Legal Experience

• Commercial Transportation: Representation of all aspects of the businesses of motor carriers and logistics providers.

• General Civil Defense Litigation: Litigates all aspects of personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability,  product liability, and complex tort litigation. 

• Product Liability and Toxic Torts Litigation: Litigates claims related to product design, product manufacture, failure to warn, product recalls, class actions, post-sale duties, property damage, construction and chemical exposure. 

• Insurance Defense: Defends insureds arising out of CGL policies, homeowner’s and commercial automobile policies. 

• Trial: Has obtained multiple defense verdicts at trial.

 

Education

• J.D. 1987 University of Oregon
      - Business Editor, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (1985-87) 
      - Moot Court Team

• B.S. 1984 Southern Illinois University, magna cum laude.

 

Affiliations and Memberships

• Arbitrator for the San Francisco Superior Court, current. 

• Law Clerk, Presiding Judges Daniel Hanlon and Claude Perasso, San Francisco Superior Court, 1987-1988.

 

Presentations

• California's Proposition 65 Update (March 29, 2018)

  • Powerpoint Presentation Available Here

  • Webinar Presentation Audio Here