First Admitted: 1982, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings) Foundation Board of Trustees, 2021
UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings) Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2018
Noel has served as the Chair of the San Francisco Bar Association's Judiciary Committee and was appointed by the President of the California State Bar to the Judicial Nominations and Evaluations Commission. Noel also served as general counsel for the National Council On Crime And Delinquency. He was named in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as a Northern California Super Lawyer in Environmental Law, an honor bestowed upon California's top five percent of attorneys as chosen by their peers and an independent blue-ribbon panel. Noel also served on the UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings) Alumni Board of Governors for a three year term, ending in June, 2018. He has an AV rating from the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, indicating the highest level of professional competence and legal ethics based on a survey of Bay Area attorneys.

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Noel has tried numerous cases to verdict in various venues, including the highly publicized case of City of Modesto v. Dow Chemical, et al., where, after a four month jury trial, Noel won a defense verdict on behalf of his client, defendant Modesto Steam Laundry And Cleaners. Noel also won a defense verdict on behalf of Elecrolux Corporation in CSAA v. Electrolux, where a homeowner accidentally killed himself by leaving his stove on and burning his home down. Plaintiff asserted that the refrigerator, manufactured by an Electrolux subsidiary, was negligently designed and caused the fire. Noel proved the decedent caused the fire by leaving the stove on.

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Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Noel has lectured on environmental law and cutting edge technological issues at numerous seminars, including EECMA, FETTI, and DRI. He has also written articles on climate change, the use of virtual and augmented reality in the legal profession, and cryptocurrencies. He has been cited extensively by Bloomberg on the use of virtual reality in the courtroom., Why Lawyers Shouldn’t Put a Fork in Bitcoin, Law Technology Today, Legal, Fintech, 2017

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Noel is an avid athlete and holds an advanced belt in the martial art of WingChun.

William Noel Edlin