California Lawyer Magazine in the United States

The California Lawyer magazine, founded in 1980, was distributed to all lawyers in California. The monthly magazine contained news of the legal profession and commentary on cases and legal trends. One annual feature was the the magazine’s designation of “attorneys of the year” in California for significant case victories and other achievements.

It ceased publication in September 2015.

Presentation from the Magazine

California Lawyer is the United States’ “leading legal magazine, covering the country’s most dynamic and talked about legal market. Every month, we provide our readers with timely legal analysis, in-depth features, technology updates, and practical advice on substantive law. To date, we have won more than 70 Maggie awards from the Western Publications Association for excellence in editorial content and design. We have also won national honors from American Society of Business Publication Editors, Folio’s Eddie Awards, and the Society of Publication Designers. In the world of legal publications, California Lawyer is in a league of its own.”

Other California Publications of the Daily Journal group are:

Los Angeles Daily Journal
San Francisco Daily Journal
Business Journal (Riverside)
Daily Commerce (Los Angeles)
The Daily Recorder (Sacramento)
The Inter-City Express (Oakland)
Orange County Reporter
San Diego Commerce
San Jose Post-Record

Awards

In 2010, California Lawyer racked up six awards for journalistic excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Among the winning articles: Chuleenan Svetvilas’s behind-the-scenes account of the making of a constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8 (“Anatomy of a Complaint,” January 2010); Dashka Slater’s profile of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi “Mr. Public Defender,” ( May 2010); and Tom McNichol’s in-depth cover story on the legal challenges mounted against LegalZoom (“Is LegalZoom’s Gain Your Loss?” September 2010).
A year later, California Lawyer has won two Maggie Awards from the Western Publishing Association for its journalism in 2011. For best profile, the Maggie went to Tom McNichol’s story about Del Norte County District Attorney Jon Alexander, who, before landing his current job, struggled with a life-threatening methamphetamine habit (“The Comeback”). And for best news story, the top prize went to Matthew Heller’s piece about sex-tort litigation (“Dangerous Liaisons,” February 2011).

Topical Content

The topical content of the Magazine included:

Corporate
Cybersecurity
Technology
Securities
Privacy
Professional Liability Insurance
Tech Tools for New Lawyers
Expert Witness
White-Collar Defense
Lawyers of the Year (CLAY Awards)
Small Firm Solutions
ADR Guide
China Deals
Storage Tools
Courtroom Resource Guide
Intellectual Property–Litigation
Small Law Firms
Business Travel
Information Governance
Technology Guide
Labor & Employment
Insurance Litigation
Mobilitiy & Security
Energy
Litigation
Trial Tech
Recruiters Guide
Class Action
Disruptive Technology
Small Firm Solutions
False Claims
Diversity
California 50 Top
California Supreme Court
E Discovery
Technology Guide
Antitrust
9th Circuit Review
Client Trust Account
Websites and Blogs
Litigation Funding
Research Tools
Land Use
International Law
Timekeeping and Billing
CLE and Office Resources Guides
Labor & Employment

