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4 MARCH 2013
2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jay Chafetz President Stephen Steinberg President-Elect Candice Stoddard Secretary Nick Casper Treasurer Audrey Gee Ex Officio Richard Alexander Philip Andersen Dean Barbieri Amanda Bevins Oliver Bray Denae Hildebrand Budde CCCBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Reep | 925.288.2555 | lgreep@cccba.org CCCBA main office 925.686.6900 | www.cccba.org Jennifer Comages Membership Coordinator Emily Day Systems Administrator and Fee Arbitration Coordinator Dawnell Blaylock Communications Coordinator Mary Carey Alison Chandler Elva Harding Peter Hass Reneé Livingston James Wu CONTRA COSTA LAWYER CO-EDITORS EDITORIAL BOARD Harvey Sohnen 925.258.9300 Nicole Mills 925.351.3171 BOARD LIAISON Candice Stoddard 925.942.5100 COURT LIAISON Kiri Torre 925.957.5607 PRINTING Steven’s Printing 925.681.1774 PHOTOGRAPHER Moya Fotografx 510.847.8523 Theresa Hurley Associate Executive Director Barbara Arsedo LRIS Coordinator Mark Ericsson 925.930.6000 Matthew Guichard 925.459.8440 Elva Harding 925.215.4577 Patricia Kelly 925.258.9300 Craig Nevin 925.930.6016 David Pearson 925.287.0051 Stephen Steinberg 925.385.0644 Marlene Weinstein 925.942.5100 James Wu 925.658.0300 The Contra Costa Lawyer (ISSN 1063-4444) is published 12 times a year - 6 times online-only - by the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA), 2300 Clayton Road, Suite 520, Concord, CA 94520. Annual subscription of $25 is included in the membership dues. Periodical postage paid at Concord, CA. POSTMASTER: send address change to the Contra Costa Lawyer, 2300 Clayton Road, Suite 520, Concord, CA 94520. The Lawyer welcomes and encourages articles and letters from readers. Please send them to contracostalawyer@cccba.org. The CCCBA reserves the right to edit articles and letters sent in for publication. All editorial material, including editorial comment, appearing herein represents the views of the respective authors and does not necessarily carry the endorsement of the CCCBA or the Board of Directors. Likewise, the publication of any advertisement is not to be construed as an endorsement of the product or service offered unless it is specifically stated in the ad that there is such approval or endorsement. Contra Costa LAWYER Volume 26 Number 2 | March 2013 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 6 INSIDE | by Mark Ericsson 7 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE | by Jay Chafetz 19 CENTER | Annual Officer Installation Introducing Judge Judy Johnson and Commissioner Anita Santos Judicial Demeanor Training | Women’s Section Powerlunch Meet Your Local Judges, Family and Juvenile 30 COFFEE TALK How do you fix the congressional process? 32 INNS OF COURT | by Matthew Talbot 34 CLASSIFIEDS 35 CALENDAR The official publication of the IS CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET GRIDLOCK HERE TO STAY? by Thomas Del Beccaro THE CALIFORNIA CLIFF by Mark Ericsson ELEMENTS OF ATRA by G. Scott Haislet B A R A S S O C I A T I O N 8 11 12 BUSINESS TAX PROVISIONS OF ATRA 2012 15 by George Cabot IRS RETURN PREPARER REGS DERAILED by Warren Peterson DOMESTIC PARTNER COVERAGE RIGHTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE EQUALITY ACT by Ralph L. Jacobson THE POPULATION CLIFF by Perry A. Novak 17 26 28 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION CONTRA COSTA LAWYER 5
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