Background
Scott Decker, Gary was born on September 26, 1951 in Hamilton Air Force Base, California, United States.
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Gary Scott Decker
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University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in American Studies and Spanish, 1973) Phi Beta Kappa. University of Madrid, Spain (1971-1972). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Richardson & Decker (Sacramento, California) specializing in Litigation, Business, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance, Appellate. Admitted to the bar, 1977, California, United States. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, 9th and 11th Circuits.
Author: "Beware the Ambiguous Fee Agreement," in Docket (Sacramento County Bar Association, 1985), pp. 4-5; "Fighting Fair: Attorneys Owe Candor to the Court and to Their Opponents," in California Lawyer (State Bar of California), pp.
53-54, 69. "Third Party Cases and Subrogation," in Advanced Workers" Compensation in California (National Business Institute, 1991), pp.
127-185; "Civil Tort Remedies," "Insurance Coverage and Defense," "Getting the Employee Office Workers" Compensation: Settlement" and "Review of Decisions," in Workers" Compensation In California: Issues and Answers (National Business Institute, 1992), pp. 11-17, 181-270, 435-473.
"Legal Ethics: Not an Oxymoron But a Professional Necessity," (America"s Legal Seminars, 1992). "Legal Ethics for the Construction Litigation," (Sacramento County Bar Association Construction Law Section, 1994).
President Sacramento County Bar Association, 1993.
Arbitrator and Judge Pro Tempore, Sacramento and Placer Counties Superior and Municipal Courts. Honorary Legal Officer, United States. Navy. Member: Sacramento County (President, 1993.
Chair, Conference of Delegates Civil Procedure Committee), Federal and American (Member, Committee on Workers Compensation and Employer"s Liability Law, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. Women Lawyers of Sacramento.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Sacramento County (President, 1993. Chair, Conference of Delegates Civil Procedure Committee), Federal and American (Member, Committee on Workers Compensation and Employer"s Liability Law, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Women Lawyers of Sacramento.
