noquitde
the objective of the Campbell Inn.
fense.com
The Board members of the Campbell Inn are very excited
We invite you to come join us at the Campbell Inn to
about this year’s theme for the upcoming Campbell Inn year
participate in the exchange of ideas, principals and practices in
presentations, which will be: “Professionalism, Civility,
our ever changing legal profession; engage in the collegiality
and Ethics in the Legal Trenches.” Our goal is to make the
that attendance at our monthly meetings will bring with other
presentations demonstrative and applicable to all fields of
attorneys, judges, educators, and law students; and, of course,
practice. The October presentation topic is “Discrimination:
obtain those much needed MCLE credits.
Superior Court of San Bernardino County Needs Volunteer Mediators!
The California Superior Court, County of San Bernardino is seeking volunteer mediators, on a
temporary basis, to assist the court’s mediation program during the month of October, beginning
this Thursday! Volunteers should have some mediation experience and be willing to conduct
mediations during the following days and times:
Court
Location
Civil Law
Family Law
Barstow
1st and 3rd Thursdays 8:30 a.m.
--
Central
Fridays
Wednesdays 8:30 a.m.
Rancho
Mondays 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Victorville
Fridays
Fridays
If you are able and willing to assist in this project for the month of October, 2011, please send an
email to [email protected] with your name, state bar no., mediation qualifications, preferred
court location(s), preference for type(s) of mediation, and complete contact information. Please
include an email and cellphone number, if possible. (Thank you to all of you who have already
responded!)
Please call Claire at the SBCBA (909/885-1986) if you have any questions.
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October 2011
San Bernardino County Bar Association
Alternative Fee Arrangements:
Their Popularity Soars
By Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and John W. Simek
© Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
T
here was a time when many lawyers,
settled in their ways, thought
that they could ignore alternative fee
arrangements. That day is clearly gone.
The 2010 Fulbright Litigation Trends
Survey (http://www.fulbright.com/inde
x.cfm?fuseaction=news.detail&article_
id=9222&site_id=286) announced that
51% of the corporate counsel responding
to the survey were using some form of
alternative fee arrangements.
Why? They cite lower costs first, then
predictability, and then risk sharing.
So what kind of AFAs do they favor?
It’s a very mixed bag with fixed fees,
conditional or contingent fees, blended
rates, capped fees and performance/
reward-based fees. Clearly, there is a
lot of exploration going on and a lot
of innovative thinking about the kinds
of AFAs that may work in particular
situations.
Mind you, there is still a way to go for
AFAs - while they are now mainstream,
the billable hour still rules, with only
one quarter of respondents estimating
that AFAs exceed 30% of their total
litigation budget.
What strikes us is how new AFAs
are, relatively, and yet how quickly
they have gained a foothold even in
major law firms when they were once
the province of solos and small firms
seeking to counter a bad economy.
Why the fast track? We think there are
several reasons:
• There has been intense pressure from
in-house counsel to lower litigation
budgets, especially in a fairly uncertain
economy
• The smart folks in law firms began to
see that they would be more competitive
if they adopted AFAs and promoted that
adoption
• They make sense, often when the
billable hour does not. Why be more
efficient when inefficiency pays so
handsomely? Why invest in technology
which will only contract the amount
of time billed? With hourly billing,
the client bears the risk of higher fees,
complications and delay. Under an
AFA, the law firm bears those risks.
No wonder companies are starting, in
earnest, to move away from hourly
billing.
The Orick law firm now handles all of
Levi Strauss’ legal work worldwide
for an annual fee. United Technologies
requires fixed-fee arrangements with its
law firms. And Cisco Systems now buys
all of its legal work via AFAs. The list
could go on and on.
Lawyers often ask us if they should
go “all AFA.” This is usually not
a good idea. Our experience is that
most lawyers really don’t know how
long most tasks take, so they may
inadvertently enter into an agreement
and then find themselves working for
$20 an hour. Take the tasks that you
know the best, where you are almost
certain to earn the equivalent of your
hourly rate (or more). See how it works
out and measure the results.
One way of implementing AFAs is to
bundle services. Perhaps you agree to
form a corporation, act as a registered
agent for a year and provide four hours
of phone or in-person consultation for a
fixed price. This can be attractive (and
very predictable) to a client.
