Family Law
Family Law News 2018, Issue 1, Volume 40, No. 1
Content
- Confronting the Fifth Amendment in Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases: a Story of Competing Interests
- Counties are Failing to Uniformly Implement the Elkins Task Force Recommendations for Cps Information and Report Sharing
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- It is time for Hug/Nelson's Hegemony Over the Division of Stock Options to End?
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- Message from the Chair
- Message from the Editor
- Pointers and Pitfalls in Family Law Set Asides
- Proposed New Ethics Rules: What You Need to Know
- Support Under the Federal Immigration I-864 Affidavit of Support Versus California's Family Code and State Case Law: What Family Law Attorneys Should Know
- Table of Contents
- The Duties and Responsibilities of Minor's Counsel Under Family Code Section 3042
- The Yelp Decision: a Follow-Up to My Article on Attorneys and On-Line Reviews
- Technology Corner: True Confessions
Technology Corner: True Confessions
David Lederman
David Lederman is the Immediate Past Chair of the State Bar of California Family Law Section (FLEXCOM). He also served as the Contra Costa County Family Law Section President (and is its current Legislative Director). A Certified Specialist in Family Law since 2001, he is the current Association of Certified Family Law Specialists’ Technology Director. Mr. Lederman is a frequent speaker and writer on family law and technology issues and speaks Mandarin.
I could start every installment of this column with Bob Dylan’s lyrics:
The practice of law has evolved since I started practice two decades ago. I remember that some attorneys didn’t have email and the frequent nonsensical use of the facsimile machine. Every couple of years I evaluate the state of my office’s internal systems. Some days, I feel that I have firm grasp of the current technologies. Other days, I am just awed by the pace of change and the evolution of traditional ways of doing business. It is easy to become complacent with existing technologies, but we have to keep "swimmin’" or we’ll "sink like a stone." Nevertheless, some things just bug me.