Professional Experience:

1977-
Shareholder, LASCHER & LASCHER, a Professional Corporation

Specializes in civil and criminal appellate practice, and unusual civil litigation.

Contact:

Lascher & Lascher
605 Poli Street, P.O. Box 25540
Ventura, California 93002
(805) 648-3228
wendy@lascher.com

1973-1977
Associate, LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD L. LASCHER

PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURING

Author, “A Vision of California?” California Supreme Court Historical Society newsletter (Summer 2006)

Speaker, Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement, “Developments After Rojas,” discussion on the effects of Rojas v. Superior Court (January 2006)

Instructor, Moot Court, 5 week course, Santa Barbara College of Law (Summer 2005)

Panelist, Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association, “Will and Wendy on Writs,” (April, 2005)

Speaker, Kern County Bar Association, “The Nuts and Bolts of Filing an Appeal,” (April, 2005)

Instructor, “Writs and Appeals”, 10 week course, Ventura College of Law (Summer 2001, 2004); Santa Barbara College of Law (Summer 2002); Ventura College of Law (Summer 2004)

Panelist, “Federal Appellate Practice,” Orange County Bar Association College of Appellate Advocacy, November 6, 2004

Panelist, “The State of Appellate Practice: A Panel Discussion on Marketing and Managing,” American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, (October, 2004)

Panelist, “An Inside Look at Bell v. Farmers Insurance Exchange,” National In-house Counsel Forum on Wage and Hour Law, June 24, 2004

Speaker, “Motions: Why and How to Make Them,” Ventura County Barristers Bridging the Gap (January, 2004)

Panelist, Southern California Mediation Association, “Impact of Rojas” (November, 2003)

Lascher, Wendy and Brogna, Denise, “Pillow Talk Is Back: Postmarital Agreements in a Postmodern World,” Family Law News (Vol. 26, No. 1)

Speaker, “Winning in the Long Run: Improving the Odds in Criminal and Civil Cases,” Santa Barbara County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference (October 2003)

Panelist, “How to Defend Civil Appeals and Writs,” California State Bar Conference (September 2003)

Lascher, Wendy, “Babylonic Cuneiform and the Mysteries of the Writ,” California Litigation (Vol. 16, No. 3)

Lascher, Wendy and Mezger-Lashly, Gabriele, “Looking Ahead: How to Increase the Chances of Winning on Appeal,” Family Law News (Vol. 25, No. 3)

Instructor, “Attorney Fees,” 5-week course, Ventura College of Law (Summer 2003)

Speaker, “Making a Federal Case of It: Getting from State to Federal Court,” California Public Defenders Association, (May 2003)

Speaker, “90 Days After Trial,” various locations and groups, April, 2001-October, 2002

Panelist, “The Art of Exercising Discretion,” California Judges Association (May 2003)

Speaker, “Appeals, What Every Young Lawyer Should Know,” State Bar Conference (2002)

Panelist, “Finding Your Place In the Sun,” Second Annual Conference of th ABA Council on Appellate Lawyers, Reno, 2002

Speaker, “10 Tips for Winning Appeals,” State Bar Conference (2001)

Co-author, “Prevailing Prize,” Los Angeles Daily Journal (Feb. 2, 2001)

Speaker, “How to Win Your Appeal at Trial,” Ventura County Bar Association (1999)

Author, “Hearing and Decision on Appeal,” Vol. 5, Ch. 51, Matthew-Bender,
California Forms of Pleading and Practice (1998)

Speaker, “Provocations and Provocateurs on Appeal,” 1998 State Bar Convention

Speaker, “Post Trial Civil Procedure”, 1997 State Bar Convention

Speaker, Consumer Attorneys of California 1997 Annual Seminar, “New Trial Motions”

Speaker, Orange County Bar Association College of Appellate Advocacy April,1977

Speaker, Business Law Section, Ventura County Bar Association
“Is the Seaman’s Tort Dead?”, August, ‘96

Speaker, 1996 Appellate Courts Institute (CJER), “View from the Other Side
of the Bench”, April and October ‘96

Speaker, Family Law Bar Association, Family Law Appeals, Sept. ‘95

Speaker, East County Bar Association, “Making a Record on Appeal”, Sept. ‘95

Speaker, Ventura College of Law, “U.S. Supreme Court History: the Death Penalty”, July 95

Panelist, "Effective Argument in the California Supreme Court",
State Bar Convention, 1993

Panelist, Ventura Superior and Municipal Courts Mandatory Mediation program,
June, 1993

Various speeches on mediation process for Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement,
1991-1998

Author, numerous articles for "CITATIONS" (Ventura County Bar newsletter), 1989-

Co-instructor (with Susan Lascher), 9-week paralegal course in Review of Trial Court Decisions, University of California Extension, Fall, 1991

Panelist, "Pretrial Appellate Review", MCLE presentation at 1991 California
State Bar Annual Meeting

