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California Supreme Court

Mar. 5, 2013

Attorney who missed oral arguments before state Supreme Court still wins

It was a gut-wrenching screw up. Even so, the attorney who accidentally missed oral argument before the state Supreme Court last year came out on top Monday.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It was a gut-wrenching screwup. Even so, the attorney who accidentally missed oral argument before the state Supreme Court last year came out on top Monday.


Veteran plaintiff's attorney Daniel U. Smith, a partner at Smith & McGinty, showed up to argue his case before the state Supreme Court in December in San Francisco. But the court was holding a special session of oral arguments in Los Angel...

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