STEPHEN SAMUEL SAYAD
Moss Beach,CA
Summary
Highly skilled civil litigator and trial attorney with significant experience in all aspects of litigation, from discovery to trials to appellate work. Have worked in a wide variety of practice areas both for plaintiffs and defendants, including commercial contracts, environmental law, insurance coverage, copyright and trademark, trade secrets, patent litigation, products liability and personal injury, securities litigation, banking, constitutional law/civil rights, employment/discrimination, defamation, construction, and land use.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Civil Litigator
Wade Law Group
02.2022 - 08.2023
- Senior Civil Litigator in charge of wide variety of cases from commercial litigation to personal injury actions.
- Drafted motions, petitions and waivers.
- Represented clients in court hearings and in negotiations with other parties.
- Negotiated settlements with opposing counsel.
Solo Practitioner
Law Offices Of Stephen Samuel Sayad
01.2015 - 02.2022
- Counseled clients on potential outcomes of legal matters.
- Drafted motions, petitions and waivers.
- Prepared and filed pleadings, motions and other legal documents in court proceedings.
Senior Counsel
The Chanler Group
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Prosecution of California's Proposition 65 on behalf of private enforcers, involving toxic chemicals in consumer products.
- Litigated and settled over 200 separate actions involving a wide variety of toxic chemicals in consumer products, from decorated glassware to food and beverage products (including lead in Coca-Cola) to carcinogens in upholstered furniture.
- Negotiated complex settlement of a novel opt-in settlement (in Brimer v. The Boelter Companies) for lead and cadmium based tableware; as of February 2006, over 100 manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of the products had opted in to the settlement, agreeing to injunctive relief, civil penalties, and reformulation of the products.
- Tried two successful judgments in San Francisco and Alameda.
- Opened and managed the Mill Valley office.
Education
B.S - Economics
University of California
J.D -
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Affiliations
State Bar of California, Staff, Programs Subcommittee, Litigation Section (1987- 1989)
Bar Association of San Francisco
American Bar Association
Certification
CA State Bar #104866
Timeline
Senior Civil Litigator
Wade Law Group
02.2022 - 08.2023
Solo Practitioner
Law Offices Of Stephen Samuel Sayad
01.2015 - 02.2022
Senior Counsel
The Chanler Group
01.2010 - 01.2014
B.S - Economics
University of California
J.D -
University of California, Hastings College of the Law