OTLA Trial Lawyer Fall 2024

Front Cover	1
Table of Contents	3
President’s Message: Hard Work Is Where I Come From	4
Annual Partners	8
View from the Bench: Civil Justice: It’s the Life We Choose That Changes People’s Lives	10
In Our Voices	12
Holding Space for Growth After Trauma	14
Fighting for the Unhoused	18
Dedicated to Sara Suarez for Her Bravery	22
My Journey Through the Courts With an Industrious Abuser	25
OTLA Guardians of Civil Justice	28
Motorcycle Madness: Ten Lessons Learned from Being My Own Client	30
The Cat Worth Seven-Figures	34
What We Can Learn from Our OTLA Peers	38
It’s the Stories That Linger	42
Battles Lost and Cases Won	48
Comp Corner: There Is No Such Thing as Encompassed Conditions	51
Between the Sheets	52

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