ROBERT SCOTT LAWRENCE

300 Glasgow Circle, Danville, CA 94526 Residence: (925) 362-0601 Mobile:

(415) 867-7800 rlawrence@collette.com
QUALIFICATIONS
Senior litigation attorney with significant trial experience and a proven track
record of performance. Strategically focused, analytical and articulate. Solid b
ackground in complex business, intellectual property, and environmental litigati
on. Exceptional research and writing skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COLLETTE ERICKSON FARMER & O'NEILL LLP 2000 - Present
San Francisco, CA
Litigation Partner
* Successfully defended groundwater contamination lawsuit in which plaintiffs cl
aimed $641 million in damages
* Successfully defended commercial real estate developer from $10 million lawsui
t related to purchase of Washington resort
* Successfully prosecuted misappropriation of trade secret case on behalf of tel
ecommunications company
* Successfully prosecuted unfair competition and false advertising lawsuit under
the Lanham Act in federal court
* Successfully defended trademark/copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the
band Phish
* Successfully resolved lawsuit brought by the CFTC against hedge fund and princ
ipal
* Interviewed witnesses, propounded and responded to interrogatories, requested
production and admissions, took and defended in excess of 100 depositions, brief
ed and argued motions and appeals, prepared and argued jury instructions, and su
pervised production of documents in case involving multi-million page production
* Defined case issues and facts, and determined what types of expert witnesses w
ould be needed
* Located highly competent and persuasive experts in the required field and prep
ared them for testimony
* Examined and cross-examined witnesses and expert witnesses
* Participated in excess of 25 private arbitrations and mediations before the A
AA, JAMS, or other private dispute resolution providers
* Recruited, supervised, managed, and evaluated employees, including associates,
clerical staff and paralegals
* Associate with firm 2000-2003
BAKER & McKENZIE 1999 - 2000
Chicago, IL
Litigation Associate
* Briefed and argued motions in federal and state courts
* Took and defended depositions
* Represented Somali refugee in immigration proceedings
* Represented elevator company in product liability matters
* Prepared materials for international arbitration proceedings in India and Spai
n
* Participated in the gathering and production of documents for federal antitrus
t review
* Prepared discovery responses and propounded discovery
* Researched and drafted memoranda on a variety of legal issues
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LAW OFFICES OF ELLIOT M. SAMUELS 1994 - 1999
Chicago, IL
Litigation Associate
* Defended client indicted for bank fraud in two month trial
* Defended client indicted for tax fraud through trial and appeal
* Successfully defended client indicted for murder
* Successfully defended client charged with assault on police officer
* Successfully prosecuted civil claim for attempted murder-for-hire
* Successfully prosecuted breach of fiduciary duty claim against lawyer who misa
ppropriated $1 million
* from disabled client
* Wrote two petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court
* Wrote two federal appellate briefs
* Examined and cross-examined witnesses
* Briefed and argued motions in state and federal court in Illinois and Missouri
* Researched and drafted memoranda on a variety of legal issues
* Took and defended depositions
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO
1993
Chicago, IL
Research Assistant
* Researched and drafted memoranda on issues related to provision of state benef
its for AIDS patients
* Drafted sections of appellate brief challenging judge's discretion to terminat
e disability payments
EDUCATION
Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, IL JD 1995
University of California at San Diego San Diego, CA BA 1991
Universidad de Costa Rica San Jose, Costa Rica 1990
Universitat de Barcelona Facultad de Filologia 1987

SIGNIFICANT CASES
Clark v. Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (2008) 165 Cal. App. 4th 150
Sam v. Crump, 2007 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1425
CFTC v. Beasley, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33725 (N.D. Cal. 2005)
J. K. Harris & Co.. LLC. v. Kassel. 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7862 (N.D. Cal. 2002)
United States v. Stoecker, 920 F. Supp. 876 (N.D. III. 1996)
United States v. Kim, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7842 (N.D. Ill. 1996)
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. v. Cierra Photonics, Sonoma County Superior Co
urt, Case No. 225419
Boscoe v. HCV Pacific Partners, San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 411531
Phish. Inc. v. Knight, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division,
Case No. C 011147 PJH