Lawrence H. Golkin
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EXPERIENCE
Lawrence H. Golkin & Associates, July 1998 to Present
Product Liability claims management; Employment Law; general civil litigation, real estate and tort civil actions; criminal defense; business litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Contracts; Estate planning; Court Appointed Arbitrator/Settlement Master.
Other - Outside General Counsel - Review and provide insight into all contracts involving distribution, manufacturing, and sales; oversee all product liability matters both domestic and internationally; worked with and advised HR Departments in preparing responses to EEO complaints and in connection with formal and informal EEO matters and other work related claims as well as work related injuries; Devised employee handbooks; counseled HR Departments on and assisted in the development of their internal and external programs for responding to a wide variety of discrimination complaints and guided, and participated in, their processes from initial investigation all the way through formal litigation; worked with counsel in specialty areas such as Intellectual Property and New Product Development, Real Estate transactions (leases and sales), Environmental Litigation, as well as corporate filings and dealings with CPSC.
Other - Previously Outside General Counsel Legal Document Assistance businesses (LDA’s). Focused heavily on issues related to the Unlicensed Practice of Law, and the management of franchisee issues concerning business operations within the confines of the law applicable to Legal Document Assistants. Worked with management and outside resources in the development of Business and Professions Code sections 6401, et seq. (the law legitimizing the practice of LDA’s.) Worked with management to develop the workbooks and forms used in the businesses. Worked with management and outside resources in the development of relationships with various state entities opposing LDA practice in their states.
Law Offices of Victor Zilinskas, Santa Barbara, CA 1997 to 1998
General Civil Litigation, product liability, employment law, securities, personal injury; business litigation.
Law Offices of G. Patrick Collins, Santa Barbara, CA 1995 to 1997
Staff Counsel - Allstate Insurance Company - defense of insured tort claims.
Law Offices of Carrington & Nye, Santa Barbara, CA 1993 to 1997
Civil litigation associate –Government Entity Defense Practice; personal injury practice and Business, contracts, employment, and real estate litigation.
Santa Barbara Divers Supply, Santa Barbara, CA 1987 to 1990
SCUBA Diving Instructor, Store Retail and Education Manager, Equipment Counselor, Instructor Trainer; Rescue Diver Trainer, Dive Master Counselor and Trainer; Equipment Maintenance and Repair; Certified NASDS, SSI, PADI, HSA Instructor.
EDUCATION
J.D., Santa Barbara College of Law, Santa Barbara, CA May 1993
B.A. Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara May 1989
EMT, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA May 1987
Additional certificates and licenses:
SCUBA Diving Instructor (NASDS, SSI, PADI, HSA) Since 1988
California Licensed Insurance Broker/Agent Oct 2012
-Property/Casualty/Life-Accident-health
State Certificated Substitute Teacher December 2012
ACTIVITIES/
INTERESTS
Boating – racing, sailing and cruising; deliveries (all coasts and transoceanic) - experienced cruising in all US Waters – more than 60,000 sea miles;
Ventura Power Squadron – Executive Board Member, Education Officer/Instructor (2 years) – taught Public Boating and Seamanship Classes;
Channel Islands Yacht Club – Commodore 2009, Vice Commodore 2008, Cruising Chairman 2005-2008, Parade of Lights Chairman 2005-2008; Race Committee Chairman 2008-2010;
SCUBA Instructor 1988 to present;
Travel; writing; community service, music, home/boat improvement projects,
Dozier’s Regatta Point Yachting Center, Deltaville, VA seasonal/part time dockmaster, facilities, marketing and promotion, marina host, web design, event planning and coordination.
SeaDuction Catering – Executive Chef and Producer – private parties and events.
Certificated Substitute Teacher/Football Coach December 2012 - Present
Ventura County Schools
Educating students in Grades 1-12 in Language Arts, Mathematics, and Physical Education
Sabbatical – America’s Great Loop October 2010 – July 2013
Completed 12,963 nautical mile circumnavigation of the United States aboard a 41 foot trawler via America’s Gulf Coast and Atlantic Intercoastal Waterways, the Hudson River, the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes, The Pacific Northwest, the Pacific Coast, and the Western River System.
References: Available upon request.