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Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger page 9
Andy Gillin: Big Cases, Remarkable Results page 17
Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & Lucey page 11
Who are the 2015 LAWYERS OF THE YEAR? page 15
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Introduction & Methodology Proven Results Across the Personal Injury Spectrum The Attorneys of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger Have a Track Record of Success in a Wide Range of Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
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WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER Now in its sixth decade of practice, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger continues to set the standard for excellence among personal injury firms in the western United States. The firm is widely recognized for its demonstrated expertise in varied case types, having achieved substantial verdicts in cases involving medical products, medical malpractice, consumer products, aviation disasters, transportation crashes, general negligence, and mass torts. “While the legal basis of recovery in our cases varies, all of our clients have suffered a terrible tragedy through no fault of their own, be it a catastrophic injury or the death of a loved one,” partner Michael Kelly says, “and our ability to maximize their recovery stems from the unique commitment and experience of our
legal team.” Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger comprises 15 lawyers, nine of whom have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. Members of the firm have been elected president of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ San Francisco Chapter and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (SFTLA). In addition, on seven different occasions, an attorney from Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger has been nominated for the prestigious SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year award. “These are especially meaningful awards and leadership positions that are decided by our peers,” Kelly observes. “And typically these organizations are very objective in how they recognize lawyers; so it’s impressive that so many members
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he light at the end of the tunnel is rarely visible for victims of catastrophic injury and the families of those lost to wrongful death. But the attorneys at Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn make it their mission to help those touched by tragedy reach that light and enjoy quality lives with economic security – and they’ve been doing it since founding partner Ron Rouda opened the firm’s doors in 1980. “We’ve had a number of cases that have really been extraordinary,” says managing partner Tim Tietjen, himself a 30–year veteran of the firm who has personally helped clients recover tens of millions of dollars over the course of his career. “And extraordinary results start with exceptional and deserving clients.” Indeed, the firm is known – by clients and adversaries alike – for putting people first. Results naturally follow, from the $29 million the firm obtained in a settlement for a client electrocuted at work, to the $18 million jury verdict recovered by Ron Rouda and John Feder for a woman who was hit by a car while in a crosswalk, and the multimillion–dollar jury verdicts obtained by Cynthia McGuinn for injured laborers, tradespeople and consumers during her 33 years of practice.
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Proven Results Across the Personal Injury Spectrum THE ATTORNEYS OF WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS IN A WIDE RANGE OF CATASTROPHIC INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH CASES
requires planholders to submit malpractice claims to arbitration. “For us, there are no surprises,” says Back Row, L to R: Conor Kelly, Spencer Pahlke, Khaldoun Baghdadi, Douglas Saeltzer, Paul partner Richard Melodia, Richard Schoenberger, Sara Peters, Andrew McDevitt, Valerie Rose, Matthew Davis Schoenberger. Front Row, L to R: Emily Wecht Polcari, Michael Kelly, Daniel Kelly, Doris Cheng, Melinda Derish “Whether the matter involves government wrongdoing, product or more than 55 years, the name Walkup has been synonymous with failure, wrongful death, an automobile collision, a construction accident, a excellence in the courtroom. A legendary California plaintiffs’ trial lawyer dangerous medical procedure, flawed medicine, catastrophic paralysis, for 35 years, Bruce Walkup founded or brain injury, we have handled the firm in 1959 to ensure that average the case before and know the citizens would have equal access to the courts. Walkup’s willingness to take cases right direction to take it in.” The firm’s ability to thrive is a before juries was central to the firm’s product of its decision to hire growth; years later, this emphasis on and train new lawyers to try any developing trial expertise in a range of type of case, says Schoenberger. different practice areas has provided for Instead of forcing attorneys to handle the firm’s continued success. only one particular kind of case, the “In the 1950s and 1960s when our firm firm encourages its members to pursue began, there were probably five major personal injury firms in San Francisco, and multiple case types. As a result, the of those firms, ours is the only one to have firm’s attorneys have achieved more survived intact,” says partner Michael Kelly. multimillion-dollar verdicts since 2010 than the majority of other personal “The reason that happened was because from the very beginning we made a point of injury law firms in Northern California. Most recently, the firm’s lawyers helped building a practice where the lawyers are encouraged to master multiple disciplines.” negotiate the landmark $2.5 billion national settlement with Johnson and Indeed, in an age of increasing Johnson arising from defective DePuy ASR specialization, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly hip implants. & Schoenberger has become known “When we hire new lawyers, we want for its ability to try any case involving a catastrophic injury or wrongful death. With them focused on the client,” Kelly says. “The result is top-tier work, with the more than 200 years of combined legal experience, its personal injury lawyers have majority of our cases coming through referrals from satisfied clients, judges, truly seen the defense playbook. defense lawyers, treating physicians, and The diversity of the firm’s practice includes national mass tort claims relating attorneys from across the country.” Walkup lawyers are committed to social to defective drugs and devices, as well justice, civil rights, and community as individual client claims brought as a development. They are involved in result of catastrophic injury from truck legal education and local and state and auto collisions, dangerous highways, bar organizations, and they have held construction accidents, and medical and influential roles in some of the country’s obstetrical negligence. The firm is also most prestigious lawyer groups, including experienced in handling claims against the American Board of Trial Advocates Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, which
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“...from the very beginning we made a point of building a practice where the lawyers are encouraged to master multiple disciplines.” observes. In 2014, Kelly was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the California Chapters of ABOTA; Paul Melodia received the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association’s (SFTLA) Lifetime Achievement award; Schoenberger was elected president of ABOTA’s San Francisco Chapter; Doris Cheng was selected as president-elect of SFTLA; and Khaldoun Baghdadi was selected as Best Lawyers’ San Francisco Lawyer of the Year for plaintiffs’ product liability litigation. Of the plaintiffs’ personal injury law firms in California, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is the only one of its size to have every partner listed in The Best Lawyers in America, many for more than a decade. In addition, all of the firm’s partners have at least one seven- or eightfigure jury verdict to their credit. “Experienced trial lawyers may be vanishing, but at this firm, we’re achieving the sort of results at trial that very few other law firms are getting,” Kelly says. “And at the end of the day, that’s what has allowed us to endure for so many years.” www.bestlawyers.com
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Grube Brown & Geidt LLP Formed in early 2014 by three former big firm lawyers, the San Francisco boutique Grube Brown & Geidt represents employers in every aspect of labor and employment law. • Jeff Grube is an experienced trial lawyer, having achieved defense verdicts in many EEO suits and successfully defended class actions, with particular expertise in disability discrimination, whistleblower and complex compensation matters. • Lisa Brown is an experienced trial and complex litigator who has won defense
verdicts in multiple jury trials and defended multiple wage and hour class and Private Attorneys General Act suits. • Tom Geidt has successfully defended dozens of wage and hour class actions and provided advice to hundreds of employers for more than 30 years in all facets of employment and traditional labor law. “We came together to found this practice because we wanted to offer clients the depth of big firm expertise at small firm value,” Grube notes. “Within corporate boardrooms, we provide our clients with cutting-edge, practical legal advice that fits their business needs. In court, we litigate to win.”