MCLE CENTER Topical Content

Accident
Alter Ego
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Anti-SLAPP
Appellate Practice
Arbitration
Art Expert
Art Law
Assumption of Risk
AT&T Mobility
Attorney Advertising
Attorney Privilege
Attorney Substance Abuse
Attorney-Client Relationship
Attorneys
Attorneys Fees
Audio Recording
Best Efforts
Bias
Business Organization
Cell Phones
Certificate
Charitable Exemption
Civil Procedure
Class Action
College Violence
Communicating with Clients
Compensation
Compensation Package
Competition Rules
Conflicts
Contract Interpretation
Contracts
Copyright
Copyright Liability
Corporate Conflicts
Corporate Counsel
Court
Court Forum
Court Rules
Credibility
Criminal Conduct
Criminal Defense
Criminal Law
Custody Mediation
Cy Pres Doctrine
Cyberspace
Damages
Damages Clauses
Dangerous Client
Data Security
Deadlines
Deceptive Advertising
Demand Letters
Deposition
Disability
Disclosure
Discovery
Discrimination
Diversity
DNA
Double-Dipping
Drug
Drug Test
Drug Testing
Duty to Settle
Electronic Discovery
Elimination of Bias
Eminent Domain
Employers
Employment
Ending the Attorney-Client Relationship
Enforceable Settlement Agreements
Environmental Regulation
Equality
Estate Planning
Ethics
Evidence
Evidence
Exempt Organizations
Expert Testimony
Extrinsic Evidence
Fair Use
False Claims
Family Law
Fee Arbitration
Fee Payments
Fifth Amendment
Foreclosure
Friends
Gang Injunctions
Gender
Global Warming
Global-Warming
Good Faith
High-Court Review
HIPAA Liability
Hollywood
Indemnity
Innocence
Insurance
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
Interim Fees
Internet
Internet Law
Interns
Involuntary Bankruptcy
IP Attorney
Judges
Judicial Review in Arbitration
Jury
Jury Instructions
Jury Practice
Jury Selection
Labor Harassment
Law Practice
Law Practice Management
Lawyer Drug Abuse
Lawyer Fees
Lawyers
Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Rules
Legal Malpractice
Legal Profession
Level Playing Field
Liability
License
Liquor
Litigants
Litigation
Litigation Strategy
Malpractice
Malpractice Claims
Marijuana
Mediated Settlements
Mediation
Mediation Confidentiality
Money Laundering
Motions
Non-Compete Clauses
Noncompete Clauses
Nonrefundable Deposit
Offer to Compromise
Oral Arguments
Palma Notices
Parol Evidence
Partnership Agreements
Patent Law
Patent Protection
Patents
Pet Trusts
Piercing the Corporate Veil
Plea Bargaining
Political Campaigns
Practice
Pregnancy
Prejudice
Press
Privacy Law
Privileged Communications
Privileged Witness
Proceeding
Project Approval
Prosecution
Public Employees
Punitive Damages
Real Estate
Record
Reduction of Bias
Referees
Religion
Retainers
Retiring
Right of Occupancy
Right of Publicity
Sealing Evidence
Settlement Talks
Settling Cases
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Sham Guaranty
Shopping Mall
Skills
SLAPP
Social Security Disability
State Law
State Procedure
Stays on Appeal
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Details
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Suits
Stress
Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse Prevention
Surveillance Material
Tax
Tenants
Three Strikes Law
Tobacco
Torts
Trade Secret Insurance
Trademark
Tree Law
Trial
Unbundling
Unclean Hands
Unfair Competition
Victim Restitution
Victims
Web Defamation
Web Evidence
Website
Witnesses
Worker Smoking
Workers Compensation
Workplace
Workplace Settlements

Ranking of the Website

According to Alexa in November 2015:

Global Rank: 1,208,034 165,740
Rank in United States: 274,424
Country Percent of Visitors Rank in the United States: 84.3%
Bounce Rate: 64.60%
Daily Pageviews per Visitor: 2.00
Daily Time on Site: 2:23
Search Visits: 12.70%
Site people visited immediately before this site: Google.com (Percent of Unique Visits: 35.4%)

