[Fwd: CAI is Not disclosing who they lobby and bills they lobby for]
p.flamingo
Les Thompson in CA
>From: "p.flamingo" NoH...@home.com
>Date: 01/21/2001 2:45 PM Pacific Standard Time
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CAI is just small fish. Look for the "money" for that is the *mother's milk*
of politics! The attorneys who are members of CAI use the "Consumer Attorneys
of California" (CAC) to influence, etc.
Mr. Knowlton
It's legal crime. I don't know how else to put it. They learn the law,
figure out what they can legally get away with, and this is the way they
make their money.
<< Chill over condos: Lawsuits deter projects, builders say
...
But the building industry hasn't convinced enough legislators that the
defect litigation is the problem. It's lobbying efforts met stiff
opposition from the powerful trial lawyers lobby -- the Consumer
Attorneys of California (CAC). The group has argued for years that
defect litigation would decrease if builders stopped shoddy
construction.
...
"I think they're just jumping on this affordable housing thing and
there's no relationship between litigation and affordability," says
Kelly Hayes-Raitt, a spokeswoman for a CAC-backed group called the
Homesafe Campaign.
Last month Homesafe brought a group of homeowners who have been involved
with construction defect litigation to the Capitol to testify against
the reform legislation backed by the industry. >>
http://www.sacbee.com/ib/finance/recent_bee/061800.html
http://www.sacbee.com/ib/news/old/ib_news01_20000618.html
Consumer Attorneys of California
http://www.caoc.com/
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/index/00157412.htm
http://www.ss.ca.gov/prd/ld/emp/E00021.htm
http://vote98.ss.ca.gov/lcrV98/c/982644.htm
"Consumer Attorneys of California; Community Associations Institute
Board of Directors; and California Association of Community Managers."
http://www.shllaw.com/resumes.htm
<< He is an active member of Consumer Attorneys of California´s
legislative council ...
...
He has taught numerous courses on condominium ownership and construction
defect for California Association of Community Managers, Community
Associations Institute...
...
Professional Associations: ... Consumer Attorneys of California;
Community Associations Institute; California Association of Community
Managers >>
http://www.silldorf-shinnick.com/dattrny/hjs.htm
<< He is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of California
(CAOC). He is a member of both the San Diego and Los Angeles Trial
Lawyers Associations... Mr. Dicks' industry affiliations include his
active involvement in Community Associations Institute (CAI), member of
the Presidents Club for the Consumer Attorneys Of California (CAOC) and
founding member of the California Association of Community Managers
(CACM).
...
He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America... Chris'
commitment to the common interest development industry is demonstrated
by his involvement with industry organizations. Chris is an active
member of the Orange County Regional, Central Arizona, and San Diego
Chapters of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and is a member
of the California Association of Community Managers (CACM).
Additionally, he is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California
(CAOC) and has been instrumental in assisting CAOC protect California
home purchaser's right to sue for construction defects.
...
He is an active member of the Community Associations Institute and is a
member of the California Association of Community Managers.
...
Ritchie is a member of the ... Arizona Trial Lawyers Association. He is
an active member of the Central Chapter of the Community Association
Institute serving as the Chair of the Publications Committee as well as
a member of the Long Range Planning Committee.
...
Mr. Cheifetz is a member of ... the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America ...
...
He ... has spoken at seminars sponsored by the Community Associations
Institute in California, Florida and Nevada. >>
http://www.hoadefectlawyers.com/attorneys.htm
<< Industry Affiliations
Community Associations Institute (CAI)
Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO)
California Association of Community Managers (CACM)
Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
...
Consumer Attorneys of California
American Arbitration Association
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
...
Community Associations Institute: College of Community Association
Lawyers (1995-Present)
Consumer Attorneys of California: Board of Director (1998 & 1999)
CACM Vision Awards (1993 Excellence in Service; 1995 Excellence in
Education); 1998 & 1999 Nominee >>
http://www.constructiondefects.com/bios/archive1/tmiller.html
<< The Consumer Attorneys of California have written to Chief Justice
Baxter and Associate Justices for Decertification.
...
We are proud to be members of:
Community Associations Institute >>
http://www.a-k.com/news7-97.html
<< Member, Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California
(formerly CTLA), 1995-1996
...
Publications
...
