October 2005 • Volume 55 Number 9 MAGAZINE IN THIS ISSUE: Courthouse Cuisine Recipes for Your Enjoyment Riverside Bistro My Second Career Hidden Treasure Hidden Vintner State Bar President James Heiting The official publication of the Riverside County Bar Association Publications Committee Robyn Beilin-Lewis Yoginee Braslaw Rick Lantz John Brown Mark Mellor Charlotte Butt Queenie Ng Mike Cappelli Richard Reed CONTENTS Donna Hecht Michael Trenholm James Heiting Allen Turner Aurora Hughes Glenn Williams Columns: Gary Ilmanen Lisa Yang 3 ........ President’s Message by Theresa Han Savage Editors ........................................................... Michael Bazzo ......................... Barristers by Robyn Beilin-Lewis Jacqueline Carey-Wilson 5 Design and Production ........................ PIP Printing Riverside Cover Design ........................................ PIP Printing Riverside COVER STORIES: Officers of the Bar Association 8 ........................... My Second Career by Yoginee Braslaw President President Elect 10 .............................. Riverside Bistro Theresa Han Savage David T. Bristow (951) 248-0328 (951) 682-1771 by Richard Brent Reed [email protected] [email protected] Vice President Chief Financial Officer 11 .. A Hidden Treasure: Vintage Vaults Wines Daniel Hantman E. Aurora Hughes by Mark Schooley (951) 784-4400 (909) 483-6700 [email protected] [email protected] 12 ........................... The Hidden Vinter Secretary Past President Janet A. Nakada Michelle Ouellette by Michael L. Bazzo (951) 779-1362 (951) 686-1450 [email protected] [email protected] 22 ............. Recipes For Your Enjoyment Director-at-Large 26 ......................... Courthouse Cuisine John E. Brown Harry J. Histen III (951) 686-1450 (951) 682-4121 by John E. Brown and Elaine Pullaro [email protected] [email protected] Daniel E. Katz Harlan B. Kistler (951) 682-1771 (951) 686-8848 Features: [email protected] [email protected] 6 .. Judicial Profile: Presiding Judge Sharon Waters Executive Director Charlotte A. Butt by Kirsten S. Birkedal (951) 682-1015 [email protected] 15 .................................................................. San Diego by Richard Brent Reed Officers of the Barristers Association 16 ................... State Bar President James O. Heiting President Treasurer 20 .................. Bay Area Uprising At The 78th State Bar Robyn A. Beilin-Lewis Charles P. Boylston (951) 686-8848 Secretary Constitutional Convention [email protected] Christopher L. Peterson by Richard Brent Reed Vice President John D. Higginbotham 28 ..................................................... Mediation Musings by Terry Bridges Riverside County Bar Association 4129 Main Street, Suite 100 Departments: Riverside, California 92501 Telephone Facsimile Calendar . 2 Membership . 32 951-682-1015 951-682-0106 Classified Ads . 32 Internet E-mail www.riversidecountybar.com [email protected] Riverside Lawyer, October 2005 1 MMISSIONISSION SSTATETATEMMENTENT CALENDAR Established in 1894 NOVEMBER 2005 The Riverside County Bar Association, established in 1894 to foster social interaction between the bench and bar, is a professional organization that pro- 1 Environmental & Land Use Law vides continuing education and offers an arena to resolve various problems that Section face the justice system and attorneys practicing in Riverside County. RCBA Bldg., 3rd Floor - Noon MCLE RCBA Mission Statement 2 Bar Publications Committee The mission of the Riverside County Bar Association is to: Serve its members, and indirectly their clients, by implementing programs RCBA – Noon that will enhance the professional capabilities and satisfaction of each of its 7 CLE Committee members. RCBA - Noon Serve its community by implementing programs that will provide opportu- nities for its members to contribute their unique talents to enhance the quality 3 Law & Media Committee of life in the community. 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RCBA/SBCBA Reception for Bar matters, ABA issues, local court rules, open forum for communication and State Bar President James Heiting timely business matters. Mission Inn, Music Room – 5:00 p.m. Social gatherings throughout the year: Installation of RCBA and Barristers to 7:00 p.m. Officers dinner, Annual Joint Barristers and Riverside Legal Secretaries dinner, Law Day activ­ties, Good Citizenship Award ceremony for Riverside County high 15 Family Law Section schools, and other special activities. RCBA Bldg., 3rd Floor - Noon Continuing Legal Education brown bag lunches and section workshops. MCLE RCBA is a certified provider for MCLE programs. MBNA Platinum Plus MasterCard, and optional insurance programs. 16 DRS Board of Directors Discounted personal disability income and business overhead protection for RCBA - Noon the attorney and long-term care coverage for the attorney and his or her family. 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Legal issues are not discussed for the purpose of answering specif- ic questions. Independent research of all issues is strongly encouraged. 2 Riverside Lawyer, October 2005 I am glad that I was able to convince my husband, Phil, to go on a family vacation this summer to Los Cabos, Mexico. Phil and I, with our three children, along with fellow research attorney, Lisa Visingardi and her family, went to a beautiful resort. I must confess that I was a bit nervous about taking my children to Mexico – especially since my twins were only 22 months old at the time. My worries were for naught. I cannot say that our trip to Mexico was relaxing, with our two toddlers, but I can say that we had a wonderful time with family and friends. We were gone for a total of five days – I took only three days off from work; I think that everyone should be able to miss work for three days and enjoy some time with the family. Please contact me if you by Theresa Han Savage would like to know where we went! I highly recommend the Hurricane Katrina and 9/11. One tragedy created resort for families. by nature; the other created by people. Regardless of September was an exciting month for me. I attended both the our political views, images from these two separate State Bar Convention and the RCBA installation. At the conven- events generate the same emotional responses from tion, I attended a one-day seminar with Penny Alexander-Kelley all of us – sadness, helplessness and exasperation. (who will be installed as San Bernardino County Bar Association Moreover, for those of us who were not personally president in October) on how to be an effective bar leader. I hope affected by either the hurricane or 9/11, we share to use the lessons I learned during the seminar this upcoming one common feeling – gratitude. Like most of year. The most exciting event during the bar convention, how- you, I am sure, I felt horror at seeing the images of ever, was Jim Heiting’s installation as President of the State Bar. destruction on television, and then immediately felt We are so proud that our own past-president has achieved this grateful that I was not personally affected. incredible milestone. Please join us in celebrating Jim’s success I hope that we, as individuals or through com- on the evening of November 15th at the Mission Inn with hors munity organizations, will do what we can to help d’oeuvres and drinks. You will be receiving an invitation in the our fellow Americans in need. Here are some easy mail. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Jim for being ways to make a difference. To help displaced lawyers the master of ceremonies, and Judges Sharon Waters and Craig in Louisiana and Mississippi, donations can be sent Riemer for being the installing officers at our installation