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Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & LESS Lucey WHERE EQUALS MORE verdicts and recoveries have come in extremely tough liability cases against major corporations and government entities— cases most plaintiffs’ firms would never take. This past year is no exception. GJELL partner Luke Ellis followed his eight-figure Left to right: Andrew R. Gillin, Kristin M. Lucey, Jim Larsen, Ralph L. Jacobson, Luke Ellis recordbreaking jury verdict case against the County of Contra aybe it’s their historic verdicts Costa in 2012, with an equally stunning against government entities. result in a case against the Alameda Or perhaps it’s their seven-toContra Costa Transit District in 2013. nine figure recoveries from prominent Ellis concluded an astounding $20,452 corporations and insurance companies. million settlement on the eve of the trial But the most likely reason the legal making this The Recorder’s “Number community holds Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, 1 California Motor Vehicle Settlement” Larsen & Lucey (GJELL) in such high of 2013. The recovery was the largest regard is the firm’s relentless pursuit of ever for an individual against a private justice for its clients. or public The partners at GJELL have built bus entity a reputation as leaders in plaintiffs’ in California personal injury litigation by being nearly “undefeated:” winning 99% of their cases. history, as well as the Their business model is simple. They largest settlement against AC Transit. This handle a fraction of the volume of most firms, choosing instead to focus their legal earned Ellis a well-deserved place on The National Law Journal’s “Top 30 Verdicts & talents and resources assisting a smaller Settlements.” number of clients. Managing partner Andy Gillin says, This upper echelon firm has honed its “In both of these cases we started out skills for more than 40 years, fighting with police reports that indicated no fault injustice, negligence and wrongdoing inflicted by manufacturers, municipalities, whatsoever on the public entity. The AC Transit case was hard-fought, requiring private entities and major corporations. extraordinary legal skills. Luke and our GJELL never shies away from a difficult trial team were driven by a passion to find liability case or a well-funded opponent the truth, and I’m incredibly proud of the and has recovered over $850 million for its clients. Indeed, many of its remarkable work the firm did.”
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When it takes a case, the firm assembles a team of sophisticated investigators, accident reconstructionists, and experts to delve deep into the nuances of the case, in order to discover evidence that is often overlooked. By combining expert testimony, rigorous investigation and analysis, and skillful courtroom examination, GJELL is able to achieve verdicts and settlements that clearly put the firm in the elite of the plaintiffs’ bar. Some examples of results over the years include: $111.7 million against Tenet Healthcare for individuals who were victims of unnecessary heart operations; $90 million against Sega Corporation for the theft of intellectual property; and multiple wrongful death verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million. Through it all, the firm’s partners have never lost sight of their individual public interest backgrounds, all of them starting their careers representing society’s indigent, needy and less fortunate. “We all have our roots in the public sector,” says Gillin. “The driving motivation in our approach to working so hard for our clients started decades ago, and it continues today with each individual we represent.” When the firm takes a case, helping the clients put their lives back together is of paramount importance. “Many times scores of hours are spent helping our clients with the ancillary fallout from a personal injury tragedy,” says partner Jim Larsen. “When we take on a client we do everything we can for them, not just their case. For example, Andy and I are handling a catastrophic injury case for a woman whose home was about to be foreclosed on; we stopped that.” “I am very fortunate to work for such deserving clients, and to work with everyone here,” says partner Kristin Lucey. “It is a remarkable team. We are totally committed, and we give every case everything we have.”