Ethical Considerations for Community Associations Counsel, Community
Associations Institute (April, 1996). >>
http://www.cce-mcle.com/bios/slatter.htm
<< He is a member of ... the Sacramento Consumer Attorneys of
California.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS: Mr. Haydu serves as delegate to the Community
Associations Institute's California Legislative Action Committee
(CAI-CLAC) for CAI's California North Chapter. He has been instrumental
in the development and spread of CAI-CLAC's CID Polling and Buck-a-Door
Programs >>
http://www.berding-weil.net/eugene_p_haydu.htm
<< From living rooms to courtrooms
Frustrated owners increasingly seek legal redress for problems
...
These key measures were defeated with opposition from homeowner and
attorney groups, including Consumer Attorneys of California, formerly
the California Trial Lawyers Association, the Executive Council of
Homeowners and the Community Associations Institute... >>
http://www.sacbee.com/home/realestate/extras/broken1.html
<< PUBLICATIONS
...
Author: Law of Causation in Legal Malpractice Cases, Consumer Attorneys
of California, 34th Annual Convention (1995)
...
... Speaking Engagements:
...
3/29/84 Lectured to the Community Associations Institute on
Liabilities of Directors, Officers and Volunteers of Community
Non-Profit Associations at CAI Research Foundation Symposium on
Community Association Directors and Officers Liability Insurance in San
Francisco, CA. Co-panelists: Richard Kennedy (Bennett, Hueston, Kennedy
& Mueller from Florham Park, N.J.), Ian Graham (Booth & Simpson) and
Doug Kleine (Director of CAI Research Foundation)
... Lectured ... on Officers and Directors Insurance: What You Must Know
to Protect Your Clients. CO-panelists: David Kalainoff (Prof. Liability
Underwriting Manager for Cameron & Colby) and Ian Graham (Booth &
Simpson)
10/25/84 Lectured to the Community Associations Institute on D & O
Policies from a Broker and Carrier’s Viewpoint in Philadelphia, Penn. as
part of Symposium of Community Associations Institute National
Conference on Community Associations. CO-panelists: Ian Graham (Booth &
Simpson), Samuel L. Hager (Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott from Perth Amboy,
NJ), Philip S. Downer (Hyatt & Rhoads from Atlanta, GA), Thomas E.
Miller (Miller & Gibbs from San Diego, CA) and E. Richard Kennedy
(Bennett, Hueston, Kennedy & Mueller from Florham Park, NJ)
...
10/17/85 Lectured to the Community Associations Institute
sponsored National Conference on Community Associations in Denver,
Colorado on The Directors and Officers Liability Policy--Coverage
Issues--Litigation of Policy Suits with Ian Graham (Booth & Simpson),
Richard Kennedy (Bennett, Hueston, Kennedy & Mueller from Florham Park,
NJ), Barbara Wick (Condominium Insurance Specialists of America),
Professor Katherine Rosenberry (California Western School of Law, San
Diego, CA), Marshall N. Dickler (Marshall N. Dickler, Ltd.)
...
... Participated on a seminar panel ... on The Liability Crisis...
Co-panelists: Robert A. Chick (President of Lawyers Mutual Insurance
Company)...
...
...sponsored by ... The Irvine Company... on topic of Liability...
...
... Moderator and participant on panel discussion on Scientific Jury
Selection and Persuasion as part of the Thirteen Annual Seminar of the
Association of Business Trial Lawyers on The State of the Art Trial:
Innovative Use of Experts and Trial Techniques in Maui, Hawaii.
Co-panelists: Maxwell Blecher (Blecher & Collins), Max Gillam (Latham &
Watkins)...
... Lectured on liability and insurance considerations as part of a
panel on Staying Private...
... Lectured on Directors and Officers Liability Insurance: How to Buy
It, Where to Buy It, How to Avoid Losses at Insurance Seminar...
... Participated in a panel ... sponsored by the Attorneys Errors &
Omissions Prevention and Insurance Committees ...
...
... Speaker at seminar sponsored by the Insurance Law Section of the
Orange Country Bar Association on recent development in Directors and
Officers Liability Insurance
...
... Lectured to the claims department for Chubb Insurance Company in
Orange County on policy limits demands
... Participated in seminar ... sponsored by Home Insurance Company. ...
... Participated on panel on ... Liabilities sponsored by the
Association of Business Trial Lawyers...
...
... Lectured ... on Expert Witnesses: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
... Seminar panelist in ... program, Insurance, Excess and Reinsurance
Coverage Disputes 1991, lecturing on Current Coverage Issues in
Directors and Officers Insurance...
... Lectured ... on ... conflicts of interest...
...
...participated in ... seminars on ... Insurance Law...
...
... Participated in seminar on business insurance...
...
... Consumer Attorneys of California, 34th Annual Convention...
...
... lecturing on ... the role of insurance...
