Mr. Brosnahan is a senior partner with Morrison & Foerster. Mr. Brosnahan received his B.S.B.A. degree in 1956 from Boston College and went on to attend Harvard Law School, earning his LL.B. degree in 1959. In 1961, his post-law school career led to five years as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting federal cases in Phoenix, Arizona and San Francisco, California. Mr. Brosnahan has particular expertise in civil and criminal trial work. He was inducted into The State Bar of California’s “Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame” in April 1996; was awarded the “Samuel E. Gates Award” by the American College of Trial Lawyers in October 2000; was named the “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the American Board of Trial Advocates in October 2001; was named “Legend of the Law” by the Lawyer’s Club of San Francisco, November 2002; was awarded the William J. Brennan Jr. Award from the University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Program in January 2003; was awarded the Champion of Justice award from the Civil Justice Program at the Loyola Law School in September 2005. In addition, Mr. Brosnahan has been named to the United States Lawyer Rankings 2006 List of the Nation's Top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is the recipient of the 2007 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Award for Professionalism and Ethics.

Mr. Brosnahan has served as special counsel to the California Legislature’s Joint Subcommittee on Crude Oil Pricing, he was the lawyers’ representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and Chairman of the Delegation, and president of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, the American Law Institute, and the American Board of Criminal Lawyers Association. Mr. Brosnahan also serves as Master Advocate on the faculty and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Mr. Brosnahan served as co-chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Subcommittee on Minority Hiring.

His lecture series, “Great Trials and Great Lawyers,” was featured with The Teaching Company’s America’s SuperStar Teachers. Mr. Brosnahan wrote the Trial Handbook for California Lawyers, 543 pp., Bancroft-Whitney.

Trial Experience

Mr. Brosnahan is regularly engaged in civil and criminal trials. He has tried approximately 141 jury cases including, patent, money laundering, libel, murder, manslaughter, mail fraud, insurance bad faith, environmental property damage, divorce, child custody, tax evasion, bank embezzlement, theft of government property, real estate fraud, narcotics, obstruction of justice, perjury, conspiracy, interstate transportation of wagering information, antitrust, including monopolization and price fixing, securities, contract actions, wrongful death actions, maritime, personal injury, product liability, negligence, life insurance, savings and loan fraud, interstate transportation of explosive materials, professional misconduct, immigration and other miscellaneous civil and criminal cases. Mr. Brosnahan has argued both civil and criminal appeals in state and federal court, including two cases in the United States Supreme Court: United States v. Caceres, 440 U.S. 741 (1979), and Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee, 109 S. Ct. 1013 (1989).

Selected examples of Mr. Brosnahan’s trial experience over the years include:

• Dismissal of all charges against Patricia Dunn, former chairperson of the board of Hewlett-Packard Corporation (March 2007);
• Successful defense of Russian technology company and inventor concerning global positioning systems technology. (December 2006 arbitration);
• Successful defense of Reliant Technologies in a jury trial followed by settlement. (Fall 2006);
• Successful defense of a global positioning system inventor in Santa Clara Superior Court in an injunction proceeding involving the hiring of forty Moscow engineers (November 2005);
• Successful defense of a cardiologist from Redding, California, in a federal Medicare fraud case. After a year and a half of pre-indictment advocacy, the government decided not to prosecute (November 2005);
• Obtained a jury verdict for an Oakland Raiders football player of $340,000 in an assault case (March 2005);
• Successfully defended the City of Oakland and County of Alameda in the Oakland Raiders litigation and lead defense counsel for the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum and an individual defendant in a five-month jury trial (August 2003);
• Lead counsel and chief negotiator in defense of the El Paso Corporation in all of its California litigation during the energy crisis (2003);
• Defense of John Lindh (2002);
• Successful defense of the Altera Corporation in a patent case involving reprogrammable computer chips. Federal District Court, San Jose (2001);
• Successful defense of Kevin Barry Artt against extradition sought by the British Government, Federal District Court, Ninth Circuit (October 2000);
• Successful defense of California Appellate Court Justice in disciplinary proceeding charging failure to follow stare decisis (August 1999);
• Successful resolution of a federal patent case for a major healthcare design and product manufacturer in Minneapolis, MN (April 1999);
• Successful resolution of a federal patent case in Seattle, Washington for a prominent corporation which produces immune globulin products (September 1998);
• Successfully defended a highly respected innovative product manufacturer in the first breast implant product liability jury trial in California. The plaintiff’s science was excluded on motion and a non-suit was granted at the end of plaintiff’s opening statement (September 1997);
• Successfully defended the same highly respected innovative product manufacturer in the first breast implant product liability jury trial in New Mexico. Plaintiff asked the jury for $78 million (May 1997);
• Successfully defended a $5 million civil tax trial against the State of California on behalf of a client in Reno, Nevada (1996);
• Successfully obtaining settlement on behalf of one of the world’s major software corporations and its CEO in a civil case (February 1995);
• Successfully obtaining settlement on behalf of the majority owners of The Golden State Warriors (October 1994);
• Obtaining a 15.8 million dollar settlement in Santa Clara Superior Court for a real estate developer (November 1993);
• Obtaining a successful result in civil and criminal cases for the producers of the movie, “The Crow” (1993);
• Associate member of Office of Independent Counsel: Iran-Contra. Lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Caspar Weinberger (October-December 1992);
• Successfully defending the son of a prominent California family by obtaining not-guilty verdicts in Sacramento County Superior Court on two criminal felony counts of California State Tax evasion. It was reported that this was the largest single-year tax evasion case ever filed in the State of California (July 1992);
• Acting as lead counsel in a wrongful termination case for the defendants an international aeronautic and space equipment corporation, in United States District Court, Northern District of California. The verdict was in our favor, and the jury found that the company was not guilty of racial employment discrimination (April 1992);
• Acting as lead counsel for a leading manufacturer of automated office equipment, in a complex patent infringement jury trial in the Northern District of California. The case was particularly unusual in that it involved extensive use of special procedures, jury instructions, and evidentiary restrictions to avoid prejudice against a foreign intellectual property litigant in U.S. Court (1991);
• Defending a high profile individual in Federal District Court in San Diego, resulting in hung jury on five out of six counts (June 1990);
• Successfully defending Steve Psinakis in Federal District Court, San Francisco, on charges of interstate transportation of explosive materials (1989);
• Obtaining a $9.7 million cash settlement for an individual of Detroit from defendants charged with professional misfeasance, Los Angeles (1988);
• Successfully defending a Honolulu businessman and former State Senator charged with 34 counts of criminal conflicts of interest in connection with a savings and loan association in U.S. District Court, Honolulu, Hawaii (1987-1988);
• Acting as defense counsel in Sanctuary trial in Tucson, Arizona (1985-1986);
• Successfully defending a Chicago insurance man charged with wire fraud in connection with unions (1984);
• Successfully defending a banker charged with civil fraud in the amount of $5 million (1983);
• Successfully defending a Los Angeles attorney indicted for perjury (1980);
• Successfully defending the City and County of San Francisco in a trial seeking to stop the construction of the Yerba Buena Center (1978);
• Successfully defending the San Mateo Times in a libel case brought by a judge (1978);
• With Floyd Abrams, successfully defending the National Broadcasting Company in NIEMI v. NBC, in which it was charged that plaintiff was assaulted by some teenagers who got the idea from a television movie, “Born Innocent” (1978);
• Successfully defending a leading healthcare services company in a takeover attempt by Sharon Steel and Victor Posner (1976-1980);
• Successfully defending a San Francisco commissioner indicted for obstruction of justice (1975);
• Successfully defending two poverty workers charged with embezzlement (1972);
• Successfully prosecuting Don Silverthorne, who was charged with embezzling $2.5 million from the San Francisco National Bank (1966);

