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Rank: New Member
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Last Activity: 12/12/2011
Member Since: 12/12/2011
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Name
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First Name:
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Gerald
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Last Name:
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Sterns
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Address
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City:
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San Francisc
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Region:
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California
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Country:
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United States
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Postal Code:
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94104
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Professional Information
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Business Name
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Law Offices of Sterns & Walker
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Website:
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http://www.trial-law.com
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Profession
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Attorney
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Licensed to Practice in
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law
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Languages Spoken
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english
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Practice
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Aviation And Aerospace
Environmental Law
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Professional Liability
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Experience
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Managing Partner at Sterns & Walker 1977–present
Fellow at International Academy of Trial Lawyers 1977–2011
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Professional Associations
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Bar Association of San Francisco
Alameda County Bar Association
American Bar Association (Chair, Tort and Trial Practice Section, 2003)
The State Bar of California
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Lawyers Club of San Francisco
American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomat)
Society of Air Safety Investigators
American Judicature Society
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
California Trial Lawyers Association (former Member at Large, Board of Governors)
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Education
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College: State University of Iowa, BSC, 1954
Law School: Hastings College of Law, University of California, JD, 1959
Graduated Law School: 1959
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About Me
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Gender
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Male
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Biography:
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Gerald Sterns currently focuses his practice on plaintiff's litigation referrals on major aviation, products liability, and other catastrophic claims, both nationally and internationally. In a state containing more than 200,000 attorneys, Gerald Sterns was named by California Lawyer magazine as one of the top 25 attorneys in the state. Mr. Sterns has been selected for inclusion to Northern California SuperLawyers, and has been listed in Best Attorneys in America since its inception. He is a 35-year Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Attorneys, an organization limited to 500 of the top trial attorneys worldwide as selected by peer review and judicial endorsement. Mr. Sterns' 35-plus years of courtroom experience have helped him become one of the few aviation attorneys whose wins against major airlines have been affirmed by the United States Supreme Court.
Prior to opening his own practice in 1977, Mr. Sterns was the Aviation partner in the San Francisco law firm of Walkup, Downing & Sterns. Mr. Sterns has authored numerous articles and professional papers, and has been a speaker or panelist on numerous professional programs, both in the U.S. and abroad. He has served for 17 years on the faculty at San Francisco Law School, and has been interviewed on a number of television and radio programs, including 60 Minutes, 20/20, Wolf Blitzer, Fox News, CNN, BBC, and numerous other television news programs worldwide.
Gerald Sterns has also been honored in print. From The Last Nine Minutes of Flight 981, a best-selling book about the DC-10 Turkish Airlines crash: "Sterns ambled into court a living expression of the California Legal System. He had been trained in it. He believed in it. And he applied it with deadly effectiveness."
Born: Oakland, California,
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