Mr. Kelly is in his 4th decade of representing those injured by the wrongdoing of others. His March 2013 $8,341,000 verdict in the first DePuy ASR /Johnson and Johnson metal-on-metal artificial hip trial set the standard for verdicts in the nationwide artificial hip implant litigation. His August, 2012, $8,350,000 verdict on behalf of a construction-site worker who lost an arm in a fall, further demonstrated the breadth of his practice and his stellar results. A member of the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates, Mr. Kelly has been annually selected by SuperLawyers Magazine as one of the Top Ten lawyers in Northern California. His practice includes personal injury cases arising from defective medical devices, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, product liability, government liability and mass tort claims. He represents clients both in and out of California.
In 2012 he was honored by the Consumer Attorneys of California with the Robert E. Cartwright award, given to a member of the Association for contributions to the teaching of Trial Advocacy. In 2011 he was honored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy with the prestigious Robert Oliphant Award, recognizing his pro bono contributions to advocacy teaching. In 2010 he was voted by the members of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association as "Trial Lawyer of the Year." This was his fourth nomination as SFTLA Trial Lawyer of the Year. One year earlier he was chosen by the readers of San Francisco's Recorder legal newspaper as the "Best Personal Injury Attorney" in San Francisco.
At various times he has held or shared the record for the highest verdict amount in particular case types in San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Clara and Sonoma Counties. His $23,200,000 jury verdict in a medical negligence case in Minnesota in 2010 ranks among the nation's largest verdicts ever for obstetrical injury. He has been listed as among the “Best Lawyers” in America for 17 consecutive years. He holds an “AV” rating (highest rating) from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been favorably profiled in numerous legal periodicals. During his career he has been involved in more than 170 cases where his client recovered $1,000,000 or more by way of trial, arbitration, mediation or settlement.
He has been recognized by his peers by election to the most selective and prestigious legal honorary societies including the Inner Circle of Advocates, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers (for whom he served as President in 2012-2013), and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has served on the National Board of ABOTA, the governing board of NITA, the Foundation Board for ABOTA, and the governing boards of numerous charities.
His commitment to continuing legal education and pro-bono work has been widely recognized. During his career he has served as an invited speaker at almost 200 continuing education seminars for attorneys across the country (and outside the United States) on subjects ranging from civil trial practice to cross-examination, evidence, opening statement and final argument.
He has taught litigation advocacy courses in England, Ireland, Scotland, Eastern Europe and Asia. He served for ten years as the director of teacher training programs for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. He lectures regularly for the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), The Rutter Group, CAOC, ABOTA and SFTLA.
Mr. Kelly graduated summa cum laude from St. Mary's College of California in 1973. He obtained his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1976. He was an Assistant Professor of Law at Hastings from 1981 – 2001. Since 1978 his work has been exclusively in the area of complex plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death claims.
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Defective Products
Medical Malpractice
Toxic Household Products
Brain Injury
Brain Stem Injury
Birth Injuries
Labor & Delivery Negligence
Born: August 14, 1951; San Francisco, California
Education:
St. Mary's College of California; B.A. 1973
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Student Body President
De La Salle Medal (Academic Excellence)
Milliken Award (Student Affairs)
University of California Hastings College of Law; J.D. 1976
License: State Bar of California, 1976
State Bar Number: 71460
Employment:
Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
Partner/Vice-President
(1978 - Present)
Litigation, trial, arbitration and mediation of catastrophic injury, product liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, automobile negligence, wrongful death, obstetrical injury and traumatic brain injury claims.