Recognition and Awards

Mr. Brosnahan is recognized as The National Law Journal’s 2006 “Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” He was named to the United States Lawyer Rankings 2006 List of the Nation's Top 10 Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is listed in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2006). He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2007) as a leader in the fields of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, and White Collar Defense law. Mr. Brosnahan was also named a leading lawyer in the 2006 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook for Dispute Resolution. He was recommended in Litigation by the 2005 Chambers USA, and named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Business Litigation, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Litigation for 2005-2006. The San Francisco Magazine listed him in the Top 10 of Northern California’s SuperLawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In 2005, Mr. Brosnahan was listed in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Mr. Brosnahan became the 15th recipient of the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award in October of 2000 for his significant contributions to the improvement of the litigation process. Mr. Brosnahan has been listed in the top 10 of the top 100 most influential lawyers in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal since September of 1998. In April 1996, Mr. Brosnahan became the third member inducted into The State Bar of California’s “Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame.” He is also one of fourteen attorneys featured in the book America’s Top Trial Lawyers: Who They Are & Why They Win, by Dr. Donald E. Vinson. In April 1994 the National Law Journal listed Mr. Brosnahan in “Profiles in Power: The 100 Most Influential Lawyers”. Since 1987, he has been annually named in both the Criminal Defense and Business Litigation sections of The Best Lawyers in America. In 1990, he was named by the National Law Journal as one of the 10 best trial lawyers in the country and in 1980 by the San Francisco Examiner as one of the five best attorneys in San Francisco.

Recipient of:

• American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Award for Professionalism and Ethics (2007); Champion of Justice award from the Civil Justice Program at the Loyola Law School (2005); University of Virginia Justice William Brennan Award (2003), Lawyers Club of San Francisco inaugural “Legends of the Law” award (2002), California ABOTA “Trial Lawyer of the Year” (2001), The Wiley E. Manual Foundation’s Community Service Award (March 1998), National Institute for Trial Advocacy Faculty Award (1991), National Jewish Fund, Tree of Life Award (1991), National Institute for Trial Advocate Award (1990), William O. Douglas Award (1988), Father Moriarty Central American Refugee Recognition (1987), American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award (1987), Political Parties and Democracy Award (1986), Meiklejohn Award (1986), Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Legal Services Award (1985)

Books

• Trial Advocacy Text, 1,000 pages [to be published].
• Chapter: “Corporate Criminal Liability,” White Collar Crimes, ALI-ABA, 1980, with Samuel Miller and Ron Foy.
• Supplements, 1976-1986.
• Trial Handbook for California Lawyers, San Francisco, Bancroft-Whitney, 1974.

