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Lecturer, Consent and Judgmental Immunity, September 14, 1981 | Lecturer, Liabilities of Directors, Officers and Volunteers, March 29, 1984 | Lecturer, Officers and Directors Insurance: What You Must Know to Protect Your Clients, Century City Bar Association, Corporate Law and Business Litigation Departments Section, April 27, 1984 | Lecturer, D & O Policies from a Broker and Carrier's Viewpoint, Community Associations Institute, October 25, 1984 | Panelist, Recent Developments in Securities Litigation, Practicing Law Institute Program, December 10, 1984 | Lecturer, Directors and Officers, Accountant and Attorney Liability Insurance: What You must Know in Order to Protect Your Clients, Practicing Law Institute Program, December 10, 1984 | Sweaty Palms: Dealing with the Policy Limits Demand, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, January 26, 1985 | Speaker, Gold Insurance Agency on Malpractice Prevention, Mid-Cities Independent Insurance Agents Association, June 14, 1985 | Lecturer, Directors and Officers Liability Policy--Coverage Issues--Litigation of Policy Suits, National Conference on Community Association, October 17, 1985 | Panelist, Securities Litigation: Prosecution and Defense Strategies, Practicing Law Institute Program, October 3, 1985 | Lecturer, Role of Liability Insurance in Securities Litigation, Practicing Law Institute Program, October 3, 1985 | Litigation Against Lawyers in the Intellectual Property Field, LACBA, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition Sections, April 24, 1986 | The Liability Crisis, The Impact of the Crisis on Lawyers, State Bar of California, Business Law Section, May 9, 1986 | Lecturer, Malpractice Crisis: Avoiding Malpractice Claims Against Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Orange County/Long Beach Chapter, May 21, 1986 | Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, City of Irvine, September 26, 1986 | Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, Irvine Company, September 26, 1986 | Panelist, Symposium, Child Care: A Cost of Doing Business, Industrial League of Orange County, September 26, 1986 | Liability and Tax Implications of Child Care, The AMI/The Irvine Medical Center, September 26, 1986 | Moderator, Scientific Jury Selection and Persuasion, October 26, 1986 | Participant, Scientific Jury Selection and Persuasion, October 26, 1986 | State of the Art Trial: Innovative Use of Experts and Trial Techniques, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, October 26, 1986 | Lecturer, Liability and Insurance Considerations, November 13, 1986 | Lecturer, Directors and Officers Liability Insurance: How to Buy It, Where to Buy It, How to Avoid Losses at Insurance Seminar, Young Presidents Organization, November 20, 1986 | Panel, Attorney Malpractice Prevention, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Attorneys Errors & Omissions Prevention and Insurance Committees, 1987 | Speaker, Litigation Night Dinner Symposium, 1987 | Speaker, Recent Developments in Securities Class Actions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section and the Litigation Section, February 25, 1988 | Speaker, Recent Development in Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, Orange Country Bar Association, Insurance Law Section, April 5, 1988 | Panel, Legal Malpractice: To Sue or Not to Sue? That is the Question, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, April 12, 1988 | Panel, 1988 State Bar Meeting Legal Opinions in Business Transactions, September 26, 1988 | Lecturer, Policy Limits Demands, Chubb Insurance Company in Orange County, February 14, 1989 | Panelist, Malpractice Prevention, Home Insurance Company, 1989 | Panelist, Recent Developments Concerning Attorneys Liability in Business Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Corporation and Business Law Section, April 24, 1990 | Lecturer, Expert Witnesses: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Coopers & Lybrand, Litigation Services Department, September 17, 1990 | Panelist, Insurance, Excess and Reinsurance Coverage Disputes, Practicing Law Institute Program, 1991 | Lecturer, Current Coverage Issues in Directors and Officers Insurance, Practicing Law Institute Program, 1991 | Lecturer, Written Fee Agreements and Conflicts of Interest for Entertainment Lawyers, Armstrong, Hendler & Hirsch, 1991 | Moderator, 1991 Glendon Tremaine Symposium on Recent Developments of Interest to the Business Lawyer, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, April 24, 1991 | Moderator, Recent Developments Concerning Professional Liability in Business Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law, April 24, 1991 | Panel, Recent Developments in Business Torts, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1991 | 24th Annual Securities Regulation, LACBA, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 30, 1991 | Participant, Recent Developments in Insurance Law, Lorman Business