Attorneys and Professional Staff:
The Partners and Senior Staff:
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JOSEPH
EHRLICH jehrlich@kayerose.com |
| Title
and Office Location: |
Contract Partner, San Francisco Office. |
| Experience: | Admitted to California Bar, 1978. Previously a partner with Lillick & Charles (now Nixon Peabody). Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento District (1978-1980). |
| Specialization: | Mr. Ehrlich has extensive trial experience in business and commercial litigation, including contracts/leases, employment law, ADA issues, real estate and construction; intellectual property, including patent, copyright, and trademark; partnership and corporate disputes; hotel, restaurant and resort law litigation; and mass tort litigation. Mr. Ehrlich was lead counsel for mass tort litigation involving polybutylene tubing. |
| Professional Affiliations: |
Member of the Traynor Honor Society; Bar Association of San Francisco. |
| Published Cases: | Philip Morris v. Cigarettes for Less, et al., 69 F. Supp. 2nd 1181 (1999); 215 F.3d 1999. |
| Education: | Dickinson
College (B.A., cum laude,1973); University of California at Santa Barbara (M.F.A, 1975); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., with distinction, 1978). |
| Honors: | "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell. |
| Admissions: | U.S.
Supreme Court California Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals - District of Columbia and Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court - Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California |