Background
Knebel, Jack Gillen was born on January 28, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fletcher and Amalia Eleanor (Rauppius) Knebel.
Knebel, Jack Gillen was born on January 28, 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fletcher and Amalia Eleanor (Rauppius) Knebel.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1966).
Worked at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1966, California. Company-Author: "United States Statutory Regulation of Multimodalism," 64 Tulane Law Review 543 (1989).
Faculty Member and Advisory Council Member, 1981-1991, Vice-Chair, 1989-1990 and Chair, 1990-1991, Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy.
Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1981. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1986(Member, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, 1990-1993).
Director and President: The Sea Ranch Association, 1978-1979. Orinda Association, 1973-1974.
Director and Member, Executive Committee, San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Urban Affairs, 1980-1981, 1991-1993.
Member, Committee on Carriage of Goods, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1979-1992. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor. Litigation).
Commercial litigation and business practice, including complex, securities and environmental litigation.
Environmental and natural resources.
Healthcare; intellectual property. Biotechnology; antitrust and trade regulation.
Torts. Product liability. Insurance.
Maritime; agribusiness. White-collar crime; appellate.
Corporate. Banking; finance. Insolvency.
Real estate and land use. Construction; tax and employee benefits.
Labor and employment. International trade law.
Estate planning and trusts.
Alternative dispute resolution.
Board of directors, president Orinda (California) Association, 1972-1974, Sea Ranch (California) Association, 1978-1979. Co-chairman Citizens to Preserve Orinda, 1983-1985. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1960-1966.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (member commission on federal rules civil pro 1990-1993). Member American Bar Association, Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Married Linda Karin Ropertz, February 22, 1963. Children: Hollis Anne (deceased), Lauren Beth.