Center, Inc., February 5, 1993 | Participant, Recent Developments in Insurance Law, Lorman Business Center, Inc., February 12, 1993 | Lecturer, The Perils and Pitfalls of Malpractice, Business Litigators, Loeb & Loeb, Litigation Department, March 13, 1993 | Participant, Business Insurance, Johnson & Higgins, 1993 | Glendon Tremaine Seminar on Recent Developments in Ethics and Professional Liability for Corporate and Securities Lawyers, Ethical Considerations in Rendering Legal Opinions, April 13, 1994 | Participant, Professional Liability, Rutter Group., May 31, 1995 | Lecturer, Law of Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases, Consumer Attorneys of California, 34th Annual Convention, November 16, 1995 | Law of Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, November 21, 1995 | Recent Developments in D & O Insurance, Legal Department of California Federal Savings, November 21, 1995 | Defensive Law in the 1990's, Troy & Gould, November 15, 1996 | Settling Complex Business Litigation, George McBurney Inn of Court, May 1, 1997 | Lecturer, Partial Settlements of Class Action and other Business Litigation, the Role of Insurance Pitfalls, May 1, 1997 | Panelist, The Practice Of Defensive Law By Corporate Securities Lawyers In The 1990's, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business Law Section, October 24, 1997 | Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, California Continuing Education of the Bar and State Bar Business Law Section, May 6, 1998 | Panelist, Directors and Officers Liability Insurance and Corporate Indemnification, California Continuing Education of the Bar and State Bar Business Law Section, June 11, 1998 | Lecturer, Practicing Defensive Law in the 1990's, Troy & Gould, June 3, 1999 | Lecturer, Management of Litigation Risks, Young Executives Organization, Los Angeles Chapter, July 13, 1999 | Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 22, 1999 | Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 22, 1999 | Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, California Department of Corporations, October 22, 1999 | Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 22, 1999 | Panelist, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association Business and Corporations Law Section, October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar Business Law Section, October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, California Department of Corporations, October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 22, 1999 | Moderator, How to Avoid Malpractice in Securities Transactions, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 22, 1999 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 20, 2000 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar Business Law Section, October 20, 2000 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 20, 2000 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, California Department of Corporations, October 20, 2000 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 20, 2000 | Panelist, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 20, 2000 | Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Law Section, October 20, 2000 | Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, Securities & Exchange Commission, October 20, 2000 | Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, California Department of Corporations, October 20, 2000 | Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, National Association of Securities Dealers, October 20, 2000 | Moderator, The Pearls and Perils of Investing with Clients, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., October 20, 2000 | Lecturer, Voyage Into the Vagaries, Virtues and Vulgarities of Insurance Defense, Beverly Hills Bar Association, October 26, 2000 | Panelist, Never-End Story: Malicious Prosecution, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, January 16, 2001 | Panelist, Malpractice Tips, State Bar of California, Real Estate Section, April 22, 2001 | Co-Panelist, Legal Intimidation: the Ethical Challenge, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Litigation Section, November 29, 2001 | Speaker, Cross-Examination of Legal Malpractice Experts, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, March 20, 2002 | Speaker, Malicious Prosecution, Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, June 19, 2002 | Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers From Liability in the Post-Enron Environment, California Continuing Education of the Bar, August 3, 2002 | Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 7, 2002 | Panelist, "A Tool Box for Malicious Prosecution", December 7, 2002 | Panelist, Recent Developments In Ethics for Litigators, Desert Bar Association, November 1, 2003 | Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics for Litigators, Los Angeles County Bar Association Trial Practice Inn of Court, December 3, 2003 | Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 6, 