Practice Areas - Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
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| University | Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1982 |
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| Law School | Univ. of San Francisco, J.D., 1990 |
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| Admitted | 1990, California |
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| Memberships | Contra Costa County Bar Association; Product Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member); Defense Research Institute (Member, Product Liability Committee); International Association of Defense Counsel. |
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| Born | Oakland, California, August 17, 1960 |
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| Biography | Member, 1988-1989 and Articles Editor, 1989-1990, Univ. of San Francisco Law Review. Active Lecturer and Author, Product Liability Defense. Contributing Author: Defending America's Manufacturers: Challenges, Rewards and Successful Strategies, "Inside the Minds: Leading Product Liability Lawyers - Industry Insiders on the Art & Science Behind a Successful Product Liability Practice," Aspatore Books, 2003. Author: "Firearms Litigation in 2002 and Beyond," Verdict Search Products Liability Report, 2003; "National Coordinating Counsel: Controlling Product Liability Exposure and Defense Costs," For The Defense, DRI, April 2001; "Admissibility of Evidence of the Absence of Prior Similar Accidents in Product Liability Cases," Cal. CEB, October 2000. Lecturer: Preparing and Trying the Personal Injury Case,: National Business Institute, 2009; Effective In-House Witness Preparation: Understanding, Promoting and Implementing Meaningful Corporate Buy-In Product Liability Advisory Council Fall Conference, 2007; Personal Injury Case Management for Seasoned Litigators National Business Institute, 2007; The Psychology of In-house Expert Witness Preparation and Testimony and The Safe Company Theme Product Liability Advisory Council Spring Conference, 2006; Damages in California Civil Trial Practice, National Business Institute, 2003; "Handling a Product Liability Case," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2002; "Defying Gravity in the Courtroom: Preparing and Trying the Aerial Device Case," DRI Product Liability Conference, 2002; "Advanced Course of Study: Product Liability Litigation," Cal. CEB, October 2000; "Municipal Firearms Litigation - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," American College of Trial Lawyers, Southwest Regional Meeting, April 2000. |
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| Reported Cases | Adames v. Sheahan, et al., 233 Ill. 2d 276, 909 N.E. 2d 742, 2009 Ill. LEXIS 310 (2009), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 1014, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 9085 (Dec. 14, 2009). |
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| ISLN | 901495103 |
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