Biography

Gregory C. Read, one of Sedgwick's senior partners, has extensive experience in the areas of complex litigation, aviation, products liability, and mass tort.  Mr. Read is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Litigation Matters

Representative matters of Mr. Read include:

• Lead counsel for major oil company in multidistrict coordinated litigation arising out of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 accident.
• Lead counsel for major corporation in consolidated actions by aircraft owners/lessors seeking damages in excess of $500 million relating to conversions of Boeing 747s from passenger to cargo configuration.
• Lead counsel for a storage tank manufacturer in coordinated actions filed by more than 500 plaintiffs for personal injuries and property damage caused by leaking underground chemical storage tank.
• Lead and coordinating counsel for a major airline in multidistrict litigation brought by more than 200 passengers for physical and injuries allegedly sustained in an international airline accident.
• In a widely publicized case, successfully defended national cosmetics company in a multi-million dollar breach of contract action against the company and Elizabeth Taylor relating to Ms. Taylor's "Passion" perfume.
• Co-lead counsel for utility in actions brought by more than 600 plaintiffs for physical and emotional injuries allegedly caused by exposure to contaminated groundwater.  Later the subject of major motion picture.
• Trial counsel for major general aviation manufacturer since 1973 in a wide variety of products liability actions in numerous Northern California counties.
• Defended utility in action arising out of helicopter accident which resulted in death of rock promoter Bill Graham.
• Counsel for component manufacturer in action brought by family of R&B singer Aaliyah who died in an aircraft accident in the Bahamas.
• Represented manufacturer of aircraft which crashed in Bosnia, resulting in 9 deaths, including the President of Macedonia.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Mr. Read served as the 2000-2001 president of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and was one of three managing directors of the IADC’s National Jury Trial Innovations Project, a multi-year program to introduce proposed changes in the U.S. jury system to attorneys and judges in all 50 states. He was the Dean of the 2006 Corporate Counsel College and served on the 1988 faculty of the IADC Trial Academy.  Mr. Read is also active in the Defense Research Institute (Board of Directors, 1999-2002) and Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) (Board of Directors, 1999-2002).

Mr. Read is a member of the California and Illinois Bar Associations, the American Bar Association, the Lawyers Pilot’s Bar Association, and the Northern California Association of Defense Counsel.

He was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to serve on California’s Task Force on Jury System Improvements. He has testified on numerous occasions regarding the defense view of proposed legislation and rules changes before the California Assembly Judiciary Committee, California Senate Judiciary Committee, and two Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committees.

Mr. Read is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and one of 243 lawyers world-wide selected for inclusion in An International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers.  He is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Who’s Who in American Law, and Best Lawyers in America.  He was selected as one of the Bay Area's best lawyers by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine and named a Northern California Super Lawyer by San Francisco magazine.  In 2005, he was a recipient of the University of Illinois College of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Presentations & Publications

Mr. Read is a nationally recognized speaker and author on trial tactics and other matters.R epresentative publications and presentations include the following:

Book Chapters

• Author, “Chapter 5,” in Technology and Your Practice DRI, 2000).
• Author, “Chapter 1, Seeing is Believing: A Defense Guide to Videotaped Depositions,” in Winning the Defense Verdict (DRI, 1999).
• Author, “Chapter 10, Video Depositions: Seeing is Believing,” in Dunne on Depositions in California (West Group, 1999).
• Author, “Chapter 43, Demonstrative Evidence,” in Aviation Cases, Aviation Accident Law (Matthew Bender 1992 ed.).
• Author, “Chapter 21, Litigation Notebooks,” in Personal Injury Defense Techniques (Matthew Bender 1987).

Legislative Testimony

• Testified before California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 1133 (requiring appellate review  of class certification orders), May 1, 2001.
• Testified before California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 565 (Class Action Improvement  Act), May 1, 2001.
• Testified before California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 2056 (prohibiting multiple punitive damage awards for same course of conduct), May 9, 2000.
• Testified before California Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of AB 2582 (prohibiting punitive damages when product in compliance with government standards/regulations), May 9, 2000.
• Testified before Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee re proposed changes to Federal Rules of Evidence 701-703, San Francisco, California, January 25, 1999.
• Testified before Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee re proposed changes to Civil Procedure Rules 26 and 30, San Francisco, California, January 22, 1999.
• Testified before California Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of AB 1371 (reformation of punitive damages), May 14, 1997.
• Testified before California Senate Judiciary Committee in support of AB 1862 and AB 2129 (reformation of punitive damages), June 25, 1996.
• Testified before California Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of AB 3259 (reformation of joint and several liability), May 8, 1996.