...
... Panelist, Protecting Directors and Officers From Liability... on
topic of Directors and Officers Liability Insurance and Corporate
Indemnification...
...
PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES
...
Los Angeles County Bar Association
...
* Member, Professional Liability Insurance Committee (1987-90)
* Member, Group Insurance Programs Committee (1990-1991)
* Member, Ethics Committee (1999-present)
Consumer Attorneys of California (1996-present)
...
TRIAL EXPERIENCE
Tried ... trials ... in ... insurance coverage and bad faith... cases...
...
EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE
Testified ... in ... cases ... involving standard of care in litigation
and insurance matters, as well as standards of conduct, including
conflicts of interest.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Major Law Firms
...
* Fiore, Walker, Racobs & Powers
...
Insurers and Insurance Agencies...
...
* Chubb Group
...
* State Farm Insurance Company >>
http://www.pmplaw.com/people/Attorneys/david_parker.html
<< Jay has been active in the Community Associations Institute both in
Illinois and in California, and has been a frequent speaker at CAI
seminars. He has taught ... for community association board members
through Mira Costa College... Jay has prepared an annual booklet
containing a redlined version of the Davis-Stirling Common Interest
Development Act ("Act") showing all the changes from the prior
legislative session. The booklet also contains a key word index to the
Act and a series of checklists to assist association boards and property
manager in fulfilling their statutory duties. Jay also drafted portions
of the 1984 amendments to the Illinois Condominium Property Act and was
one of the authors of the Historical and Practice Notes to Illinois
Condominium Property Act, Illinois Annotated Statutes ...
...
ANTONINA C. LoCOCO ... is an active member of the Consumer Attorneys of
San Diego and the Consumer Attorneys of California
...
Ms. Rosander ... has advised associations as to governing document
interpretation and enforcement, contractual matters, commercial
litigation, construction defect litigation, collection of assessments
and general corporate matters. She is a past two-term president of the
Connecticut Chapter of Community Associations Institute, and served on
its board for eight years. She was appointed to serve on the 1995
Connecticut Law Revision Commission's Uniform Common Interest Ownership
Act Study Committee which was responsible for drafting significant
Connecticut revisions to the Act adopted by the legislature. ... She has
spoken at, and planned, many CAI-Connecticut seminars and events...
...
... Doug ... received the Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award from the
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. He is a member of the Consumer
Attorneys of California, and has published numerous articles in the
field of construction defect and community association law >>
http://epsten.com/html/attorneys2.html
<< Mr. Burdman is a member of Consumer Attorneys of California, ...,
the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association ...
...
Mr. Benson is also very active in the Rocky Mountain Chapter of
Community Associations Institute, ..., where he serves as a Board
Member.
...
Mr. Yake is a member of Community Associations Institute ...
...
Ms. Jewett has also been the featured guest speaker at seminars
sponsored by the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) and
the California Associations Institute (CAI). Ms. Jewett's legal
knowledge and experience with representing homeowners associations has
allowed her to develop and present numerous educational seminars for
property management companies, focusing on legal issues relating to
homeowners associations. ... Ms. Jewett is a member of the Association
of Business Trial Lawyers... and the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.
...
This background allows Jessica to assist in designing advertisements and
brochures for ... the Community Associations Institute. ... Jessica is
an active member of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) - Nevada
Chapter. She serves on the following CAI committees: Public Relations,
Golf Tournament, Community Association Day Trade Show, Programs and
Awards Banquet. Ms. Dear also serves as the CAI Luncheon Hosting Program
Coordinator.
...
Kristi is an active member of CAI and is the present chairperson of the
membership committee. >>
http://www.burdman-benson.com/people.htm
<< WILLIAM S. DUNLEVY... has been honored by the Community Associations
Institute...
...
William ... will be speaking at the ... Community Associations
Institute...
...
James P. Lingl, Esq. will be moderating the Channel Islands Chapter of
the Community Associations Institute luncheon ...
...
Alexander Robertson, IV, Esq. will be speaking at the Consumer Attorneys
of California annual legal seminar in South Lake Tahoe... >>
The Knowltons
> << WILLIAM S. DUNLEVY... has been honored by the Community Associations
> Institute...
> ...
> William ... will be speaking at the ... Community Associations
> Institute...
> ...
> James P. Lingl, Esq. will be moderating the Channel Islands Chapter of
> the Community Associations Institute luncheon ...
> ...
> Alexander Robertson, IV, Esq. will be speaking at the Consumer Attorneys
> of California annual legal seminar in South Lake Tahoe... >>