2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

Khaldoun Baghdadi

Khaldoun Baghdadi

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
650 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

San Francisco

California (CA)

T: 415-981-7210
F: 415-391-6965

Practice Areas

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products

Selected To

• Northern California Rising Stars 2011
• Northern California Rising Stars 2010
• Northern California Rising Stars 2009

Profile

Khaldoun A. Baghdadi is a member of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, a premier, San Francisco-based law firm dedicated to representing victims of negligence and wrongdoing in California, and other U.S. jurisdictions. During his career at Walkup, Khaldoun has tried cases throughout California, including defective product lawsuits, insurance disputes, medical negligence claims and public entity liability suits. In 2009, Khaldoun was named a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, a distinction that honors practicing attorneys under the age of 40. Only 2.5 percent of the lawyers practicing in the state are selected for this recognition. Khaldoun also holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale Hubbell, which is the highest rating an attorney can achieve for his or her ethics and standards of practice.

Khaldoun is a graduate of University of California Hastings College of the Law and serves an adjunct professor at both Hastings and the University of California Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. He has also been a speaker or panelist for various professional organizations on the topics of product liability, trial preparation and discovery, and federal pre-emption of consumer rights.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

About Khaldoun Baghdadi

Law School: University of California Hastings College of the Law

Languages Spoken: English, Arabic

Admitted: 1997, California

Professional Webpage: www.walkuplawoffice.com/CM/WhoWeAre/WhoWeAreKaldounABaghdadi...

Honors and Awards:

  • 1996 Pacific Regional Championship Moot Court Team - University of California, Hastings College of the Law
  • Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law Adjunct Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law Speaker at programs on trial practice and product liability hosted by American Bar Association, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
  • Community Service Award, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 2003

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Member, American Association for Justice
  • Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Co-chair, Bay Area Chapter, Arab American Attorneys Association
  • Appointed Member, San Francisco Human Rights Commission
  • Co-Chair.  Lawyer Representatives to the Northern District Judicial Conference, 2010

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Board Member.  Arab Cultural and Community Center of San Francisco, 2000
  • Chair. City of San Francisco Human Rights Commission, 2003
  • Member. Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, 2004

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Adjunct Professor of Moot Court, University of California, Hastings Campus
  • "Apples and Oranges--The Supremacy Clause and the Determination of Self-Executing Treaties" 20 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 701 (1996-1997).

Verdicts and Settlements:

  • $ 1.2 million settlement for elevator malfunction
  • $ 1.3 million verdict in insurance broker negligence claim
  • $ 1.5 million settlement for roof crush injury
  • $ 2.4 million medical negligence settlement
  • $ 2.6 million settlement for defective medical device
  • $ 2.9 million wrongful death settlement for vehicle defect
  • $ 3.25 million medical negligence settlement
  • $ 4.25 million medical negligence settlement
  • $ 6.25 million wrongful death settlement in a vehicle/trailer rollover

Educational Background:

  • University of California, With Honors in 1994
  • Law Review: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Managing Editor
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