Robert E. Cartwright, Jr.

Present Position:

Robert E. Cartwright, Jr. is the President of The Cartwright Law Firm, Inc. The law offices are located at 222 Front Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, California 94111 - Telephone: (415) 433-0444.

Formal Education:

Mr. Cartwright graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1979 and earned his J.D. at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco in 1982. He was Research Coordinator Editor of the California Tort Reporter during the years of 1981 and 1982.

Professional Activities and Positions:

• President of Consumer Attorneys of California 2001-2002
• President of the Barristers Club of San Francisco, l989-90
• Member of the Editorial Board of The Brief, a publication of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, l989-90
• Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief/Current Editor of the Barrister Law Journal, a publication of the Barristers Club of San Francisco
• Member of the State Bar of California, American Bar Association, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, California Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, San Francisco Lawyers Club
• Member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Member of the Board of Governors of the California Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
• Member of the Bar Association of San Francisco Judicial Review Committee, l989
• Member of the San Francisco American Inn of Court, l989
• Member of AAJ Products Liability Advisory Committee, l989-l990
• Member of AAJ Membership Committee
• Member of AAJ State Support Committee, l989-90
• Vice-Chairperson of the Products Liability and Consumer Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Minorities in the Profession Committee of the ABA Young Lawyers Division
• Chair of the Subcommittee on Evidence for the Conference of Delegates, The State Bar of California for the Bar Association of San Francisco, 1990
• Chair/Moderator of the Legal Frontiers and Issues on Appeal for the Annual CTLA Convention 1990
• Chair of the Nominating Committee - Board of Directors of the Barristers Club of San Francisco, 1990
• Member of AAJ Ambassadors Committee, 1990-91
• Member of AAJ California Project Committee, 1990-91
• Chair for Member of Committee of the BASF on Judicial Evaluation Committee
• Moderator 1991 Program - Young Lawyers into the 90's - CTLA Tahoe Convention
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco Delegation to the State Bar of California Conference of Delegates
• Member of the Recognition of Experienced Program Committee of the California Trial Lawyers Association, San Francisco Board
• Chair for CTLA to the AAJ Liaison Committee, 1992
• Chair-Elect, TIPS Committee on Membership, 1992-1993
• Member, AAJ Public Relations Committee, 1992-1993
• Member, AAJ Key Person Committee, 1992-1993
• Member, AAJ Joint Membership Development Committee, 1992-1993
• Member, AAJ NCA Foundation Board Committee, 1992-1993
• Who's Who in the World, 1995-1996 Twelfth Edition
• International Who's Who, 1994
• Balmoral Capital Corporation, Board of Directors, 1995
• Trustee, AAJ Civil Justice Foundation, 1995-1996
• Faculty, USF School of Law 1996 Intensive Advocacy Workshop Program
• Editor-in-Chief of Consumer Attorneys of California Forum Magazine, 1996
• Advisory Board member on Expert Witness Certificate Program at Cal State Long Beach, 1997
• Membership Committee of the TLPJ Foundation, 1997-98
• Who's Who in American Law, 10th Edition, 1998-1999
• Membership of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, 1998
• Membership on the Board of Directors in the Diversity of Law Foundation, 1998
• Member and Secretary of the CAOC Diversity in Law Committee, 1998
• Board Member of Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1998-1999
• National Registry of Who's Who, 2000 Edition
• Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1999

Former Associations and Activities:

• Member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1985-present
• Member of the Professor Thomas F. Lambert, Jr. Chair
• Syllabus Editor for the California Trial Lawyers l987 Midwinter Convention at Lake Tahoe
• Vice Chairperson of the Product, General Liability and Consumer Law Division of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA, 1987
• Vice Chairperson of the Professional Independence and Responsibility of the Lawyer Division of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA 1987
• Managing Editor of the San Francisco Barrister Law Journal 1988
• Chairperson of AAJ Law Student Committee, 1987-1988
• Co-Chairperson 1987 AAJ Annual convention
• Chairperson of AAJ Young Lawyer Recruitment Committee, 1987
• Member-At-Large of the AAJ Amicus Curiae Committee 1986-1987
• PAC-drive participant 1987-1988; l989
• Member of the AAJ Historical Committee, 1988-89

Writings:

• Mr. Cartwright has assisted with editing of articles submitted to Trial Magazine, a publication of AAJ.
• Author of the article, "Economically Processing the Personal Injury Law Suit"
• Co-Author of "Response to Attorney General Meese's Comments to Changes to the Tort System," which is published in the San Francisco Barrister Law Journal
• Review of book of "How to Prepare for, Take and Use a Deposition" written by Robert E. Benson and John C. Tredennick, Jr., published in TRIAL MAGAZINE, 1991
• Author of the article, "Strategies and Techniques for Successful Discovery - Informal Discovery"
• Author of the article, "Adverse Party Depositions: Strategies that Make a Difference"

Lecturing Experiences:

• Moderator and speaker at the CAOC Annual Convention (1996) "Wide World of Sports Torts" program. Topic "Trends in Sports Tort; Which Way is the Ball Bouncing"
• October 1996, invited speaker AAJ/CAOC program at Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, "Demonstrative Evidence"
• December 1998, invited speaker Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, "Wrongful Death of a Child"

Awards:

• 2002 Jurisprudence Award Honoree, awarded by American ORT
• Finalist for "Trial Lawyer of the Year Award 2001" awarded by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• "Presidential Award of Merit" from Consumer Attorneys of California 2001
• "F. Scott Baldwin Award for Trial Advocacy" from the New Lawyers Division of AAJ 2001
• American Bar Association, YLD Award of Achievement for Outstanding Activities and Accomplishments during 1989-1990
• Presidents Award for Outstanding Dedication and Service as AAJ Board of Governor, 1991-1992
• Consumer Attorneys of California Presidents Award, 1995-1996