Background
Cathcart, Patrick Alan was born on September 28, 1945 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Arthur James and Martelle Henrietta (Leeper) Cathcart.
Cathcart, Patrick Alan was born on September 28, 1945 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Arthur James and Martelle Henrietta (Leeper) Cathcart.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1975). Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1974-1975.
Instructor, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1975-1977.
Research Assistant to Honorary Arthur J. Goldberg, Former Associate Justice, United States. Supreme Court, 1974-1975.
Law Clerk to Judge Spencer Williams, Northern District of California, 1975-1977.
Worked at Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Business, Insurance, Admiralty, Probate, Tax and International Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, California.
Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1974-1975.
Instructor, Hastings College of Law, University of California, 1975-1977. Research Assistant to Honorary Arthur J. Goldberg, Former Associate Justice, United States.
Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Judge Spencer Williams, Northern District of California, 1975-1977.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Federal Courts, 1978-1981, 1989-1991). International Bar Association (Chairman, Committee 13, 1994-1997).
London International Court of Arbitration (Charter Member).
Association of Business Trial Lawyers. (Resident, Los Angeles Office).
Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft Limited Liability Partnership was founded over 50 years ago and is engaged in the general practice of law, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tahoe City, California, and London, England. The principal areas of the firm"s practice are civil litigation of all types.
Areas of litigation concentration within the firm include environmental litigation, construction litigation, defense of ski areas, admiralty and maritime litigation, professional liability litigation, insurance coverage disputes, labor and employment, and a wide variety of products liability and recreational and industrial personal injury matters.
Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Federal Courts, 1978-1981, 1989-1991).
International Bar Association (Chairman, Committee 13, 1994-1997).
London International Court of Arbitration (Charter Member). Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
(Resident, Los Angeles Office).
Married Joan Fisher Fornaciari, May 16, 1981. Children: Alice Marie, Robert William, Anne Louise.