Robert Bodzin Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco, Ca, Us

*Successfully tries, mediates, and arbitrates complex litigation cases onbehalf of businesses and individuals and he has done so in both Californiaand New York for over 25 years* Partner in the following practice areas:* Commercial Litigation* Class Action* Unfair Competition* D&O Shareholder Litigation* Consumer Protection Litigation*Defends large corporations, small businesses and individual professionalsin complex catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death/emotional distresscases*Manages a variety of commercial transactions, class actions and contractdisputes, including those arising out Consumer and Employment ClassActions, California Unfair Business Practices Claims under Business andProfessions Code Section 17200 and 17500 and those which assertbreaches of fiduciary duties by directors, officers, business partners andLLC members*Defends wrongful death, serious personal injury and business casesarising out of trucking, transportation, logistics, Proposition 65disputes, farm, agricultural and equestrian claims*Draft and negotiate buy-sell agreements, contracts and corporategovernance documents*Draws on his extensive experience as a trial attorney and providesstrategic advice and consulting to large corporations, small businessesand individual clients on prospective litigation avoidance*Adviser to the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California, PastCommittee Chair and a frequent speaker on panels for best practices inlitigation and trial and is the co-chair of these events*DRI Retail & Hospitality Vice Chair*Editor and Author of Multiple Immediate DRI Publications and RecentPublications Chair for the DRI Retail and Hospitality Committee and theCommercial Litigation Committee*Regular speaker at retail-law seminars, which include those sponsored bythe California Retailers Association and DRI*Member of the Golden Gate Business Association

Walnut Creek, California, Us

*Successfully tried, mediated, and arbitrated complex litigation cases onbehalf of businesses and individuals for 20 years.*Co-Chair of the Burnham Brown Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group & Member of the following over practice groups: Class Action, Directors & Officers, Transportation and Retail & Hospitality. Coordinates multidisciplinary responses to catastrophic events as amember of Burnham Brown's 24-Hour Client Response Team* Obtained multiple defense verdicts on cases alleging violations of California's Unfair Competition Law, Business & Professions Code Section 17200* Obtained multiple defense verdicts on breach of contract cases* Tried multiple catastrophic high exposure wrongful death/personal injury cases including those involving trucking and transportation industry losses* Defeated class certification motions and obtained dismissals of putative class action cases in both state and federal court * Deposed multiple witnesses in Hong Kong in multi-million dollar international business litigation case which ultimately lead to a defense verdict in federal district court that was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

civil litigation, trials, appeals

Jd, Law

Bs, Political Science