WILLIAM BERNSTEIN

Background

BERNSTEIN, WILLIAM was born on July 5, 1950 in York, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, general honors, 1972). University of San Francisco (Juris Doctor, 1975). Member, San Francisco Law Review, 1974-1975.

Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court of Marin, 1984.

Discovery Referee for the Marin Superior Court, 1984- 1989. Arbitration for the Superior Court of Marin, 1984-1990.

Career

Worked at Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1975, California, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.

District Court, Northern District of California. 1985, New York, United States.

Supreme Court and United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1991, United States. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California. 1992, United States. District Court, Southern District of California.

Member, San Francisco Law Review, 1974-1975.

Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court of Marin, 1984. Discovery Referee for the Marin Superior Court, 1984-1989.

Arbitrator for the Superior Court of Marin, 1984-1990. Member, Northern District of California Judicial Conference, 1995.

Member, San Francisco Bar Association Early Settlement Program Mediator, 1994-1995.

Panelist and Contributor: California Trial Lawyers Association, Commercial Tort Cases, 1994. The San Jose Bar Association Environmental Law Forum, 1994. Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), Complex Litigation Forum, 1995.

Member: Marin County (Member, Administrator of Justice Committee, 1988), New York State and Federal Bar Associations.

Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California.

Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann was founded in 1972 and for the past 25 years has specialized exclusively in litigation involving securities fraud, antitrust, consumer fraud, products liability, toxic claims and environmental issues, employment discrimination, and other mass tort class actions on behalf of plaintiffs throughout the United States.

During the past 13 years, the firm has tried and settled approximately 120 class actions involving approximately ten million individuals, resulting in verdicts or settlements of over $6.5 billion.

Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein has served as court-appointed Plaintiff Class Counsel in more than 100 certified class actions, including over 50 securities class actions, and is currently serving in that capacity in multi-district and complex federal litigations pending in Alabama, Alaska, California, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming as well as state court litigation in Alabama, California, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.

Achievements

• WILLIAM BERNSTEIN has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, San Francisco Law Review, 1974-1975. Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court of Marin, 1984. Discovery Referee for the Marin Superior Court, 1984-1989.

Arbitrator for the Superior Court of Marin, 1984-1990.

Member, Northern District of California Judicial Conference, 1995. Member, San Francisco Bar Association Early Settlement Program Mediator, 1994-1995.

Panelist and Contributor: California Trial Lawyers Association, Commercial Tort Cases, 1994. The San Jose Bar Association Environmental Law Forum, 1994.

Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), Complex Litigation Forum, 1995.

Member: Marin County (Member, Administrator of Justice Committee, 1988), New York State and Federal Bar Associations. Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California.

Association of Business Trial Lawyers.