Participation in Continuing Legal Education Programs

Trial Programs

• ABA Litigation Institute for Trial Training “Great Trials and Great Trial Lawyers” (speaker) (Chicago, IL – July 2007)
• Bar Association of San Francisco “Tips from Trial Lawyer Legends” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – June 2007)
• San Francisco ABOTA, “Last 100 Days Before Trial” (San Francisco, CA – May 2007)
• The Chancery Club, “In Defense of the Activist Judge” (speaker) (Los Angeles, California – January 2007)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, Litigation Section “Last 100 Days Before Trial” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA -- August 2006)
• Bar Association of San Francisco Litigation Section “Rule 30(b)(6): The Litigator’s Friend or Enemy” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – June, 2006)
• San Francisco Barristers Club, “Litigating in the World of Sports: Where the Game Ends and the Law Begins” (speaker) (San Francisco California — January 2006)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), “Advanced Voir Dire and Jury Selection: Techniques for a Post 9/11 World” (speaker) (San Francisco CA – December, 2005)
• San Francisco ABOTA Masters in Trial, “The Ultimate Trial Experience: Ultimate Final Argument” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – May, 2005)
• State Bar Litigation Symposium, “Direct and Cross of Unsympathetic Defendant in an Employment Related Action” (mock jury trial panelist) (Napa, CA – April 2004)
• ALI-ABA, Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts, “Direct Examination” (panelist) (Scottsdale, AZ – February 2004)
• The Rutter Group “Winning Strategies and Trial Techniques in Civil Trials” (panelist) (Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA – May, 2005)
• Alameda County Bar Association Barristers, “What to do when you get a new case” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA – June 2004)
• ABOTA Masters in Trial, “Point/Counter-Point of Direct and Cross-examination” (panelist) (Sacramento, CA – December 2004)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association, “Legal Aftermath of 9/11, Civil Liberties, An Inside Look at the Government and treatment of Americans and terrorism” (speaker) (San Jose, CA – November 2004)
• Witkin Legal Institute/San Diego County Law Library, “Law in Time of War” (speaker) (San Diego, CA – June 2004)
• State Bar of Nevada annual meeting, “Law in Time of War” (speaker) (San Diego, CA – June 2004)
• Los Angeles ABOTA, “Who is Tougher, the Afghan Fighter or the Oakland Raiders?” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA – January 2004)
• ABTL – Association of Business Trial Lawyers “The Art of Trial — List of Trial Reminders” (speaker) (San Diego, CA — September 2003)
• ABA Annual Meeting “Demonstration on Direct and Cross-examination” (presenter) (San Francisco, CA — 2003)
• CEB – Continuing Education of The Bar, “Mock Trial – Opening Statement, Direct & Cross-Examination” (presenter) (San Francisco, CA — May 2003)
• California Judges’ Association “What Makes a Great Judge” (speaker) (Palm Springs, CA — May 2003)
• ALI-ABA, “New Directions in Opinion & Expert Testimony in Federal and State Courts” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — April 2003)
• Edward McFetridge American Inn of Court “4 Things You Need to Prepare for Trial (1) Jury Selection (2) Demonstrative Evidence (3) Cross-Examination and (4) Final Argument” (speaker) (Oakland, CA — March 2003)
• International Society of Barristers “Great Trials in a Time of War” (speaker) (La Quinta, CA — March 2003)
• Bar Association of San Francisco Litigation Section “4 Things You Need to Prepare for Trial (1) Jury Selection (2) Demonstrative Evidence (3) Cross-Examination and (4) Final Argument” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — November 2002)
• The Rutter Group “Trial Techniques” (Civil Trials and Evidence) (panelist) (San Francisco, San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles, CA — November 2002)
• ABOTA – American Board of Trial Advocates “Law in a Time of War and the Case of John Lindh” (speaker) (Mona Kai, HI — November 2002)
• Bar Association of San Francisco “Advice from the Experts: Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in Federal Courts – Jury Selection, demonstrative evidence” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA — May 2002)
• State Bar of California Litigation Section, “The Art of Persuasion: Storytelling and Theme Building at Trial” (panelist & keynote speaker) (Sonoma, CA — May 2002)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, “Latest Deposition Techniques, Part 2” (San Francisco, CA — November 2001)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, “Latest Deposition Techniques, Part 1” (San Francisco, CA — October 2001)
• ALI-ABA 21st Century Litigation Program, “Trial and Pre-Trial” (speaker) (San Francisco – July 2001)
• CEB – Continuing Education of The Bar, “Mock Trial – Motions in Limine to Closing Arguments” (presenter) (San Francisco, CA — May 2001)
• ALI-ABA, “Motions in Limine in Civil Proceedings”, “Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions”, “Effective Trial Techniques” (Workshop presenter) (Honolulu, HI — March 2001)
• Practicing Law Institute, “Trial Evidence and Direct & Cross Examination Techniques” (speaker) — January 2001)
• San Francisco Barristers Club, “Trial Preparation: 100 Days Before Trial” (San Francisco California — January 2001)
• ABA Litigation Section & Wadham College, “Mock Trial Demonstrations” (speaker/trial participant) (Oxford University, Oxford, England - July 2000)
• ALI-ABA and the Litigation Section of Fordham Law School, “21st Century Litigation: Trial & Pre-Trial” (speaker) (New York, NY — June 2000)
• Northwest University School of Law, “Do Juries Understand the Complex Trials of Today?” (Chicago, IL - May 2000)
• ALI-ABA Federal Judicial Center Program, “Motions In Limine and Summary Judgment Practice and Effective Techniques in Examining and Cross Examining Trial Experts” (speaker) (Boston, MA — May 2000)
• California State Bar Litigation Trial Symposium, “Closing Arguments” (speaker) (La Jolla, CA — April 2000)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice Litigation Techniques in Federal & State Courts, “Motions In Limine, Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Orders” (speaker) (New Orleans, LA — April 2000)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice Litigation Techniques in the Federal Courts, “Motions In Limine, Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Orders” (speaker) (Philadelphia, PA — December 1999)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), “Perils and Pitfalls of Videos in the Courtroom” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — December 1999)
• Association of Defense Counsel, “Voir Dire” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — December 1999)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), “Examination Skills & Closing Arguments” (speaker) (Phoenix, AZ — October 1999)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice Litigation Techniques in the Federal Courts, “Motions In Limine, Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Orders” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — August 1999)
• California State Bar Litigation Trial Symposium, “Closing Arguments” (speaker) (Napa, CA — April 1999)
• Placer County Bar Association, “The State of the State Bar and the Legal Profession” (keynote speaker) (Tahoe City, CA — April 1999)
• Orange County Bar Association, “Advocacy in the Modern Trial” (speaker) (Irvine, CA — January 1999)
• Association of Defense Counsel, “Closing Statement” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — December 1998)
• National Council on Compensation Insurance, “Worker’s Compensation Fraud” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — November 1998)
• Sacramento Bar Association, “The Witkin Legal Institute: The Future of Our Legal Profession” (speaker) (Sacramento, CA — October 1998)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), “Against All Odds - The Anatomy of a Trial” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — September 1998)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice & Litigation Techniques in the Federal Courts, “Motions In Limine (Rule 104), Temporary Restraining Orders & Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — August 1998)
• Practicing Law Institute (PLI), “Libel & Newsgathering Litigation” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — July 1998)
• Rutter Group Lecture Series, “Trial Practice Program” (speaker) (Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, CA — June 1998)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association & The-Bench-Bar-Media-Police Commission, “Independent Counsel Statute” (speaker) (Sunnyvale, CA — June 1998)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, Litigation Section, “Independent Counsel Statute” (speaker) (San Francisco — May 1998)
• Alameda County Bar Association, “Jury and Judicial Retention” (speaker) (Oakland, CA — May 1998)
• State Bar of California Litigation Section, “Champions of the Courtroom” (speaker) (Palm Springs, CA — April 1998)
• University of California at Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, “The Independent Counsel” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA — April 1998)
• ABTL Program, “Trial Experts: Utilizing Yours & Undermining Theirs” (speaker) (Costa Mesa, CA — April 1998)
• Institute of Corporate Counsel, “The Role of Counsel in Government” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — March 1998)
• ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) Masters In Trial; “Direct Examination of a Plaintiff” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — February 1998)
• Barristers Club of San Francisco / Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; “LaPine Technology Corp. vs. Kyocera Corporation 9th Circuit Decision” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—February 1998)
• United Irish Cultural Center; “Northern Ireland and the American Political System” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—January 1998)
• McFetridge Inn of Court; “The Civil, Criminal Split: When Civil Cases Have Criminal Consequences” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA—January 1998)
• Irish Lawyers Association; “Peace in Northern Ireland” (speaker) (Detroit, Michigan—January 1998)
• CEB Jefferson Evidence Program; “Analyzing Key Evidence Issues: The Jefferson Approach” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—January 1998)
• Center for Judicial Education; “When Bias Compounds: Equal Justice for Women of Color in the Courts” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA—January 1998)
• Barristers Club and the Bar Association of San Francisco; “The Effectiveness of California’s Voter Ballot Initiative Process” (speaker with Mayor Willie Brown) (San Francisco, CA—December 1997)
• Practicing Law Institute Satellite Telecast; “Evidence for the Trial Advocate” (speaker) (New York, NY—November 1997)
• Irish American Unity Conference; “Remembering All, But Moving Towards Peace in Northern Ireland” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—November 1997)
• Hastings College of the Law/ Court TV; “Ultimate Anatomy of a Trial” (Panel discussion by James J. Brosnahan, Leslie H. Abramson, Robert S. Bennett, Roy Black, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Joseph W. Cotchett and Diana E. Marshall) (San Francisco, CA—November 1997)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL); “Selecting and Persuading a Jury in a Diverse Society” (speaker) (Rancho Mirage, CA—October 1997)
