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Education

  • University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1970, magna cum laude)
  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1974, Order of the Coif; Hastings Law Review. member and Associate Articles Editor, 1972-74)

Admissions & Courts

  • All California state courts
  • All California federal district courts (Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California)
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
  • California State Bar Association (Litigation Section)
  • San Francisco Bar Association (Litigation Section)
  • Martindale AV rating
William W. Schofield

William W. Schofield

Senior Counsel

Civil Litigation

Phone: 415.394.5700
Fax: 415.394.5003
wschofield@pinnaclelawgroup.com

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Experience

William W. Schofield has practiced in a wide variety of general litigation—including toxic tort, unfair business practices, and business torts—representing clients in a diverse array of industries, including aviation and aerospace, real estate development, public utility, entertainment (theater operation), internet service, universities, and public entities. He has argued appeals before the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Schofield has tried numerous jury and bench cases in state and federal courts throughout California. Recent representative litigation includes:

  • Lead litigator representing large aerospace defense contractor in one of the largest environmental toxic tort cases in the nation. The nine-year litigation, involving over a thousand claimant, concluded with a favorable settlement following multiple hearings on dispositive motions and expert witness challenges.
  • Successfully co-represented southern California theater operator that had been deprived of an opportunity to own and operate a multi-screen movie theater in Riverside. A ten-week trial in Riverside County Superior Court resulted in $22 million judgment that included pre-judgment interest and attorneys’ fees.
  • Successfully defended the nation’s largest investor-owned utility against breach of contract, fraud, and unfair business practice claims relating to the utility’s historical treatment of independent power producers in a nine-month jury trial in San Francisco County Superior Court. Plaintiffs had sought lost profits of $360 million and punitive damages.
  • Obtained summary judgment in Contra Costa County Superior Court in favor of a leading internet marketing services company that had been sued for $30 million on a claim for a share of a business the client had purchased; participated in the three-week jury trial of a related claim against the client’s newly-purchased company that resulted in a full defense verdict.

Reported Decisions

O’Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc.
311 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2002)

O’Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc.
92 F. Supp. 2d 1026 (C.D. Cal. 2000)

O’Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc.
197 F.R.D. 404 (C.D. Cal. 2000)

O’Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc.
184 F.R.D. 311 (C.D. Cal. 1998)

O’Connor v. Boeing North American, Inc.
180 F.R.D. 359 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

California Pacific Medical Center v. Copy-Mor, Inc.
1996 U.S. App. LEXIS (9th Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 7219

Varney v. Johns-Manville Corp.
653 F. Supp. 839 (N.D. Cal. 1987)

Berkovitz v. Islamic Republic of Iran
735 F.2d 329 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1035 (1984)

Reserve Insurance Company v. Pisciotta
30 Cal. 3d 800 (1982)

Bank of California v. Pan American Tire Corp.
132 Cal. App. 3d 843 (1982)

Security Pac. Nat’l Bank v. Government of Iran
513 F. Supp. 864 (C.D. Cal. 1981)

Reserve Insurance Company v. Pisciotta
118 Cal. App. 3d 985 (1981)

Reserve Insurance Company v. Pisciotta
115 Cal. App. 3d 964 (1981)