James J. Brosnahan
Senior Partner
Primary Office: San Francisco
Email: jbrosnahan@mofo.com
Phone: (415) 268-7189
Fax: (415) 268-7522
Download vCard
Posted on 09/07/2007 7:41:21 PM PDT by Libloather
James J. Brosnahan
Senior Partner
Primary Office: San Francisco
Email: jbrosnahan@mofo.com
Phone: (415) 268-7189
Fax: (415) 268-7522
Download vCard
James J. Brosnahan is one of the nation's most respected and recognized trial lawyers, with expertise in both civil and criminal trial work. He was inducted into The State Bar of California's "Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame" in April 1996; was awarded the "Samuel E. Gates Award" by the American College of Trial Lawyers in October 2000; was named the "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by the American Board of Trial Advocates in October 2001; was named "Legend of the Law" by the Lawyer's Club of San Francisco, November 2002; was awarded the William J. Brennan Jr. Award from the University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Program, January 2003.; and was awarded the Champion of Justice award from the Civil Justice Program at the Loyola Law School in September 2005. He is the recipient of the 2007 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Award for Professionalism and Ethics.
Mr. Brosnahan has served as special counsel to the California Legislature's Joint Subcommittee on Crude Oil Pricing, the lawyers' representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and Chairman of the Delegation, and president of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He also serves as Master Advocate on the faculty and member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Mr. Brosnahan is recognized as The National Law Journal’s 2006 “Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” He is listed in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2006). He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2007) as a leader in the fields of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, and White Collar Defense law.
Mr. Brosnahan wrote the Trial Handbook for California Lawyers published by Bancroft-Whitney.
Representative Matters
Dismissal of all charges against Patricia Dunn, former chairperson of the board of Hewlett-Packard Corporation (March 2007);
Successful defense of Russian technology company and inventor concerning global positioning systems technology. (December 2006 arbitration);
Successful defense of Reliant Technologies in a jury trial followed by settlement. (Fall 2006);
Successful defense of a global positioning system inventor in Santa Clara Superior Court in an injunction proceeding involving the hiring of forty Moscow engineers (November 2005).
Successful defense of a cardiologist from Redding, California in a federal Medicare fraud case. After a year and a half of pre-indictment advocacy, the government decided not to prosecute (November 2005).
Successfully defended the City of Oakland and County of Alameda in the Oakland Raiders litigation and lead defense counsel for the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum and an individual defendant (Bill Romanowski) in a five-month jury trial (August 2003).
Successfully defended a respected product manufacturer in the first breast implant product liability jury trial in California. The plaintiff's science was excluded on motion and a non-suit granted at the end of plaintiff's opening statement (1997).
Successful defense of California Appellate Court Justice in disciplinary proceeding charging failure to follow stare decisis (August 1999).
Associate member of Office of Independent Counsel: Iran-Contra. Lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Caspar Weinberger (October-December 1992).
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2001
The following is a statement from James J. Brosnahan, attorney for John Walker Lindh:
"There has been increasing discussion about what should happen to John in recent days. We still do not know what the facts are. All we've heard is speculation and rumor. No one from the outside, other than the Red Cross, has seen John. Whatever the accusation, John has Constitutional rights. Getting to the facts, allowing an accused person to talk with his attorney, ensuring that our system operates fairly regardless of the allegation -- that is what the Constitution was designed to protect.
"John's parents have received no communications from John other than a short note they received December 11, which was dictated to the International Red Cross and signed by John on December 3. They have had no confirmation that their letter to John was ever delivered to him. In that letter, John's parents told him that they have retained a lawyer for him. The only response John's parents or I have received to our repeated requests for information about John and to see John is a short letter from a lawyer at the Department of Defense, sent to me on December 14. All of the information in the letter had already been reported by various news outlets earlier that same day. That letter stated in its entirety:
"`This responds to your recent letters to the Secretary of Defense and to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. I can inform you that John Walker is currently in the control of United States armed forces and is being held aboard USS PELELIU in the theater of operations. Our forces have provided him with appropriate medical attention and will continue to treat him humanely, consistent with the Geneva Convention protections for prisoners of war.'
"John has a right to counsel. He has now been held in custody and reportedly subject to ongoing interrogations by various government agents for 16 days without any access to an attorney and without the ability to communicate with his family. We continue to seek the government's help in giving John's parents access to their son."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Dec_17/ai_80866720
It is breaking in Japan (internet, Yahoo Japan, etc) that Hilary Clinton is in trouble on this one.
