JOHN C. STEIN
BOCCARDO LAW FIRM
111 West St. John Street
Suite 400
San Jose, CA 95113
Tel: 408-298-5678
Fax: 408-298-7503
jstein@boccardo.com
www.boccardo.com
John Stein has almost 40 years of experience trying complex
plaintiffs’ cases, including products liability, highway defect,
and professional negligence involving catastrophic injury.
John has dedicated his career to representing injured workers,
consumers, and children seriously injured or killed by the acts of
negligent defendants. John was elected to the American Board
of Trial Advocates in 1984 and was elected as a fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers in 1992. He has been listed
in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995 and has received an
AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell for over 25 years. John was
selected as Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Santa Clara County
Trial Lawyers Association in 2002.
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LAWRENCE A. STRICK STRICK LAW OFFICES 503 D Street Suite 2 San Rafael, CA 94901 Tel: 415-721-1200 Fax: 415-721-1199 lstrick@stricklaw.com www.stricklaw.com
Lawrence Strick has been representing injured people, on a
contingency fee basis, throughout the Bay Area for 31 years.
The Strick Law Offices strongly believes that injured people
deserve access to civil justice and is unwavering in that
commitment. Every client gets individual attention, aggressive
representation, and exceptional compensation. Mr. Strick holds
a position on the Board of Directors of Consumer Attorneys of
California. In 2009, he served as the group’s Parliamentarian.
He was honored as a 2007 Street Fighter of the Year finalist
and received a 2008 Champion of Justice Award. He is a past
President of Consumer Attorneys of Marin. He is a member of
the Board of Directors of the Marin County Bar Association.
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R. LEWIS VAN BLOIS VAN BLOIS AND ASSOCIATES 7677 Oakport Street Suite 565 Oakland, CA 94621 Tel: 510-635-1284 Fax: 510-635-1516 rlvanblois@vanbloislaw.com www.vanbloislaw.com
Lew Van Blois is an experienced Oakland lawyer representing
consumers with catastrophic injuries for over 30 years. He
specializes in motor vehicle accidents, including rollover, roof
crush, and ESC cases; defective products; truck accidents;
dangerous roads; construction accidents; and medical
malpractice. He is experienced in traumatic brain injury,
paralysis, burn injury, and wrongful death cases. He has
received recognition by the Consumer Attorneys of California in
the areas of products liability, public entity liability, professional
negligence, and general personal injury. A graduate of UC
Berkeley School of Law, he is Certified by the National Board of
Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Specialist.
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CHRISTOPHER A.
VIADRO
BUTLER VIADRO, LLP
414 13th Street
7th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: 510-287-2400
Fax: 510-287-2401
viadro@butlerviadro.com
www.butlerviadro.com
Christopher Viadro is a partner at Butler Viadro, LLP, in Oakland.
He handles catastrophic personal injury cases arising primarily
from industrial accidents, dangerous premises, defective
products, and general negligence matters. He litigates related
workers’ compensation cases. Mr. Viadro is a past nominee for
Trial Lawyer of the Year (by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers
Association). He serves on SFTLA’s Board of Directors and
on the University of San Francisco School of Law’s Board
of Governors. He also serves as an SF Superior Court Early
Settlement Conference Panelist and as an SF Bar Association
Fee Dispute Arbitrator. Mr. Viadro graduated from USF School
of Law in 1992 with honors and was on the Law Review.
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MATTHEW N. WHITE MONTY WHITE LLP Courthouse Square, Suite 425 1000 Fourth Street San Rafael, CA 94901 Tel: 415-453-1010 Fax: 888-831-5842 mwhite@montywhitelaw.com www.montywhitelaw.com
Matt White has handled personal injury and other civil litigation
cases throughout the Bay Area for over 30 years. He lectures
extensively on trial advocacy, mediation, and ethics for bar
associations and law schools and was faculty co-chair of the
Personal Injury Institute at the Hastings College of Advocacy
from 1995-2000. He has completed several advanced
mediation training programs, is a mediator with Resolution
Remedies in San Rafael and for the First District Court of
Appeal, and serves often as a judge pro tem in San Francisco
and Marin Counties. He is a past President of the Marin County
Bar Association.
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RICHARD C. BENNETT BENNETT & JOHNSON, LLP 1901 Harrison Street Suite 1600 Oakland, CA 94612 Tel: 510-444-5020 Fax: 510-835-4260 richard@bennettjohnsonlaw.com www.bennettjohnsonlaw.com
Rick Bennett is honored to again be recognized in Northern
California Super Lawyers. He has successfully represented
thousands of catastrophically injured clients for over 35 years.
His clients have received some of the highest verdicts and
awards throughout California in medical malpractice, personal
injury, products liability, accident cases, and wrongful death
cases. His professional memberships include the Consumer
Attorneys of California, the American Association for Justice, and
the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he is an Advocate in
the American Board of Trial Advocates and Guardians of Justice.
He has been certified by ATLA since 1978 as a Specialist in
Medical Malpractice, General Personal Injury, and Products
Liability and is AV-rated preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
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JAMES S. BOSTWICK
BOSTWICK & PETERSON, LLP
4 Embarcadero Center
Suite 750
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: 415-421-8300
Fax: 415-421-8301
james@bostwickfirm.com
www.bostwickfirm.com
Bostwick practices in California and other states. He has
set several national, state, and local records for verdicts
and settlements. He is past President of the International
Academy of Trial Attorneys (invitation limited to 500). He is
a Fellow of the elite Inner Circle of Advocates (top 100 U.S.
plaintiff lawyers). He is Certified by the American Board of
Professional Liability Attorneys. He is a member of ABOTA, is
a top 500 Lawdragon honoree, and has been featured in The
Best Lawyers in America (1983 to present), Newsweek, Town and
Country magazine, Forbes, California State Bar Journal, and the
San Francisco Chronicle.
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PAUL V. MELODIA WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER 650 California Street 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 Tel: 415-981-7210 Fax: 415-391-6965 pmelodia@walkuplawoffice.com www.walkuplawoffice.com
Paul Melodia is honored to again be recognized in Northern
California Super Lawyers. He has been with the Walkup
firm representing plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful
death actions for over 40 years, and he still finds his practice
tremendously gratifying. Over his career he has been at the
cutting edge of litigation involving products, medical care,
government liability, and transportation accidents. He has been
responsible for his share of record verdicts and blockbuster
settlements and is a proud member of the International
Academy, the American College, ABOTA, ABPLA, and the
Edward McFetridge Inn of Court. He is proud to be a trial lawyer
and feels privileged to have the opportunity to speak for victims
of negligent conduct.
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BRADLEY M. CORSIGLIA
CORSIGLIA MCMAHON &
ALLARD LLP
96 North 3rd Street
Suite 620
San Jose, CA 95112
Tel: 408-289-1417
Fax: 408-289-8127
bmc@cmalaw.net
www.cmalaw.net
Brad is admitted to practice in California and the U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California. He attended Santa Clara
University School of Law, Santa Clara, California and received
his J.D. in 1984, and California State University of San Jose,
San Jose, California and received his B.A. in 1979. Brad is a
member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the State
Bar of California, Consumer Attorneys of California, Santa Clara
County Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for
Justice, and ABOTA. As a result of Mr. Corsiglia’s work, Corsiglia,
McMahon & Allard was recognized in 2010 by U.S. News &
World Report as one of the best medical malpractice law firms in
the country. Mr. Corsiglia is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and
recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America.
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