Richard Ergo

With more than 30 years of experience representing clients throughout the U.S. and internationally, Richard Ergo handles a variety of cases ranging from business litigation, products liability, intellectual property and general business advice. He is a founding member of the Bay Area-based law firm Bowles & Verna, LLP. Mr. Ergo frequently travels abroad to countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Germany.  He has visited numerous client manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Japan, China and Singapore. He regularly interfaces with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on safety notifications and product recalls, attempting to prevent consumer injury as well as costly litigation for corporations.Mr. Ergo has been a speaker at DRI, the Propane Gas Defense Association, ICPHSO, as well as numerous industry associations in China and Taiwan.After graduating with honors with a degree in economics from the University of California, Davis in 1978, Mr. Ergo earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah in 1983. He has experience appearing as counsel of record for clients in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, New Jersey, Georgia, Indiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, Colorado, Alabama, Louisiana, Idaho, New Mexico, Mississippi,Tennessee, Utah and Virginia. He has tried and arbitrated more than 30 cases in California, New York and Arizona.Mr. Ergo has received the highest possible rating of AV-Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell, and currently serves as national counsel for the Worthington Cylinder Corporation (Ohio) and Grand Hall Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Taiwan). Mr. Ergo strongly believes in giving back to his community. For over 20 years, he has coached youth sports, and has served as a board member for the Northgate Community Pride Foundation, the Walnut Creek Little League and the Walnut Creek Fountain for Youth Foundation.*AV-Preeminent and BV-Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.