Background
Hillsman, John Ralph was born on November 5, 1949 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Ralph Oliver and Doris Kern (Morgan) Hillsman.
Hillsman, John Ralph was born on November 5, 1949 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Ralph Oliver and Doris Kern (Morgan) Hillsman.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1976). Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Review, 1975-1976.
Worked at McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, A Professional Corporation (San Francisco, California) specializing in Maritime Law, Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, California. 1990, United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Review, 1975-1976.
Lecturer: Loyola Law School, Longshore Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988. Undersea Medical Society Annual Conference, "The Diver Under the Jones Acting," San Francisco, 1988.
Maritime Personal Injury Remedies, American Bar Association National Convention, San Francisco, 1987. Pacific Northwest Longshore Seminar, 1989, 1994.
Industrial Claims Association (International Cooperation Administration), 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996.
Pacific Longshore Seminar and United States. Department of Labor, 1982, 1986. National Business Institute Seminar on Maritime Personal Injury Law, San Francisco, 1993.
Pacific Admiralty Seminar, 1994.
Maritime Law Association Annual Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii, 1995. Longshore Claims Association Seminar, Long Beach, California, 1995.
Panelist: Continuing Education of the Bar Bad Faith, 1987. Moderator, 1989. Author: "The Plaintiff"s Perspective on Expert Witnesses," 18 The Brief 51, Fall, 1988.
"Looking for a Lodestar Among the Rocks and Shoals of Longshore Coverage," 3 United States.F. March Lord Justice 227, Sum, 1991.
Advisory Board: University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal. Pacific Admiralty Seminar. Early Neutral Evaluator, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California.
Member: State Bar of California. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Maritime Law Association. California Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Amicus Committee, 1984-1989).
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1997).
Member ATLA, American Board Trial Advocates (associate), California Trial Lawyers Association, Maritime Law Association.
Married Carol Feinstein, August 15, 1976. Children: Bram, August.