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| Scott P. Nealey |
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| San Francisco |
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| Practice Areas Include: |
Consumer Protection
Products Liability
Securities Fraud |
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| Bar Information |
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Admitted to practice in California, 1997; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1998; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1998; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1999; U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2000. |
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| Education |
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Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1996); University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1988). |
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| Awards & Honors |
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California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award, 2008; Finalist, San Francisco Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2008 |
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| Litigation Experience |
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Mr. Nealey has participated in numerous
complex, class action and personal injury trials, including class
action trials against State Farm and Allstate, a major securities
fraud trial, and most recently he was the co-lead trial attorney
in a trial against DaimlerChrysler for the death of a dockworker
killed by a park-to-reverse defect in a Dodge Dakota which resulted
in a $55.2 million award, including $50 in punitive damages. In addition
to the recent judgment in Mraz v. DaimlerChrysler, Mr. Nealey
has also participated in major trials resulting in verdicts of $1.18
billion and $169 million. Mr. Nealey also has an active appellate
practice, having authored over 30 appellate and Amicus briefs,
and has successfully argued cases in appellate courts nationwide.
He has an active practice involving consumer protection class actions,
product defect cases on both an individual injury and class action
basis, defective drug personal injury litigation, and other complex
litigation. |
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| Prior Employment |
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Law Clerk to Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1996-97. |
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| Publications |
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Contributing Author, California Class Actions Practice and Procedures (Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Editor-in-Chief, 2003). |
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Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. |
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