Daniel Russo

Professional Experience

Over 200 criminal jury trials
Over 25 homicide trials
10 major civil jury trials
Over 15 special circumstances jury trials
Appeals and writs to California Courts of Appeal, California Supreme Court and Federal Courts
Testimony as expert on conduct and competence of counsel, Superior Court of Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Lake Counties and San Francisco.
Appointed counsel in Contra Costa, Solano Place and Napa Counties
J.A.M.S. (Expert witness on competence of counsel)
Chapter review for Continuing Education of the Bar Book on Criminal Law and Procedure
Represented Plaintiffs in major litigation:

Lagnimas vs. Southampton; represented defendants
Travelers Insurance, Bishop vs. Hatch
Current civil client: Mike Lowrie Trucking Tank Lines
Brewster v Grummer et al (first judgement in California holding Attorneys liable for conspiracy with insurance company to defraud insured) 2007

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Positions Held

Education

B.A. Anthropology State University of New York - University Binghamton, NY 1972
J.D. John F. Kennedy University, School of Law - Graduate School Walnut Creek, CA 1977

Licenses

Admitted to Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California, District United States District Court
Certified Criminal Law Specialist, State of California 1985
Licensed to practice law in California 2017

Professional Memberships

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Criminal Law John F. Kennedy School of Law 1983 – 2005
Adjunct Professor of Evidence & Professor of Criminal Procedure (Periodically) 1998 – 2005
Lecturer, Criminal Trial Advocacy
Lecturer, Criminal Procedure and Collateral Consequences - California Legal Secretaries Association
Lecturer, Three Strikes, Napa County and Solano County Bar Associations and Napa County and Solano County Legal Secretaries Associations
Lecturer, Fair Trial and the Media, Napa County and Solano County Bar Associations

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