• U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism; “Legal Problems Facing the Investigative Reporter” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA—September 1997)
• California State Bar Convention; Witkin Lecturer: “Civil Trial Basics” (speaker) (San Diego, CA—September 1997)
• American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting (Litigation Section); “Conflicts & Other Ethical Pitfalls: How to Keep Today’s Client from Becoming Tomorrow’s Plaintiff” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—August 1997)
• American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting (Litigation Section), Presidential Showcase Program: “High Tech, High Stakes: The Trial of the Next Century” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—August 1997)
• ALI-ABA, “Motions In Limine & Limiting Instructions in Civil Proceedings (Rule 104) and Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions (Rule 65) (speaker) (Santa Fe, New Mexico—July 1997)
• CEB Federal Practice Institute, “Conduct of Trial” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—June 1997)
• California State Bar Litigation Symposium, “Closing Arguments” (speaker) (Napa Valley, CA—April 1997)
• Lawyer’s Club of San Francisco, “Role of the Independent Counsel” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—April; 1997)
• Irish-American Bar Association “The Trial of Kevin Artt and Conditions in Northern Ireland” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA—March 1997)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice & Litigation Techniques, Federal Court “Motions In Limine” and “Temporary Restraining Order’s & Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (Ft. Lauderdale, FL—February 1997)
• State of Utah Office of the Attorney General, “Closing Arguments” (speaker) (Salt Lake City, Utah—September 1996)
• ALI-ABA, “Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in the Federal Court” (speaker) (Seattle, Washington—August 1996)
• United States Courts for the Tenth Circuit, “Is Litigation Broken?” (speaker) (Snowmass, Utah—July 1996)
• Practicing Law Institute “Litigating Libel Privacy Suits 1996” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA—July 1996)
• State Bar Litigation Section, Trial Symposium “Closing Argument,” (panelist) (Palm Springs, CA—April 1996)
• Mealey’s Breast Implant Litigation Seminar, “The Defense Perspective” (speaker) (West Palm Beach, FL—November 1995)
• ABTL—Association of Business Trial Lawyers, “Cross Examination of Witnesses” (speaker) (Tucson, AZ—October 1995)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice and Litigation, Techniques in Federal Court, “New Codes of Professional Conduct and Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (San Diego—August 1995)
• CEB, “Conduct of Trial II” (speaker) (San Francisco—June 1995)
• Practicing Law Institute, “How to Try a Commercial Case” (speaker) (New York—June 1995)
• American Inn of Court, Annual Convention, “Trial Tales and Recollections” (speaker) (San Francisco—May 1995)
• California State Bar Litigation Symposium, “Witness Examination” (speaker) (Napa, CA—April 1995)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal Court, “Witness Rules 601-615” (speaker) (New Orleans—March 1995)
• McFetridge American Inn of Court, “Fundamentals of Question Formation: Direct & Cross Examination” (speaker) (October 1994)
• State Bar of Nevada, “Masters of the Courtroom” (speaker) (Las Vegas—September 1994)
• CEB Federal Practice Institute, “Conduct of a Trial II” (speaker) (S.F.—June 1994)
• Hastings College of the Law & Court TV, “A Candid Conversation About Trials” (speaker) (San Francisco—June 1994)
• Practicing Law Institute Satellite Broadcast, “Jury Trial of Commercial Case” (speaker) (New York—May 1994)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, “Dealing with the Media, A Litigation Primer” (speaker) (San Francisco—February 1994)
• California State Bar Litigation Education, “Back to Basics,” “Opening Statement” (speaker) (San Francisco—November 1993)
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, “Intellectual Property Hypothetical Involving Parallel State and Federal Statutes” (speaker) (Palm Springs—October 1993)
• State Bar of Nevada, “The Ultimate Trial Notebook,” “Final Argument” (speaker) (Las Vegas—October 1993)
• State Bar of New Mexico Annual Convention, “Coming Together: An Open Bar,” “Pre-Trial Organization of Complex Litigation” (speaker); “Lawyering in the Nineties” (keynote speaker) (Santa Fe—October 1993)
• American Board of Trial Advocates & Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, Joint Project Trial Demonstration, “Closing Argument” (speaker) (San Francisco—September 1993)
• Utah State Bar Association Annual Meeting, “Fundamentals of Trial Advocacy: Opening and Closing Statements” (keynote speaker) (Idaho—July 1993)
• Federal Practice Institute, “Litigating in the Northern District of California” (panelist) (San Francisco—June 1993)
• National Association of College and University Attorneys Annual Conference, “Trial Techniques” (speaker) (San Francisco—June 1993)
• Lawyer’s Club of San Francisco, “Best Lawyers in San Francisco Series,” “Final Argument—Secrets to Success” (speaker) (San Francisco—March 1993)
• Practicing Law Institute, Nationwide Live Satellite Program, “How to Effectively Take Depositions” (moderator) (New York—March 1993)
• Hastings College of the Law, Ultimate Anatomy of a Trial, “Opening Statements” (speaker) (San Francisco—October 1992)
• Litigation Section of the Swedish Bar, “Trial and Litigation Techniques” (speaker) (San Francisco—October 1992)
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Anatomy of a Civil Jury Trial, “The Power of Closing Argument” (speaker) (San Francisco—September 1992)
• Litigation Section of the State Bar of California, “Champions of the Courtroom,” “Closing Arguments” (speaker) (San Diego—May 1992)
• NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy) in Cooperation with ICLE (The Institute of Continuing Legal Education), “Developing and Defending Employment Discrimination Cases” (faculty) (San Francisco—February 1992)
• American Bar Association Litigation Section Program on “Voir Dire” (speaker) (Chicago—October 1991)
• American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Fall Meeting, “Persuasion and the Trial Advocate—Cornerstone of the Adversary System” (speaker) (Chicago—October 1991)
• Bar Association of San Francisco Litigation Section Demonstration (speaker) (May 1991)
• CEB Trial Practice Institute, “Conduct of Trial II” (panelist) (San Francisco—1991, 1992); “Advocacy and Management in Complex Litigation” (panelist) (Los Angeles and San Francisco—March 1991) and “Special Considerations in Complex Cases” (faculty member) (March 1991); “Conduct of Trial” (panelist) (San Francisco—June 1990)
• State Bar of California Litigation Section Program, “Trial Demonstrations” (panelist) (Palm Springs—April 1990)
• American Business Trial Lawyers, “Evidence” (panelist) (Napa, California—October 1989)
• Practicing Law Institute Telecast, “Trial of the Century” (panelist) (New York—October 1989)
• California Judges Association, “Voir Dire” (speaker) (San Diego—September 1989)
• San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, “Direct Examination” (speaker) (San Diego—September 1989)
• Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, “Winning Preparation for Trial” (speaker) (Vail, Colorado—June 1989)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Seminar, “Jury Selection” (speaker) (San Diego—May 1989)
• CEB Trial Skills Program (faculty) (San Francisco—April 1989)
• ALI Program, “Trial Practice and Effective Litigation Techniques” (panelist) (Scottsdale, Arizona—February 1989, 1992)
• Hawaii Institute for Continuing Education, Hawaii State Bar Association Advanced Litigation Practice Seminar (faculty) (Honolulu—November 1988)
• NITA/ABA Videotape Program, “Selecting and Persuading the Jury” (faculty) (St. Paul, Minnesota—April 1988)
• Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association, “Jury Selection/Voir Dire in the 80s” (speaker) (Ventura, California—April 1988)
• CEB Trial Practice Institute (panelist) (San Francisco and Los Angeles—March 1988)
• Practising Law Institute, “The Jury” (panelist) (San Francisco—November 1987)
• State Bar of California, Litigation Section Symposium, “The Art of the Advocate: A Murder Trial at Old Bailey” (panelist) (Los Angeles—September 1987)
• ABA Mock Trial Demonstration (San Francisco—August 1987)
• ALI-ABA Program, “Trial Evidence, Civil Practice & Effective Litigation Techniques” (panelist) (Santa Fe—July 1987)
• CEB Federal Practice Institute, “Conduct of Trial” (panelist) (San Francisco—June 1987)
• Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, “The Art of the Trial Lawyer” (Washington, D.C.—June 1986)
• NITA Videotape Program, “The Art of Cross-Examination” (St. Paul, Minnesota—1986)
• ALI-ABA—Trial Evidence, Civil Practice, and Effective Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts (1986)
• Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, “Investigation and Case Presentation” (San Francisco—1986)
• California Trial Lawyers Association “All Star” Trial Demonstration, Argument on Liability (San Francisco—November 1985)
• Hastings Mock Trial Demonstration, “Closing Arguments for the Defense” (San Francisco—1985)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, “The Limits of Proper Advocacy” (Tucson, Arizona—1985)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Lecture: “Preparing a Complex Case for Trial” (Boca Raton, Florida—1982)
• ABA National Institute, “Making the Most of Your Expert Witness” (San Francisco—February 1981)
• State Bar of California Convention, “Panel on Cross-Examination” (chairman) (San Diego—1981)
• CEB, “Direct and Cross-Examination” (San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and Santa Rosa—1981)
• ALI Program, “Trial Tactics and Evidence” (televised in 50 cities) (1981, 1982 and 1983)
• ABA, “Selecting and Persuading Juries” (San Francisco—1980)
• ABA National Convention, “Playing to a Jury” (New York—1980)
• CEB, “Trial and the Civil Lawyer” (San Francisco and Marin Counties—1980)
• Hawaii Continuing Legal Education, “Trial Tactics” (1978)
• CEB, “Federal Practice Institute” (1978 and 1979)
• Hastings Midwinter Trial Program by Satellite—Demonstration of Cross-Examination (San Francisco—January 1977)
• San Francisco Bar Association Trial Clinic (1977, 1979 and 1980) (Director 1977 and 1980; lecturer 1977, 1979 and 1980)
• CEB, “Civil Trial Clinic” (faculty member) (1976)
• CEB, “Witnesses Program” (panelist) (three cities—1975)
• CEB, “Trial Objections” (panelist) (1973)
• CEB, “Civil Trial Clinic” (panelist) (1973)
• National Institute of Trial and Appellate Advocacy (NITA)(faculty) (Boulder, Colorado—1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2005, 2007); Advocacy Program (faculty) (Los Angeles—1977, 1978, 1979); Advanced Program (team leader) (Gainesville, Florida—1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983); Alumni Program (team leader) (Boulder, Colorado—1980, 1981, 1982); Advocacy Program (faculty) (Alaska—1981); Advanced/Alumni Program (faculty) (Oxford, England—1982, 1984); Advanced/Alumni Program (faculty) (Boalt Hall—1983, 1984, 1987); Advanced Program (faculty) (Gainesville, Florida—1988); Advanced Program (faculty) (Boulder, Colorado—1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994); Advanced Program (faculty) (Berkeley—1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• Hastings, National College of Advocacy (lecturer) (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
• CEB, “The Presentation of Expert Witness Testimony” (panel chairman) (1970)
• CEB, “The Preparation and Presentation of Witnesses” (panelist) (1968)

