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Direct Dial: (510) 835-6809
Facsimile: (510) 835-6666
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Education
LL.B., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1984
B.A., University of Melbourne, Australia
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Client Alerts
- California Franchise Law
- California Case Law Update – Supreme Court Provides Much Needed Clarification Regarding Work Product Protection of Attorney-Directed Non-Party Witness Interviews
- California Welcomes Fast And Cost-Effective Jury Trials
- Public Entity Liability Case Law Update
- California Case Law Update – Decision Changes Discovery Rules on Witness Statements
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Firm Events
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Recent News
- Burnham Brown Partner, Paul Caleo, quoted in article by John Kamin, Legal Editor of WorkComp Central
- Burnham Brown attorney Paul Caleo has been appointed Chair of DRI's Retail and Hospitality Committee
- Paul Caleo and Aimee Hamoy-Perera successfully defended a traumatic brain injury case with claimed damages in excess of $3 million in a four week jury trial in Sonoma County
- What’s Happening with Burnham Brown’s Retail and Hospitality Practice Group
- Paul Caleo becomes member of the National Retail & Restaurant Defense Association
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Reported Trial Results
- Paul Caleo and Anjuli Cargain obtained a judgment of non-suit pursuant to Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 581c for a national retailer on February 14, 2013 in Los Angeles Superior Court
- Paul Caleo and Aimee Hamoy-Perera successfully defended a traumatic brain injury case with claimed damages in excess of $3 million in a four week jury trial in Sonoma County
- Burnham Brown Partners, Paul Caleo and Robert M. Bodzin, Facilitate Recovery of $1,950,000 on Contractual Indemnity Claim
- Burnham Brown attorney, Paul Caleo, obtained a defense verdict in Santa Clara County for a national retailer in an assault and battery/false imprisonment case of a suspected shoplifter with claimed damages in excess of $1 million.
- Burnham Brown attorneys, Paul Caleo and Allyson Cook, assisted in obtaining a defense verdict in District Court in Sacramento for a national retailer in a design defect collapsed ladder case with claimed damages of $8 million.
Practice Experience
- One of the firm's premier trial lawyers who has extensive experience in complex tort, personal injury and large loss cases involving claims of products liability, premises liability, government and public entity defense, construction site accidents and trucking/motor carrier accidents
- Routinely represents retail corporations of all sizes in a wide variety of cases including wrongful death, serious personal injuries, loss prevention and retail theft cases, and injuries caused by the criminal acts of third parties, in addition to prosecuting and defending contractual indemnity claims and breach of retail lease contract claims
- Practiced law in his native Australia for four and one half years as a criminal defense attorney with one of the country's leading trial lawyers, Frank Galbally, and had the opportunity to defend clients charged with offenses ranging from murder and other serious felonies to misdemeanor battery and miscellaneous drug charges
Litigation
- Substantial trial experience including approximately 38 jury trials overall, and 14 jury trials and two binding arbitrations over the past nine years involving cases ranging from a wrongful death product liability suit; multiple retail store negligence cases; a retail theft battery and false imprisonment case; design defect and failure to warn; and six cases involving traumatic brain injuries, PTSD and related cognitive deficits. His jury trial experience includes defending a tortious business interference case, as well as defending injury claims at trial involving a permanent vegetative state, fibromyalgia and TMJ syndrome. In the bifurcated phase of the wrongful death product liability trial, he successfully defensed the claim again his client of successor liability
- Defends manufacturers, retailers and distributors of commercial and consumer products in cases involving claims of design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn and breach of warranty
- Continues to represent trucking companies and motor carriers in catastrophic accidents and regulatory compliance matters. Is a member of Burnham Brown's 24-Hour Client Response Team
- Represents restaurants and hospitality industry clients in a wide variety of litigation matters
- Experience in defending toxic exposure cases
Advice and Counsel
- Provides risk management and strategic advice and counsel to clients on litigation avoidance and Medicare Reimbursement Claims
Professional Associations
- Has the highest available rating in Legal Ability and Ethics from Martindale-Hubbell
- Member of the State Bar of California, the Law Institute of Victoria, Australia, the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the National Retail Federation (NRF), the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), Advance Australia, the Melbourne Cricket Club, The Harmonie Group, the National Retail & Restaurant Defense Association (NRRDA) and the Council of Litigation Management (CLM).
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