Procopio Partner and General Counsel Carole Buckner is speaking on timely legal ethics issues in three upcoming online events: On June 15, 2021, Carole will speak at a presentation for the California State Bar Association, on Basic Training for Fee Arbitrators. This training helps lawyers prepare to assist with arbitrating fee disputes, covering the nuts …
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Absent Contrary Agreement, Statutory Fees Belong to the Lawyer
Who is entitled to statutory fees awarded to a prevailing party in litigation? My latest article published by the San Diego County Bar discusses the recent appellate decision in Aerotek v. Johnson Group Staffing Co., Inc.
Events on new CBA Rules of Professional Conduct and Training for Mandatory Fee Arbitrators
Interested attorneys will have two opportunities on September 13, 2018, to learn the latest in legal ethics, as I will give presentations at two different events: At 1 pm PDT I will speak at the Conference of California Bar Associations in San Diego on the New Rules of Professional Conduct: What You Need to Know. …
Ethics Regulations at San Diego Paralegal Association Conference
Procopio law firm Partner and General Counsel Carole Buckner (2nd from left, w/ Procopio employees Joe Maniwan, Sheila Grela and Monica Manriquez), spoke on legal ethics recently at a San Diego Paralegal Association conference. Carole discussed ethics regulation governing billing of attorneys’ fees,v including an Arbitration Advisory by the California State Bar’s Committee on Mandatory …
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Fee Arbitration Training
As a member of the California State Bar’s Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration, I will be speaking to the Long Beach Bar Association this week along with a panel of members of the Committee. We will be conducting training for fee arbitrators, with co-panelists Doug Hull, Director of the State Bar’s Mandatory Fee Arbitration program, …