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But no matter the size of the case, the firm’s goal remains the same - to make a difference for the client. “We know Back row, left to right: John M. Feder, Ronald H. Rouda, and Timothy G. Tietjen Seated: June P. Bashant and Cynthia McGuinn that they come to us during the darkest moments of their t Rouda Feder Tietjen & lives, and we take that responsibility McGuinn, the firm’s logo—a to heart.” Feder says. Their results design depicting a light at the reflect their dedication and passion end of a tunnel—is emblematic of their unwavering commitment to their clients. for trial work. Timothy Tietjen secured This nationally renowned San Francisco- $11.4 million for the family of a big-rig driver who died in a horrific tunnel fire, based personal injury firm has helped while Cynthia McGuinn obtained a $6.4 injury victims recover the maximum dollar value for their losses, rebuild their million verdict for a man whose toes were crushed by a driver negligently lives, and restore their hope. operating a forklift and $5.75 million For over four decades, the firm’s for the family of a wife and mother attorneys have helped victims of personal injury, wrongful death, product crushed to death by a press machine. “We’ve been fortunate to have excellent liability, and medical malpractice. results for worthy clients,” says Cynthia “We work for ordinary people who McGuinn, whose specialty is jury have extraordinary courage,” explains trial work. McGuinn’s multiple sevenJohn Feder. “Their cases may seem and eight-figure verdicts for injured like David versus Goliath, but we have a proven track record of success against some of the most powerful corporations and governmental entities, and we’ve been able to help clients change their lives for the better.” Not afraid of taking on the powerful, the firm has handled workers, consumers and children many complex cases. One example: In have provided her clients with much2012, three people died and six were needed economic security. Tietjen’s seriously injured when they contracted record-setting $29 million settlement hantavirus while visiting Yosemite for an electrocuted lineman gave the National Park. The resulting cases were paralyzed man the ability to start his filed in courts around the country and own construction business, which he were consolidated for multidistrict oversees from a wheelchair. litigation coordination in the federal Substantial verdicts and settlements court. Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn are only part of the firm’s mission. has been appointed co-lead counsel.
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Dom Campisi Litigation – Trusts and Estates The firm of Evans, Latham & Campisi has again been named first-tier for trusts & estates-litigation in San Francisco by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2014. Best Lawyers also named firm co-founder Dom Campisi the 2015 Lawyer of the Year for metro San Francisco in T&E. Campisi has a nationally recognized litigation practice, having completed 45 trials in state, federal and other tribunals, and he has served as an arbitrator in more than 80 cases. He continues a career-long practice of serving as a leader in national organizations. Currently he heads the Fiduciary Surcharge subcommittee of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; he teaches for ALI-CLE and FIRMA and serves as an ABA representative on the National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries. Together, firm co-founders Campisi and Tom Latham established Evans, Latham & Campisi in 1980. Now a boutique shop of eleven attorneys focused on probate and trust litigation, the firm represents individuals, trust companies, universities and charities. Firm attorneys also edit the treatise, California Trust & Probate Litigation, a publication originally conceived by Latham & Campisi. Partners Charles Wolff, Nancy Levin, Andy Zabronsky and Matt Matiasevich, all recognized experts in the field, have authored chapters and annual updates. Campisi notes that the firm basically wrote the book on trust and estate litigation in California. Evans, Latham & Campisi One Post Street | Suite 600 | San Francisco, CA 94104 phone 415.421.0288 www.elc-law.com 14
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In his current practice, Feinberg represents Over a career spanning thirty-five both years, Ian Feinberg has developed plaintiffs and significant expertise in the areas of defendants in patent litigation, patent and other intellectual property working on cases across the country. litigation, antitrust, and licensing, His clients include Fortune 100 with a focus on the information companies and also such welltechnology industries. As a result, known companies as Adobe Systems, Feinberg was recently selected as Monster Cable, and Vodafone. He also Best Lawyers’ 2015 San Francisco handled the seminal case establishing Lawyer of the Year for information that fonts are copyrightable, as technology law. well as a landmark trademark case “I’ve been representing information establishing that “genericide” is not technology companies since I moved trademark infringement. my practice to Palo Alto in 1981,” says “I love handling these cases—the Feinberg, the current president of The legal issues in patent litigation San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual are fascinating and the opposing Property American Inn of Court. “In lawyers are top-flight,” Feinberg starting my current firm, Feinberg says. “By working in this challenging Day, three and a half years ago, my environment, I can still say, after principal focus was to bring to these thirty-five years, that I’m as excited companies a first-rate, efficient about practicing law today as I was model for handling patent litigation.” the day I started.”
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Thomas J. Brandi represents people in consumer class actions, injury and wrongful death including aviation, dangerous roads, defective drugs, and unsafe products. Tom has 17 verdicts from $1 million to $1 billion, has tried cases to verdict in 15 California counties, and settled over 150 cases over one million dollars. He is currently court appointed on executive committees in YAZ, Fosamax, and ACTOS cases. Tom has been recognized for his trial skills, being named Trial Lawyer of the Year by CAOC (2004), nominated for Trial Lawyer of the Year by the CAOC (2002, 2004, 2012), and is a four-time nominee for Trial Lawyer of the Year by the SFTLA (2000, 2002, 2004,2012). He was also nominated as National Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (2004). The Brandi Law Firm practices throughout California and has three attorneys licensed in Nevada and Arizona as well. Tom has been selected to Best Lawyers since 1995 for mass tort litigation and personal injury litigation, was the 2013 Personal Injury Trial Lawyer of the Year, and was named to the Top Ten Super Lawyers list in 2013 and 2014. The Brandi Law Firm is nationally ranked Tier One in mass tort litigation and class actions-plaintiffs by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2014. Tom teaches Trial Practice at USF Law School, where he was 2009’s Distinguished Alumni of the Year and Professor of the Year in 2010. Tom was president of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, LCA, and ABOTA.
