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| | Address | | 2033 North Main Street | | Walnut Creek, California 94596 | | (Contra Costa Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Venardi Elam LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Personal Injury, Employment Law, Wage and Hour, Insurance Bad Faith, Commercial Disputes, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Torts, Products Liability, Construction Litigation, Asbestos Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation. | Firm Profile:
A Plaintiffs' Civil Litigation practice created by two former partners of one of the largest corporate defense law firms in the United States. Our firm emphasizes Plaintiffs' Personal Injury, Employment Law, and Insurance Bad Faith. We litigate Personal Injury, Construction Injury, Asbestos, Maritime Personal Injury, Jones Act, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, Railroad Injury Medical Malpractice, Automobile Accident, Premises Liability, Employment Law, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination (Sex, Race, Age, Disability, Pregnancy and Family Medical Leave), Retaliation, Overtime, Wage and Hour, Insurance Bad Faith, Fraud, and Commercial Claims. | | Firm Size: 2 | | Mark L. Venardi (Member) born Seattle, Washington, May 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1991); Hastings College of the Law, University of California at San Francisco (J.D., 1994). Chairman, Moot Court Competition Committee, 1993-1994. Recipient, Outstanding Oral Argument Award, Snodgrass Competition, 1993. Member, University of San Francisco Maritime Law Review, 1994. Judicial Extern, Honorable Charles Legge, United States District Court Northern District of California, 1993. Speaker, "A Primer on Maritime Law," Young Barristers' Division Admiralty Committee, October 1995; "Investigating Personal Injury Claims," California Association of Private Investigators, June 1996; "California Lawyer Roundtable Discussion on Employment Law," June 2002; "Employment Related Records in California" Lorman Education Services, September 2003, February 2004. Author: "To Arbitrate or Not," Silicon Valley Business Weekly, May 2001. Associate and Partner, Holland & Knight LLP 1998-2004. Member, Consumer Attorneys of California. Member: San Francisco (Chairman, Young Barristers' Division Admiralty Committee, 1996) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Sections on: Admiralty Law, Employment Rights, Product Liability); San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association. [U.S. Coast Guard, 1980-1985.]. Reported Cases: Whitfield v. Heckler & Koch, Inc., (2000) 82 Cal. App 4th 1200. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Maritime Personal Injury; Employment Law; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Mark L. Venardi | | H. Larry Elam (Member) born Los Angeles, California, April 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: California State University at Los Angeles (B.A., 1991); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Finalist, Russell M. Galloway Moot Court Competition, 1992-1993. Author: "United States: Toxic Torts: An Overview, May 21, 2004. Contributing Author: "California Supreme Court to Decide Issues of Preemption and Primary Jurisdiction in Mass Tort Groundwater Contamination Cases, May 14, 2001. Speaker: "Civil Litigation and Discovery for the Litigation Paralegal" National Business Institute, June 2001 and 2002. Associate and Partner of Holland and Knight LLP, 2000-2004. Member, Consumer Attorneys of California. Member: San Francisco and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Bad Faith; Asbestos Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Defects; Consumer Protection; Products Liability; Mass Torts. Email: H. Larry Elam |
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