Robert John Stumpf

Memberships

•Chair, California State Bar's Appellate Law Advisory Commission (2013)
•Member, Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers (1998-2013)
•Chair, Financial Institutions Committee of The State Bar of California (2012)
•San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association (2010)
•Appellate Practice Section, San Francisco Bar Association (2002-2004)
•Mediator, First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco
•fellow and Member, American and California Academies of Appellate Lawyers
•Practitioner Advisor, Appellate Advocacy Program at UC Berkeley School of Law (1995-present)
•Arbitrator, Financial Institution Regulatory Authority
•Pro Tempore Judge, San Francisco Superior Court (1993-present)
•Member, California Supreme Court Historical Society (2002-present) Fellow: and Member, American and California Academies of Appellate Lawyers

•Practitioner Advisor, Appellate Advocacy Program at UC Berkeley School of Law

•Arbitrator, Financial Institution Regulatory Authority

•Pro Tempore Judge, San Francisco Superior Court

•Member, California Supreme Court Historical Society Fellow: and Member, American and California Academies of Appellate Lawyers

• Practitioner Advisor, Appellate Advocacy Program at UC Berkeley School of Law

• Arbitrator, Financial Institution Regulatory Authority

• Pro Tempore Judge, San Francisco Superior Court

• Member, California Supreme Court Historical Society

Articles

• "Your Skills: Top 10 Tips to Prepare for Oral Argument," The Recorder, August 2, 2013

• "Drafting and Litigating Offers of Judgment: Top Ten Rules," Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report (Fall/Winter 2012)

• "Cross Examinations In Securities Arbitrations," Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report (December 2008)

• "Risk Analysis, Settlement and Mediation At the Appellate Level," The Appellate Advocate (May 2007)

• "Credit Managers Association of California v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc." (November 2006)

• "Bank's Failure to Deposit InterPleader Funds With Court Waives Claim for Attorney's Fees" (January 2005)

• "Yield Spread Premium Irrelevant For Purposes of Predatory Lending Law" (December 2004)

• "Presentation Of Letter Of Credit Within Seven Days Not Necessarily "Reasonable"" (October 2004)

• "Bank Mergers: Dissenters - Do State Appraisal Statutes Apply?" (May 2004)

• "OK To List Over-Limit Credit Card Charges Separately From "Finance Charges"" (April 2004)

• "One-Year Statute Of Limitations Applies To Claims By Depositors For Payment of Forged Checks" (April 2004)

• "OK For Non-California Institution To Tape Telephone Calls With California Residents" (April 2004)

• "Contractual Jury Waiver Clauses Ruled Unenforceable" (February 2004)

• "Bank's Credit Card Solicitations Not Eligible for Anti-SLAPP Protection" (December 2003)

• "Newsflash - "One Year Limitation Under TILA (Usually) Starts Running When Loan Documents Are Signed" (June 2003)

• "Keeping Your Options Open," California Lawyer (June 2000)

• "Preserving The Record For Appeal: Top Ten Mistakes" (January 2000)

• "Timely Appeals," California Lawyer (September 1999)

• "Drafting Settlement Agreements: Five More Pitfalls," Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report (March 1996) (reprinted in ABTL Reports in Los Angeles and San Diego, and The Federal Lawyer, February 1999)

• "Good End-Drafting and Negotiating Settlement Agreements," California Law Business (October 1998)

• "Slipping On Appeal: Winning Without 'Prevailing,'" Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report (March 1998)

• "On Appeal: Two Bites at the Apple," The Recorder (December 13, 1993)

• "Drafting Settlement Agreements: Ten Pitfalls," Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report (March 1992)

• "Sharpening Cross-Examination Skills for the Forum of a Securities Arbitration," The Recorder (August 1992)

Financial Institutions Law Blog Articles

• "Bank Had No Duty To Advise Business Charge Card Owner That Bank Had Obtained Judgment Against A Person Who Was Authorized To Use The Card", December 2, 2010

• "No Private Right of Action for Violation of Statutes Extending Notice Period for Foreclosures", November 16, 2010

• "Mortgage Lender Not "Financial Institution" for Federal Criminal Bank Fraud Just Because It Was Owned By a Financial Institution", September 15, 2010

• "Lender's Representation That Borrower "Qualified" For Loan Not A Representation Borrower Could "Afford" A Loan", August 16, 2010

• "'Schumer Box' Disclosure Not 'Clear and Conspicuous' As a Matter of Law", August 4, 2010

• "Bank Not Liable In Nigerian-Style Email Scam", June 1, 2010

• "Credit Card Issuer Owes No Duty To Non-Obligor 'Cardholder'", May 21, 2010

• "Bank May Seek Attachment On Unsecured Guaranty Even If Principal Loan Is Secured", November 30, 2009

• "FCRA Completely Preempts California's CCRAA", January 6, 2009

• "Bank's Claim For Unjust Enrichment Barred By Three-Year Statute of Limitations", October 7, 2008

• "Depository Bank Not Liable When Checks Were Deposited Into The Account Of A Related But Different Legal Entity", September 12, 2008

• "Non-California Loan Company Could Not Enforce Nevada Choice Of Law Provision To Avoid California Finance Lenders Law", July 22, 2008

• "Operating Subsidiaries of National Banks Also Not Subject to State Law Licensing, Reporting, and Visitorial Regulations", April 17, 2007

• "Prepayment Penalty Claim Preempted By HOLA", January 30, 2007

• "Class Action Not Permitted To Assert Rescission Claim Under TILA", January 30, 2007

• "California Statute Governing Preferences in Assignments for Creditors Not Preempted", November 8, 2006

• "California Supreme Court Strikes Down Oakland's Predatory Lending Ordinance", February 1, 2005

• "Absent Actual Knowledge of an Inconsistency, Banks May Rely on Account Number Specified on an Incoming Wire Transfer", December 24, 2004

• "Yield Spread Premium Irrelevant For Purposes of Predatory Lending Law", December 14, 2004

• "$1000 Cap On Damages For TILA Violations", December 3, 2004

Class Action Defense Strategy Law Blog Articles

• "The California Court Of Appeal Narrowly Interprets The Perata Mortgage Relief Act," June 22, 2010

Speeches

• Speaker, "Consumer Bank Litigation: A Fearsome Frolic from Fair to Faulty, Flawed to Fearsome," San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association (September 2009)

• Moderator, "Procedures and Pitfalls In the First District Court of Appeal," Bar Association of San Francisco (May 2009)

• Panelist, "Petitions For Review in the California Supreme Court" (with Associate Justice Ming Chin), State Bar of California (September 2008)

• Speaker, "Oral Argument: Lessons Learned," First District Court of Appeal Professionalism Series (February 2008)

• Panelist, "90 Days After Trial: The No Person's Land of Civil Litigation," (April 2007)

• Panelist, "How Not To Lose Your Appeal In The Trial Court," State Bar Litigation/Appellate Section (January 2007)

• Panelist, "Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Petitions For Review In The California Supreme Court" (with Associate Justice Joyce Kennard), Bar Association of San Francisco (2002)

• Speaker, "Valuing Corporations Under Section 2000 of the Corporations Code," California Society of Certified Public Accountants, (2004)

• Moderator, Appellate Practice in the First District Court of Appeal (Bar Association of San Francisco) (1999, 2002, 2005)

• Co-Chair, ALI-ABA Professional Skills Course: "Litigating Damages in a Commercial Case: How to Argue and Win!" Presented by the American Law Institute/American Bar Association in San Francisco, California (2003)

• Panelist, "Appellate Review of Punitive Damages Awards," Bar Association of San Francisco (2004)