CAOC Forum - September/October 2026

This edition features themed articles on "Technology's Effect on Advocacy."


Front Cover
1

Featured Author Index
2

John Blake
54

Scott E. Boyer
45

Jade M. Brewster
38

Carlen L. Don
12

Alexis R. Gamliel
12

Denisse Gastélum
28

Jason A. Ibey
34

Micha Star Liberty
58

F. Edie Mermelstein
16

Mark Mina
24

Nancy Peverini
9

Douglas Saeltzer
8

Benjamin Schenk
66

Featured Article Index
2

The Work You Did Not See
8

Legislative Update
9

The Case for Human Beings in the AI Era: The Employment Lawyer Perspective
12

How Legal Technology Can Strengthen a Lawyer's Judgment Without Replacing It
16

The Settings Nobody Changed: Protecting Your Firm and Data from Cyber Attacks
24

When AI Writes the Police Report: What Plaintiffs' Attorneys Need to Know
28

Tips for Introducing, Challenging Evidence from Archived Internet Sources such as the Wayback Machine
34

My Client's Other Lawyer is ChatGPT: What Attorneys Need to Know When Clients Turn to AI
38

The Remote Deposition Coaching Problem, and the Case for a Formal Rule
45

The Legal Tech Shift Plaintiff Firms Can't Afford to Miss: Agentic AI in Complex Litigation
54

When Harm is Invisible: Litigating AI and EdTech Claims in California Classrooms
58

Five Hours for a Sheet of Pleading Paper: What I Learned When I Stopped Waiting for the Legal Tech Industry to Save Me
66

News, Notes, Lists
2

PAC Board Chair Report by Roger Dreyer
76

Advocates Club Listing
77

Business Friend Listing
84

Grassroots Report by Natalie Robertson
85

DEI Committee Report by Shalini Quattlebaum
87

Legal Staff Support Group Report by Assal Badrkhani, Cesar Garcia
88

Women's Caucus Report by Ji-In Houck
90

New Lawyers Division Report by Matt Sahak
92

President's Club Listing
95

Membership Report
97

Affiliate Partner Listing
98

Advertising Index
3

ADR Services, Inc.
36

Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC)
68

Arias Sanguinetti
18

Baldwin Settlements
56

Bisnar Chase
10

Esquire Bank
22

Eve.Legal
48

EvenUp Law
11

Greenberg & Ruby
53

Greene, Broillet, Wheeler LLP
5

Judicate West
15

Lawyers for Justice
33

Physician Life Care Planning
52

Richard Harris Law Firm
23

Riley Ersoff Rodas LLP
57

Robert W. Johnson & Associates
4

Rockpoint Legal Funding
37

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP
26

Signature Resolution
65

Steno
44

Supio
27

USA Express Legal & Investigative Services, Inc.
41

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