b'Spring/Summer 2019Page 3 Presidents Message Van Nguyen* I am honored to serve as President of the FBA/OC chapter this year.We have had a busy year!We began the 2018-2019terminOctoberwithourannualJudgesNight, which was nearly sold out with 300 attendees, including 27 judicial officers.At the event, the State of the Dis-trict was presented by Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips and the Chapters prestigious Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler Award was presented to Kate Corrigan, a past presidentVan Nguyen and current member of the Board of Directors of the FBA/ FBA/OC President OC.Wefollowedthateventwithaprogramtitled, Behind the Scenes View of the Clerks Office, which of-fered a behind-the-scenes presentation of the Clerks Of- FBA/OC Officers fice.Then, in November, we hosted our annual Criminal PracticeSeminar,whichwasco- Van Nguyen hostedwiththe We have hadOCBAMastersPresident Division,OCa busy year!CriminalDefense Bar,andUCIsCenter for Psychol- Dean J. Zipser ogy and Law.TheprogramwasheldPresident-Elect at University of California, Irvine, Law School, and was titled, Dark Web and Cryptocurrency.We ended 2018 with a champagne toast to the new members of the Cali- David M. Stein forniaBaratourannualSwearing-InCeremony,whichTreasurer wasco-sponsoredbytheABTL,andhostedbyJudge James V. Selna and Judge Karen E. Scott.Brian C. Claassen 2019 started with a dynamic duel between two SupremeSecretary Courtexperts,DeanErwinChemerinsky,DeanofUC Berkeley School of Law, and Kannon Shanmugam, Chair oftheSupremeCourtandAppellatePracticeGroupat Paul,WeissandFormerAssistanttotheSolicitorGen-eral.The duel was moderated by Judge Andrew J. Guil-ford.At the sold-out event, the speakers provided their insightonrecentdecisionsbytheSupremeCourtand theirpredictionsonupcomingissuesfortheSupreme Court.Then, in May, we hosted our annual Civil Practice Seminar, which featured Judge Josephine L. Staton and accomplishedtriallawyersinaprogramtitled,Trials and Errors: Keys to Success and Avoiding Pitfalls at Tri-al.It was a full house with over 100 attendees. InJune,wekickedoffourBenchandBarserieswith Judge Autumn D. Spaeth who provided words of wisdom to an audience that included summer associates and law student externs.Judge Spaeth presented a program ti-tled, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Lessons from'