| PERSONAL
DATA: |
Marital Status: Married, 3 Children Military: U.S. Army:
Honorable Discharge-Medical Instructor Spec.5 |
| EDUCATION: |
Golden Gate
University, San Francisco, CA - Juris Doctor - 1974. Top third
of Class. American Jurisprudence Award for highest Contract
Remedies grade. Member of Faculty-Student Committee. |
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University
of Denver, Denver, Colorado-Summer Internship-1973 |
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Birmingham
Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama B.A. (Philosophy)- 1968 |
| ADMITTED
TO PRACTICE 1975: |
Presently admitted to practice law in all California State
Courts including the California Supreme Court; the Federal District Court Northern District of California
and the Federal District Court Central District of California;
and the United States Supreme Court. |
| PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS: |
State Bar of California. Bar Association of San Francisco. |
| PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: |
1978 to Present Founding and Managing Partner, Law Offices
of Orme & Grabstein. Practice of Law with emphasis on complex
Real Estate, Trust and personal injury litigation. Trial and Appellate
experience in civil law and criminal law. Substantial experience
in Mediation, Arbitrations, pre-trial discovery, pre trial
motion practice, settlement conferences and Trial. |
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Appellate
Experience: Arguments in the California State Court of Appeal
and the Federal District Court of Northern California. Writs
and Appeals in the California State Courts of Appeal. Appeal
and Writ to the California State Supreme Court. Admitted to
the United States Supreme Court. |
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1975-1985:
Criminal Defense of Adults and Juveniles; Representation of
Juveniles in Dependency actions. Handled a variety of criminal
cases including but not limited to murder, rape, burglary,
assault, drunk driving and petty theft. |
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Judge for the 2005 Golden Gate
University Mock Trial |
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Judge
for the 1999 24th Regional Mock Trial Competition. |
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Judge for the 1993 ATLA Regional Mock Trial Competition. |
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Judge for
the 1980 National Mock Trial Competition - Western Regional. |
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Lecturer
- Legal Environment of Business. San Francisco State University,
San Francisco, CA. June 1976 - October 1978. |
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Reference
Librarian - Golden Gate University Law Library, San Francisco,
CA. Assisting students and professors with legal research,
as well as being responsible for acquisitions, circulation,
and supervision of all Library Assistants. Listed in Directory
of Law Librarian Consultants to Correctional Institutions. |
| Lectures: |
6/17/97:
Legal Expert Panelist for "Septic Systems Demystified" Seminar. |
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10/12/95:
Legal Expert Panelist-"Tips and Traps in Real Estate Arbitrations"
for the Real Property Section of the Bar Association of San
Francisco. |
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Lecturer
in 1990 for On-Site Waste Water Training Seminars - legal
aspects. |
| Other Credentials: |
Community
College Instructor Credential. CYSA Certified Soccer Coach. USSF Referee. |
| Community
Service: |
Soccer
coach for the Special Olympics. Soccer Coach and Team Manager
for Boys ages 6 to 18, and Mixed boys and girls under 14.
Member-Steering committee for International Soccer cultural
exchanges with both Mexico and El Salvador. Urban
Forest-organized neighborhood tree planting. Mayor's
neighborhood cleanup. Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El
Salvador relief efforts 1998. |