Evidence

• ALI-ABA and the Litigation Section of Fordham Law School, “Trial Evidence in Federal and State Courts: Demonstrative Evidence” (speaker) (New York, NY — March 2007)
• Northern District of California Judicial Conference, “Handle with Care: Managing Explosive Evidence in Morally Charged Cases” (panelist) (Santa Cruz, CA – April 2006)
• ALI-ABA Trial Evidence, “Demonstrative Evidence” (speaker) (Chicago, CA – October 2005)
• Placer County Bar “Recent Developments in Evidence – State and Federal – for the Civil Litigator” (speaker) (Lake Tahoe, CA — April 2002)
• State Bar of California Annual Convention, “Recent Developments in Evidence in State and Federal Courts for Civil and Criminal Litigation” (speaker) (Anaheim, CA — September 2001)
• Witkin Legal Institute, “Evidence” (speaker) (Fresno, CA — June 2000)
• Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), “Analyzing Key Evidence Issues: The Jefferson Approach” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — March 2000)
• CEB Program at the State Bar Annual Meeting, “Analyzing Key Evidence Issues: The Jefferson Approach” (Panelist) (Monterey, CA — October 1998)
• ALI-ABA Evidence Seminar, “Trial Evidence in the Federal Courts: Problems & Solutions” (speaker) (San Francisco — June 1998)
• CEB, “Evidence Program” (speaker) (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego—April 1995)
• ALI-ABA, “Trial Evidence in the Federal Courts—Problems and Solutions in the 90’s” (San Francisco—July 1994)
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, “Evidence: Do’s and Don’ts of Expert Testimony” (speaker) (San Francisco—May 1994)
• The Faculty of the ALI-ABA Program on Trial Evidence, Civil Practice & Effective Litigation Techniques in Federal & State Court: “Temporary Restraining Orders & Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) and “Effective Court Room Advocacy Skills” (panelist) (San Francisco—1992) (San Francisco—1993) (Scottsdale—1994) (speaker) (New Orleans—1995); the Faculty of the ALI-ABA Program on “Trial Evidence, Civil Practice & Effective Litigation Techniques in Federal & State Court” (speaker) (San Francisco—1992); ALI-ABA Program on the Federal Rules of Evidence (panelist) (San Francisco—1973; Los Angeles and New York—1973; San Diego, Boston and Washington, D.C., 1975; Albuquerque and Seattle—1976; Atlanta—1978; Los Angeles and Madison, Wisconsin—1979; San Francisco—1982; Los Angeles, San Antonio, Washington, D.C.—1983; Scottsdale, Arizona and San Francisco—1985; San Francisco—1986)
• American College of Trial Lawyers lecture with Robert Hanley, “Demonstrative Evidence” (San Diego—1980)
• Hawaii Continuing Legal Education, “The New Hawaiian Evidence Code” (1980)
• CEB, “California Evidence” (two cities) (1978)
• Practicing Law Institute program on Evidence in Criminal Cases (Chicago and San Francisco—1977)
• Nevada State Bar Convention presentation, “Federal Evidence Rules and the Nevada Evidence Rules” (Elko, Nevada—May 1976)
• CEB, “How to Make the Law of Evidence Work for You” (panel chairman) (presentation for four cities) (1973)
• CEB, “California Evidence” (three cities) (1972)

First Amendment

• Practising Law Institute (PLI), “Litigating Libel & Privacy Claims” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — July 2000)
• Edward McFetridge Inn of Court, “Ethics Dealing with the Media and the Conduct of Lawyers in High Profile Cases” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA - March 1999)
• Practicing Law Institute, “Libel & Newsgathering Litigation” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — July 1998)
• Northern District Judicial Conference, “The Media and the Judiciary” (speaker) (Santa Cruz, CA — April 1998)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers Program on “Media and the Law” (speaker) (San Diego—March 1995)
• ABA Annual Meetings/Tips in Media Law/Defamation Torts Committee and Form on Communication Law, “Cross Examination of an Expert Witness” (Atlanta—August 1994)
• Practising Law Institute—Libel Litigation, “Anticipating and Solving Problems at Trial” (Dissecting the Libel Trial) (Los Angeles—July 1994)
• Bench/Bar Media Committee of Bar Association of San Francisco, “Do Political Figures Get a Fair Shake from the Media?” (speaker) (May 1994)
• Alameda County Bar Association Bench Bar Media Committee, “Full Court Press: Covering (and Trying) the High Profile Case” (panelist) (Oakland—May 1993)
• PLI Libel Litigation, “Coming to Terms with the Rehnquist Court. Is Libel Law a Failure?” (speaker) (Los Angeles—August 1992)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, “Free Press, Fair Trial” (panelist) (San Francisco—January 1989)
• California Society of Newspaper Editors, “In the Glare of the Twilight Zone” (panelist) (San Francisco—May 1987)
• Columbia University Alumni Club, “First Amendment Rights and the Right Thing to Do” (panelist) (San Francisco—April 1987)
• University of California School of Journalism Seminar on “Protection of Reputation in a Democratic State: Public Officials vs. the New Media, The Libel Remedy” (Berkeley—November 1985)
• National Association of Broadcasters Lecture: “Why Are Libel Verdicts So High?” (Chicago—1983)
• California Judges Association panel on “Libel, Slander and Invasion of Privacy” (U.C. Berkeley—June 1980)
• Symposium on Business and the First Amendment at the School of Business, U.C. Berkeley (Berkeley—1977)
• California Judges Conference on the Media and the Law (Berkeley—September 1977)
• California Conference of Judges, Symposium on the Courts and the Press, “Libel Law and the First Amendment” (Boalt Hall, Berkeley—May 1976)
• Practising Law Institute program on “First Amendment and the Media” (San Francisco—1973)

