I am up against three defendants with separate counsels. As the Plaintiff, is it advisable to offer to settle the case? If

Settlement is always an option if it makes sense. As for ADR< I will leave that to the California attorneys.

Where in Nashville can one get a job with 2 dui convictions and 1 pending?

You are posting in the wrong place.

Order on sustained demurrer CCP 472d - how many days does the Court have to issue its order? Plaintiff did not waive.

I think you are making a mistake in the way you are approaching this. You really do not want to turn your judge into an adversary.

Am I being blackmailed? What can be done?

This is not blackmail. Hire a lawyer and sue the non-paying party.

I know of nowhere that would consider this to be personal service.

I blew three WARNs on the way to work the other morning! And I have been stressed about it ever since. What will happen to me?

Listen to your lawyer.

We had significant flood damage to our home do to a construction site negligence. What more can we do to push this?

Retain counsel.

Is it too late to ask for a court-appointed attorney if I already told the magistrate that I would hire my own counsel?

You can ask but the Court may say no.

My pro bono family law attorney was terribly incompetent and quit after our first temporary order was issued. Can I sue her?

Hire a new lawyer.

Why is it so hard to obtain any knowledge about the law?

This is too large a question to be answered here. It is what three years of law school is about.