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Roseville, California, United States

• Represent workers’ compensation insurers, third-party administrators, and employers before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Boards (“WCAB”) of Northern, Central, and Southern California.
• Represent the Firm’s clients at depositions, hearings, and trials before California Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judges (“WCJ”), as well as during appellate proceedings including Petitions for.

Concord, California, United States

• Represent employers and insurers in general liability and other civil law proceedings in the State and Federal Trial and Appellate Courts of California and Nevada.
• Represent workers’ compensation insurers, third-party administrators, and employers before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Boards (“WCAB”) of Northern California. Represent National Football League teams, their.
• Represent the Firm’s clients at depositions, hearings, bench and jury trials, and trials before California Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judges (“WCJ”), as well as during appellate proceedings including.
• Represent workers’ compensation insurers, third-party administrators and employers in Nevada workers’ compensation proceedings before Hearing Officers and Appeals Officers, and before the District and Appellate Courts.

Pleasant Hill, California

• Represent workers’ compensation insurers, third-party administrators and employers before the Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Salinas, Stockton and other assigned WCAB.
• Represent the Firm’s clients at deposition, at hearings and trials before a WCJ, as well as during proceedings on appeal.

Concord, California

• Represent the Firm's Clients including workers’ compensation insurers, public entities, self-insured employers, and third-party administrators before the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Salinas, Fresno and Santa Rosa.
• Represent the Firm’s clients at deposition of injured workers, physicians and witnesses; at hearings and trials before a Workers' Compensation Judge ("WCJ") as well as during proceedings on Petition for.
• Provide training and informational seminars to the Firms' Clients in areas of interest and regarding current developments in the workers' compensation arena.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Assistant Vice President 2009-2011. Led and managed a Trial Initiative Program of cases earmarked for trial. Provided litigation training and guidance to Zenith attorneys. Tracked trial and non-trial results and.
• Senior Trial Attorney 2003-2009; 2011-2017. Workers’ compensation defense as in-house counsel for Zenith Insurance Company before the Stockton, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose WCAB.
• Conducted numerous depositions of injured workers and physicians, attended hearings and trials before a WCJ and prepared Petitions and Responses to Petitions for Reconsideration, Removal, and Writs of Review.
• Worked extensively on complex, high-value cases and fraud claims.
• Led Zenith’s Permanent Disability Review process including writing a book entitled “The Attorney’s Guide to an AMA Physician’s Deposition” and presented training to all attorneys within Zenith on the subject matter of.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Represented workers’ compensation insurers and employers before the San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco WCAB.
• Represented the Firm’s clients at deposition, at hearings and trials before a WCJ as well as during proceedings on Petition for Reconsideration, Removal and Writ of Review.
• Prosecuted subrogation claims for reimbursement of benefits by independent action and intervention in Superior Court, and by application for lien.

Reno, Nevada Area

• General civil litigation practice in Nevada and California State and Federal Courts specializing in plaintiffs’ personal injury and claimants’ workers’ compensation representation, with an emphasis on complex cases.
• Tried cases to juries, to the bench, to administrative law judges and participated in the arbitration and mediation process.
• Prepared Petitions for Judicial Review to the State District Court and the Nevada Supreme Court.

Reno, Nevada Area

• Plaintiff’s personal injury practice in Nevada and California.
• Acted as lead counsel in jury and bench trials.
• Conducted and defended depositions of parties, lay witnesses, and physicians.
• Participated in arbitrations, mediations and settlement conferences.

Reno, Nevada Area

• Partner (1991-1993); Associate (1983-1990).
• General civil litigation practice in Nevada and California specializing in complex, high-value cases.
• Acted as lead counsel and as second-chair for jury and bench trials.
• Vast exposure to many areas of litigation including personal injury, insurance defense, commercial, contract, employment, probate, natural resource and domestic relations.
• Represented both plaintiffs and defendants.
• Intense involvement in all facets of the litigation process. Novel uses of the discovery process including "script writing" and performance before focus groups.

Reno, Nevada Area

Law Clerk-Bailiff to District Judge John W. Barrett. Researched and wrote memorandums and orders in numerous civil and criminal matters. Acted as bailiff in all Court proceedings.

Carson City Nevada

Prepared memorandums with proposed orders in civil and criminal matters for the approval of Supreme Court Justices. Researched and wrote bench memorandums. Prepared per curiam opinions issued and published by the Court.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, With Distinction