Assemblyman Van Tran had an op-ed in the Orange County Register about Trial Lawyer Lobby Day. He wrote:

"Unfortunately, special interests play a powerful role in shaping California's legislative and regulatory structure, and therefore our economy and our ability to produce our much needed government revenues. One of the most powerful and formidable special interest groups – the trial lawyers – this week descends on the Capitol to lobby the Legislature. This year, trial lawyers will have an extra incentive – with 25 freshman lawmakers, the time to educate and influence is ripe.

"Central to their lobbying efforts each and every other year, the trial lawyers will try to sell the Legislature on their theory that liability laws need to be expanded at the expense of small businesses and consumers, who are ultimately the ones who pay for the higher costs of doing businesses in the state. With many legislators being former attorneys and many more counting the trial lawyers among their biggest campaign contributors, "lobby day lawyers" are likely to encounter a sympathetic audience."