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Daniel Dell’Osso PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
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THE BRANDI LAW FIRM 354 Pine Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 toll free 800.481.1615 phone 415.989.1800 email ddo@brandilaw.com
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Oakland, California native Dan Dell’Osso graduated from Bishop O’Dowd High School. He attended Virginia Military Institute, where he was one of the state of Virginia’s two nominees for a Rhodes Scholarship. After graduating from VMI with honors in 1975, Dell’Osso was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Marine Corps and selected for flight school. In his six years of active duty as a fighter pilot, and later as a pilot with the Marine Corps Reserves, he rose to the rank of Lt. Col. and was the commanding officer of the Marine A-4 squadron in Alameda, California, before retiring after 22 years of service. Dell’Osso is licensed to practice in California, Arizona, and Nevada, and he has been involved in the preparation and/ or trial of automobile crashworthiness cases against Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, Kia, Nissan, General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Volvo, and Mazda in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. In 2009, Dell’Osso obtained an $18 million verdict against Ford Motor Company that is listed by Verdict Search as one of the top 100 verdicts of the year. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Lawyers, past chair of the Products Liability Section of the American Association of Justice, a member of the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, and on the board of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Dan was Best Lawyers’ San Francisco Lawyer of the Year for personal injury in 2012.
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PRIVACY & DATA SECURITY LAW SAN FRANCISCO IT LAW GROUP Françoise Gilbert
PRIVATE FUNDS / HEDGE FUNDS LAW SAN FRANCISCO ARNOLD & PORTER Benjamin Berk COOLEY John A. Dado, Craig E. Dauchy, Mark P. Tanoury GOODWIN PROCTER Robert S. Fore MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Ronald B. Moskovitz, Peter M. Phleger ROPES & GRAY Raj Marphatia SHARTSIS FRIESE John P. Broadhurst SIDLEY AUSTIN Mark D. Whatley SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Michael J. Nooney SULLIVAN & CROMWELL John L. Savva
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How To Manage a Catastrophic Injury Law Firm: CARE ABOUT THE CLIENTS, BUT DON’T FORGET THE COPIER
Andy Gillin
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f you ask Andy Gillin what he does at Gillin, Jacobson, Ellis, Larsen & Lucey, one of California’s leading plaintiffs’ law firms, he will probably tell you that he makes sure the copier is working. That turns out to be an inside joke at the firm, because Gillin can’t stop himself from having his hands in every case and every aspect of the operation. Gillin, a leading lawyer in his own right, relishes the role of both managing the cases and managing the firm. With seven-, eight-, and nine-figure recoveries from major corporations and insurance companies, Gillin and his firm always draw extremely talented opposing counsel. “I prefer it that way, because handling cases at this level forces you to stay on your toes,” says Gillin. “We like to face the best.” Partner Jim Larsen says, “Andy’s mantra is quality yes, quantity no. Andy chooses the cases and intentionally keeps the caseload extremely low. He takes the initial call from a referring attorney or potential client and ends up accepting fewer than one out of ten cases.” The vetting process includes an extensive investigation prior to accepting the case. Gillin contends that turning down cases that dilute the firm’s energy and intensity is of equal importance to accepting cases the firm feels passionately about. Under Gillin’s management, GJELL never backs away from a tough case if they believe in the client. Some of the firm’s most memorable recoveries have come in extremely tough and legally challenging cases. “If the objective facts are tough but the plaintiff is human and honest and
sympathetic, the jury is going to respond to that human quality. I try to put myself in the shoes of the juror and if I connect with the client I tend to believe a jury will also,” says Gillin. Former client Laura Tindall relays a telling example. In 2008, Laura’s husband Bill was struck and killed by a motorist, who slid off the road. Bill was a Good Samaritan trying to help another motorist who had just overturned in the same gravel-covered curve. The police blamed the accident on the drivers, exonerating the county’s roadwork. Tindall believed otherwise, and knew something was wrong with the road. “Andy’s compassion and understanding was apparent during my first call,” says Tindall. “As I told him the story, he too could see there was something wrong with what I was being told.” After consulting with his partners, Gillin asked partner Luke Ellis to take the case. After some 40 depositions, Ellis uncovered 15 other serious accidents and deaths on that same rural road during previous resurfacing work. A jury awarded Tindall and her daughter $11.7 million in damages against the county. The verdict was in addition to $1.3 million in pretrial settlements. Gillin is equally proud that after the verdict, the county permanently changed its construction practices consistent with the theory of the plaintiffs’ case. Specialization and teamwork are two attributes Gillin emphasizes. GJELL lawyers share common values, having started their careers in public service. The
same commitment to representing the rights of the downtrodden has made the firm a top shelf plaintiffs’ shop with the reputation for a meticulous approach to case work and compassionate client services. Moving from legal services for the poor to plaintiffs’ work was a natural transition for Gillin. “Providing legal services to those in need, regardless of their financial situation or the resources of their opponents, is the beauty of the contingency fee system and part of who Andy is,” says partner Kristin Lucey. “The feeling is you never have to turn down a client just because they do not have enough money. If it is a righteous case, just like when we were at legal services for the poor…you just say…’Let’s go, money is not an issue here’,” Gillin says. Gillin continues, “It allows someone with nothing to take on the biggest institutions in the country, and I love the idea that GJELL can stand up and fight those institutions and their armies of lawyers.” “Yes, he’s the managing partner, and he’s an amazing lawyer in his own right,” says Ellis. “He’s a strategic thinker and has an uncanny ability to analyze a case. But the truth is, Andy cares about every single client. He knows who they are and he knows their story. And he is fully committed to assuring we do right by them. He makes sure that nothing is ever left undone in any case.” As for Gillin, he laughs and says that he plans to keep the copier running for years to come.
