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Superior Court Boot Camp

Andrew H. Friedman to Speak at The Pincus 17th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp

October 7, 2022 – Andrew H. Friedman will speak at the 17th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp, presented by Pincus Professional Education. Mr. Friedman will be speaking alongside multiple Superior Court judges, including Hon. Lawrence H. Cho (Los Angeles Superior Court), Hon. Harold W. Hopp (Riverside Superior Court), Hon. Kira L. Klatchko (Riverside Superior Court) and Hon. Laura A. Seigle (Los Angeles Superior Court). Also speaking with Mr. Friedman will be many preeminent plaintiff and defendant employment attorneys and other litigators, including John L. Barber (Lewis Brisbois), Virginia Milstead (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP), Kimberly A. Valentine (Valentine Law Group), John P. Blumberg (Blumberg Law Corporation), Damian D. Capozzola (The Law Offices of Damian D. Capozzola), Angel James Horacek (Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, P.C.).

This practical, two-part webinar will cover a wide range of litigation topics – from pleadings, discovery, depositions, and motions to your CMC and pre-trial obligations and juries. Attendees will also get advice regarding trial, preserving the record, judgments, and post-trial motions.

The program organizer, Pincus Pro Ed, has created a 10% off “Friend of the Speaker” discount for speakers to pass along. This discount code is FOSSUPCT10. Feel free to pass along the program information and discount to any colleagues who may be interested in the program. They provide additional discounts for law firms sending four or more attorneys. To register for the event or to pre-order the recording, please visit the Pincus website – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/16th-annual-superior-court-boot-camp-the-nuts-and-bolts-ca-two-part-webinar/.

For more information about this program, please visit https://new.pincusproed.com/product/superior-court-boot-camp-17th-annual-the-nuts-and-bolts-ca/.

Please note that IN-PERSON attendance in LOS ANGELES is now SOLD OUT. However, you can still sign up for online attendance. If you’d like to be on the WAIT LIST for IN-PERSON in LOS ANGELES, please put a note in the Comments section when you register, or send Pincus an email at info@pincusproed.com or call us at (877) 858-3848.

Here is an overview of what will be covered.

The Early Stuff: Case Themes and Strategies, Advice on submitting Complaints & Answers; Demurrers and Motions to strike, CMCs

  • Complaints and Answers
  • Rules and timelines
  • How to do it
  • Strategies
  • Common mistakes
  • Demurrers/Motions to Strike
  • Demurrers v. Answers
  • Case Management Conference / Scheduling Your Case

 

Discovery

  • Regular Discovery in state court
  • Types in state court
  • Motions that occur during Discovery, including motions for sanctions
  • Overlooked Deadlines – if needed
  • Procedural Issues that are often missed/common mistakes
  • Strategies and choices
  • For Settlements
  • For Trial
  • Superior Court v. Federal Court
  • RFPs
  • E-Discovery
  • Latest State Rules, changes in rules
  • Strategies
  • Cost Saving Measures
  • Mistakes not to make
  • Important state cases
  • Motions to Compel

 

Depositions in State Court

  • Rules Strategies & Timelines for state court
  • State v. Federal rule differences and strategy differences
  • Deciding whom to depose
  • Taking good depositions – Mistakes not to make
  • Making effective use of depositions at trial in state court
  • Practical examples, discussion of anything in handout
  • Q&A

 

Pre-trial settlement procedures and advice

  • Final Status Conference
  • Trial Outline
  • Motions to Exclude Witnesses from Courtroom
  • Motions in Limine
  • Additional Motions
  • Ex parte applications
  • Continuances
  • Reconsideration
  • Motions for Sanctions
  • Motions to Exclude Witnesses from Courtroom
  • 998 offers

 

Pre-Trial Tasks, Selecting and Dealing with Your Jury

  • Preserving the record for appeal – mistakes not to make/what to make sure you do
  • Post-Trial Motions
  • Motion for a JNOV
  • Motion for a New Trial
  • Attorneys’ Fees
  • Determining “Prevailing Party” under CCP Sec. 998, 1032 & 1033
  • Filing Notice of Appeal
  • Judgments
  • Financial awards
  • Injunctive relief
  • Requirements for entry in jury trials per CCP664
  • How to enforce
2023-08-11T11:34:13-08:00August 3rd, 2022|Andrew Friedman, employment law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Superior Court Boot Camp
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The Art Of The Deposition

The Rutter Group Invites Andrew H. Friedman To Speak About “The Art Of The Deposition”

On September 16, 2022, The Rutter Group will feature Andrew H. Friedman in a webinar entitled “The Art of the Deposition Winning the Trial Before Trial.” The Rutter Group describes the webinar as:

Contrary to popular opinion, trials generally turn not on what happens in the courtroom but on which party elicits the most useful deposition testimony. Formulating clear, probing deposition questions and genuinely listening to the deponent’s answers are critical to eliciting testimony that can be used later, sometimes much later, to achieve a successful outcome in the case. Presented by experienced trial counsel from both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s side of the aisle, this “how to” program includes an actual mock deposition demonstration highlighting the techniques discussed during the program. Invaluable for both experienced and novice attorneys alike, this program will equip you with new ideas and helpful strategies for taking superior depositions and will give you the confidence in knowing you can!