Papers and Presentations

• Speaker, “Technology In The Courtroom,” Sedgwick Trial Academy, April 28, 2006.
• Dean and Panel Moderator, IADC Corporate Counsel College, Chicago, Illinois, April 20-21, 2006.
• Author and Speaker, “Modern Trial Tactics: Using Mock Trials and Shadow Juries to Assess the Big Case,” Sedgwick’s Hot Topics Seminar for Bermuda Insurance Market, Hamilton, Bermuda, October 2005.
• Faculty Member and Speaker, “Technology in the Courtroom,” Sedgwick Trial Academy, May 19-21, 2005.
• Dean-Elect and Panel Leader, “Avoiding the Crisis, Dealing With It When It Occurs, and Managing the Aftermath,” IADC Corporate Counsel College, Chicago, Illinois, April 21-22, 2005.
• Author and Speaker, “Effectively Using PowerPoint for Trial,” Technology 101, Seminar by Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, Napa, California, April 15, 2005.
• Speaker, “Effective Direct Examination,” Sedgwick Associate Training Program, San Francisco, March 29, 2004.
• Speaker, “Punitive Damages After State Farm,” PG&E Retreat, San Ramon, California, February 27, 2004.
• Speaker, “The Art of Oral Advocacy,” Sedgwick Associate Training Program, San Francisco, February 12, 2004.
• Speaker, “Preparing for Videotaped Depositions,” 2002 Environmental, Claim Group National Conference, St. Paul Insurance Company, Baltimore, Maryland, October 8, 2002.
• Panelist, “Mass Torts: Do They Serve the Public Interest?” Tort Reform Summit 2001, Napa, California, October 11, 2001.
• Author, “The Rules of the Ball Game Have Changed,” Defense Counsel Journal , July, 2001.
• Author and Speaker, “Medical Monitoring: A Windfall for Uninsured Plaintiff and their Lawyers,” London Claims Seminar, Excess and Surplus Lines Claims Association, London, England, May 15, 2001.
• Quoted, “Confidential Settlements Under Fire in 13 States,” Lawyers Weekly USA , April 30, 2001.
• Author, “Medical Monitoring: The New Gold Rush,” Defense Counsel Journal , April 2001.
• Panelist, “Inside Look at the Litigation Machine,” LCJ Annual Legislative Conference, Washington D.C., April 26, 2001.
• Panel Moderator, “Strategic Planning to Prevent the Class Action Catastrophe,” An Insider’s View of Litigation (IADC Corporate Counsel College), Chicago, Illinois, April 11, 2001.
• Author, “Ticking Time Bomb” (electronic discovery), Defense Counsel Journal , January 2001.
• Panelist, “Defense Counsel Organizations Play Key Roles in LCJ,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel , November 2000.
• Author, “Stand Up and Be Counted,” Defense Counsel Journal , October 2000.
• Panel, “Separation of Power, Judicial Elections, and Judicial Nullification of State Tort Laws,” Tort Reform Summit 2000, Napa, California, September 15, 2000.
• Speaker, “IADC National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Tort Reform Summit 2000, Napa, California, September 15, 2000.
• Panel, “Class Action Litigation:  Today and Tomorrow,” Tort Reform Summit 2000, Napa, California, September 15, 2000.
• Author, “IADC Project:  Making the Trial a Better Place to Teach and Learn,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel , July 2000
• Author, “Second Circuit Holds Passenger-on-Passenger Assault Constitutes Warsaw Accident,” IADC Aviation of Space Law Newsletter , July 2000.
• Association Claims Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, July 13, 2000.
• Speaker, “National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters
• Speaker, “Jury Trial Innovations: What Jurors Think,” Wichita Bar Association, Wichita, Kansas, May 12, 2000
• Author and speaker, “Jurisdiction Over Parent Corporation Based on Contacts of Subsidiary or Affiliated Entity,” IADC Seminar:  Jurisdictional Pitfalls Facing International Businesses, London, England, November 11, 1999.
• Participant, Effective Closing Argument:  A Demonstration, DRI Seminar, The Art and Science of Persuasion, Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 1999.
• Author and speaker, “Practical and Ethical Solutions for Controlling Expert Testimony and Damages,” DRI Seminar, Mild/Moderate Traumatic Brain Injuries and Psychological Injury, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 13, 1999.
• Author and speaker, “Presenting a Defense Psychiatric Expert in a Psychological Injury Case,” DRI Seminar, Mild/Moderate Traumatic Brain Injuries and Psychological Injury, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 13, 1999.
• Co-author, “National Jury Trial Innovation Project:  An Update One Year Later,” Defense Counsel Journal , Vol. 66, No. 3, July 1999
• Author and speaker, “The Role of Expert Witnesses in Discovery and at Trial,” DRI’s First Annual Conference for European Manufacturers and Insurers, Brussels, Belgium, May 20-21, 1999.
• Author and speaker, “Seeing is Believing: A Defense Guide to Videotaped Depositions,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 19, 1999.
