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QUID NOVI

2012-2013 Officers

President

Cristina Moreno

Vice President Cindy Harrison

Secretary

Teresa Beardsley, CCLS

Treasurer

Maria Bishop, CCLS

Governor Ana Fatima Costa

Parliamentarians Mary Lou Floyd,

CCLS &

Carrie Hughes, CCLS

Inside This Issue

Advertising Rates/Address Changes ...................................... 49 Advertisers: Atkinson-Baker ................................................................... 14 Barkley Court Reporters ..................................................... 30 Keylingo .......................................................................... 5, 11 Lia Sophia ........................................................................... 20 LSI/Legal Secretary’s Reference Guide .............................. 44 One Hour Delivery .............................................................. 36 Quivx .................................................................................. 51 Rutter Group (LOPM and LPH) ................................. 42 - 43 Articles: How to Cite Federal Rules of Civil Procedure .................... 22 A Sensible Approach to Storing Files in the Cloud .... 26 - 24 CCLS Certification/Application ..................................... 33 - 35 Governor’s Report............................................................ 9 - 10 Humor In Life ........................................................................ 52 Interclub ................................................................................. 12 Santa Clara Co. LPA’s BBQ & Bocce Tournament ........... 13 Legal Procedures ............................................................ 15 - 20 LSI: Quarterly Conf., August 2012 .................................... 31 - 32 Benefits .............................................................................. 37 Code of Ethics .................................................................... 29 LSS......................................................................................... 38 Membership/Renewal Application ..................................... 39 MDLPA: Birthdays .............................................................................. 2 Calendar of Events ..................................................... 25 - 28 Chapter Achievement Reporting Form ...................... 40 – 41 Employment Opportunities ................................................ 29 Mary’s Pizza Shack Fundraiser ............................................. 8 Membership Meeting ........................................................... 3 Membership/Renewal Applications ........................... 45 - 48 Officers/Committees .......................................................... 50 Sunshine & Hospitality ...................................................... 29 President’s Report .............................................................. 4 - 7 Study Corner .......................................................................... 21 Answer Key ....................................................................... 51

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DATES TO REMEMBER

July 4 – Independence Day, Courts Closed

August 1 - Renewal of LSS Membership Due

August 17-19 – LSI Quarterly Conference, Pleasanton

Editor: Carrie Hughes, CCLS

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MDLPA wishes a very Happy Birthday to the following members:

June 7 – Beverly Miller, CCLS June 15 – Kimberly Yatim June 20 – Peggy Hernandez June 21 – Nancy Mino June 26 – Michele Soto June 28 – Cristina Moreno June 29 – Shari Guzman June 30 – Sarah Child July 1 – Cindy Harrison July 3 – Patricia Wenthe July 11 – Teresa Steen July 13 – Shan Li July 15 – Janice Mascardo July 18 – Ana Fatima Costa, CSR

July 20 – Christine Richardson July 22 – Katherine Rodriguez July 28 – Marilyn O’Keefe July 29 – Todd Friedman August 1 – Renee Foley August 3 - Leslie Banta August 5 – Diana Dempsey, CCLS August 8 – Melissa Hickey August 8 – Leanne Rodriquez August 13 – Deanne Kono August 14 – Jacqueline Harmon August 20 – Teresa Everett August 20 – Roxanne Brescia August 26 – Carla Rossi


RSVP No later than the Friday before the meeting, at 1 p.m. to Tricia Kim, (Via E-mail) to [email protected]; or (Via Telephone) call (925) 925-932-3311. PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. All cancellations must be made by 1 p.m. the Friday before the meeting. If you do not cancel by that time, you will be charged for your dinner. Visit our website at: www.mtdiablolpa.info for more information about our Association.

Mt. Diablo Legal Professionals Association is a local association of Legal Secretaries, Incorporated, an approved MCLE provider, and certifies that this activity has been approved for minimum continuing legal education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1 hour of general credit.

Membership Meeting

SAVE THE DATE

DATE Second Monday

of the Month

TIME 5:30 p.m. – Social Time

6:00 p.m. – Dinner and Meeting 6:45 p.m. – Program

PLACE Buttercup Grill and Bar 660 Ygnacio Valley Road

Walnut Creek

Dinner Selections TBA




Dear Members,

I love this time of year, I just celebrated my 1st year wedding anniversary, I have a birthday coming up, and the weather is heating up. We also have a lot going on in our Association and other local associations. Please read below for all the details.

June Membership Meeting Vendor Presentation – Jim Hostletler from KeyLingo Translations gave us an “Introduction to the World of Language Translations.” Please keep his services in mind in case the need arises in your office. Speaker – Ana Fatima Costa from Barkley Court Reports spoke on the topic of Technology at the Deposition and Beyond. It was a very informative presentation. I had no idea all of the technology that was out there and how easy it could be to use. 2012-2013 Budget – The budget had been previously provided to the membership and was approved for the upcoming year.

LSI Annual Conference

The LSI Annual Conference was hosted by San Diego LSA/Imperial County LSA at the Bahia Resort in San Diego the weekend of May 18th through May 20, 2012. We all had a great time networking, making contacts with new vendors, participating in great workshops and getting our “LSI fix.” Please see the Governor’s Report for a full update on the conference.

The next conference is being held by Alameda County LSA and Livermore-Alameda Valley LPA on August 17-19, 2012 at the Hilton Pleasanton at the Club in Pleasanton. This conference is so close and great workshops are being offered. Everyone should at least come on Saturday and learn what going to conference is all about.

Scholarship

At the last minute we received 7 applications for our scholarship. The Board did not want to pass up the opportunity in giving out the funds to someone in need, so the scholarship chairman provided the Board will all the applications and within 24 hours the Board submitted our vote for the scholarship winner. Our scholarship winner was LUCIA PERRIN.

