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  YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes Redwood City Attorney Catherine Raye-Wong, Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, to discuss  Planning for and Managing a Small Estate.  Questions for Jeff or Catherine?  Please call us, toll free, at  (866) 798-8255.

  Two weeks ago, with San Francisco social welfare agencies considering a program to redefine the reach of “mental health” conservatorship, we began to discuss Part 1.  Now, June 26 sees resumption in Part 2 of our discussion. YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes Jessica Lynn Rowe, Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law, and Member of Trust & Estates  Law & Taxation Law Sections of California Lawyers Association; Dr George Bach-Y-Rita, MD, Board Certified in Psychiatry & Neurology, San Francisco. Questions for Jessica and George?

  YLR host, Jeff Hayden, welcomes Nafiz M Ahmed, Certified Criminal Law Specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization. Nafiz joins us live on the air to discuss vehicle safety, license reinstatement and suspension, avoiding suspension and maintaining our safe streets? Are new regulations the win-win? Questions for Nafiz and Jeff? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. 

  San Francisco considers expanding the reach of conservatorship laws. YLR host Jeff Hayden is joined by returning guest Paula Spano. Together, they explain just what IS a "mental health conservatorship." Your questions for Jeff and Paula? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255.

  This week, June 5, 2019, we discuss that part of the world where criminal law and immigration law intersect. In particular, what challenges do non-citizens face today? Especially as they may be burdened with very old or minor criminal infraction(s), which they had been led to believe were insignificant or petty criminal offenses, what can be done to help these folks -- they who have lived alongside us for many years, raising families in good faith -- must they now face losing everything?

Prescott Cole, Senior Staff Attorney with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform -- CANHR --has long championed Senior Rights.   Palo Alto Attorney Peter Stern teaches lawyers about MediCal and Special Needs Trusts.  Our guests are  introduced this evening by Your Legal Rights Host Jeff Hayden. Questions for Jeff, Peter and Prescott? Please call toll-free, 866-798-8255. Also, this is our once-a-month Call-A-Lawyer Night.

  Bankruptcy: yes or no? YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes Leon Bayer, live via telephone from Los Angeles. Mr Bayer is Bankruptcy Law Specialist, certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, and he is co-author of THE NEW BANKRUPTCY: WILL IT WORK FOR YOU? published by Nolo: www.nolo.com/law-authors/leon-bayer.html. Your own questions right now go straight to Leon and Jeff, so please call us toll-free, 866-798-8255. 

  Landlord-Tenant Issues & Answers 2019. Jeff Hayden, our host over KALW (91.7 FM), San Francisco 415-841-4121: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 7-8 PM, welcomes Landlord-Tenant Attorneys -- Sal Timpano, San Francisco, 415-992-5170; and James Coy Driscoll, 415-673-6000. Jeff Hayden, Host; Certified Criminal Law Specialist, California Board of Legal  Specialization, State Bar of California, & member of the Criminal Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. Questions for Sal & Coy? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255.  

  This week, on May 8, 2019, in conjunction with the Labor & Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, we will discuss Employment Law -- in particular, HARASSMENT, BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. YLR On-air Host, criminal law specialist Jeff Hayden, welcomes Matthew Wayne, of the Armstrong Law Firm, SanFrancisco CA; Philip I Person, Greenberg Traurig Law, San Francisco CA. Both guests appear courtesy of the Labor and Employment section of the California Lawyers Association. Questions/comments for Jeff's guest specialists?

  Tonight, 7pm May 1, 2019, we discuss OUR SYSTEM OF BAIL: WHAT’S RIGHT AND WHAT’S WRONG? Should we still have a cash bail system? If we abolish, what would a successor program look like? If we maintain, is there a way to fix the current system?

  This week, on April 24, 2019, we will discuss how to deal with lawbreakers when cultural  factors have shaped the individual's path to criminal behavior, looking especially to juvenile delinquents? Is incarceration a relic of the past, or a necessity? When are community-based alternatives better than an institutional approach?  YLR Host Jeff Hayden welcomes our on-air guests: Richard "Rick" Halpern, juvenile managing attorney, Private Defender Program of the San Mateo County Bar Association; James Wade, Assistant San Mateo County District Attorney.

  This hour of Your Legal Rights is a rebroadcast of "Lawyer Referral Services" from the Your Legal Rights audio archive. It considers value to individual Californians of the Lawyer Referral Services offered by County Bar Associations. It aired originally on February 21, 2018, and our guest host was Jeff Hayden. As this show is prerecorded, we won't be taking calls.  

  We have the Mueller Report: Now what's next? Your Legal Rights host Jeff Hayden welcomes Dean Johnson and Jamal Anderson. Emmy-nominated commentator on both legal and political matters, Dean Johnson practices criminal defense and civil litigation. Deputy District Attorney, San Mateo County, Jamal Anderson worked ten years in Capitol Hill, including aide to Nancy Pelosi transitioning from Minority Leader to Speaker. Questions for Dean and Jamal? Please call YLR toll-free 866-798-8255.  

