Presentations & Publications
I’ve made presentations on Tree Law and Trademark Law all over California. I have also published two articles on Trademark Law.
Presentations
May 11, 2023. Host: Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (WCISA). Title: “The Service Provider Contract.” Location: Olympic Valley, CA.
November 9, 2020. Host: Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (WCISA). Title: “The Arborist and Tree Contractor at Trial: the Nuisance-Tree Case.” Virtual presentation via Zoom.
April 3, 2018. Host: San Diego Arborists. Location: San Diego. “Tree Law Before the California Supreme Court.”
September 11, 2014. Host: Construction Management Assoc. of America (CMAA). San Francisco, CA. “Whither the Weather.” (Co-hosts: Christian Carrillo, Chip Ossman, Rick Panos).
July 2013. Construction Contracts: Negotiating and drafting key provisions. Construction Management Association of America, Southern California Chapter, Long Beach, CA.
March 2013. Trademark Law for Paralegals: Prosecuting the Application and Managing the Portfolio. El Camino College, Torrance, CA.
March 2012. Your Project Is In Trouble – Now What? Construction Management Association of America, Southern California Chapter, Long Beach, CA (with Christian Carrillo and others).
March 2012. Trademark Law for Paralegals: Managing the Trademark Portfolio. El Camino College, Torrance, CA.
November 2011. Insurance and Indemnification Law for the Construction Professional, Construction Management Association of America, Southern California Chapter, Long Beach, CA (moderator, with Christian Carrillo and Brian Ginter).
November 2011. Meeting Owners’ Expectations for Construction Managers to Minimize the Risk of Unanticipated Claims and Litigation, Construction Management Association of America’ National Conference, Washington, D.C. (moderator, with Christian Carrillo, J. Willcox Dunn III, and others).
November 2011. AIA v. CMAA v. ConsensusDOCS: A Comparison of Key Contract Provisions in Construction Management Contracts, Construction Management Association of America’ National Conference, Washington, D.C. (with Christian Carrillo and J. Willcox Dunn III).
March 2011. Product Substitutions and Performance Specifications: Avoiding Disputes Over Whether the Owner Got What It Paid For, Construction Management Association of America, Southern California Chapter, Long Beach, CA (moderator, with Christian Carrillo and others).
July 2010. Setting BIM Standards: AIA Standards v. Consensus Docs, Microdesk BuildingSuccess, Fresno, CA (with Christian Carrillo).
Publications
An Empirical Study of the Use of Legal Scholarship in Supreme Court Trademark Jurisprudence, 35 Cardozo L. Rev. 931 (2014) (with Lee Petherbridge).
Justices Limit Exposure of Foreign Businesses to US Litigation, Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 7, 2011.
Design-Phase Collaboration Provisions in the New AIA and ConsensusDOCS Contracts for Integrated Project Delivery, Vol. 29 CMAdvisor (March/April 2010), p. 20.