Litigator | Fractional General Counsel | Space Attorney đ | Mediator | Employment Law Guru | Board Member | Luminary
California, USA
Joined June 2018
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June has been such a blur of work and events that I havenât had time to post about appearing at #SpaceTechExpo earlier this month.
The panel was âTrump 2.0 â Key Priorities and Urgent Policies for a Thriving Space Ecosystemâ and the three key themes I spoke about were:
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I've been trying to process, dethaw (IT WAS COLD), and figure out how to post about the 5-week (drunk bicyclist versus police cruiser) trial I just had in Flint, Michigan, because, boy, was this an experience.
So here are my much anticipated three takeaways:
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2. 2nd chairing can often feel like being a 3rd thumb. That wasn't the case here. First chair was fantastic and worked in a collaborative manner. And I got to do 5 expert crosses, 2 treater crosses, 2 fact witness crosses, and the direct of 1 of 2 defense witnesses.
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The first trial I ever did I parachuted in weeks before to second chair it. After that trial ended I remember saying thatâs what I wanted my career to be- trials- and preferably ones where I came in last minute.
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#norestforthelitigator
Even just a few months ago I couldnât imagine that Iâd be in Flint, Michigan in the middle of a multi-week long trial, but here I am!
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A little over a year ago I was brought on to a case involving an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 1984. There were no records, the alleged perpetrator was unidentified, and there was no one left alive who had worked there on the management team in the 1980s.
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ALT Photo by tractor tractor on Unsplash.
After multiple informal discovery conferences where I made it clear that the only pedophile here was plaintiff- Plaintiffâs Counsel asked us to agree to a dismissal of all claims with prejudice in exchange for us not pursuing them for costs, fees, and sanctions.
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It was a great result for our client and a reminder that being a discovery bulldog can have big payoffs. (P.S. Plaintiff side attorneys, donât forget to thoroughly vet your clients, because defense counsel sure as hell will.)
#norestforthelitigator
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One of the first questions I get asked about the employment law work I do is whether I represent employers or employees. And the answer is both.
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#employmentlaw
2ď¸âŁ Employees trying to both understand and potentially negotiate a higher severance package.
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Case 5: The Good Faith Settlement
Ms. Decker was added to this case, which had been pending for quite some time, involving the alleged sex trafficking of a minor.
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#norestforthelitigator #goodfaithsettlement
After following up on previous discovery, conducting some additional discovery on key issues to limit potential liability and exposure, and developing a working relationship with Plaintiffâs Counsel, Ms. Decker was able to negotiate a settlement of $125,000.
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