  Income tax 2018?

YLR Host Jeff Hayden welcomes David Hellman and Frank Adam.

With law offices in San Rafael, David Hellman is certified as a Specialist in Taxation Law & Estate Planning, plus Trust & Probate Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California. He is also a member of the Business Law, Trusts & Estates, Real Property Law & Taxation Sections of the California Lawyers Association.

In conjunction with The Labor & Employment Section of the California Lawyers Association, Your Legal Rights presents "Employment Law 101 -- Choosing a lawyer in a highly specialized marketplace." Your Legal Rights host Jeff Hayden, a Certified Criminal Law Specialist, welcomes Jessica Riggin, Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP, San Francisco, CA; Lisa Lawson, Pennington Lawson, San Francisco; Ellen Mendelson, Esq., with Law Office of Ellen A Mendelson, San Francisco. We take a look at one of the most diverse and highly specialized areas of legal practice. Questions for Jeff's guests?

Your chance to interview us; tonight's audience-staff-participants consider what this  weekly program may yet become.As we continue past the one year mark without our founder-producer Chuck Finney, YLR host Jeff Hayden invites your feedback: Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. Also, this is our once-a-month Call-A-Lawyer Night. So, while Your Legal Rights broadcasts on 91.7 FM (online kalw.org) 7 'til 8pm PST, attorneys are available off-the-air as well -- 800-525-9917, for private no-fee consultation on a variety of legal questions.

  This evening we resume Lemon Law discussion last visited January 30. Program host Jeff Hayden  welcomes Ronald Rohde, in-studio, and John Hanson, San Diego, via telephone. Buying, maintaining or selling a vehicle? What regulations in California law protect the motorist? Questions for Ronald and John? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. 

 YLR topic: A state of emergency; reboot the shutdown government? Executive authority? Something else? Program Host Jeff Hayden, certified criminal law specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization, welcomes guests Dean Johnson and Jamal Anderson.  Emmy nominated commentator Dean Johnson  analyzes both legal and political matters on both television and radio, practices criminal and civil litigation in state and federal courts, and is the founder of pundit network (www.punditnetwork.com).  Jamal Anderson currently serves as a Deputy San Mateo County District Attorney.

  Your Legal Rights host, Jeff Hayden, considers bankruptcy law, with timely reflections on PG&E's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Our welcome guest tonight via telephone from Los Angeles is Leon Bayer, Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California. Mr Bayer is coauthor of THE NEW BANKRUPTCY: WILL IT WORK FOR YOU? published by Nolo: www.nolo.com/law-authors/leon-bayer.html. His law firm, Bayer, Wishman & Leotta, bayerwishmanbankruptcylaw.com, is located in Los Angeles, 800-477-3111. Your questions right now for Leon and Jeff?

  Tonight, January 30, 2019, Your Legal Rights examines California's Lemon Law. Host Jeff Hayden welcomes guests in studio: Ronald Rohde, from Palo Alto, and via telephone: John Hanson, in San Diego, California. Questions for Ronald and John? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. Also, this is our once-a-month Call-A-Lawyer Night. So, while Your Legal Rights broadcasts on 91.7 FM (online kalw.org) 7 'til 8pm PST, attorneys are available off-the-air as well -- 800-525-9917, for private no-fee consultation on a variety of legal questions.

  Once again, host Jeff Hayden welcomes to KALW Sal Timpano and Jessica Chylik, both with practices at San Francisco and neighboring communities. Questions for Sal and Jessica? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. 

  "I just received a notice from the city: What should I do first?" This week, continuing our consumer legal education with a look at Municipal Law, YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes attorney Lance Bayer. Your own good questions for Jeff and Lance? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255.

  We continue our consumer legal education with a look at Labor Law.  Courtesy of the Labor and Employment Section of the California Lawyers Association, Jeff Hayden introduces Labor Law 101 and welcomes Tom Lenz and Jill Coffman. Questions for Tom and Jill? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. 

  YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes Dean Johnson and Jamal H Anderson. Continuing shuffle of staff and even cabinet members? Extensive ongoing Russia investigations, government shutdown, new-majority Democratic house? Which are truly important legal and political developments? To those who join us from home or in the coming year, what will this mean? Your own good questions for Jeff's guests? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255.

  Employment Law 102 -- New employment laws for 2019. Your Legal Rights host, Jeff Hayden, welcomes Scott Stillman, San Francisco CA, and Samson Elsbernd, Sacromento CA; both are members of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. Questions for Jeff's guests? Please call toll-free 866-798-8255. 

Special guest is tax specialist David Hellman.