Gough, Julie E.

Area of Focus
Lawrence J. Gornick is a trial lawyer with a practice focused on mass torts, products liability, consumer class actions and unfair business practices.  He has tried cases in courts across the country, including California, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Mr. Gornick has successfully argued numerous appeals and has resolved hundreds of cases through mediation and arbitration. In his prior practice, Mr. Gornick served as national, regional, and state counsel for manufacturers in mass product liability litigation and consumer class actions. Mr. Gornick also has substantial experience in litigation related to complex commercial disputes, franchisor liability and misappropriation of trade secrets.  He has lectured on trial advocacy skills at Stanford Law School and the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Primary Current Engagements
Mr. Gornick currently serves on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committees for the following MDLs: DePuy ASR Hip Implant Products Litigation (appointed by U.S. District Court Judge David A. Katz); Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Litigation (appointed by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster); Pinnacle Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation (appointed by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade).  Gornick also serves as Liaison Counsel for the California state court Reglan/Metoclopramide Litigation (appointed by Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer) and on the California state court Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for the DePuy ASR Hip System Cases (appointed by Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer).

Legal History
Partner and founder of  Kaiser Gornick LLP; Partner, Levin Simes Kaiser & Gornick LLP, 2006 to 2011 – served as leader of the Mass Tort Practice Group ; Partner, Paul  Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, 2002 to 2006 – served as Global Vice Chair of Litigation Department, Office Chair of San Francisco Litigation Department and  Chair of San Francisco Associate Development Committee; Partner, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP, 1996 to 2002 – served as Chair of the Brobeck Pro Bono Committee; Associate, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP, 1988 to 1996.

Education
University of California, Davis School of Law, JD, 1988
University of California, Santa Barbara, BA  1985

Admissions
Admitted to practice in all California state courts; the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Bar and Professional Associations
State Bar of California, American Association for Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, The National Trial Lawyers