Background
Beckman, Bruce A. was born on April 25, 1930 in Lomita, California, United States.
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Bruce A. Beckman
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University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1953. Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Career
Worked at Beckman, Davis, Smith & Ruddy Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, Insurance, Employment and Discrimination, Products Liability, Environmental and Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1959, California. 1985, United States. Supreme Court.
Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1957-1958. Company-Author: "A Guide to Obtaining Regulatory Approvals Foreign New Industrial Facilities in California," 17 San Diego Law Review 979, 1980. "Problem Areas in the Exemption Process Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Acting of 1978," 29 Kansas Law Review, 1981.
Author: "Constitutional Issues In Insurance Claim Litigation," 22 Tort & Insurance.
Prac. J. 244, 1987. Author: "Liability of Non-Life Insurance companies for Punitive Damages Claims in the United States," 56 Non-Life Insurance Journal, 195 (oral presentation), 235 [article] (August, 1994), Journal of the Non-Life Insurance Institute of Japan, Article in English. Member, California Attorney General"s Environmental Task Force, 1972-1978.
Member, Los Angeles County Watershed Commission, 1981-1990. Member, Los Angeles City Attorney"s Regulatory Reform Task Force, 1982-1985.
Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources.
Urban, State and Local Government Law. Chair, Life Insurance Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice, 1992-1993. Business Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Member: Public Law Section.
Real Estate Section). Conference of Insurance Counsel.
The founders of Beckman, Davis, Smith & Ruddy Limited Liability Partnership are all former senior partners of Adams, Duque & Hazeltine Limited Liability Partnership, a law firm that gained national prominence in the area of insurance litigation over the last 50 years. The firm represents insurers, managed healthcare companies and third party administrators in virtually all types of insurance and health related business disputes.
In addition, the firm has a significant product practice.
The firm has handled antitrust, trademark infringement, unfair competition, securities fraud cases and general business litigation. The firm"s goal is to achieve client"s objectives as quickly and cost effectively as possible using our vast trial experience, resources, and settlement expertise, as well as state-of-the-art mediation and arbitration techniques.
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Member, Board of Editors, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review, 1957-1958.