Criminal

• State Bar of California, Criminal Law Section “Demonstration of Direct and Cross-examination” (speaker) (San Francisco, California May – 2007)
• Federal Bar Association of Orange County, “Law in the Time of War: Observations in the aftermath of John Walker Lindh Case and the War on Terrorism” (speaker) (Costa Mesa, CA – March, 2004)
• California Public Defenders Association, “Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon vs. Wainwright — Lawyering in a Time of War” (speaker) (Sacramento, CA — April 2003)
• IABA — Irish American Bar Association, “What I Did Over My Summer Vacation — The John Lindh Case” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – December 2002)
• UC Riverside, Judges & Lawyers Reception for New Chancellor, “The Defense of John Walker Lindh: A View of America” (speaker) (Riverside, CA — October 2002)
• ABA Litigation Section, “Lawyers and Judges Under Attack — The Public perception of lawyers taking on unpopular causes and legal representations” (Panelist) (Las Vegas, NV – September 2002)
• ABA Annual Meeting, “The Criminal Justice System Confronts Civil Liberties in a Time of Crisis” (speaker) (Washington, DC – August 2002)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “America’s Most Wanted: Representing the Unpopular Client” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — August 2002)
• ABA White Collar Crime Section, “U.S. v. Wen Ho Lee: The Defense Team Speaks” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — March 2001)
• ABA Business Section, “Representing a Corporation and Its Officers in Criminal Proceedings” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA - April 1999)
• Professional Diversion Information Network (Narcotic Investigators), “Defense Attorneys Debate” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA - April 1999)
• ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, “The Effective Use of New Technologies in the Courtroom” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA - March 1999)
• Criminal Law Section of the California State Bar, “Criminal Mock Trial” (speaker) (September 1994)
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers/Texas Lawyers—Ultimate Trial Seminar, “Voir Dire in Criminal Matters,” A Demonstration (speaker) (June 1994)
• Morrison & Foerster In-House Client Seminar, “High Technology and Criminal Liability” (speaker) (San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, and New York) (April-May 1994)
• Stanford Law School “White Collar Business Crimes” (speaker) (Palo Alto—April 1994)
• Arizona Lawyers for Criminal Justice, “Final Argument” (speaker) (Prescott—January 1994)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, “No Checks, No Balances, No Accountability: Reflections on 10 Weeks Investigating the Highest Level of Our Government in the Iran-Contra Case” (speaker) (San Francisco—August 1993)
• American Board of Trial Lawyers, “What Business Lawyers Need to Know About White Collar Crime” (speaker) (San Diego—February 1993)
• Criminal Trial Lawyers Association, “Capitol Punishment, or My Trials in Washington” (keynote speaker) (San Francisco—February 1993)
• American Board of Trial Lawyers, “What Business Lawyers Need to Know About Criminal Law, Parallel Proceedings and Stays” (panelist) (San Francisco—April 1992)
• State Bar of California Litigation Section Program, “Money Laundering and Forfeiture” (speaker) (San Diego—June 1991)
• Bar Association of San Francisco, Corporate Law Section, “Corporate Criminal Liability” (speaker) (San Francisco—September 1989)
• State Bar of California Litigation Section Program, “Corporate Criminal Liability” (speaker) (San Francisco—May 1989)
• Channel 9 taping program on U.S. Attorney’s Office (interview) (San Francisco—February 1989)
• State Bar of California, Criminal Justice Section Seminar, “Criminal Fraud and Criminal Negligence” (speaker) (San Francisco—October 1988)
• International Society of Barristers, “The Sanctuary Trial” (speaker) (Tucson, Arizona—March 1988)
• ABA General Practice Section Council, “The Historic Tucson Sanctuary Trial” (Tucson, Arizona—1986)
• ABA Seminar, “Criminal Defense and Prosecution” (Washington, D.C.—1985)
• PLI Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, “New Insanity Defense” (Scottsdale, Arizona—1985)
• Ninth Circuit speaker, “Criminal Discovery” (Hawaii—1983)
• ABA Convention, “Complex Criminal Investigations” and “Demonstrative Evidence in Criminal Cases” (panelist) (New Orleans—1981)
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Complex Criminal Cases (Boca Raton, Florida—1981)
• American College of Trial Lawyers lecture on “White Collar Crime” (Boca Raton, Florida—1979)
• Hastings College of Criminal Advocacy (1977 and 1979)
• ABA Program on Complex Criminal Litigation (Los Angeles—March 1977; Boston—May 1977)
• ALI-ABA Program on “White Collar Crime” (planning chairman) (Los Angeles—1975; New York—1976; Philadelphia—1979; San Francisco—1980; Washington, D.C.—1982; Los Angeles—1984)

Antitrust

• Southern Methodist University School of Law, “Antitrust: Law and Litigation” (Colorado Springs—1982, 1983 and 1984)
• ALI-ABA, “Antitrust Grand Juries” (Kansas City—October 1979; San Francisco—February 1980)
• ABA Program on Antitrust Grand Juries (Los Angeles—January 1978)

Supreme Court

• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Update” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2007)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Update” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2007)
• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court case of the last year” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2006)
• ABOTA “Important US Supreme Court Cases in the last Year” (speaker) (San Louis Obispo, CA – May, 2006)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2006)
• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “Recent Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2005)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2005)
• ACLU, "The Legal Issues posed by the recent Supreme Court decisions" (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – July 2004)
• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Cases in review” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2004)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA – January 2004)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Cases in Review” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2003)
• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Cases in review 2001/2002” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2002)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2002)
• Witkin Legal Institute/Fresno County Bar Association, “U.S. Supreme Court Cases in the last year” (speaker) (Fresno, CA— June 2001)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 2001)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA— January 1999)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association; “Recent United States Supreme Court Cases” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA—January 1998)
• Berkeley-Albany Bar Association, “Recent Supreme Court Cases,” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA—January 1997)