Honors, Professional Affiliations and Associations:
- Martindale-Hubbell, "AV" Rating ( highest rating; received annually each year since first rated in 1982)
- Recipient, CAOC Cartwright Award for teaching litigation advocacy (2012)
- Recipient, Robert Oliphant Award, N.I.T.A. (2011)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2010 (also nominated 1999, 2001, 2008)
- Top Ten Northern California "Super Lawyers" (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Award of Merit, Bar Association of San Francisco (2007)
- Listed, "The Best Lawyers In America" (1997 - 2012)
- The Recorder Newspaper: San Francisco's Best Personal Injury Attorney, (Voted by peers in San Francisco Bar, 2010)
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Nominated Finalist, Consumer Attorney of the Year (2008, 2010)
- American Board of Trial Advocates San Francisco Chapter, President (2010); National Board Member (2002 - 2003; 2004 - 2012)
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Member
- International Society of Barristers, Fellow; President (2012 - 2013); Member, Board of Governors (2002 - 2012)
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Member; Board of Trustees (2002 - 2012)
- U.C. Hastings Foundation, Board Membership (2010 - 2013)
- San Francisco Focus Magazine, Northern California "Super Lawyers" (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, President (1996); Executive Board Member (1990-1995)
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Program Director: West Coast Teacher Training (2001 - 2010); Harvard Teacher Training (2005 - 2008); Colorado Teacher Training (2006 - 2007); New York Teacher Training (2009 - 2012)
- Judicial Council of California, Member, Jury Instruction Task Force (2000 - 2003)
- Judicial Council Advisory, Member, Committee on Civil Jury Instructions (C.A.C.I.) (2004 - 2012)
- San Francisco Superior Court Judge Pro Tem
- State Bar of California, Member: Litigation Section
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Member: Judiciary Committee; Litigation Section Executive Committee (2001 - 2006)
- San Francisco Superior Court Judicial Arbitration Arbitrator Selection Committee, Member (1998 - 2008)
- Edward J. McFetridge San Francisco American Inn of Court (1990 - 1993)
- American Association for Justice, Member
- San Francisco Superior Court
- Association of Personal Injury Attorneys (United Kingdom)
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Member
Academic Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of Law(1981 - 2000)
Courses Taught: Personal Injury Litigation
Evidence Advocacy
Litigation Advocacy 1
Advanced Personal Injury Seminar
Litigation Advocacy II - Personal Injury
Teaching Faculty/Team Leader, Emory University School of Law, (1989 - to present)
Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program
Presentations/Lectures:
- October 2012 Consumer Attorneys of California, College of Trial Arts. Co-Chair, Kaiser Seminar (San Francisco)
- June 2012 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: New York Teacher Training (N.Y. Law School, New York)
- May 2012 University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Final Argument" (San Francisco)
- February 2012 Consumer Attorneys of California Webinar, Presenter: "Med School for Lawyers: Injuries to Newborns and Infants"
- January 2012 Consumer Attorneys of California, Presenter: "What's New in Tort and Trial Practice" (Fresno, Stockton)
- November 2011 50th Annual Convention, Consumer Attorneys of California. Speaker: "10 Discovery Tools for Getting Better Results in Your Kaiser Cases" (San Francisco)
- October 2011 Consumer Attorneys of California, College of Trial Arts. Co-Chair, Kaiser Seminar (San Francisco)
- July 2011 Harris Martin Seminar, Presenter: "Next Gen Knee and DePuy Hip Litigation, ASR Trial Strategies" (San Diego)
- June 2011 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: New York Teacher Training (N.Y. Law School, New York)
- May 2011 National Institute of Trial Advocacy United Kingdom. Program Director: Tutor Training (Belfast, Ireland)
- May 2011 University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Final Argument" (San Francisco)
- March 2011 Harris Martin Hip Implant Litigation Conference. Speaker: "Trial Strategies for DePuy Litigation" (San Diego)
- January 2011 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 26th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 2010 The Rutter Group, 2011 Torts Update. Panelist (San Francisco)
- November 2010 Johnson & Johnson DePuy Hip Implant Litigation Conference. Presenter: "Proposed Trial Strategies for the DePuy Litigation" (Durham, North Carolina)
- October 2010 American Board of Trial Advocates, San Francisco Chapter. Presenter: "Masters in Opening Statement and Closing Argument" (San Francisco)
- August 2010 Consumer Attorneys of California, Seminar, Vehicle Dynamics. Presenter: "Getting Mileage Out of the Defense Expert " (Sonoma, California)
- June 2010 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: New York Teacher Training (N.Y. Law School, New York)
- May 2010 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Presenter: "Opening and Closing by The Masters" (San Francisco)
- April 2010 Consumer Attorneys of California, "Evening the Playing Field in Kaiser Arbitrations;" Program Co-Chair (Oakland, California)
- January 2010 Osaka Bar Association, Saiban-in Jury Trial Skills Training, Program Director (Osaka, Japan)
- January 2010 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 25th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (Sacramento, California)
- December 2009 The Rutter Group, 2009 Torts Update. Panelist (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
- November 2009 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: West Coast Teacher Training (San Francisco)
- November 2009 American Board of Trial Advocates, Sacramento Chapter, Masters in Cross-Examination. Presenter: "Cross-Examination, Basic Principles and Techniques" (Sacramento, California)
- September 2009 National Institute of Trial Advocacy - U.K., Scottish Solicitor Advocacy Training (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- August 2009 Consumer Attorneys of California, Vehicle Dynamics Seminar. Lecturer: "Cross-Examining the Accident Reconstruction Expert Witness" (Sonoma, California)
- June 2009 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: East Coast Teacher Training (New York, NY)
- May 2009 American Board of Trial Advocates, San Francisco Chapter, Masters in Demonstrative Evidence. Presenter: "Final Argument" (San Francisco, California)
- January 2009 Osaka Bar Association Litigation Advocacy Training Program Director and Team Leader (Osaka, Japan)
- January 2009 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 24th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- January 2009 Bar Association of San Francisco. Panelist: Dealing With The Toxic Client (San Francisco)
