Lindsay Kohut Slatter, SBN 072692
Slatter & Slatter, A Professional Law Corporation
123 Jewell Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060-1717
Telephone (408) 426-9426 Facsimile (408) 426-4241
Specialist in all cases involving attorney conduct and professional responsibility, including State Bar disciplinary defense, related licensure matters, legal ethics, and legal malpractice. Expert witness on duties of attorneys and the limits of those duties. Statewide representation and expert testimony; pro hac vice appearances in matters out-of-state.
1993 - present
Partner, Slatter & Slatter, Beverly Hills and Santa Cruz. Of Counsel to Kiesel & Larson, Beverly Hills. Extensive experience in State Bar disciplinary defense. Respondent's counsel in In Re Brown (1995) 12 Cal.4th 205. Respondents' counsel in four published cases before the Review Department of The State Bar Court. Experience in Bar Admission matters, hearings before Subcommittee On Moral Character and Reinstatement proceedings.
1985 - 1993
Partner, Slatter, Slatter & Kiesel, Beverly Hills. Personal practice limited to adoption and related matters from 1981-1989; completed approximately 350 successful independent adoptions. Assisted partners in major plaintiffs' civil litigation. Began State Bar defense and Ethics work in 1990.
1981 - 1984
Partner, Hoffman, Slatter & Slatter, Beverly Hills. Handled plaintiffs' civil litigation, including work on Mary M. v. City of Los Angeles (1991) 54 Cal.3d 202.
1976 - 1980
Partner, Frescella, Slatter & Slatter, Los Angeles. Handled major civil litigation, including plaintiffs' suit against the S.B.A., extensive trademark infringement litigation in Federal District Court.
Education:
B.A., U.C.L.A. 1970. J.D., University of LaVerne, July, 1976. Admitted to California Bar December, 1976.
Author of numerous articles for legal journals and MCLE courses (see below); frequent speaker on Legal Ethics for CAOC/CTLA, various bar associations, Practising Law Institute, Community Association Institute, and McGeorge School of Law MCLE program.
Member, Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly CTLA), 1995-1996; Member, Santa Cruz County Bar Association; Women Lawyers of Santa Cruz County; Board of Governors, Live Home Foundation.
Publications within the Last Ten Years:
"Other Misconduct Warranting Discipline": When Personal Conduct May Have Professional Consequences, CTLA (Nov., 1993) (republished by various bar associations).
St. George and The Dragon: Ethical Confrontations in Structured Settlement and Separately Negotiated Fee Arrangements, Santa Clara County Bar Association (Spring 1994) (republished by various bar associations).
How To Defy Fate By Fee Agreement, CTLA (Nov., 1994) (republished by various bar associations).
Slatter, Lindsay Kohut, and Fishkin, Jerome, Common Fund and the Medical Lien, CTLA Forum Magazine (March, 1995).
Slatter, Lindsay Kohut, and Fishkin, Jerome, Mean and Lien: Expanded Bases for Attorney Discipline Regarding Medical Liens, CTLA Forum Magazine (May, 1995).
Slatter, Lindsay Kohut, and Fishkin, Jerome, Mean and Lien - Part II: Other Considerations Regarding Liens and Third Party Claims, CAOC Tahoe Convention (April, 1995).
Ethical Issues Regarding Liens and Third Party Claims, CAOC (Nov., 1997).
How To Avoid Sanctions for Frivolous Actions and Discretionary Dismissals, CAOC (Nov., 1995).
Against All Adversity: Consequences of Conduct, CAOC Tahoe Convention (April, 1996).
Ethical Considerations for Community Associations Counsel, Community Associations Institute (April, 1996).
The Latest Word On Liens: Civil and Ethical Issues, CAOC (Nov., 1996).