We then submitted her application to LSI and it was announced at the Annual Conference that she won 2nd place. Lucia Perrin will be receiving our $1,000 scholarship along with an additional $1,000 from LSI. We will get the chance to meet her at our July meeting.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT Cristina Moreno


Ways & Means

• We will be holding a Mary’s Pizza Shack fundraiser on Monday, July 30, 2012. The proceeds will go toward our 2014 LSI Annual Conference. Please see the attached flyer for all the details. Don’t forget to take it with you so that we receive the credit for your order.

• We will be holding a raffle at each of our meetings. These proceeds will also be going toward our 2014 LSI Annual Conference. We will also need raffle prizes for our upcoming Employer Appreciation Night in October. If you are able to donate a raffle prize please let our Way & Means chairman, Cindy Harrison know.

Membership Contest

We are again holding a Membership Contest starting now through February 2013. The member who brings in the most new members will receive a free membership and one free dinner for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. So get out there and start inviting all your co-workers and vendors to join.

Announcements:

• Santa Clara County LPA is holding a Flash Drive Fundraiser. $15 per flash drive or 2 for $25. • Alameda County LSA’s Summer Social on July 8, 2012 – An A’s game and tailgate potluck. Ticket

price is $26. Deadline to RSVP is June 19th. • SF Aids Walk – July 15, 2012 at Golden Gate Park. Email Sally Mendez is you are interested:

[email protected]. • Santa Clara County LPA’s 2nd Annual Marilyn Ott Memorial BBQ & Bocce Ball Tournament on

Saturday, August 25, 2012 starting at 11:00 a.m. at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. Cost is $20 for adults/$10 children. RSVP by August 17, 2012 to Cherry Battaglia at [email protected].

• Dinner-Theatre Night with Alameda County LSA on November 15, 2012 in Point Richmond. Tickets are $45 which includes dinner at Hotel Mac and then the play “Little Women.”

As always if you have any questions or comments, please email me or go to our website: www.mtdiablolpa.info.

~Your President,

Cristina Moreno




MT. DIABLO LEGAL PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

NEEDS YOU

OPENINGS FOR CHAIRMAN POSITIONS

Scholarship – Responsible for awarding MDLPA’s scholarship, including accepting and reviewing applications, and presentation of the scholarship award. Chairman also submits qualified applications to the LSI scholarship program.

History Book – Prepare photo album/historical record of the association to present to the President.

Appreciation Night – Assist chairman, Maria Bishop, CCLS with planning/coordinating our Annual evening in which we honor employers of MDLPA members.

Crab Feed – Assist chairman, Diana Dempsey, CCLS, in planning a crab feed.

Please contact Cristina Moreno if you are interested in chairing any of the above

positions at [email protected]


THE BAY AREA LEGAL FORUM

Mt. Diablo LPA currently does not have a member for the Bay Area Legal Forum. We can have up to 3 members. This is a great group to be a part of and the benefits are hard to pass up.

Overview The Bay Area Legal Forum presents three quarterly single-topic workshops and one Annual Seminar consisting of between 8 and 12 single topic workshops each year. Its sole purpose is to provide MCLE workshops for the legal community.

How to Join - http://www.bayarealegalforum.org/how-to-join.html

Most members of the Bay Area Legal Forum are members of a local chapter of LSI. To become a member of the Forum, you must either (1) be appointed from your local LSI chapter; or (2) apply for an associate membership. MDLPA will pay your membership fees.

Benefits/Responsibilities

BALF’s fiscal year begins and ends on the first Saturday in May. Members are required to attend at least four administrative meetings(May, June, September, December, February, May) each fiscal year, one quarterly workshop (January, July, October) and the annual seminar. Members are reimbursed for expenses related to administrative meetings and the annual seminar (mileage, bridge toll, parking, etc.). Members are entitled to attend all Forum programs free of charge.

IMPORTANT

The member association is responsible for presenting one workshop at the annual seminar, and one quarterly workshop. This entails finding a speaker and working with the speaker to coordinate the preparation of the handout materials and getting everything to the Second Vice President who is in charge of the venue, the equipment and everything that happens on the day of the workshop for quarterly workshops, and the First Vice President who does the same for the Annual Seminar workshops. The quarterly workshops are presented by the member association on a rotation basis, so no association is expected to present a quarterly workshop every year. In the event that there is only one representative from a member association, the President designates members from the members-at-large groups to assist that person in the preparation for, and presentation of their workshop.

Please contact Cristina Moreno if you are interested in being a member of The Bay Area Legal Forum at [email protected]

http://www.bayarealegalforum.org/how-to-join.html


Please join Mary’s Pizza Shack in supporting the

MT. DIABLO LEGAL

PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

at a Dine & Donate Fundraiser on MONDAY, JULY 30TH, 2012!

Bring this flyer to the Mary’s Pizza Shack in Walnut Creek and support the Mt. Diablo Legal Professionals Association! Twenty percent of your purchase will be donated to the association when you present this flyer with your order.


LSI’s 78th Annual Conference was held at the Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA, hosted by Imperial County LPA and San Diego LSA. The theme of the conference was “Happy Days.”

Representing MDLPA as delegates were President Cristina Moreno, Governor Ana Fatima Costa, and Secretary Teresa Beardsley, CCLS. Also present were Treasurer and Editor-in-Chief, Publications Revision Committee Maria Bishop, CCLS; Quid Novi editor and LSI Historian Carrie Hughes, CCLS; LSI Scholarship Chair Diana Dempsey, CCLS; Parliamentarian Mary Lou Floyd, CCLS; and LSI Executive Secretary/Incoming Vice President Mary Beaudrow, CCLS.

The conference got off to a rousing start Thursday night with the second annual OneLegal reception, hosted by Mark Schwartz and his team. Two judges from San Diego Superior Court spoke about the current state of the court system (more closures are expected!) while the attendees enjoyed a delicious appetizer buffet, and later participated in a fun legal trivia contest.

