MERRI A. BALDWIN

Ms. Baldwin is a partner of the firm whose practice focuses on litigating business disputes and attorney liability matters, including trials, arbitration and mediation. Ms. Baldwin is also an experienced mediator and mediates business and commercial disputes.

Ms. Baldwin represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters, including claims of breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and unfair competition. She defends attorneys sued for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and malicious prosecution, and obtained numerous summary judgments and favorable settlements. She has successfully defended law firms against motions to disqualify and sanctions and counsels lawyers on legal ethics issues including conflicts of interest. She also represents attorneys before the State Bar of California.

Ms. Baldwin is a member and past chair of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. She serves as a mediator and arbitrator, and is on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco Foundation. She is the programs chair for the American Bar Association Committee on Professional Responsibility and serves as a panelist for the San Francisco Superior Court Early Settlement Program. She is a member of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Judiciary Committee and a member of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. She is a former vice-chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Program. Ms. Baldwin frequently lectures to attorneys and professional organizations on issues related to litigation, legal malpractice and ethics issues, and she has taught at the University of California at Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall).

Ms. Baldwin graduated magna cum laude with high departmental honors from Smith College in 1984, and received a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1989. From 1984 to 1985, Ms. Baldwin was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics.

Practice Areas: Business Litigation, Professional Liability, Real Estate & Construction, Alternate Dispute Resolution

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