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PERSONAL INFORMATION Married, San Francisco Resident EDUCATION Admitted to California Bar, 1970 Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1969 Bachelor of Science Degree, 1965 WORK EXPERIENCE KERN, NODA, DEVINE, & SEGAL, INC. 1388 Sutter Street, Suite 600 Law Offices of John Gardenal, Inc. 1970 through 1974 Legal Organizations and Memberships The Best Lawyers in American Board of Trial Advocates, since 1980 San Francisco Defense Counsel Association, since 1990 Defense Counsel Association of San Francisco Defense Seminar Association President - 1993-1994 Master-Program committee member - 1995 - present Appointed to the Board of Trustees Executive Committee Member 1998 to Present Treasurer - 2001-2002 Counselor - 2005-2007 President - 2007 - 2008 Defense Research Institute International Association of Defense Council -1996 to Present Appointments and Legal Activities Member of the San Francisco Bar Association subcommittee for the 1985 Pilot Early Settlement Project The Rutter Group - Continuing Legal Education: Appointment as Guest Lecturer - Appointment as Guest Lecturer - Appointment as Guest Lecturer - "Proposition 51 Now" ? 1986 Trial Practice Symposium "Gathering and Proving Medical Evidence" - 1986, 1991 Tort Practice - Recent Developments - Program Panelist - 1993-2000 Judicial Resources, Inc. Panelist - 1986 Structured Settlement film (45 minutes) Settlement Conference Film (45 minutes) "Conducting a Settlement Conference" prepared for Mock Trial Judge: "Jury Selection (Voir Dire)" - June 23, 1994, August 20, 1999 Adjunct Instructor Trial Practice Seminar, 1995-1998 Intensive Advocacy Program, Lechturer-Voir Dire Direct and Cross-Examination, Opening Statement, Closing Arguments - May 2002 - June 2007 Mock Settlement Conference, prepared for the Judicial Council Educational Program for the January 16, 1988 February 11, 1989 January 26, 1990 February 01, 1991 Association of Defense Counsel, 20th Annual Midyear Seminar "Handling of Personal Injury Case" - May, 1987 Judicial Council Educational Program for Panelist for Discovery and Trial Preparation at the Eleventh Hour, Prepared by the Association of Defense Counsel - October 6, 1989 "Jury Selection" Seminar ( San Francisco Auto Seminar - 1993 "Selection and Use of Medical Experts" - August 5, 1994 National Business Institute - "Trying the Automobile Injury Case in National Conference of Fraud Investigators Association Mock Trial - Cross-examination of a plaintiff's chiropractor - April 5, 1996 Appointment as Arbitrator in Binding Arbitration Medical Malpractice Claim August, 1998 (Panel-Three Arbitrators) Association of Defense Council-Panelist Panelist Jury Selection and Voir Dire - December 3, 1999 Association of Defense Council-Panelist ADC Basic Training Program ( Specially appointed as Judge Pro Tem for the Municipal & Superior Courts of the City & County of Pro Tem Trial Judge (jury) Noland v. Galvarro American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA MASTERS IN TRIAL ? May 19, 2005) "The Ultimate Trial Notebook" - Defense Team - Voir Dire Moot Court Judge - "The Best Lawyers In Appointed to the Neutral Arbitrator for Kaiser Permanente 2006 - Present American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA MASTERS IN TRIAL May 31, 2007) Defense Team cross-examination of plaintiff ? May 31, 2007 AWARDS Irish-Israeli-Italian Society of Three Society Certificate of Appreciation, June 2005 Publications Taxicab Paratransit Association of 1986 Newsletter - "The Fair Responsibility Act of 1986" Advisory Committee 1995 Planning Committee for "Personal Injury Proof" (2d edition) - June 1995
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