• Participant, Demonstration of Closing Argument in Severe Brain Injury Case, DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 19, 1999.
• Panel Moderator and speaker, “National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Northern California Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 3, 1998.
• Author and speaker, “Controlling Experts and Damages in a Psychological Injury Case,” DRI Psychological and Neuropsychological Injury Claims Seminar, San Diego, California, November 19, 1998.
• Author and speaker, “Using a Defense Psychiatric Expert in a Psychological Injury Case,” DRI Psychological and Neuropsychological Injury Claims Seminar, San Diego, California, November 19, 1998.
• Participant, Demonstrations of Live Video Conference and Remote Video Conference Deposition Using Real-time Annotated Transcript, Technology II Program, DRI Annual Meeting, October 9, 1998, San Francisco, California.
• Participant, Demonstration of Voice Recognition Software, Technology II Program, DRI Annual Meeting, October 9, 1998, San Francisco, California.
• Co-chair /Moderator, “Technology II: Using Technology to Handle a Case From Start to Finish,” DRI Annual Meeting, October 9, 1998, San Francisco, California.
• Author, “Seeing is Believing: A Defense Guide to Videotaped Depositions,” Technology II Program, DRI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 7-10, 1998.
• Speaker, “National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Monterey Farm Bureau, Salinas, California, September 10, 1998.
• Speaker, “National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Defense Seminar Association, San Francisco, California, August 4, 1998.
• Co-author, “We, The Jury: The IADC-Backed National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” Defense Counsel Journal , Vol. 65, No. 3, July 1998.
• Co-author, “We, The Jury,” San Francisco Attorney, June-July, 1998 (Vol. 24 No. 3).
• Author and speaker, “Avoiding the Consequences of Smoking Guns,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 27, 1998.
• Author and speaker, “National Jury Trial Innovations Project,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, March 6, 1998.
• Author and speaker, “Avoiding the Consequences of Smoking Guns,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, March 6, 1998.
• Panel moderator, “Trial Vignettes: Exploring the Theoretical in Real World Cases,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, March 5, 1998.
• Author, “Seeing is Believing: A Defense Guide to Videotaped Depositions,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Newsletter , Winter, 1998.
• Author, “The Government Contractor Defense Should Apply to Surplus Military Aircraft,” The Air & Space Lawyer, ABA Forum on Air and Space Law Newsletter , Vol. 12, No. 3, Winter, 1998.
• Speaker and author, “Practical Suggestions for Controlling Experts and Damages in a Psychological Injury Case,” DRI seminar: Defense and Evaluation of Psychological Injury Cases, San Francisco, California, November 21, 1997.
• Participant, “Avoiding Crowded Airports: Video Conferences and Depositions,” DRI Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 8, 1997.
• Co-chair /Moderator, “Litigation the 21st Century - Using Technology to Improve Your Practice and Your Life,” DRI Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 8, 1997.
• Speaker and author, “Avoiding the Consequences of Smoking Guns,” Defense Seminar Association, October 14, 1997.
• Chair, “Gaining the Psychological Edge in Jury Trials,” Defense Seminar Association, September 22, 1997. 
• Speaker, “A Survey of California Hotel Tort Liability Issues,” Meeting of Interstate Hotels Corporation representatives and insurers, Los Angeles, California, July 18, 1997.
• Chair, “Mastering the Hidden Truths Which Dominate Every Trial,” Defense Seminar Association, July 16, 1997.
• Speaker and author, “The Government Contractor Defense Applies to Surplus Military Aircraft in the Civilian Fleet,” IADC Aviation & Space Law Committee Meeting, Southampton, Bermuda, July 10, 1997.
• Speaker, “A Survey of Current Trends in Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation,” X.L. Insurance Company, Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, July 9, 1997.
• Author, “The Government Contractor Defense Should Apply to Surplus Military Aircraft,” IADC Aviation & Space Law Newsletter , June 1997.
• Speaker and author, “The Applicability of the Government Contractor Defense to Surplus Military Aircraft,” ABA Forum on Air and Space Law, Seattle, Washington, June 13, 1997.
• Chair, “Using Computer Technology in the Courtroom,” Defense Seminar Association, June 10, 1997.
• Participant, Biomechanics in the Courtroom: Dealing With Injury Causation Analysis, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, April 4, 1997.