“We like to face the best.”
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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION HOPKINS & CARLEY Garth E. Pickett MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Marv Pearlstein MAYER BROWN ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Leonard X. Rosenberg Thomas B. Glascock, David C. Spielberg, Mark MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO P. Weitzel Paul Churchill PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS George P. Haley Rollin B. Chippey II* PUBLIC FINANCE LAW MORRISON & FOERSTER Philip J. Levine NOSSAMAN SAN FRANCISCO David L. Kimport JONES HALL ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Ronald E. Lee Michael H. Liever, William G. Murray, Jr. ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE PAUL HASTINGS Mary A. Collins, Roger L. Davis, John H. Knox Stephen I. Berkman, Charles V. Thornton SIDLEY AUSTIN PERKINS COIE Clifford M. Gerber, Gerald J. McGovern, Eric Cecily Talbert Barclay D. Tashman PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN Robert C. Herr REAL ESTATE LAW PUTTERMAN LOGAN Donald J. Putterman* OAKLAND REED SMITH Charles H. Seaman GLYNN & FINLEY Clement L. Glynn* SCHIFF HARDIN Jean L. Bertrand* LIGHTWELL ADVISORS Michael P. Brody SHARTSIS FRIESE Peter Aitelli, J. Derek Boswell, Craig B. Etlin, MILLER STARR REGALIA Robert Charles Friese*, Jonathan M. Kennedy, James M. Frassetto, Eugene H. Miller, Gary E. David H. Kremer, Alan J. Robin Rosenberg, George Speir*, Marvin B. Starr, Wilson F. Wendt SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Robert A. Thompson PEPPLE CANTU SCHMIDT Stephen K. Cassidy SSL LAW FIRM Leslie M. Browne, Michael J. Burke, Pamela WENDEL, ROSEN, BLACK & DEAN A. Lakey Michael A. Dean, Charles A. Hansen* STOEL RIVES SAN FRANCISCO Randall M. Faccinto VENABLE ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Bruce W. Hyman, Nancy Lundeen, Richard C. Mallory Geoffrey C. Etnire WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN Bradford C. O’Brien Carol K. Dillon, Edward S. Merrill BUCHALTER NEMER SECURITIES / CAPITAL Howard N. Ellman**, Manuel Fishman, Jay MARKETS LAW L. Paxton CARYL BARTELMAN WELBORN Caryl Bartelman Welborn SAN FRANCISCO COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS ARNOLD & PORTER Jonathan R. Bass*, Pamela S. Duffy, Alan Richard W. Canady, Kenneth G. Hausman*, Denis T. C. Gennis, Danna M. Kozerski, Barbara A. Rice, Gilbert R. Serota* Milanovich, Harry O’Brien BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN COOLEY David M. Balabanian*, Dale E. Barnes, Jr.*, Anna B. Pope Charlene S. Shimada** COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON Scott D. Brooks, R. Clark Morrison, Stephen C. Ryan, COOLEY Gordon C. Atkinson*, John C. Dwyer*, Kenneth L. Mathew A. Wyman, Michael H. Zischke Guernsey, Matthew B. Hemington, Eric C. Jensen, DLA PIPER Timothy J. Moore, Mark P. Tanoury James E. Anderson, Stephen A. Cowan, Patrick COVINGTON & BURLING J. McGaraghan David B. Bayless*, Nora L. Gibson FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Richard M. Shapiro Francis S. Currie, Bruce K. Dallas, Alan F. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Denenberg Mary G. Murphy, Fred L. Pillon DLA PIPER GREENBERG TRAURIG Gregory M. Gallo, Dennis C. Sullivan Randall C. Single FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL HANNA & VAN ATTA Douglas R. Young* John P. Hanna, David M. Van Atta FENWICK & WEST HOLLAND & KNIGHT Susan S. West Lynn Cadwalader
PROJECT FINANCE LAW SAN FRANCISCO
LesLie Krasny FDa Law distributors, retailers, and food service, and serves as general counsel to the Produce Marketing Association. Ms. Krasny was vice Leslie Krasny manages the San president and general counsel of Francisco office of Keller and Dole Packaged Foods Company and Heckman LLP and practices FDA law, primarily focusing on food and specialized in food law in private practice prior to joining Keller and dietary supplements, including Heckman. She is a member of the safety, recalls, inspections, ingredient evaluations and supplier Board of Directors of the Food and verification, economic adulteration, Drug Law Institute, serves on its Foods and Dietary Supplements GRAS opinions, food and color Committee, and is on the Editorial additive petitions, labeling and Advisory Board of Food Processing advertising, claim substantiation, organic requirements, Proposition Magazine. Ms. Krasny is a frequent 65, green claims, recall insurance, speaker on food law at conferences and webinars. continuing product guarantees, Ms. Krasny is ranked in litigation for food marketing Chambers & Partners (Chambers claims, defense of investigations, USA), America’s Leading international trade, and Lawyers for Business (for Food biotechnology. & Beverages: Regulatory and She represents food companies Litigation) and is AV® PreeminentTM throughout the supply chain: rated by Martindale-Hubbell. grower/shippers, manufacturers,
KeLLer anD HecKman LLP
Three Embarcadero Center | Suite 1420 | San Francisco, CA 94111 phone 415.948.2810 | fax 415.948.2808 | email krasny@khlaw.com
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Kristi Cotton spenCe
William Veen
Family law
Personal injury litigation Plaintiffs
Family law mediation
Kristi Cotton Spence is a Certified Family Law Specialist with over 30 years of practice in all areas of family law. A fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Kristi has considerable experience with both routine and complex financial and custody matters. An alternative to traditional litigation, mediation allows clients to avoid the time, costs, uncertainty, and adversarial posturing of the court system. Mediation allows for careful consideration of the clients’ concerns and objectives and provides the opportunity for creative and personalized solutions. The process may include the use of tax, accounting, pension, real estate, and custody experts and, where
appropriate, reviewing counsel. In mediation, Kristi, acting as a neutral facilitator, helps clients reach a legally binding settlement of all issues, including all documentation. Dissolution (divorce) agreements and all forms of prenuptial, cohabitation and postnuptial agreements are negotiated consistent with the rights and obligations of both parties under the laws of the state of California. Kristi also represents individual clients in negotiated prenuptial, cohabitation and postnuptial agreements and in stepparent and adult adoptions and has acted as an expert witness in family law matters, as guardian ad litem for children and adults, and as a stipulated attorney for children.