Constitutional Law

• ABA Annual Meeting, Criminal Justice Section “Invasion of the Personal Information Snatchers: Pretexting, Caller ID, Spoofing and Beyond” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – August 2007)
• UC Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy “Pretexting” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA – April 2007)
• California State Bar, “Ten Years After Proposition 209: Prohibition Against Discrimination or Preferential Treatment by State and other Public Entities” (panelist) (Monterey, CA – October, 2006)
• Sacramento County Bar Association, “The Current State of Civil Rights in the United States” (panelist) (Sacramento, CA - April 2006)
• Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals, Know your Law, “Constitutional Rights: Right of Association” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – October, 2005)
• UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall Alumni Reunion, “Without Precedent - Are Jury Trials An Endangered Species?”/”Who’s Got The Power: International Law or Our Law?” (panelist) (Berkeley, CA – October 2004)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) “Patriot Act I and II” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – April, 2004)
• American Constitution Society at Boalt Hall, “Civil Liberties in the Wake of 9/11” (keynote speaker) (Berkeley, CA — September 2003)
• UC Berkeley School of Law, “Holding the U.S. Accountable: Post September 11 Human Rights Abuses” (speaker) (March 2003)
• Federal Bar Council, “Terrorism — Internal Security and Civil Liberties” (speaker) (Maui, HI — February 2003)
• American Civil Liberties Union, “Civil Liberties and Attorney General Ashcroft” (speaker) (Sonoma, CA — February 2003)
• ABTL — Association of Business Trial Lawyers, “Can Civil Liberties Be Preserved During the War on Terrorism? — The View from the Civil Liberties Community, the U.S. Dept of Justice and the Bench” (master of ceremonies) (San Francisco, CA — December 2002)
• Eastern District Conference, “Law in a Time of Terror” (speaker) (Squaw Valley, CA — October 2002)
• Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, “America’s Role in the War on Terrorism” (panelist) (Berkeley, CA — October 2002)
• Beverly Hills Bar Association, “Law in a Time of War” (keynote speaker) (Beverly Hills, CA — October 2002)
• ABTL — American Board of Trial Lawyers, “Lawyering During a Time of Terror” (speaker) (Yountville, CA — April 2002)
• Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, “The Constitution: Casualty of War — Japanese American Internment in WWll” (group presentation) (San Francisco, CA — March 2002)
• 9th Circuit Judges Conference, “Terrorism — Impact on the Law/Legal System” (panelist) (Palm Springs, CA — March 2002)
• McGeorge School of Law, Trials, Court Martials and Tribunals, A Symposium on a Sense of Justice in a Time of War “Law in the time of war” (keynote speaker) (Sacramento, CA — February 2002)
• Federal Bar Association AUSA Dinner, “Military Tribunals” (speaker) (Sacramento, CA — January 2002)
• Federal Bar Association, “The Constitutionality of Military Tribunals and Their Effect on Civil Liberties” (speaker) (Sacramento, CA — January 2002)
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ceremony, Celebrating 200th Birthday of Bill of Rights and Courts, “History of the Bill of Rights” (speaker) (San Francisco—October 1989)
• Hastings School of Law Symposium, “Interpretation of Constitutional Issues” (panelist) (San Francisco—March 1989)
• University of California, School of Law, Human Rights Lecture Series (speaker) (Davis, California—November 1988)
• Viacom Channel 6 TV, “The Constitution—Where Has It Come in the Last 200 Years and Where Is It Going?” (panelist) (San Francisco—September 1987)
• National Lawyers Guild, “Civil Liberties Challenges” (keynote speaker) (Monterey—June 1987)
• American Civil Liberties Union, “Civil Liberties in 1987: Foreign and Domestic” (keynote speaker) (San Mateo—May 1987)
• University of California at Davis, School of Law, speaker, “Religion and the Constitution” (Davis, California—March 1987)
• Friends Legislation Committee, “Defense of the Constitution and the Courage of the Courts” Speech (Sacramento—November 1984)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, “The Effect of Proposition Eight” (1982)

Appellate—Legal Argument

• Woman’s Advocate Panel, “Appellate or Motions Practice” (speaker) (San Francisco—May 1994)
• ABA Appellate Practice Institute (panelist) (New Orleans—April 1990)
• ABA Litigation Section Program, “Arguments to the Court” (panelist) (Washington, D.C.—May 1989)
• Hastings Federal Clinic—How to Argue to a Judge (1982 and 1983)

Civil Procedure

• ALI-ABA Civil Practice & Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts, “How Trial Counsel Differ in Handling Civil and Criminal Cases” (speaker) (Santa Fe, NM – July 2007)
• 2004 Conference of the Bar Association of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, “An Outside View on How Things Work in Federal Court” (speaker) (Albuquerque, New Mexico – March 2004)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts, “Motions In Limine and Limiting Instructions/Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (Scottsdale, AZ – February 2004)
• ALI-ABA Civil Trial Practice, “Motions In Limine & Limiting Instructions/Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (Coral Gables, FL - January 1999)
• ALI-ABA Civil Practice & Litigation Techniques in the Federal Courts, “Motions In Limine (Rule 104) and Temporary Restraining Orders & Preliminary Injunctions” (speaker) (San Diego, CA - August 1998)
• Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CPCU & Santa Clara Valley Insurance Women’s Association, “Intellectual Property Seminar” (San Jose—June 1994)
• Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, “Criminal Law Problems in Civil Litigation, Communications with the FBI in Matters Related in a Civil Matter” (speaker) (San Francisco—January 1994)
• CEB Federal Practice Institute, Conduct of Trial Program, “Supreme Court and Civil Litigation” (speaker) (Los Angeles and San Francisco—June 1989)
• PLI Program, “Current Problems in Federal Civil Practice” (panelist) (Los Angeles—January 1989)
• PLI Current Problems in Civil Practice, “Preliminary Injunctions: TROs; Expedited Appeals” (San Francisco—1987)
• Practicing Law Institute, “Rule 11 from a Trial Lawyer’s Perspective” (panelist) (San Francisco—October 1987)
• American Judicature Society, “The Federal Courts Since 1787—Stability and Change in 200 Years” (panelist) (San Francisco—August 1987)
• ALI-ABA Program on Civil Practice and Litigation, “Witnesses” and “TROs and Preliminary Injunctions” (San Francisco—1985, 1986 and 1987) (San Diego—1987)
• Law & Business Institute of Civil and Commercial Advocacy Seminar (San Francisco—November 1984)
• State Bar of California, “Attorneys’ Fees” (panelist) (San Diego—1981)
• CEB, “Federal Civil Procedure” (panel chairman) (three cities—April and December 1976); (repeat two cities—1977)
• Practicing Law Institute program on Federal Civil Procedure (panelist) (San Francisco—1974; Phoenix, Arizona—March 1976; Los Angeles—1979; San Francisco—1983)
• CEB Civil Procedure, “Evidence and Discovery Developments” (panelist and chairperson) annual cassette tape recordings—1970-1983

Torts

• San Francisco Lawyers Association and California Trial Lawyers Association, “The Marriage of Tort and Business Damages: Litigation Techniques for the Nineties” (speaker) (San Francisco—June 1993)
• Harvard Law School Alumni Association, panelist, “Officers & Directors Liability” (San Francisco—1986)
• PLI Program, “Toxic Substances Litigation” (1983)

