PAUL B. GEORGE

Practice Groups

Litigation

Experience

Partner, 2000-
Of Counsel, 1998-1999

Practice concentrates on commercial and complex litigation with a particular focus on real property, construction, banking, contract and business disputes. Additional experience in bankruptcy courts representing both creditors and debtors.

Paone Callahan McHolm & Winton LLC
Irvine, California
     Of Counsel, 1997-1998

McDermott, Will & Emery
Newport Beach, California
     Partner, 1987-1997

Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodard, Quinn & Rossi
Newport Beach, California
      Partner, 1982-1987

Virtue & Scheck, Inc.
Newport Beach, California
      Shareholder, 1973-1982

Education

University of San Francisco, J.D., 1972

University of Oregon, B.S., 1969

Admitted To Practice

Oregon, 1999

California, 1973

United States Federal Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California

Professional Activities

Oregon State Bar
      Member, Litigation Section

Orange County Bar Association
     Member

Peter M. Elliott Inn of Court/American Inns of Court
     Master of the Bench, 1991
     President, 1996-1997
     Co-Leader, Trial Education Programs

Presentations

“Advanced Advocacy Program” and “Business Tort Litigation,” Hastings College of Law, Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1986-1987.

Faculty Leader, “Advanced Advocacy Programs in Business Litigation,” Hastings College of Law, Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 1985-1989.

Guest Lecturer, “Contracts and Litigation in U.S. Courts, le Centre de Formation Professionalle de Barreaux de Paris, presented by the CFPP, a nonprofit organization supported by the practicing bar of Paris, France, 1992.

Moderator, “The Impact of Bankruptcy On Complex Litigation,” more of “What Civil Litigators Need To Know About Bankruptcy,” presented by the Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter, 1993.

Speaker and Moderator, “A Workshop in Trial Strategy and Technique, Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 1995.

Personal

Born March 8, 1947
in Twin Falls, Idaho