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- Our injury lawyers
have decades of experience successfully
representing clients in personal injury
cases. On behalf of multiple clients,
we have reached favorable confidential
settlements with Yamaha.
- There is no charge or obligation for
our review of your injury lawsuit.
- In death and serious injury cases, we are pleased
to visit you where you live, at no cost, to discuss
your legal rights and answer your questions.
- We have retained vehicle safety experts
who have analyzed the stability of the
Yamaha Rhino. On staff we have six legal
nurse consultants to assist our attorneys
in demonstrating the extent of injuries
our clients have suffered, and the need
for future medical care.
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| Elizabeth J. Cabraser |
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| San Francisco |
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| Practice Areas Include: |
Consumer
Protection
International and Human Rights
Personal
Injury/Torts
Defective Products
Securities and Financial |
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| Bar Information |
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Admitted
to practice in California (1978); California Supreme Court (1978);
U.S. Supreme Court (1996); U.S. District Court, Northern District
of California (1978), Eastern District
of California (1979), Central District
of California and Southern District
of California (1992); U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
(2000), Third Circuit (1994),
Fifth Circuit (1992),
Sixth Circuit (1992),
Seventh Circuit (2001),
Ninth Circuit (1979),
Tenth Circuit (1992)
and Eleventh Circuit (1992);
U.S. Tax Court (1979); and U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
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Boalt
Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1978); University
of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1975). |
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| Awards & Honors |
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University of San Francisco School
of Law Public Interest Law Foundation "Award For Public
Interest Excellence," 2007; “Northern California Super
Lawyer,” Law & Politics,
2004-2008; “Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyer,” Law & Politics,
2005-2007; “Top 50 Female Northern California Super Lawyer,” Law & Politics,
2005-2008; “50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America,” The
National Law Journal, 1998 & 2007; “Top 100 Lawyers,” California
Daily Journal, 2002-2007; “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs'
Lawyers,” Lawdragon, Winter 2007; “Top Women
Litigators in California,” The San Francisco and Los
Angeles Daily Journal, 2007; “100 Most
Influential Lawyers in America,” The National
Law Journal, 1997, 2000 & 2006; “Top 75 Women Litigators,” California
Daily Journal, 2005-2006; “Best Lawyer,” Best
Lawyers in America, 2006; Distinguished Leadership Award,
Legal Community Against Violence, 2006; Women of Achievement, Legal
Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund),
2006; “Top 30 Securities Litigator,” California
Daily Journal, 2005; “Top 50 Women Litigators,” California
Daily Journal, 2004; Citation Award, University of
California, Berkeley Boalt Hall, 2003; “Top 30 Women Litigators,” California
Daily Journal, 2002; Distinguished Jurisprudence Award,
Anti-Defamation League, 2002; “Top Ten Women Litigators,” The National
Law Journal, 2001; “California Law Business Top 100
Lawyers,” California Daily Journal, 1998-2000; Matthew
O. Tobriner Public Service Award, Legal Aid Society,
2000; Presidential Award of Merit, Consumer Attorneys
of California, 1998; “Lawyers of the Year,” California
Lawyer, 1998; Public Justice Achievement Award, Trial
Lawyers for Public Justice, 1997. |
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Co-Author with Joy A. Kruse, Bruce Leppla, “Selective Waiver: Recent Developments in the Ninth Circuit and California,” (pts. 1 & 2), Securities Litigation Report (West Legalworks May and June 2005); Author, "The Manageable Nationwide Class: A Choice-of-Law Legacy of Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts," University of Missouri- Kansas City Law Review, Volume 74, Number 3, Spring 2006; Co-Author,
with Fabrice N. Vincent, “Class Actions Fairness Act of 2005,” California
Litigation, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2005); Editor-in-Chief, California
Class Actions Practice and Procedures (2003); co-author, "Decisions
Interpreting California's Rules of Class Action Procedure," Survey
of State Class Action Law, updated and re-published in 5 Newberg
on Class Actions (ABA 2001-2004); co-author, "Mass But
Not (Necessarily) Class: Emerging Aggregation Alternatives Under
