Profiles In Law

Duff Murphy is a senior partner with the firm and focuses his practice in the areas of eminent domain laws in California, inverse condemnation and civil litigation.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is a graduate of the University of Southern California (A.B., Magna Cum Laude, 1976) and Loyola Law School (J.D., 1982).  He was admitted to practice in California in 1982.

Oliver, Sandifer & Murphy, A Professional Corporation
Figueroa Courtyard, Second Floor
281 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012, (Los Angeles Co.)

Phone: 213-621-2000
Toll Free: 1-888-E.Domain

San Francisco mediator Brian McDonald

With over 1,000 successful mediations to his credit, San Francisco mediator and attorney Brian McDonald of the Bay Area’s McDonald & Mannion law firm focuses his practice on helping families resolve their disputes amicably through family and divorce mediation. By offering an alternative to the “normal” acrimonious and litigious divorce process, Mr. McDonald provides his clients with a means of protecting what’s truly of value to them: their inter-family relationships.

Attorney McDonald is a certified family law specialist with over 40 years of legal experience.  Along with acting as mediator in divorce and other family law disputes, Mr. McDonald has trained hundreds of mediators at the trial court and court of appeals levels.

McDonald & Mannion law firm also helps families with probate, estate planning and trust administration. Mr. McDonald’s extensive legal experience includes felony jury trials, personal injury cases and real estate litigation.  No matter what type of legal matter, Mr. McDonald approaches it with his hallmark integrity, dedication and professionalism. He strives to help each of his clients find an amicable resolution to their legal dispute.

Bar Admissions & Affiliations

• Supreme Court of the United States
• California State Bar, Certified Family Law Specialist by the Board of Legal Specialization, 1981-present
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• San Francisco Domestic Relations Court (Settlement Judge Pro-Tem, 1981)

Education

• J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 1970 (McAuliffe Honor Society; American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Property, Civil Procedure, Taxation; Prentice Hall Award Recipient, Corporation and Estate and Gift Tax)
• B.S., University of Southern California, 1967

Orange County CA Divorce Lawyer Brian A. Bayati is the founder of the Bayati Law Group.  Mr. Bayati graduated from University of California, Hastings College of the Law. During law school, Brian served as  judicial extern to the US Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) and was active as a public service mediator. Before founding The Bayati Law Group, Brian was legal counsel for a national corporation and member of a prominent Los Angeles based litigation firm with numerous offices throughout California & other states.

Mr. Bayati is an experienced attorney in a wide variety of litigated and transactional matters including, but not limited to; divorce litigation,  family law, real estate, construction, breach of contracts, personal injuries involving premises liability and toxic torts, personal injuries involving automobile and trucking accidents, corporate formation and compliance, as well as asset protection and valuation.

Areas of Practice

• Divorce Law
• Family Law
• Orange County Divorce Mediation
• Civil Litigation
• Bankruptcy

Education

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

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Robert H. Bohn, Sr. – San Jose Personal Injury Lawyer

Partner at Bohn & Bohn, Attorneys at Law

Education:

University of Texas, University of Texas, B.B.A., 1957

University of Texas, LL.B., 1963

Practice Areas :
Personal Injury; Wrongful Termination; Sexual Harassment; Elder Abuse; Insurance Bad Faith; Civil Litigation; Wrongful Death; Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Civil Rights

Membership:
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); American Inns of Court; American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member); Consumer Attorneys of California (Sustaining Member; President’s Club); Public Justice Foundation (Sustaining Member); Roscoe Pound Foundation; Santa Clara County Bar Association; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas.

Admissions:
1963, Texas; 1965, California; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Activities:

• American Board of Trial Advocates; Advocate
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Recognized experience as a Trial Lawyer and in the fields of General Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Public Entity Liability,  Products Liability and Insurance Bad Faith)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sustaining Member
• SCCTLA, President 1999, Sustaining Member
• Inns of Court
• Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California,
• Judge Pro Tem and Arbitrator
• State Bar of California
• Santa Clara County Bar Association

Professional Recognitions:

• Trial Lawyer of the Year 2000 SCCTLA
• The Best Lawyers in America
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• Super Lawyers of Northern California (San Francisco Magazine Aug. 2005)
• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell
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• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
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• Who’s Who in American Law
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• Who’s Who in California
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• Who’s Who in the World
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