Wendy Lascher is one of our go-to speakers on appellate practice skills and is an incredibly experienced attorney.  She has been speaking at our programs since about 2008 and is a joy to work with.

Wendy always gets top-notch reviews and provides excellent handout materials for attendees. You should check out our Home Study course that she taught on the “Winning your Appeal at the Trial Level.”  She has also taught a multitude of other appellate programs for us all to rave reviews from attendees.

You can talk to Wendy in person at our upcoming Advanced Appellate Roundtable in Los Angeles on November 8th.

We LOVE Wendy!

Wendy is a State Bar Certified Specialist in Appellate Law and AV-rated attorney and a Partner at Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP in Ventura.  She handles civil and criminal appeals in state and federal courts throughout California. She also assists trial lawyers with formulating strategy and crafting motions.

Before joining FCOP, Wendy spent 37 years with Lascher & Lascher and has argued appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, the U.S. Seventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, all six districts of the California Court of Appeal and in U.S. District Courts.

Active in the appellate legal community, Wendy currently serves as President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.  She is a member and past president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.  She has also served as chair of the State Bar’s Committee on Appellate Courts, chair of the Appellate Law Advisory Commission of the Board of Legal Specialization and President of the Ventura County Bar Association.

In her spare time, Wendy teaches at the Ventura and Santa Barbara Colleges of Law, is a mentor in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program and enjoys hiking, gardening and working out. Wendy has three sons and two granddaughters.

Ms. McAdam has been serving the non-English speaking residents of rural East Ventura County for over three years, and has logged over 200 hours in weekly clinics that provide legal services for agricultural workers, women, the elderly, and many others in various disputes.

You can read about Leslie’s work and the other award recipients here.

This year’s seminar, titled “Surviving in a Difficult Economy,” will focus on leases, tenant’s and landlord’s rights, bankruptcy, and ethics as they relate to current legislation and our state’s economic situation.

Hosted by Sterling Education Services, this day-long seminar in Santa Barbara will be relevant to all real estate and property management professionals, as well as attorneys practicing in those fields.

This event is available for CLE credit.

• Job applications, interviewing & hiring.
• Disciplining and terminating employees.
• How to prepare enforceable severance and release agreements and arbitration agreements.
• Handling post-employment claims like unemployment, wage and hour.
• How to avoid litigation– and what to do if you wind up in litigation.
• How to develop effective workplace policies, including Employee Handbooks.
• How to handle employee use of technology including e-mails, instant messaging,blogging, and social media.
• Employer obligations in handling electronic and digital information.