Profile

Attorney - General civil litigation, engaged primarily in the defense of construction, personal injury, landlord tenant and disability rights cases. Has advocated on behalf of defendants and plaintiffs in all phases of litigation, including mediation, arbitration, settlement conference, trial and appeal.

Of Counsel to Allman & Nielsen, P.C. 2000 to present
Larkspur, California
Previously - Managing & Senior Trial Attorney, Transamerica/TIG Insur.Co.

Mediator – Mediation of personal injury, property damage and landlord/tenant disputes.

Pro-tem Judge – 1990 to 2000 San Francisco Superior and Municipal Court, hearing civil division settlement conferences, personal injury and landlord tenant cases.

Judicial Arbitrator with the San Francisco Superior Court -1985 to present, hearing more than 30 arbitrations.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley
B.A. 1975 in Political Science
University of California, Hastings College of Law
J.D. 1978 - Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly

Mediators Training Certificate Program - Steven Rosenberg, Mill Valley.

Professional Admissions and Memberships:

State Bar of California – admitted December 1, 1978 - member Litigation Section
United States District Court, Northern District of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Bar Association of San Francisco, member Mediation Committee
Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California

Civic Activity:

President, San Francisco Fire Commission – April 2004 to present; member since 2001.

West of Twin Peaks Central Council
President - 1997 to 2000; Delegate - 1992 to present

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