Background
Quirk, John was born in 1949 in Ridgecrest, California, United States.
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John Quirk
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California State University at Northridge (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1976). Loyola University of Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979).
Career
Worked at Bright and Brown (Glendale, California) specializing in Business Litigation, Oil, Gas and Energy Law and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. 1980, United States. District Court, Central District of California.
1981, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of California. 1989, United States. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Visiting Lecturer: Jurisprudence, California State University at Northridge, 1980.
"An Overview of California Oil and Gas Law, Leasing and Division Order Practice," The National Association of Lease and Title Analysts, August 1990. "Purchasing and Selling Marginal Properties," American Association of Petroleum Landmen, 1989 West Coast Institute.
"California Well Abandonment: DOG Compliance Oversight and Enforcement, and Abandonment Bond Requirements," American Association of Professional Landmen, 1994 West Coast Institute. "Preferential Purchase Rights, Perpetuities and Marketable Record Title," American Association of Professional Landmen, 1996 West Coast Institute.
Volunteer Judge Pro Tempore, Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Member, Section on Natural Resources Law). American Association of Petroleum Landmen.
Since its inception in 1981, the law firm of Bright and Brown has specialized in complex business and commercial litigation.
The firm"s areas of expertize in litigation include business torts, contracts disputes, a wide range of energy and energy related matters, federal and state environmental disputes (involving the Federal Superfund Acting, the Resources Conservation and Recovery Acting and similar state statues), and defense of criminal prosecution alleging environmental violations. The firm also has general litigation expertise in the area of land use regulation.
While the business and commercial litigation is the core of the firm"s practice, the firm also has a high level of expertise representing clients in oil and gas matters, and in state and federal administrative proceedings relating to land use and environmental regulation.
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Membership
Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Member, Section on Natural Resources Law). American Association of Petroleum Landmen.