2003 | Panelist, "A Tool Box for Malicious Prosecution", December 6, 2003 | Panelist, "Getting in and Getting Out: Avoiding Malpractice in the Representation Process", CEB, January 10, 2004 | Panelist, "Getting in and Getting Out: Avoiding Malpractice in the Representation Process", CEB, January 30, 2004 | Speaker, "New CACI Jury Instructions in Legal Malpractice Cases", Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association, February 18, 2004 | Panelist/Speaker, Ethics and Entertainment Law in California: The Essentials, Film & Television Law Symposium, CLE International, June 21, 2004 | Panelist/Speaker, "Advising Corporate Officers and Directors in a Post-Sarbanes World", Continuing Education of the Bar, November 20, 2004 | Panelist/Speaker, "Advising Corporate Officers and Directors in a Post-Sarbanes World", Continuing Education of the Bar, December 3, 2004 | Panelist/Speaker, Responding Ethically and Effectively To Hardball Tactics, as part of Ethics 2004-Keeping Current in a World of Change, The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, November 24, 2004 | Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics for Litigators, Los Angeles County Bar Association Trial Practice Inn of Court, December 1, 2004 | Panelist, Annual Entertainment Law Update, Legal Ethics, Beverly Hills Bar Association, January 19, 2005 | Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics, Whittier Bar Association, February 8, 2005 | Panelist/Speaker, Ethics and Entertainment Law in California: The Essentials, Film & Television Law Symposium, CLE International, June 24, 2005 | Panelist, Recent Developments in Ethics, Whittier Family Law Study Group, August 10, 2005 | Panelist, Legal Roundtable, Handling Complex Legal Malpractice Cases, State Bar "Big News" Publication, September 15, 2005 | Speaker, Protect Yourself: Zone Out, The 2nd Annual Conference of Filipino American Lawyers of California, September 24, 2005 | Panelist/Speaker, Fee Disputes, as part of Ethics 2004-Keeping Current in a World of Change, The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 10, 2005 | Panelist/Speaker, The Unknown Ethical Quagmire Under The New Bankruptcy Law, Understanding the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005, Lorman Educational Services, December 16, 2005 | Panelist/Speaker, Current Ethics Issues in Insurance Law and Practice, Quisenberry Law Firm Seminar, Insurance Bad Faith Litigation in an Era of Tort Reform, January 11, 2006 | Panelist, "Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills: Essential Tools for Lawyers", Barristers of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, January 21, 2006 | Panelist, "A Primer: Practical Aspects of Professional ResponsibilityIssues of Disqualification, Discipline and Defense to Malpractice Claims", January 21, 2006 | Panelist, "Using Client SecretsReconciling the Duty of Confidentiality with a Lawyer's Right to Defend Himself or Others", Tenth Annual Statewide Ethics Symposium, State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, University of Santa Clara, May 6, 2006 | Panelist, "Damages or Disqualification? Civil Liability for Conflicts of Interest", Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, Santa Monica, CA, August 1, 2006 | Panelist, "Ethical Fallout of Technology", as part of 2006 Institute of Entertainment Law and Business, USC Gould School of Law and Beverly Hills Bar Association, September 9, 2006 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Loeb & Loeb, March 17, 1993 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Loeb & Loeb, April 15, 2005 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Rutan & Tucker, May 17, 1997 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, May 22, 1997 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, September 11, 1997 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Berliner Cohen, November 6, 1997 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Young, March 8, 1998 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, June 16, 1998 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, February 1, 2003 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps, June 19, 1998 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Rosenfeld Meyer & Susman, January 13, 1999 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, November 15, 1996 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, June 3, 1999 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Troy & Gould, May 10, 2001 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Fiore Racobs & Powers, May 20, 2000 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Riordan & McKenzie, April 3, 2003 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Baum Hedlund, April 22, 2004 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, August 4, 2005 | Lecturer, Practicing Law Defensively, Jackson, Demarco, Titus & Peckenpaugh, October 28, 2005 | Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, California Continuing