Richard J. Eisner

6520 Shirley Avenue, No. 2   Reseda, California 91335-5757
(818) 343-0123   Cell: (818) ITS-TRUE
richard@richardeisner.com

Summary Lawyer, advertiser, writer, philosopher

 
Accomplishments

 

    • California Workers’ Compensation Handbook, by Stanford D. Herlick: Contributed nine editorial changes, all of which were incorporated (in the 2002 and 2003 editions).

 

 

  • Philosophical Essays Wrote original, sound arguments on wide range of philosophical subjects. Many are posted at RichardEisner.com. Not all of them are philosophical arguments. There’s also a humorous item (I think it’s funny): “Mark Twain Ghost Speech”; an essay on drugs: “Some Reasons Not to Use Drugs”; and one on cosmology: “Thoughts on the Big Bang Theory”; here’s a list of the pieces:

 

  • “Purpose in War: a Rebuttal” (12-3-04).
  • “Nine Comments on Plato and Aristotle” (2002).
  • “Egoism: a Rebuttal” (1-9-05).
  • “Determinism” (3-12-05).
  • “Free Will” (4-23-05).
  • “Why are We Here?” (4-2-05).
  • “Pascal’s Wager Argument: a Rebuttal” (7-9-05).
  • “Wager: Rebuttal to Epsilon” (8-27-05).
  • “Democracy” (8-7-05).
  • “Theology and Falsification” (5-29-05).
  • “Utopia” (10-29-05).
  • “Knowledge” (4-1-06).
  • “Why Be Moral?” (2-2-07).
  • “Moral Luck” (6-2012).
  • “Four Critiques of Buddhism” (11-17-07).
  • “A Foolish Consistency” (3-8-07).
  • “Living with Contradiction?” (5-2020).
  • “The Impossibility of Knowledge, Free Will, and God” (5-24-09).
  • “The Rationality and Ethics of Voting” (4-2017).
  • “Why the Left Should Vote” (2-27-08).
  • “Conservatism” (11-27-08).
  • “Mark Twain Ghost Speech” (7-4-09).
  • “Boundaries” (7-28-09).
  • “Life after Death” (8-29-09).
  • “Kant’s Categorical Imperative” (3-28-10).
  • “For the Right to Abortion” (1981).
  • “Abortion: Reply to Ron” (3-22-12).
  • “The Epistemology of Testimony” (1-16-11).
  • “Happiness and Well-being” (4-28-12).
  • “Personal Identity” (5-23-12).
  • “Suicide: Rebuttal to Mirav” (6-26-12).
  • “Suicide” (7-24-12).
  • “Egalitarianism” (11-22-12).
  • “Opportunity and Capitalism” (2-2003).
  • “Nietzsche’s ‘Master’ Morality” (5-21-03).
  • “Universal Love” (9-2013).
  • “Morality and Religion” (7-24-20).
  • “Infinite Repetition: Reply to Raveen” (7-27-13).
  • “Infinite Repetition: Rebuttal to Robert” (11-23-13).
  • “Eternal Recurrence” (9-27-14).
  • “Limits of Law” (9-21-13).
  • “Gun Control” (1-17-14).
  • “Gun Control Redux" (2-24-18).
  • “Does the Universe have a Purpose?” (2-23-14).
  • “Desire” (7-5-14).
  • “John Rawls” (12-20-14).
  • “Justice” (2-14-15).
  • “Justice and Marx“ (9-12-18).
  • “Nothingness” (11-24-15).
  • “Explanation, Reason, Cause” (1-30-16).
  • “Explanation, Reason, Cause: Rebuttal to Robert” (7-10-16).
  • “Black Lives Matter” (8-15-16).
  • “Confederate Statues Should be Removed“ (6-27-20).
  • “Reparations for African-Americans” (7-30-20).
  • “Social Darwinism” (10-15-02).
  • “Three Short Meditations on Moral Character and Virtue” (1-2017).
  • “Is Your Life Valuable if All Humans Die Shortly After You Die?” (5-2014).
  • “Some Reasons Not to Use Drugs” (2012).
  • “Evolutionary Ethics” (7-24-21).
  • “The $40 Million Vase“ (11-2018).
  • “Possible and/or Impossible?“ (6-21-20).
  • “Optimism and Pessimism” (2003).
  • “Morality” (2011).
  • “Thoughts on the Big Bang Theory” (1998).
  • “The Repugnant Conclusion” (2016).
  • “Oblivion” (8-2016).
  • “Ethics and Relevancies, and Supplemental Material“ (1978).

 

 
Experience Contract Attorney, 2020–present
Attorney Richard J. Eisner, Reseda, California
Handle workers’ compensation depositions and appear at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board for various applicants’ attorneys.

 

Trial Lawyer, 2015–2020
Law Offices of Scott Warmuth, City of Industry, California
Represent injured workers (and occasionally an uninsured employer) in workers’ compensation cases. Handle trials, depositions, and other kinds of appearances. I personally wrote the trial briefs.

 

Contract Attorney, 2002–2015
Attorney Richard J. Eisner, Reseda, California
Make court appearances and do research and writing for various attorneys; handle workers’ compensation depositions for applicants’ attorneys.

 

Attorney, 2001–2002
Adelson, Testan & Brudo, Calabasas, California
Appeared at WCAB; discussed case status with client insurance carriers; took applicant’s deposition; negotiated case settlements; drafted documents, including Reviews of Records, letters to clients summarizing depositions, hearing, and records review, MSC Statements, Objections to D.O.R.s, petitions to compel discovery, petitions to join / dismiss CIGA as a defendant, appeals, letters to AMEs and QMEs.

 

Supervising Attorney, 1999–2000
Los Angeles Superior Court Domestic Violence Clinic
Supervised staff who assisted clients in obtaining domestic violence restraining orders; advised clients on obtaining restraining orders and on matters pertaining to the orders.

 

Sole Practitioner, 1988–1998
Law Offices of Richard J. Eisner, Los Angeles, California
Maintained plaintiff personal injury practice; negotiated case settlements; litigated cases; supervised employees; developed practice marketing plan.
Education Juris Doctor
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
Class rank: Top 25 percent

 

Bachelor of Arts, English, Magna Cum Laude
California State University, Northridge 
 
Admitted State Bar of California
U.S. District Court, Central District