Partner with the firm of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP; principally engaged in trial practice in federal and state courts involving commercial and criminal litigation. Experience includes professional liability and legal malpractice; newspaper antitrust litigation, media, defamation and related first amendment litigation, insurance, and defense of businesses and individuals in criminal litigation. Arbitrator and mediator for the San Francisco Superior Court and the American Arbitration Association. State-wide practice as ethics counsel to attorneys and law firms on professional responsibility and law practice management; consultant on ethics issues, professional liability, fees and client disputes. |