- November 2008 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: West Coast Advocacy Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law (San Francisco)
- August 2008 Consumer Attorneys of California, Vehicle Dynamics and Handling Seminar. Presenter: "Deposing the Defense Automobile Accident Reconstruction Engineer" (Sonoma, California)
- June 2008 University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Final Argument" (San Francisco, California)
- June 2008 American Board of Trial Advocates, San Francisco Chapter, Masters of Cross-Examination. Program Director: "How to Cross-Examine and Impeach Lay and Expert Witnesses" (San Francisco, California)
- May 2008 Low, Ball & Lynch Annual Update, "Damages In Wrongful Death Actions." Presenter (San Francisco, California)
- May 2008 California Medical Association, Eleventh Annual Health Care Leaders Academy. Presenter: "Avoiding Medical Malpractice" (Anaheim, California)
- April 2008 National Institute of Trial Advocacy - U.K. Program Director/Faculty Member: Scottish Prosecutor's Training (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- March 2008 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: Boston Teacher Training (Boston, Massachusetts)
- January 2008 Federation of Japanese Bar Associations (JFBA). Advisor / Instructor: National Litigation Skills Training (Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)
- January 2008 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 23rd Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (Sacramento)
- December 2007 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Panelist: CLE Program, "Tactical Containment of Experts: Exorcising Economic Experts" (San Francisco)
- December 2007 The Rutter Group, 2008 Torts Update. Panelist (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
- November 2007 Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada. Lecturer: "College of Hard Knocks" (San Francisco)
- November 2007 Bar Association of San Francisco. Co-Director: Juvenile Trial Advocacy Clinic (San Francisco)
- November 2007 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: Western Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law, Kendrick Hall School of Law (San Francisco, California)
- October 2007 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego, California)
- October 2007 American Society of Anesthetics, 2007 Annual Meeting. Invited Lecturer: "Risk Management and Professional Liability Issues (San Francisco)
- July 2007 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Director: National Trial Skills Program. (Boulder, Colorado)
- March 2007 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: Advocacy Teacher Training (Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts)
- December 2006 The Rutter Group, 2007 Torts Update. Panelist (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
- November 2006 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: Western Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law, Kendrick Hall School of Law (San Francisco, California)
- November 2006 American Board of Trial Advocates, Sacramento Chapter "Masters in Trial". Presenter: Opening Statement. (Sacramento)
- October 2006 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego, California)
- July 2006 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: National Trial Skills Program (Boulder, Colorado)
- May 2006 University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Final Argument" (San Francisco, California)
- April 2006 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Program Moderator: "On Suing MUNI." (San Francisco, California)
- March 2006 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: Advocacy Teacher Training (Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts)
- January 2006 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 21st Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 2005 The Rutter Group, Personal Injury Update. Panelist (San Francisco, Newport Beach)
- November 2005 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director: West Coast Advocacy Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law (San Francisco)
- October 2005 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
- July 2005 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Team Leader: National Trial Skills Program (Boulder, Colorado)
- June 2005 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Presentation. Speaker: "The Scientific, Artistic and Efficient Use of a Trial Lawyer's Most Basic Weapon: Cross-Examination"
- May 2005 American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) "Masters in Trial - Ultimate Trial Notebook". Lecturer: Direct and Cross-Examination (San Francisco)
- May 2005 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program (University of New Mexico School of Law - Albuquerque, NM)
- May 2005 Microsoft Corporation Advocacy Academy. Faculty Member (Seattle, WA)
- April 2005 University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Presenter: "Medical Liability Reform - Is MICRA Fair?" (San Francisco)
- February 2005 Public Interest Law Group Advocacy Trial. Faculty Member, University of San Francisco Kendrick School of Law (San Francisco)
- January 2005 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 20th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 2004 The Rutter Group, Personal Injury Update. Panelist (Newport Beach)
- December 2004 ABA/CEELI Advocacy Training. Program Leader (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
- October 2004 54th Annual Meeting, American Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Guest Speaker: "Medical Liability"
- October 2004 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program. (San Diego)
- July 2004 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Trial Skills Program. (Boulder, Colorado)
- July 2004 University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Panelist: "Evidence Based Medicine and Risk Management" (San Francisco)
- May 2004 Emory University Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program. Team Leader. (Atlanta, Georgia)
- May 2004 University of San Francisco, Kendrick Hall School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Closing Argument" (San Francisco)
- January 2004 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 19th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 2003 Association of Defense Counsel 44th Annual Meeting. Speaker: "California's All New Plain-English Civil Jury Instructions" (San Francisco)
- November 2003 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Presentation. Speaker: "From BAJI to CACI - Using the New Jury Instructions to Your Advantage"
- November 2003 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Program Director, West Coast Advocacy Teacher Training, University of San Francisco School of Law.
