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Bob Wilson is our Latest Featured Speaker!

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10 May

Bob Wilson is this week’s Featured Speaker at Pincus Pro Ed.  Bob has been speaking at our litigation programs since 2013.  We love having Bob at our programs because he is fun to work with, and provides stellar handouts and top-notch presentations.  Attendees frequently say great things about Bob, including:

“Bob is excellent.”

“Clear and concise.”

“Great to get tips from someone who is well-versed in this area.”

With reviews like this it is no wonder we keep asking Bob to come and present at our programs again and again.  Bob will be speaking at our 13th Annual Federal Court Boot Camp this Friday, May 12th in San Francisco, his fourth year in a row.  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to hear from this experienced professional.

 

Bob Wilson
Law Offices of Robert M. Wilson

Robert Wilson recently opened his own practice at the Law Offices of Robert M. Wilson.   His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, professional negligence and complex business litigation in both state and federal court.  Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of Colorado in 1979, and received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1983.  Mr. Wilson has trial experience in both state and federal court, including complex white collar criminal matters.  He has appellate experience in the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits and the Supreme Court of the United States.  The Chief Judge for the Eastern District of California recently appointed Mr. Wilson to serve as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit.

From 1986 through 1993, Mr. Wilson practiced with Segal & Kirby, initially as an associate and later as a partner. In 1993, Mr. Wilson formed his own firm and continued to represent individuals and business clients targeted in criminal investigations, and collateral civil, regulatory and administrative actions. Mr. Wilson has a longstanding interest in technology and the internet, and was an Advisory Board member to FindLaw.com, a legal internet research portal which was eventually acquired by Thomson/West.

Prior to starting his own practice Bob was a member of Kimball & Wilson LLP as a partner and served as the Executive Director of Sacramento Child Advocates, Inc., a non-profit law firm which served the 3000-plus children in foster care in Sacramento County.

Congratulations to the Hon. Kira Klatchko

Posted on by Faith Pincus
03 Apr

Congratulations to one of our favorite speakers, and my friend, Judge Kira Klatchko, sworn in to serve on the Riverside Superior Court just a bit ago!

Photo: Judge Klatchko is second from the right in the photo. I’m not quite sure how I (Faith) ended up in the middle of this photo – it was Judge Klatchko’s day! That’s Lead Appellate Court Attorney for the California Appellate Court Pablo Drobny on the far right and on the left is frequent speaker and appellate attorney Extraordinaire, Ben Shatz with his wife Meena Patel.

Previously, Judge Klatchko was a partner at Lewis Brisbois and handled both state and federal appeals arising from all areas of civil practice for clients as varied as cities, businesses and families. She was vice chair of the firm’s national Appellate Practice Litigation group. And she has served as the President of the Riverside County Bar Association.

Judge Klatchko is also an Appellate Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

 

Pablo Drobny is the Featured Speaker!

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Pablo Drobny is this week’s Featured Speaker at Pincus Professional Education. Pablo has spoken at our appellate and writ related seminars since 2006. Wow! We all love Pablo and he is one of the most respected attorneys working for the California Appellate Court in California. In fact, Pablo is known as the Writs guru throughout the state.

Pablo is a speaker who always sends us detailed outlines and handouts weeks in advance of our deadlines, for which we are always grateful.

Most importantly, at least for our seminars, is that Pablo is universally loved by our attendees – attendees frequently mention that they learned so much from him that they think he should be invited to all of our programs (which of course he is).

Pablo Drobny
Lead Appellate Court Attorney

Pablo Drobny has been a Judicial Attorney for the California Court of Appeal, Second Judicial District, since 1983. Mr. Drobny is a writ specialist and has authored various legal articles on civil and criminal law practice, is a frequent lecturer and panelist on appellate law and procedure, and is past Chair of the California Judicial Attorneys Education Committee. Mr. Drobny received a B.A. degree with highest honors from Johns Hopkins University, and a J.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Law School.

Thank you Pablo!

New Featured Speaker Kelly Kolb

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06 Mar

Kelly Kolb, a Shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney P.C., is our latest Featured Speaker!