law oFFiCe oF Kristi Cotton spenCe
1777 Borel Place, Suite 204 | San Mateo, CA 94402 phone 650.350.1110 | fax 650.350.1116
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SECURITIES REGULATION SAN FRANCISCO ARNOLD & PORTER Kenneth G. Hausman COOLEY Kenneth L. Guernsey DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Francis S. Currie DLA PIPER Dennis C. Sullivan GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER George H. Brown
People who have suffered catastrophic injuries deserve the absolute best legal representation. The Veen Firm is dedicated to assisting victims of catastrophic, life-changing or career-altering events. Since 1975, The Veen Firm has established a concentrated expertise and record of success in personal injury that is second to none. “We help our clients through their devastation,” explains William Veen, the firm’s founder, discussing the firm’s dedication to justice. “We fight to give them the power to put their lives back together, to heal, and to provide for their families again.” One thing that makes The Veen Firm unique is its trial team approach, ensuring that clients receive the care and attention they deserve. Each case is assigned to an integrated team of attorneys and legal assistants who pursue every case and support clients throughout the process, to ensure the best possible results. The trial teams at The Veen Firm stand up to large opponents and fight to ensure a full measure of justice. The firm’s results speak for themselves: hundreds of successful verdicts and settlements for clients.
the Veen firm
711 Van Ness Avenue | Suite 220 | San Francisco, CA 94102 phone 800.700.0787 | fax 415.771.5845 email: www.veenfirm.com/our-firm/contact/
www.veenfirm.com
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION HOGAN LOVELLS US Laura A. Berezin K&L GATES Richard M. Phillips KEKER & VAN NEST Susan J. Harriman* LATHAM & WATKINS Alan C. Mendelson MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS John W. Larson SHARTSIS FRIESE Robert Charles Friese** SIDLEY AUSTIN W. Hardy Callcott, Marie L. Fiala* WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Steven E. Bochner, Boris Feldman*, Lawrence W. Sonsini
SECURITIZATION & STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW SAN FRANCISCO BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN George A. Hisert CHAPMAN AND CUTLER Melanie J. Gnazzo, Peter S. Szurley COOLEY Joseph A. Scherer HOLLAND & KNIGHT David V. Biesemeyer, William B. Piels, Audrey L. Sung MORRISON & FOERSTER Bill Veatch PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN Thomas A. Zimmer SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Peter H. Carson SIDLEY AUSTIN Pamela J. Martinson WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Andrew J. Hirsch
TAX LAW OAKLAND WILLIAM E. TAGGART, JR. William E. Taggart, Jr.*
SAN FRANCISCO ADLER & COLVIN Erik D. Dryburgh ARNOLD & PORTER Benjamin Berk, Stuart S. Lipton** BAKER & MCKENZIE John M. Peterson, Jr., Gary D. Sprague BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN Robert S. Kirschenbaum*, John G, Ryan BRYAN CAVE Lou Weller COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Jeffry A. Bernstein**, William T. Hutton COOLEY Robert H. Miller, Susan Cooper Philpot, Myron G. Sugarman, Mark Windfeld-Hansen FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Cynthia R. Rowland GREENBERG TRAURIG G. Michelle Ferreira** GREENE RADOVSKY MALONEY SHARE & HENNIGH Richard L. Greene JAMES M. LOWY James M. Lowy LAW OFFICES OF DAVID B. PORTER David B. Porter, Jr. LUKENS LAW GROUP William M. Lukens* MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Jill S. Dodd, Alvin T. Levitt, Jordan P. Rose MAYER BROWN Larry R. Langdon** MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY Roy E. Crawford III** MORRISON & FOERSTER Thomas F. Kostic, Paul L. Lion III, Thomas H. Steele* NIXON PEABODY David S. Foster ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Grady M. Bolding, George G. Wolf** PAUL HASTINGS Thomas S. Wisialowski PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN William E. Bonano**, Julie A. Divola, Jeffrey M. Vesely** SHARTSIS FRIESE Patrick R. McCabe SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Joanne M. Garvey** SIDEMAN & BANCROFT Steven M. Katz*, C. Jean Ryan, Jay Weill SIDLEY AUSTIN Gary P. Kaplan SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Julia M. Kazaks TRUCKER HUSS Lee A. Trucker WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Ivan H. Humphreys WINSTON & STRAWN Charles J. Moll III WOOD Robert W. Wood
TECHNOLOGY LAW SAN FRANCISCO BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN Daniel Cooperman BUNSOW DE MORY SMITH ALLISON Craig Y. Allison COOLEY John W. Crittenden, Bill Galliani, Michael D. Stern GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN Thomas F. Villeneuve KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON James G. Gilliland, Jr. O’MELVENY & MYERS George A. Riley SIDLEY AUSTIN Hank Barry, Glenn G. Nash STEPTOE & JOHNSON William F. Abrams TENSEGRITY LAW GROUP Matthew D. Powers
TIMBER LAW SAN FRANCISCO MORRISON & FOERSTER Chris J. Carr PERKINS COIE Edgar B. Washburn
TRANSPORTATION LAW SAN FRANCISCO NIXON PEABODY Ernest N. Reddick
