William Bernstein
Partner
San Francisco
Practice Areas Include: Antitrust
Bar Information
Admitted to practice in California, 1975;
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1975; U.S. Court
of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987; New York and U.S. Supreme Court, 1985; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2008.
Education
University of San Francisco (J.D. 1975); San
Francisco Law Review, 1974-75; University of Pennsylvania (B.A.,
general honors, 1972).
Community Service
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco, Settlement Law (2006-Present); Judge Pro Tem for San Francisco Superior
Court, 2000-present; Marin Municipal Court, 1984; Discovery Referee
for the Marin Superior Court, 1984-89; Arbitrator for the Superior
Court of Marin, 1984-1990.
Awards
"Northern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics,
2004-2009; Princeton Premier Registry, Business Leaders and Professionals, 2008-09; "Top 100 Trial Lawyers in California," American Trial Lawyers Association, 2008; Who's Who Legal, 2007; Who's Who Legal California, 2007; Unsung Hero Award,
Appleseed, 2006.
Publications & Presentations
"The Rise and Fall of Enron's One-To-Many
Trading Platform," American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section,
Annual Spring Meeting, 2005; Co-Author, with Donald C. Arbitblit, "Effective
Use of Class Action Procedures in California Toxic Tort Litigation",
3 Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental and Toxic Torts
Law and Policy, No. 3 (Spring 1996).
Member
State Bar of California; Marin County Bar
Association (Admin. of Justice Committee, 1988); Bar Association of
San Francisco.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a sixty-plus attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide since 1972. We have offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. We represent plaintiffs in class and group actions and in individual lawsuits in cases involving substantial losses. For the last seven years, The National Law Journal has selected Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in the nation.
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