Charles E. Osthimer, III Principal 44 Montgomery Street, 18th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Voice: (415) 913-4900 Fax: (415) 391-8766 Email: costhimer@wrightrobinson.com |
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| In 1987, Chuck Osthimer joined Wright, Robinson as a principal and opened the firm’s San Francisco office. Chuck opened the firm's Los Angeles office in 1988 and managed that office until 1992. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon in San Francisco, where he became a partner in 1979 and served as managing partner of Bronson’s Los Angeles office from 1980 to 1983. Chuck’s litigation practice spans more than 30 years and includes extensive trial experience in state and federal courts in California and other state and federal jurisdictions. He has tried cases involving aviation, insurance bad faith, products liability, toxic torts, wrongful termination, professional errors and omissions, business and commercial matters, and medical malpractice. In addition to traditional practice areas, Chuck is an expert in managing mass tort litigation. He has managed mass tort litigation for major corporations in several industries, including pharmaceuticals, aviation and asbestos. As an example, he was regional counsel for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company that was engaged in more than 1,000 mass tort cases over a period of four years. In addition to litigating cases that went to trial, Chuck was responsible for managing discovery, case staffing, lawyer and paralegal training, recruitment and development of expert witnesses, work flow management, and cost accounting. For the years 2004-2007, Chuck was named a Super Lawyer by San Francisco Magazine. This placed him in the top five percent of Northern California attorneys. PRACTICE AREAS • Management of Mass Tort Litigation • Aviation • Products Liability • Civil Litigation • Business and Commercial • Medical Malpractice NOTABLE ENGAGEMENTS • Counsel to underwriters at Lloyds in coverage matters • Defended aircraft manufacture in mass tort action arising from a major air disaster involving death and injury claims brought against multiple defendants • Defended international air carrier in mass tort action involving more than 100 individual death and injury claims; Managed discovery, coordinated trials, negotiated settlements, and tried individual cases • Regional counsel for manufacturer of intrauterine device; Responsible for managing, staffing, settling, and trying cases • Counsel for six defendants in toxic tort action brought by plaintiff claiming significant injuries allegedly caused by workplace exposure to chemicals • Local and trial counsel for a major asbestos manufacturer; Responsible for management, expert witness preparation, and trial of over 4,000 cases filed in San Francisco, Los Angeles and jurisdictions outside California • National coordinating counsel for major chemical company engaged in litigation involving polybutylene resin PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS • Handling Third-Party Hazardous Waste Claims, The Brief, Spring 1998, Vol. 17. No. 33. • Presentation to the University of Southern California Law Center Institute for Corporate Counsel, Jury Selection, Prediction and Presentation Techniques for Purposes of Case Evaluation, Settlement or Trial (1992). • Presentation at National Trial Practice Institute’s Continuing Education of the Bar Seminar, Jury Research and Selection and Opening Statements (1987). • Presentation at Defense Research Institute’s Defense Practice Seminar, Damages: Handling the Burn Case Effectively (1987). • Presentation to the Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Hazardous Waste Sites: Theories and Practical Considerations of Third Party Tort Claims (1987). • Presentation at Continuing Education of the Bar Seminar, California's New Summary Judgment Law (1975). PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS • American Bar Association TIPS Section Former Vice Chairman, Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Committee • State Bar of California • Bar Association of San Francisco • Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel • Defense Research Institute • Northern California Association of Defense Counsel • Association of Managing Counsel • Trial Attorneys of America • Products Liability Advisory Council EDUCATION • J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1971 • A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1965 LICENSURE AND ADMISSIONS • State Bar of California • All United States District Courts in California • United States Supreme Court  |
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