Robert M. Bodzin Appointed to California State Bar’s Litigation Section Executive Committee

After several years of participating as a speaker and moderator at this section's annual "Masters of Trial" event, Mr. Bodzin has been named as a member of the Executive Committee.  The Litigation Section promotes excellence in all areas affecting dispute resolution, including the protection of the rights of all litigants, pre-trial discovery, the expeditious trial of lawsuits, alternative dispute resolution, effective judicial administration, uniform rules of court, and the protection and preservation of the independence of a judiciary of high quality.  The Litigation Section is governed by a 15-member Executive Committee, assisted by a distinguished panel of ten judicial and attorney advisors.  Mr. Bodzin's three-year term in this position is effective at the close of the 2006 Annual Meeting on October 8, 2006.

Mr. Bodzin is a partner at Burnham Brown and a member of its Business and Commercial Practice Group.  He has been trying and litigating cases in both New York and California for the past 15 years.  Mr. Bodzin can be reached at 510-835-6833 and rbodzin@burnhambrown.com