the Federal Rules," ABA 8th Annual National Institute on Class
Actions, New York (Oct. 15, 2004), New Orleans (Oct. 29, 2004);
co-author, "2004 ABA Toxicology Monograph-California State
Law," (January 2004); "Human Rights Violations as Mass
Torts: Compensation as a Proxy for Justice in the United States
Civil Litigation System"; co-author, with Fabrice N. Vincent, "Ethics
and Admissibility: Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest in
and/or Funding of Scientific Studies and/or Data May Warrant Evidentiary
Exclusions," Mealey's December Emerging Drugs Reporter (December
2002); co-author, with Fabrice N. Vincent, "The Shareholder
Strikes Back: Varied Approaches to Civil Litigation Claims Are
Available to Help Make Shareholders Whole,"Mealey's Emerging
Securities Litigation Reporter (September 2002); Coordinating
Editor and co-author of California section of the ABA State
Class Action Survey (2001-02); "Unfinished Business:
Reaching the Due Process Limits of Punitive Damages in Tobacco
Litigation Through Unitary Classwide Adjudication," 36 Wake
Forest Law Review 979 (Winter 2001); "Symposium: Enforcing
the Social Contract through Representative Litigation," 33 Connecticut
Law Review 1239 (Summer 2001); "Equity for the Victims,
Equity for the Transgressor: The Classwide Treatment of Punitive
Damages Claims," 74 Tulane Law Review 2005 (June
2000); "Class Action Trends and Developments After Amchem
and Ortiz," in Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques
in Federal and State Courts (ALI-ABA Course of Study 1999);
Contributor/Editor, Moore's Federal Practice (1999); "Life
After Amchem: The Class Struggle Continues," 31 Loyola
Law Review 373 (1998); "Recent Developments in Nationwide
Products Liability Litigation: The Phenomenon of Non-Injury Products
Cases, the Impact of Amchem and the Trend Toward State Court Adjudication," Products
Liability (ABA February 1998); Contributor/Editor, California
Causes of Action (1998); "Beyond Bifurcation: Multi-Phase
Structure in Mass Tort Class Actions," Class Actions & Derivative
Suits (Spring 1997); "The Road Not Taken: Thoughts on
the Fifth Circuit's Decertification of the Castano Class," SB24
ALI-ABA 433 (1996); "Getting the Word Out: Pre-Certification
Notice to Class Members Under Rule 23(d)(2)," Class Actions & Derivative
Suits Newsletter (October 1995); "Mass Tort Class Action
Settlements," 24 CTLA Forum 11 (Jan./Feb. 1994); "Do
You Know the Way from San Jose? The Evolution of Environmental
and Toxic Nuisance Class Actions," Class Actions & Derivative
Suits (Spring 1994); "An Oracle of Change? Realizing
the Potential of Emerging Fee Award Methodologies for Enhancing
The Role and Control of Investors in Derivative and Class Action
Suits," Principles of Corporate Governance (ALI October
1994); "How To Streamline Complex Litigation: Tailor a Case
Management Order to Your Controversy," 21 The Brief 12
(ABA/TIPS Summer 1992); "The Applicability of the Fraud-On-The-Market
Theory to Undeveloped Markets: When Fraud Creates the Market," 12 Class
Action Reports 402 (1989); "Mandatory Certification of
Settlement Classes," 10 Class Action Reports 151
(1987). |
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California State Bar Association; American Bar Association (Past Co-Chair, Committee on Mass Torts; Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits; Tort and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS); Past Vice-Chair, Rules & Procedures Committee, Contributor, Civil Procedure & Evidence News Letter; Business Law Section, Corporate & Litigation Group; Litigation Section and Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits; Co-Chair, Committee on Mass Torts); ABA National Institute on Class Actions (Organizer/ Participant, 1997-2000); American Law Institute, (Council; Advisor, American Law Institute International Jurisdiction and Judgments and Aggregate Litigation Projects); Public Justice; National Center for State Courts Mass Tort Conference Planning Committee; Federal Bar Association, Northern District of California Chapter; Fight for Justice Campaign; (California State Liaison, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus); California Constitution Revision Commission, 1993-1996; Northern District of California Civil Justice Reform Act (CJRA) Advisory Committee, and Advisory Committee on Professional Conduct; Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC); California Women Lawyers; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1992 1995; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; Bar Association of San Francisco (Past President, Securities Litigation Section; Board of Directors, 1997-1998; Past Member, Judiciary Committee); Lawyers Club of San Francisco; Queen’s Bench. |
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