Rodney L. ESHELMAN

Background

Eshelman, Rodney L. was born on May 8, 1945 in Richland, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Education

Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1967). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award for Constitutional Law.

Instructor, Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, since 1980.

Arbitrator, Bar Association of San Francisco and San Francisco Superior Court.

Career

Worked at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Telecommunications Projects, Aviation Law, Business Litigation, Civil Service Law, Construction and Design Defects, Employee Benefit and Pension Plans, Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation, Equal Employment Opportunity Law, Insurance Defense, Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation, Labor Law, Lender Liability, Private International Law, Product Liability, Intellectual Property, Professional Liability, Employee Labor Law, Wrongful Termination, General Business Practice including Banking, General Corporate and Corporate Finance, International Transactions, Municipal Bond Law, Partnerships, Real Estate and Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Iowa. 1974, California.

Phi Alpha Delta.

Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award.

Instructor, Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, 1980-1990. Arbitrator, Bar Association of San Francisco and San Francisco Superior Court.

Company-author: "Using Spoliation of Evidence in Products Liability Cases," California Litigation, Volume 6, #1. "Non-Scientific Expert Testimony: Who is Watching the Gate in California?" California Litigation, Volume 8, #3, Spring, 1995.

"Repetitive Strain Injuries: Much Ado About Nothing?" Hospitality Law, Volume 11, Number.

3, March, 1996. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. American Bar Association.

State Bar of California.

Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Defense Research Institute. Product Liability Advisory Council.

Military: Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1970-1974.

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough was established in 1948 and is an international business and commercial law firm serving clients throughout the United States and around the world in a wide scope of business and litigation matters. The firm has grown dramatically in recent years to its present size of over 70 lawyers located in offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and Walnut Creek, California and in Riga, Latvia.

Achievements

• Rodney L. Eshelman has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Bar Association of San Francisco. Iowa State and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.

Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.

Defense Research Institute (Member, Product Liability Advisory Council). [Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1970-1974].