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Robert F. Kane graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the
University
of California, Berkeley with joint degrees in history and
conservation of natural resources. Mr. Kane received his J.D. from the
University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law, where he was
an editor of the Davis Law Review and was elected to the Order of the
Coif. He is admitted to the California
and Hawaii bars, and to practice before the United States
Supreme Court.
Mr. Kane practices civil and criminal trial and
appellate litigation with his firm, Rockwell & Kane, located in San Francisco,
California. Mr. Kane is also an Adjunct
Professor of Law at the University of California,
Hastings College of Law where he was named a teacher of the year in
2003. In addition, Mr. Kane serves as Judge Pro Tem for the San
Francisco Superior Court and is a member of various Superior Court
Arbitration and Mediation Panels. Mr. Kane is a member of various
professional and community organizations, speaks frequently at seminars,
has published numerous articles, is active in pro bono work, and has
received many awards in connection with these activities.
Donald G. Rez is a principal and founder of the
San Diego
based law firm (with an office in
Las Vegas, Nevada)
of Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez and Engel. He has practiced in
San Diego since completing law school and being admitted to
the California bar in 1978. He was born in San Antonio, Texas,
in 1953. He received his B.A., with highest honors, in 1975 from the University of
Texas
where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School receiving his Juris Doctor in 1978. He
was an Editor of the Harvard
Environmental Law Review, 1977-1978. Mr. Rez is a member of the
American Bar Association and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
He was one of the United States District Court for the Southern District
of California Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial
Conference (1991-1994) (Chair 1993-1994).
He has handled all types of commercial lawsuits
including: trade regulation and antitrust matters (he was a student of
Professor Phil Areeda at Harvard Law School); breach of contract;
franchisor/franchisee matters; lender liability cases; malpractice;
intellectual property and RICO cases. He has been involved in complex
and sophisticated multi-district litigation and his antitrust experience
has involved claims of virtually every kind.
He has published numerous articles, has served as
an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law, and has
been on the faculty at NITA.
Mr. Rez has been selected for inclusion in the
2008 San Diego Super Lawyers
Magazine.
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