James J. Brosnahan
Senior Partner
Primary Office: San Francisco
Email: jbrosnahan@mofo.com
Phone: (415) 268-7189
Fax: (415) 268-7522
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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
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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).
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?
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Indicted NORMAN HSU suddenly pops up in Colorado.
Convicted Civil Rights Attorney STEPHAN YAGMAN has a condo in Colorado.
Both still have their Passports.
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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
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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...???
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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.
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