- September 2003 Northern Ireland Advocacy Working Party and NITA, U.K. Faculty Member, Solicitors Advanced Advocacy Training, Queens College, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- May 2003 University of San Francisco Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Making a Convincing Closing Argument" (Kendrick Hall Law School, San Francisco)
- March 2003 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Harvard University Teacher Training (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- February 2003 Association of Defense Counsel. Speaker: "The Judicial Counsel's Jury Instructions - Are You Prepared?" (San Francisco)
- February 2003 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Native American Tribal Court Skills Program (National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada)
- January 2003 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 18th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- January 2003 The American Board of Trial Advocates, in conjunction with ABOTA National Meeting. "Masters in Trial, Direct Examination Demonstration" (San Francisco)
- November 2002 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Director/Faculty Member: West Coast Teacher Training (San Francisco)
- October 2002 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
- July 2002 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session Trial Skills Program (University of Colorado School of Law - (Boulder, Colorado)
- May 2002 University of San Francisco Intensive Advocacy Program. Lecturer: "Final Argument" (San Francisco)
- January 2002 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 17th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- November 2001 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Director, West Coast Teacher Training Program, University of San Francisco Law School (San Francisco)
- October 2001 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
- September 2001 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Symposium. Lecturer: "Dealing With Hospital and Health Plan Liens" (San Francisco)
- July 2001 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session Advocacy Training (University of Colorado School of Law - Boulder, Colorado)
- May 2001 American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting. Participant: "Mauet and the Masters" (The Phoenician - Scottsdale, Arizona)
- May 2001 Bar Association of San Francisco Litigation Section M.C.L.E. Seminar. Moderator: "Maximizing Client Participation at Mediation" (San Francisco)
- February 2001 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Continuing Education Program. Presenter: "Direct & Cross Examination of Experts" (San Francisco)
- January 2001 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 16th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- October 2000 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
- July 2000 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member,National Session Trial Skills Program (University of Colorado, School of Law, Boulder, Colorado)
- May 2000 Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program. Faculty Member, Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, Georgia)
- July 1999 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program (San Diego)
- June 1999 San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar. Presenter: "Identifying and Evaluating the Automobile Product Liability Case" (San Francisco)
- May 1999 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program (University of New Mexico School of Law - Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- March 1999 Consumer Attorneys of California. Lecturer: "Handling Personal Consumption Issues in Wrongful Death Cases" (33rd Annual Lake Tahoe Seminar)
- January 1999 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 14th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- June 1998 Lecturer: "Standard of Care" presented to Surgical Grand Rounds at U.C.S.F./Mt. Zion Hospital (sponsored by U.C.S.F./Mt. Zion Risk Management).
- May 1998 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Southwest Regional Program (University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, N.M.)
