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Thomas J. Klitgaard

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Dillingham & Murphy, LLP
225 Bush Street, Sixth Floor
San Francisco, California  94104-4207
(San Francisco Co.)

Telephone: 415-397-2700
Cable Address: "Paladin"
Fax: 415-397-3300
http://www.dillinghammurphy.com



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Practice AreasAlternative Dispute Resolutions; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; International Law; Litigation; Technology and Science; Arbitration; Mediation
 
EducationBoalt Hall School of Law, University of California, LL.B., 1961, University of San Francisco, A.B., summa cum laude, 1956
 
Admitted1963, California
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association; State Bar of California.
 
Military1st Lieut., USAR, 1956-1958
 
LanguagesMandarin Chinese
 
BornTacoma, Washington, April 18, 1934
 
BiographyOrder of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, University of California Law Review, 1960-1961. Law Clerk, Associate Justice William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court, 1961-1962. Partner, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1971-1985. Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sega of America, Inc., 1992-1996. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Tandem Computers Incorporated, 1985-1992. Director, Chair, Chinese Cultural Foundation of San Francisco, 1981-1985. Chair, California State Bar Committee on Maintenance of Professional Competence, 1982-1984. Founding Director, San Francisco-Shanghai Friendship City Committee, 1982—. Chair, San Francisco-Shanghai Business School Management Program, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1999—. Commissioner, Asian Art Museum, 1985-1992. Director, American Arbitration Association, 1987-1999. Member, Martindale-Hubbell Lexis Nexis Legal Advisory Board, 1990—. Trustee, University of San Francisco, 1992—. Chair, "Private Investments Abroad," Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, TX, 1995, 1996. Member, Pacific Council, 2000—. Publications: "The Context for Innovation in Japan: Comparative Competitive Aspects and Some Practical Comments," 21 Canada-United States Law Journal 55 (1995); "Arbitration Laws and Dispute Resolution in The People's Republic of China: Recent Developments," Symposium on Private Investments Abroad--Problems and Solutions in International Business, Matthew Bender & Company (1992). Lectures: "What is a Fair Use of Copyright and Trademark?" Symposium on Antitrust/Intellectual Property Claims in High Technology Markets, Third Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study for Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Bars and In-House Counsel (1997); "Personal Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in Disputes Over Real Interactions in Cyberspace," The Computer Law Association (1996); The Transnational Arbitration of High-Tech Disputes," The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (1996). Panelist, "Pros and Cons of Litigating and Arbitrating International Technology," International Law Section, American Bar Association (1999).
 
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