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In October 2023, Skip Walker participated in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Masters in Trial Program, demonstrating the art of cross-examination.

Walter H. Walker, III, Timothy M. Hamilton and Martin Blake have been selected to the 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list.

Challenging exorbitant expert fees and using Aguilar to restructure summary judgments are things that we all can do

Drawing an analogy between theater and trial work is not groundbreaking. When other lawyers find out that I had a life in the theater before I turned to the law, they comment on how well a career in acting must have prepared me to try cases.

From the vernacular of Gary Dordick to the polish of Bruce Broillet and the confidence of Deborah Chang, our finest trial lawyers continue to inspire me to go forth and try cases, even after 47 years of practice.

“Rumpole doesn’t know the law…” Thus spake Phyllida Erskine-Brown (nee Trant), brilliant but strait-laced pupil of Horace Rumpole, the irascible London barrister at the center of John Mortimer’s stories and novels about life at the Bar.

The firm is proud to announce that Walter “Skip” Walker was named a finalist for the Marin County Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2021.

Firm partner Walter “Skip” Walker presented at the 2021 Western Trial Lawyers Association’s Summer Seminar, held in Maui, Hawaii from June 7 – 11.