LoginMay 16, 2008
San Diego
OFFICERS
Michael L. Kirby, Esq. (President)
BANKRUPTCY
Pyle Sims Duncan & Stevenson
Wells Fargo Plaza
401 “B” Street
Suite 1500
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 687-5200
The Honorable Ross M. Pyle rpyle@psdslaw.com (Stanford University, A.B., J.D.; Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of California, 1975-1985 (Chief Judge, 1983-1985); Member, Bankruptcy
Appellate Panels of the Ninth Circuit, 1983-1985; President, San Diego Bankruptcy
Forum, 1989-1990; Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy; Member, Board of Directors,
California Bankruptcy Forum, 1989-1991; Member, Board of Editors, California Bankruptcy
Law Journal, 1989-1990; Adjunct Professor, Western State University Law School,
1980-1981 and California Western Law School, 1982; Member: Seminar Panels on Bankruptcy
Topics for California Continuing Education of the Bar, Rutter Group, San Diego
Trial Lawyers Association and National Business Institute; Master of the Bench,
American Inn of Court, Louis M. Welsh, Chapter 9; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s
highest AV rating)
Gerald N. Sims, Esq. jerrys@psdslaw.com (San Diego State University, A.B., with distinction; University of San Diego,
J.D., magna cum laude; Executive Comments Editor, San Diego Law Review, 1980-1981;
Law Clerk, Honorable Ross M. Pyle, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
of California, 1982; Judicial Externship, Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, Circuit
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1981; Editor, California Bankruptcy
Journal, 1989-2000; Member, San Diego Bankruptcy Forum (Board of Directors, 1989-1993;
President, 1992); assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge LLP
350 Tenth Avenue
Suite 1300
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 231-8666
Michael L. Kirby, Esq. mkirby@knlh.com (University of Iowa, B.A.; J.D.; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Honorable
Myron H. Bright, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; Judge Pro Tem, San Diego
Superior Court; Master, William B. Enright Inn of Court, 1992—; Lawyer Representative,
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1987-1990; Chairman, Southern District of California
Lawyer Representatives to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1989-1990; Association
of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego (Director/Vice President, 1992-1997); Outstanding
Trial Lawyer Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, 1998; Legal Seminar Moderator/Speaker:
American Institute of Banking, Liability of Officers and Directors of Financial
Institutions, 1977; CEB Civil Jury Instructions, 1982; CEB Evaluating and Proving
Damages in Business Litigation, 1983; CEB, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments,
1984; CEB Remedies for Breach of Contract, 1985; CEB, Opening Statements and Closing
Arguments, 1986; CEB, Civil Jury Instructions, 1986; CEB, Law and Motion Advocacy
Skills, 1988, 1990; CEB, Opening Statements and Closing Arguments, 1992; Rutter
Group, Alternative Dispute Resolution for Commercial Disputes, 1992; CEB, Opening
Statements and Closing Arguments, 1995; 1997-1998; 2000; Federal Civil Practice,
2000, 2002; ABTL, Expert Witness, 2002; ABTL, Jury Misconduct, 2005; Member: San
Diego County (Chairman, Federal Court Civil Committee, 1974-1976) and American
(Sections on Litigation; Securities Litigation Committee; Broker-Dealer Subcommittee)
Bar Associations; Member: State Bar of California (Section on Litigation), Association
of Trial Lawyers of America, California Trial Lawyers Association, San Diego Trial
Lawyers Association and American Board of Trial Advocates; assigned Martindale
Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
David J. Noonan, Esq. dnoonan@knlk.com (Colby College, B.A.; Syracuse University, J.D., cum laude; Order of the Coif; Survey Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1971; Member Board of
Directors, 1990-1992, and President, 1993, San Diego County Bar
Association; President, San Diego County Bar Foundation, 1994-1995; President,
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, 2005; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers;
Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1993, 1995-1997; Co-Chair,
Southern District Lawyers Delegation, 1996; Member, Merit Selection Committee
for United States Magistrates, United States District Court, Southern District
of California, 1994-1999; Member, Discipline Committee, United States District
Court, Southern
District of California, 1994-2000; Member, Equal Justice Committee, United States
District Court, Southern District of California, 1994-1998; Secretary, Coalition
for Justice, 1993-1994 ( Member, Board of Directors (Statewide organization founded
in 1993 by California lawyers and judges in support of state trial court system));
Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2002,
2003-2004, 2005-2006 Editions; Member, American (Member, Sections of: Litigation;
Antitrust Law) Bar Association; Member: State Bar of California, American Business
Trial Lawyers Association and Justinian Society; Associate, American Board of
Trial Advocates; Master, American Inns of Court, 1993-; assigned Martindale Hubbell's
highest AV rating)
CRIMINAL LAW
Grimes & Warwick
2664 Fourth Avenue
San Diego, California 92103-6516
(619) 232-2014
Robert L. Grimes, Esq. rlgcabo@aol.com (California State University at San Diego, B.A.; University of San Diego, J.D.;
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Recipient: Defender Organizations E.
