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Professional Profile

Founding Partner, (1982)

Administrative Partner, Dillingham & Murphy, 1982 - Present

Head of Product Liability Group

Head of Estate Planning & Probate

Associate Attorney, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, 1977 - 1982

Admitted in California (1976)

Legal Experience

General product liability litigation, including trucks, braking systems, medical devices, fire hazards, and metal fatigue.

Toxic tort litigation, including chlorinated solvents, benzene, organic solvents, isocyanates, PTFE, and various agricultural pesticides and herbicides.

General commercial and business litigation, including breach of contract, fraud, foreclosures, breach of fiduciary duty, liens, and environmental regulatory matters.

Estate planning and probate administration.

Experienced in general business transactions, including contracts, leases and real estate financing, incorporations and general corporate law, partnership agreements, limited liability companies, blue sky and securities issues, incentive stock options, mergers and acquisitions, copyrights and trademarks.

Education

J.D., Hastings College of Law, 1976, Order of the Coif.

University of Florida School of Law, 1973 - 1974.
Elected to University of Florida Law Review. Top 5% of first year class.

B.A., Yale University, 1973.

Affiliations

Trustee of St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale University, since 1990.

Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. (1996 to Present)

Defense Research Institute (1996 – Present)

Publications

Blueprint For General Causation Analysis In Toxic Tort Litigation; Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Fall 2003)