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Gary Gwilliam

Specialties / Areas of Practice

• Employment Law

Bio

J. Gary Gwilliam, a partner of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer, at 75 years old, is considered one of the best consumer trial lawyers in the state.  He graduated from Pomona College in 1959 and University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1962.  He is a past president of Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly California Trial Lawyers Association) and The Public Justice Foundation (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice).  He has tried over 180 jury trials to verdict.  Mr. Gwilliam is an author of the award-winning book, Getting a Winning Verdict in My Personal Life:  A Trial Lawyer Finds His Soul, and numerous articles on California consumer law.  He is a frequent lecturer in areas of tort law, employment law, substance abuse and ethics.

Education & Admissions

• Pomona College 1959
• Boalt Hall School of Law 1962
• California State Bar Admission 1962

Awards and Recognition

• Public Justice, Champion of Justice 2009
• California Trial Lawyers Assn, Presidential Award for seminars, Nov. 1994
• Consumer Attorneys of California, Marvin E. Lewis Award 1990
• California Trial Lawyers Assn, Presidential Award of Merit 1988
• Alameda County Lawyer's Club, Lawyer of the Year 1986

Professional Affiliations

• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Public Justice
• Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• National Employment Lawyers Association

Reported Cases

• Kotla v. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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