Nov. 14, 2014
California Lawyer - Lawyer to Lawyer: What Advice Would You Give a New Attorney About Your Practice Area?
Clockwise from top left: Mary-Lee Kimber Smith of Disability Rights Advocates; Lisa A. Callif of Donaldson & Callif; Peter Kang, Chief Public Defender for Kern County; Stacy D. Phillips of Phillips Lerner; and Richard M. Wilner of Wilner & O'Reilly.
Mary-Lee Kimber Smith
I have two roles in the work I do and offer advice for each. First, as a class action civil rights litigator, I would offer the advice of not losing touch with the big picture. Class action litigation often ends up being about motion practice and meet and confers but at the end of the day it isn't about the procedural wrangling but rather about the class of people whose rights you are protecting.
Second, as a practitioner in disability...
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