Randall S. Farrimond

rfarrimond@farrimondlaw.com

Randall S. Farrimond is an AV rated civil trial attorney with over 20 years of experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, primarily in commercial, technology, intellectual property, media, aviation, personal injury and insurance litigation.  He is an adjunct professor at the Hastings College of the Law where he teaches a course on pretrial practice and lectures on Internet law.  He also teaches in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at Stanford Law School and has taught trial advocacy at the University of San Francisco Law School.

Before forming Farrimond Law Offices, Mr. Farrimond was a litigation partner for three years at Steinhart & Falconer (now Piper Rudnick), and a litigation partner for ten years and a litigation associate for seven years at Lillick & Charles (now Nixon, Peabody), where he was actively involved in firm management, including several years service on the firm's management committee.  He has a strong background in technology and science, having obtained a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, before obtaining his law degree from Stanford University.  He has used this expertise developed over 30 years in organizing Farrimond Law Offices.  The firm strives to use technology intelligently to promote the delivery of the highest quality client services at a reasonable cost.  He also makes use of this expertise in his day to day litigation practice, particularly when focusing on matters involving science, technology, engineering, media and the Internet.

Mr. Farrimond serves as a board member and former President of Eldergivers, a nonprofit corporation which trains volunteers to visit and to conduct art classes for the isolated elderly in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Areas of Practice:

Commercial and Real Estate Litigation
Intellectual Property
Technology, Media & the Internet
Aviation
Directors and Officers Liability
Personal Injury
Insurance

Bar Admissions:

California and United States District Court, 1980
United States Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1983

Education:

Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1980
Doctor of Jurisprudence

University of California, Berkeley, California, 1977
Master of Arts in Mathematics

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1974
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
With Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, Danforth Fellowship National Finalist

Representative Clients:

Lufthansa German Airlines
PennWell Publishing Company
Illuminations.com

Teaching:

Pretrial Practice and Internet Law, Hastings College of the Law
  
Intensive Trial Advocacy, Stanford Law School
 
Trial Advocacy, University of San Francisco Law School

Honors and Awards:

Martindale-Hubbell AV rating