Speaking with Mr. Friedman will be one of his former colleagues, Michael D. Stein of Tisdale & Nicholson, LLP. Mr. Stein is widely known for obtaining one of the largest jury verdicts in San Bernardino Superior Court history, $9.9 million dollars, on behalf of a young child severely shaken by a former daycare center operator. The case and verdict were featured in the National Law Journal, Lawyers Weekly U.S.A., and The Los Angeles Daily Journal and prompted the consideration of legislation to require California private daycare centers to maintain liability insurance.

Previously, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Stein worked together at Bryan Cave LLP (now known as Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP).

For more information about the webinar or to register, please visit https://www.theruttergroup.com/index.cfm?p=36&lp=299#presenters.

2023-07-26T07:43:25-08:00August 3rd, 2022|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on The Art Of The Deposition
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Labor Employment Law Conference

Employment Law Year in Review

July 14-15, 2022 – 38th Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Law Section.Andrew Friedman speaks at 38th Annual Labor & Employement Law Conference.

Andrew Friedman and Anthony J. Oncidi will team up once again in this fast-paced presentation covering the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners.

 

Register for 38th Annual Meeting – Labor and Employment Law.

2022-06-16T08:28:45-08:00June 16th, 2022|Andrew Friedman, Labor & Employment Law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Labor Employment Law Conference
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Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute

February 3, 2022 Pincus Professional Education has asked Andrew H. Friedman to speak on a panel about mediation – Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute. The panel will also include a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois) and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West).


Pincus describes the program as follows:

At this program, a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois), a well-known plaintiff employment attorney (Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP), and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West) will discuss (and debate) practical mediation skills for employment litigators (from novice to seasoned). This terrific, practical, three-hour course will teach employment attorneys how best to get cases into mediation (and when to do so), persuasively explain their case to the other side through the mediator, break any impasse, negotiate to get the best monetary (and non-monetary) result. The speakers will tell you how to document the settlement with an enforceable written agreement that complies with all of the new laws regarding confidentiality, non-competition, re-hire, and enforceability. Our faculty of leading employment law attorneys and our mediator will provide the concrete tools to resolve cases, more quickly. Our panelists will also cover the ethical rules applicable to mediation.

For more information about this program and/or to register, visit – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/advanced-mediation-strategies-and-tactics-for-the-employment-law-case-webinar/.

 

2024-01-04T10:45:27-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute
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Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements

The Pasadena Bar Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 12, 2022. During their presentation, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have been providing their annual update of employment law cases to the California legal community – up and down the state – for more than a decade including to the following bar associations and organizations: The Alameda County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the California Lawyers Association, the Employment Round Table of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Santa Monica Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.


The Beverly Hills Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 24, 2022. For more information about this presentation and to register, go to https://www.tfaforms.com/forms/view/4853685/?tfa_dbWorkflowId=5062&tfa_dbWorkflowStep=0&tfa_dbWorkflowControl=693ec04a3f687ed26dd2fb790c40884c&id=a1b5w00000DvaI6&eid=

The Los Angeles County Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on March 15, 2022. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.

2023-06-22T07:22:48-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements
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Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP

Five Bar Organizations Ask Helmer Friedman LLP Attorneys To Speak At Various Seminars In Early 2022.

Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that five different bar organizations have requested that the law firm provide speakers at various legal education seminars taking place in early 2022.

2022 Employment Law Speaking Engagements Topics Include Ethics and Bias

The California Lawyers Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Samson Spiegelman to speak at the Labor and Employment Law Section’s virtual 2022 New Employment Practitioner Conference which will take place on Thursday and Friday, January 20-21, 2022.  Mr. Spiegelman will be speaking on the panel “Gathering, Evaluating, Preserving, and Presenting Evidence in a Virtual World” at noon on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Gathering, evaluating, preserving, and presenting evidence - New Law Practitioners.

Mr. Friedman will be moderating the Ethics and Bias panel at noon on Friday, January 21, 2022, along with Judge Michael Marcus (Ret.), Dalisai Nisperos (In-House Employment Counsel at Patagonia Inc.), and Dolores Y. Leal (a partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg). For more information about this Conference and to register, go to https://pheedloop.com/NewEmploymentPractitioner22/site/home/.

