CADC'S MCLE LIBRARY

CADC's MCLE Library is now up and running! Our CADC Web site now has MCLE self-study articles available with topics including an introduction to dependency law, a guide to reading and summarizing criminal appellate records, and a checklist for augmentation and rule 8.340 requests – with more articles to come.  There is a $20 charge for each MCLE certified hour.  (You can read the articles for free.)  To access: go to our home page www.cadc.net and then click on MCLE Library.

CADC BRIEFBANK

 Our new Briefbank has been up and running since November. We're at 321 briefs by 59 authors so far, and it is surprisingly useful already.  If you haven't checked it out, you will need to set a password first (yes, you need to do this even if you already have apassword to get you onto the CADC site, and yes, you can set the
briefbank password as the same one you use for the site). Go here: http://cadc.webfactional.com/user/password_reset/

Then you can log in from the CADC site (New Briefbank button) or from this stand-alone address: http://cadc.webfactional.com/, which you might want to bookmark.

The site has some great capabilities -- for instance, you can search just within one category. (For example, if you are wondering what jury instructions issues might be presented in a voluntary manslaughter case, you would click on the jury instruction category, then do a search for "voluntary manslaughter.")

Plus it really is easy and satisfying to upload your own briefs. Please give it a try.  Briefbank committee volunteers will be glad to help with any problems or questions.  You can reach us up to midnight
(word!) at cadc.bb@gmail.com."

 
SUSTAINING MEMBER BENEFIT

One of the benefits of becoming a CADC sustaining member is that this includes admission to CADC's annual seminar at no additional cost. In order to make this benefit more flexible and useful, the CADC Board has voted to amend this benefit to provide that the annual CADC statewide seminar may be attended for free either by the CADC sustaining member or by a person designated by the sustaining CADC member to attend the seminar in his or her stead.

ARE YOU TREATING CADC MESSAGES LIKE SPAM?

We have learned that some CADC members have not been receiving our messages because their spam filters have blocked CADC e-mail announcements. Problems have come up as to some members who use popular Internet services such as AOL, PacBell, Adelphia and Verizon. CADC sends out notices from the following addresses: renewals@mail.cadc.net,  raysilverio@gmail.com, webmaster@cadc.net  and lindajconradlaw@gmail.com.  Messages from these sources should be cherished and read. If you have not been receiving CADC messages from these sources please check and set your spam controls to unblock messages from these e-mail addresses.

CADC WEB SITE INFO

Members should remember that our Web site is the place to indicate changes to your e-mail address and to check on e-mail address changes for fellow members. To make changes to your contact information: Log in to the Member Area, click on My Profile, enter your User Name and Password. At that point you will be able to make any desired changes to your contact information. When you have finished, click Update to save your changes. To obtain the contact information of other members: from the Members area of the Web site, click on Members.

CADC LISTSERVES

CADC now has six listserves available to our members: Chat, Practice, Criminal Law, Dependency Law, Capital Counsel and New Attorneys. For more information or to sign up for any of CADC's listserves, go to the listserve area of our Web site www.cadc.net.

CADC-SPONSORED MALPRACTICE POLICY

In connection with Complete Equity Markets (CEM), CADC is offering its members a special deal on a custom-tailored malpractice insurance policy.  This policy is relatively inexpensive and is geared toward CADC members who handle some privately-retained cases in addition to their court-appointed appeals. 

For a copy of the CADC malpractice insurance policy and an application, call Complete Equity Markets and ask CEM to mail you copies of these materials.  Telephone: 1-800-323-6234.  You can look over the policy and, if you want to obtain coverage, the application takes less than a hour to fill out.  You will get a premium quote within a couple of weeks after submitting  your application.  The premium varies with the percentage of your income derived from non-project appointed cases. 

You can obtain this information – the policy application and a price quote – by going to the Complete Equity Markets Web site at www.cemins.com and clicking on the link to Public Defenders/Assigned Counsel Limited Practice Coverage.  You can submit your application or send CEM an e-mail at that site, with any questions you may have.

Monthly payments and financing for the payment of annual premiums is now available at very low rates. Contact Complete Equity Markets for more information.  If you have any questions regarding this insurance policy contact CADC members Gordon Brownell at gsbrownell@aol.com or (707) 942-4565, or Dave Lampkin at dplampkin@aol.com or (805) 389-7769.

