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Practice Areas
Employment
Litigation
Restaurants & Wineries
Experience
Ed is a skilled litigator who has defended hundreds of claims and has achieved significant verdicts and settlements as plaintiffs' counsel in cases involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, personal injury, road design, product liability, civil rights violations, police misconduct, medical malpractice, predatory lending and fire cause liability.
Ed's clients have included a broad range of individuals and entities, including, attorneys, law firms, health care professionals and organizations, educational institutions, public entities and public officials, construction contractors and professionals, to name a few. Ed has represented numerous public officials in their individual and/or official capacities in complex and high profile civil and criminal matters. Additionally, he has been retained as a consultant to conduct internal affairs investigations for the city of Pasadena and a special investigation for the city of Sacramento.
Ed has served as an attorney representative for the Ninth Ciruit Judicial Conference, an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the Alameda County Superior Court, as well as acting as an Early Neutral Evaluator for the United States District Court-Northern District of California's Alternative Dispute Resolution program and as a commissioner for the Alameda County Superior Court's Early Disposition and Settlement Programs.
Reported Cases
Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. v. Superior Court (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 14 (Civil Rights)
Morgan v. Woessner (9th Cir. 1993) 997 F.2d 1244 (Civil Rights)
Morgan v. Woessner (9th Cir. 1993) 975 F.2d 629 (Civil Rights)
People v. Shepard (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 1410 (Conflict of Interest)
McAlpine v. Superior Court (1989) 209 Cal.App.3d 1 (Civil Rights)
Okura v. United States Cycling Federation (1986) 186 Cal.App.3d 1461 (Contract)
Farrow v. Montgomery Ward, Ltd. (1986) 176 Cal.App.3d (ERISA)
Craven v. Crout (1985) 163 Cal.App.3d 779 (Medical Malpractice)
Alameda County v. Lackner (Mattson) (1978) 79 Cal.App.3d 274 (Administrative Law)
Parrot v. Rogers (1980) 103 Cal.App.3d 779 (Administrative Law)
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; J.D. (1970)
University of California, Berkeley; B.A. , Rhetoric (1966) | 