law and motion attorney
Resume:
DAVID H. RYAN
Duarte, CA *****
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Seeking a position which provides substantial law and motion or appellate opportunity. Strong analytical skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop the facts needed by the client, to analyze legal issues from all angles, and to research the specific law involved. Strong writing skills, organized and focused to the reader. Demonstrated ability to consistently prepare successful motions based on a presentation of the pertinent facts and an organized analysis of the law, with an underlying sense of what is fair to all parties. Handled files with fully responsibility, attended hundreds of depositions, arbitrations and mediations, and settled hundreds of cases. Consistent, positive interactions with clients and adjusters, verbal and written.
EDUCATION
J. D., Hastings College of the Law
B.A.., University of California, Los Angeles
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
Brief summary of law and motion, discovery and file-handling experience:
Handled law and motion and appellate work for over twelve years
Skilled at analyzing a complaint for legal deficiencies
Prepared dozens of successful motions for summary judgment
Prepared numerous other complex motions, including writs of mandate, motions in limine and arbitration & trial briefs
Prepared briefs and motions, and argued appeals before Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court
Experience in federal and state court
Five years experience with cases involving the Tort Claims Act
Handled my own cases, both as house counsel and private counsel
Consistently satisfied clients with status reports
Deposed hundreds of plaintiffs, witnesses and experts
Negotiated over one hundred settlements
Tried over 35 misdemeanor jury trials, and numerous court trials
Tried one personal injury jury trial (defense verdict)
Sat second chair in a civil rights trial in state court; prepared all motions in limine, jury questionnaire, jury instructions, and a nonsuit motion which nonsuited all of the civil rights theories (Defense verdict)
Prepared case for trial and sat second chair in a four-month products liability/medical malpractice jury trial (Defense verdict)
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Sat second chair in a federal civil rights action (Defense verdict)
Tried dozens of civil arbitrations; attended dozens of mediations
Interviewed witnesses and presented an employment law case to a mediator for two days
Internships, teaching and writing experiences:
Internship with CA. Court of Appeal, Dist. 1, Div. 1
Taught Torts II at Western State College of Law
Taught Legal Research for UCI paralegal program (two sessions)
Authored Law Review Note: “United States v. Marchetti and Alfred A. Knopf v. Colby: Secrecy 2, First Amendment 0” 3 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 1073
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Veatch Carlson 2012-
Full-time law and motion attorney. Insurance present
defense motions and appeals
McClaugherty & Associates 1999-2011
Prepared law and motion and appellate work
Handled personal injury and business files
Declues & Burkett (a former branch of Liebman & Reiner) 1996-99
Two years employment and civil rights practice and
Three years law and motion 1989-93
Two years workers compensation defense
Mayer, Coble & Palmer (Contract attorney) 1994-95
Defended civil rights actions and handled employment issues for law enforcement agency clients
Galvin & Pierce (AIG house counsel) 1986-89
Personal injury and professional malpractice defense
Rankin, Oneal, Luckardt, Lund & Hinshaw 1981-85
Medical malpractice defense
Substantial law and motion and discovery
Riverside & Santa Clara County District Attorneys 1979-81
Tried over 35 misdemeanor jury trials
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