Your MDLPA colleagues were all busy on Friday, May 18, attending meetings and workshops. The day ended with a ‘50’s reception on the Bahia Belle, a turn-of-the-century Mississippi-style sternwheeler that was docked right at the hotel. Our own Carrie Hughes, CCLS set up a table for her campaign as Treasurer and gave away adorable “treasure boxes” with chocolate coins.

SATURDAY: PRE-ANNUAL CONFERENCE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING - HIGHLIGHTS

Currently, there are 1678 LSI members, including Members at Large (not connected to any association).

LSI President Brooke Mansfield, CCLS, announced that following the adoption by a 2/3 affirmative vote, LSI Bylaw Article V, Section 1(a), was amended to allow student membership. 34 associations voted for the amendment and 7 associations voted against it.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES - HIGHLIGHTS

Election of LSI Executive Officers, 2012-2013: LSI Past President Christa Davis proclaimed the following officers were elected by acclamation: President Sandra J. Jimenez, CCLS, CLA; Vice President Mary Beaudrow, CCLS; Executive Secretary Jennifer L. Page, CCLS; and Treasurer Heather Edwards was elected by the vote of delegates. Installation would take place at Sunday brunch.

Report highlights:

• President Brooke Atherton, CCLS encouraged all members to increase dialogue and debate and to continue making motions. The status quo is not good enough – if we continue to strive for change, what will LSI be like in the future?

• Historian Carrie Hughes, CCLS, announced the winners of the History Book/Scrapbook Competition, and Mt. Diablo won 3rd Place in the Scrapbook contest!

• President Brooke Atherton reported that Mt. Diablo LPA was awarded the bid to host the 2014 Annual Conference, which will take place once again at the Hilton Hotel in Concord, CA. We’ll need many volunteers to help make this another great success, especially since our own Mary Beaudrow, CCLS is expected to be the incoming LSI President that year.

GOVERNOR'S REPORT AND COMMENT

By Ana Fatima Costa


• Career Promotion/Scholarship Chairman Diana M. Dempsey, CCLS announced the recipients of the 2011-2012 Eula Mae Jett scholarships. The applicant sponsored by Mt. Diablo LPA, Lucia Perrin, was selected 2nd place winner under Plan A (college student) – which means Lucia will receive $1,000 from both MDLPA and LSI.

• Chair Mary J. Beaudrow, CCLS, reported that the ad hoc committee appointed to review LSI’s possible name change will be serving as liaison between LSI and the marketing company BOP Design, and that the process will be reported to members as developments occur.

DINNER BANQUET

Vice President Sandra T. Jimenez, CCLS, CLA presented this year’s Golda J. Cooper Chapter Achievement awards, and Mt. Diablo LPA won 4th place (18,235 points).

President Brooke Atherton, CCLS presented the prestigious President's Award to both Christa Davis and Rod Cardinale, Jr., in recognition of the contributions, dedication and impact they have made to LSI.

SUNDAY: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES

The formal Installation of 2012-2013 LSI Officers took place. After addressing the membership, incoming President Sandra J. Jimenez, CCLS, CLA of Imperial County LPA announced the appointment of the officers and chairs: MDLPA’s own Maria Bishop, CCLS, will continue as Editor-in-Chief, Publications Revision Committee, and Mary Lou Floyd, CCLS, was appointed as Legal Specialization Section Leader for the Family Law section.

Outgoing President Brooke Mansfield, CCLS, presented President Sandra Jimenez, CCLS, with the Silver President’s pin and gavel. Christa Davis presented Brooke with a monetary gift as a token of appreciation for her service as LSI President.

POST-ANNUAL CONFERENCE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING

We had some excitement after the brunch.

Beverly Miller, CCLS, life member of Mt. Diablo LPA, submitted a proposed bylaw amendment from the floor requesting that associations consciously choosing not to vote on an amendment should not count as affirmative votes (i.e., a “yes” or “aye”). Pursuant to the current LSI bylaws, failure to notify the Executive Secretary within a stated period in response to a proposed amendment shall be deemed an affirmative vote. The LSI Parliamentarian will submit a notice of this proposed amendment to all governors; the adoption of this amendment requires a 2/3 affirmative vote at conference in August.

Michelle Tice, CCLS, San Diego LSA, raised a Point of Order and reported a violation of Robert’s Rules that pursuant to parliamentary procedure, the current marketing committee should be handling the work the appointed ad hoc committee was formed to do. A point of order does not need to be seconded, is not debatable, cannot be amended and is decided by the chair. President Sandra Jimenez decided that LSI was in violation and remanded the responsibility back to the existing LSI Marketing Committee.

The next LSI conference will be held August 17-19, 2012 at the Hilton Pleasanton at the Club in Pleasanton, CA. Host associations are Livermore Amador Valley LPA and Alameda County LSA.

Respectfully submitted,

Ana Fatima Costa, CSR, RPR, CLSP

Governor

P.S. A belated congratulations to MDLPA member Sarah Childs, CCLS for passing the strenuous California Certified Legal Secretary exam in October 2011!! That is a huge achievement.



You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Indira Gandhi

INTERCLUB

The following is a list of other local associations and the dates they hold their general membership meetings: Alameda County LSA – Dinner Meeting 1st Tuesday Livermore-Amador Valley LPA – Dinner Meeting 2nd Thursday Palo Alto LPA – Dinner Meeting 3rd Tuesday San Mateo County LSA – Dinner Meeting 3rd Tuesday Santa Clara County LSA – Dinner Meeting 2nd Tuesday

Schedule of activities sponsored by other local associations: August 25th – Santa Clara County’s BBQ & Bocce Ball Tournament (see flyer on p.13)




Riverside County – Documents Available Through the online Copy Request System

The Riverside Superior Court’s automated online copy request system will now include criminal documents as of May 14, 2012. The online copy request system allows users to request certified copies of civil documents and copies or certified copies of family law, probate and criminal documents that are open to the public for inspection.

