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Media Seminar: Understanding the Civil Justice System, sponsored by Consumer Attorneys Assoc. of LA and the Los Angeles Press Club

Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM (PT)

Hollywood, CA

Media Seminar: Understanding the Civil Justice System,...

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WHAT:                        Developed specifically for members of the media, this free seminar

                                   is a hands-on inside perspective about the civil justice system:      

                                   how to cover a civil versus criminal trial, trial ABCs, how the civil

                                   justice system works, key ins and outs when covering a trial, how to reach

                                   spokespeople quickly and efficiently, etc.

  

WHY:                          -- High interest among the public in these trials and their outcomes

                                   -- Increasing need to have reporters prepared to cover any number

                                      of issues as the staff mix evolves                    

 

WHO SHOULD

ATTEND:                      Reporters who cover the courts, legal matters

                                    City reporters

                                    General assignment reporters

                                    Consumer affairs reporters

                                    Entertainment reporters

 

PRESENTERS:            MORNING SESSION

                                    Moderator

                             J. G. Preston, Press Secretary, Consumer Attorneys Association

                             of California


Civil Justice System Overview

                                    Professor Douglas NeJaime, Associate Professor of Law,

                             Loyola Law School

 
The Defense Side

Jim Robie, Robie & Matthai; President, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

 

The Plaintiff’s Side

Garo Mardirossian, Principal, Mardirossian and Associates, Inc.; President, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

 

Trial ABCs

The Honorable Margaret Oldendorf, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

AFTERNOON SESSION ROUNDTABLE

12:30-2:00 p.m.

Panel: Covering the Civil Justice System and Civil Trials

                                   

Moderator

J. G. Preston, Press Secretary, Consumer Attorneys of California

 

Panelists:

Patty Kinaga, Principal, Kinaga Olivarez LLP

Genie Harrison, Partner, Litt, Estuar, Harrison and Kitson; member of Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

The Honorable Mary Thornton House, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Denise Nix, Legal Reporter, Daily Breeze

Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent, Associated Press

Vania Stuelp, Deputy Public Information Officer, Los Angeles County Superior Court

 

 

 

When & Where



Steve Allen Theatre at LA Press Club
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90027

Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM (PT)


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Consumer Attorneys Assoc/LA and LA Press Club



The Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (formerly known as the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association) was formed in 1949 and today is the largest local association of plaintiffs' attorneys in the United States.  The Association educates, connects, assists and advocates for its nearly 3,000 members.

The non-profit 500-member Los Angeles Press Club designs programs to educate and improve the lives of journalists, as well as future journalists and the greater community that is affected by journalism every day.