MEMBERS OF FIRM
Randall C. Creech (Member) born San Jose, California, July 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of Santa Clara (B.A., 1972; J.D., magna cum laude, 1975). Member: Santa Clara County (Member, Executive Committee Insurance Law Section; Facility Counsel Business Institute Insurance Section) and American (Member, Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: US Cold Storage v. Matson Navigation Co. (1984) 162 CA3d 1228. (Impact of Carriage of Goods at Sea Act rules on contractual indemnity); Kohn v. Sup.Ct. (1983) 142 CA3d 323 (applicability of CCP Section 877.6 to bar commercial indemnity claims. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property; Trade Secrets; Business Litigation; Environmental Litigation.
Peter A. Liebow (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 13, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1980); University of Santa Clara (J.D., 1984). Member, Moot Court Honors Board. Member: Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Real Estate.
Edward A. Kraus (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., Economics and Political Science, 1989); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1992). Member: Santa Clara County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense.
OF COUNSEL
Steven J. Roth (Of Counsel) born Omaha, Nebraska, February 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Santa Clara (B.S.C., 1973; J.D., cum laude, 1977). Certified Public Accountant, California, 1979. Practicing before the State Board of Equalization and the Franchise Tax Board. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Section of Taxation); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Sales and Use Taxation; Income Tax; Property Tax; Real Estate Purchase, Sale and Leases; General Corporate; Creditors Remedies.
Charles R. Reed (Of Counsel) born Garden City, Kansas, August 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, California (inactive); U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., with distinction, 1970); Princeton University (M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1972); Stanford University (J.D., 1978). Member, Stanford University Law Review, 1977-1978. Member, 1982-1990. Vice Chairman, 1985-1986, 1988-1989 and Chairman, 1986-1987, San Jose Planning Commission. Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1992 and Vice President, 1985-1989 and Chairman of the Board, 1990, San Jose Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Member: Board of Directors, 1988-1994, President, San Jose Downtown Association, 1989. Member, 1994-2000 and Chair, 1996, Santa Clara County Planning Commission. Member, San Jose City Council, 2000. Member: Santa Clara County (Member, Business Law Executive Committee, 1986-1988) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. [With U.S. Air Force, 1970-1975]. Practice Areas: Environmental; Real Estate; Employment Law; Land Use.Email: Charles R. Reed