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May 01, 2009
Post-Trial: Fatal Lateness – Some Post-Trial Deadlines You Can’t Afford To Flub (May 2009) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 15.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 15 (May 2009) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Apr 01, 2009
Post-Trial: Protecting Superior Court Judgments from Enforcement. Part 2—Stays Pending Appeal (Apr. 2009) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14-B.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14-B (April 2009) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Mar 17, 2009
Opinion Writing and Opinion Readers, 31 Cardozo Law Review 1 (Fall 2009) (with Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert & Matthew P. Bartlett)

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Mar 01, 2009
Post-Trial: Protecting Superior Court Judgments from Enforcement. Part 1—Money Judgments between Entry and Appeal (Mar. 2009) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14-A.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14-A (March 2009) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Feb 02, 2009 Timothy T. Coates
Federal Civil Rights Act, California Governmental Tort Liability Practice (CEB)
Feb 01, 2009 Robert A. Olson
Part 2: Getting it Right – Challenging a Statement of Decision (Feb. 2009) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 14 (February 2009) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Jan 29, 2009 Alana H. Rotter
A Melting Pot of Rulings, Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 29, 2009)

Daily Journal article by GMSR lawyer Alana Rotter addresses ineffective assistance of counsel in immigration proceedings.

Jan 01, 2009 Robert A. Olson
Part 1: Getting it Right – Challenging a Statement of Decision (Jan. 2009) Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 13.

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 13 (January 2009) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Dec 01, 2008
New Trial Orders: The Procedural Minefield

“Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers” (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association) Vol. 1, No. 12 (December 2008) This is one of a series of monthly e-newsletters authored by the firm for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Nov 11, 2008 Timothy T. Coates
GMSR partner Timothy Coates argues in United States Supreme Court

On November 5, 2008, GMSR partner Timothy Coates presented oral argument in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of former Los Angeles District Attorney and California Attorney General John Van de Kamp, and former Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Curt Livesay.  The case, Van

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