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Practice Areas
Experience
Ed is a skilled litigator who has defended hundreds
of claims and has achieved significant verdicts and
settlements as plaintiffs' counsel in cases involving
employment discrimination, sexual harassment, personal
injury, road design, product liability, civil rights
violations, police misconduct, medical malpractice,
predatory lending and fire cause liability.
Ed's clients have included a broad range of individuals
and entities, including, attorneys, law firms, health
care professionals and organizations, educational institutions,
public entities and public officials, construction contractors
and professionals, to name a few. Ed has represented
numerous public officials in their individual and/or
official capacities in complex and high profile civil
and criminal matters. Additionally, he has been retained
as a consultant to conduct internal affairs investigations
for the city of Pasadena and a special investigation
for the city of Sacramento.
Ed has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration
Association and the Alameda County Superior Court, as
well as acting as an Early Neutral Evaluator for the
United States District Court-Northern District of California's
Alternative Dispute Resolution program and as a commissioner
for the Alameda County Superior Court's Early Disposition
and Settlement Programs.
Reported Cases
- Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. v. Superior Court (1995)
38 Cal.App.4th 14 (Civil Rights)
- Morgan v. Woessner (9th Cir. 1993) 997 F.2d
1244 (Civil Rights)
- Morgan v. Woessner (9th Cir. 1993) 975 F.2d
629 (Civil Rights)
- People v. Shepard (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 1410
(Conflict of Interest)
- McAlpine v. Superior Court (1989) 209 Cal.App.3d
1 (Civil Rights)
- Okura v. United States Cycling Federation
(1986) 186 Cal.App.3d 1461 (Contract)
- Farrow v. Montgomery Ward, Ltd. (1986) 176
Cal.App.3d (ERISA)
- Craven v. Crout (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 779
(Medical Malpractice)
- Alameda County v. Lackner (Mattson) (1978)
79 Cal.App.3d 274 (Administrative Law)
- Parrot v. Rogers (1980) 103 Cal.App.3d 779
(Administrative Law)
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- United States District Court; Northern, Central
and Southern Districts of California
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Affiliations
- American Board of Trial Advocates, San Francisco
Chapter
- American Bar Foundation
- American Arbitration Association
- Alameda County Bar Association
- Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association
- Charles Houston Bar Association
- Creative Growth Center
- Vice President, Board of Directors (1998-2003)
- Downs Community Development Corporation
- Vice President, Board of Directors (2006-2008)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Speaking and Teaching
- "Federal Civil rights Act: Qualified Immunity
Defense," 2004 Annual Meeting of the State Bar
of California
- California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
- California Trial Lawyers Association
- Hastings College of Trial Advocacy
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Counsel
- Practicing Law Institute
- Civil Rights Litigation and Product Design Liability
- State Bar of California
Speaking / Teaching
- Contributor and Consultant to the California Continuing
Education of the Bar publications regarding civil
procedure and government tort liability
- Contributor to the Practicing Law Institute publications
regarding civil rights litigation and product design
liability
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School
of Law; J.D. (1970)
- University of California, Berkeley; B.A. , Rhetoric
(1966)
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