Background
Hughes, Francis J. was born on October 2, 1949 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
Hughes, Francis J. was born on October 2, 1949 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
University of Santa Clara (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1971. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1974).
Worked at Miller, Morton, Caillat & Nevis (San Jose, California) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trial of Cases in State and Federal Courts. Estate Planning, Construction, Corporation, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Partnership and Business Formations, Business Acquisitions, Insurance and Bankruptcy Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1974, California.
Author: "Innovative Use of Design Build in Public Projects, Potential Benefits and Damages," American Bar Association, Forum On The Construction Industry, April, 1995. Author: "True Concurrent Delay" And A Proposed Rule of Law Foreign Apportioning Damage Foreign Delay Arising Therefrom," "Legal Advisory Committees, Ninth Annual Retreat, September, 1992.
Author: California Construction Law, Louis Press Publishers, 1993. Company-author: "Home Electric/Hall v.
Drennan Star Paving: Mutuality Is Number Substitute for Equity," 10 The Construction Lawyer, Number.
3, August, 1990. Paper, "When a Subcontractor Pulls a Bid and Refuses to Perform," Published for the automatic generation control of California"s Legal Advisory Committee"s Annual Contractors Legal Seminar, February 1994. Paper: "Concurrent Delay--A Critical Path Recovery Plan," American Society of Professional Estimators, 1995.
Paper: "Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques Foreign The Small General Contractor, "Fourth Annual Construction Institute Sponsored by the American Bar Association, October, 1995.
Instructor: Construction Law, West Valley Community College, 1986, and San Jose State University, 1987. Adjunct Professor in Construction Law, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1989. Trustee, Santa Clara County Barristers Club, 1976-1978.
Company-Chairman, State Bar Committee on Consumer Advocacy, 1976.
President, Santa Clara County Barristers Club, 1978, 1979. Member: Santa Clara County Bar Association (Trustee, 1978, 1979).
State Bar of California. Consumer Attorneys of California.
Established in 1929, Miller, Morton, Caillat and Nevis is well-known and highly respected in the Southbay legal community.
Foreign many years, the firm has been among a handful of San Jose law firms selected for a listing in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Two of the firm"s partners served as President of the Santa Clara County Bar Association.
Santa Clara County (Trustee, 1978, 1979) and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. California Trial Lawyers Association.