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| | Address | | 100 Park Avenue, Suite 2600 | | New York, New York 10017 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | | Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy practices in the following areas of law:
Practice limited to Trial and Appellate Practice, Commercial, Antitrust, Securities, Environmental, Tort Recovery, Products Liability and Intellectual Property, First Amendment, Defamation, Civil Rights Litigation, Consumer Protection and Predatory Lending. | | Firm Size: 17 |
Other Office Locations of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
Burlingame, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
| | Joseph W. Cotchett (Managing Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, California; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, District of Columbia; 2006, New York. Education: California State Polytechnic College (B.S., Engineering, 1960); Hastings College of Law, University of California (LL.B., 1964). Author: "Discovery of Experts Work," California Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Spring, 1967; "Experimental Evidence in Products Liability," California State Bar Journal, November, 1969; "The Class Action-The Coming Tool," American Trial Lawyers Association, February, 1971; "Judicial Salaries: Inflation vs. Justice," Trial Magazine, July, 1980; "Shield or Sword: The Fifth Amendment Privilege In Commercial Cases," Trial Magazine, May, 1982; "Lawyer and Accountant Liability in Business Litigation," CTLA Forum, 1985; "Liability of Accountants and Lawyers," Trial Magazine, April, 1987; "Punitive Damages: They Belong to the Public," International Society of Barristers Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 4 (1994). Co-author: California Products Liability Actions, Matthew-Bender, 1970; California Courtroom Evidence, Parker & Son, 1972; Federal Courtroom Evidence, Parker & Son, 1976; The Ethics Gap, Parker & Son, 1991; California Courtroom Evidence Foundations, Parker Publications, 1993; Persuasive Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1988; "Effective Opening Statements," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, State Bar of California, 1991; "Jury Trial Tips: Witnesses," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1991; "Winning Through A More Effective Direct Examination," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1991; "Jury Trial Tips: High Tech Tools," California Litigation, Journal of the Litigation Section, California State Bar, 1992; "Arguing Punitive Damages," Civil Litigation Reporter, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1990; "Punitive Damages: How Much Is Enough?" Civil Litigation Reporter, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1998. Contributing Author: Class Action Primer, Law Journal Press, 1973; Objections to Evidence and Preserving the Record, California Civil Procedure During Trial, CEB, 1982; Winning Strategies and Techniques For Civil Litigators, Practising Law Institute, 1992. Lecturer: Antitrust Actions, The National College of Advocacy, Harvard Law School, 1974; Class Actions; University of Southern California, 1975; Multidistrict Procedure, 1977 and Federal Evidence, 1979, University of Nevada; Securities Litigation, Georgetown University, 1978; Trial Practice, Hastings Center for Advocacy, 1985; CEB, Federal Practice Institute, 1985-1997; CEB Annual Federal Trial Practice Institute, 1985-1997; CEB, Advanced Course of Study: Federal Practice, 1998; State Bar of California, Litigation Section, Champions of the Courtroom, 1998 Annual Trial Symposium. Special Counsel to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., 1975. Co-Chairman, Governor's Task Force On Agricultural Labor Relations Law, 1976. Member, Judicial Council of the State of California, 1977-1978. Member, Judicial Council Commission on the Future of The Courts, appointed by Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas, 1991-1993. Member: Select Committee on Judicial Retirement, 1993-1994, Appointed by Chief Justice Malcom Lucas. Member, Judicial Council Task Force on Complex Civil Litigation, appointed by Chief Justice Ronald George, 1997-1999. Member, California Commission for Impartial Courts (2007 - ). Special Assistant Attorney General, State of South Dakota, 1978-1984. Member, California Commission on Judicial Performance, 1985-1989. Member: Board of Directors, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, 1981-1993; Hastings Blue Ribbon Committee, 2002—. Member, Board of Directors, Disability Rights Advocates, 1995-2002. Member, Board of Directors, Witkin Legal Institute, 1996-2005. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Board of Directors, Bay Meadows Charitable Foundation (1995—). Member, Board of Directors, Public Citizen Foundation (1996—). Member, Board of Directors, California Works Foundation, (2000—). Member, Animal Legal Defense Fund (1999—). Member, Federal Judicial Advisory Committee, Central District of California. Member, Board of Advisors, Army War College (2000-2006). Member, Board of Directors, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Historical Society (1995—). Member, California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care (2006—). Chair, Board of Directors, Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and The Common Good, 2003—. Member, Board of Directors, Earthjustice, 2003. Member, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco Bay Area, 2004—. Member, Board of Directors, California Polytechnic State University Foundation, 2005-2006. Member: San Mateo County (Member, Board of Directors, 1970-1972) and American (Member, Antitrust Section; Vice-Chair, Committee on Commercial Torts, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1989-1990) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1975; Vice President, 1974-1975); San Francisco Lawyers Club; San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1969); California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1969-1972; Vice President, 1972); Consumer Attorneys of California; (Presidential Award of Merit, 2000); Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Association for Justice (Secretary, Commercial Tort Litigation Section, 1971; Chairman: Consumer Protection Committee, 1971; Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, 1978-1982; Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1986); Public Justice (President, 1986-1987; Member, Board of Governors, 1982—); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate, 1981—; National Board of Directors, 1999); California State Park and Recreation Commission, appointed by Governor Gray Davis (2000; Chair, 2001-2002); Roscoe Pound-American Trial Lawyers Foundation (1999). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; International Academy of Law and Science; International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1997—); International Society of Barristers. [Col., JAGC, USAR, 1960-1990, active duty, 1960-1961]. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy). | | Steven N. Williams (Member) born Mineola, New York, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey; 1993, New York; 1994, California; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: New York University (B.A., 1986); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Author: Moore's Federal Practice, Chap. 671 (Federal Habeas Corpus) (3d Ed. Matthew Bender 1997); "Successful Contracting Based on Candor, Realism, and Common Goals," Remediation (John Wiley Summer 1995); Co-Author: "Reauthorizing Superfund: Problems and Prospects," New York Law Journal, March 29, 1994. Presentations: "Developments In MTBE Litigation," Consumer Attorneys of California, 2002, California and Federal Discovery Update, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2004, 2005, 2006; "Using the Internet for Research," North San Mateo County Bar Association, 1998; "Regulatory Developments," Environmental Information Association Annual Conference, 1994. Member: San Mateo County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Public Justice; American Association for Justice; National Association of Consumer Advocates; National Association of Public Pension Attorneys; San Mateo County of Trial Lawyers Association. (Also at Burlingame, California Office). Practice Areas: Environmental; Antitrust. | | ASSOCIATE | | Stuart G. Gross (Associate) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1996); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Recipient, Eric Stein Award, 2004. Member: Consumer Attorneys of California; San Mateo County Bar Association; State Bar of California. (Resident). Languages: Indonesian and Malaysian. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Antitrust. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Burlingame, California Office: San Francisco Airport Office Center, Suite 200, 840 Malcolm Road. Telephone: 650-697-6000. Fax: 650-697-0577.
Beverly Hills, California Office: Suite 9454 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 907, 90212. Telephone: 310-247-9247.
Affiliated Office: Friedlander, Friedlander & Earman, P.C., 1364 Beverly Road, Suite 201, McLean, Virginia 22101. Telephone: 703-893-9600.
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