Background
ZELDIN, JOEL was born on February 13, 1947 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
ZELDIN, JOEL was born on February 13, 1947 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
University of California at Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1968). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1971, Order of the Coif). Georgetown University (Master of Laws, Administrative-Public Interest Law, 1973).
Law Clerk to Honorary Donald R. Wright, Chief Justice, California Supreme Court, 1971-1972.
Recipient, Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Public Interest Representation, 1972-1973.
Worked at Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Corporate and International Business Transactions, Real Property, Securities, Antitrust, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate, Unfair Competition, Commercial, Communications, Cable Television, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Toxic Torts, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, California.
1973, District of Columbia.
Law Clerk to Chief Justice Donald R. Wright, California Supreme Court, 1971-1972. Recipient, Ford Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Public Representation, 1972-1973.
Company-Author: "Practical Aspects of the Law," Teaching Materials, 1992. Author: "Choosing Between Federal and State Court," Volume 2, Number.
1 Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1, November, 1992.
Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 1974-1994. Lecturer, California Continuing Education of the Bar, panels on civil procedure, evidence and federal practice and procedure, 1980. Associate Editor, Northern District of California Digest, 1981-1982.
Director, Lawyers Committee on Urban Affairs, 1990-1993.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Relationship Between Law Students and the Bar, 1975).
American Bar Association. Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Northern California.
Founded by two attorneys in 1975, Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg now comprises thirty-five attorneys who bring a superior record of academic, professional and civic achievement to the firm.
The practice emphasizes complex business litigation and arbitration, sophisticated business, tax and real estate transactions, securities law and investment partnership formation, estate planning and probate, and bankruptcy and creditors" rights. The firm prides itself on combining the sophistication and expertise of a large firm with the responsiveness of a smaller firm.
Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Relationship Between Law Students and the Bar, 1975). The District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association.
Complex Civil Litigation and Class Actions, Real Estate, Representation of Public Entities.