Background
Sawyer, Junior, A. Curtis was born on October 13, 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
Sawyer, Junior, A. Curtis was born on October 13, 1953 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Reynolds v. California Dental Service (1987) 200 Cal.App.3d 590; Gardner v. Sea-Land Service (9th Cir. 1986); 786 F.2d 943; Mullen v. Armstrong World Industries (1986) 200 Cal.App.3d 250; Rutherford v. Sea-Land Service (N.D.Cal. 1983) 575 Fed. Supp. 1365; Hamilton v. Maritime Overseas Corporation (1987) 1987 A.M.C. 2211.Worked at Freeman, Brown, Sperry & D'Aiuto, Professional Corporation (Stockton, California) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Admiralty, Class Actions, Personal Injury, Professional Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1981, California. 1982, United States. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1984, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California. 1985, United States. District Court, Southern District of California and United States.
Supreme Court.
Member, Moot Court Board. Extern Clerk to Justice Joseph R. Grodin, California Court of Appeal, Division 1, District 1, 1980. Editor, "Northern District of California Digest," San Francisco Bar Association, 1983-1987.
Author: "Increased Susceptibility to Disease," CTLA Forum, May 1983. "Physician Liability to Third Persons for Failure to Inform Patient About the Side Effects of His Treatment or Condition," CTLA Forum, September 1983. "Summary of Decisions Reviewing Awards of Punitive Damages," CTLA Forum, April 1986.
Co-Author: "Prejudgment Interest in Admiralty Personal Injury Actions," CTLA Forum, July/August, 1984. "Obtaining a Client's Personnel File," CTLA Forum, April, 1983. "Collective Bargaining Provision Which Provides for Inadequate Rate of Maintenance is Unenforceable," CTLA Forum, November 1983.
Instructor, Contracts, Writing, Civil Procedure, San Francisco Law School, 1987-1991. Speaker: American Trial Lawyers Association Convention, New York City, 1986. City of Pleasant Hill Planning Commission, 1988-1992.
Chairperson, 1991-1992. Judge Pro Tem: Contra Costa Superior Court, 1988-1991. Contra Costa Municipal Court, 1987-1991.
Member, San Francisco Superior Court Settlement Conference Panel, 1986-1992. Member, Northern District of California Arbitration Panel, 1985. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association.
State Bar of California. Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Member, Moot Court Board. Extern Clerk to Justice Joseph R. Grodin, California Court of Appeal, Division 1, District 1, 1980. Editor, "Northern District of California Digest," San Francisco Bar Association, 1983-1987.