TRUSTS & ESTATES OAKLAND BURNHAM BROWN Monica Dell’Osso** DONAHUE FITZGERALD Robert R. Cross* HAND & LITTLE Margaret M. Hand HARTOG & BAER John A. Hartog** ROISMAN HENEL Margaret R. Roisman
SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON Robert J. Uram
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW C WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW CLAIMANTS; E WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW – EMPLOYERS
OAKLAND BOXER & GERSON Michael G. Gerson (C), John M. Harrigan (C) GEARHEART & OTIS Mark E. Gearheart (C) PEGNIM & IVANCICH Thomas M. Pegnim (C) RAYMOND E. FROST & ASSOCIATES Raymond E. Frost (C)
SAN FRANCISCO JONES, CLIFFORD, JOHNSON, DEHNER, WONG, MORRISON, SHEPPARD & BELL Francis V. Clifford (C) LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH C. WAXMAN Joseph C. Waxman (C) LINDA JOANNE BROWN Linda Joanne Brown (C)
SAN FRANCISCO ADLER & COLVIN Erik D. Dryburgh ARMSTRONG & HASTINGS Diana M. Hastings BANCROFT & MCALISTER George R. Dirkes, Genevieve M. Moore COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Philip B. Feldman**, James P. Mitchell COOLEY Myron G. Sugarman
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS
Mark has been a partner in Campagnoli, Abelson & Campagnoli since 1981. His practice emphasizes professional malpractice and, in particular, plaintiffs’ legal malpractice. He has successfully tried, arbitrated, and settled numerous legal malpractice cases. Mark has lectured to various attorney groups on legal ethics, significant case law developments, and other topics pertaining to legal malpractice. He is a past chairperson of the Bar Association of San Francisco Legal Malpractice Committee and has served as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases. Mark serves as a mediator and arbitrator for the San Francisco Superior Court. He has been previously named in the Northern California Super Lawyers list. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for 2015.
CAmPAGNOLI, AbELSON & CAmPAGNOLI
400 Montgomery Street | 2nd Floor | San Francisco, CA 94104 phone 415.421.1515 | fax 415.421.2510 email mark@caclaw.com www.caclaw.com
EVANS, LATHAM & CAMPISI Dominic J. Campisi** 415.421.0288 | page 14 EVANS, LATHAM & CAMPISI Charles P. Wolff* FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL George T. Argyris, R. Frederick Caspersen FRIEDMAN, MCCUBBIN, SPALDING, BILTER, ROOSEVELT & MONTGOMERY D. Keith Bilter, K. Bruce Friedman, Donald J. McCubbin, George F. Montgomery II, Michael A. Roosevelt, Philip F. Spalding GRANT & GORDON Robert N. Grant HANSON BRIDGETT Theodore A. Hellman, William J. Hoehler HOPKINS & CARLEY Peter LaBoskey LAW OFFICE OF NELSON H. WILD Nelson H. Wild LAW OFFICES OF CHARLOTTE ITO Charlotte K. Ito LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS B. WORTH Thomas B. Worth MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Jill S. Dodd** MCDERMOTT WILL & EMORY Laurelle M. Gutierrez ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Raymond G. Ellis PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN Kim T. Schoknecht REED SMITH John L. McDonnell, Jr. RIMON Scott D. Ross ROBB & ROSS Sterling L. Ross, Jr. SHARTSIS FRIESE Richard S. Kinyon**, Ronald Hayes Malone*, April Hopkins Rox SIDEMAN & BANCROFT James B. Ellis, Ellen I. Kahn, Hilary C. Pierce SIDLEY AUSTIN Gary P. Kaplan SKOOTSKY & DER Seth M. Skootsky SPRINGS & ASSOCIATES Clare H. Springs** TUFTS STEPHENSON & KASPER Debra L. Kasper, Charles G. Stephenson
Mark B. Abelson
Ingrid M. Evans
James A. Quadra
Product LiabiLity LitigationPLaintiffs
CommerCial litigation
Ingrid Evans of Evans Law Firm, Inc., in San Francisco and Los Angeles, litigates elder financial/ physical abuse, financial fraud, consumer class action, securities, employment/whistleblower, and false claims/Qui Tam cases. Ms. Evans is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, was named a finalist for California Consumer Attorney of the Year in 2009 & 2012, rated as a Top Women Lawyer by The Recorder and Northern California’s Super Lawyers, and is peer review AV®-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Ms. Evans is on the Board of Governors for Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA - AAJ/ ATLA®), and Public Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice). She is licensed to practice in CA, DC, and NY.
Mr. Quadra is a trial attorney with extensive litigation experience in class actions and cases involving employment issues, unfair business practices, business disputes, civil rights, police misconduct, municipal law, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death. He has tried cases in state and federal courts, and is a skilled mediator. Mr. Quadra speaks Spanish fluently and handles cases involving coordination with counsel in Spanish-speaking countries. In addition to being selected by Best Lawyers, Mr. Quadra has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer for ten consecutive years (2005-2014). He is also a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Martindale-Hubbell recognizes Mr. Quadra as an AV®-PreeminentTM rated attorney, and Avvo rates him as “Superb” (10/10), its highest rating.
