Posts by anewperson

Education:
Law School —University of San Diego, California , J.D. (cum laude) 1971
College —University of Washington, Washington, B.A. Communications 1968

Practice:

1972-1974
San Diego Federal Defenders, Inc., Trial Lawyer

1974-1979
Deutch, Parziale & McCabe, Partner

1979-1988
Sole Practitioner

1988-Present
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York
Associate General Counsel and Private Practice As

A Sole Practitioner in San Diego.

Legal Licensure:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:
U.S. Supreme Court:

Legal Licensure:

U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York:
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of New York:
New York state courts:
U.S. District Court for Southern District of Florida:
Supreme Court of California:
U.S. District Court for Southern District of California:
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of California:
U.S. District Court for Central District of California:
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of New York:

Professional Experience:
Reported cases:

Lunsford v. Regents Univ. Cal.,
No. A050943 (Cal. Ct. App. filed July 28, 1992)
(First case in the United States where money damages ($500,000) were awarded to parents for the wrongful transfusion of their minor child. Although overturned by post trial motions and affirmed on appeal, the case was settled for an amount in excess of six figures.)

U.S. v. Kendall,
655 F.2d 199 (9th Cir. 1981)

U.S. v. Peterson,
592 F.2d 1035 (9th Cir. 1979)

U. S. v. Dunn,
564 F.2d 348 (9th Cir. 1977)

U. S. v. Wood,
550 F.2d 435, 1 Fed. R. Evid. Serv 492 (9th Cir. 1976)

U. S. v. Tilton,
534 F.2d 1363 (9th Cir. 1976)

U. S. v. Olof,
527 F.2d 752 (9th Cir. 1975)

Professional Experience:
Reported cases:

U. S. v. Ramos
476 F.2d 624 (9th Cir. 1973)

U. S. v. Sosa,
469 F.2d 271 (9th Cir. 1972)

U. S. v. Rodriguez,
459 F.2d 983 (9th Cir. 1972)

U.S. v. Parker,
454 F.2d 1177 (9th Cir. 1972)

Lectures/Seminars:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, D.C.
"Religious Intolerance in Europe" briefing on the discriminatory tax against the France Branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses. July 22, 1998.

Commission on Security And Cooperation in Europe, Washington, D.C. "Religious Intolerance In Europe." A legal perspective on the treatment of minority religions in Europe. The Commission members heard testimony concerning discrimination against members of certain religious groups. Religious leaders, scholars and others testified about how various countries in Europe and mistreating various religious minorities in contradiction to the religious freedom principles in the Helsinki accords.—guest speaker, September 19, 1997.

Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and Citizens for Religious Tolerance, Sofia, Bulgaria: "Religious Tolerance In A Human Rights Perspective." A legal perspective of The Role on the Non-Governmental Organizations. Addressing the religious freedom in general context of promotion of a human rights culture in the post-communist society.—guest speaker, January 14-15, 1995.

Human Rights Without Frontiers, Athens, Greece: "Freedom of Religious Conscience in Greece". A legal perspective of the U.S.A. Experience. That the religious freedoms which are duly instituted in the Greek Constitution be implemented by deeds and not just words is the request mad e to the Greek government by the organization "Human Rights Without Frontiers." A seminar attended by Greek journalists, foreign press correspondents, lawyers, university professors, sociologists, economists, representatives of foreign embassies, many religious minorities, conscientious objectors’ organizations, Amnesty International, the Council of State…actively took part in the seminar.—guest speaker, November 2-3, 1993.

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Bethel Lawers in Othello This Week

by nytelecom2 in

jw
friends

let the games begin

anewperson

Joshua Briones
Associate

Practice Group(s):
Litigation

E-mail: [email protected]
Office: 4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2133
Telephone: (858) 638-6819
Fax: (858) 677-1477

Areas of Special Expertise:
Personal jurisdiction/forum nonconveniens, contract disputes; alternative dispute resolution; disputes involving international law issues.

Prior Professional Experience:

Extern, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ (Summer 1997)
Broker’s Assistant, Smith Barney, San Diego, CA (1994-1996)
Community Professional Activities:

Minister, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Member, San Diego County Bar Association
Member, San Diego Lawyer’s Club
Pro Bono work for San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program
Authored Works:

Paying the Price for NAFTA: Women and Children Laborers in Mexico, 9 UCLA Women’s LJ 301 (1999)
Landlord – Tenant Unlawful Detainer Handbook (University Press 1999)
Religious Minorities in Russia (to be submitted for publication)
We Want to Believe Too – The IRFA and The Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Freedom of Religion (to be submitted for publication)
The Money Gospel – Missionaries and The Development of Trade and Investment in China (to be submitted for publication)
Education:
LL.M. – New York University (2001)
J.D. – University of California, Los Angeles (1999)

Joined Firm: 1999

Additional Areas of Interest:

