Attorney Profiles


Jerome Fishkin 
1111 Civic Drive
Suite 215
Walnut Creek, California 94596-3831
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (925) 944-5600
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (925) 944-5432
Web site: http://www.fishkinlaw.com


Areas of PracticeEducationHonors
Published WorksAffiliationsRepresentative Cases


Areas of Practice:
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
Bar Admissions:
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
Education:
University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1970
J.D.


University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1965
B.A.


Published Works:
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


Representative Cases:
Huskinson & Brown v Wolf, 32 Cal. 4th 453 (2004)
Matter of Bellicini, 4 Cal. St. Bar Ct. Rptr. 883 (2006)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
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


Honors and Awards:
AV Rated by Martindale - Hubbell


Professional Associations and Memberships:
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


Past Employment Positions:
State Bar of California, Discipline Prosecutor, 1983 - 1992


State Bar of California, Legislative Attorney, 1978 - 1983


Jerome Fishkin, Attorney at Law, 1971 - 1978


Pro Bono Activities:
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