San Rafael, California, United States
Actively defended cases in products liability and personal injury from complaint to resolution, including planning defense strategy and investigation. Took numerous depositions of plaintiffs, percipient witnesses, and experts. Wrote motions and appeared at hearings including motions for summary judgment. Member of select trial team.
Defended cases in construction defect, asbestos, and benzene. Managed over 100 active cases. Second-chaired a six-week asbestos trial through verdict. Took lead on numerous depositions of experts, witnesses, and parties. Authored, appeared at, and argued numerous motions, including motions for summary judgment.
Responsibilities included managing asbestos cases against numerous foreign automobile manufacturers and Navy equipment manufacturers including all aspects of case from receipt of complaint through preparation for and appearance at trial. Most cases resulted in defense judgment on motion practice or dismissals.
Responsibilities included case management, client contact, taking and defending depositions, and trial preparation in construction defect, products liability, toxic tort, and contract cases. Used the Boiler Inspection Act of 1911 to extinguish all California asbestos claims against a train brake manufacturer. Independently handled groundwater contamination cases on behalf of a major chemical company to successful resolution.
Drafted motions, propounded and responded to discovery, took depositions, and appeared on numerous motion hearings in products liability and personal injury defense. Utilized the law of intentional interference with prospective economic advantage to obtain dismissal of a plaintiff’s claim of failure to warn regarding operation of a motor vehicle.