You can also request certified copies of minute orders for civil, family law, probate and criminal. Copy fees, including postage, will be assessed. The court accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express as forms of payment. Copy requests will be processed within five business days.

For further information, please visit the court’s website at http://riverside.courts.ca.gov/ and click on the Online Services tab.

All Federal Courts Now Accepting Electronic Filing

The DC-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has begun accepting electronic filings via the judiciary’s Case Management-Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system, joining every other federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy court in doing so.

CM/ECF provides courts enhanced and updated docket management. It allows courts to maintain case documents in electronic form. And it gives each court the option of permitting case documents – pleadings, motions, petitions – to be filed with the court over the Internet. Implementation of that option began a decade ago, and now is complete.

Monterey County – Reduced Clerk’s Office Hours

Effective Monday, July 30, 2012, all Monterey County Superior Court branches will reduce service hours for the public filing windows, Self-Help Center services and telephones as noted below. The changes in public service hours will not affect the courtroom calendars or schedules

Salinas, Marina and Monterey Branches Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

King City Branch Tuesday-Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Closed Mondays

Orange County – Reduced Hours of Operation

Effective Monday, July 30, 2012 and except as provided below, the regular hours of operation for the Clerk’s offices will be 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding judicial holidays. Clerk’s offices shall be closed for the transaction of business after 4:00 p.m.

The financial constraints imposed by the California state fiscal crisis, as well as the repeated decreases in state court funding, compel this reduction in court hours.

Legal Procedures By Carrie Hughes, CCLS

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Exceptions:

The court s e s s ions for CJ 1 will re ma in 10:00 a .m. to 7:00 p.m.

Night s e s s ions for sma ll cla ims a nd tra ffic court will be he ld from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. a s follows :

First Tuesday of the Month Third Tuesday of the Month

Harbor Justice Center – Newport Beach Harbor Justice Center – Laguna Hills

North Justice Center – Fullerton Central Justice Center – Santa Ana

West Justice Center – Westminster

Solano County – Limited Operation Days

The Superior Court of California, County of Solano will have limited operation days on the days

listed below:

Thursday, July 5 through Friday, July 6, 2012 Friday, August 31, 2012 Monday, November 19 through Wednesday, November 21. 2012 Monday, December 24 through Monday, December 31, 2012 Friday, March 29, 2013

On the limited operation days, all Clerk’s Offices and all but two courtrooms will be closed. The two courtrooms will be open in the Hall of Justice, 600 Union Avenue, Fairfield, California to conduct arraignments and examinations as required by law, to sign any necessary documents on an emergency basis, and to handle time-sensitive juvenile matters. Time sensitive family law matters will also be handled daily. Drop boxes will be available at the Hall of Justice and at the Solano Justice Center, 321 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo for same-day filing of documents deposited there before 4:00 p.m.

The limited operations days will result in savings of about $900,000 to reduce the impact of the judicial branch’s $350 million budget reduction for this fiscal year. The Court finds it necessary to institute these changes in light of the ongoing state budget crises. Over the past three years, the California Judicial Branch budget has seen a reduction of $600 million, which is a 30% reduction to the Judicial Branch budget.

Fresno County – Closure of Branch Courts

The State of California’s fiscal crisis has caused all government agencies to closely examine all operations and expenditures, and to evaluate cost efficiencies and effectiveness, wherever necessary. Despite the Fresno Superior Court’s history of prudent fiscal planning, effective cost-cutting measures, and revenue generating strategies, the Court now faces an immediate deficit of $5.4 million in the 2012-13 fiscal year that starts on July 1, 2012. Simply stated, this is the most severe fiscal crisis that the Court has ever faced and well beyond anything that could have been anticipated. In light of such a drastic situation and with less than 45 days until the start of the fiscal year, the Court has had to quickly explore options for reducing costs and increase efficiency. Due to the urgency of the situation, it was necessary to make difficult decisions quickly. The Court concluded that closing the branch courts would realize a significant and immediate cost savings and that consolidating these operations into the courts in downtown Fresno area would improve efficiency. Therefore, pursuant to California Rule of Court, Rule 10.620(e) & (f), the Superior Court of Fresno County is hereby giving urgent notice that the courts in Coalinga, Firebaugh, Reedley, Sanger, and Selma will close on July 30, 2012. Clovis and Kingsburg will close effective August 6, 2012.

The centralization of Court services in the City of Fresno, however, will provide the opportunity to improve operational efficiency for core court services. The Court will do its best to minimize the overall impact and make the transition as easy as possible. Any interested person or entity who wishes to comment in writing may do so by any of the following methods:


Tuolumne County – Reduction in Operating Hours

Effective Monday, July 30, 2012, the hours of the clerk’s office filing windows and telephones will be Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This change reduces the number of hours the clerk’s office filing windows and telephones are currently open to the public (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). A document drop box will be available inside both court locations to permit the same-day filing of documents deposited before 5:00 p.m.

Los Angeles County – Reduction in Staff

Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon announced that by June 30, 2012 the court will reduce its staff by nearly 350 workers, close 56 courtrooms, reduce its use of court reporters and eliminate the Informal Juvenile Traffic Courts.

To really grasp just how extensive these cuts will be, one only has to consider that most Superior Courts in the state don't even have 56 courtrooms.

"Staffing reductions due to budget cuts over the past 10 years have forced our court to reduce staffing by 24%, while case filings continue to increase," said Judge Edmon. "This has created incredible pressures on our court to keep up with our work. We cannot endure these pressures much longer."