2021-12-17T12:18:49-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, Samson Spiegelman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP
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Superior Court Boot Camp

Andrew H. Friedman to Speak at 16th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp

October 5 & 7, 2021 – Andrew H. Friedman will be speaking at the 16th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp, presented by Pincus Professional Education. Mr. Friedman will be speaking along side multiple Superior Court judges including: the Hon. Delbert C. Gee, the Hon. Harold W. Hopp, the Hon. Kira L. Klatchko, the Hon. Laura A. Seigle, the Hon. Helen E. Williams, and the Hon. James P. Kleinberg (Ret.). Also speaking with Mr. Friedman will be many preeminent plaintiff and defendant employment attorneys including: John L. Barber (Lewis Brisbois), Christopher Frost (Eisner LLP), Angel James Horacek (Law Offices of Angel J. Horacek, P.C.), Jiyun Cameron Lee (Folger Levin LLP), Mythily Sivarajah (Peck-Law), Barbara R. Adams (Scali Rasmussen), and Helmer Friedman LLP’s own Courtney Abrams.

This practical, two part webinar will cover a wide range of litigation topics – from pleadings, discovery, depositions and motions to your CMC and pre-trial obligations and juries. Attendees will also get advice regarding trial, preserving the record, judgements and post-trial motions.

The program organizer, Pincus Pro Ed, has created a 10% off “Friend of the Speaker” discount for speakers to pass along. This discount code is FOSSUPCT10. Feel free to pass along the program information and discount to any colleagues who may be interested in the program. They provide additional discounts for law firms sending four or more attorneys. To register for the event, or to pre-order the recording, please visit the Pincus website – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/16th-annual-superior-court-boot-camp-the-nuts-and-bolts-ca-two-part-webinar/.

Here is an overview of what will be covered. Both sessions run from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Program Topics Include:

Part 1: Tuesday, October 5th

The Early Stuff

  • Case Strategies
  • Complaints and Answers
  • Demurrers
  • Case Management Conference

Discovery and E-Discovery

  • Rules, timelines, options and advice

Depositions in State Court

  • Rules, strategies & timelines
  • Who do you depose?
  • Mistakes to avoid
  • Making effective use at trial

Drafting and Replying to the MSJ

  • How do you convince the judge?
  • Common mistakes not to make
  • Strategies, advice and approaches to:
    • The brief
    • The response
    • The reply

Part 2: Thursday, October 7th

  • Oral Argument
  • Pre-trial Settlement Procedures and Advice
  • Heading to Trial Tasks
  • Additional Motions
    • Ex parte
    • Continuances
    • Reconsideration
    • Sanctions

Jury Selection, Jury Instructions, Jury Verdict Forms

Your Trial

  • Evidence
  • Direct and Cross-Examinations of Lay and Expert Witnesses
  • Preserving the Record for Appeal, Post-Trial Motions and Judgments
  • Final Advice from the Bench

If you have any questions, please contact Pincus Pro Ed at info@pincusproed.com or 877-858-3848.

This program is approved for 7.5 units of CLE credit in California.

2021-08-12T11:45:40-08:00August 12th, 2021|Andrew Friedman|Comments Off on Superior Court Boot Camp
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Intersection of Social Media and Employment Law

Andrew H. Friedman and Cynthia Flynn to Speak about the Intersection of Social Media and Employment Law

On August 18, 2021, Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP and Cynthia Hackler Flynn of Hackler Flynn & Associates will discuss/debate the rights of employees and employers regarding social media posts including what they need to know about employer accessing, monitoring and disciplining employees for Facebook and other social media posts, discovery of social media posts in litigation, and how the National Labor Relations Act applies to politically charged conduct. For more information and/or to register, please click here https://calawyers.org/event/webinar-when-social-media-and-employment-law-collide/

2021-05-17T10:08:13-08:00May 17th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, employment law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Intersection of Social Media and Employment Law
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Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Meeting

Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi to Speak at CLA’s 37th Labor And Employment Law Section Annual Meeting

Sexual Harassment Case Christian v. Umpqua BankOn July 15, 2021, Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer Rose LLP will reprise their annual update on employment law for the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. During their presentation, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners. For more information and/or to register, please click here https://calawyers.org/event/37th-labor-and-employment-law-section-annual-meeting/

2024-05-13T10:01:54-08:00May 17th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, employment law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Meeting
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Biden Administration’s First 100 Days

Andrew H. Friedman To Speak At An Employment Round Table Of Southern California Webinar About The Biden Administration’s First 100 days

April 27, 2021 – Plaintiff employment attorney Andrew H. Friedman and defense employment lawyer Tony Oncidi (of Proskauer Rose) will be speaking at a complimentary webinar sponsored by the Employment Round Table Of Southern California. The webinar – entitled “The Biden Administration’s First 100 days: What California Employers and Employees Need to Know” – will analyze the Biden Administration’s blitzkrieg of changes and reversals from the Trump Administration. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will discuss the employment-related actions that the Biden administration has taken to date (including new Executive Orders and key administrative agency firings and appointments), and the new employment laws and regulations that they believe the administration will take in the near future. The webinar will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) on April 27, 2021. To register for this free webinar, click here – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pZ1xtXvwR6q6Rk419nIzvQ

2021-04-03T05:29:12-08:00April 3rd, 2021|Andrew Friedman, employment law, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Biden Administration’s First 100 Days
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