We provide transactional work within these areas of practice, as well as trial and appellate advocacy:

Landslide Litigation

Environmental Law

Insurance and Bad Faith Litigation

Construction Law

Government Contracts Litigation

Healthcare Litigation

Animal Law

Art Law

Wrongful Death

Business and Commercial Law

Employment Law

Personal Injury

Land Use and Municipal/Zoning Law

Real Property Law, Inverse Condemnation

Areas of Practice

• Trial Advocacy
• Civil Appellate Practice
• Municipal Law
• Condemnation
• Inverse Condemnation
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Coverage
• Personal Injury
• Civil Rights

Bar Admissions

• California, 1965
• U.S. Federal Court, 1965

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1964
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  
• University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1961
  Bachelor of Arts
  
  

Representative Cases

• Marin v. City of San Rafael, 168 Cal.Rptr. 750 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 1980)
• Lucchesi v. Giannini & Uniack, 205 Cal.Rptr. 62 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 1984)

Representative Clients

• Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
• Various San Francisco Cab Companies

References

• Jerry Ganz, Gateway Industries
• Bill Potter, Fireman's Fund

Professional Associations and Memberships

• City of Larkspur, California, 1967 - 1972
  Assistant City Attorney
  
  
• City of Larkspur, California, 1972 - 1973
  City Attorney
  
  
• Marin Municipal Water District, 1967 - 1973
  Assistant Trial Attorney
  
  
• Mayor, Town of Ross, 1982 - 1983
  
  
• Mayor, Town of Ross, 1988 - 1989
  
  
• Mayor, Town of Ross, 1993 - 1994
  
  

Birth Information

• January 1, 1939, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States of America