Lascher, Wendy, "Appellate Settlements", Los Angeles Lawyer, August-September, 1990

Panelist, American Bar Association Medical Malpractice National Institute, 1990

Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar:
    “Appellate Review Before Judgment,” 1982
    “Trial Court Planning to Win Appeals,” 1983
    “Successful Civil Jury Instructions,” 1986

Lecturer, Hastings Litigation Advocacy Program:
    “Evaluating a Case for Appeal” March 1985
    “Creating and Preserving the Record” 1988
    “Making A Record for Appeal,” 1988, 1990

Organizations, Memberships and Activities 

2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice, member,  Steering Committee, 2004-

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers , Fellow, 1994-

American Inns of Court -Ventura County Bar Association Jerome H. Berenson Chapter - 1994-1999, 2001-

California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow 1974-

California Litigation Editorial Board, 1993-1996

Channel Counties Legal Services, Board of Directors Member 1993-1996

Pro-tem judge, arbitrator, and mediator for Second District Court of Appeal, and for Ventura Superior and Municipal Courts, 1988-

State Bar of California, Committee on Appellate Courts 1976-1980 Member, Chair, 1979-1980;

State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Member Appellate Law Advisory Commission,1995-1998; Chair, 1997-1998; Committee on Appellate Courts, Member 1976-1980, Chair 1979-1980

Ventura and Santa Barbara Colleges of Law Board of Trustees 2001- , President 2004-

Ventura College of Law, Street Law Program -- Organizational Committee and Volunteer Lecturer 2004-

Ventura County Bar Association, President 1990; Judicial Nominees Evaluation Committee, chair 2002-; attorney fees arbitrator 1987-; CITATIONS editor, 1987-1990; managing editor 1996-

Ventura County Community Foundation, Board of Directors 2001-

Ventura County Hash House Harriers, 1992-

Ventura County Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors 2001-2002

Ventura County Mandatory Mediation Committee, Member 1992-

ALFRED VARGAS

Admitted to Bar: 

California, 2003.

Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education:

Ventura College of Law, Ventura, California, J.D. 2003

University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. 1995       

Professional Experience:

Joined Lascher & Lascher as an associate in 2003

Specializes in civil and criminal appellate practice, administrative writs, and unusual civil litigation.

May be contacted at:

LASCHER & LASCHER, a Professional Corporation
605 Poli Street, P.O. Box 25540
Ventura, California 93002
(805) 648-3228
alfred@lascher.com    

Publications:

Author, numerous articles for "CITATIONS" (Ventura County Bar Magazine), 2002 to present    

Organizations, Memberships and Activities:

American Bar Association - Appellate Practice Committee 2003 to present

American Inns of Court,  Ventura County Bar Association Jerome H. Berenson Chapter - 2003 -

Civil Air Patrol, 1998 -

Los Angeles County Bar Association - 2003 to present

Santa Barbara County Bar Association - 2002 to present

Santa Barbara County Bar Association Barristers - 2002 to present

Ventura County Bar Association - 1999 to present

Ventura County Bar Association, Barristers - 1999 to present

Ventura County Bar Association Barristers Executive Committee - 2003 to present  

Ventura County Bar Association CITATIONS Editorial Committee - 2002 to present  

Ventura College of Law, Street Law Program -- Organizational Committee and Volunteer Lecturer 2004-

Aris E. Karakalos

Admitted to Bar: 

California, 2005.

Education:

University of Arizona  Tuscon, Arizona, J.D., 2005

Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa, 2001

American Community School of Athens  Attended all four years of high-school overseas at the American Community School of Athens (ACS).  Athens, Greece. 

Professional Experience:

Joined Lascher & Lascher as an associate in 2006

Specializes in civil and criminal appellate practice, administrative writs, and unusual civil litigation.

May be contacted at:

LASCHER & LASCHER, a Professional Corporation
605 Poli Street, P.O. Box 25540
Ventura, California 93002
(805) 648-3228
aris@lascher.com    

Formerly employed at Adishian Law Group, P.C., where he practiced in the areas of Employment Litigation, as well as Real Estate and Immigration.

Judicial Intern for the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver.  Sandra Day O'Connor Federal District Courthouse.  Phoenix, Arizona.  May-August, 2003.

 Publications:

Co-Authored a published opinion regarding a wrongful death suit brought against various large tobacco companies titled Hearn v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Ariz. 2003) 279 F. Supp. 2d 1096.       

 Activities and Memberships:

Journal of International and Comparative Law, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law.  Tucson, Arizona.

Member of Lawyers for Literacy.  Tucson, Arizona. 2002-2005.

Member of Habitat for Humanity.  Tucson, Arizona. 2002-2003.

Lascher & Lascher, A Professional Corporation.
605 Poli Street - P.O. Box 25540 - Ventura, CA 93002 - phone: (805) 648-3228 - fax: (805) 643-7692 - email: mail@lascher.com

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