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Ralph Barat Saltsman - Playa Del Rey, CA
426 Culver Boulevard Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson
Playa Del Rey Land Use Planning - Liquor Law Lawyer
Overview
Honors & Awards:
2004 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, February 2004
Media:
2012 Los Angeles Emmy Award, Producer, Cheap Eats
2011 Presenter Los Angeles Area EMMY Awards
Academy of Television, Arts & Science
Television Co-host and Co-creator, "Cheap Eats"™
2009 to date - Channels 16 & 36
Television Co-host and Co-creator "Legal Help Live"
2005 to date - Channels 16 & 36
Television Co-host "It' Your Call"- homeless issues in Southern California
2007, 2008 - Channels 16 & 36
Radio Talk Show Host for "Legal Help Live" on KRLA Radio AM 870 2000 to 2006
Published Works:
Recent Articles
"Temporary Judges: Critical Asset During Budget Crisis" - Daily Journal, Co-Author, Sept. 2012
"In a State of Denial About Pot?" - Los Angeles Business Journal, Co-Author, Feb. 6, 2012
"No Indian Casinos in Los Angeles County? Why Not?" - Indian Country Today, Co-Author, November 22, 2011
"Letting the Genie Out of the Bottle?" Indian Intrastate Internet Gaming - January 7, 2011, Co-Author
"Is it an Elephant or a Mouse?" - 2010 Los Angeles Daily Journal, Co-Author
“Into the Cookie Jar” - 2009 Los Angeles Daily Journal, Co-Author
“Indian Casino Liquor: Licensing Impacted by Anti-Indian Forces” – 2006 Indian Country, Co-Author
“The Wal-Mart Way - The Nation's Largest Retailer Should Inspire Respect Instead of Animosity” – 2006 Los Angeles Business Journal, Co-Author
“Extreme Makeover: Identity Upgrades” – 2006 Los Angeles Daily Journal, Co-Author
“Who's the Judge? Or, How Those Backroom Decisions Are Made” – 2004 California Beverage News, Co-Author
“Sovereign Indian Nations and California’s ABC” - Nov 5, 2003 Indian Country, Co-Author
“Native American Nations Should Set Their Own Liquor-Licensing Rules” – 2003 Los Angeles Journal, Co-Author
About Ralph Barat Saltsman
Practice Areas
- Land Use Planning - Liquor Law
- Administrative/Governmental Relations
- Appellate Law
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Litigation - Business, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Malpractice
- Indian Gaming/Sovereignty and ABC Law
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1974
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1974
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- California Bar Association (Member)
- California Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
- Santa Monica Bar Association (Member)
- The Loyola Student Representative to the Community Legal Assistance Center Executive Board (Governing Board of Loyola University Clinical Education - Community Service Program), 1973 (Member)
- Student-Faculty Clinical Education Committee, 1972 - 1973 (Member)
- Loyola Law School (Judge, Moot Court Competition)
- Intertribal Court of Southern California Bar Association (Member)
- Certificate of Appreciation - Los Angeles Superior Court Temporary Judge Program , 2007
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1973
Honors: Recognition of Service to Student Body, 1973 - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1970
B.A.
Honors: Blackstonean Honor Society, 1968
Major: English Literature
Classes and Seminars
- Seminar Leader/Instructor, ABC Law Seminars
- Lecturer, ABC Law and Land use Planning Seminars, 1993 - 1995
- Lecturer, Live Adult Entertainment Seminar, 1995
- Speaker, 2012 IMLA Annual Conference in Austin, Texas
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Ralph Barat Saltsman
Included on the 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Profiled in Southern California's Top Rated Lawyers Edition(S), 2012 - 2013
- 2013 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine February, 2013
- 2012 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine February, 2012
- 2011 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine February, 2011
- 2010 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine February, 2010
- 2009 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Times and Corporate Counsel Magazine, February, 2009
- 2008 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine & New York Times, February, 2008
- 2007 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, February, 2007
- 2006 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, February, 2006
- 2005 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, February, 2005
- 2004 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, February, 2004
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Los Angeles Superior Court Temporary Judge Program, 2012
Office Information
Address
426 Culver Boulevard Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Phone
Fax
- 310-822-3512
Websites
Publication
Articles
- "Help! What Can Be Done to Make Applying For a License Fair?", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVIII, No.5, May 2004
- "Tobacco Boondoggle, Now You'll Need a License to Sell a Cigarette", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVIII, No.4, April 2004
- "Here Comes the Judge, When Does a Licensee Get to See a Real Judge?", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVIII, No.3, March 2004
- "Who's the Judge? Or, How Those Backroom Decisions are Made", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVIII, No.2, February 2004
- "Sue the Minor and Parents of the Minor Who Uses False ID to Buy Alcohol", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVIII, No.1, January 2004
- "Playing "Who's the Buyer"", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.12, December 2003
- "Serving the Obviously Intoxicated, Can You Be Sued For Serving That Drunk?", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.11, November 2003
- "Is Organized Crime Buying ABC Licenses?", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.10, October 2003
- "What To Do When You Get A "309" Letter From The ABC", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.9, September 2003
- "Alcopops, Malternatives and Flavored Coolers: The ABC's of Kiddy Alcohol", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.8, August 2003
- "Thirty-Two Questions on Buying a Hospitality Business", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No.7, July 2003
- "Alcohol Problem - Native American Nations Should Set Their Own Liquor-Licensing Rules", co-author, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Wednesday, June 18, 2003 pg.6
- "Sovereign Indian Nations and the ABC", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol.LXVII,No.6, June 2003
- "Lost in the Application Maze", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol.LXVII,No.5, May 2003
- "Narcotics Paraphernalia: The New ABC Dragnet", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol.LXVII, No.4; April 2003
- "Pleading Your License Away", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol.LXVII, No.3; March 2003
- "ABC Appeals Board: Court of Last Resort", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol.LXVII, No.2; February 2003
- "Conditional Use Permits and ABC Licenses", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVII, No. 1; January 2003
- "The World of False Identification", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVI, No. 12; December 2002
- "Minor Decoys: Multiple Liabilities", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVI, No. 11; November 2002
- "Consultants as Counselors", co-author, California Beverage News, Vol. LXVI, No. 10; October 2002
- "Judges Should Not Permit Consultants to Practice Law", co-author, Los Angeles Daily Journal, VOL. 115, NO. 132; reprinted in California Beverage News
- Chapter 18, Administrative Law, "Alcoholic Beverage Licensing", Contributing Editor, Matthew Bender, Chapter 18, 1994
- "Judging the Judges", A Study of the Administrative Law Judges of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board: Annual Updates, ABC Licensee Handbook
Representative Cases
- Dash, Inc. v Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, 682 F.2d 1229 (1982)
- Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board (Quintanar) , 40 Cal.4th 1 (2006)
- Rondon v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, 151 Cal. App.4th 1274 (2007)
- Chevron Stations, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, 149 Cal. App.4th 116 (2007)
- Acapulco Restaurants, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board., 67 Cal.App.4th 575 (1998)
- Board of Police Commissioner v. Superior Court (Chippendales), 168 Cal.App.3d 420 (1985)
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