Leslie Devaney and school lawyers Dan Shinoff and Ray Artiano want to put a schoolteacher in jail for mentioning them on her website

I got an email this morning from Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz telling me that they have scheduled an ex parte hearing for Thursday. They are asking the judge for appropriate sanctions "including jail time" to punish me for mentioning them on my website. It's true that Judge Judith Hayes is extremely fond of the folks at Stutz law firm, but--jail?

To Leslie Devaney, Dan Shinoff, Ray Artiano and Jim Holtz:

We must always be careful about what we wish for. What if the judge were to do as you suggest, and put me in jail? Surely the media would cover the case of the school teacher that went to jail at the request of school lawyers for the transgression of mentioning their name on her website.

Sincerely,
Maura Larkins

P.S. Do you not know that we have a budget crisis in California? How much money do you want the taxpayers to spend to help you silence me? Aren't they already paying enough to your law firm?

Super lawyer James Holtz profile at San Diego Daily Transcript

I think perhaps Jim Holtz predicted incorrectly when he evaluated the Maura Larkins case in 2004.

Profile: Jim Holtz
Partner
Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz
San Diego Daily Transcript

One of the keys to litigating an insurance case is experience, which could be why so many clients turn to the lawyers at Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz.

"We can evaluate liability and what the expected award will be very early on because we've seen these types of cases before," said partner Jim Holtz, who heads the firm's insurance practice. "We can identify what the likely result will be at trial ... whether a verdict will be in a certain range.

Holtz recently predicted the exact amount of a case that returned an $85,000 verdict.