About the Author

• Author: Kevin R. Culhane
• Pages: 8-8

Model InterrogatorIes F-8

About the Author

Hon. Kevin R. Culhane is a judge of the Sacramento Superior Court, where he has conducted law and motion,

family law, and general trial assignments. Before assuming the bench, Judge Culhane was a partner at the Sacramento

law firm of Hansen, Boyd, Culhane & Watson from 1977 to 2002, and Hansen, Culhane, Kohls, Jones & Sommer

from 2002 to 2008. His practice consisted primarily of professional liability and appellate law. As a practitioner,

Judge Culhane held an A-V rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

He has been a visiting professor of Evidence and Torts at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, and is currently

completing his 32nd year as an adjunct professor teaching Insurance Law, Professional Responsibility and Advanced

Torts. He has been a faculty member at Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy in San Francisco, and

frequently lectured on discovery and trial matters for California’s Continuing Education of the Bar. He has an LLM

from Stanford and his JD from McGeorge.

This full-time practice/part-time teaching combination helped Judge Culhane write a book useful to experienced

practitioners and understandable to novices.

Judge Culhane was also a member of the California State Bar Board of Governors, and was active in his County

Bar Association. As a practitioner, Judge Culhane was instrumental in establishing the California State Bar’s

Professional Liability Insurance Program and served as the Chair of the Board of Governors Committee on Attorney

Discipline. Before assuming the bench, he served a one-year term as Vice-President of the State Bar of California,

and was appointed to two successive terms as a member of the Judicial Council of California.

Noteworthy cases of his include Benford v. Kawasaki (defective motorcycle sidestand, $825,000 plaintiff’s ver-

dict); North Dakota v. Neville (U.S. Supreme Court appearance as amicus in DUI refusal); Potter v. Westfield (injury

settlement exceeding $7 million); and 136 Families v. Coordinated Financial Planning (assets exceeding $1 million

recovered from defendant). Reported appellate cases include Adams v. Paul (1995) 11 Cal.4th 583; Chirmside v.

P.E.R.S. (1983) 143 Cal. App. 3d 205; Miofsky v. Schweiker (1983) 709 F.2d 1517; Municipal Court v. Superior

Court (1992) 9 Cal. App. 4th 1867; Olney v. Sacramento Co. Bar Ass’n. (1989) 22 Cal. App. 3d 807 and CTLA v.

Superior Court (1986) 187 Cal. App. 3d 575.