Law Practice
May 20, 2010
The Dangers Attorneys Face
Despite best efforts, sometimes the courts just get it wrong.
Timothy D. Reuben
Founder and CEO, Reuben, Raucher & Blum
Phone: (310) 777-1990
Email: treuben@rrbattorneys.com
Reuben is the founder and CEO at Reuben Raucher & Blum. Alongside his extensive career as a civil litigator specializing in complex matters at both the trial and appellate level, he serves pro bono as a temporary judge and settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, as well as a fee arbitrator for the LA County Bar.
Litigators have nightmares, acid reflux, and perpetual bouts of insecurity because despite their best efforts, sometimes the courts just get it wrong. Sadly, that is what happened to Manatt in the just published malicious prosecution case of Franklin Mint Co. v Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 2010 DJDAR 6539. In a divided opinion, the 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed Judge Warren Ettinger's directed verdict that Manatt had objective probable cause to sue Franklin Mint and went...
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