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Address
Courthouse Square
1000 Fourth Street, Suite 700
San Rafael, California 94901 (Marin Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
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(Main Office) Vasquez Estrada & Dumont LLP is a minority-owned law firm representing defendants in construction defect, premises liability and products liability actions, professional liability claims and insurance coverage disputes. The firm's principal office is located in San Rafael, California, with a satellite office maintained in Los Angeles County. The attorneys of Vasquez Estrada & Dumont are litigators; they have experience handling bench trials, jury trials, arbitrations and mediations in all major metropolitan venues in California. The firm's name partners, Michael A. Vasquez, Michael J. Estrada and Richard D. Dumont, have over 70 years of combined legal experience and they have handled over 80 jury trials. Mike and Mike established the firm in January 2001 in order to better serve the strong client base developed by them over the years. Our lawyers have practiced in distinguished regional and national law offices and bring to Vasquez Estrada & Dumont the best aspects of that training and experience. Statement of PracticeConstruction Defect, Special Education Proceedings, Professional Liability, Toxic Tort, Insurance Defense, Asbestos Litigation, Litigation. Year Established: 2001
Firm Size: 18
Representative Clients:Air Conditioning Company, Inc.
Alta Building Materials
Allied Refrigeration, Inc.
BNSF Railway Company
Catellus
Copeland Lumber
E.A. Hathaway
FDCC Dinwiddie Construction Company
Fireman's Fund
Getinge USA, Inc.
The Hartford Group
Hathaway-Dinwiddie Construction Company
Hill Brothers Chemical Company
Lamons Gasket Company
Liberty Mutual
Matson Navigation
Monterey Mechanical Company
Mueller Steam Specialty
Raypak, Inc.
Rheem Manufacturing Company
SPX Cooling Technologies
Watts Water Technologies
ACE USA
Admiral Insurance Company
AIG Insurance Co., Zurich
Argonaut Insurance Company
Chubb Insurance Group
CNA Insurance Companies
Nationwide Indemnity
The Riverstone Group
LB Foster Company, Inc.
Beall Pipe
Scott Co. of California
St. Paul Travelers Insurance Co.
Michael A. Vasquez (Member) born Los Angeles, California, June 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1984). Author: Apportionment of Damage Awards Under Proposition 51: New Developments, Legal Ledger, Vol. 4, No. 4, Sept. 1993. Co-Author: "TMJ Claims Prevention Tips," Journal of the California Dental Association, 1990; "Continuing Education of the Bar Action Guide: Meeting Statutory Deadlines, 1990. Former Partner: Hinshaw & Culbertson; Long & Levit. Member: Marin County and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; La Raza Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.Email: Michael A. Vasquez
Michael J. Estrada (Member) born Los Angeles, California, August 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Central and Southern Districts. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., with distinction and with highest honors in Sociology, 1978; M.A., 1983); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1985). Author: "Non-Settling Insureds' Liability For Excess SIR Judgments," Declarations, Spring 1996. Co-Author: California Civil Procedure During Trial 2nd, "Use of Discovery Materials at Trial", CEB/University of California Press, 2nd Ed., 1995. Felony Trial Deputy, Office of the Public Defender, Contra Costa County, California. Former Partner, Hinshaw & Culberston. Former Association, Long & Levit. Member: Marin County Bar Association; Bar Association of San Francisco; San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Abifadel v. CIGNA Ins. Cos. 8 Cal.App.4th 145; People v. InFerGene, et al. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Complex Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Michael J. Estrada
Richard D. Dumont (Member) born San Francisco, California, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1983, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1974); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1979). Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco, 1983-1986. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; The Lawyers Club of San Francisco; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Construction Defect Litigation; Asbestos Litigation; Trial Practice; FELA; Litigation.Email: Richard D. Dumont
Patricia Kantor Conway (Member) born Queens, New York, April 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Santa Clara University (B.A., 1993); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1996). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Real Property. Law Clerk to Justices James Perley and Daniel Hanlon, California Court of Appeal. Former Association: Hinshaw & Culbertson; Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba, Davis & Vucinich. Member: Marin County Bar Association; Bar Association of San Francisco; American Inns of Court. Languages: Czech, Slovak, French and German. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Patricia Kantor Conway
Paul J. Gamba (Member) born San Francisco, California, February 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Member: Italian American Bar Association of Northern California (Treasurer). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Defense.Email: Paul J. Gamba
OF COUNSELMiriam P. Maxwell (Of Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts, November 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Simmons College (B.A., 1967); Boston University (M.Ed., 1973); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1981). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure. Joanie Caucas Fellowship. Former Director, Alternative Sentencing Program, Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, San Francisco. Assistant Director, San Francisco District Attorney's Victim-Witness Program. Director, Sheriff's Education Release Program, Massachusetts. Former Association: Bartko, Tarrant & Miller; St. Peter Law Group. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Asbestos Defense; Personal Injury Defense.Email: Miriam P. Maxwell
Lloyd D. Cowell, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Norfolk, Virginia, November 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 2001, California. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1987); Capital University Law School (J.D., 1990). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Litigation.Email: Lloyd D. Cowell, Jr.
