PRACTICE DESCRIPTION:

1995-2003
Law Office of Richard E. Flamm (Berkeley, CA)
Provide representation, advice and expert witness testimony with respect to
legal and judicial ethics, malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty matters.

EDUCATION:

J.D. (1981) Rutgers University (Newark, N.J.)
M.A. (1982) Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.)
B.A. (1975) University of California at Santa Cruz

ADMISSIONS:

Admitted to the California Bar. Also admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court; the Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal; as well as the D.N.J., S.D.N.Y., N.D. Cal., and C.D. Cal.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco Legal Ethics Committee (2000-2002); Vice-Chair, B.A.S.F. Legal Ethics Committee (1998-2000); Chair, Alameda County Bar Association Ethics and Civility Committee (1999); Member, Advisory Council to the A.B.A. Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics 2000").

TEACHING POSITIONS:

Adjunct Professor, Legal Profession, Boalt Hall Law School (University of California at Berkeley) (Spring, 1999).

Adjunct Professor, Professional Responsibility, Golden Gate University Law School (Spring, 2002).

TREATISES:

Lawyer Disqualification: Conflicts of Interest and Other Bases
Banks & Jordan Law Publishing Company, Berkeley (2003)

Judicial Disqualification: Recusal and Disqualification of Judges
Little, Brown & Company, Boston (1996)
(Supplement - Aspen Law & Business, New York, 1998)

SOME RECENT ARTICLES:

Looking Ahead to Ethics 2015: Or Why I Still Do Not Get the A.B.A. Model Conflict of Interest Rules	19 N.I.U. 273 (Winter, 1999)
Representing Interests Adverse To a Current Client: We Are Not in Kansas Anymore	12 California Litigation 1998
Disqualification/Reassignment of Federal District Court Judges	Practical Litigator (July, 1998)
Conflicts of Interest in Entertainment Law Practice	Entertainment and Sports Law (A.B.A.) (Spring, 1996)
Conflicts of Interest in Intellectual Property Litigation	California Western Law Review (Spring, 1996)

RECENT LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

1990-1995
Kaufman & Logan (San Francisco) Senior attorney in charge of complex litigation, disqualification motions and appeals. Representative case: Truck Ins. Exch. v. Fireman's Fund, 6 Cal. App. 4th 1050, 8 Cal. Rptr. 2d 228 (1992).

1986-1990
Long & Levit (San Francisco) Senior associate responsible for defense of legal malpractice actions and handling conflict of interest claims. Representative case: Atasi Corp. v. Seagate Tech., 847 F.2d 836 (Fed. Cir. 1998).