Practice Focus:
- Constitutional and civil rights law
- Employment law
- Commercial and other complex litigation
- Appellate
- Attorneys’ Fees and Attorney Disputes
Reported Cases:
- Collins v. City of Harker Heights,
503 U.S. 515 (1992) - Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb, 414 U.S. 441 (1974)
- Socialist Labor Party v. Gilligan, 406 U.S. 583 (1972)
- Connell v. Higginbothan, 403 U.S. 207 (1971)
- Whitehill v. Elkins, 389 U.S. 54 (1967)
Professional Experience:
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Simon E. Sobeloff, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1962-1963
- Law professor, including:
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia University, 1972-1973
- Visiting Professor, University of Texas Law School, 1970-1971
- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, 1963-1971
- Founding partner of predecessor firms to Rosen, Bien & Galvan, 1990
- Arbitrator, mediator and alternative dispute resolution panelist, including:
- Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- National Labor, Employee Benefits, and Complex Employment and Commercial Disputes Panels
- American Arbitration Association
- Early Neutral Evaluation Panel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- California Court of Appeals, 1st District Mediator’s Panel
Publications and Presentations:
- Author, “Acknowledging a Military Wrong,” Trial Magazine, April 2001
- Author, “Defeating Efforts to Delay Section 1983 Cases,” August 1999
- Author and Co-Editor: California Continuing Education of the Bar Litigation Section, “Civil Rights and Official Misconduct Claims in Federal and State Court,” 1989, 1992, 1995
- Author and Co-Editor: California Education of Bar Litigation Section, “1983 Claims”
- Lecturer and Program Moderator, Practicing Law Institute, California Continuing Education of the Bar and Lorman, 1975-1996
Education:
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1962
- Cornell University, A.B., 1959
Admissions:
- California, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1966
- Connecticut, 1962
