Background
Hammer, Douglas L. was born on December 16, 1944 in Pasadena, California, United States.
Hammer, Douglas L. was born on December 16, 1944 in Pasadena, California, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Worked at Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Corporate and International Business Transactions, Real Property, Securities, Antitrust, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate, Unfair Competition, Commercial, Communications, Cable Television, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Toxic Torts, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California.
Order of the Coif.
Member, Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1972-1974. Author: Note, 62 California Law Review 421, 1974.
Halloran & Hammer, "The Application of California Corporation Law to Foreign Corporations, Section 2115 of the New California General Corporation Law," 23 University of California at Los Angeles Law Review 1282, 1976.
Member, Advisory Council of Entrepreneurs" Forum of the University of California at Berkeley. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section).
State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section). American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section).
Military: Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1966-1971.
Founded by two attorneys in 1975, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg now comprises thirty-five attorneys who bring a superior record of academic, professional and civic achievement to the firm. The practice emphasizes complex business litigation and arbitration, sophisticated business, tax and real estate transactions, securities law and investment partnership formation, estate planning and probate, and bankruptcy and creditors" rights. The firm prides itself on combining the sophistication and expertise of a large firm with the responsiveness of a smaller firm.
Member, Moot Court Board. Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1972-1974.