List of Collaborators

Adam G. Slote
Alan S. Levins
Jason E. Shapiro
Alan Weinfeld
Alex Ricciardulli
Alice Mead
Allen B. Grodsky
Allen B. Grodsky
Amy E. Margolin
Amy O’Keefe
Andrew W. Stroud
Anne ImObersteg
Anthony A. De Corso
Antonio R. Sarabia II
Arthur F. Silbergeld
Barri Kaplan Bonapart
Belynda Reck
Bob Benjy
Brad A. Weinreb
Bradley A. Weinreb
Brian Dinday
Brian Kabateck
Byron Cooper
Cari A. Cohorn
Cassandra Franklin
Cassandra S. Franklin
Christina Lincoln
Christopher Cox
Christopher M. Neumeyer
Karen D. Morse
Craig A. Roeb
Zachary P. Marks
Cynthia E. Fruchtman
Dale J. Giali
Damon C. Anastasia
Dan Jacobson
Daniel D. McMillan
Daniel E. Eaton
Daniel T. McCloskey
David M. Axelrad
David Steinberg
David W. Evans
Deborah Rosenthal
Diana Mercer
Douglas deVries
Drew E. Pomerance
Edward G. Weil
Edward J. Imwinkelried
Forrest S. Mosten
Frederick Hertz
Gerald G. Knapton
Glen T. Jonas
Gregory A. Nylen
Gregory J. Rolen
Greta Schnetzler
Laurie K. Simonson
Harvey Friedman
Rachel Wilkes
Jack S. Yeh and Ileana M. Hernandez
James D. Ward
James J. Mullen III
Jeremy B. Rosen
Jerold S. Sherman
Jerome B. Falk Jr.
Jessica R. MacGregor
Joan C. Williams
John Dratz Jr.
John E. Hullverson
John Eastman
John P. Blumberg
Jonathan Pink
Joseph P. McMonigle
Josh King
Julie A. Goren
Katherine M. Basile
Kenneth W. Kossoff
Kent A. Halkett
Kerstin Arusha
Kimberly A. Smith
Kimberly Thomas Rapp
Claudia Peña
Kirk Pasich
Laura Gahn
Laurence H. Schnabel
Leigh Chandler
Lisa A. Linsky
Lisa Perrochet
Louis E. Michelson
M. C. Sungaila
M. Sue Talia
Marc Price Wolf
Mark E. Hancock
Mark J. Hancock
Sunny S. Shapiro
Mark Mermelstein
Marshall A. Glick
Marshall S. Zolla
Deborah Elizabeth Zolla
Martin Quinn
Michael C. Denison
Michael D. Young
Michael J. Niborski
Michael K. Lindsey
John R. Sabatini
Michael Paul Thomas
Michael Paul Thomas
Christopher M. Fisher
Michele K. Trausch
Nancy N. Delogu
Nate Kowalski and Chris Milligan
Neal R. Marder
Neville L. Johnson
Paul L. Warner
Paul S. Chan
Peter S. Selvin
Ray E. Gallo
Patrick V. Chesney
Raymond F. Lynch
Rex S. Heinke
Richard E. Korb
Richard H. Lee
Richard Whitmore
Robert A. Bleicher
Robert C. Welsh
Pratheepan Gulasekaram
Robert J. Odson
Yen N. Nguyen
Robert J. Stumpf
Robert M. Heller
Robert O. Barton
Lawrence M. Markey Jr.
Robert S. Mann
Robert W. Wood
Rochelle L. Wilcox
Terri D. Keville
Rocky Tsai and Rebecca Harlow
Ronald J. Nessim
Ronald W. Novotny
Ryan Lozar
Sean A. O’Brien
Sean E. Ponist
Sean M. SeLegue
Shawn M. Ridley
Shawna L. Parks
Shelly Rosenfeld
Stephen K. Phillips
Joel A. Kane
Steven D. Wasserman
Steven D. Wasserman
Kelly Van Aken
Natassia Kwan
Steven H. Zidell
Steven J. André
Steven M. Schneider
Steven Mark Levy
Suzanne Badawi
Tara Fass
Timothy D. Reuben
Vance Woodward
Wendy L. Patrick
Wesley H. Avery
William Berg
William R. Slomanson
Zachariah D. Baker
Jennifer McCue

Legally Speaking

The section “Legally Speaking” was a talk show featuring the most interesting lawyers, judges and legal academics on the planet. Previous Participants include:

Michelle Alexander: Ohio State Law professor, civil rights advocate and litigator.
Russ Feingold: A conversation with the former U.S. Senator on the war on terror, the Obama presidency, and how the Senate has changed.
Nancy Gertner: The former United States federal judge talks about her unusual career with UC Hastings law professor Lisa Faigman.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gender discrimination, the death penalty, and her elephant ride with Antonin Scalia.
David Lat: A conversation with David Lat, the irrepressible founder of Above the Law.
Elyn Saks: The rights of the mentally ill and her own struggles with schizophrenia.
Antonin Scalia: The U.S. Supreme Court’s most outspoken justice rails against the “living” constitution.
Barry C. Scheck: A conversation with Innocence Project founder Barry C. Scheck.
Scott Turow: The man who reinvented the legal thriller talks about the creative process, the death penalty, and why he became a lawyer.
Adam Winkler: A conversation with UCLA law professor Adam Winkler on gun control legislation and the Second Amendment.

Content Services offered by

As “California Lawyer’s Custom Publishing and Content Marketing”, they offered the following content services:

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: “Showcase subject matter experts as leaders in their subject matter with topic-exclusive, theme-based content that is edited, designed and packaged to appear on callawyer.com and is promoted in California Lawyer to an audience of well over 140,000 in California.”
INTERVIEW SERIES: “Be interviewed for an article on a themed topic and raise brand awareness and showcase attorneys and subject matter experts as leading voices on said topic. Your interview will be edited for your review, designed, packaged and positioned in print in California Lawyer and online.”
EVENT BASED: “Law firms, legal technology companies and service providers all produce events that educate clients and prospects and act as business development tools. But more often than not there is no follow up when the events end. Daily Journal’s event based custom publishing can help. Daily Journal’s professionals will turn your live event into custom content that your company/firm can use for business development.”

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