"This year, the state cuts are forcing us to reduce our spending by an additional $30 million - on top of the $70 million in reductions we have already made," added the presiding judge. "There will be as many as 350 dedicated, skilled court workers who will no longer be serving the residents of Los Angeles County. When we lose those people, we will no longer be able to shield the core work of the court - the courtroom - from the budget crisis."

In an announcement release by the court, the court said the courtrooms being closed include 24 civil, 24 criminal, 3 family, 1 probate and 4 juvenile delinquency courts. The court said that as of May 15 it will no longer provide court reporters for civil trials. The court also noted it is making significant reductions to its non-courtroom staff.

"Our judges and staff have shown incredible dedication and commitment in keeping the court running during these past two years," said Judge Edmon. "But, these new reductions will not allow it to be business as usual. There will be longer lines at the clerk's windows across the county and slower responses to the public's needs across the court."

Los Angeles Superior Court: New Court Reporter Availability

Due to state budget cuts, the reduction of court reporters is one of the areas that will be affected in Los Angeles Superior Courts. Effective May 15, 2012, there will be no more official court reporters available for civil trials, but official court reporters will normally be available for general jurisdiction morning calendar matters until June 15, 2012.

Parties have the ability to arrange to hire personal certified shorthand reporters to be the official court reporter where an official court reporter is not normally unavailable by stipulation and order. You can obtain the Court Approved Stipulation and order form post in the LASC website and available in the clerk’s office.

Also, parties have the ability to privately hire a court reporter through the Court approved official court reporter list without a stipulation. The names and contact information for the list of Court approved reporters will be available on or about July 1, 2012.

Governor Jerry Brown Slashes the Court Budget

In what he termed a "day of reckoning" for California, Gov. Jerry Brown slashed the state's court budget by more than a half-billion dollars on Monday. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye reacted, "The proposed cuts to the judicial branch are both devastating and disheartening."

An immediate target for the ax was the central administrative office for the California courts which has been criticized as wasteful, bloated and arrogant.

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/courtreporter/ui/

http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/courtreporter/ui/

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/05/14/may%20revise%20update.pdf


"The Administrative Office of the Courts must immediately slash its own budget to free up any available monies for the trial courts," Sacramento trial judge Steve White said.

Brown's May revised budget cuts a total of $544 million from the state court budget but also comes on top of huge, cumulative cuts over the last two years.

The governor calls for the courts to use $300 million of their reserves instead of getting money from the state. The rest of the $544 million will be offset by taking $240 million out of the courts' construction fund and $4 million will be gained by increasing court employees' retirement contributions.

In addressing reporters Monday, Brown indicated that funding for the courts is not the state's top priority.

"The money is not in a piggy bank," said Brown. "It comes from the people. Just like everybody else, nothing in government is an absolute, unconditioned good. Every good is relative to all the other goods, in the context of what's available."

"As the courts make their arguments," he added, "the Legislature will listen and weigh that against childcare, against CalWORKs, against a lot of other things. We've got three branches of government and they're all going to have some of their branches trimmed."

California Department of Finance Director Ana Matosantos said Monday that a fundemental reorganization of the court structure carried out under former chief justice Ron George had exacerbated the financial difficulty for the courts.

"Before, we used to have local funding for the courts," Matosantos said. "The state has now transitioned to a state-funded court system. The May revision is asking should the state be making reductions to child care, to CalWORKs? It basically changes the structure and uses those available reserves to avoid cuts to other areas."

"The state will direct the Judicial Council to offset the allocation that the courts would otherwise receive with the available reserves," she said with authority.

"The general fund share for the courts has gone down about 20 percent," Matosantos added. "What's happened in the past is the Legislature, the governor and the Judicial Council have looked at other funds to backfill those reductions," she said.

"Last year, trial courts had roughly $562 million in available reserves," Matosantos explained. "The May revision says $300 million in reserves will be used to offset the allocation that the state would otherwise be providing for the courts. $240 million in additional savings come from delaying and suspending projects that were going to be moving forward next year."

After the budget was unveiled, some trial judges said the courts' reserves should not be used as the solution to the judiciary's budget crisis, calling instead for severe cuts to the central bureaucracy of the Administrative Office of the Courts.

In the last nine years, the AOC lost a half-billion dollars on an IT project called the Court Case Management System, that was recently shut down. The project was widely criticized for its lack of cost controls.

"What the AOC needs to do is cut its staff and spending. That is what the really significant cut has to be," Judge Susan Lopez-Giss in Los Angeles said. "It's been clear for a while that the Legislature wasn't going to be giving us money, not because they don't recognize the courts but because the AOC has misspent so much of the money."

Lopez-Giss said Los Angeles still plans to cut 300 jobs in June, and its $27 million in reserves will not even keep the court open for a month.

In Sacramento, Judge White said the AOC should cut its own budget before looking to the courts' reserves, and was not surprised by the staggering cuts to the judiciary in the May revised budget.


"There's no question that the judicial branch performs a critical function, and it has to continue to function. At the same time, when budget straits are as desperate as they are overall, the branch itself has to make all conceivable cuts and reductions in non court functions that it can in order to keep the courts open," White said.

White added that the courts' reserves were not meant to backfill funding reductions from the state, but are intended to keep courts going.

"The reserves are what the courts are living on day to day right now," he said. "When I was presiding judge, we set aside about $14 million in reserves that we were spending every single day to keep our courthouse open. It is part of the budget that supports the court. If the AOC were to reach into the reserves rather than shutting down its own marginal operations and reducing its own staffing, it would be doing a great disservice to the courts of California. Certainly the courts would fight any effort to take those funds."

The chief justice said the burden of the cuts will fall heaviest on people trying to use court services. "They will seriously compromise the public's access to their courts and our ability to provide equal access to justice throughout the state," Cantil-Sakauye said. She has called for an emergency Judicial Council meeting Thursday to deliberate over how to best implement them.

