Background
Sterns, Gerald C. was born on June 28, 1932 in Oakland, California, United States.
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Gerald C. Sterns
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State University of Iowa (Bachelor of Science, 1954). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1959). Order of the Coif; Thurston Society.
Phi Delta Phi.
Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Law Journal, 1958-1959.
Career
Worked at Sterns & Walker (San Francisco, California) specializing in Limited to Plaintiff"s Civil Trial Litigation, including Aviation, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Hazardous Materials, Professional Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Environmental Torts, Admiralty and Commercial Litigation. Sexual Harassment, Toxics, Wrongful Termination, Employment Discrimination, Professional Negligence, Dangerous Animals, Victims, Defective Products and Product Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1960, California.
United States.
District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court; 1983, Hawaii.
Order of the Coif.
Thurston Society (scholastic honor). Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Law Journal, 1958-1959. Author: "Air Crash Cases in the United States," 45-46 Netherlands Juristenblad 1109.
"The Liability of the Airframe and Component Manufacturer," "How Much is the Plaintiff at Sea with Warsaw?", SMU Air Law Symposium, Journal of Air Law and Commerce.
"A Comparative Look at Products Liability Law in the United States and Europe," Beaumont & Sons-Cabinet Garnault Inaugural International Aviation Conference, London 1992. Member of Faculty, San Francisco Law School, 1964-1985.
Hastings College of Advocacy. Judge Pro-Tem and Judicially Appointed Arbiter, San Francisco Supreme Court.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
Alameda County Bar Association. The State Bar of California. International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow).
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Lawyers Club of San Francisco. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Society of Air Safety Investigators. American Judicature Society.
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors). (Member of California Trial Lawyers Association, with recognized experience in the fields of Trial Lawyer, General Personal Injury, Professional Negligence and Product Liability).
Sterns, Walker & Lods is a small, highly specialized plaintiff"s litigation referral firm with over thirty years" experience, concentrating primarily on major aviation and products liability cases, both nationally and overseas, with affiliations in many countries.
The firm has been involved in many general aviation and helicopter cases, as well as most of the major air crash cases worldwide for many years, with much expertise in the areas of Warsaw Convention litigation, forum non conveniens and choice of law. The firm works with participating other counsel
Paris Air Disaster, American Airlines District of Columbia-10 Chicago, PSA San Diego Midair collision, Sioux City District of Columbia-10, Tenerife, Lockerbie Pan Am and Lauda Air Thailand are among the better known cases in which the firm has been involved.
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Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. Alameda County Bar Association. The State Bar of California.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Fellow).
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Lawyers Club of San Francisco.
American Board of Trial Advocates. Society of Air Safety Investigators.
American Judicature Society.
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors).
(Member of California Trial Lawyers Association, with recognized experience in the fields of Trial Lawyer, General Personal Injury, Professional Negligence and Product Liability).
