Steven P. Goldberg
Steven P. Goldberg, Partner
Woodland Hills, CA
Phone: 818-348-5200
Fax: 818-598-2515
E-Mail: steve@goldbergandgille.com
Steven Goldberg is an experienced lawyer specializing in matters of wrongful death, serious injury, medical and legal malpractice and insurance bad faith. His practice comprises a number of different areas including civil tort litigation, product liability, wrongful termination/sexual harassment and discrimination, cumis counsel, business torts, and personal injury.
Mr. Goldberg served as a consultant to the popular television show E.R. in 2000 and 2006.
If the authority exists to discharge a professor because he will not sign this oath on demand, then it exists to fire him because he will not sign an oath that he is not a Catholic, not a Mason, not a consumer of beer...there is no place to stop. — William Prosser
Curriculum Vitae of Steven Paul Goldberg
Education
Education:
University of West Los Angeles School of Law JD 1981. Admitted 1982. California Bar.
Temple University, M.A. candidate. Political Theory-1976-1977.
Rutgers University, B.A. Political Science 1975
Courts Admitted
Courts Admitted:
U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9 th Circuit.
U.S. District Court, 9 th Circuit.
All California Courts.
Articles Published
Articles Published:
Stress Litigation and the Expert Witness, co-authored with John C. Beck, M.D.
Saving Money When Working with Experts
Forum Magazine May 2002, Republished 2005, Advocate Magazine
Faculty Positions
Faculty Positions:
Professor: 1984-present
Litigation Specialization (Adjunct Faculty).
University of West Los Angeles School of Paralegal Studies.
Pleadings, Evidence, Discovery Law & Motion.
Lecturer: 1984-present
Litigation Procedure.
University of West Los Angeles School of Law.
Selected topics on Discovery & Evidence.
Seminars and Speaking Engagements/Consulting
Seminars and Speaking Engagements/Consulting:
California Bar Association, Lecturer, Discovery Planning, Strategies, Tools, and Tactics.
Los Angeles Paralegal Association.
Discovery Act-Lecturer.
California Trial Lawyers and Los Angeles Trial Lawyers.
Legal Academic/Political Issues-Speaker.
2002 and 2003-Automobile Accident Litigation-Speaker.
March 2004 New Lawyer Seminar (CAALA) Co-Chair.
March 2005 New Lawyer Seminar (CAALA) Speaker.
September 2005 Expert Witness Panel (CAALA) Speaker.
September 2006 Co-Chair Las Vegas CAALA Annual Convention.
Warner Bros.Television Show “E.R.” Consultant 2000 and 2006
Professional Affiliations
Professional Affiliations:
California Bar Association.
Los Angeles County Bar Association.
RAssociation of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) Association.
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Board of Governors 2003 to present.
Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Board of Governors 2006 - to present.
"Founding Friend" of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities. (TLC)
Past/Present Pro Bono Activity
Past/Present Pro Bono Activity:
Public Counsel.
Judge Pro Tem Beverly Hills Courts.
Judge Pro Tem Los Angeles County
Traffic Court.
Judge Pro Tem Santa Monica Courts.
Judge Pro Tem Van Nuys Court.
Professional Activities
Professional Activities:
Practiced civil tort litigation including personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice (including medical, dental and legal malpractice), bad faith insurance cases, product liability, wrongful termination/sexual harassment and discrimination, cumis counsel, and business torts.
Testified as an expert in Legal Malpractice matters.
Regularly serves as an Arbitrator in Superior Court and Judicial Arbitration cases.
Regularly serves as a Settlement Officer in Superior and Municipal Courts.
Regularly serves as a Mediator in Superior and Municipal Courts.
Member CAALA Continuing Education, Membership, and Public Relations Committees-2001-present.
Charities and Boards
Charities and Boards:
2005-present - Chair, Steering Committee Civil Justice Program, Loyola Law School.
2003-present - Member, Board of Governor’s Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).
2004 - Vice Chair Steering Committee Civil Justice Program, Loyola Law School.
1999-present - Appointment Advisory Board UCLA Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center-UCLA Department of Neurosurgery.
1988-present - Member of Advisory Board LPGA/Los Angeles Jr. Chamber of Commerce Urban Youth Golf Program.
1994-1996 - Board of Directors (Secretary) Woodland Hills Country Club.
2006-present - Member Board of Governors Consumer Attorneys of California.
Special Honors
Special Honors:
2005 Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Presidential Award.
2004 Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Presidential Award.
2004 Recipient UCLA and University of California Villaraigosa Science Award.
2003 Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) Presidential Award
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