Mary E. Alexander Attorney

First Admitted: 1982, California

Professional Webpage: https://maryalexanderlaw.com/attorneys/mary-e-alexander/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1984 - Present
President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
President, American Association for Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers for America, 2002
Member, Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1988 - 1992
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1986
Parliamentarian, American Association for Justice, 1998
Board Member, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 1984 - 1999
Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, State Bar of California Litigation Section, 2012
Chair, American Association for Justice, Membership Committee, 1994 - 1995
Member, Board of Governors, Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - Present
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1997 - Present
Secretary, AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 2008
Member, San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association
Senior Counsel, College of Master Advocates and Barristers
Member, AAJ Leaders' Forum, 2002 - Present
President Elect, American Association for Justice, 2002
Parliamentarian, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1993
California, 1982
Treasurer, American Association for Justice, 1999
Board Member, National Center for State Courts, 2004 - Present
President, American Association of Justice, 2003
Chair, Council of Presidents, American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997
Board of Governors, Public Justice, Member, 1995 - 1999
Member, American Bar Association, 1982 - Present
Secretary, AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 2007
Member, Consumers Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Member, College of Master Advocates and Barristers
President, Roscoe Pound Institute, 2005
President, National Crimes Victims Association
Board Member, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2004 - 2007
Vice President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1994
President, National Crime Victims Bar Association 2011-present
Secretary, American Association for Justice, 2000
Member, California Women Lawyers, 1982 - Present
President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
Chair, State Delegates, American Association for Justice, 1996 - 1997
Member, Public Justice, 1982 - Present
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
Chair, PAC Task Force, American Association for Justice, 1995 - 1996
Member, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 1997 - 1999
Member, National Board, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2005 - 2006
Member, Board of AAJ Endowment, American Association for Justice, 1998 - Present
Member, Board of Visitors, Santa Clara University School of Law

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

$2.5 million settlement against Santa Clara Unified School District for sexual abuse of a minor by a teacher., 2018
$32 million settlement in Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire Litigation against the City of Oakland., 2020
A $4 million settlement in a pedestrian accident, Ruszak v. State Farm
$67 million verdict in the San Pablo fire litigation, 2020
Evans v Union Oil $21 million verdict benzene exposure in a tire plant causing the deaths of two men who died of blood cancers., 2019
A $13.3 million verdict for a severely injured client in Hall v. Yosemite Park and Curry Company, in which faulty bicycle brakes triggered a crash resulting in quadriplegia
A $5.5 million settlement for a long haul trucker was run over by another trucker while outside of the cab of his rig safely locking and inspecting his load
A $4 million settlement in a San Francisco Municipal Railway accident, Landsverk v. CCSF
A $45 million verdict for a San Mateo victim, who had her neck broken, was paralyzed for life, and became a quadriplegic when her car was struck by a driver speeding through a red light

Representative Clients:

Child sexual abuse survivors Brain injury from auto accidents Spinal cord injuries from auto accidents
Ruszak v. State Farm
Landsverk v. CCSF
Hall v. Yosemite Park

Pro bono/Community Service:

Pro bono: Victims Compensation Fund for 9/11 victims' families. Vice-President of Trial Lawyers Care, the largest pro bono project in history. Helped 2,500 families for free., 2001

Honors/Awards:

California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award (CLAY), Daily Journal, 2021
Outstanding lawyers who have made remarkable contributions as leaders, litigators, dealmakers, power brokers, judges and innovators. Each of these lawyers has been part of Lawdragon’s story and it is an honor to recognize them., Inducted into The Lawdragon Hall of Fame, LawDragon 500, 2021
Top 100 Attorneys in California, Daily Journal, 2020
Presidential Award of Merit, CAOC, 2020
CAOC's Consumer Attorney of the Year Award, CAOC, 2019
Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California -- Daily Journal, 2001 - 2003
Top 50 Women Litigators in 2003 and 2004 by the California Daily Journal
Named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's "Top 10 Trial Attorneys" by the San Francisco Chronicle
ABOTA Foundation Life Fellow, 2002
Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, State Bar of California, Litigation Section
AAJ Minority Caucus Trailblazer Award, 2002
Outstanding State Delegate Award, 1993
AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2000
Edward T. Pollack Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2004
Trench Soldier Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1994 - 1996
President Public Justice Award, 1996
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating, 1986
Daily Journal Top 50 Women Litigators, 2003
Daily Journal Top 30 Women Litigators, 2002
Repeatedly named one of the "100 Most Influential Attorneys in California" by the California Daily Journal
Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association Award of Appreciation, 1999
Named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's "Top 10 Trial Attorneys", San Francisco Chronicle
Top 50 Women Litigators, by the California Daily Journal, 2004
AAJ Distinguished Service Award, 2007
AAJ Women's Caucus Marie Lambert Award, 1996
Outstanding State Delegate Award, 1996
AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2002
Marvin E. Lewis Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1998
Trench Soldier Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996
Special Achievement Award, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2003
Lawdragon Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Lawyers in America, 2007
Middlesex County Bar Association Minuteman Award -- Special Guest of Honor, 2002
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Themis Capital Corporation, 2001
Recognized as one of the Top 30 Women Litigators, 2002
Democratic Caucus of California State Assembly Award of Appreciation, 1996
ABA Pursuit of Justice Award, 2003
Repeatedly Named One of the "100 Most Influential Attorneys in California" by the California Daily Journal
AAJ Women's Trial Lawyer Caucus Special Recognition Award, 2006
AAJ New Lawyer's Division of AAJ Joe Tonahill Award, 1995
AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 1993
AAJ Wiedemann Wysocki Award, 2004
Outstanding Achievement Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1997
President's Award, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005
Named by San Francisco Chronicle One of the Top Ten Trial Lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1990
US Action Leadership Award, 2003
Maryland. Trial Lawyers Association Award of Appreciation, 2002

Educational Background:

University of California, Berkley Masters of Public Health, 1976

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Past Editor-in-Chief of Forum, Consumer Attorneys of California Publication

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