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PRSRT STD Riverside US POSTAGE County LAWYER PAID PERMIT #1054 Riverside County Bar Association RIVERSIDE, CA 4129 Main St., Ste. 100, Riverside, CA 92501 RCBA 951-682-1015 LRS 951-682-7520 June 2021 • Volume 71 Number 6 MAGAZINE www.riversidecountybar.com [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE Riverside Family Law Court Update Guardianships Impact of Telephonic Hearings On In re A.R. Riverside County Adoptions Tales of a Legal Aid Attorney Doubling Down on Divorce & Death Decisions First Five Cases in Riverside County The Official Publication of the Riverside County Bar Association COVERAGE THAT PROMISES TO PROTECT. BUILT WITH YOU IN MIND. Becoming a member of Lawyers’ Mutual is more than choosing an insurance provider, it’s joining a community of your peers and receiving our promise to protect you. All of our innovative policies are designed in conjunction with underwriting, claims and insurance experts who hold over 100 years of experience in the legal malpractice industry. 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PrintMyStuff.com (PIP Riverside) Cover Design ................................. Africa Studio/Shutterstock/ 4 ........... Barristers President’s Message by Goushia Farook PrintMyStuff.com (PIP Riverside) 6 ......... Practicing Responsibly & Ethically: Buyer’s Remorse: Officers of the Bar Association Tips to Avoid Claims That You Failed to Get Your Client a Good Deal President President-Elect by David Cantrell Sophia H. Choi Neil D. Okazaki (951) 955-5400 (951) 826-5567 [email protected] [email protected] COVER STORIES: Vice President Chief Financial Officer Lori Myers Kelly Moran 8 .......................................................................Guardianships (949) 300-3596 (951) 955-6300 [email protected] [email protected] by Sheri Cruz Secretary Past President 10 ................................................. Tales of a Legal Aid Attorney Mark A. Easter Jack B. Clarke, Jr. by Edward J. Hernandez (951) 686-1450 (951) 686-1450 [email protected] [email protected] 12 .. Impact of Telephonic Hearings on Family Law Proceedings: Advantages, Disadvantages, and a Bench Perspective Directors-at-Large Aaron L. Chandler Megan G. Demshki by Goushia Farook (951) 826-5567 (951) 534-4006 [email protected] [email protected] 15 .........................................................................On In re A.R. Chris A. Johnson Elisabeth A. Lord by Gabriel White (951) 695-8700 (951) 684-9000 [email protected] [email protected] 18 ................... Doubling Down on Divorce and Death Decisions Executive Director by Andrew Gilliland Charlene Nelson (951) 682-1015 19 ............................ Update on the Family Law Division for the [email protected] Riverside County Superior Court by Supervising Judge Jennifer Gerard Officers of the Barristers Association 22 .........Riverside County Adoptions: Providing a Forever Home by Kimberly Lowman President Treasurer Goushia Farook David Rivera (951) 684-9000 Members-at-Large [email protected] Alejandro Barraza Features: Ankit Bhakta President-Elect 25 .............................................................. The First Five Cases in Michael Ortiz Kevin Collins Braden Holly Riverside County Superior Court - 1893 Secretary Brigitte Wilcox Lauren Vogt by Chris Jensen Past President Paul Lin 29 ..................Law Day 2021 A Celebration of the Law and Lawyers by Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez 31 ............................................... Opposing Counsel: Gabriel White Riverside County Bar Association by L. Alexandra Fong 4129 Main Street, Suite 100 Riverside, California 92501 Telephone Facsimile 951-682-1015 951-682-0106 Departments: Internet E-mail Calendar .................. 2 www.riversidecountybar.com [email protected] Classified Ads ............. 32 Membership .............. 