Background
Bien, Elliot L. was born on December 26, 1945 in New York, New York, United States.
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Elliot L. Bien
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Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1971). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1972).
Career
Worked at Bien & Summers (Novato, California) specializing in Civil Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. Writs and Related Proceedings. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Massachusetts.
1975, Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
1979, California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Assistant Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law, 1972-1975.
Author: "Legal Rules and Rule Making," Syracuse Law Review, Winter, 1975. "The Other Half of Appellate Practice," Barristers Law Quarterly, December, 1987. "A Swift and Sure Settlement Appeal," California Lawyer, June 1988.
Instructor, (part-time), Appellate Practice, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1985-1990.
Lecturer, Appellate Practice, Hastings College of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1990. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1994.
Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1987. Chair, Northern California Membership Committee.
Founder and Chairman, Committee on Appellate Courts, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1985-1988.
Faculty Sixth National American Bar Association Institute on Appellate Advocacy, 1987. Trustee, Larkspur School Board, 1991-1993. National Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League of B"nai B"rith, 1991-1996.
Member: State Bar of California.
This firm provides "appellate counsel" in two different senses. The most familiar is appellate advocacy, service as counsel or co-counsel of record on appeals or writs.
The principals of the firm are experienced and highly regarded advocates who have handled a wide variety of cases.
Achievements
Membership
Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1987. Chair, Northern California Membership Committee. Founder and Chairman, Committee on Appellate Courts, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1985-1988.
Faculty Sixth National American Bar Association Institute on Appellate Advocacy, 1987.
Trustee, Larkspur School Board, 1991-1993. National Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League of B"nai B"rith, 1991-1996.
Member: State Bar of California. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1994.
Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1987.
Chair, Northern California Membership Committee. Founder and Chairman, Committee on Appellate Courts, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1985-1988. Faculty Sixth National American Bar Association Institute on Appellate Advocacy, 1987.
Trustee, Larkspur School Board, 1991-1993.
National Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League of B"nai B"rith, 1991-1996.
