Background
Dimitriou, Demetrios was born on November 26, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Dimitriou, Demetrios was born on November 26, 1931 in San Francisco, California, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Bachelor of Laws, 1959).
Admitted to the bar, 1960, California and United States. District Court, District of North Dakota. 1965, United States. Tax Court.
1971, United States.
Supreme Court. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Arbitrator, San Francisco Superior Court, 1983.
Compensated Referee, State Bar Court, 1983-1989.
Author: includes, "Commencing the Attorney-Client Engagement," in Selecting and Forming Business Entities, Chapter 1, California Cont. Education of the Bar, 1996.
"Attorney Fees Paid In Advance and Client Trust Accounts, A Conundrum," San Francisco Attorney, April/May, 1995. "Fees and Fee Agreements, the Ethics and Practice Issues," The San Francisco Attorney, June/July 1992.
"Solving Malpractice through Competent Lawyering," San Francisco Attorney, Bar Association of San Francisco, August/September (1990).
"Ethical Rules and Practices," Win-Win Billing Strategies, American Bar Association, 1992. "Marketing Yourself," The Lawyer"s Handbook, 3rd edition, American Bar Association/Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1992. "The Individual Practitioner and Commercialism in the Profession: How Can the Individual Survive?," South Carolina Law Review, 1994.
Lecturer: including, "The Ethics of Fees," University of California Hastings College of the Law, 1996, 1997.
"Practicing Law Defensively: Conflicts Ethics and Risk Management in the "90"s," California Cont. Editor of the Bar, 1994; "Attorneys" Fees: Practical & Ethical Considerations in Determining, Billing, & Collecting," 1993, 1992.
"Law Firm Billing Practices & Related Ethics Problems," American Law Institute/American Bar Association, 1992. "Recent Developments in Legal Fees & Value Billing," Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, 1992.
"Testing Competence," American Bar Association/National Institute on Competence in the Law Firm, 1991.
"Ethics and Law Practice Management," Practicing Law Institute, 1996. "Annual Institute. on Law Office Management." (Alternative Billing Methods, 1989,1990. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1980.
Chair, Law Practice Management Section, 1991/1992.
Chair, Ethics Committee, 1982. Recipient, Award of Merit for outstanding service to the Association, 1975).
The State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1989. Competency Committees, 1981-1990.
Ethics Committee, 1982-1985.
Executive Committee, Law Practice Management Section, 1978-1984). American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Law Practice Management, 1979-1985. Section Advisor to American Bar Association.
Standing Committee on Lawyer Competence.
Chair, Professor Ethics and Competency Committee. Taxation, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law.
Business Law). Fellow, College of Law Practice Management.
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Lawyers Club of San Francisco.
Mr. Dimitriou"s practice emphasis deals with the law governing lawyers, including serving as an expert witness and counsel to individual attorneys and law firms concerning their documentation, professional liability, attorney lateral transfers, and related ethical and internal practice management issues.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1980. Chair, Law Practice Management Section, 1991/1992. Chair, Ethics Committee, 1982.
Recipient, Award of Merit for outstanding service to the Association, 1975).
The State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1989. Competency Committees, 1981-1990.
Ethics Committee, 1982-1985. Executive Committee, Law Practice Management Section, 1978-1984).
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Law Practice Management, 1979-1985.
Section Advisor to American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Lawyer Competence. Chair, Professor Ethics and Competency Committee.
Taxation, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law.
Business Law); Fellow, College of Law Practice Management. Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Lawyers Club of San Francisco. Fellow, College of Law Practice Management.
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Lawyers Club of San Francisco.