To be successful, you need to keep
refining the process. And it is very
important to institute a way to do a
“change order” if the scope of work
is modified. Make sure you have the
client’s agreement in writing - even a
modest change should be approved via
e-mail by the client - and large changes
should require that both parties sign a
modification agreement. It should go
without saying that you’ll have to be
very careful to define the scope of work
lest there be a misunderstanding.
There are many of what author/visionary
Richard Susskind would call “disruptive
technologies” in the legal world. We can
work today from anywhere at any time.
We are always connected, unless we
choose not to be. We have hardware
and software that can get our legal work
done in a fraction of the time it used to
take. There are online legal resources
- think LegalZoom - that pull in clients
who would otherwise seek an attorney.
The days when clients would pay
500% of value vanish when they have
the option, in small matters and large,
to pay far less by finding a lawyer or
firm which has done everything it can
to promote efficiency in tendering legal
services. This means that software for
billing/accounting, practice management
software,
document
automation
software and document management
software become the fundamentals of
your AFA toolkit.
Those who have adopted AFAs
very consistently report success in
attracting clients, especially when they
aggressively market their alternative
fee arrangements. Is it easy moving to
these new models? Of course not, and
you’ll trip yourself up now and again
and really may work for $20 an hour
on a case. But you’ll learn, perfect the
system, and hopefully enhance your
bottom line.
Authors Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and
John W. Simek are the President and
Vice President of Sensei Enterprises,
Inc. a computer forensics, information
security and legal technology firm in
Fairfax, Virginia. The authors thank
colleague Paul Unger for sharing some
of his research on this topic.
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High Desert Bar Association News
by Jennifer Medieros, President
T
he High Desert Bar Association is hosting a general membership party and Judges’ Appreciation
Night on Friday, October 21, 2011 from 5-9 p.m. Please note the date previously set for October
14th has been rescheduled to October 21st. Please join us for a fiesta to include a taco bar, margaritas
and music. Please RSVP to Medeiros & Associates at (760) 241-1234 by October 10th. The address
and directions will be given at the time of your RSVP.
Join the High Desert Bar Association
for
Judges’ Appreciation Night
and a
General Membership Party!
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2011 Bench-Bar Golf Tournament Sponsors
Exclusive Hole Sponsors:
Advanced Imaging Strategies
Law Office of Steven A. Becker
Bond Services of California
Caldwell, Kennedy & Porter
Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC
Horspool & Parker
McCuneWright
Painter, Smith & Gorian
October 2011
Scenes from the 2011 Bench Bar Tournament
SBCBA golf teams warm up for the game.
Shared Hole Sponsors:
F.E. Schnetz Commercial Brokerage
Friedman, Gebbie, Cazares & Gilleece, LLP
Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick
Granowitz, White & Weber
Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden
Grover L. Porter, Attorney at Law
Joseph B. Campbell American Inn of Court
Legal Nurse Betty
Sandtrap Sponsors:
Commissioner Diane I. Anderson
Inland Counties Association of Paralegals
Inland Valleys Justice Center
Middlebrook, Kaiser, Hengesbach & Dawson
McPeters McAlearney Shimoff & Hatt
Hon. Wilfred J. Schneider, Jr.
Raffle Prizes were donated by:
Alfredo’s Pizza & Pasta
Barbara A. Keough
Black Angus
Bradford Portraits
Five Star Golf
Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick
Granowitz, White & Weber
Hilton San Bernardino
Ice House Comedy Club
In-N-Out Burger
Kevin B. Bevins
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith
Ontario Improv
Rowley Portraiture
SBCBA & LRS
Super Burrit0
William D. Shapiro
Ladies from JAMS.
Apparently you had to be named John to
be included in this shot...
...So we gave Clark
his own spot.
Additional Sponsorships:
Dinner: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith
Tote Bags: J.A.M.S.
Koozies: J.A.M.S.
Towels: Robinson/Calcagnie/Robinson/Shapiro/Davis
Hats: Law Office of Michael Scafiddi
Auction: BC Auctions
Thanks to all for your continued support of the SBCBA!
BC Auctions brought some great
memorabilia...
...Including a guitar signed by Yardbirds’ greats Beck, Clapton and Page;
and a helmet signed by last year’s Superbowl champs from Green Bay.
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2011 Bench-Bar
Golf Tournament
By: Thomas W. Dominick, Golf Committee Chair
Our youngest tourney player kept Tina
company during the ticket sales.