The Alliance of California Judges, a reform group calling for legislation to increase local court funding issued a statement Monday saying: "Quite frankly, the day of reckoning has come to the judiciary. Years of mismanagement and misplaced priorities by the Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts have caused not only a budget crisis, but a crisis in confidence."

The Alliance is sponsoring a bill, AB 1208, that is intended to give a hundred percent of the money allocated for the courts by the Legislature, directly to the courts. It currently goes to the Judicial Council, which decides how the money is distributed among the courts.

"The money allocated to the courts should be spent on the courts," Lopez-Giss in Los Angeles said. "Unfortunately I think AB 1208 was justified before the May revise, when we had furloughs, when they said there would be cuts initially to the courts."

White said: "There isn't a single court in California that isn't suffering mightily. Courts have made cuts right and left. The AOC has not, and simply has to now."

Survey Shows Impact of Reduced Resources

An informal survey of district court clerks shows courts are taking steps to adjust to reduced funding levels. Seventy-eight of 94 district clerks of court responded to the survey sent by the AO's District Clerks Advisory Group (DCAG) in conjunction with the District Court Administration Division of the Administrative Office.

"The District Clerks Advisory Group thought it was important to collect data and information regarding the impact that the 2012 budget levels are having on the operations of district clerks offices," said Clerk of Court Teresa Deppner, Southern District of West Virginia, and chair of the DCAG. "The Group believes that the collection of this information will provide a valuable resource for courts to rely upon as they make critical financial decisions. The Group also believes that empirical information on budget impact will be useful in the effort to explain to Congress the consequences of reduced funding levels."

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Thirty-six percent of the courts responding reported salary shortages for fiscal year 2012 of up to $200,000. Two courts reported a shortfall greater than $1 million.

Nearly all responding courts are using a mix of reprogrammed funds and various personnel actions to offset current or anticipated reduced funding levels. Courts responding to the survey are using attrition, buyouts, early retirements, reductions-in-force, and furloughs to offset salary cuts. Courts are reprogramming funds from cyclical maintenance, tenant alterations, capital goods, and aggregate allotments to pay salaries.

Twenty-four courts responding reported that they will let up to three vacancies remain unfilled, 15 courts had no plans to fill four to six vacancies, and 28 courts reported seven or more unfilled vacancies.

Thirteen clerks' offices report they will use terminations to balance staff salary shortfalls. Of these, nearly all plan to terminate three or fewer employees. One court plans to terminate more than 10 employees.

Of the courts that have furloughed staff, one court reported furloughing over 101 staff members for one to three days, with staff allowed to choose their furlough days. Another court reported furloughing clerk's office staff—including those in management and supervisory positions—as well as court reporters and court interpreters.

Nearly half of the survey respondents (32) have offered early retirements to employees to reduce salary shortages. Twenty-three plan to offer early retirements to fewer than three employees.

Overall, the court clerks report that anticipated and actual reductions in resources will negatively affect training and employee development, public outreach, compilation of procedures manuals, quality control on case filings, IT services, and oversight of internal audits/controls.


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Legal Terminology

Answers on Page 51.

Read each statement carefully and determine whether it is True or False.

1. When citing California code sections within parentheses, use code abbreviations followed by a comma and the section symbol.

2. Parallel citations are always enclosed in brackets.

3. Point pages are also known as the pages on which cited material appears.

4. When an opinion title is cited often, it is required to use a short cite form.

5. Ibid. and id. may not be used when the citation being referred to is one of two or more in a string of citations.

6. Supra is always used with code citations.

7. In legal citations, you do not abbreviate the states of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Ohio, and Utah.

8. After an opinion is first cited in a document, it is not cited in full again.

9. The correct abbreviation for Code of Civil Procedure is C.C.P.

10. In citations, abbreviate all states and territories.

11. C.R.C. is the abbreviation for California Rules of Court.

12. If the word or phrase is not in common usage, italics are used.

13. If emphasis is desired, italics can never be used whether or not the word is otherwise italicized.

14. Titles of California trial court cases are italicized, including the “v.”

15. Parallel citations precede the official or primary citation and are always enclosed in brackets.

16. Ibid. and id. Are used only to refer to the immediately preceding citation in the same paragraph.

17. The signal “cf.” is a Latin abbreviation for confer, meaning speaking of.

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-Janet Minor


How to Cite Federal Rules of Civil Procedures As published at, http://www.ehow.com/how_6606910_cite-federal-rules-civil-procedures.html

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are rules that must be followed during civil lawsuits pending before federal district courts. There are currently 83 rules in effect (three rules have been nullified) that regulate how items such as pleadings, motions, discovery, trials, and judgments are to be handled in federal district courts. If you are a party to a federal civil lawsuit, you are bound by and must cite to these rules when filing documents with the federal court that has jurisdiction over your case.

Instructions:

1. Consult the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which are available on several websites, and locate the rule relevant to the issue you are addressing. The United States Courts' website offers a downloadable PDF version of the rules. The rules contain a table of contents outlining the 11 titles and include an appendix of forms to guide you in preparing certain legal documents.

2. Abbreviate Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to "Fed. R. Civ. P." and include the number of the rule to which you are citing. If you are citing to a subsection within a rule, include the subsection following the rule number, with no spaces in between. For example, if you are citing to the rule regarding serving an attorney, the citation would be "Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(1)." If you are citing to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the text of a sentence, an abbreviation should not be used and you should spell out the entire name of the rules. You do not need to cite the year that the rules went into effect.

3. Insert the citation after the period following the quoted, or paraphrased, language of the rule you are citing. If you are paraphrasing the rule, insert the introductory phrase "see" (in italics) before the citation.

4. Proofread your citations for accuracy prior to filing your legal documents. Improper citations will not cause a court to reject a filing, but proper citations allow a court to easily locate the authority you are relying on in your argument and add credibility to legal pleadings, motions and briefs.

