Attorney Profiles
Jerome Fishkin
1111 Civic Drive
Suite 215
Walnut Creek, California 94596-3831
| |  |
- State Bar Defense (California)
- Attorney Discipline Defense, 9th Circuit
- Ethics Advice to California attorneys
- Expert witness on California attorney duties
- Attorney Discipline Defense, US Courts in California
- Moral Character applications, California Bar
- California, 1971
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1971
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1971
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. Tax Court
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California,
1970
J.D.
- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California,
1965
B.A.
- Toxic Client Syndrome, CAOC Forum, February, 2008
- Lighten Up, The Verdict, Winter, 2005
- When Associates Leave, San Francisco Attorney, January, 2002
- Duties to Opposing Parties and Counsel, The Verdict, Winter, 2002
- Web Sites Bring New Opportunities, San Francisco Attorney, October, 2001
- Breaking Cases in 2001, San Francisco Attorney, August, 2001
- New Statutes Govern Attorney Conduct, San Francisco Attorney, February, 2001
- Interviewing Employees of the Other Side, The Verdict, Spring, 2001
- Respecting Confidential Client Information, The Marin Lawyer, May, 2001
- In the Beginning, Creation of the Attorney Client Relationship, CAOC Forum, April, 2000
- What's New in Lawyer Ethics?, Charles Houston Bar Association News, February, 2000
- Keeping Client Secrets, San Francisco Attorney, December, 2000
- How do You Measure a Reasonable Fee?, San Francisco Attorney, October, 2000
- Resolving the Division of fees Between Contingency Fee Attorneys, San Francisco Attorney, August, 2000
- Ethics on the Internet (Co-Author), San Francisco Attorney, April, 2000
- Duties to Opposing Parties, San Francisco Attorney, February, 2000
- The Impaired Client, San Francisco Attorney, October, 1999
- Withdraw Bridge, Daily Journal Los Angeles & San Francisco, May 20, 1999
- "Justifiable Cause" and Other Cases, San Francisco Attorney, February, 1999
- Special Contingency Fee Contracts, Charles Houston Bar Association News, May, 1999
- Bill & Coo, Daily Journal Los Angeles & San Francisco, August 12, 1999
- Interviewing Employees of the Other Side, San Francisco Attorney, June, 1998
- Getting Out Alive, CAOC Forum, October, 1998
- Ethics: More Traps in Representing Minors, California Lawyer, May, 1998
- Ethics: Common Traps in Representing Minors, California Lawyer, April, 1998
- Division of Fees Between Successive Attorneys, CAOC Forum, April, 1997
- Majority Votes in Client Settlements, San Francisco Attorney, June, 1997
- Ethics Liability for Acts and Omissions of Partners, Legal Malpractice Report, Vol 5, No 1, 1996
- Remedies for Conflicts of Interest, San Francisco Attorney, June, 1995
- Disqualification: When Can You Sue a Former Client?, The Verdict, Winter, 1994
- A Pain in the Ads, The Verdict, Fall, 1994
- The Advocate ; The Trial Lawyer; Charles Houston Bar Newsletter, New Laws Restrict Attorney Conduct, 1993
- Attorney-Client Fee Contracts, San Francisco Attorney, August, 1993
- Inheriting From Your Client -- Is it Worth the Price?, San Francisco Attorney, April, 1991
- Huskinson & Brown v Wolf, 32 Cal. 4th 453
(2004)
- Matter of Bellicini, 4 Cal. St. Bar Ct. Rptr. 883
(2006)
- MCLE Panel, The Law Center of Contra Costa County,
2008
- MCLE Panel, S.F. Trial Lawyers,
2008
- Wlldland Fire Conference,
2008
- MCLE Panel, APRL (Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers),
2007
- MCLE Panel, Marin County Family Law Lawyers,
2007
- MCLE Panel, Monterey County Women Lawyers,
2007
- MCLE Panel, Orange County Lawyers Guild,
2007
- MCLE Panel, Yolo County Bar,
2007
- Expert Testimony, San Francisco Hillel Society,
2007
- MCLE Panel, Alameda County Bar Association,
2006
- MCLE Panel, Eastern Alameda County Bar Association,
2006
- MCLE Panel, Placer County Bar Association,
2006
- MCLE Panel, S.F. Trial Lawyers,
2006
- MCLE Panel, Economic Round Table of San Francisco
- MCLE Panel, CEB (California Continuing Education of the Bar),
2005
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
2005
- MCLE Panel, Marin County Trial Lawyers,
2005
- MCLE Panel, Northern California Consumer Bankruptcy Conference,
2005
- MCLE Panel, ACCTLA (Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association),
2005
- MCLE Panel, Santa Clara County Bar Association,
2005
- MCLE Panel, State Bar Annual Meeting,
2005
- MCLE Panel, The Legal Malpractice Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco,
2004
- MCLE Panel, Bar Association of San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program,
2004
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association,
2004
- MCLE Panel, Sunnyvale-Cupertino Bar Association,
2004
- MCLE Panel, CLE International - Eminent Domain Conference,
2004
- MCLE Panel, AILA California Chapters Conference,
2004
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC),
2004
- MCLE Panel, Santa Clara County Bar Association,
2004
- MCLE Panel, BASF Barristers Club,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Silicon Valley Pro Bono Project,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Santa Clara Bar Association,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC),
2003
- MCLE Panel, Orange County Specialty Lawyers Guild,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Santa Clara County Bar, Solo Practice Section,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Paralegal Association of Santa Clara County,
2003
- MCLE Panel, Golden Gate University,
2003
- MCLE Panel, CAOC (Consumer Attorneys of California),
2002
- MCLE Panel, AILA (American Immigrant Lawyers Association),
2001
- MCLE Panel, Sacramento County Bar, Business Law Section,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys of California,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Distressed Companies Conference,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Earl Warren Chapter, Inns of Court,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Eminent Domain Attorneys,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Golden Gate University Intellectual Property Conference,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Lorman Education Services,
