Background
Soiret, Jacques E. was born on September 19, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Jacques E. Soiret
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Loyola University of Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Career
Worked at Kirtland & Packard LLP. Admitted to the bar, 1968, California. And United States. District Court, Central District of California.
1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 1973, United States. Supreme Court; 1984, High Court for the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Manufacturers Right to Limit Its Liability to an Airline or Other Contractual Equal," The Forum, Volume X, page 561, November 1974.
"Civil Litigation Techniques," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Symposium, Los Angeles, California, 1981. "The Use of Experts in Aviation Accident Investigation and Litigation," paper presented to the Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 1981. "Effective Use of Expert Witnesses," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Symposium, Los Angeles, California, 1982.
Contributing Author: "The Trial of a Product Liability Case," Matthew Bender, 1982. "Using Demonstrative Evidence in Civil Trials," paper presented to the Practicing Law Institute, San Francisco, California, 1982. "Claims by Aircraft Owners and Operators Against Manufacturers" and "Recent Developments Under the Warsaw Convention" papers presented to the International Aviation Air Law Symposium, Marco Island, Florida, 1983.
"Courtroom Conduct: Tactics and Ethics," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Symposium, Santa Barbara, California, 1983. "The Freedom of Information Act: A Variable Alternative to the Federal Rules?" paper presented to the American Bar Association, National Institute on Litigation in Aviation, Washington, D.C., 1985 (reprinted in the Trial Lawyer's Guide, Volume 29, No. 4). Author: "Jury Selection in Aviation Cases," paper presented to the 20th Annual Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 1986.
"Civil Jury Selection," paper presented to the Trial Practice Symposium, San Francisco, California, 1986. Participant in the NBC Today Show on "Aviation Safety," 1987. "Personal Injury Defense Techniques," Matthew Bender, 1987 (with Mark A. Dombroff).
"Defense Psychology - The Handling of A Product Liability Case," presented to the 7th Annual Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium on Product Liability, Houston, Texas, 1986. "Winning before the Race Starts," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Trial Practice Institute, San Francisco, California, 1988. "Courtroom Conduct: Strategy, Tactics and Common Sense," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Symposium, Palm Springs, 1991.
"Effective Jury Voir Dire," paper presented to the Continuing Education of the Bar Symposium, Los Angeles, California, 1991. "Trial Tactics for the Defense," presentation given to the American Bar Association National Institute on Aviation Litigation, Washington, D.C., 1991. "The Uncertainties of Aviation Litigation: or What Are Those Lawyers Doing With Our Money?" presentation given to the Asia-Pacific Insurance Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1991.
"Update on Choice of Forum: Have United States. Courts Closed the Gates?" paper presented to the Emery-Riddle Aeronautical University Fifth Annual Aviation Law Symposium, Sarasota, Florida, 1992. "Foreign Defendants in United States.
Courts: Issues of Jurisdiction, Venue, Service of Process and Discovery," paper presented to the American Bar Association Aviation and Space Law Symposium, San Francisco, California, 1992. "The Problems Faced by Foreign Aviation Manufacturers in Defending Product Liability Claims in the United States" and "Punitive Damages--Dinosaur or Lingering Threat?" presentation given to the Seventh International Aviation Seminar, Mauna Lana, Hawaii, 1993. American Bar Association 1994 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana - Moderator for Trial Program, "The Crash of Flight 052: The Trial That Never Was".
"How Master Trial Attorneys, Barristers, Advocates, and Scottish Solicitors Try Cases," American Bar Association London Trial Advocacy Program, London, England, 1995. "The New Era of Product Liability Law--a Step Forward or a Step Backward? General Aviation Revitalization Act, Pending Federal Product Liability Legislation, Proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts, and Problems Associated With Cross-Border Discovery," Eighth International Aviation Law and Insurance Seminar, London, England, 1995. "Effective Jury Voir Dire by Defense Counsel in a Product Liability Case," American Bar Association Aviation and Space Law Program, Orlando, Florida, 1996.
Participant in: ABC Television Program, "The Danger in Counterfeit Aircraft Parts," 1985. NBC "Today Show" Television Program, "Aircraft Parts - How Safe?" 1987. Contributor: "Disaster Dollars," The Wall Street Journal, July 11, 1980.
Instructor, University of Southern California Aerospace Institute, 1971-1986. Lecturer: Panels in Civil Litigation, Continuing Education of the Bar, Southern California, 1980-1986. Southern Methodist University Products Liability Institute, Dallas, Texas, 1982.
Member: Los Angeles County and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Law, Vice-Chair, Aviation and Space Law Committee, 1996-1997. Aviation Litigation Subcommittee, 1971, Manufacturers Liability Subcommittee, 1971) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Association of California Defense Counsel.
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Membership
Member American Bar Association (member sections on tort and insurance law, commission on aviation and space law, vice chairman since 1986, aviation litigation subcommittee 1971, manufacturers liability subcommittee 1971), Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, Federation of Insurance Counsel, Society of Air Safety Investigators.
