Online legal services part of changing landscape
Online legal services are not going away, so traditional attorneys need to adapt to the changing marketplace, according to panelists at a San Diego Law Library event last month.
Education
Law School/Year: 1978
College/Year: 1975
Bar Admissions
All California courts, all U.S. District Courts in California.
Practice Areas
Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property; Real Estate
Major Cases
I was San Diego counsel for the plaintiff in Perigrine Litigation Trust vs. John Moores, brought against Perigrine officers and directors alleged to have traded Perigrine stock on inside information, in which our total settlement from all defendants of $123,367,000, was the most money ever recovered in an insider trading case.
Twenty years ago I represented two boys who were born with limb reduction defects as a result of their mothers’ use of the morning sickness drug Bendectin during pregnancy. The case has been recognized as one of the 10 most important cases of the 20th century. It was Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Professional Background
I began my practice at Luce Forward. In my eighth year of practice I became the chairperson of the firm’s trial department and a member of its management committee. At the end of my 12th year, I joined Allen Matkins, where I was chair of the trial department in its San Diego office. Less than two years later I left Allen Matkins with Dana Dunwoody and co-founded Mazzarella Dunwoody LLP. After 20 years and a couple name changes, the firm is now Mazzarella Lorenzana LLP.
Professional Affiliations
I have been involved with dozens of professional organizations over the past 33 years. But I have been most active in the Litigation Section of the California State Bar Association, where over 13 years I was either an advisor, a member of the Executive Committee, or an officer, including President in 1992-1993. Likewise, I’ve been very involved with the Association of Business Trial Lawyers – San Diego. I was its founding president, serving two terms, 1992-1993 and 1993-1994, and have been an emeritus board member for the past 18 years.
Personal Affiliations
I haven’t left myself a lot of discretionary time, but I make the time to be active in my church, Bonita Valley Christian Church, where I serve as legal counsel. Since BVCC is in the process of adding a new $9 million main sanctuary to its campus, there have been plenty of issues to keep me busy,from land use to financing.
Personal Background
I am one of four brothers who grew up in Tucson, Ariz., as typical rough and tumble boys who spent most of the time either playing sports or fighting with one another. We moved to San Diego when I was in junior high school; and all four brothers still live here. I have three sons ages 28, 23 and 21, and two daughters, ages 35 and 34, as well as five grandchildren, two boys and three girls, ranging in age from 2 to 18 years old.
Online legal services are not going away, so traditional attorneys need to adapt to the changing marketplace, according to panelists at a San Diego Law Library event last month.
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