“Just the facts, ma’am.” — Sergeant Joe Friday, “Dragnet”
Michael R. Daymude
Virtual Lawyer — “Representation Made Easy”
- Experienced: since 1974
- Resident of Sherman Oaks since 1979
- Ethical. Dependable. Respectful. Responsive. Competitive. Personable.
- Active Member, State Bar of California. My profile is here.
- Admitted: California Supreme Court
- Admitted: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Admitted: United States District Court, Central District of California
- Admitted: United States District Court, Northern District of California
- Admitted: United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
- UCLA School of Law, J.D., 1974
- Invited Member, UCLA Law Review
- Invited Member, UCLA Moot Court Honors Program
- University of California Irvine, A.B, 1971 (Honors, Economics)
- Memberships: American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Lambda Legal (Lambda), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA), The Humane Society of the United States, and PBS SoCal.
- Supporter of the following non-memberships organizations through regular financial donations: Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Native American Rights Fund (NARF), Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Shriners for Children Medical Center, and Planned Parenthood.
My Promises to Clients
I promise to:
- Treat you with respect and courtesy;
- Be honest in all communications with you using words you understand;
- Use my best efforts on your behalf;
- Handle your matter timely, competently, and diligently — meeting all deadlines;
- Be accessible and responsive — I will return phone calls and respond to email and other correspondence promptly, usually the same day;
- Keep you informed about significant developments, promptly forward to you copies of all important documents, and respond to your informational requests;
- Promptly convey all amounts, terms, and conditions of any settlement offer;
- Maintain your confidences and assert the attorney-client privilege on your behalf whenever necessary to protect them;
- Exercise my independent professional judgment — always in your best interests;
- Charge only an agreed fee pursuant to the terms of our agreement;
- Render detailed true statements of account, including an accounting of any funds held in trust, usually monthly and at your specific request;
- Respect your decisions and objectives with respect to your matter, as permitted by law and the State Bar Act;
- Personally provide all professional services — I will not delegate my responsibility to associates or paralegals unless we have agreed otherwise;
- Comply with the State Bar Act, including the Rules of Professional Conduct, during and after my representation.