OVERHEARD

Judge: This court is now in session, the Honorable Homer McCoy presiding. Theodore Ogelvie, Amos Tucker, you're charged with attempted bank robbery. How do you plead? Guilty or not guilty? Theodore: Not guilty? Judge: Guilty! Amos: That was the wrong one. Judge: This court sentences you to be hung by the neck until dead. And I'm fining you an extra ten bucks for perjury. Let 'em out.Be down at the old oak tree near Boot Hill at twelve o'clock sharp for your hanging. And bring your own rope. -- The Apple Dumpling Gang (Disney 1975.)   The pen may be stronger than the sword... but I'd rather have a sword in a dark alley. -- Andrew Warnick.  "I appreciate you, the lawyers who bring the least, the last and the lost to the Court." - California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, speaking at CADC's 19th Annual Conference in March, 2012.  

A COUPLE OF NOTEWORTHY NEW CASES  

Lafler v. Cooper: IAC where counsel advised client to go to trial rather than accepting plea offer, where it was just absurd to suppose client could win at trial.  State ordered to re-offer plea bargain. 

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-209.pdf

Missouri v. Frye: IAC where counsel neglected to inform client of favorable plea offer, which expired, and client ended up accepting a much worse plea deal. 

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-444.pdf

 -- compliments of member Jon Berger

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 LOCAL CHAPTER  MEETING INFORMATION

 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

BAY AREA DEPENDENCY APPEALS CHAPTER

CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER

DAVIS APPELLATE DEPENDENCY ATTORNEYS

KLAMATH FALLS CHAPTER

LA SOUTH BAY CHAPTER

LOS ANGELES APPELLATE LAWYERS

MARIN CHAPTER

NEVADA-PLACER COUNTY CHAPTER

NEW MEXICO CHAPTER

PASADENA CHAPTER

REDWOOD EMPIRE APPELLATE LAWYERS [REAL]

SACRAMENTO/DAVIS CHAPTER

SAN DIEGO CHAPTER

SAN JOSE CHAPTER

SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER

VALLEY/VENTURA CHAPTER

UPCOMING DEFENSE SEMINARS

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) has regular seminars.  For information call CACJ at (916) 643-1800 or  www.cacj.org. 

LEGAL RESEARCH AND ASSISTANCE

LEGAL SECRETARY:  I am an experienced legal secretary who will help you with your table of authorities and tables of contents for briefs filed in the California Courts of Appeal and the California Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.  I have ten years of experience doing this work.  I will charge $30.00 an hour, for only working on the brief, and the cost of printing the completed document. I will also charge for mailing it priority, unless you happen to be in San Diego County, and I can drive it to you. I have filed briefs with California Appellate Courts, The California Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  My name is Zina Wyman-McClone and  I can be reached through zinawm@hotmail.com and my home phone at 619-713-5515.

LEGAL ASSISTANCE.  Let me assist you – part time student looking to assist you with errands, transcribing, proof reading, prepping EOT's, preparing briefs for filing, and preparation of table of authorities. Will work from your office (with my laptop), or my home office. Please call Tanya Hastings, 510-936-1695 or tanyasworkemail@gmail.com

PARALEGAL RECORD READER. I have been working for two Bay Area based criminal appeals attorneys for 7-8 years. I will take detailed notes on Reporter's Transcripts and/or write highly organized, thorough draft Statements of Facts for appellate briefs. Excellent references. $35/hr. based roughly on 30 pages per hour, depending on your needs and the complexity of the case. Contact Renee at sfmeancat@yahoo.com or (415) 661-6572.

TABLES OF CONTENTS AND AUTHORITIES. Fast, scrupulously accurate preparation of tables of contents and authorities for briefs and petitions. WordPerfect only (any version). If you like, I'll correct the citation style as needed (California Style Manual or Bluebook). 24-hour turnaround for most briefs. $75/hr. payable on completion of my work.  Marty Kassman, (415) 564-6732, marty@kassman.com.

EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL POST-CONVICTION ATTORNEY AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACT WORK. Member of the California Bar. 1998 Boalt Hall graduate and California Law Review member/editor with exceptional research and writing skills and significant criminal law experience, including three years as an HCRC staff attorney handling post-conviction death penalty habeas cases, available to provide high quality work on appellate and habeas cases including summarizing transcripts; spotting, developing, researching and writing claims; and editing briefs and writs. Excellent references and writing samples available upon request. Please contact Ellise Nicholson at elliserachel@hotmail.com or (415) 385-5516.

