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2FBAOCP.O.Box6130NewportBeachCA92658949608-9905FBAOCOfficersEricLandauPresidentKateCorriganPresident-ElectMatthewBellingerTreasurerPantehaAbdollahiSecretaryFBAOCDirectorsToOctober2013MichaelAdamsHon.RobertN.BlockHon.DavidO.CarterDanChambersHon.ScottC.ClarksonMikeDeVriesCollieJamesAmyLaurendeauMelissaMcCormickVanNguyenDavidOutwaterJeffreyThomasJenniferTrussoToOctober2014RomanE.DarmerRobertDickersonAlanGreenbergHon.AndrewJ.GuilfordJohnMarkJenningsDeborahMallgraveHon.ArthurNakazatoPamelaParmerKennethParkerLeoJ.PresiadoHon.JamesV.SelnaPeterVillarDenniseD.WillettDeanZipserMessageFromTheEditorThisissuemarksthereturnoftheNewsletteroftheFederalBarAssociationOrangeCountyChapterfollowingabriefrecess.MyinvolvementwiththeNewsletterbeganin2003whenAssistantUnitedStatesAttorneyLawrenceKoleservedasEditor-in-Chief.IcontinuedtoworkinanassistingcapacitythroughLarrystenureandthroughthatofmydearfriendJohnMarkJenningswhoprecededmeasEditor-in-Chief.IamindebtedtoLarryandJohnMarkforthelessonstheytaughtalongthewayandhumbledbythehighstandardsforqualitysetbythem.AbarassociationnewslettercangooneoftwodirectionsItcanfinditswaytothecircularfilewithoutdelayoritcanbecomearesourcewor-thyofafewmomentsrevieweverytimeitappearsinthemailbox.ToensurethatourNewsletterbecomesthelatterwerelyonqualityarticleslikethosepresentedherethecollaborativeeffortsandhardworkofourcolleagueshereinOrangeCounty.Weareverygratefulfortheexcellentcontributionsauthoredbysomeofourchaptersmostaccomplishedmem-berswhichreignitetheNewsletterinthisissue.Inthisissueourcontrib-utorscoveravarietyoftopicsfrompatentlitigationandclassactionprac-ticethroughapracticaldiscussionofemergencyandadministrativemo-tionpracticeinCaliforniasfederalcourts.Thisissueconcludeswithin-terviewsoftwoprominentlawschooldeansinanticipationoftheirup-comingprogramontheUnitedStatesSupremeCourts2013-2014term.TheNewslettershouldservenotonlyasareportonthecurrenteventsintheFederalBarAssociationbutaforumfortheexchangeofideasamongthemembersofourimpressiveanddiverselegalcommunity.AndsoIencourageyoutocontactmewithyourideaswhethertheyarefully-developedarticlestopicsforarticlesthatareintheexploratoryphaseorsimplysuggestionsabouthowwecanmaketheNewslettermoreusefultoyouinfutureissues.OurauthorsandstaffinvestagreatdealoftimeandeffortintoproducingtheNewsletterourhopeisthatitwillbeavaluableresourceforyouforyearstocome.Ilookforwardtoreadingyourcontributionsinthecomingyear.______________________________MatthewK.WegnerMatthewK.WegnerBrownWegnerBerlinerLLP2603MainStreetSuite1050IrvineCalifornia92614mwegnerbwb-lawyers.com949705-0080FBAOCNEWSLETTERSUBMISSIONS