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Jamie Mccourt, Meet Jill Friedman VCBA MISSION STATEMENT To promote legal excellence, high DECEMBER – TWO THOUSAND NINE ethical standards and professional conduct in the practice of law; to improve access to legal Jamie McCourt, Meet Jill Friedman: services for all people in Ventura County; and to work to improve the Post-Marital Agreements and the Dodgers administration of justice. By Gregory W. Herring Page 6 ANTHONY R. STRAUSS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE - "FOR MILES" 3 LETTER TO THE EDITOR 5 MICHAEL A. Strauss Barristers BASkETBALL TOuRNAMENT RECAP 13 BRIAN K. DENNIS uSING BuY-SELL AGREEMENTS TO ASSuRE BuSINESS CONTINuATION 14 JuDGES PIZZA NIGHT 18 MEXICAN AMERICAN BAR DINNER 19 ELLEN HirveLA RUSSELL SPOTLIGHT ON ATTORNEY JOHN F. “JACk” FAY 22 THE FINANCIAL ABuSE SPECIALIST TEAM 24 Kate BroLAN IN DEFENSE OF YOGA 25 STEVE HENDERSON EXEC’S DOT... DOT... DOT... 30 Join us on facebook-ventura county bar assoc. 2 CITATIONS • DECEMBER 2009 A proud member of the Ventura County Bar Association DECEMBER 2009 • CITATIONS 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE “For Miles” By Anthony Strauss man, so I was surrounded by people in was right. You bring your profession with you. the law. However, I recall one evening One positive aspect of lawyers being ubiqui- in particular during high school when tous is that they are indeed in every commu- the decision to become a lawyer was nity. There are only so many ancient history This is my last article as President and this be- cemented. Two of my closest friends, John and professorships and, when a position opens up, ing the final month of my term, I have turned Dennis, and I met with John’s dad, who want- wherever it is, you go there if you want the job. to reflection. Traditionally, the last article is a ed to talk to us about careers and higher edu- While law jobs may now be scarce (and they recap of the prior year summarizing accom- cation. We talked about various career paths were when I graduated in 1976), government plishments and thanking all of those who have but I distinctly remember Mr. Minteer saying, law offices still have turnover, some firms are helped along the way. While I can (and will) “Once you are a lawyer, you carry that around still hiring and you can hang out your shingle do the thanking before the end of this piece, with you like a back pack. Wherever you go or as a last resort. This job has also remained I am going to exercise presidential prerogative whatever you do, you will always have your law intellectually challenging. I make no bones to deviate from the norm because this year degree to fall back on.” At the end of college, about the fact that I am still “practicing.” I has marked more profound transitions for me I toyed with going on in ancient history or ar- learn something new on an almost daily basis. upon which to reflect. In 2009 I became a chaeology. But that wasn’t part of the original My principal practice area of employment law grandfather and I completed a third of a cen- plan. I was supposed to be a lawyer. is in continual flux with a new hot topic ev- tury as a lawyer. Hence, this article is directed ery year, from disability to sexual harassment to my grandson Miles – born July 17 – with I do have to tell you that the universe of ca- to wage and hour to who knows what next. I reflections on my practice of the law. reer choices available today has vastly expanded also enjoy my colleagues. In my opinion, little since the ‘60s and ‘70s. If you wanted a “better has changed in 33 years when it comes to the I was predestined to become a lawyer. Unlike life” than your parents, you became a “profes- civility and collegiality among Ventura County you, Miles, I didn’t have parents, a grandfather sional.” That meant doctor, lawyer, dentist, practitioners. Of course we all know of the ex- and even a great grandfather who were law- accountant, engineer or teacher. In my com- ceptions. However, one has but to deal with yers. Neither my mother nor father graduated munity, no one talked about becoming an “out of towners” for a short time to see the dif- from high school prior to my arrival. Your entrepreneur or businessman unless you were ference. Practicing law has provided a good life great-grandmother went back to school once I like a friend who was going to go into the fam- for our family and introduced us to our closest started kindergarten and ultimately became an ily mortuary business. That option was nei- friends. It has also afforded me the opportu- elementary school teacher. Apparently I was ther available nor inviting. Education was the nity to work with your father and be a part of loquacious as a young child and my mother ticket to success. It was also a possible ticket your life growing up. and older brother called me the “Philadelphia to avoid the draft and being sent to fight in Lawyer” because I talked nonstop. Probably as Vietnam in what had become a very unpopu- What have I learned that I can pass on that a result of this, I started identifying with law- lar war. It is impossible to even imagine today might be of benefit to you? I am assuming yers early on and read a biography about Clar- what choices will be available to you when it’s that there will be plenty of opportunities in the ence Darrow in grade school, watched the tele- your time to choose a career. I do know that years to come for me to tell you my view of vision series Perry Mason religiously and paid many young people who have come of age af- things. But this is about being a lawyer and the special attention to things involving lawyers. I ter me have been overwhelmed by the plethora “secrets” that I learned (which just might carry decided that I would be a lawyer in junior high of options and have found it hard to find or over into other endeavors) are these: First, be school (middle school today) when my home remain in any suitable niche. comfortable in who you are; be yourself. Ev- room teacher, Mr. Aguilera, pronounced that eryone has a different image of The Lawyer. most important, life empowering statement Was it the right decision for me? I think that For the lay community, a lawyer is the “shark,” that all children should hear, “You can be any- I can state with reasonable certainty that you the “ambulance chaser,” the “hired gun,” the thing that you want to be.” I believed him and would not be here (or at least in Ventura) had list goes on. While there are some kernels of made the choice. I chosen a different field. Your father might truth in these stereotypes of lawyers, it is not not have gone to law school and met your you unless you become that way. Among law- In high school, I took speech and debate along mother and, even if he had, he would not have yers there are different styles and approaches; with the regular curriculum because I knew returned to Ventura to work with me. So from there is the “hard ass,” the nice guy, the con- it was part of the preparation for being an at- that vantage alone, it was the right choice. But sensus builder, the jerk. Clients may want you torney. I started dating your grandmother as even that aside, I have always felt that I made to act one of these parts. Again, your style a freshman, drawn in part (I have to be care- the right decision. Let me tell you why. and approach should be reflective of who you ful here) because her father was a lawyer and I loved talking with him. By then my father was Becoming a lawyer allowed me to move to a bail bondsman and my brother was a police- Ventura and raise my family here. Mr. Minteer Continued on page 4 A proud member of the Ventura County Bar Association 4 CITATIONS • DECEMBER 2009 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE “For Miles” Continued are. There have been times in my career when that time comes around. But when you do, Matt Guasco for their collective wisdom, our I have tried to take on a personality trait that you will see that you caused your grandfather great Board of Directors, No. 45 (J. Roger was not my own. Rarely was I successful in to view his condition with perspective and Myers) for his tolerance and his insistence that doing so. I have learned that I am who I am perhaps it will impart some of that perspective all the articles be law-related. Don Hurley for and, when I practice law that way, I am the into your own decision making process. his support and for getting me involved, David most successful. Your Grandfather, Tony Strauss Jackson (the first lawyer in the family), Joseph Aguilera, Bruce Minteer, Michelle for her pa- Second, do not be overly judgmental. Give P.S. Thanks go to Alice Duran, Alejan- tience, all of you who have helped me (or read people the benefit of the doubt. There is usu- dra Varela and Celene Valenzuela, Verna my articles), Wendy Lascher for letting me ally a reason why people do the things that they Kagan, and Peggy Purnall for the outstanding write what I want and special thanks to Steve do.
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