Tips & Warnings

-The Bluebook contains the legal industry's rules governing citations. If you will be drafting and writing legal documents frequently, it is advisable to purchase a copy. The most recent version, the 19th edition, was printed in May 2010.

-While the citation listed above is the format preferred by The Bluebook and many legal practitioners, many attorneys also cite to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by using the "FRCP" or "F.R.C.P." abbreviation.

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A Sensible Approach to Storing Files in the Cloud

By: Sam Glover As published at, http://lawyerist.com/storing-client-files-cloud/#more-42416

When it comes to storing files in the cloud, there is a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt going around. Some of it is even spread by cloud-based software companies who are trying to get a leg up on their competition.

I try to balance security with utility to make sure I protect my client files while enabling me to access those files whenever and wherever I need them. Here’s the gist: Encrypt everything, use Dropbox wisely, use local backup, and backup to the cloud using CrashPlan.

Using TrueCrypt, Dropbox, local backup, and CrashPlan there are four parts to my client file storage system.

1 First, and most importantly, I use TrueCrypt to encrypt my file system (Bitlocker works fine if you have an Ultimate version of Windows; FileVault works fine if you have a Mac). This secures the contents of my hard drive, which is otherwise nearly as easy to access as a USB drive.

2 For files I am currently working or that I need regular access to, I use Dropbox so that I can access those files no matter where I am and no matter what computer (or device) I am using. For me, that includes open client files, forms, data files like my QuickBooks file, website files, and a few other items. Besides being good for security, keeping your Dropbox small will minimize the time it takes Dropbox to index your files on boot. If you have a lot of files, this can bog down your system for quite a while. If you only ever use one computer and never need to access your files from a gadget or browser, Dropbox is unnecessary. If, like me, you use multiple computers and gadgets, or you like to travel without dragging along an extra bag of tech gear, Dropbox is essential.

3 Everything I don’t need to access regularly is stored in the regular Documents/My Documents folder on my computer. Business archives are on my desktop at the office, and personal archives are on my laptop at home. My archives include closed client files, finances from past years, and anything else I am just storing, rather than using.

4 I use two methods to backup everything, whether it is in my Dropbox folder or not. First, I backup everything nightly to a second hard drive using the regular Windows backup utility. My second hard drive is a second internal hard drive, but you could get an external hard drive, too. Second, I backup everything to CrashPlan. (I use the CrashPlan + Family Unlimited Plan, which lets me backup unlimited data from up to 10 computers.) This way, I always have a recent backup of all my critical files in at least two separate locations. It would take a lot of disastrous coincidences for me to lose my files.

5 Don’t use free versions. As a general rule, you should pay for the software and services you use to store client files. That’s because free versions often have different terms, privacy policies, and security levels. This is definitely true for my cloud backup service of choice, CrashPlan. With the free version, you get only 128-bit encryption. That’s fine — it’s what your bank probably uses — but the paid versions come with a hardcore 448-bit encryption. With Dropbox, the agreement and services don’t change significantly if you pay for the service (except that Dropbox won’t automatically delete your account if it is inactive for 90 days), but the base plan’s 2 GB of storage won’t last long if you are actually storing files there. TrueCrypt is an exception. There is no premium version, although you can — and should — contribute to the project to help support it. TrueCrypt is free and open-source software (FOSS), which means the source code is available to anyone. That is a huge advantage when it comes to security software; it doesn’t mean the software is any less secure.

Why Dropbox is (a teeny bit) risky

It’s not that risky, first of all. Dropbox transmits your files over a secure, encrypted connection (although the files themselves are not encrypted before transmission) and stores them encrypted on Dropbox’s servers. Much ado has been made over the fact that some Dropbox employees have the codes necessary to decrypt files. I am not concerned about this, because I am satisfied by Dropbox’s statements on access.

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Dropbox employees are prohibited from viewing the content of files you store in your Dropbox account, and are only permitted to view file metadata (e.g., file names and locations). Like most online services, we have a small number of employees who must be able to access user data for the reasons stated in our privacy policy (e.g., when legally required to do so). But that’s the rare exception, not the rule. We have strict policy and technical access controls that prohibit employee access except in these rare circumstances. In addition, we employ a number of physical and electronic security measures to protect user information from unauthorized access.

That’s more assurance than I expect most firms get from their cleaning staff — or their secretaries, for that matter. However, I no longer recommend just tossing all your files in your Dropbox folder. It’s not really Dropbox’s security I am worried about as much as the size of Dropbox as a “target.” Dropbox stores an enormous amount of information. You’ve got to think it’s a pretty tempting target for malicious hackers. A couple of years ago, I wasn’t too concerned about “hackers,” which were a threatening idea, but not much of an actual threat. The explosion of malicious hacking and other incidents over the last year or so have changed that.

Now, I think it is a good idea to minimize the data you store in large, tempting buckets like Dropbox. But I’m not willing to stop using services that are (1) actually quite secure and (2) really useful.

Why CrashPlan is secure

CrashPlan is cloud backup with impressive security. As I mentioned above, the paid versions of CrashPlan use 448-bit encryption, which is pretty hardcore. 128-bit encryption is effectively unbreakable using current technology. 448-bit encryption is unbreakable using any any technology we can imagine for the next couple of decades, at least.

Most importantly, CrashPlan encrypts your files before transmitting them to CrashPlan’s servers, meaning that even if you are backing up from an insecure wireless access point in a coffee shop, your files should be safe from snoopers.

CrashPlan also let’s you set a private password, so that nobody can restore your backups without the password — not even the most-privileged administrator at CrashPlan. That’s about as secure as the cloud (or anything else) gets.

Putting the pieces together

This is a quick blueprint for a sensible approach to securing your files, syncing them across your computers (or sharing them with your co-workers), and backing them up locally and to the cloud. It is a sensible approach to security, but not the most secure.

