Attorney Profile

Richard H. Schoenberger

Richard Schoenberger

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger
650 California Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Contact Contact Richard H. Schoenberger
T: 415-981-7210
F: 415-391-6965

Visit: www.walkuplawoffice.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (100%)
Languages Spoken: English, Italian

Profile

Mr. Schoenberger graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1985 when he began practice in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. There, he prosecuted serious felonies. He joined Walkup in 1987 and became a partner in 1995. With Walkup, he has tried cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death throughout California. Since 1994, Rich has taught trial advocacy on a national and international basis. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has been a nominated finalist for SFTLA's Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.

Selected to:

Northern California Super Lawyers 2009
Northern California Super Lawyers 2008
Northern California Super Lawyers 2007
Northern California Super Lawyers 2006
Northern California Super Lawyers 2005
Northern California Super Lawyers 2004

About Richard Schoenberger

Admitted: 1985, California

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

Honors and Awards: Elected as one of Northern California's Super Lawyers since 2004, Richard H. Schoenberger is one of Northern California's top trial lawyers. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, has been named one of The Best Lawyers In America for five years running, has recently been elected into the International Society of Barristers and was voted a nominated finalist for SFTLA's Trial Lawyer of the Year award.
Bar/Professional Activity: Rich has taught trial advocacy on a national and international level since the early 1990's. In California, he is a frequent speaker for the Consumer Attorneys of California and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. He has also served as a faculty member for the Judicial Council of California's Judicial Studies Program. As a highly rated member of the faculty for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Rich has been invited to teach advocacy at NITA's Midwestern Regional, Western Regional, Pacific Regional and National programs, as well as for private firms throughout the country. Rich has also served as a team leader at Emory Law School's renowned Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program in Atlanta, Georgia. In June of 2004, The American Bar Association, in concert with the Department of Justice's Central European Eurasian Law Initiative, invited Rich to the Republic of Georgia where he taught advocacy to 24 hand-selected attorneys whose government had only recently allowed its citizens the right to a jury trial. In 2005, he was invited to lead a similar program in Sarajevo.
Pro bono/Community Service: Rich has coached approximately 25 youth sports teams in the last 10 years, including basketball, baseball, soccer and softball. He is currently the CYO Athletic Director for St. Patrick School in Larkspur, California and has served as the Twin Cities Little League's Minor League representative for the past 4 years.
Verdicts and Settlements: Exemplar Verdicts and Settlements Goodloe v. Bell Sports, Inc. -Jury verdict – defective consumer product - $17,000,000;Loh v. County of Alameda ;Settlement –bicycle accident - $9,500,000;Perry v. Budget-Jury verdict – automobile accident - $8,765,000;Wrongful Death Heirs v. Car Company-Settlement – negligent operation of a vehicle - $6,500,000;Minor v.  Valley Unified School District -Settlement – negligent school supervision - $4,500,000;Machinist v. Industrial Machine Design-Settlement – product liability - $4,000,000;Thornburgh v. City of Auburn-Settlement – dangerous condition of public property - $3,000,000;Perez v. CCSF-Settlement – public transit liability - $3,000,000;Quackenbush v. CSAA-Jury verdict – general negligence - $2,500,000;Lown v. Mildenberger-Jury verdict – premises liability - $1,072,000;Chu v. BACS-Jury verdict- psychiatirc malpractice- $1,000,000;O’Cain v. Basu-Jury verdict – medical malpractice - $995,000;Bertram v. City and County of San Francisco-Jury verdict – public transit liability - $567,000    
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