Education of the Bar, June 11, 1998 | Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers from Liability, State Bar Business Law Section, June 11, 1998 | Lectured on The Pellican’s Mess: Ethical Considerations for Attorneys Who Hired Private Investigators in the Wake of Pellicano, Film & Television Law Symposium, sponsored by CLE International, 2006 | Lectured on The Unknown Ethical Quagmire Under The New Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy in California, sponsored by Lorman Educational Services (co-panelist, William K. Mills), 2006 | Seminar panelist on Bound by the Oath—Limits on a Lawyer’s Right of Self-Defense, as part of Ethics 2006Cutting Edge Issues, sponsored by The Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, with co-panelists, Diane Karpman and Joel Osman. | Seminar panelist on Current Ethics Issues in Insurance Law and Practice, Quisenberry Law Firm Seminar, Insurance Bad Faith Litigation in an Era of Tort Reform (co-panelists, John Quisenberry, Gerald Knapton and Lourdes Dearmas) | Seminar panelist on Real Estate Litigation, sponsored by Lorman Educational Services in Santa Ana and Pasadena, CA; co-panelists: Elaine B. Alston, Mark A. Ross and Uzzell S Branson III, 2007 | Lectured on “Class Action Litigation Ethics” as part of the seminar New Developments in Class Action Litigation, sponsored by The Quisenberry Law Firm, 2007 | Seminar panelist on “Ethical Fallout of Technology,” as part of the 2007 State Bar Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA; Co-panelists: Kevin E. Mohr, Heather Rosing, Judith Gilbert., 2007 | Seminar panelist on “Don’t Lose Your License or Your Savings,” sponsored by Real Estate Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association; co-panelist, Ellen Pansky, 2008 | Seminar panelist at The Twenty Eighth Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium, sponsored by Los Angeles County Bar Association, “Liens and Taxes and Bankruptcy: Oh My!, along with co-panelists Lester Jones, Ted Cohen and Robert W. Wood, 2008 | Seminar panelist on “Recognizing Interests and Avoiding Conflicts”, as part of the 2008 State Bar Annual Meeting in Monterey, CA; co-panelists: Brian Forbes and Dan Carroll, 2008 | Lectured on "Best Practices to Stay Out Of Bar Court", San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 2009 | Lectured on Ethics: Considerations for Working with Distress Properties, Real Estate Restructuring, sponsored by CLE International, 2009 | Seminar panelist on “General Practice 101: Avoiding Solo/Small Firm Ethical Traps” sponsored by ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division Fall Meeting; co-panelist, William K. Mills, 2009 | Seminar panelist in “Avoiding Malpractice Claims” program sponsored by American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Newport Beach, CA, with Diane Karpman and Hon. Sheila Sonenshine, 2012 | Speaker, “Practical Issues of Basic Risk Management”, TEN Esquire Network, Beverly Hills, CA, 2012 | Co-panelist, “Ethics for Cross-Border Practice”, presented at the California State Bar Annual Conference, Monterey, CA; Co-panelists: Alexandra Darraby, John W. Amberg, and Maria Chedid, 2012 | Speaker, "Practical Issues of Basic Risk Management”, TEN Esquire Network, Los Angeles, CA, 2012 | Co-panelist, “Surviving the State Bar and Angry Clients,” at the California State Bar Annual Conference in San Jose, CA; Co-panelists: Kevin Mohr, Wendy Chang, and Judy Gilbert, 2013 | Co-panelist, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House and Outside Counsel”, USC 2015 Tax Institute; copanelists: Wendy Chang, and Judith A. Gilbert, 2015 | Co-panelist, “Current Ethical Issues for In-House and Outside Counsel”, State Bar Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA; co-panelists: Wendy Chang, Kevin Mohr and Judith A. Gilbert, 2015 | Co-panelist, “Legal Malpractice Avoidance and Risk Management, An Ethics CLE” for the PhilippineAmerican Bar Association; co-panelists, Hon. Michael Marcus, William K. Mills, 2015 | Co-panelist: “It Takes All Kinds: The Ethics of Dealing with Difficult Clients” presented at the annual law department meeting of Mitsubishi Electronics U.S.; co-panelist, Joel A. Osman, 2017 | Speaker, Ethically Working with Contract Attorneys, Continuing Education of the Bar (webcast), 2017 | Co-panelist: Legal Malpractice: How to Avoid Being Sued by your Client; co-panelists: Arthur H. Bryant (Public Justice, PC) and John P. Blumberg, 2017 | Co-panelist, Annual, Navigating The New Rules of Professional Conduct, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Symposium, with co-panelist Elizabeth Radley, 2019 | Co-panelist: How to Avoid Ethical Pitfalls in Your Employment Practice, sponsored by LACBA Labor and Employment Section; co-panelists Diane Karpman and Hon. Michael Marcus, 2019 | Co-panelist: Where Lawyers Get Into Trouble: Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, sponsored by Beverly Hills Bar Association; co-panelists Neil Wertlieb and Howard Gould, 2019