HON JAMES A. STEELE

SELECT PUBLICATIONS


  • LACBA, Practice Tips: "Judges Think Differently", February 2024, Los Angeles Bar Association Magazine
  • "Five Commandments of Successful Mediation"; September 2016, The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • “Beware the Tolling of the Limitations Period” [Legal Malpractice]; February 26, 2016, Los Angeles Daily Journal​
  • “Practical Differences Between Court-Provided Settlement Services and Private Mediation”; September 2015, The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • “Class Action Waivers Stand, At Least in Some Contexts”; August 5, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “Why Some Civil Litigants Should be Dying to Get Their Quiet Title Actions Into Probate Court”; June 6, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “5 Commandments of Successful Mediation”; January 16, 2015, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “Trial Master and General Judicial Reference Procedures: Advantages over Arbitration”; GP Solo Magazine, ABA (January/February 2015)
  • “The Advantages of Judicial Reference” (Construction); November 21, 2014, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “Objection, 352! Shouted Juror #8: The Importance of Keeping Your Case Presentation Simple and On Theme”; August 2013,
    ​The Advocate, Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • “’Objection!’, Shouted The Juror, A Non-Lawyer”; March 29, 2013, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • “Obtaining Approval of Your Client’s Special Needs Trust: A Special Needs Trust is often necessary if a disabled beneficiary of public benefits receives a personal-injury settlement or judgment”, May 2011, Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • “The Code of Conduct for Fiduciary Investment”; July 9, 2010, Los Angeles Daily Journal
  • "Fiduciary Investment 101: Practical Advice on Discharging Fiduciary Investment Duties"; May 2010. Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • “Structured Settlement Transfers”: May 2009. Advocate - Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles 
  • California Mechanic's Liens on Private Works of Improvement, Builders' Books, Inc.


TEACHING

  • USC Trusts & Estates Conference.  "Why Judges and Lawyers Don't Always Think Alike: Are Judges' Brains Abby Normal?"  November 2023 
  • American Bar Association 2019 Mid-Year Construction Law Forum Panelist.  Legal Writing Practicum.
  • Los Angeles Superior Court (SFVBA and LACBA).  Probate Settlement Officer Training Program.  Panelist/Instructor.  May 2017.
  • ​USC Trusts & Estates Conference.  Mastering The Art of Mediation - Panelist.  “Tax Advantaged Settlement Strategies”.  November 2016.
  • ​State Bar of California Trusts & Estates Section - Spring Education Conference.  “Essentials of Judicial References and Arbitration”.  April 2016
  • LACBA Trusts & Estates/Remedies Section.  Panelist.  “Collecting From The Dead”. 2016
  • West Coast Casualty Construction Defects Symposium.  Moderator/Panel Leader: “Courtroom Trials, Arbitrations and Judicial References: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”  2016.
  • Judicial Council of California, Probate & Mental Health Institute 2015. Speaker: “Age Bias & Elder Abuse”
  • The Rutter Group (Thomson Reuters) Recent Developments and Cases in Probate Law. Panelist (2015)
  • The Rutter Group (Thomson Reuters) Construction Law.  Developer, author, moderator and lead panelist (2014)
  • CJER 2013 Probate Institute Faculty Member (“Fiduciary Investing” and “Attorneys’ Fees in Probate”)
  • LACBA Trusts & Estates Symposium 2013: Legal Perspectives on Fiduciary Investment and the Economics of Marriage.  Panel Member: “Were the Trustee’s Investments Prudent?”
  • Probate Overview – Supervising Fiduciaries [CJER Probate Institute (2012)]
  • “Handling A Probate Calendar (Probate 101)” [JES (2012)]
  • “Cross-Over Issues Probate/Family Law” Panel Member – LACBA (2012)
  • “Probate Litigation” [CJER Probate Institute (2011)]
  • “Fiduciary Investment 101” [CJER Probate Institute (2011)]
  • “Financial Information: Managing Discovery and Evidentiary Issues” [LASC Civil Bench Seminar (2010)]
  • LASC Probate Bench Conference Faculty –  “Determining Capacity and Implications of Anderson v. Hunt” (2011); "Guardianship Developments" (2010); and "Probate Economics" (2009)
  • Construction Law (MCLE qualified), UCLA Ext. Construction Management Program (1989-2009)  
PUBLICATIONS / TEACHING

HON. JAMES A. STEELE (RET.)