Trophies by Gallagher’s.
The Annual Bench-Bar Golf Tournament... Our most
fun and relaxing event of the year! Many thanks to
my committee co-chair, Brad White, and to Bar staff
members Tina Harris and Christine Warner (and, of
course, Claire Furness and Director Kevin Bevins,
who assisted the staff this year) for putting on another
terrific event.
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Tom D. and Judge Allen join the
winning team for a photo.
Great raffle prizes donated by members.
Loyal attendee
and Raffle winner
extraordinaire.
Trophy envy.
Team Scafiddi members
proudly display their
horses’ arses.
3rd place team: Chang, McCune, Wright &
Boren.
John Wlkerson & Judges
Will Schneider and Chris
Marshall close the event.
J-Dude & the 3 Old Guys: Winners of the
“Golfing Is Its Own Reward” Award.
n Friday, September 23, 2011, nearly 60 members
of the Bar, including bench officers and special
guests, participated in the San Bernardino County Bar
Association’s 11th Annual Bench-Bar Golf Tournament
at Sierra Lakes Golf Course in Fontana. The weather
was hot and humid and, despite a late start, everyone
had a great time and was able to finish before dark.
We were treated to a box lunch and a fabulous buffet
dinner provided by Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith
at the “19th hole.” There was a raffle of many donated
items. BC Auctions put on both live and silent auctions
of sports & rock memorabilia - thanks to Bruce Hall and
Grace for their efforts.
The women’s longest drive and closest to the pin awards
went to Sarah Powell and Cheryl Kersey, respectively.
Dennis Stout was awarded the men’s longest drive
award and closest to the pin award went to Jeff Bullard
of Team Scafiddi.
The first place trophy went to Team Ewaniszyk
consisting of Jim Heiting, Dennis Stout, Rick Ewaniszyk
and Rollin Rauschel with a score of 57. Great shooting
guys!
The team of Richard Granowitz, Brad White, David
Colella and Darren White took second place with a
score of 59 following a “card off” with the team of
Richard McCune, Daniel Chang, Jack Boren and David
Wright, who took third.
Honorable mention goes to the 4th place team “Tommy
Knockers & Associates, LLP” consisting of Mike
Welch, Tom Garza, Matt Stewart and Tom Dominick,
who carded a 60.
The coveted “Horse’s Arse Award” for the highest
gross score (“the grossest of the gross”) went to “Team
Scafiddi” consisting of Mike Scafiddi, Jeff Bullard,
Scott Neudorf and Sarah Powell. (This team also went
home with most of the raffle prizes!)
The Honorable Doug Fettel won the NOT-coveted
“Head Divot Award” for taking a rogue ball in the head.
Our best wishes to him for a quick and full recovery.
A very special thank you goes to our many generous
sponsors (see list on facing page), who make this
tournament possible year after year.
We look forward to seeing you all out there again next
year.
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October 2011
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“The oldest continuously active bar association in California”
Rates start at $25 for
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CONFERENCE ROOM AVAILABLE for depos, etc. at SBCBA
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San Bernardino County Bar Association
BULLETIN
of the
October 2011
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
2010-2011 Board of Directors
Donald F. Cash, Donna V. Siofele, Francisco T. Silva, Darla A. Cunningham, Scott M. Rubel
OFFICERS
We have over 70 years of experience in representing injured and disabled workers before the
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and Social Security Administration. If you have clients who
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).
John S. Lowenthal
President
Jennifer M. Guenther
President-Elect
Khymberli S. Apaloo
Vice-President
Bradley R. White
Secretary-Treasurer
Thomas W. Dominick
Immediate Past President
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Hon. Diane I. Anderson
Kevin B. Bevins
Victor J. Herrera
Barbara A. Keough
Jack B. Osborn
M. Wayne Tucker
Sandy L. Turner
John R. Zitny
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.”
555 North Arrowhead Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92401-1201
(909) 885-1986 Fax: (909) 889-0400
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.sbcba.org
T
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.
Articles, advertisements and notices should be received
by the bar office no later than the fifteenth of the month
prior to the month of publication. For current advertising
rates, please call the number listed above. Please direct
all correspondence to the above address.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS
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Lerner, Moore, Silva, Cunningham & Rubel
Ph: 909/ 889-1131• Fax: 909/884-5326
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San Bernardino, California 92408-1024
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