Not Your Typical Elder Law Firm

George Kawamoto

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  • Partner
Location:
San Francisco, CA

Phone:

Fax:
415-362-9801
Email:
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FRATERNITIES/SORORITIES:

Hastings Pro Bono Society

Areas of Practice

  • Class Actions - Plaintiff
  • Elder Law
  • Personal Injury - Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Death - Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

  • California, 2011
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2011
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2011

Education

  • University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
    • J.D. - 2011
  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
    • B.S. - 2003
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Major: Comparative Literature
    • Major: Japanese Language and Literature

Published Works

  • "Letting Elders Down: Falls and Traumatic Brain Injuries at Long-Term Care Facilities”, Forum, July/August (co-authored with Kathryn Stebner)
  • “Elder Abuse Class Actions: Notes from the Long and Winding Road”, The Gavel, Summer 2019 (co-authored with Kathryn Stebner)
  • "Mentoring for a Public Good", 22 Hastings Women's L. J. 361, Summer, 2011

Classes/Seminars

  • “Elder Abuse Cases”, March 17, 2018, Berkeley Elder Rights Abuse Panel, Berkeley, CA
  • “In The Beginning”, November 17, 2017, CANHR Elder Law Conference, Monterey, CA

Honors and Awards

  • Pretrial Practice, WITKIN Award
  • Negotiation and Mediation, CALI Award

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2009 to Present
  • Asian American Bar Association, Member, 2009 to Present
  • Bar Association of San Francisco, Member, 2009 to Present
  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Member, 2011 to Present
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019 to 2021
  • 2022 Super Lawyer

Past Employment Positions

  • Asian Law Caucus, Law Clerk, 2009 to 2009
  • Huckleberry Youth Programs, Executive Assistant, 2005 to 2008

Pro Bono Activities

  • Hastings Pro Bono Society