Excellent research!!!!
This deserves to be in the ‘breaking news’ sidebar, if you ask me. I added it there - the mod’s may always move it, of course.
Slime oozes all around the Clintons. And the Taliban. Sheister buttwipe.
Is there a hall of fame for Doctors, Dentists, or Accountants?
>>>...Hilary Clinton is in trouble on this one.
But, but, how will the RNC raise money without using Hillary as a scare tactic???? What a marketing nightmare!
;)
Did you happen to read that Jason Booth had worked at Justice for Janet Reno?
Where did Hsu get the money to hire this guy as lawyer?
Where did Hsu get the money to hire this guy as lawyer?
“Associate member of Office of Independent Counsel: Iran-Contra. Lead prosecutor in U.S. v. Caspar Weinberger (October-December 1992).”
Where did the money come from to hire this guy?
Why would you think money is a problem for Hsu?
He’s just pissed away 2 Million in bail forfeiture. He obviously has money to burn..
Where did Hsu get his money, period?
I thought "follow the money" was one of their covenistic mantras.
BTTT!
I don’t know who is paying Hsu’s legal bills, but a “senior attorney” at MoFo (Morrison & Foerster) easily charges between $600 to $800 per hour if not more.
The internet will be the downfall of the RATS.
.
I am liking that this story keeps growing tentacles.
I'm wondering of this has anything to do with Hillary's 'tentacle lock box'...
One of the other attornies for this law firm sent Cease and Desist letters on behalf of Major League Baseball Properties threatening to sue fan sites of major league teams like the Astros, Yankees and Mets for displaying the logos of their teams (i.e. jpgs of players wearing team caps and uniforms).
The chick lawyer that sent the letter demanding compliance (i.e. shut down the site) withing 7 days sent the letter off and promptly went off to France for a two-week vacation and was not available for discussion.
To their credit, owner Drayton McLane and VP Pam Gardner of the Astros got on the phone for the Astros’ site and told MLBP to knock it off so the site has stayed in operation. Others, like the Mets and Yankees sites, either shut down or had to make major changes to their websites.
We, at the website, cracked quite a few jokes at the “MOFO.COM” site address. It certainly seems to fit.
You got some links? (Every little bit helps.)
Hmmm...
bttt
Looks like the Clinton Arkancide machine... 
will have to train some Japanese nurses.
Hmm, trying to think of an apt descriptive. What's lower than fungi?
.
Indicted NORMAN HSU suddenly pops up in Colorado.
Convicted Civil Rights Attorney STEPHAN YAGMAN has a condo in Colorado.
Both still have their Passports.
.
Very good question.
He was given a chance to skip bail, and now he has cash for this lawyer.
The whole thing stinks beyond belief.
Not only did he prosecute Weinberger, he was behind the indictment the weekend before the 1992 election between B.J. Clinton and G.H.W. Bush. Brosnahan also contributed $1,000 to the Clinton campaign.
http://maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-do-hillarys-sugar-daddy-norman-hsu.html
Civil Rights Attorney Convicted Of Tax Evasion
Jun 22, 2007 8:04 pm US/Pacific
(AP) LOS ANGELES Prominent Los Angeles civil rights attorney Stephen Yagman has been convicted of federal tax evasion and fraud charges.
Yagman was found guilty of trying to avoid paying more than $100,000 in federal income taxes while living a lavish lifestyle replete with expensive suits from London, Aspen vacations and fine dining.
At his arraignment, Yagman called the charges "politically motivated" and "retaliatory."
Over the years, Yagman has filed dozens of lawsuits claiming that Los Angeles police abused and framed suspects and made false arrests.
Yagman also sued President Bush and other officials for alleged violations of constitutional rights of a detainee at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sought class-action status on behalf of all detainees.
http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_173230612.html
You sure it is not Lee Marvin
.
YAGMAN is due to be sentenced shortly.
YAGMAN still has his passport.
YAGMAN also has his own Ranch Farm inside Communist Cuba, thanks to his personal friend CASTRO.
...1 + 1 = 2...???
.
Looks like these guys who win “Lawyer of the Year” awards often are Liars of the Year.
There are plenty of other RATS to take her place.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.