civil litigation attorney

J. MICHAEL ECHEVARRIA

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Tustin, CA 92780

Telephone: 562-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

EDUCATION HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, Cambridge, MA, 1980-1983, J.D. 1983;

Recipient, Harvard Law School scholarship; Member, Sociedad

Interamericana; Writer, Dicta magazine; Artist, drama society

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles,

CA, 1976-1980, B.A. 1980; Magna cum laude; Pi Gamma mu; Alpha

kappa delta; Highest Honors, Sociology department; Norton Simon

Foundation scholarship; Writer, Satyr (Daily Bruin supplement); Awarded

American Sociological Association fellowship (declined); Awarded

Chancellor’s Intern fellowship (declined)

EXPERIENCE LYON LAW PC, Long Beach, CA, 2013; Attorney, civil litigation;

Specializing in plaintiff employment discrimination and harassment

claims

THOMAS & THOMAS LLP (formerly Thomas, Walton & Graves;

Thomas & Walton), Los Angeles, CA, 2001- 2012; Attorney, civil

litigation; Specializing in business litigation, including real estate,

contracts, municipal liability, probate, partnerships

WALTER, FINESTONE & RICHTER, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-2000;

Attorney, civil litigation; Specializing in business litigation, including

contracts, unfair competition, probate, dealership disputes, insurance,

partnerships

LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH BROWN, Tarzana, CA, 1997; Trial

attorney for specific patent litigation; Planned, analyzed issues for trial,

receiving $3.1 million judgment on cross-complaint, including $2 million

in punitive damages in bench trial

GAUNTLETT & ASSOCIATES, Irvine, CA, 1996; Attorney, civil

litigation; Specializing in insurance coverage, including intellectual

property, attorney malpractice

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Los Angeles,

CA 1991-1996; Associate Professor of Law, 1991-1995; Full Professor of

Law, 1996; Subjects taught: contracts, remedies, civil rights and civil

liberties; Committees: Admissions (Chairman, 1992-1994), Academic

Standards; Advisor, Hispanic Law Students Association; Teacher of the

Year (Evening Class 1993-1994); Voted Commencement Grand Marshall

(1994-1995)

LAWLER, FELIX & HALL, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-1991; Attorney,

civil litigation; Specializing in business litigation, including banking law

(representing the FSLIC and FDIC), contracts, unfair competition,

antitrust, director and officer liability, fraud, employment, trademark;

Chairman, Appellate Advocacy Group; Reported decisions, Chevron v.

Bragg; T.M. Hylwa v. Palka; Bartram v. FDIC; FSLIC v. Molinaro (2

opinions)

A Precedent Embalms a Principle: The Expansion of the D’Oench Duhme

PUBLICATIONS

Doctrine, 43 Catholic University Law Review 746 (1994); 2B or Not 2B,

The Law Teacher 3 (Spring 1995); The Ploys of Summer: Antitrust,

Industrial Distrust, and the Case Against the Salary Cap for Major

League Baseball, 22 Florida State Law Review 827 (1995) (with Professor

Cameron); Reflections on O.J. and the Gas Chamber, 32 San Diego Law

Review 492 (1995)

ACTIVITIES Member, State Bar of California, 1983 to present; Admitted to practice,

United States District Court, 1984; United States Court of Appeal (Ninth

Circuit), 1987; Member, Law School Admissions Council (Finance and

Legal Affairs Committee), 1993-1995; Consultant, Legal Research

Network, 1995; Contracts lecturer, Barbri Bar Review, 1995; Testified

before the United States Senate (Government Oversight Committee),

January 31, 1995, reported in S.HRG 194-37, 21-25, 97-115

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