Joel M. Pores
Attorney
Email: JPores@PoresLaw.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; Professionalism & Ethics Committee - Member 2000-2002, Chair of MCLE Seminar 2000, Member 2008 - ; Community Outreach Committee - Member; Mentor Program - Mentor in Ethics and Professionalism; Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee - Arbitrator, Panel Chair; Constitutional Rights Foundation - Mock Trial Competition Coach, La Quinta H.S., 1998); State Bar of California: Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program - Arbitrator, Panel Chair; Committee for Mandatory Fee Arbitration - Member 2006-2009; Orange County Trial Lawyers - Member.

Biography: Author: "Client Relations, A Guide to Better Understanding," 1996 Belize Seminar. Co-Author: OCBA Professionalism & Ethics Committee Unpublshed 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; Co-Author, Handout "A Day in the Life of the Firm," 2000; Co-Author, Handout "Ethical Issues in Bankruptcy Planning," State Bar Convention Seminar, 2001; Co-Author, Handout "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" and "Fees Paid in Advance" Legal Ethics Seminar Lorman 8/05; Author Handout "Recent Ethical Developments" OCBA Mandatory Fee Arbitration/Client Relations Committee Appreciation Luncheon, 2007. 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; OCBA Mandatory Fee Arbitration/Client Relations Committee Appreciation Luncheon 10/30/07 "Recent Ethical Developments".

Languages: Spanish.

Born: Brooklyn, New York, August 9, 1951

ISLN: 904360279