TOP NOTCH LEGAL RESEARCHER AND WRITER, a retired attorney, available to serve you.  If you want to outsource work in order to expand your practice or are already overburdened, please contact me.  I can provide you with relief by completing high quality research and writing projects for you.  Contact Michael Friedman at MikeFrdman@aol.com or (510) 758-4045.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND CONSUMER LAWYER WANTS SUPERVISED WORK TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN APPELLATE AND/OR HABEAS LAW.  I am a new CADC member.  I have been a member of the Cal Bar since, 1975, doing PI, Criminal Defense and Consumer Law in Marin, Sonoma, SF, and East Bay.  I have done a handful of Federal and State appeals and would like to work under supervision to gain experience doing appellate and/or habeas work.  I have Westlaw and good analytical writing and research skills.  Greg Anton, PO Box 299, Lagunitas, CA 94938; (415) 789-8535; greganton@wildblue.net 

SEEKING CRIMINAL APPEAL EXPERIENCE.  Golden Gate University 2001 grad with law and motion and civil appellate experience seeks experience writing criminal appeals.  Availability to assist with research and drafting.  Very reasonable and negotiable fee.  Please contact Jeffrey Ginsberg at ginsberg@briefsandmotions.info. 

HASTINGS GRADUATE BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PROVIDES RESEARCH & WRITING SERVICES TO ATTORNEYS, including memos, briefs, and litigation-related archival & public records research. $30/hr or flat fee. Contact Julie Masal at jkmasal@earthlink.net  or (410) 477-0380.

SEEKING CRIMINAL APPEAL EXPERIENCE. Boalt Hall Class of '97 grad with large law firm experience seeks experience writing criminal appeals. Available immediately to assist with research and drafting. Very reasonable and negotiable rates. Please contact me at cts123@hotmail.com

SAN DIEGO/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Writing services. Award winning journalist with JD can help with appeals, background reports, investigations, memoranda. Accurate, prompt, reasonable, cheerful. Contact Richard Acello at (619) 297-1239 or richace@cox.net. 

EXPERIENCED J.D. TO HANDLE CRIMINAL APPEALS. Nine years managing indigent felony appeals program at CAP-Los Angeles. Will provide transcript summary, analysis, research and writing. Also will proof/edit appellate briefs. $45/hour. References and samples available upon request. Contact Robert: repla@pacbell.net or (510) 387-4670.

EXPERIENCED CONTRACT ATTORNEY WILL OUTLINE TRIAL RECORDS, DRAFT WELL-CRAFTED STATEMENTS OF FACT.  For the past fifteen years, I have maintained a specialty practice preparing finely-crafted draft Statements of Fact for criminal and dependency appeals. I also provide a meticulous outline of the entire Reporter's Transcript, detailing all testimony of possible relevance, noting every objection, and summarizing proceedings that take place out of the presence of the jury. For the past several years I have worked on a part-time basis with Dennis Riordan and Don Horgan in San Francisco. I've recently expanded my practice, am now also working with two CADC colleagues, and would like to develop a few additional CADC working relationships as well. If I can be of help to you in your appellate practice, please contact me. Joseph Tieger, 925-377-6208 orJT@REACHINGOUT.ORG.

BOOKKEEPING

BEST BOOKKEEPING. No time to record your expenses, etc., for tax purposes? Let me take over with Quicken! I provide expert, quality service and charge affordable prices. Susan Stevenson (760) 765-1539 orTheput@aol.com.  

PUBLICATIONS

ATTENTION DEPENDENCY LAWYERS:  California Juvenile Dependency Case Law Updates, 1991-2010. Summaries of most dependency cases since 1991 organized by subject. $70.00 for CADC members, public defenders and panel attorneys. Send check with order to: Janet G. Sherwood, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 778, Corte Madera, CA 94976-0778.

TRANSLATORS

ENGLISH AND THAI translators provide translation and desktop publishing of a wide variety of documents by well qualified individuals. Extensive legal and business translation experience. Please contact Keith & Marisa Ensminger at 209-385-0425 tel, 209-385-3747 fax or visit our web site at www.thailinguist.com. 
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SPANISH/ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: Correspondence and other written communications translated between Spanish and English. Telephone translations, prison visits with counsel, and fax and e-mail services available. $30/hour. For additional information, please contact Kata Brownell at phone: (707) 942-0799; fax: (707) 942-8520; or e-mail: ksbrownell@aol.com  
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SPANISH TRANSLATOR. Excellent for attorney-client communications, briefs, court orders and other legal documents. Quick turnaround time. Rate: $40/hour (negotiable). Mateo Rosen. Phone: (415) 695-1652; fax: (510) 670-5055 (Attention: M. Rosen); e-mail: mateo.rosen@gmail.com. 

