(Subscription required) Drawing on her experience as a public defender, prosecutor, and mother, the San Diego County judge strives to make litigants feel heard while navigating disputes that can shape children's lives for years. 

(Subscription required) A Los Angeles judge ruled Monday that litigation involving some 13,000 plaintiffs over the 2021 Dominguez Channel odor crisis qualifies for an ongoing exception to California's five-year trial deadline because the cases are too complex to be tried within that period.

(Subscription required) After 33 years as a civil litigator, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jeffery D. McFarland encourages attorneys to resolve discovery disputes, pursue settlements, and remember that vigorous advocacy doesn't require personal hostility. 

(Subscription required) The California Supreme Court should reject a challenge to the state’s new managed care organization tax because wading into the issue before the end of the year would be “calamitous” for Medi-Cal, the state argued.