Stephen F. Von Till & Associates
152 Anza Street Fremont, California 94539
510-490-1100 Stephen F. Von Till

 

LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED FOR OVER 30 YEARS

 

Wills and Living Trusts          Contract Drafting             Business Litigation

 

Serious Personal Injury        Defective Products          Vehicle Accidents

QUALIFICATIONS: 

 

B.A. with High Honors, Michigan State University, 1966; Illinois State Scholarship, Nominated for Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

 

Juris Doctor, University of Illinois 1969

 

Law School Honors: 7th in Class, Order of the Coif, Honorary Fraternity, Assistant Editor of  Illinois Law Review, First Prize, Nathan Burkan Copyright Law Competition

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

 

Awarded more Certificates of Recognized Experience than any other lawyer in Alameda County by California Trial Lawyers Association: Trial Lawyer, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Family Law, Workers' Compensation, and Professional Negligence

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 

 

Stanford University Law School, Advanced Advocacy Workshop, 1995‑1999

Santa Clara University Law School, Law Clinic Instructor 1987

San Jose State University, Dept. of Communications, Guest Lecturer

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

Quoted by Ralph Nader in No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America (1996) page 306 n. 144, pub. Random House.

 

 Corporate Liability for Intra-Corporate Conspiracy, Univ. of Illinois Law Forum 248 (1968)

 

Numerous quotations and references in newspaper and legal journals.

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK:

 

Have tried and settled hundreds of lawsuits, including million dollar jury verdicts in professional malpractice and products liability.  Presented ap­peals before the California Supreme Court, the California Court of Appeal, and the United States Court of Appeal.  Mr. Von Till's 1994 Supreme Court case of Moore v. Conliffe was the most hotly debated, and most commented upon, arbitration case for 1994. Mr. Von Till's appellate case of Kaylor v. State of California is used in the written test given for prospective administrative law judges.