32 Riverside Lawyer, June 2021 1 MISSION STATEMENT CALENDAR Established in 1894 June The Riverside County Bar Association, established in 1894 to foster social in ter ac tion between the bench and bar, is a professional or ga ni- 7 Civil Litigation Roundtable with zation that provides con tinu ing education and offers an arena to resolve Hon. Craig Riemer various prob lems that face the justice system and attorneys prac tic ing in Zoom Riverside Coun ty. Noon RCBA Mission Statement MCLE The mission of the Riverside County Bar Association is: 18 General Membership Meeting To serve our members, our communities, and our legal system. Zoom In-Person – RCBA Gabbert Gallery Membership Benefits (for first 19 people to RSVP) and Zoom Involvement in a variety of legal entities: Lawyer Referral Service Noon – 1:15 p.m. (LRS), Riverside Legal Aid, Fee Ar bitra tion, Client Re la tions, Dis pute Speakers: Virginia Blumenthal & Res o lu tion Service (DRS), Barristers, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, Mock Steve Harmon Trial, State Bar Confer ence of Dele gates, Bridg ing the Gap, and the RCBA - Riverside Superior Court New Attorney Academy. Topic: “Tips for How to Make Your Career Membership meetings monthly (except July and August) with key note Long and Successful” speak ers, and par tic i pa tion in the many committees and sections. MCLE Eleven issues of Riverside Lawyer published each year to update you 22 Juvenile Law Section on State Bar matters, ABA issues, local court rules, open forum for com- Zoom mu ni ca tion, and timely busi ness matters. Noon Social gatherings throughout the year: Installation of RCBA and Speaker: Dr. Thomas Aucoin Bar risters Of fic ers din ner, Law Day ac tiv i ties, Good Citizenship Award ceremony for Riv er side Coun ty high schools, and other special activities, Topic: “Juvenile Dependency: Busting the Continuing Legal Education brown bag lunches and section work shops. Myths of Hair and Follicle Drug Testing” RCBA is a cer ti fied provider for MCLE programs. MCLE The Riverside Lawyer is published 11 times per year by the Riverside County Please see the calendar on the RCBA website Bar Association (RCBA) and is distributed to RCBA members, Riverside County judges and administrative officers of the court, community leaders (riversidecountybar.com) for information on and others interested in the advancement of law and justice. Advertising and how to access the Zoom meetings. an nounce ments are due by the 6th day of the month preceding publications (e.g., October 6 for the November issue). Articles are due no later than 45 days preceding publi ca tion. All articles are subject to editing. RCBA members EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. receive a subscription au to mat i cal ly. Annual sub scrip tions are $30.00 and single copies are $3.50. For the latest calendar information Submission of articles and photographs to Riverside Lawyer will be deemed please visit the RCBA’s website at to be authorization and license by the author to publish the material in the riversidecountybar.com. Riverside Lawyer. The material printed in the Riverside Lawyer does not necessarily reflect the opin ions of the RCBA, the editorial staff, the Publication Committee, or other columnists. Legal issues are not discussed for the purpose of answering spe cif ic questions. Independent research of all issues is strongly encouraged. 2 Riverside Lawyer, June 2021 children’s book or a book chosen by the students. After the books are read, RCBA members take questions from students about the legal profession. Although in prior years RCBA chose a school located near Downtown Riverside, this year, we chose Anna Hause Elementary School in Beaumont and read to 31 different classrooms virtually. The RCB Foundation gave one thousand dollars to the school library in the hopes that it will be of assis- tance to students. To all RCBA members who participated as a reader, thank you. The students really enjoyed it. Also, special thanks to Chair of Reading Day, Jacqueline Carey-Wilson, and to Elisabeth Lord for putting the RCBA in touch with Anna Hause Elementary School. The RCBA also works with high school students through the Mock Trial Program, which so many of our members are actively involved in as coaches, scoring attorneys, and judges. This is a very important program by Sophia Choi that may really serve as the beginning of the high school students’ desires to become attorneys. The RCBA also has a mentorship committee that Summer is already upon us! I cannot believe helps mentees find mentors, whether they may be law students or practic- that we are halfway through 2021! I am very ing attorneys. When talking about mentorship, I cannot help but mention optimistic that I might be able to see everyone in all the work Robyn Lewis and