 OTHER SERVICES

26+ YEARS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LICENSED P.I. AVAILABLE FOR TYPING TAPE TRANSCRIPTS, i.e., law enforcement/prosecution/defense interviews, dispatch calls, etc. – any choice of format in Word or WP; extensive investigation experience ranging from DUIs to/including 187 PC's & Death Penalty cases, so very familiar with vernacular, slang, codes; have typed many transcripts for court use in variety of cases; can type other documents in other specialty areas if format is defined; have equipment for video-to-audio transfer; have FedEx account for send/delivery; contact Kalli G. Bolanis, P.O. Box #1961, Joshua Tree, CA 92252; (760) 368-
7486; kgbinvestigate@earthlink.net 
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AV RATED LAWYER AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS AND CIVIL LITIGATION REFERRALS, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY CASES. Charles P. Charlton is a civil litigation lawyer dedicated to providing the highest quality legal representation to consumers and business clients throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties as well as many other counties and cities throughout the State of California. Charles P. Charlton, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles, CA 90067-4107, (310) 651-9906.

Contact CADC

The CADC Board of Directors encourages member questions and input.  If you have a question or a suggestion for the Board, please contact any of the directors for your region.  Your region is determined by the California appellate district in which your mailing address is located.  The current directors are:

Region One (1st and 6th Districts): Alex Coolman, San Francisco, (415) 695-1820, coolmana@gmail.com; Linda Harvie, Oakland, (510) 434-0460, reallawyer1@yahoo.com; Jessica Ronco, San Francisco, (415) 846-9871; Laurie Wilmore, Half Moon Bay, (650) 867-3546,LWilmore@rocketmail.com.

Region Two (2nd District): Nancy Tetreault, Los Angeles, (310) 832-6233, nltetreault@hotmail.com; Tonja Torres, Pasadena, (626) 836-5855, TonjaTorres@gmail.com; one vacant seat.

Region Three (3rd and 5th Districts and out-of-state): Scott Cameron, Sacramento, (916) 442-5230, snc@snc-attorney.com; Donna Hooper, Sacramento, (916) 534-9411, donnahooper@earthlink.net; Stephen Greenberg, Nevada City, (530) 470-8896, sgberg1@mac.com.

Region Four (4th District): Lizabeth Weis, San Diego, (858) 442-2183, lizabethweis@gmail.com; Mary Wells, Del Mar, (858) 481-5341, mtc.wells@yahoo.com.

In addition to the directors, who are elected by the membership every three years (or whenever there is a vacancy), the Board includes CADC's officers, who are elected annually by the Board.  The officers also welcome ideas and questions from members.

The current officers are: President, Linda Conrad, Davis, (530) 756-9542, lindajconradlaw@gmail.com; Vice-President, Randi Covin, Willits, (707) 459-2456, rcovin13@gmail.com; Vice-President, Lisa M.J. Spillman, Ventura, (805) 861-0159, lisajerdespillman@sbcglobal.net; Treasurer,Jeralyn Keller, Pasadena, (626) 683-1233, jbkeller@pacbell.net; Secretary, Meredith Fahn, San Jose, (408) 947-1512, fahn@sbcglobal.net; Newsletter Editor, Christopher Nalls, Pasadena, (626) 844-0443, chris@christophernalls.com; State MCLE Coordinator, Maureen Bodo, San Francisco, (415) 244-5528, mbodo@earthlink.net; Webmaster & Roster Keeper, Sachi Wilson, San Diego, (619) 453-0514, sachiwilson@sbcglobal.net.

Members also may wish to contact the following persons who fill special roles: AIDOAC Member,David Stanley, Ashland, OR, (541) 708-5146, dystanley22@mac.com; Annual Retreat Coordinator,Janice Jenkins, Prescott, AZ, (510) 965-9117, jjappeals@gmail.com; Court & Project Liaison,Marcia C. Levine, San Francisco, (415) 255-7612, marcia_levine@comcast.net.

Full contact information (including mailing addresses) for everyone named above, as well as for chapter contacts and past presidents, is listed in the CADC Roster.  For more information about the election, qualifications and duties of officers and directors, members can consult the CADC Bylaws.  The Roster and the Bylaws are available to members on our Web site.

First time members? FILL OUT OUR ONLINE APPLICATION. 

Want to mail in your application the old fashion way?  CLICK HERE. 

Renewing your membership on-line?  It's never been easier!  YOU CAN RENEW HERE.

Renew by postal mail?  CLICK HERE TO FILL, PRINT, AND MAIL!

Note: Before sending the applications by mail, please do not write in the form field boxes. Please TYPE your information in the fields THEN print out the application. This way it's much more legible when processing your application.

*MCLE ACCREDITATION
California Appellate Defense Counsel (CADC) is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. CADC certifies that those activities marked with an "*" are deemed approved for MCLE credit in the amount and type specified and in conformance with State Bar's Rules and Regulations. CADC is also a State Bar Criminal Law Advisory Commission/Appellate Law Advisory Commission approved provider. CADC certifies that those activities marked with an "*" are deemed approved for appellate law and/or criminal law specialization credit.