Evans Law firm
Quadra & Coll, llC
3053 Fillmore Street #236 | San Francisco, CA 94123 phone 415.441.8669 | fax 888.891.4906 email ingrid@evanslaw.com
649 Mission Street, 5th Floor | San Francisco, CA 94105 phone 415.426.3502 email jquadra@quadracoll.com
Joseph Saveri
Scott Righthand
Litigation - antitrust
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW
www.evanslaw.com
mass tort litigation: Class aCtions
www.quadracoll.com
VENTURE CAPITAL LAW SAN FRANCISCO COOLEY Craig E. Dauchy, Kenneth L. Guernsey, Matthew B. Hemington, Eric C. Jensen, Timothy J. Moore, Mark P. Tanoury, Mark B. Weeks DLA PIPER J. Howard Clowes, Gregory M. Gallo, James M. Koshland GOODWIN PROCTER Anthony J. McCusker GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN Scott C. Dettmer, Steven R. Franklin, Robert V. Gunderson, Jr., Daniel E. O’Connor, Brooks Stough, Thomas F. Villeneuve LATHAM & WATKINS Michael W. Hall, Christopher L. Kaufman, Alan C. Mendelson O’MELVENY & MYERS Warren T. Lazarow ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Donald M. Keller, Jr., Mitchell S. Zuklie PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN Jorge A. del Calvo SIDLEY AUSTIN Deborah A. Marshall WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Steven E. Bochner, Robert P. Latta, J. Randall Lewis, J. Casey McGlynn, Lawrence W. Sonsini
Joseph Saveri represents businesses, executives, public officials, and entrepreneurs harmed by anti-competitive conduct. Bringing to bear his years of experience in the courtroom and the boardroom, Joe helps his clients solve problems and achieve their goals. With over twenty years’ experience in antitrust and other complex civil and class action litigation, he has emerged as a national leader in the field. Joe serves as lead counsel and trial counsel in federal and state court throughout the United States.
At Righthand Law our mission is to “Make it right!” Our clients are real people, with real injuries. We fight against large and powerful corporations as well as negligent individuals to secure compensation so they can move forward. Recent examples include: · Serious facial injuries from faulty airbag deployment system · Large trip and fall settlement from City of San Francisco · Exposure of SF’s MUNI’s faulty drivers tracking system · Large birth injury settlements · Large wrongful death auto collision settlements We listen when clients call and say, “I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.” Justice in litigation, in trial and on appeal. Super Lawyers 2007-2014; The Best Lawyers In America 2009-2015; rated AV®-PreeminentTM 1992-2014, Martindale-Hubbell.
WATER LAW OAKLAND BEST BEST & KRIEGER Roderick E. Walston
SAN FRANCISCO BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL John Briscoe DUANE MORRIS Thomas M. Berliner
Joseph saveri Law Firm, inc.
LAW OffICE Of SCOTT RIghThAnD, PC
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 625 | San Francisco, CA 94111 phone 415.500.6800 | fax 415.395.9940 email jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com
275 Battery St., Suite 1300 | San Francisco, CA 94111 phone 415.544.0115 | fax 415.544.0116 email scott@righthandlaw.net
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PHOTO BY GARY WAGNER
From left to right: Madison Schwartz, Stanford Law, Randall H. Scarlett, Randall A. Scarlett, Ronnie Pang, Olga Rios, Mary Anne Scarlett, and Brendan D. Nay.
SCARLETT LAW GROUP Scarlett Law Group is a premier California personal injury law firm that in two decades has become one of the state’s go-to practices for large-scale personal injury and wrongful death cases, particularly those involving traumatic brain injuries. With his experienced team of attorneys and support staff, founder Randall Scarlett has built a highly selective plaintiffs’ firm that is dedicated to improving the quality of life of its injured clients. “I live to assist people who have sustained traumatic brain injury or other catastrophic harms,” Scarlett says. “There is simply no greater calling than being able to work in a field where you can help people obtain the treatment they so desperately need.” To that end, Scarlett and his firm
strive to achieve maximum recovery for their clients, while also providing them with the best medical experts available. “As a firm, we ensure that our clients receive both the litigation support they need and the cutting-edge medical treatments that can help them regain independence,” Scarlett notes. Scarlett’s record-setting verdicts for clients with traumatic brain injuries include $10.6 million for a 31-yearold man, $49 million for a 23-year-old man, $26 million for a 7-year-old, and $22.8 million for a 52-year-old woman. In addition, his firm regularly obtains eight-figure verdicts for clients who have endured spinal cord injuries, automobile accidents, big rig trucking accidents, birth injuries, and wrongful death. Most recently, Scarlett secured an
$18.6 million consolidated case jury verdict in February 2014 on behalf of the family of a woman who died as a result of the negligence of a trucking company and the dangerous condition of a roadway in Monterey, Calif. The jury awarded $9.4 million to Scarlett’s clients, which ranks as one of the highest wrongful death verdicts rendered in recent years in the Monterey County Superior Court. “Having successfully tried and resolved cases for decades, we’re prepared and willing to take cases to trial when offers of settlement are inadequate, and I think that’s ultimately what sets us apart from many other personal jury law firms,” observes Scarlett, who is a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
536 Pacific Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94133 phone 415.352.6264 | fax 415.352.6265
www.scarlettlawgroup.com