- April 1998 Emory University Trial Techniques Program. Faculty Member (Atlanta, GA)
- March 1998 Consumer Attorneys of California 33rd Annual Tahoe Seminar. Moderator: "Creative Approaches to Economic Losses"
- January 1998 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 13th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
- November 1997 Panelist: "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in California" presented by National Business Institute (Oakland)
- November 1997 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: Western Deposition Skills Program (Golden Gate University School of Law - San Francisco)
- January 1997 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 12th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 1996 Consumer Attorneys of California, Continuing Legal Education Seminar. Featured Speaker: "Proposition 213: Constitutionality and Applicability" (San Francisco)
- October 1996 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member: "Deposition Skills Program" (San Francisco)
- July 1996 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Skills Program (San Diego)
June 1996 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session (University of Colorado, School of Law - Boulder, Colorado) - May 1996 Kaiser Permanente Risk Management Symposium, Medical Malpractice Risk From the Trial Lawyers Perspective. Panelist: "Managing Unexpected Patient Care Outcomes" (Emeryville, California)
- January 1996 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 11th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento)
- December 1995 State Bar of California, Litigation Section. Teaching Video: "Civility in the Practice & Avoidance of Gender Bias" (San Francisco)
- October 1995 Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Auto Focus '95 Seminar. "Discovery, Experts, Exhibits and Defenses in Occupant Restraint Cases" (presented with Daniel Dell'Osso) (Phoenix, Arizona)
- September 1995 San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association's Auto Seminar. "Handling Biomechanical and Occupant Restraint Issues in Automobile Cases" (San Francisco)
- July 1995 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
- June 1995 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, National Session (University of Colorado Law School - Boulder, Colorado)
- April 1995 Consumer Attorneys of California. Moderator: "Premises Liability: Preparing and Proving the Case" (30th Annual Lake Tahoe C.L.E. Seminar)
- January 1995 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 10th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
- July 1994 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
- June 1994 California Continuing Education of the Bar. Program Director: "Handling Product Liability Cases" (San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose)
- March 1994 Bar Association of San Francisco. Speaker: "Avoidance of Legal Malpractice in a Personal Injury Practice" (San Francisco)
- January 1994 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 9th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
- December 1993 San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association. Panelist: "Legal Ethics - Making Your Way Through the Maze of Every Day Practice"
- July 1993 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Session (San Diego)
- June 1993 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Session (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
- May 1993 California Continuing Education of the Bar. Participant/Lecturer: "Coping With Liens in Personal Injury Cases" (San Francisco 5/8/93; Sacramento 5/4 and 5/6/93)
- March 1993 Bancroft Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Program: "Low Speed Collision Accident Reconstruction and Biomechanics" (Speaker with Lawrence Kern, Esq. and L. Elson, Ph.D.)
- February 1993 E.J. McFetridge American Inn of Court Legal Ethics Presenter: "Use and Abuse of the Media in Litigation"
- January 1993 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 8th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
- November 1992 California Trial Lawyers Association's 31st Annual Convention. Speaker: "Arguing the Slip and Fall Case" (San Francisco)
- October 1992 Los Angeles Trial Lawyers 11th Annual Las Vegas Convention. Presenter: "Evaluation of the Premises Liability Case; Should You Accept It?"
- July 1992 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Pacific Regional Trial Advocacy Program (San Diego)
- June 1992 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Trial Advocacy Program (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
- March 1992 Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association/Continuing Education of the Bar Program. Speaker: "Handling the Seat Belt, Biomechanical and Comparative Negligence Issues" (San Francisco)
- January 1992 State Bar of California Litigation Section Demonstration Program. Participant: "Everything You Need to Know About Depositions" (San Francisco)
- January 1992 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 7th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
- November 1991 California Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Evaluation and Settlement: Maximizing the Bottom Line" (San Francisco)
- October 1991 Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association/Continuing Education Program. Panelist: "Evaluation and Settlement" (San Francisco)
- September 1991 Bancroft-Whitney/San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Program. Presenter: "Taking Depositions" (San Francisco)
- September 1991 Bar Association of San Francisco. Panelist: "Taking and Defending Depositions" (San Francisco)
- November 1990 California Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention. Lecturer: "Preparing for and Conducting Depositions of Medical Experts" (LaJolla, California)
- September 1990 7th Annual C.T.L.A. Advocacy College. Speaker: "Preparing the Experts, the Plaintiff and the Trial" (San Francisco)
- June 1990 National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Faculty Member, Western Regional Advocacy Course (Boalt Hall, Berkeley)
- April 1990 California Continuing Education of the Bar, Product Liability Trial Practice Institute. Panelist: "Understanding and Utilizing Government Involvement in Product Liability Claims" (Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- January 1990 California Continuing Education of the Bar's 5th Annual Torts Practice. Panelist: "Recent Developments in Torts" (San Francisco, Sacramento, Yosemite)
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