About the Authors
WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG, B.A., 1964, Stanford University; LL.B., 1967, Stanford Law School. Mr. Armstrong is a partner of DeHay & Elliston, LLP in Walnut Creek. He has tried about 80 cases, including eight in both federal court and states outside California, with an average duration of 4 weeks. He was the mayor of Walnut Creek from 1980 to 1981, a member of the Walnut Creek City Council from 1977 to 1982, the president of the Regional Arts Fundraising Campaign in Walnut Creek from 1983 to 1993, and has served as president of the California Symphony Orchestra in Walnut Creek since 2014. He has been a member of the Stanford Law School Advisory Committee on Environmental and Toxic Tort Law since 1992. Mr. Armstrong has served as the update author for nearly the entire life of this book.
RICHARD P. CAPUTO, B.S., 1953, Santa Clara University; LL.B., 1956, Santa Clara Law School. Mr. Caputo was a partner of Caputo & Caputo in San Jose. He specialized in personal injury, products liability, and professional negligence cases. Mr. Caputo was a litigation specialist certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He was the president of the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers’ Association in 1982 and was on the California Trial Lawyers’ Association Board of Governors from 1983 to 1993. The Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers’ Association recognized him with the “Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award” in 1993.
ROBERT A. FRANKLIN, B.S., 1976, Santa Clara University; J.D., 1979, Southwestern Law School. Mr. Franklin practices with Murray & Murray in Palo Alto. He specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis in commercial and secured transactions and insolvency. Mr. Franklin served as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association in 1998.
HOLLY J. FUJIE, A.B., 1975, and J.D., 1978, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Ms. Fujie is a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Before becoming a bench officer, Judge Fujie was a litigation shareholder of Buchalter Nemer, PC in Los Angeles. She specialized in complex civil litigation, and served as the chair of the firm’s insurance group. She is a past president of the California State Bar and also served as a member of the Bar’s Board of Governors. She is also a member of numerous other boards of professional associations, and speaks frequently on diversity, litigation, and work balance issues. Ms. Fujie is an author of chapter 4 on compelling attendance and production of evidence in California Trial Practice: Civil Procedure During Trial (3d ed Cal CEB).
DONALD D. HOWARD, B.A., 1965, University of Kansas; LL.B., 1968, Stanford Law School. Mr. Howard practiced law in San Jose from 1973 to 1998, specializing in business litigation and products liability. He served as a trial and defense counsel and military judge with the United States Navy from 1969 to 1973.
JAN NIELSEN LITTLE, A.B., 1978, University of California, Berkeley; J.D., 1981, Yale Law School. Ms. Little is a partner of Keker & Van Nest, LLP in San Francisco. She specializes in complex business litigation and white collar criminal defense. She is a current member of the U.S. Attorney’s Defense Liaison Group and the U.S. District Court’s Criminal Justice Working Group. For over a decade, she has lectured extensively for both state and national continuing legal education providers, with an emphasis on litigation and white collar crime issues. She has been listed in “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005 and has been honored with numerous other awards. In 1995, she received the first “Significant Contributions to Justice Award” from the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. She clerked for Judge William W. Schwarzer in the Northern District of California from 1981 to 1982. Ms. Little served as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice from 1982 to 1986, where she received a Special Commendation Award in 1984.
DAVID E. MALNICK, B.A., 1967, American University; J.D., 1971, McGeorge Law School. The late Mr. Malnick practiced law in San Jose, specializing in professional liability, products liability, and personal injury cases. He was president of the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers’ Association in 1987 and held certificates of recognition as an experienced trial lawyer in the fields of products liability and professional liability from the California Trial Lawyers’ Association. He had lectured on trial advocacy at Stanford University Law School and the University of Santa Clara Law School, and had served as a faculty member of the federal practice program, U.S. District Court, Northern District. Mr. Malnick had also lectured at Kazakhstan National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
E. STEWART MORITZ, B.A., 1990, Yale University; J.D., 1995, Vanderbilt University School of Law. Mr. Moritz formerly practiced law with Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco, specializing in civil litigation. He clerked for the Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt, chief judge of the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, from 1995 to 1996.
NANCY M. NAFTEL, A.B., 1964, University of California, Berkeley; J.D., 1980, Western State University College of Law. Ms. Naftel was a deputy district attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office from 1983 until her retirement in November 1999. She worked in the Labor Relations Division in the Office of the County Counsel in Los Angeles from 1981 to 1983.
About the 2022 Update Author
MAHSA KASHANI TIPPINS, B.A., 2001, University of California, Berkeley; J.D., 2005, Golden Gate University School of Law. Ms. Tippins is the President of DCo LLC. Throughout her legal career, she has specialized in complex civil litigation with an emphasis on products liability and toxic tort matters. She has defended clients in all stages of litigation, including at trial in different parts of the country and as national counsel. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Defense Research Institute, and regularly speaks at conferences on a variety of litigation-related topics, including ethics. Ms. Tippins reviewed all chapters for the 2022 update of this title.
