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The Fall/Winter 2025 issue of The Verdict examines neutrality, interstate auto cases, separation of powers, amicus briefing, and the legacy of William D. Gibbs.

The Summer 2025 issue of The Verdict addresses wage-and-hour rights, government claims, professional ethics, workers’ compensation screening, and the legacy of John Toby Schreiber.

The Spring 2025 issue of The Verdict honors two Trial Judges of the Year, profiles Judge Nichelle Holmes, explores public service, and advocates for protections for grieving families.

The Winter 2024/2025 issue of The Verdict profiles three judges and considers dispute resolution, public service, opposition to injustice, and California legislative developments.

The Fall 2024 issue of The Verdict blends ethics, professional balance, personal reflection, court service, legal research, law-school experience, administrative appeals, and legislative news.

The Spring 2024 issue of The Verdict honors two Trial Judges of the Year, profiles two additional judges, and reports on judicial celebration, legal-community leaders, and civil-justice advocacy.

The Winter 2023/2024 issue of The Verdict covers visual advocacy, social-media strategy, judicial service, scholarship impact, data privacy, and a significant consumer legislative victory.

The Summer 2023 issue of The Verdict introduces ACCTLA’s executive leadership while addressing William F. Whiting’s legacy, legal technology, forced arbitration, and toxic-tort preparation.

The Spring 2023 issue of The Verdict honors two Trial Judges of the Year, profiles four additional judges, and outlines California civil-justice priorities for the year.

The Winter 2022/2023 issue of The Verdict provides practical guidance on personal attacks, trial setbacks, appellate preservation, virtual trials, case law, and reaching resolution.

The Fall 2022 issue of The Verdict considers major Supreme Court decisions, cybersecurity, mediation, diverse neutral networks, emotional-distress damages, and professional collegiality.

The Spring 2022 issue of The Verdict honors two Trial Judges of the Year, profiles four additional judges, and examines diversity initiatives and course-and-scope liability.

The Winter 2021/2022 issue of The Verdict celebrates influential trial lawyers through profiles of Elise Sanguinetti, Bill Gagen, J. Gary Gwilliam, Pamela Price, and Steven Kazan.

The Summer 2021 issue of The Verdict calls for action on racial justice through essays on systemic racism, forced sterilization, policing, public safety, and the cultivation of love over hate.

The Spring 2021 issue of The Verdict honors two Trial Judges of the Year, profiles three presiding and trial judges, and examines emerging rules for video evidence.

The Fall 2020 issue of The Verdict addresses disability, civil rights, LGBTQ+ workplace protections, pandemic practice management, workers’ compensation, and lawyer mental health.

The Spring 2020 issue of The Verdict documents the first COVID-19 court orders while providing practical guidance on fee agreements, electronic discovery, privacy orders, settlement taxation, and divorce.

The Fall 2019 issue of The Verdict surveys new legislation, childhood-abuse protections, ERISA subrogation, worker classification, digital discovery, and inclusion in legal practice.

The Summer 2019 issue of The Verdict considers inclusion, generational perspective, voir dire, Supreme Court developments, judicial milestones, and Medicare reimbursement issues.

The Spring 2019 issue of The Verdict honors two Judges of the Year and introduces three additional East Bay judges through profiles of their careers, courtrooms, and approaches to justice.

The Fall 2018 issue of The Verdict examines access to justice for immigrant families, grieving children, and survivors of childhood abuse while featuring judicial and lawyer-parent perspectives.

The Summer 2018 issue of The Verdict explores professional responsibility through settlement ethics, technology, new conduct rules, persuasive writing, and practical judicial insight.

The Spring 2018 issue of The Verdict examines workplace sexual harassment in the #MeToo era, profiles two Judges of the Year, and explains how to protect a court-trial result through appeal.

The Fall 2017 issue of The Verdict traces ACCTLA’s early history while offering practical updates on legislation, appellate decisions, ERISA disability claims, low-wage damages, and the federal-enclave doctrine.

The Summer 2017 issue of The Verdict delivers plaintiff-side guidance on premises falls, electronic-cigarette injuries, insurer settlement practices, and workers’ compensation liens.

The Spring 2017 issue of The Verdict considers progressive legal activism and immigration policy while introducing six East Bay judges through extended profiles.

The Winter 2016/2017 issue of The Verdict addresses professionalism, mentorship, organizational progress, and practical approaches to resolving disputes with civility.

The Summer 2016 issue of The Verdict confronts diversity, unconscious bias, and the valuation of Black lives within the trial bar and civil justice system.

The Spring 2016 issue of The Verdict profiles leading Alameda and Contra Costa County judges while examining court administration and the legal barriers facing undocumented Californians.

The Fall 2015 issue of The Verdict equips newer lawyers with practical instruction on insurance, expert depositions, credibility evidence, discovery objections, and special-needs trusts.

The Summer 2015 issue of The Verdict delivers employment-litigation guidance on fee awards, investigations, mediation, and summary judgment while also revisiting disability-access enforcement.

The Spring 2015 issue of The Verdict profiles distinguished Alameda and Contra Costa County judges and pairs those interviews with state and national civil-justice updates.

The Winter 2014/2015 issue of The Verdict combines practical guidance on stopping trustee sales and enforcing disability access with an appellate justice’s courtroom reminiscence.

The Fall 2013 issue of The Verdict centers on the East Bay judiciary, honoring two Judges of the Year and profiling the presiding judges of Alameda and Contra Costa counties amid continuing court-budget pressures.

The Winter 2012/2013 issue of The Verdict examines sidewalk liability, bankruptcy stays affecting debtor-defendants, and the specialized investigation and trial preparation required in truck-accident litigation.

The Winter 2011/2012 issue of The Verdict explores court fast-track changes, alternative dispute resolution, Kaiser arbitration, and foundational practice guidance.

The Fall 2011 issue of The Verdict offers a practical guide to selecting, preparing, deposing, presenting, and challenging expert witnesses across a range of civil cases.

The Spring 2011 issue of The Verdict introduces ACCTLA members to honored and newly assigned civil judges through candid interviews about courtroom practice, judicial service, and effective advocacy.

The Summer 2006 issue of The Verdict focuses on mediation advocacy and the statewide work of Consumer Attorneys of California on behalf of trial lawyers and their clients.

The Spring 2006 issue of The Verdict explores plaintiff-side trial strategy through punitive damages, direct examination, judicial perspective, and a president’s reflection on litigation as a force for public safety.

The Winter 2001/2002 issue of The Verdict examines professional duties, litigation-cost treatment, supervisor harassment liability, mediation preparation, and personal coaching.

The Fall 2000 issue of The Verdict introduces ACCTLA’s mentoring program and offers guidance on case evaluation, bad-faith discovery, and community relations with law enforcement.

The Winter 1998/1999 issue of The Verdict presents practical guidance on Proposition 51, malpractice prevention, defense medical examinations, and a major construction-case verdict.