Casey A. Kaufman San Francisco, California
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Casey A. Kaufman is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the University of San Francisco School Of Law. At Berkeley, he majored in the Environmental Sciences and while in law school he was a published member of the U.S.F. Law Review, authoring "Oregon v. Ashcroft: The Attorney's General's Attempt to Override State Controlled Medical Practice." This article, originally published in the Summer 2003 volume of the U.S.F. Law Review, is cited by the Witkin (7 Witkin, Summary 10th (2005) Constitutional Law, 572), the foremost authority on California law.
Casey is a member of the California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, D.C. bars where he is actively representing clients in the areas of elder abuse, product liability, personal injury, and actions against public entities. He is on the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California and the New Lawyers Division Committee for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Casey has been selected to Northern California Rising Stars 2009 by Super Lawyers.
Casey is a native of San Pedro, California and a graduate of Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. He lives in San Francisco. Casey lives in San Francisco with his wife.
- Areas of Practice:
- Elder Abuse
- Public Entity Liability
- Product Liability
- Severe Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 2004
- Nevada, 2006
- Arizona, 2007
- District of Columbia, 2007
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- Education:
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
Law Review: University of San Francisco Law Review, Member - University of California, Berkeley
B.S.
Major: Environmental Sciences
- Published Works:
- "Do Auto Products Liability Claims Have Life After Bankruptcy?", The Trial Lawyer, Fall, 2009
- "Enforcing Judgments Against Local Public Entities In California", The Trial Lawyer, Summer, 2009
- "Effective Use of the PMK Deposition", The Trial Lawyer, Summer, 2008
- "Design Immunity: Discovery to Defeat Summary Judgment", CAOC Forum, Volume 38, Number 5, September/October, 2008
- "Oregon v. Ashcroft: The Attorney General's Attempt to Override State Controlled Medical Practice", 37 U.S.F. L.Rev., Summer, 2003
- Honors and Awards:
- Northern California Rising Stars 2009 (Super Lawyers)
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Board of Governors
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- New Lawyers Division Committee
- Nevada Justice Association
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
