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OC Lawyer Cover Story

March 2024 Cover Story - Who’s Who in the OCBA

The OCBA Executive Committee, Board of Directors, section leaders, and committee chairs who promote the OCBA’s mission.

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February 2024 Cover Story - Franklin G. West Honoree Nikki Presley Miliband: An Unprecedented Servant Leader

Learn why so many people feel inspired by Nikki’s leadership.

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January 2024 Cover Story - Christina Zabat-Fran: A Creative Walks Into a Bar . . .

Meet our new OCBA President!

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December 2023 Cover Story - The Masters Division Honors Legends of the Law Justice John K. Trotter (Ret.) and Marjorie G. Fuller

Orange County legal history was forged by contributions from these formidable attorneys.

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December 2023 Cover Story - The History and Progress of the OCBA DEI Committee

Learn why the DEI committee is relevant and the history of how it came into being.

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December 2023 Cover Story - The Herstory of the Orange County Judiciary: Celebrating the Three Remarkable Judicial Leaders

For the first time in history, our courts are led by three women. Hear what they have to say in their own words.

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November 2023 Cover Story - Cherrie I. Tsai: An Exemplary Servant Leader

Cherrie Tsai receives the well-deserved honor of being this year’s Scoville honoree.

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October 2023 Cover Story - The Orange County Model for California Water Law and Policy

Could Orange County set an example for other regions?

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October 2023 Cover Story - The Evolution of California Water Law

How California’s policy developed over time.

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September 2023 Cover Story - The OCBA’s 2024 Candidates for Secretary: Sharon Oh-Kubisch and Eric V. Traut

Meet the OCBA Secretarial Candidates for 2024.

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August 2023 Cover Story - Raise Your Glass for Orange County Legal Charities

Please join the OCBA in a toast to law-related charities.

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July 2023 Cover Story - Who’s Who in the OCBA: The Affiliate Bars

Updated information about the OCBA’s affiliate bars from this year’s leaders.

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June 2023 Dean’s Corner - Legal Education: What Lies Ahead

Dean Allen Easley reflects on his forty-four year as a legal educator, and predicts future trends.

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May 2023 Cover Story - California’s Twin Crises: Affordable Housing and Homelessness

What happens when local jurisdiction don’t exercise their control over creating a housing element that meets state standards.

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May 2023 Cover Story - Calling Off CEQA to Increase Housing

New bills allow housing developers to circumvent CEQA to meet increased demands.

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May 2023 Cover Story - Litigating for Housing: A Conversation With Brooke Weitzman

ELDR Center works to help elder or disabled unhoused clients.

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May 2023 Cover Story - Lawyers at PLC Address Housing Issues for Low-Income Clients

Pro bono attorneys help unhoused clients, and you can too.

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May 2023 Cover Story - Housing Needs in Orange County: An Overview

The need for—and effectiveness of—affordable housing.

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April 2023 Cover Story - FORE! – Supporting Wonderful Causes With Terrible Shots

You can support law-related charities just by showing up.

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March 2023 Cover Story - Who’s Who in the OCBA

The OCBA Executive Committee, Board of Directors, section leaders, and committee chairs who promote the OCBA’s mission.

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February 2023 Cover Story - Franklin G. West Award Honoree Mark Minyard: A Career of Excellence and Fun

This year’s honoree leads by example.

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January 2023 Cover Story - The 2023 President Looks to the Past to Inform the Future

Michael relies on strong values passed on from his grandmother and mother, and aims to share history of Orange County’s legal community.

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December 2022 Cover Story - Orange County’s Appellate Justices of the 4/3

The justices of 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3 share their wisdom about topics ranging from the practice of law to whom they might choose to be stranded with on an island.

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November 2022 Cover Story - Scoville Award Honoree Richard J. McNeil Champions Others’ Needs as His Own

This year’s honoree leads through service.

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October 2022 Cover Story - A Sign of the Times: Commercial Speech Under Fire

Rules about billboards have their day in court.

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October 2022 Cover Story - The Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Rights and Gun License Restrictions

Diverging from precedent, this Term will result in stark distinctions between different state laws.

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October 2022 Cover Story - Administrative Law After the 2021 U.S. Supreme Court Term: Climate Change, Immigration, and Separation of Powers

Two cases this Term indicate a new judicial focus on agency action.

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October 2022 Cover Story - The 2022 Term Was a Mixed Bag for Arbitration

The Court honors the FAA’s purpose while rejecting some more specific rules.

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October 2022 Cover Story - The Roberts Courts’ Continued Protection of Religious Liberty

Out with excessive entanglement tests, and in with support for religious programs.

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September 2022 Cover Story - The OCBA’s 2023 Secretarial Candidates: Teresa A. McQueen and Shirin Forootan

Meet the candidates to be next year’s OCBA Secretary. The choice is yours . . .  vote online!

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