CALSPro - California Association of Legal Support Professionals

CALSPro Needs Your Feedback Re: Court Efficiencies

Posted October 25, 2012 in Membership

Dear CALSPro Member,

Working in the courts every day, CALSPro members are acutely aware of the impacts of state budget cuts on local operations. From Shasta County to San Diego, and all points in between, local courts are reacting to dramatically reduced revenues from the state general fund.  Impacts include courthouse closures, civil trial department reductions, reduced filing hours, and more.  Further, if Governor Brown’s tax initiative does not pass in November, it is possible that further reductions could occur.

CALSPro is uniquely situated to assemble information on attorney service issues in the local courts.  If your county has closed courthouses or court rooms, reduced window hours for filing, etc., please forward any information in your possession to the central office in Sacramento, via the address below.  With 58 counties statewide, it is difficult to know what is happening in the various courts.  CALSPro is particularly interested in knowing how the reductions in hours and services are affecting our attorney service members.

Additionally, if you have ideas for efficiencies which might be communicated to court leadership, we are interested in hearing them.  Very intensive discussions will be occurring throughout the coming months concerning court efficiencies, and CALSPro members may have specific, practical suggestions which can help courts maximize their diminished resources. Suggestions also should be submitted to the central office for communication, as appropriate, to leaders of individual courts and the Judicial Council.

Thank you for your time and participation.

Michael Kern, CALSPro President
California Association of Legal Support Professionals
2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 150
Sacramento, CA 95833
916.239.4065 – phone
916.924.7323 – fax
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CALSPro Conference Highlights from Anaheim

Posted October 17, 2012 in Conference, Education, Legislation, Membership

CALSPro would like to thank everyone who attended and supported the CALSPro Annual Conference in Anaheim, “The Happiest Conference On Earth”. ServeNow has posted a short “Conference Highlights” article that you can read here:

“On October 7th, the California Association of Legal Support Professionals (CALSPro) concluded yet another successful annual conference. Over 125 attendees from across the country were present in Anaheim…”

Stay tuned to our Blog, Twitter and Facebook for updates and information about next year’s conference. And again, thank you for supporting CALSPro!

CALSPro Members – Don’t miss our annual Conference this weekend!

Posted October 3, 2012 in Conference, Education, Legislation, Membership

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Here are some highlights for Saturday, October 6^th

CONTINUING EDUCATION SESSION

Case Law Presentation – Four speakers will provide information on past  and present case Law.

• Gary Hansen will present Ludka  v. Memory, and Crescendo v. Shelted;
• Tony Klein will address Carol Gilbert, Inc. v. Haller (2009), and Palm Properties v. Yadegar (2011);
• Andy Estin will cover Trujillo v. Trujillo, and In Re: Ball (drop service);
• Jeff Karotkin will discuss Rio Properties, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rio International Interlink, Defendant-Appellant, and how it helped shape electronic service of process over the past decade.

Copy Industry Presentation — Mick Isbell will focus on where the industry is headed, recent legislation/bills that threaten the industry and other informative updates. Our copy industry members will truly benefit from Mick’s expertise in this field of legal support service.

SEO Marketing – ServeNow will get us up to speed on Search Engine Optimization for your company.  Internet marketing is the fastest way to reach your target market and Adam Camras/Trent Carlyle will be at Conference to inform you in this very important, rapidly changing arena of marketing.

Stephanie Sayler
Conference Chair