2001
- MCLE Panel, Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyers,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Charles Houston Bar Association,
2000
- MCLE Panel, CLE International,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Legal Incite,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Legal Malpractice Section of the BASF,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Lorman Education Services,
2000
- MCLE Panel, San Mateo County Bar Association Probate Committee,
2000
- MCLE Panel, BASF Barristers Bridging the Gap,
2000
- MCLE Panel, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Berkeley-Albany Bar Association,
1999
- MCLE Panel, California Applicants' Attorneys Association, San Francisco Chapter,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys of California,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Ethics Committee, BASF,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Litigation Section, BASF,
1999
- MCLE Panel, American Bar Association, Attorney Liability Subcommittee,
1999
- MCLE Panel, McGeorge School of Law,
1999
- MCLE Panel, National Business Institute,
1999
- MCLE Panel, University of San Francisco School of Law Moot Court,
1999
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Legal Secretaries Association,
1999
- MCLE Panel, McGeorge School of Law Ethics Classes,
1999
- MCLE Panel, Attorneys Probate Association,
1998
- MCLE Panel, Center for Continuing Education,
1998
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys Of California,
1998
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
1998
- MCLE Panel, Queen's Bench,
1998
- MCLE Panel, University of San Francisco School of Law Moot Court,
1998
- MCLE Panel, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom,
1997
- MCLE Panel, California Employment Lawyers Association,
1997
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
1997
- MCLE Panel, McGeorge School of Law,
1997
- MCLE Panel, State Bar Court,
1997
- MCLE Panel, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom,
1996
- MCLE Panel, Bay Area Intellectual Lawyers Inn of Court,
1996
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys Of California,
1996
- MCLE Panel, Contra Costa County Bar Association Real Estate Section,
1996
- MCLE Panel, State Bar Court,
1996
- MCLE Panel, Hastings College of the Law Ethics Class,
1996
- "Legal Currents", KCSM - TV,
1996
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys of California,
1995
- MCLE Panel, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles,
1995
- MCLE Panel, Lawyers Club of San Francisco,
1995
- MCLE Panel, McGeorge Law School,
1995
- MCLE Panel, Practicing Law Institute,
1995
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Public Defenders Office,
1995
- MCLE Panel, University of San Francisco School of Law,
1995
- MCLE Panel, University of San Francisco Moot Court,
1995
- MCLE Panel, Alameda Bar Solo Practice Section,
1994
- MCLE Panel, Association of Legal Administrators,
1994
- MCLE Panel, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom,
1994
- MCLE Panel, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys,
1994
- MCLE Panel, Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court,
1994
- MCLE Panel, Practising Law Institute,
1994
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Bar Real Property Section,
1994
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Lawyers Club American Inn of Court,
1994
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Trial Lawyers,
1994
- MCLE Panel, San Mateo County Bar Business Law Section,
1994
- MCLE Panel, Los Angles Trial Lawyers,
1993
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Lawyers Club,
1993
- MCLE Panel, PEN/CLE,
1992
- MCLE Panel, Los Angeles Trial Lawyers,
1992
- MCLE Panel, North San Mateo Bar Association,
1992
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Law School,
1992
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Lawyers Club,
1992
- MCLE Panel, San Francisco Trial Lawyers,
1992
- MCLE Panel, State Bar of California,
1992
- AV Rated by Martindale - Hubbell
- Bar Association of San Francisco,
1971
- Present
- Member
- Bar Association of San Francisco,
1992
-
2004
- Member, Ethics Committee
- Bar Association of San Francisco,
1989
-
2004
- Member, Legal Malpractice Committee
- Bar Association of San Francisco,
1991
- Chair, Blood Drive Committee
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers,
1996
- Present
- Member
- Attorney Discipline Defense Counsel,
1997
- Present
- Member
- San Francisco Attorney Magazine,
1985
-
2003
- Member, Editorial Committee
- CEB (California Continuing Education of the Bar),
1994
-
1995
- Consultant, Litigation Ethics
- America On Line,
1995
-
1996
- Moderator, Legal Ethics and Malpractice Bulletin Board
- Small Claims Court of San Francisco,
1980
-
1985
- Judge Pro Tem
- California State Senate,
1982
-
1984
- Member, Advisory Coalition on Court Reform
- California State Senate,
1986
- Expert Witness, Judiciary Committee
- Superior Court of San Francisco,
1979
-
1983
- Arbitrator
- U.S. District Court, Northern California,
1979
-
1980
- Arbitrator
- Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Legal Forms,
1976
-
1978
- Member
- University of San Francisco,
1994
- Present
- Mentor Program
- State Bar of California, Discipline Prosecutor,
1983
-
1992
- State Bar of California, Legislative Attorney,
1978
-
1983
- Jerome Fishkin, Attorney at Law,
1971
-
1978
- Legal Ethics Advisor, Aids Legal Referral Panel (ALRP),
1999
- Present
- Legal Ethics Advisor, The Law Group,
2006
- Present
- Legal Ethics Advisor, Homeless Action Center,
2003
- Present
- Legal Ethics Advisor, San Francisco Small Business Advocates,
2002
-
2003
- Small Claims Court of San Francisco, Judge Pro-Tem,
1980
-
1985
|
1111 Civic Dr. Suite 215 
