Scott Garner Presents at the ABTL Annual Seminar

Umberg/Zipser partner Scott B. Garner participated in a panel at the Association of Business Trial Lawyers’ (ABTL) 44th Annual Seminar on October 5-8, 2017 in Carlsbad, California. Garner presented on professional liability issues for law firms: When Your Own Law Firm is in Crisis. Click here for more information about the event.

Garner represents clients in a wide array of complex business litigation matters with a focus on professional liability disputes and ethics counseling.  He has represented large, mid-size, and small law firms, along with individual lawyers, in pre-litigation and litigation disputes concerning claims of legal malpractice, ethical violations, and securities fraud arising from their litigation, transactional, and IP practices.  Garner also consults with clients on legal ethics issues, and has served as an expert witness on ethics and standard of care issues.

Umberg/Zipser attorneys are long-time supporters of ABTL and all the firm’s lawyers are members. Dean Zipser is a former ABTL Orange County Chapter President and Garner is the Immediate Past President of the Chapter. Adina Stowell, in addition to serving on the Board, is a former editor of the newsletter, and Carole Reagan is a former member of the newsletter’s editorial board. Tom Umberg also has presented at an ABTL Annual Seminar.

Dean Zipser Participates in ABTL Panel

Dean Zipser recently participated in an Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Panel “Charting a Path to the Bench: A Panel Discussion About Things You Might Want to Know.” Dean is a former president of the Orange County chapter of ABTL and the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA). Other panelists included Assistant Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura and Judge Melissa McCormick of the Orange County Superior Court, and Kimberly Knill, research attorney at the California Court of Appeal and former chair of the JNE Commission. 

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