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National Plaintiff's Trial Lawyer Q&A WithJoseph Cotchett

Meet Joseph Cotchett

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Burlingame, CA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 697-6000
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  • White-Collar Fraud Cases
  • Corporations and Wall Street
  • Trial Counsel for Consumers Union
  • Pro Bono Work
  • Lawyering Skills
  • Recent Cases
  • About Joseph Cotchett

White-Collar Fraud Cases

Who do you represent in white-collar fraud cases?

How does a civil white-collar fraud case work?

How did you map out a successful legal strategy as lead trial lawyer for 23,000 plaintiffs in the Lincoln Savings & Loan Association/American Continental Corp. case in 1990?

What cases came out of the collapse of the Technical Equities Corporation in San Jose?

Corporations and Wall Street

As a plaintiffs attorney, what is your biggest challenge in a legal battle with corporations or Wall Street?

What has your litigation experience taught you from dealing with nearly every major corporate scandal including Enron, Worldcom, Global Crossing, Lehman, Bank of America and others?

How has your firm been able to help organizations such as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, and the University of California Board of Regents?

What is most rewarding for you in working with these types of cases?

Trial Counsel for Consumers Union

What is the Consumers Union?

Tell us about your work in the Isuzu Motors of Japan v. Consumers Union case?

What is it like being in trial for several weeks followed by a jury verdict in your client’s favor?

Pro Bono Work

What were the basic facts of your pro bono case against the United States Navy on behalf of 8,600 Amerasian children in the Philippines?

Joe Cotchett discusses the Viola Liuzzo case, the movie “Selma”, and the fiftieth year anniversary of Selma

Lawyering Skills

What are some tips you can give young lawyers hoping for a successful trial practice?

Where did your passion come from?

What are your informal rules for writing a winning motion?

Recent Cases

What were the basic facts of the lead paint case that your firm began working on in 2000?

Could you expand on why it’s the paint company’s duty to get rid of the paint?

Explain the significance of the $1.15 billion judgment entered by Judge James P. Kleinberg in the lead paint litigation

Will there be any compensation for the children affected by the paint or has that possibility been cut off?

About Joseph Cotchett

What is your background and experience as a lawyer?

Why did you decide to become an attorney?

Tell us about your firm, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy

You’ve written a book, “The Ethics Gap” and you have a book coming out called “The Stealing of America.” Talk a little about that

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