Kelly has defended employers against employment claims for over 20 years in state court, federal court and before administrative bodies and arbitration panels in Florida and Texas. Kelly uses his vast experiences to advise management on best practices and claims avoidance and to oversee internal investigations. He also works with clients in the construction, education, marine, healthcare, transportation, aerospace and electronics industries as well as public sector clients.

It comes as little surprise that we have asked Kelly to speak at upcoming Mastering the Deposition seminar coming up in Ft. Lauderdale on March 10th. This program has received top reviews in the past like:

“I know a lot more practical information about depositions than when I woke up this morning.”– Nicholas A. Marzuk, Esq.

“I am preparing for my first depo and felt that [the seminar] gave a good overview.”– Amanda Allen, Esq.

“This was a great way to get insight on taking good depos.”- Cecilia Barber, Esq.

Very nice program and great speakers.” – Michael Shue, Esq.

We are confident that Kelly will add a great deal of insight to this program. He spoke at our more advanced program last December: “Hone your Litigation Skills: Successfully Gathering and Using Your Evidence” and received terrific reviews.

Kelly has been incredible to work with and has been instrumental to the planning process. We are looking forward to the upcoming program and to working with Kelly more in the future!

New Featured Speaker Honey Kessler Amado

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Honey Kessler Amado is our latest Featured Speaker!

Honey has spoken at our appellate programs several times in the past. Attorneys attending our programs love her insight and teaching style.

Not only that, but she is incredibly well respected at the court. I will never forget the time that a long-time staff attorney for the CA Appellate Court told me that the best appellate argument they ever heard was by Honey.

Ms. Amado has been a Certified Appellate Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, since 1997.  In addition to representing clients in the review courts, Ms. Amado serves as a consultant on trial court issues or cases anticipated for appeal, reviews cases to advise on the merits for appeal, and assists with writing and editing complex memoranda of points and authorities and briefs.

Ms. Amado currently sits on the Appellate Courts Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.  She also serves on the voluntary settlement and mediation panel of the California Court of Appeal, Second District.  For a number of years, she sat on the Editorial Board of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, having served as Chair of the Editorial Board for the 2000-2001 term.  Ms. Amado has authored a number of articles on legal issues relating to appellate law or family law.  This includes co-authoring a chapter on Hague procedures in the United States in international custody disputes for an international treatise.  She is a frequent speaker and panelist on various law-related issues, having presented for the American Bar Association, the California State Bar, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and other local bar associations, and at a number of local study groups.  In addition, she has been a guest lecturer in various classes at California State University, Northridge, and was a visiting, adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Osijek, in Osijek, Croatia, in Fall 2012.

Ms. Amado has spoken previously at our appellate program The Complete Appeal and has received top reviews from many of our attendees for her handouts and teaching style.

“Excellent help to an appellate practitioner.” – Gary Bostwick, Esq.

“I thought the session was very informative and helpful.” – Richard Rahm, Esq.

“Helpful tips on what to include and how to formulate briefs.”

Ms. Amado will be speaking at our upcoming appellate program in Los Angeles – 2nd Annual Appellate Conference.  Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of our most accomplished speakers.

Jill F. Kopeikin is the latest Featured Speaker!

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Jill Kopeiken, Speaker at Pincus Professional Education on the Final Status Conference
14 Oct

Jill F. Kopeikin of GCA Law Partners is the latest Featured Speaker!

Jill focuses her practice on counseling and litigation in the areas of intellectual property, commercial and business disputes, and employment.  Jill has extensive experience in the area of intellectual property, commercial and business disputes and employment.

Jill will be sharing her expertise at our 11th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp in San Francisco on October 14th.

Hon. Cesar Sarmiento (Ret.) is our latest Featured Speaker!

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05 Oct

Hon. Cesar Sarmiento (Ret.) of Judicate West is our latest Featured Speaker!

Hon. Cesar Sarmiento (Ret.) is a distinguished former Settlement Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.  Judge Sarmiento served for twenty six years and led hundreds of successful settlement conferences in cases across a broad span of practice areas.

Judge Sarmiento has spoken at several of our programs and always gets great reviews from our attendees and is great to work with.  Judge Sarmiento will be speaking at our 11th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp on October 21st in Los Angeles.