Stanley Conant Award, 1990; San Diego Trial Lawyer Association Criminal Trial
Lawyer of the Year Award, 1990; Attorney Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference,
1994-1997; Member: San Diego County Bar Association (Vice-President, 1996); Criminal
Defense Bar Association (President, 1988); Criminal Defense Lawyers Club of San
Diego (President, 1984); San Diego Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1989);
Master, William B. Enright Chapter of American Inns of Court (President, 2000-2002);
Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal
Specialization; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
Thomas J. Warwick, Jr. twarick@grimesandwarwick.com (Boston College, B.S.B.A.; University of San Diego, J.D.; Recipient: San Diego
Trial Lawyers Award, 1978, San Diego Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of
the Year Award, 1992 and San Diego Trial Lawyer Award, 1993; Board of Directors,
California Young Lawyers, 1979-1982; Judge Pro Tem, San Diego Municipal Court,
1980—; Member, Board of Directors, Appellate Defenders, Federal Defenders and
Defender's Inc., 1986—; Vice-President, 1996; President, 1997 and 1998; Member,
Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society, 1988— and Treasurer, 1990, President, 1991
and 1992; Founding Member, Friends Legal Aid; Trustee, County Law Library, 1988-1990;
Member: San Diego County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1988,
1990-1992, 2001—, President, 2004—; Member, State Bar Judicial Nominee Evaluation
Commission, 1982; Delegate, State Bar Convention, 1980—), State Bar of California
(Member, Board of Governors, 1997-2000), San Diego County Barristers (Member,
Board of Directors, 1979-1980; Treasurer, 1979; Vice President, 1980), Consumer
Attorneys of San Diego (formerly San Diego Trial Lawyers Association) (President,
1997; Vice-President, 1995; Treasurer, 1994; Parliamentarian, 1993), Criminal
Defense Lawyers Club of San Diego (Treasurer, 1989; Vice President, 1990; President,
1991; Member, Civil Justice Reform Committee Federal Court, 1991) and Criminal
Defense Bar Association of San Diego (Member, Board of Directors, 1992—; Member,
Judicial Council of California, Governing Body State Courts of California, 2001-2004);
assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Veltman Leto LLP
1620 Fifth Avenue
Suite 700
San Diego, California 92101-2743
(619) 232-7384
James S. Veltmann, Esq. jsv@veltmann-leto.com (University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., University of San Diego, J.D.;
Fellow: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1990 (President, Southern California
Chapter, 1999-2000); Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1994;
Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization;
Member: San Diego County Bar Association (Member: Family Law Certified Specialists
Committee, 1985; Executive Committee of the San Diego County Family Law Certified
Specialists, 1988-1990 & 1992-1995; Chairperson, 1994), State Bar of California
(Member: Family Law Section; Executive Committee, 1998-2001) and Scribes, an association
of judges and lawyers who are legal writers and editors; listed in Best Lawyers
in America. Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court Family Law, 1981; Former Adjunct Professor
of Law, California Western School of Law; Lecturer: American Bar Association,
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Trial Institute, State Bar of California
and San Diego County Bar Association Certified Specialists Annual Seminar; Former
Editor, Family Law News, California State Bar Family Law Section Publication;
assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
EMPLOYMENT LAW
(Representing Employees)
Strauss & Asher
555 West Beech Street
Suite 302
San Diego , California 92101
(619) 237-5300
David P. Strauss, Esq. ds@straussandasher.com (University of Iowa, B.A; California Western School of Law, J.D.; Member, California
Western Law Review, 1979-1980; named “Outstanding Trial Lawyer” by Consumer Attorneys
of San Diego (1993, March & May 1996); named in “Best Lawyers in San Diego”
by San Diego Magazine (2005, 2006); named in “Top attorneys” by San Diego Daily
Transcript (2005, 2006); Author, “Vicarious Municipal Liability; Local Government
Violations of Civil Rights,” California Western Law Review, Vol. 16:1, 1980; Member:
Welsh Inn of Court, San Diego County Bar Association, National Employment Lawyers
