Biographical Information of Symposium Participants - Biographical Information

• Citation: Vol. 57 No. 3
• Publication year: 2006

Revitalizing FRCP 68: Can Offers of Judgment Provide Adequate Incentives for Fair, Early Settlement of Fee-Recovery Cases?

Biographical Information of Participants

PANELISTS

William W Schwarzer ... Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California... Previously with the firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen; Former Director, Federal Judicial Center in Washington; Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law (1995-2004) ... Former Chairman, U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction ... Member: American Law Institute and its Advisory Committee on Complex Litigation; Council on Foreign Relations ... Judicial Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers ... Awards: American College of Trial Lawyers Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award; American Bar Association's Meador-Rosenberg Award; 2004 Edward J. Devitt Award for Distinguished Service to Justice ... Publications: Managing Antitrust and Other Complex Litigation; Co-Author, Federal Practice Guide and Civil Discovery and Mandatory Disclosure ... Education: University of Southern California (B.A.); Harvard Law School (L.L.B.).

Richard L. Alfred ... Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston, Massachusetts ... Fellow: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and member of First Circuit Credentials Committee ... Management Co-Chair: Class and Complex Litigation Sub-Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee ... Past Chair: Massachusetts Bar Association Employment and Labor Section ... Lead Counsel: EEOC v. Astra USA, 94 F.3d 738 (1st Cir. 1996); Dorn v. Astra USA, 975 F. Supp. 388 (D. Mass. 1997); Ward v. Massachusetts Health Research Institute, Inc., 209 F.3d 29 (1st Cir. 2000); Perry v. New England Business Service, Inc., 347 F.3d 343 (1st Cir. 2003) ... Top rating from Chambers (USA): America's Leading Business Lawyers - 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 for Management Employment & Labor Lawyers in Boston ... Publications: Disability Discrimination: A Defense Perspective (1999, 2003) ... Education: Harvard College (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1978).

Robert Bennett ... Managing Partner, Flynn Gaskins Bennett ... Achieved unprecedented success for his injured clients against numerous police and law enforcement agencies and their insurers ... Representative Experience: Dalglish v. Keener (Ga. 2003), Superior Court of Carroll County ($4.5 million verdict); J.A. v. B.B.R. (Minn. 1996), Steele County District Court ($3.45 million settlement); Balandin v. Eagle (Minn. 2003), U.S. District Court ($3.05 million settlement); Forster & D'Heilly v. S.O.D. (Minn. 1990), Hennepin County District Court ($2.5 million settlement); Chromulak v. Anoka County (Minn. 2005), U.S. District Court ($1.9 million settlement); Sanville v. Scapardine,...