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Specialist in all cases involving attorney conduct and professional responsibility, including State Bar Disciplinary defense, related licensure matters, legal ethics. Expert witness on duties of attorneys and limits of those duties. Statewide representation and expert testimony.

MCLE speeches 2008:

CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California)

CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar)

Other 2008: Wildland Fire ethics

MCLE speeches 2007:

San Francisco Trial Lawyers
Orange County Lawyers Guild
Monterey Women Lawyers

Areas of Practice

• Expert Witness on California attorney's duties
• State Bar Defense
• Ethics Advice to California attorneys
• Moral Character Applicant assistance

Bar Admissions

• California, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1976
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1976
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California

Published Works

• The Attorney-Client Life Cycle, Contra Costa Lawyer, June, 2008
• Toxic Client Syndrome, CAOC Forum, February, 2008
• Attorney-Client Life Cycle, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Syllabus, October, 2006
• Hot Water, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, May, 2006
• Attorney-Client Life Cycle, Placer County Bar Association Syllabus, April, 2006
• Billing for Fun and Profit, The Recorder, 2005
• Notorious E.T.H.I.C.S., CEB, November Syllabus, 2005
• Ethical Traps in Civil Litigation, State Bar Convention Syllabus, September, 2005
• Restrictions of Practice Issues in Mass Tort Settlements, CAOC, November 2004 Convention Syllabus, August, 2004
• Internet Ethical Issues: E-mail, Websites and Marketing in the 21st Century (Co-Author), CLE International MCLE, January, 2004
• New Cases and Statutes Re Attorneys (Co-Author), CAOC, April 2003 Convention Syllabus, February, 2003
• The Basics of Attorney Discipline - California Style, San Francisco Attorney Magazine, August/September, 2002
• Opposing Vicarious Disqualification Motions, CAOC, April 2002 Convention Syllabus, February, 2002
• Speaking With the Enemy - Who Can You Interview Ex Parte?, CAOC, November 2001 Convention Syllabus, August, 2001
• Business Transactions with Clients...and Others, San Francisco Attorney Magazine, Vol. 24, Number 4, August/September, 1998
• Timely and Timeless Topics in Attorney Discipline, CAOC, March, 1998
• Ethical Issues Regarding Liens and Third-Party Claims, CAOC, November, 1997
• The Latest Word on Liens: Civil and Ethical Issues, CAOC, November, 1996
• Ethical Considerations for Community Association Counsel, Community Associations Institute, April, 1996
• Against All Adversity: Consequences of Conflict, CAOC Tahoe Convention, April, 1996
• How to Avoid Sanctions for Frivolous Actions and Discretionary Dismissals, CAOC, November, 1995
• Mean and Lien: Expanded Bases for Attorney Discipline re: Medical Liens (Co-Author), CTLA Forum Magazine, May, 1995
• Mean and Lien - Part II: Other Considerations Re: Liens and Third Party Claims, CAOC Tahoe Convention, April, 1995
• Common Fund and the Medical Lien (Co-Author), CTLA Forum Magazine, March, 1995
• How to Defy Fate By Fee Agreement, CTLA, November, 1994
• St. George and the Dragon: Ethical Confrontations in Structured Settlement and Separately Negotiated Fee Agreements, Santa Clara County Bar Association, Spring, 1994
• "Other Misconduct Warranting Discipline": When Personal Conduct May Have Professional Consequences", CTLA, November, 1993

Representative Cases

• Mary M. v. City of Los Angeles, 54 Cal.3d 202 (1991)
• Miller v. Superior Court, 168 Cal. App. 3d 376 (1985)
• In re Brown, 12 Cal. 4th 205 (California Supreme Court 1995)
• Matter of Respondent N, 2 Cal. State Bar Ct. (Review Department of the State Bar Court 1993)
• Matter of Brown, 3 Cal.State Bar Ct. Rptr. 246 (Review Department of the State Bar Court 1995)
• Matter of Hultman, 3 Cal. State Bar Ct. Rptr. 297 (Review Department of the State Bar Court 1995)
• Matter of Rech, 3 Cal. State Bar Ct. Rptr. 310 (Review Department of the State Bar Court 1995)
• Matter of Moriarty, 4 Cal. State Bar Ct. Rptr. 9 (Review Department of the State Bar Court 1999)
• Matter of Dale, Cal. State Bar Ct. Rptr. (Review Department of the State Bar Court 2005)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Mean and Lien - Part II: Other Considerations Re: Liens and Third Party Claims, CAOC Tahoe Convention, 1995
• How to Avoid Sanctions for Frivolous Actions and Discretionary Dismissals, CAOC, 1995
• Against All Adversity: Consequences of Conflict, CAOC Tahoe Convention, 1996
• Ethical Considerations for Community Association Counsel, Community Associations Institute, 1996
• The Latest Word on Liens: Civil and Ethical Issues, CAOC, 1996
• Ethical Issues Regarding Liens and Third-Party Claims, CAOC, 1997
• Timely and Timeless Topics in Attorney Discipline, CAOC, 1998
• Speaking With the Enemy - Who Can You Interview Ex Parte?, CAOC Convention, 2001
• Opposing Vicarious Disqualification Motions, CAOC Convention, 2002
• Restriction of Practice Issues in Mass Tort Settlements, CAOC Convention, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly CTLA), 1985 - Present
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• Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly CTLA), 1995 - 1997
  Member, Board of Governors
  
  
• Association of Discipline Defense Counsel
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• Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
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Past Employment Positions

• Slatter & Slatter, Beverly Hills and Santa Cruz, Partner, 1993 - 1997
• Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, Beverly Hills, Of Counsel, 1993 - 1997
• Slatter, Slatter & Kiesel, Beverly Hills, Partner, 1985 - 1993
• Hoffman, Slatter & Slatter, Beverly Hills, Partner, 1981 - 1984
• Frascella, Slatter & Slatter, Los Angeles, Partner, 1976 - 1980