Lawrence Goldberg’s practice emphasizes complex public entity and business litigation, landslide and geotechnical litigation and large personal injury litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Goldberg is an experienced litigator and strong client advocate whose work ranges from representation of public/governmental entities and corporate principals to work on behalf of local, national and international companies. In addition, Mr. Goldberg has successfully litigated patent, trademark infringement and trade secret cases.

Mr. Goldberg also counsels his clients on issues relating to the California Government Code, risk avoidance, risk management, employee relations, statutory and regulatory compliance and the implementation of policies and procedures.

Mr. Goldberg has handled a wide variety of disputes for his clients, including:

• Defense of $100 million catastrophic wrongful death, personal injury and breach of contract claims against a local Bay Area, Municipal Utility District;
• Current defense and affirmative claims on behalf of a major public entity in a neighborhood-wide multi-million dollar complex landslide matter;
• Current defense of numerous public infrastructure related landslide, personal injury and property damage claims;
• Defense of a corporate principal in one of the first major reverse mortgage class action cases in California;
• Defense of corporate principals in Proposition 65 and nutritional supplement litigation;
• Prosecution of multi-million dollar broker/lender financial litigation;
• Patent infringement litigation on behalf of an international dental products and tools manufacturing corporation;
• Trademark infringement litigation on behalf of a national educational toy company;
• Trade secret litigation on behalf of a leading school fundraising company;
• Employment litigation on behalf of local and international companies;
• Prosecution and defense of boundary disputes, neighbor disputes;
• Representation of a California-based Pacific long-line fishing corporation;
• Defense of asbestos related personal injury and death claims on behalf of an international insulation company;
• Defense of insurance bad faith claims;
• Numerous construction related and construction defect matters;
• All manner of contract and tort litigation;

Prior to joining Bowles & Verna, Mr. Goldberg worked with Haines, Brydon & Lea in San Francisco in the area of insurance bad faith defense.

Areas of Practice:

• Public Entity
• Business Litigation
• Environment
• Construction and Development
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition and Business Torts
• Personal Injury

EDUCATION

• J.D. University of San Francisco, School of Law, 1993
• B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology, 1988
• B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Psychology, 1988

MEMBERSHIPS

• State Bar of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
• Contra Costa County Bar Association
• Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco
• American Inns of Court, S.F. Lawyers’ Club Chapter, Founding Member, Sr. Barrister and 2007-2008 MCLE Program Chairman.

2007-2008 San Francisco Lawyers’ Club MCLE Program Chairman Presenter

• Government Tort Litigation Practice
• Cross-examination of Defense Experts
• Discovery in Complex Contingent Fee Cases
• Email and Issues in Electronic Discovery
• Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace
• “Pitbull” Deposition Practice
• Age Discrimination in the Workplace
• Sexual Harassment, Client Come-Ons
• Talks on legal ethics and law practice management

BACKGROUND, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INTERESTS

• 3rd generation native of San Francisco
• Lowell High School, 1983
• Captain, Lowell High School Varsity City Champion Cross-Country Team and Varsity Track Team
• Instructor, Summerbridge Program, San Francisco
• Field Research Archaeologist
• Alumni, Nu Chapter, Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, U.C. Berkeley
• Alpine Skiing, Golf, Fly Fishing, Photography, Web Site Design; Graphic Artist