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March 2021 • Volume 71 Number 3 MAGAZINE Rcba@Riversidecountybar.Com 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 March 2021 • Volume 71 Number 3 MAGAZINE www.riversidecountybar.com [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE IS NETFLIX’S I CARE A LOT A CAUtiONARY TALE ABOUT PREDATORY CONSERVATORS? HOPE I DIE BEFORE I GET OLD – WAS PETE TOWNSHEND WRONG? FOR EVERY WRONG THERE’S A REMEDY? WILL BRitNEY SPEARS EVER BE FREE? A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING CELEBRitY CONSERVATORSHipS THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CRIMINAL ELDER ABUSE CAPAcitY ISSUES AND RISK FOR FINANciAL EXPLOitAtiON IN SENIORS ELDER ABUSE RESTRAINING ORDERS: A VitAL LEGAL TOOL FOR PROTEctiNG AND EMPOWERING CLIENTS THE ELDERLY CRIMINAL DEFENDANT The Official Publication of the Riverside County Bar Association A SIMPLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW INCOME LAWYERS. 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Practicing Responsibly and Ethically: Smokovski/PIP Printing Riverside Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity Officers of the Bar Association by David Cantrell & Brad Zurcher President President-Elect Sophia H. Choi Neil D. Okazaki COVER STORIES: (951) 955-5400 (951) 826-5567 [email protected] [email protected] 6 ................................... Is Netflix’s I Care A Lot a Cautionary Vice President Chief Financial Officer Tale About Predatory Conservators? Lori Myers Kelly Moran by Mark Flory (949) 300-3596 (951) 955-6300 [email protected] [email protected] 8 ....Hope I Die Before I Get Old – Was Pete Townshend Wrong? Secretary Past President by Andrew Gilliland Mark A. Easter Jack B. Clarke, Jr. (951) 686-1450 (951) 686-1450 10 .....................................For Every Wrong There’s a Remedy? [email protected] [email protected] by George F. Dickerman Directors-at-Large Aaron L. Chandler Megan G. Demshki 12 ......................................... 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Opposing Counsel - Jack Osborn Riverside County Bar Association by Betty Fraciso 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] Membership . 28 Classified Ads ............. 28 Riverside Lawyer, March 2021 1 MISSION STATEMENT CALENDAR Established in 1894 March The Riverside County Bar Association, established in 1894 to foster 1 Civil Litigation Roundtable with social inter ac tion between the bench and bar, is a professional orga ni- Hon. Craig Riemer zation that provides con tinu ing education and offers an arena to resolve Zoom various prob lems that face the justice system and attorneys prac tic ing in Noon MCLE Riverside Coun ty. 9 Civil Litigation Section Noon – 1:15 p.m. RCBA Mission Statement Zoom Speaker: Hon. 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Noon – 1:15 p.m. Zoom Speakers: Jill Kent & Lynelle Hee Topic: “Delinquency: Bridging the The Riverside Lawyer is published 11 times per year by the Riverside County Gap Between Juvenile and Appellate Bar Association (RCBA) and is distributed to RCBA members, Riverside Proceedings” County judges and administrative officers of the court, community leaders MCLE and others interested in the advancement of law and justice. Advertising and 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 Please see the calendar on the RCBA website days preceding publi ca tion. All articles are subject to editing. RCBA members (riversidecountybar.com) for information on receive a subscription au to mat i cal ly. Annual sub scrip tions are $30.00 and how to access the Zoom meetings. single copies are $3.50. 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