Jane M. Weston (Of Counsel) born Bowling Green, Kentucky, January 23, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, California; 1989, Kentucky. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1979); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Asbestos Defense; Insurance Defense.
Brian E. Nussbaum (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., with highest honors, 1986); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1989). Member, Moot Court Board. Member, Labor Relations Law Journal. Associate: Lillick McHose, 1989-1990; Banchero & Lasater, 1991-1996. Associate, 1996-1998 and Partner, 1998-2000, Landels Ripley & Diamond. Of Counsel: Morrison & Forester, 2000-2001; Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Brian E. Nussbaum
——————————Kelli A. Herzog (Associate) born San Francisco, California, September 17, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., History, Literature, 1995); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1999). Former Association, Low, Ball & Lynch. Member: Marin County Bar Association; Bar Association of San Francisco.Email: Kelli A. Herzog
Virginia L. Vasquez (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, October 9, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California. Education: California State University at Los Angeles (B.A., Sociology, 1983); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1986). Teacher, Council of Legal Education Opportunity Program, Santa Clara University School of Law. Former Association: Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba, Davis & Vucinich; Boornazian, Jensen & Garthe. Practice Areas: Construction Defect Litigation; Personal Injury.
Denise Mejlszenkier (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Rhetoric, 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2000). Articles Editor, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, 1999-2000. Former Association, California District Attorneys Association Circuit Prosecutor Project. Member: Marin County Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Disability Discrimination.Email: Denise Mejlszenkier
Louis R. Barella (Associate) born March 31, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: University of San Francisco (B.S., 1981); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Construction Defect; Toxic Tort Defense; Personal Injury.Email: Louis R. Barella
Timothy D.F. Barteau (Associate) born December 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1999); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Former Association, Contra Costa County Public Defender's Office. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Timothy D.F. Barteau
Robert J. Bugatto (Associate) born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: St. Mary's College of California (B.A., 1990); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort; Employment Litigation.Email: Robert J. Bugatto
Alexis H. Rudd (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1989); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense.Email: Alexis H. Rudd
Sharon H. Holwerda (Associate) born San Francisco, California, March 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: California State University, San Francisco (B.A., 1975; M.A., 1975); Empire College School of Law (J.D., 1997). California Real Estate, 1979-1981. Formerly with Bishop Barry Howe Haney & Ryder. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Languages: English. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Sharon H. Holwerda
Rose Marie Tantillo (Associate) admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: California State University, Sacramento (B.S.N., 1978); John F. Kennedy University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Recipient: Outstanding Student Award, John F. Kennedy University School of Law, 1989; AmJur Awards for Academic Excellence in several areas. Registered Nurse, California, 1972. Member, Associate of the Center for Healthcare Ethics, 1999. Appointed to the Human Resources Commission of Sonoma County, 2002. Formerly with: Law Office of David F. Beach; California Rural Legal Assistance; Stanislaus County Family Law Center; Law Office of James Morgan. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation Defense; Premises Liability; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense.
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