Association, California Employment Lawyers Association and Consumer Attorneys
of San Diego)
IMMIGRATION
Guerrero Jacobs & Schlesinger LLP
The Spreckels Theatre Building
121 Broadway
Suite 573
San Diego , California 92101
(619) 230-0012
Ginger Jacobs, Esq. ginger@gjslaw.net (Duke University, A.B., magna cum laude; Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude; : Phi Beta Kappa; Editorial Board, Harvard Human Rights Journal, 1996-1998;
Member:American Bar Association and American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
(Treasurer of San Diego AILA Chapter, 2004-2005; Secretary of San Diego AILA Chapter,
2005-2006; Chair, San Diego AILA Chapter Congressional Liaison Committee, 2004—;
Former Chair, San Diego AILA Chapter Young Lawyer's Division, 2003-2004; Member,
San Diego AILA Chapter Asylum Committee, 2003—); Board Member, Avicenna Student
Cultural Exchange Program; San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (Member, International
Committee)
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
(Representing Plaintiffs)
Virginia C. Nelson
550 West “C” Street
Suite 2050
San Diego, California 92101-8584
(619) 232-5503
Virginia C. Nelson, Esq. vcn@vcnlaw.com (Colorado State University, B.A.; University of San Diego, J.D., cum laude;
Member, University of San Diego Law Review; Member: San Diego County (Member,
Board of Directors, 1987-1990; Treasurer, 1988; Vice President, 1989; President,
1990) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; San Diego Inn of
Court (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1992; Secretary, 1987-1990; President,
1991); San Diego Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1988;
Treasurer, 1987; Vice-President, 1988); Enright Chapter, American Inn of Court
(Master; Member, Executive Committee, 1991-1998; Program Chair, 1991-1993; President,
1997-1998); American College of Trial Lawyers; Consumer Attorneys of California;
Lawyers Club; American Board of Trial Advocates; Listed in The Best Lawyers in
America; Member, Board of Directors, American Lung Association of San Diego and
Imperial Counties, 1992-1996; Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987 and Secretary,
1986, University of San Diego School of Law Alumni Association; Member, Board
of Directors: San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, 1991-1993; San Diego County
Bar Foundation, 1991-1994; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE
Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman, LLP
501 West Broadway
Suite 400
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 232-0800
R. J. (Jerry) Coughlan, Jr., Esq. rcoughlan@csllaw.com (Tufts University; B.S.; University of Virginia, LL.B.; Law Clerk to the Honorable
Alexander Harvey, II, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1969-1970; Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Washington, D.C., 1973-1976; Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of
Justice Aviation Tort Unit, 1977-1979; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District
of California, 1979-1983; Master, Lewis Welch Inn, American Inns of Court; Member,
Board of Directors, Defender Organization of San Diego County, Inc.; Fellow, American
College of Trial Lawyers; assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
Michael L. Lipman, Esq. lipman@casllaw.com (State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A.; Columbia University, J.D.; Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California, 1976-1983; Chief of Special Prosecutions
and Fraud Unit, 1981-1983; Deputy Counsel, National Wiretap Commission, 1974-1975;
Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County, New York, 1971-1974; Attorney-Delegate,
Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1991-1993; Lecturer, CEB Program on Money Laundering,
1991; Panelist, 1992 American Bar Association White Collar Crime Institute-Environmental
Criminal Enforcement; Author, "The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine and
Environmental Criminal Enforcement," American Bar Association, 1992; Member: San
Diego County and American (Member, White Collar Crime Committee) Bar Associations;
Member: San Diego Trial Lawyers Association and Association of Business Trial
Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1992—); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers;
assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
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