Location: San Francisco, California
Phone: 310-821-9000
Fax: 310-943-2764
Richard Finn (“Finn”) is a trial attorney who practices in the areas of environmental, business and commercial, construction and transaction law. Finn’s trial experience was gained in state and federal courts involving a spectrum of litigation issues.
His representations include:
– manufacturers, distributors and retailers in “toxic tort” personal injury lawsuits;
– manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in an array of products liability claims including those of bodily injury, property damage, trespass, nuisance and soil contamination;
– business entities in complex commercial litigation involving unfair trade practices (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 17200), business interruption, breach of contract, defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits;
– motor carriers in lawsuits alleging product liability, property damage, personal injury, wrongful death and cargo losses;
– large and small businesses in environmental compliance, Proposition 65 warnings and enforcement litigation;
– resolution, pre-litigation investigations and litigation management;
– developers, general contractors and subcontractors in construction defect lawsuits including delay claims, business entities in intellectual property matters including trade disparagement and copy infringement.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Construction Defect, Fire Science, Contractual Indemnity, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith
EDUCATION
University of San Francisco School of Law
J.D., 1981
New York University
B.A., 1974
BAR ADMISSIONS
California, 1981
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Southern District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court Northern District of California