Lon Isaacson, retired California attorney and host's Scarlett's godfather, discusses some pivotal moments in his career. Beginning with his early contributions to California's child abuse reporting laws. As a then UCLA law student, Lon was hired by a law firm that was tasked with trying to find who should be held financially responsible for the injuries inflicted upon one high profile battered child, referred to by the LA Times as 'Baby Robison.' The term battered child syndrome in the early seventies was still a relatively new term, but Lon was able to find loopholes in the legal framework so that there would be financial penalties for doctors who fail to report when they spot child abuse. The success of the Baby Robison case would have ripple effects going all the way to the Supreme Court where Lon's lead article for the July 1975 addition of the San Diego Law Review was not only cited but pivotal in changing California's laws on reporting child abuse.
Although he specializes in tax law, Lon would find himself later again in his career fighting on behalf of the abused when he was able to secure 12.75 million dollars in settlement fees from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on behalf of his clients who were sexually abused by the infamous Cardinal Mahony.
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Multiple Award recipient and Academy Award-winning documentary-Summer of Soul (2021)
