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Direct Dial: (510) 835-6705
Facsimile: (510) 835-6666
Practice Areas
Education
J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1994
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
Licensed to Practice in
Attorney Profile PDFs
Client Alerts
- Blow to Certain Product Manufacturers Blunted
- In Blow to Certain Product Manufacturers, California Appellate Court Uses O’Neil Exceptions to Allow Plaintiffs’ Case to Withstand Judgment on the Pleadings
- California Court Opinion Upholding Punitive Damages Against Manufacturer Exceeding Company's Net Worth A Warning to Defendants
- California Supreme Court Decision Victory for Equipment Manufacturers
- San Francisco Superior Court Sets Hearing to Rescind Asbestos Litigation General Orders
Practice Expertise
- Trial lawyer whose practice focuses on product liability defense and asbestos litigation
- Represents manufacturers and distributors on automotive products, heating, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, pumps, boilers, floor tile, and gaskets, as well as premises owners in complex products liability litigation
Litigation
- Civil trial experience to verdict/judgment
- Local trial counsel defending service providers, construction sub-contractors and manufacturers in numerous arbitrations and mediations for personal injury claims including products, auto and premises liability, train collisions, roll-overs, explosions
- Authored Successful Appellate argument regarding due process and dispositive motions
- Successfully argued numerous dispositive motions in products liability and contract cases including demurrers, motions for summary judgment, summary adjudication, and motions to strike involving strict liability, negligence, punitive damages, intentional interference with contract and prospective economic advantage and pre-emption
Advice & Counsel
- Substantial experience in counseling insurers and their insureds on litigating toxic tort claims
Professional Associations
- State Bar of California, Defense Research Institute, Lawyers Professionalism & Ethics Committee, Alameda County Bar Association, and the Contra Costa County Bar Association
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