EDMUND S. SCHAFFER, ESQ.

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EDUCATION

Legal:

J.D., HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, cum laude, 1970 Research Assistant, Dean James Vorenberg

Graduate:

KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, M.P.A.,
1970
Administration Fellow in Master of Public Administration

College

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, (1964-1966)
B.A., with highest honors, 1966
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, (1962-1964)
Majors in History and Political Science
Phi Beta Kappa
Dean's List
Gifted Students Program

CLERKSHIP
Court:

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Law Clerk to Judge Stanley N. Barnes, 1970-1971

BAR ADMISSIONS
 

State of California (January 1971); U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit



LAW PRACTICE - AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

Substantial experience in State and Federal Trial and Appellate Litigation in the following areas:

 

Contracts, Real Estate, Land Use, Environmental and Administrative Law, Securities, RICO, Savings and Loan Audit Litigation, Lender's Liability, Business Torts, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Defamation, Constitutional Law, Provisional Remedies, Will Contests, Unfair Competition.

Real Estate Litigation and Transactional Experience includes: Purchase and Sale Contracts, Leases, Escrow Disputes, Specific Performance, Financing, Liens and Deeds of Trust, Construction Disputes, Common Interest Developments, Ground Leases, Subdivisions, Development Exactions and Insurance Coverage.



EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

GOLDMAN & KAGON
    Senior Litigator - 1996 to Present

BROWN, WINFIELD AND CANZONERI
    Senior Litigator - 1995 to 1996

LAW OFFICES OF EDMUND S. SCHAFFER
    Sole Practitioner, 1991 to 1995

DE CASTRO, WEST, CHODOROW & BURNS, INC.
    Shareholder, Litigation Department, 1985 to 1991

BOREN & SLOAN
    Chair, Litigation Department, 1984-1985

STERN & MILLER (later Stern, Neubauer, Greenwald & Pauly)
    Of Counsel, 1983-1984

FULOP & HARDEE (formerly Fulop, Rolston, Burns & McKittrick)
    Associate, Litigation Department, 1974-1978
    Shareholder, Litigation Department, 1978-1983

KAPLAN, LIVINGSTON, GOODWIN, BERKOWITZ & SELVIN
    Associate, Litigation Department, 1973-1974

SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL ASSISTANT FOUNDATION
    Staff Attorney and Reginald Heber Smith Fellow, 1971-1973
    Main Office Law Reform Litigation Staff
    Litigation of Major Statewide Law Reform Class Actions


ACTIVITIES

JUDGE PRO TEM, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica Municipal Courts 1979 to Present

PUBLIC COUNSEL, Volunteer Attorney

LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, State Courts Committee, Federal Courts Committee, Litigation Section Program Committee

ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS TRIAL LAWYERS, Superior Courts Committee

McBURNEY COMPLEX LITIGATION INN OF COURT (Program Chairman)

BEVERLY HILLS BAR ASSOCIATION, Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee
    and Fee Dispute Arbitrator

LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT, Court Appointed Mediator

U.S. DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT, Attorney Settlement Officer


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