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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Professional ProfilePartner, Dillingham & Murphy (AV – rated), 1995-present Partner, Head of Environmental Practice, Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, PC, Oakland, CA, 1982-1995 Associate, Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, 1976-1981 Hastings College of the Law, University of California, 1972- 1975 Assistant Branch Manager, Leasco, New York, NY, 1971-1972 IBM Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, 1965-1971 B.S., St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, 1965. Areas of Expertise Products Liability: product design, product manufacture, failure to warn, product recalls, class actions, post sale duties, property damage, construction. Business / Corporate: unfair competition, advertising, antitrust, contracts and contractual disputes, construction, real estate, premises liability, alter ego and successor liability, director and officer liability. Transportation: bodily injury, property damage, products liability, freight, cargo, economic loss for trucking, auto and commercial vessels; admiralty: Jones Act, hull & machinery, chartering and cargo; aviation: Warsaw Convention & cargo. Environmental: asbestos, lead, chemicals, water, ground and air pollution, California Proposition 65, mass torts, construction. Insurance: California insurance practice, coverage, reinsurance, brokerage, TPA practice, excess and surplus, London market including Lloyds; professional liability. Litigation Overview & Management: coordination of the defense of multiple, complex pieces of litigation including interaction with client policymakers, insurance management operating personnel, and counsel for other parties. Litigation Experience Participated in the resolution of more than 5,000 lawsuits with approximately 90% resulting in no indemnity payment. Tried twelve cases to verdict and undertaken more than thirty appellate matters. More than fifty matters available on Lexis, including six appeals in the State of California, and appeals in the First, Third, Fourth & Ninth Circuits. Represented more than forty major manufacturers of products. Defended more than fifty transportation matters. Defended hundreds of suits involving property damage and construction issues. Lead attorney in four national class actions for three different manufacturers of cement, construction products, and plumbing products; all resulting in no recovery for plaintiffs. 15 years as national defense coordinating counsel for asbestos bodily injury and asbestos property litigation for two major California manufacturers. Three years national coordinating counsel for a major property and casualty insurance carrier for environmental claims. Memberships, Achievements & Publications Bar of the United States Supreme Court USLAW NETWORK, Primary firm contact, Board of Directors, 2002-2007, Executive Committee, 2003-2007. Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Member, 1988-present, Chair of the Toxic Tort and Environmental Section, 1992-1995, awarded John Alan Appleman Award as outstanding substantive law section chair, 1994-1995; awarded Andrew C. Hecker Award for outstanding contribution to the defense bar, July 2000. Superlawyer, Northern California; 2004 Business Litigation, 2005 General Litigation, 2006 Product Liability, 2006 Product Litigation, 2007 General Litigation. Lexis Nexis Toxic Tort Defense Advisory Council, Advisor 2001 - 2006 Defense Research Institute, Member, 1985-present Commander, United States Coast Guard Reserve (Retired), 26 years, including 3-1/2 years of active duty; 14 years JAG service. ABA Litigation Section 1995 London Program, Speaker, Understanding Lloyds and Equitas Totaling Up the Costs of Asbestos Litigation: Guess Who Will Pay the Price, IX Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal (1990) Federal Standards for the Admissibility of Expert Testimony Based on Novel and Unfounded Scientific Theories, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly (1992 (co-author)) Mass Torts: The Windsor Decision And Considerations For A Coordinated Defense, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Summer 1998) Medical Monitoring: Will Buckley Have An Effect?, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Fall 1998) Gatekeeping and the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence in the Post Daubert/Joiner/Kumho Tire World, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Summer 1999) Ortiz v. Fibreboard: Another Blow to Plaintiffs' Classes as a Means to Resolve "Mass Tort" Litigation, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Fall 1999) State Variations on the Daubert Theme, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Fall 2000) Blueprint For General Causation Analysis In Toxic Tort Litigation; Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Fall 2003) Punitive Damages: California Model Applying Gore and State Farm, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly (Spring 2004) |
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