Certified Legal Specialist: Legal Malpractice Law (State Bar of California) | Certified Legal Specialist: Civil Trial Law (NBTA)

Lodestar analysis, including reasonable hourly rate, reasonable hour, and multiplier or fee enhancement analysis; State and federal fee-shifting statutes; Contractual attorney fee clauses; litigation success and prevailing party analysis; Class Action attorney fee; Attorney fee award appeals; Anti-SLAPP motion prevailing party attorney fee awards; Appellate attorney fees; Contingency fee agreements; Quantum Meruit analysis for judgment subject to multiple contingent fee agreements (e.g., due to substitution of attorney); Brandt fees; Buss fees; Insurance Carrier Billing Guideline analysis

Real estate attorney (50+ years) and CA Real Estate Broker (40+ years). Expertise includes interpretation of real estate documents, real estate and mortgage brokers' standard of care, custom & usage, mortgage banking, lawyer malpractice in real estate and business transactions, legal ethics and fee disputes.

Practice limited to expert consulting and testimony in matters involving insurance, reinsurance or lawyers’ professional ethics & responsibilities.

Business Litigation, Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Professional Liability, Banking.

Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Legal Malpractice; Attorney-Client Privilege; Professional Negligence; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; UPL

Specialties include accounting, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, business interruption, business dissolution, construction defects, delays & cost overruns, elder abuse, false advertising, family law, fraud, insurance bad faith, intellectual property including trademark, patent & copyright infringement, & trade secrets, lemon law, lender liability, misrepresentations, partnership disputes, personal injury, product liability, professional malpractice damages, punitive damages, real estate, securities, tracing, trusts & estates, unfair competition, valuation of businesses, wage & hour claims, white collar crime, & wrongful termination.

Expert consultant/witness since 1991 re: legal fees & billing practices in complex litigation including patent/other IP litigation, insurance coverage, fee disputes, fee-shifting cases & other fee litigation; reasonableness, rates & allocation issues; legal bill & attorneys’ fees audits; oral testimony & written declarations/reports; court-appointed special master for fee analysis. Prior background: 15 years experience handling all aspects of complex litigation.

Qualified as an expert on insurance matters & insurance claims handling in cases in Los Angeles County, Solano County, San Mateo County, San Francisco County, Sacramento County & Contra Costa County & also in the US District Court for the Northern District of California & also at arbitration. His testimony has been accepted on a wide variety of issues in the areas of insurance company claims handling & practice including evaluating coverage positions, the investigation of claims, compliance with insurance regulations & overall insurance industry claims handling principles, customs & practices. Also qualified as an expert on civil litigation standards, case evaluation & settlement practices. Specialist in civil trials, arbitrations & appeals since graduating from the University of California, San Francisco, Law School (formerly Hastings College of the Law) in 1966. His firm has its principal office in San Francisco