Teaching Law

• University of San Francisco “Criminal Plea Bargaining” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – February 2007)
• University of Santa Clara Law School “Picking a Jury” (speaker) (Santa Clara, CA -- February 2007)
• Hastings College of Law “Picking a Jury” (speaker) (Sacramento, CA February 2007)
• ALI-ABA Beijing School of Law and Remnin University of China “The Trial of American Business Cases in the Criminal Arena” (faculty) (Shanghai and Beijing, China – June 2006)
• University of Santa Clara Law School “Picking a Jury” (speaker) (Santa Clara, CA February 2006)
• Stanford Law School, “Demonstration of an Opening Statement” (speaker) (Stanford, CA —January 2006)
• University of San Francisco, “Criminal Plea Bargaining” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA —January 2006)
• ALI-ABA Beijing School of Law and Remnin University of China “Current Civil Litigation in the United States” (faculty) (Shanghai and Beijing, China – May 2005)
• University of Santa Clara Law School “Picking a Jury” (speaker) (Santa Clara, CA – March 2005)
• University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism, “The John Walker Lindh Case: Insights on How to interact with Attorneys” (speaker) (Berkeley, CA – November 2004)
• Open Doors Program, “Civil Rights and Liberties Issues Associated With The Patriot Act and with the Guantanamo Bay Cases decided by the Supreme Court earlier this year” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – November 2004)
• Loyola Law School, “The International and Domestic Legal Aftermath of 9/11, Civil Liberties and Attorney General Ashcroft” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — February 2003)
• Litigation Skills Forum, “How to Break Down Complex Cases — 1) The use of demonstrative evidence; 2) Jury selection; 3) Expert testimony on complex subjects; and 4) Increasing jury comprehension” (speaker) (Century City and Los Angeles, CA — January 2003)
• Hastings College of the Law Great Litigator Speakers Series, “What’s it like to be a Trial Lawyer and the defense of John Walker Lindh” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — January 2003)
• St. Mary’s College, “The Global Community in a Changing World” (speaker) (Moraga, CA — January 2003)
• University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Program, “Direct Examination — Demonstration & Critique” (panelist) (Charlottesville, VA — January 2003)
• Santa Clara University Trial & Appellate Advocacy Program, “The Defense of John Lindh: Lawyering in a Time of War” (speaker) (Santa Clara, CA — October 2002)
• UCLA School of Law, “Why Trial Lawyers Take on Difficult Cases” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — October 2002)
• Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, “Transformation on Sovereignty” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA — February 2002)
• UCLA School of Law, “Professionalism & Civility in Trial — Decline of Professionalism, Fact or Fiction?” (speaker) (Los Angeles, CA — April 2001)
• Golden Gate University, School of Law, “Jury Selection” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA — April 2001)
• Lecture, “Last 100 days before Trial” (San Francisco, CA — February, 2001)
• Hastings College of Law, College of Advocacy Program “Voir Dire” (speaker) (San Francisco — August 1998)
• Western Trial Lawyers Association, “How to Avoid Malpractice” (speaker) (Maui—May 1992)
• ABA National Convention, “New Developments in Teaching Advocacy” (New Orleans—1981)
• National Institute of Trial Advocacy, “Conference on Teaching Advocacy” (San Francisco—1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986); “Advanced Trial Advocacy” (Boulder and Berkeley—1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987)
• ALI-ABA Conference on Professional Development and Quality Control Programs in the Law Office (lecturer) (Washington, D.C.—1980)
• ABA National Conference on Continuing Legal Education (lecturer) (Chicago—1975)
• McGeorge School of Law Program, “The Teaching of Advocacy” (panelist) (1973)
• Miscellaneous lectures to local bar groups

Legal Ethics

• ABA Annual Meeting Litigation Section “Lying Clients and Untruthful Witnesses: How to Effectively and Ethically Handle False Testimony” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – August, 2007)
• ALI-ABA, “Developments in Legal Ethics, What Does It Mean to “Counsel,” “Assist,” or “Aid and Abet” a Client Crime or Fraud? (panelist) (San Francisco, CA – May 2007)
• COPRAC Statewide Ethics Symposium, “The Attorney-Client Relationship: A New Paradigm?” (panelist) (San Francisco, CA -- April 2004)
• University of San Francisco Law School, “The Ethical Challenges of Attorneys Representing 'Enemy Combatants' as discussed in the recent ABA Task Force Report” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – April 2004)
• ALI-ABA, Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts, “Ethical Developments: New ABA Rules and Amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct; Conflicts Facing Civil Litigators; Ethical Guidelines for Settlement Negotiations” (panelist) (Scottsdale, AZ – February 2004)
• Witkin Legal Institute, State Bar of California Annual Meeting, “The Current and Future Economics of Law Practice: Will Your Firm Survive?” (speaker) (Long Beach, CA — October 1999)
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, “Ethics and the Independent Counsel Statute” (speaker) (Santa Fe, New Mexico — August 1998)
• Rhodes College’s Ninth Annual Institute on the Profession of Law, “Ethics and the Profession of Law” (speaker) (Memphis, Tennessee—January 1996)
• 9th Circuit Conference of Northern California, “Ethical Frontiers for the Federal Litigator” (speaker) (Napa, CA—April 1995)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention, “Bridge over Troubled Water: Ethical Dilemmas and Future Challenges of the Bar,” “Policing Our Own: Ethical Conduct and the Profession” (speaker) (San Francisco—August 1993)
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Masters of Advocacy, “Hot Topics in Ethics and Advocacy” (speaker) (Santa Fe—June 1993)
• Santa Clara University School of Law, “At the Breaking Point: Is Value Billing the Answer?” (moderator) (Santa Clara—March 1993)
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, “Ethics” (speaker) (Santa Fe—June 1991)
• PLI Program, “Bank and Thrift Litigation in the ‘90’s: Civil and Criminal Liability of Officers, Directors and Professionals” (panelist) (Beverly Hills—March 1991)
• PLI Videotape Program, “Ethics” (panelist) (New York—February 1991)
• ABA Panel, “Professionalism” (panelist) (Honolulu—August 1989)

Other

• Contra Costa County Bar Association “In Defense of Judges: Every Judge is an Activist Judge” (keynote speaker) (Walnut Creek, CA – November 2006)
• Hispanic National Bar Association “Representing the Unpopular Client” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – September 2006)
• Witkin Legal Institute, San Diego Law Library Luncheon, “What is an Activist Judge?” (speaker) (San Diego, CA – June 2006)
• Earl Warren Inn of Court, “The Evolution of Parentage Law in California as Affected by Scientific, Social, and Other Developments: Who’s Your Daddy?” (Team Leader) (Berkeley, CA – February, 2006)
• Federal Bar Association, Northern District of California, “Remembering Cecil Poole” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – December, 2005)
• Rock Rose Institute, “Building Peace One Dream at a Time: The Moral Imagination in Law, Religion and Conflict Resolution” (speaker) (San Francisco, CA – September, 2005)
• San Diego Psych Law Society, “The Strains of War: The John Walker Lindh Case” (speaker) (San Diego, CA – September, 2005)
• California Judge’s Association “E-eek! But Your Honor: What are things attorneys do that manipulate Judges?” (speak