SDCBA

YNLD
August 2007
 

photo Message from the President

 By Cirrus Alpert
 Callahan McCune & Willis
 YNLD President


 

I don't know how to put this, but being a YNLD Director is kind of a big deal.  People know them.  They are very important.  They have many leather-bound books and their apartments smell of rich mahogany.  Well, that might be more of a Ron Burgundy pick-up line than a hard fact, but I can say, honestly, that the YNLD is kind of a big deal. 

Of all the attorneys in San Diego County with less than seven years of experience, over fifty-five percent are members of the YNLD.  Notable players in the San Diego business community, law firms, and other young professional organizations are beginning to take notice of the momentum and energy behind San Diego’s YNLD.  This momentum must be why we continue to receive nominations for the 2008 YNLD Board of Directors.  more
 

photo NEW EDITOR CREATES NEWSLETTER STAFF AND CALLS   FOR SUBMISSIONS  

 By: Erin Drenning
 YNLD E-Newsletter Editor

  Thanks to the time and effort of President Cirrus Alpert and President-Elect Gita Varughese, the Young/New Lawyers Division has enjoyed a recent explosion in membership, name recognition and reputation in the San Diego legal community. I am pleased to join YNLD during this exciting time of development and change as the new editor of the monthly e-newsletter. more
 

Profile of Richard Stevenson

By: Benita Ghura

 

This month’s profile is on Richard Stevenson, a remarkable attorney who has accomplished a great deal in a very short period of time. In 2005, Mr. Stevenson won the Medal of Excellence in Bankruptcy by the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Bankruptcy and Trusts, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for academic achievement in Bankruptcy and Trusts and the Jefferson Medal for academic achievement in Bankruptcy. more

 

Mark VelasquezYNLD Softball Team Takes To The Field

 By: Mark Velasquez
 YNLD Athletics Chair

  YNLD Softball Team

Knowing that team sports are a great way to relieve stress, have fun and network, the Young and New Lawyers Division recently created a sports committee to enter teams in the San Diego County Bar Association sports leagues.   more

 

Richard Stevenson District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis Speaks to
 YNLD Members

  By Richard Stevenson
  Law Offices of Richard L. Stevenson
  YNLD CLE Chair

  The Young and New Lawyers Division was proud and happy to have District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis speak to our membership on the topic of “Enhancing Diversity in the Legal Profession.”  The event was held at the Bar Center during the lunch hour on Wednesday, July 25, 2007.  It was the second part of YNLD’s two-part Elimination of Bias Series. more
 

Search engine marketing for San Diego Attorneys

Have you ever “Googled” yourself?

 

Or more importantly, when potential clients search online for your practice, does your website show up? Sadly, if you are like most others, your own clients would likely have a hard time finding your website online, even if they were to search for you by name.
In today’s world, the Internet has replaced the Yellow Pages and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) has now become a vital tool for many businesses, giving websites increased exposure, traffic, and customers. Having visibility in the search engines is critical in today's marketplace, and it will be critical in tomorrows. more

 

 Jaalin Cheng, entrepreneur

 By Erin Drenning
 YNLD E-Newsletter Editor

 

Little League and lemonade stands are staples of the average American childhood. But for entrepreneur Jaalin Cheng, his formative years were anything but typical.

Because Cheng was the only child of two highly dedicated business people, he was exposed at a very young age to the business world. “It was easy for my parents to take me in tow wherever they had to go, so I was constantly going to their business meetings and hanging out outside their business meetings,” Cheng remembers. His father worked as a corporate executive in Hong Kong and his mother was a Chicago-based entrepreneur, facilitating trade between the United States and China. more
 

photo What I did over summer vacation

 by Carolyn Sam
 USD Law 2L

  I never thought I would say this, but I do have at least one thing in common with celebrities Paris Hilton and Phil Specter: we all spent our summers in a Downtown L.A. courthouse.  Thankfully, the similarities end there.  I was not in traffic court like Paris, nor in criminal court like Phil.  I was in the comparatively luxurious civil courthouse, named after former California Supreme Court Associate Justice Stanley Mosk.  Armed with my extern badge and a ready smile, I arrived at the courthouse one sunny Monday morning only to get in line behind a throng of people waiting to go through the metal detectors.  And thus I began my stint as a Los Angeles Superior Court Extern… more
 

 

 

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