Philip L. Pillsbury Jr. - San Francisco, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon, 1976
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Inducted into the Cornelius Honor Society (1976)
    Law Review: Environmental Law Review, Editor, 1974 - 1976

• Non Legal Education

  • Middlebury College , 1973
    A.B.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Classes and Seminars

• "Electronic Errors and Omissions" Technology Group Summit (May 2000)
  
• Issues in Technology Errors and Omissions Claims Technology Industry Risk Forum (January 2007)
  
• Dialogue With Industry: Making the Technology E&O Claim Technology Industry Risk Forum (February 2008)

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of Visitors, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (1995-2010)
• Trustee, The Thacher School (2007-Present)
• Board and Council Member, The Yosemite Fund (2008-Present)
• Trustee, Darby Betts Fund (2001-2009)
• Trustee, Brotherton Fund (2004-2009)
• Trustee, Episcopal Charities (2003-2008)
• Director, St. Luke 's Hospital (1989-2003)
• Director, Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation (1991-2001)
• Vice-Chair, Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation (1991-1999)
• Chairman, Board of Trustees, St. Luke 's Hospital Foundation (1988-1991)
• Chairman, Board, St. Luke 's Hospital (1991-2001)

Published Works

Articles

• Representing Policyholders in Insurance Cases: Leading Lawyers on Educating Clients About Insurance Contracts and Navigating Different Types of Disputes (Inside the Minds), 2012
  
• California Property Insurance: Law & Litigation, Sections author, Continuing Education of the Bar, Projected Publication Date 2010
  
• California Liability Insurance Litigation Practice, Claims & Litigation Section author, Continuing Education of the Bar (1990)
  
• Negotiation and Settlement of Claims, co-author, Bancroft Whitney (1990)
  
• Negotiation and Settlement, Section author, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1992)
  
• Civil Litigation Practice - Annual Updates, Continuing Education of the Bar (1996-1998)
• Depositions of Expert Witnesses and Handling Trial Objections, co-author, Continuing Education of the Bar Series (1985)
• Marine Insurance II: From Generalities to Specifics Analysis of Extra Contractual Exposure in Specific Claims Situations, contributor, Pacific Admiralty Seminar (1990)
• California Tort Damages, consultant, Continuing Education of the Bar (1988)
• Handling Trial Objections, contributor, Continuing Education of the Bar (1988)
• Compelling, Opposing and Enforcing Discovery in State Court, contributor, Continuing Education of the Bar (1985)

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• American Association for Justice
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association