COUNTY PARTY COMMITTEE MEMBER TO BE PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS AGAINST LAWSUIT ABUSE
Central Committee Member Lorie Zapf to Lead CALA

San Diego County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
Names Lorie Zapf as President

San Diego, CA (March 19, 2007) - San Diego County Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
(CALA) has named Lorie Zapf as its new president.

Zapf is a former small business owner and has been an active community volunteer for
several San Diego non-profit organizations. Her background includes positions in the news media
as a radio and television news reporter, public relations manager, and a video producer.
“I’ve been a CALA supporter since 1999 when the small business my husband and I
owned was hit with a “shakedown” lawsuit,” said Zapf. “I am acutely aware of the toll a lawsuit
takes on a business in terms of lost productivity, legal expenses, and the strain on your family
and health. We were managing our lawsuit, not growing our business.”

San Diego is a city of thriving small and entrepreneurial businesses, but just one lawsuit
can bankrupt a small business and put all their employees out of work, Zapf warned.
“Lorie’s passion for fighting lawsuit abuse will help CALA advocate for the countless small
businesses and consumers devastated by the effects of a civil justice system out of control—
whether through jobs lost as businesses close, medical help unavailable because of litigation
risk, or the escalating costs we all pay because of those who would game the system,” said
CALA Board Vice-Chairman George Coles. “We look forward to Lorie’s continued fight against
lawsuit abuse and to ensure our legal system is used for justice, not greed.”

“It is important that San Diego area citizens understand the role they have to play in improving
the quality of our judicial system,” said Zapf. “Serving on a jury is one of the most effective
tools we have to fight against lawsuit abuse that costs us all.”

CALA is a nonprofit, grass roots, public education organization dedicated to serving as a
watchdog over the legal system and those who would seek to abuse it for undeserved
gain. More than 9,500 citizens and taxpayers are San Diego CALA supporters.

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