If you have specific reasons for needing elevated security (you handle IP in highly competitive industries or defend accused terrorists), there are more secure ways to store, sync, and backup your files. Most require some advanced skills. Frequent commenter and LAB member William Chuang is a security hawk who doesn’t like my recommending Dropbox, and if you aren’t intimidated by things like setting up your own file server and VPN, check out his comments on Lawyerist, his posts in the LAB, and his blog. His criticisms are valid; I just don’t think they mean you shouldn’t use Dropbox.

For everyone else (read: pretty much everyone), encrypting your files, keeping “current” files in Dropbox, and backing everything up locally and to CrashPlan will provide very good security, both from malicious hackers, accidents, and disasters.


2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS*

* Dates Subject To Change. January 3 - MDLPA Board Meeting 9 - MDLPA General Meeting / Appoint Audit

Committee; Appoint Nominations Committee 17 - Deadline to submit CCLS exam application. February 1 - Deadline to respond to LSI Directives 7 - MDLPA Board Meeting 13 - MDLPA General Meeting. (Slate of

Officers/Delegates for MDLPA Distributed.) 20 - Deadline to submit articles to Quid Novi 24-26 - LSI Quarterly Conf., Concord March 1 - Deadline for submission of articles to The Legal Secretary 6 - MDLPA Board Meeting 12 - MDLPA General Meeting / Election of Officers

and Delegates. 17 - CCLS Exam April 3 - MDLPA Board Meeting 9 - MDLPA Installation of Officers. Proposed

Budget distributed. 20 - Deadline for Submission of Articles to Quid Novi 27 - Deadline to respond to LSI Directives 30 - Deadline for submission of Chapter

Achievement, Contest entry forms May 1 - MDLPA Board Meeting. 14 - MDLPA General Meeting/Approve 2010-2011

Budget. 17-20 - LSI Annual Conf., San Diego June 1 - Deadline for submission of articles to The Legal Secretary 5 - MDLPA Board Meeting 11 - MDLPA General Meeting

July 3 - MDLPA Board Meeting 9 - MDLPA General Meeting 20 - Deadline to submit articles to Quid Novi tba - Deadline to respond to LSI Directives August 1 - Renewal of LSS Membership Due 7 - MDLPA Board Meeting 17-19 LSI Quarterly Conf., Pleasanton 20 - Deadline to submit CCLS exam application September 1 - Deadline to submit articles to The Legal Secty 4 - MDLPA Board Meeting 10 - MDLPA General Meeting October 2 - MDLPA Board Meeting 8 - MDLPA Employer/Member Appreciation

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If you know someone in Mt. Diablo Legal Professional’s Association who is ill, has had a death in the family, has just had a baby, needs a congratulation card for some grand legal achievement, or just needs cheering up, please contact Mary Lou Floyd, CCLS, [email protected] and let her know so she can send flowers or an appropriate card.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Chairman: Christine Richardson

SUNSHINE AND HOSPITALITY Chairman: Mary Lou Floyd, CCLS

LSI CODE OF ETHICS It shall be the duty of each member of Legal Secretaries, Incorporated, to observe all laws, rules and regulations now or hereafter in effect relating to confidentiality and privileged communication, acting with loyalty, integrity, competence and diplomacy, in accordance with the highest standards of professional conduct.

Dedicated in Memory of Joan M. Moore, PLS, CCLS

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If you have, please fill out the following form so we may update our records and ensure your receipt of the Quid Novi and any other membership materials.

Please send a copy of this form to the following people:

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MT. DIABLO LPA ADVERTISING RATES Prices Effective 5/1/2009

Business Card $25.00 Quarter Page $40.00 Half Page $60.00 Full Page $75.00

Prices are for advertising May through April. If you are a member of Mt. Diablo Legal Professionals Association, your cost is one-half the rates noted above, with the exception of the Business Card rate. Business Card advertising is free to members. Please contact Carrie Hughes, CCLS, at 925-930-9090 or [email protected] for further information.

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2011/2012 OFFICERS/COMMITTEES

PRESIDENT: Cristina Moreno Work: 925-939-9933 Email: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT/ MEMBERSHIP Lucindy (Cindy) Harrison Home: 925-597-0160 Email: [email protected]

SECRETARY Teresa Beardsley, CCLS Home: 925-689-2936 Email: [email protected]

TREASURER Maria Bishop, CCLS Work: 925-284-7788 Fax: 925-284-7789 Email: [email protected]

GOVERNOR: Ana Fatima Costa Work: 925-323-7691 Email: [email protected]

PARLIAMENTARIANS Mary Lou Floyd, CCLS Work: 707-275-9476 Email: [email protected] Carrie Hughes, CCLS Work: 925-930-9090 Email: [email protected]

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Bar Liaison Wendy Graves Corcoran [email protected]

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CCLS/Leg. Secty. Training Maria Bishop, CCLS 925-284-7788 [email protected]

Chapter Achievement Ana Fatima Costa 925-323-7691 [email protected]

Day in Court Wendy Graves Corcoran [email protected]

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Employment Liaison Christine Richardson 925-256-3300 [email protected]

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Crazy California Laws

You may only throw a Frisbee at the beach in Los Angeles County with the lifeguard’s permission.

Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Bathhouses are against the law.

It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Women may not drive in a house coat.

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

Crazy California City Laws

Carmel - A man can’t go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match. Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor)

Blythe - You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.

Chico - It is illegal to own a green or smelly animal hide. Bowling on the sidewalk is illegal

Eureka - Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

Lafayette - You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.

Long Beach - You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.

Los Angeles - It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.

Palm Springs - It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.

Pasadena - It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.

Riverside - One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock.

San Francisco - Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash. It is illegal to wipe one’s car with used underwear.

AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, A LITTLE HUMOR TO SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY . . .