|   | | Law Firm in Walnut Creek, California | |
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| | Address | | 1600 South Main Street, Suite 280 | | Walnut Creek, California 94596 | | (Contra Costa Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Livingston Law Firm,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Catastrophic Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability Defense, Motor Carrier Liability, Insurance Litigation, Professional Liability, Insurance Coverage, Construction, Aviation, Employment and Appellate Practice. | | Firm Size: 5 | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | Renée Welze Livingston (Shareholder) born Oakland, California, December 23, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1982); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1986). Director, UCSB Alumni Association, 1991-1997. Member: State Bar of California; Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of San Francisco; Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Queen's Bench; National Association of Women Lawyers; National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms. Reported Cases: Becker vs. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (N.D.Cal. 1987) 664 F.Supp. 460; Bakanauskas vs. Urdan (1988) 206 Cal.App. 3d 621; Calvillo-Silva vs. Home Grocery (1998) 19 Cal 4th 714. Practice Areas: Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability Defense; Motor Carrier Liability; Insurance Litigation; Premises Liability; Negligent Security; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage; Discrimination. Email: Renée Welze Livingston | | Craig A. Livingston (Shareholder) born Oakland, California, August 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1982); Univ. of San Francisco (J.D., 1990). Member, 1988-1989 and Articles Editor, 1989-1990, Univ. of San Francisco Law Review. Active Lecturer and Author, Product Liability Defense. Contributing Author: Defending America's Manufacturers: Challenges, Rewards and Successful Strategies, "Inside the Minds: Leading Product Liability Lawyers - Industry Insiders on the Art & Science Behind a Successful Product Liability Practice," Aspatore Books, 2003. Author: "Firearms Litigation in 2002 and Beyond," Verdict Search Products Liability Report, 2003; "National Coordinating Counsel: Controlling Product Liability Exposure and Defense Costs," For The Defense, DRI, April 2001; "Admissibility of Evidence of the Absence of Prior Similar Accidents in Product Liability Cases," Cal. CEB, October 2000. Lecturer: "Handling a Product Liability Case," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2002; "Defying Gravity in the Courtroom: Preparing and Trying the Aerial Device Case," DRI Product Liability Conference, 2002; "Advanced Course of Study: Product Liability Litigation," Cal. CEB, October 2000; "Municipal Firearms Litigation - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," American College of Trial Lawyers, Southwest Regional Meeting, April 2000. Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; Product Liability Advisory Council (Sustaining Member); Defense Research Institute (Member, Product Liability Committee); International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Aviation Litigation. Email: Craig A. Livingston | | ASSOCIATES | | Ms. Lucy Galek (Associate) born Belarus, March 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1999); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Jason G. Gong (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: San Francisco State University (B.S., 1991); Golden Gate University Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of California; Contra Costa County Bar Association. | | Michael E. Gatto (Senior Associate) born Manchester, New Hampshire; admitted to bar, 1994, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1998, California. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., 1990); Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Michael E. Gatto | | David L. Jordan (Associate) born Fremont, California, September 21, 1972; 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 Los Angeles (B.A., 1996); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1999). Previously with Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft LLP. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; General Liability Defense; Intellectual Property. Email: David L. Jordan | | Crystal Van Der Putten (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Pepperdine University (B.A, cum laude, 1997); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Member: San Francisco, Contra Costa County and American Bar Association; State Bar of California. |
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