In Pacific Fertility Cases (2022) 85 Cal. App.5th 887, the First District Court of Appeal rejected a product manufacturer’s motion to compel arbitration on grounds that the manufacturer was not

Pictured here is partner Rich Schoenberger on the occasion of being honored by the San Francisco Chapter of ABOTA with its Don Bailey award. The award was instituted in 2000

Under the leadership of partners Rich Schoenberger and Spencer Pahlke, the firm has initiated a program to empower and enable lawyers of limited experience and financial resources to try cases

In May, Walkup was honored to sponsor the first-ever national meeting of the country’s emerging Plaintiff’s Law Associations, or PLAs, representing students at nationally recognized law schools who are interested

The Paraquat litigation continues to move toward trial dates in both the national MDL venued in Southern Illinois (where Khaldoun Baghdadi is a co-lead) and the California JCCP venued in

The pandemic gave Jeff Clause the opportunity to pick up homebrewing as a new hobby. After one year of brewing his own beer at home, Jeff entered the California State

Team member David McEvoy, who is responsible for oversight of firm calendaring operations, organized a Movember fundraiser to support men’s health issues and fight prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Organizing

Ashcon Minoiefar is our 2023 Civil Justice Fellow after graduating magna cum laude from UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings). Ashcon was admitted to the California Bar in 2022. He

As recently reported in the Sacramento Bee and other local news outlets, the tragic death of Reginald Payne was caused by police and firefighter wrongdoing that resulted in “sudden cardiac

Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger is proud to announce that four shareholders, Michael A. Kelly, Richard Schoenberger, Khaldoun Baghdadi, and Doris Cheng, have been honored with selection to the 2023