Gary C. Seiser, Author

Gary C. Seiser is one of California's leading authorities on juvenile dependency law and practice, and is certified as a Child Welfare Law Specialist by the National Association of Counsel for Children, which is accredited by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. After working for 28 years in the dependency system, he retired as a supervising deputy with the Juvenile Dependency Division of the San Diego County Office of County Counsel in 2012. In 2010 he received the L. Michael Clark Civility and Professionalism Award from the County Counsels' Association of California, Child Welfare Study Section: "For exemplifying the highest standards of professionalism and civility in advocating for social workers, social services agencies, children, and families at the trial, appellate, and legislative levels." He was a member of the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care (2006-2009). An experienced trial and appellate attorney, he has more than sixty-five published appellate decisions. Mr. Seiser's writing in this treatise has been cited by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and numerous California appellate courts. His published work also includes articles for the American Bar Association Child Law Practice and a chapter in The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology (2002). A former Commissioner of the Riverside County Superior Court assigned to the Juvenile Court and a former prosecutor, Mr. Seiser also served as a member of the SB 1195 Task Force, which rewrote much of California's dependency law through Senate Bill 243 [Stats. 1987, ch. 1485]. Mr. Seiser has served as a consultant on the Judicial Benchguides for dependency hearings published by the California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER). He is a frequent speaker on juvenile dependency law and practice, and has served as faculty for CJER, the California Judges Association, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the ABA Center on Children and the Law, and the National Association of Counsel for Children.

Hon. Kurt Kumli, Author

Kurt Kumli is a California Superior Court Judge for the County of Santa Clara, a former Commissioner on the State Commission on Juvenile Justice, and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He is a juvenile law curriculum advisor for the California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) and serves as one of CJER's primary faculty members for all matters relating to juvenile law and policy. He was instrumental in creating specialized delinquency courts for drug offenders, family violence and restorative justice, was the co-creator of the country's first juvenile mental health court, and implemented Santa Clara's juvenile deferred entry of judgment (DEJ) process, which now accounts for nearly 30% of all first-time court referrals in that county. A nationally recognized expert on juvenile law and policy, Judge Kumli teaches delinquency law and policy classes throughout the United States. The National Institute of Justice chose Judge Kumli as a recipient of a John B. Pickett Fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program. Judge Kumli has been a member of the California Judicial Council's Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee, an advisory board member for the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice, the Juvenile Law Chair for the Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues, and a faculty member and technical advisor for the California District Attorney's Association where he chaired its Juvenile Justice Committee. He has published numerous articles on gang prosecution, juvenile justice reform, juvenile mental health court and California's adult court certification (Fitness) process.

LaRon Hogg Haught, Contributor

LaRon Hogg Haught is an attorney specializing in delinquency law and policy with the Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Families, Children and the Courts and an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law. She previously worked as a Senior Program Associate at the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice at the University of California, Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) and as a deputy legislative counsel for the Office of Legislative Counsel in Sacramento. Ms. Hogg Haught spent 12 years as a juvenile probation officer in Santa Clara County prior to attending law school. She also authored the first published academic article on California's Juvenile Deferred Entry of Judgment practices.

John P. Passalacqua, Contributor

John P. Passalacqua is certified as a Child Welfare Law Specialist by the National Association of Counsel for Children, which is accredited by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. He has a private practice in Mendocino and Lake Counties where he is appointed counsel for children and parents in juvenile dependency proceedings. Mr. Passalacqua is the Program Administrator for child and parent representation in Humboldt County dependency proceedings. He is also the CEO and Executive Director of Dependency Legal Services (DLS), a California non-profit public benefit corporation, which represents parents in Sonoma County dependency proceedings. He has been representing children, parents, and de facto parents in dependency cases for over 18 years and was responsible for the formation and management of firms in Sacramento and Stanislaus that represented parents in dependency cases. Mr. Passalacqua has also served on numerous committees that developed policy and procedures in dependency matters for the Counties of Sacramento, Stanislaus, Mendocino and Humboldt. He is a frequent presenter on juvenile dependency law throughout the state including serving as faculty at the Beyond the Bench conference and for the Dependency Representation, Administration, Funding & Training (DRAFT) program. Mr. Passalacqua is a contributing author and editor for the Dependency Quick Guide, which is published by the California Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Children, Families, and the Courts, as a reference manual for attorneys representing parents and children in dependency proceedings. Mr. Passalacqua is a graduate of McGeorge School of Law and the State University of New York, College at Buffalo.

Jennifer Kaye Williams, Contributor

Jennifer Kaye Williams currently serves as an administrative hearing officer for the San Francisco Human Services Agency. For the prior 12 years, she was a Deputy City Attorney for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office. She initially served as trial counsel for the San Francisco Human Services Agency, and then became General Counsel to the Agency and served in that capacity for over ten years. She also handled all appeals and writs generated from the City Attorney's juvenile dependency unit. As General Counsel Ms. Williams provided legal advice regarding the administration of the dependency division, all public assistance programs, including General Assistance, CalWORKS, and Food Stamps, and the San Francisco Adult Protective Services division. She also worked with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on legislation impacting the populations served under these programs. Ms. Williams began her career in 1994 when she started handling dependency cases in the Riverside County Counsel's office at both the trial and appellate levels. She then worked for the Administrative Office of the Courts under a federal grant to improve statewide compliance with Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. There, she spent time in multiple California counties, working with social services agencies, probation departments, and juvenile courts, improving compliance with federal requirements in juvenile matters. She has argued before the California Supreme Court and on numerous occasions before California Courts of Appeal, and has provided training statewide for agency attorneys handling juvenile dependency matters. She continues to consult on dependency writs and appeals.

Jeffrey Miles Bryant, Contributor

Jeffrey Miles Bryant is a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice. He is admitted to practice before the state courts in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and before various federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. As a deputy attorney general, he currently handles criminal writs and appeals, and has also served on the San Francisco office?s trial team. Bryant is the designated juvenile delinquency expert for the Attorney General?s Office and has also served as the San Francisco office?s expert on Proposition 21 (the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act of 1998). Prior to coming to the Attorney General?s Office, Bryant was a law clerk for the Oregon Supreme Court and for the Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. Bryant has worked as a deputy prosecutor for the Marion County (Oregon) District Attorney?s Office, serving as a misdemeanor and felony trial deputy, grand jury deputy, and supervising deputy for the juvenile division. Bryant has been an instructor at prosecutorial seminars on juvenile delinquency law, and is currently an instructor at the annual Juvenile Law Institute, University of California, Riverside Extension.

 

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