Stephen Warren Solomon - Playa Del Rey, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1964
    J.D.
    Honors: Winner, First Year Moot Court Program
    Law Review: UCLA Law Review

• Non Legal Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1961
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Economics and Political Science, Specialization in Local Government

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, Labor Relations, UCLA Extension
  
• Instructor, International Association of Chiefs of Police
  
• Lecturer, ABC Law and Land Use Planning Seminars, 1994 - 2000
  
• Speaker, 19th Annual State Convention, "How to Survive in Business Under the New ABC Statutes and Land-Use Planning", California State Package Store & Tavern Owners Association, 1995
  
• Speaker, "Liability and Responsibility", Valley for Responsible Beverage Service, 1995
  
• Speaker, How to Select a Qualified Attorney, Projustice Summit, 1996
  
• Speaker, Legal Rights Seminar, San Bernardino, CA, 1996
  
• Speaker, "Understanding the Laws, Rules and Regulations of the ABC and Growing Problem with Use Permits", Business Opportunity Council of California, 1996
  
• Speaker, "Zoning and Use Permits by Cities and Counties to Regulate or Abolish Retailing of Alcoholic Beverages", National Association of Beverage Retailer Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1996
  
• Speaker, "Protect Your Business form Police and Decoy Stings", California Grocers Association, Retail Food Industry Show, 1996
  
• Speaker, "The Trips & Traps of Alcoholic Beverage License Ownership", Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals, LA Chapter, September Meeting, 2007

Published Works

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
• "Judging the Judges", A Study of the Administrative Law Judges of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
• California Forms of Pleading and Practice, "Alcoholic Beverage Licensing," (Co-Editorial Consultant), Matthew Bender, Chapter 18, 1996
• "Los Angeles Liquor Retailers' Struggle with Local Politicians & Morality Issues", LIT No. 5, 6 & 7, Beverage Bulletin, Part I 5/95, Part II, 6/95, Part III, 7/95
• "Los Angeles Riot of 1992, Earthquake of 1994, Nude Entertainment, Local Politics and Moralities", 1994-1995 Article
• Annual Updates, ABC Licensee Handbook
• “Judges Should Not Permit Consultants to Practice Law” Los Angeles Daily Journal, Co-Author, 2012

Bar Admissions

• California, 1964
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• UCLA (Coaches Roundtable)
• UC Santa Barbara (Chancellor Associates, Past Member)
• UCLA (Chancellor Associates, Past Member)
• Windward High School (Past Member, Board of Trustees)
• Crossroads High School (Past Member, Board of Trustees)
• Malibu Justice Court (Judge Pro Tem)
• L.A. Municipal Court (Judge Pro Tem)
• Pepperdine Law School Moot Court Program (Judge)
• UCLA Law School: Judge, Moot Court Program
• Administration Bar Association (Past President)
• Long Beach Police Honorary Association (Member)
• Intertribal Court of Southern California Bar Association (Member)
• Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
• American Bar Association
• California Indian Law Association
• Certificate of Appreciation - Los Angeles Superior Court Temporary Judge Program, 2011
• Certificate of Appreciation - Los Angeles Superior Court Temporary Judge Program, 2010
• Certificate of Appreciation - Los Angeles Superior Court Temporary Judge Program, 2009
• Committee on Beverage Alcohol Practice
• Eagle & Badge Foundation (Life Member)
• Long Beach Police Officers Honorary Association
• UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Associates (Past Member)
• UCLA Coaches Roundtable
• UCLA Chancellor Associates (Past Member)