• Participant, Techniques for Effective Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Expert: A Demonstration, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, April 3, 1997.
• Speaker and author, “Seeing Is Believing: A Defense Guide to Videotaped Depositions,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21, 1997.
• Speaker and author, “A Step-by-step Process For Deciding Whether to Call A Defense Psychiatric Expert at Trial,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 20, 1997
• Speaker and author, “Avoiding the Consequences of Smoking Guns,” International Association of Defense Counsel Winter Meeting, Monterey, California, February 11, 1997.
• Participant, Direct and Cross-examination Demonstration, University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois, November 1, 1996.
• Author, “Fade to Black: A Defense Perspective on Cameras in the Courtroom,” The American Jury System: Worth Preserving, DRI Monograph , Volume Number 4, October, 1996.
• Co-chair, Disclosure in a Law Firm: A Sexual Harassment Mock Trial, DRI First Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1996.
• Chair, Trial Tactic's and Techniques Committee Meeting, DRI First Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 1996.
• Co-chair, National Forum on Cameras in the Courtroom, DRI First Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 9, 1996.
• Co-author, “Cameras in the Courtroom,” DRI First Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 9 13, 1996. 
• Author, Opening Statement, “Trials & Tribulations,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Summer 1996.
• Author, Opening Statement, “Trials & Tribulations,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Spring 1996.
• Author, “Getting Computer-Generated Animation Into Evidence,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Winter 1996.
• Editor, “Trials & Tribulations,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Winter 1996.
• Speaker and author, “Practical Suggestions for Controlling Experts and Damages in a Psychological Injury Case,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21-22, 1996.
• Panel Participant, “Executives and Attorneys Evaluate Various Cases,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 21-22, 1996.
• Speaker and author, “Getting Computer-Generated Material Into Evidence,” International Association of Defense Counsel, Aviation & Space Law Committee, Palm Springs, California, February 13, 1996.
• Speaker and author, “Admissibility of Computer-Generated Animations,” Aviation Subcommittee, DRI Product Liability Seminar, San Francisco, California, February 8, 1996.
• Author, “Defending Against the Emotional Distress Claim,” The Brief , Vol. 25, No. 2, p. 14 (Winter 1996).
• Speaker and author, “Handling the Psychiatrist at Trial,” DRI Trial Tactics Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, November 9-10, 1995.
• Participant, Demonstration: Opening Statements in a Punitive Damages Case, DRI Trial Tactics Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, November 9-10, 1995.
• Chair, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, November 9-10, 1995.
• Editor, “Trials & Tribulations,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Fall 1995.
• Editor, “Trials & Tribulations,” DRI Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee Newsletter , Summer 1995.
• Speaker, “Handling a Case with Serious Economic Damages,” Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, Emeryville, California, April 25, 1995.
• Speaker and author, “Techniques for Controlling Soft Damages: Emotional Distress, Fear of Cancer, and Medical Monitoring,” DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 16-17, 1995.
• Author, “Admissibility of Computer-Generated Animation in Aviation Cases,” International Association of Defense Counsel Aviation and Space Law Newsletter, January, 1995.
• Speaker, “The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994: An Initial Analysis,” Aviation and Space Law Section, San Francisco Bar Association, San Francisco, California, December 7, 1994.
• Author, “Admissibility of Flight Tests,” Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Journal , Fall 1994.
• Participant, Demonstration: Cross-Examination of Plaintiff's Economist, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, November 18, 1994.
• Speaker and author, “A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Powerful Visual Techniques for Telling Your Story,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, November 17, 1994.
• Co-chair, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, San Francisco, California, November 17-18, 1994.
• Speaker, “Use of Flight Tests in Aviation Litigation,” International Association of Defense Counsel Aviation and Space Law Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 14, 1994.
• Participant, Closing Argument Demonstration, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2-3, 1994.
