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Bowles & Verna LLP


California Plaza, 2121 North California Boulevard, Suite 875 Walnut Creek, California 94596View Map

Year Established: 1985

Firm Profile:

Bowles & Verna LLP is a general civil practice law firm with a particular expertise in civil litigation. The firm handles litigation throughout California, and its central location in the San Francisco Bay Area is ideally suited for efficient management of litigation throughout Northern California, including San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento.

Firm Size: 18

Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Richard T. Bowles (Managing Partner) born Los Angeles, California, January 6, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., 1966); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Faculty Member, Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, 1976-1979. Member: State Bar of California; Association of Insurance Attorneys; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California; California Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Real Estate and Commercial Litigation; Business Matters; Personal Injury Law; Professional Liability.

Michael P. Verna (Member) born San Francisco, California, May 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara; University of California at Berkeley (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); University of San Francisco; University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Hastings Law Journal, 1977-1978. Licensed Real Estate Broker, California, 1986-1991. Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987—. Arbitrator/Mediator, American Arbitration Association, 1986—. Member: Contra Costa County and American (Member, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; California Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute; Diplomate: National Board of Trial Advocacy; American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Certified Specialists in Professional Liability and Products Liability). Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Member: Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Board of Trial Advocates (San Francisco Chapter). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Products Liability; Employment Litigation.

Robert I. Westerfield (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, November 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1978); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1983). Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Law; Construction Litigation; Environmental Law; Business Litigation.

Richard A. Ergo (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, June 10, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: Santa Rosa Junior College; University of California at Davis (A.B., with honors, 1978); University of Utah (J.D., 1983). Recipient, William H. Leary Scholarship. Member: Contra Costa County, American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Life Insurance Committee; Science and Technology) and International Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; Propane Defense Association (Board of Directors). Reported Cases: County of Alameda v. Superior Court, 195 Cal.App.3d 1283 (1987); Kentucky Central Life v. LeDuc, 814 F. Supp. 832 (1995); Eisenberg v. Principal Life Insurance Company, 275F.Supp.2d 1077 (NV 2003); Perez-Encinas v. Amerus Life Insurance Co., 468 F.Supp. 2d 1127 (2006 U.S. Dist.). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Life Insurance Law; Health Insurance Law; Professional Liability; Construction Litigation.

K. P. Dean Harper (Member) born Portland, Oregon, March 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: California State University, Hayward (B.A., 1976); University of California at Davis; University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1983). Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1982-1983. Judge Pro Tem, Contra Costa County Small Claims Court of Appeals, 1992—. Mediator, Contra Costa Municipal Courts, 1995—. Member: Contra Costa County and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Practice; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Premises Liability; Professional Liability; Construction Litigation.

Mary P. Sullivan (Partner) born San Francisco, California, July 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; 1995, California. Education: Mount St. Mary's College (B.A., 1979); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of Barristers. Recipient: Phi Alpha Delta Award for Outstanding Law Student; American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Legal Writing; Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Legal Writing, Alternative Dispute Resolutions. Editor in Chief, Mercer Law Review. Moot Court Board, 1991-1993. Member: Contra Costa and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Business Litigation; Criminal Appeals.

Kenneth G. Jones (Member) born Houston, Texas, March 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1993); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Author: "Year 2000- Recovering Your Clients' Costs," Volume 12, Number 2, The Contra Costa Lawyer, Feb. 1999. Member: Contra Costa County (Member, Technology Committee, 1998-1999) and American (Member, Science and Technology Section, 1998-1999) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Year 2000 Litigation.

Charles S. Goldman (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, December 25, 1942; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., with distinction, 1965) University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, UCLA Law Review, 1978-1979. Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Property; Estate Planning; Intellectual Property.

Kenneth B. McKenzie (Member) born Santa Monica, California, August 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1984); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1989). Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury Law; Premises Liability; Insurance Coverage Law; Business Litigation.

David W. Trotter (Member) born Macomb, Illinois, February 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: Occidental College (A.B., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1977); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Registered California Lobbyist, 1993-1996. Member, 1991-1998, Chairman, 1994-1996, Planning Commission, Town of Moraga. Member, Moraga Town Council, 2006-2010. Member, Executive Committee and Directors, Save Mount Diablo, 2001—. Member: California Mining Association. Reported Cases: Utah International, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, et al. 643 F. Supp. 810 (D. Utah 1986); Jenkinson v. Chevron Corporation, et al. 634 F. Supp. 375 (N.D. Cal. 1986); Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. 872 F.2d 534 (2d Cir. 1989); Kansas Gas & Electric Company v. Chevron U.S.A. 861 F.2d 420 (4th Cir. 1988).

Jason J. Granskog (Member) born Chico, California, September 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: University of California at Riverside (B.A., 1993); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 1997). Member, Moot Court Honors Board. Western Regional Champion and National Finalist, American Bar Association, Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1997. Editor-In-Chief, The King Hall Advocate, 1996-1997. Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Professional Liability.

Bradley R. Bowles (Member) born San Francisco, California, May 21, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., 1996); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Contra Costa County, San Francisco and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Aviation Litigation; Personal Injury.

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Lawrence D. Goldberg (Associate) born San Francisco, California, September 16, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1988); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, Maritime Law Review, 1992-1993. Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Inn of Court; Lawyers Club of San Francisco; Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.

William T. Nagle (Associate) born San Francisco, California, September 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1986); University of Southern California (M.B.A., Finance, 1989); University of San Diego (J.D., 1995). Author: "Claims from the Court", Claims People, Claims Communications, December 1997, Vol. 7, No. 12. Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation; General Liability Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Employment Litigation.

Cathleen S. Huang (Associate) born Taiwan, July 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Virginia; 2002, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., Business Administration, 1992); American University (J.D., 1998). Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese and Cantonese. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; General Liability.

Michael P. Connolly (Associate) born Rochester, Minnesota, August 13, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2006, Arizona. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.S., Political Science, 2001); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Contra Costa Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.

Steven P. McFarlane (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 2000; J.D., 2005).

Veronica O. Benigno (Associate) born San Francisco, California; admitted to bar, 2005, New York and California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., Political Science and Communications, 2001; J.D., 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Contra Costa County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation.

Thomas E. Marrs (Associate) born Vancouver, British Columbia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.S., 2002); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Participant, Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition and Advanced from the Western Regional Division to the National Finals, Washington D.C. Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice.

Nathaniel B. Duncan (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Tulane University (B.S., Finance and History, 2002); University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., 2007). Writer, Arizona Law Review. Member: State Bar of California, Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice.

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