Admitted to practice: All California state and federal courts
Fluent and literate in Spanish

23

Do Apostate demos at conventions work?

by home_and_dry in

jw
friends

firstly, hello from a newbie .

i was reading a thread a few days ago which got me thinking.

it was about everyones views on apostates before leaving the dubs.

anewperson

some of my favorite dreams: plane flies over outdoor convention & leaflets rain down, balloon overhead flashes messages to crowd in convention below, someone paints messages on the store glass window he owns or for whom he has paid someone to do this & that window is right on the street leading up to the convention, or the same thing is done but it is simply that a huge paper poster with gaint lettering is put on the inside of the window(s), someone takes handfuls of leaflets & throws them over the top balcony into the crowds below at a convention or they start showing up in the little day's events leaflets & here & there all over the convention building. doing something beats doing nothing, when one thing doesnt work try another

16

News on Dan Sydlik anyone?

by Room 215 in

jw
friends

hi all,.

a recent thread mentioned the possibility that gb member dan sydlik may well be on his death bed.

is there any news on this?

anewperson

HEARSY ONLY. don't know. do know it was heard that he was upset about his younger wife with another man (was it anderson?) who worked in the service dept several yrs ago. some bethelites they say got transferred out to hush it up. instead word spread when one told a beautician, also that he & C Barber were extra close guys, but that's all hearsay. kind of pale looking, clammy baby soft hands. likes to joke & seem joe friendly smiles on the stage at conventions but can be mean even bully when not seen by big groups. warned alot about apostates like Dawnists, business & money-oriented, liked some of the boys in bethel extra well, all hearsay though. what did YOU hear?

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Repost - Blood Letters

by Lionel_P_Hartley in

reposting randy watters' thread here for longevity.... ************************.

these letters will blow your mind!.

it's hard to beleive that one or two small-minded men in the service dept.

anewperson

the 2 links dont work... just goes to a site selling for freeservers

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Request Help in JWs supporting US consititution

by hawkaw in

jw
friends

question:.

is there any watchtower article or doctine that allows a witness to sign any document which requires as part of signing the document that the witness must protect and up hold a consitution (eg.

us constitution)?.

anewperson

here's a thought for you. if you can show the org acts against or does not benefit human society or its own members then it may be possible to get its tax exempt status as a nonprofit org removed. what if it lost its charters of incorporation for Pennsylvania & NY for example? does the wts endanger the lives of anyone? does the wts take from rather than give to its members & society? does it deny constitutionally guaranteed rights such as voting? see.

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Do Apostate demos at conventions work?

by home_and_dry in

jw
friends

firstly, hello from a newbie .

i was reading a thread a few days ago which got me thinking.

it was about everyones views on apostates before leaving the dubs.

anewperson

Experience is that the WTS's fanatics typically infiltrate such protest groups, especially if large, with a couple men who yell just enough obscenities etc to frighten the onlooking JWs & misled them into thinking things like "all apostates are evil." The "I dunno man, but it sure sounds like fun" comment reminds me of how they weasal into such groups.

But what does work is for very small groups of very close friends (3-4) or individuals making use of signs with questions or references large enough to be read. For exmple you could chalk messges on the sidewalks in large print that are near the convention site.

also leaving leaflets about at or near convention sites, kingdom halls etc can help. what if someone in a van drove by a convention site & turned on a loudspeaker that presented info about the UN & pedophile scandals!

4

A Worldwide Rally

by cornish in

jw
friends

a rally against bullying cults.. one thing i remember reading in steve hassans book combating cult mind control is how much cults hate publicity ie having their dirty deeds out in the open.. i was thinking to myself what do people usually do to highlight some concern or make a protest,here in the uk one popular method is to do a march demonstration and hand a petition or something to the prime minister at ten downing street,would it not be great if ex members of jehovahs witnesses and sympathisers and possibly including ex members of other cults could get together and have a large rally in the nations capital,a point of contention could be destructive cults having charitable status or something but including issues like blood shunning,manipulation etc culminating in downing street,other countries could have similar simaltanious rallies in their capitals.it would probrably grab the medias attention.. are there enough of us?.

just a thought,mayby a little over the top!

anewperson

Suggestion: 1st weekend of May. Make it international, though, say in each national and state or provincial capital.

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Flood Legends "Proof" of Global Flood...

by AlanF in

jw
friends

the march 1, 2002 watchtower contains a couple of articles on noah's flood and the application of this legend to "our day".

thrust of the articles is first to show that the flood was a real, earthwide event, and then to scare ignorant readers into accepting the jw message by claiming that our world is about to undergo a similar divine punishment.

pretty standard fare for long time jw observers.. in the past the watchtower society has published extensive material purporting to show that a global flood occurred a few thousand years ago.

anewperson

In fact very commendable. Maybe the WTS never appointed you an elder but you an elder appointed by virtue of gray hairs that you either have or soon will have. :)