• Speaker and author, “Defending Against the Emotional Distress Claim,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2-3, 1994.
• Co-chair, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2-3, 1994.
• Author, “Admissibility of Flight Tests,” International Association of Defense Counsel Aviation and Space Law Newsletter , May 1994.
• Speaker and author, “Use and Admissibility of Flight Tests in Aviation Litigation,” Twenty Eighth JALC Air Law Symposium, Dallas, Texas, February 24-26, 1994.
• Participant, Closing Argument Demonstration, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 11-12, 1993.
• Speaker and author, “Defending Against the Emotional Distress Claim” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 11-12, 1993.
• Co-chair, DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 11-12, 1993.
• Speaker and author, “Getting Computer-Generated Material into Evidence,” DRI Trial Techniques Seminar, Palm Springs, California, June 4-5, 1992.
• Author, “Recovery for Emotional Distress in Aviation Cases,” International Association of Defense Counsel Aviation and Space Law Newsletter , January 1992.
• Speaker and author, “Recovery for Emotional Distress in Aviation Cases,” American Bar Association National Institute: Litigation in Aviation, Washington, D.C., October 10-11, 1991.
• Presentation on Voice Identification, Audio Enhancement and Voiceprint Analysis, International Association of Defense Counsel Aviation and Space Law Committee, La Quinta, California, February 5, 1991.
• Participant, mock trial demonstration of sexual harassment case (cross-examination of plaintiff's psychological expert and closing argument), DRI 14th Annual Employment Law Seminar, Pebble Beach, California, October 11-13, 1990.
• Vice-chairman and participant, “Aviation Crashworthiness Mini-Trial” (cross-examination of biodynamic expert), International Association of Defense Counsel Open Forum, Greenbrier, West Virginia, July 6, 1990.
• Author, “Sources of Information and Selected Bibliography re Crashworthiness,” International Association of Defense Counsel Open Forum, Greenbrier, West Virginia, July 1990.
• Lecturer on trial techniques, including opening statements, closing arguments, demonstrative evidence, trial preparation - the last 100 days, and litigation notebooks, SDM&A Associate Training Program (annual).
• Participant, mock trial of attorney malpractice case (opening statement, cross-examination, closing argument), Professional Liability Symposium, sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyer's Professional Liability, San Francisco, California, September 1, 1989.
• Presentation and participant, mock trial re closing arguments, 1988 Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado.
• Participant, “How to Try a Toxic Tort Case” (cross-examination of hydrogeologist), International Association of Defense Counsel Open Forum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 2-3, 1987.
• Speaker and author, “Hazardous Waste - An Overview,” Toxicology & Toxic Torts Symposium, Breckenridge, Colorado, March 3, 1987.
• Speaker, “Hazardous Substances in the Construction Industry,” American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Dallas, Texas, April 17-18, 1986.
• Speaker, “Product Liability - A Crisis Revisited,” Associated Equipment Distributors, San Francisco, California, January 27, 1986.
• Presentation on Demonstrative Evidence, Southern California Association of Defense Counsel, Los Angeles, California, January 24, 1986.
• Editor, International Association of Defense Counsel Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee Newsletter , December 1985.
• Speaker, “Toxic Torts II: The Defense Perspective,” Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, San Francisco, California, December 6, 1985.
• Vice-chairman, American Bar Association Litigation Section Aviation Committee, Subcommittee on Aviation Related State Laws, which prepared “Summary of State Laws of Interest to Aviation Practitioners,” October 1985.
• Speaker, Environmental Regulation and Compliance Seminar, San Francisco, California, July 25-26, 1985.
• Presentation on Trial Techniques, Hastings College of Advocacy, March 11-12, 1985.
• Speaker and author, “Defense of an In-Flight Airframe Failure Case,” Nineteenth JALC Air Law Symposium, Dallas, Texas, February 28-March 2, 1985.
• Presentation on Demonstrative Evidence, Northern California Association of Defense Counsel, San Francisco, California, December 6, 1984.
• Panelist, “Comparative Fault Practice,” California Continuing Education of the Bar, May 14, 17 and 30, 1984 (various locations).
• Presentation on Demonstrative Evidence, International Association of Defense Counsel, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 10-16, 1983.

Memberships & Honors

Following law school, he clerked with Central Illinois Federal District Judge Henry Wise.