Joel M. Pores
Member
Email: PoresLaw@aol.com

Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Attorney Fee Disputes; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Admitted: 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Law School: Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1976

College: Brooklyn College, B.A., Anthropology, cum laude, 1973

Member: Orange County Bar Association: Client Relations Committee Investigator, Vice Chair, Co-Chair 1997-2000; Ethics and Professionalism Committee Chair, MCLE Seminar 2000; Member, Community Outreach Committee; Mentor in Ethics and Professionalism; Arbitrator, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee; Constitutional Rights Foundation Mock Trial Competition Coach, La Quinta H.S., 1998); State Bar of California (Arbitrator and Member, Committee for Mandatory Fee Arbitration, 2006-).

Biography: <i>Author: "Client Relations, A Guide to Better Understanding," 1996; Co-Author: OCBA Ethics Opinion "Fees Paid in Advance," 1998; Orange County Lawyer Article Client Relations, 1999; Author, OCBA MCLE Last Dash Seminar Handout, "How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins," 1999; Author, "A Day in the Life of the Firm," 2000; Co-Author, "Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy Planning," State Bar Convention Seminar, 2001; Co-Author, "Who Wants to Keep Their License? - It's a Matter of Ethics," Peter M. Elliott Inn of Court, 2002. Co-Author Handout "Legal Ethics in Eminent Domain Practice" CLE 6/04; Author Handout "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Fees Paid in Advance" Legal Ethics Seminar Lorman 8/05. <i>Speaker: "Malpractice" and "How to Avoid Burnout," 11/98 Belize seminar for OCBA MCLE; Whittier Law School Career Day on Legal Malpractice, 11/98; "How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins," OCBA Last Dash Seminar, 1/99; "A Day in the Life of The Firm," OCBA Last Dash Seminar, 1/00; "Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy Planning" Peter M. Elliott Inn of Court; "Ethical Dilemmas in Bankruptcy Planning," State Bar Convention, 09/01; "Fees Paid in Advance," and "How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins," Lorman Education Seminar, 10/01; "Fees Paid in Advance," CLE Seminar, 01/04; Ethical Issues in Eminent Domain Practice CLE 6/04; The Seven Deadly Sins and Fees Paid in Advance Lorman 8/05. <i>Arbitrator, Personal Injury and Business Litigation, Orange County Superior Court. Settlement Conference Officer, Personal Injury and Business Panels.

Born: Brooklyn, New York, August 9, 1951

ISLN: 904360279