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25% Litigation
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25% Ethics / Professional Responsibility
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25% Insurance
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25% Real Estate
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Résumé
License
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37 years since Steven A. Lewis was first licensed to practice law.
| State |
License status |
Year acquired |
Last updated by Avvo |
| California |
Active
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1975 |
11/08/2011 |
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Education
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| School |
Major |
Degree |
Graduated |
| University of California, Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., School of Law |
Law |
JD - Juris Doctor |
1974 |
| University of California Santa Barbara |
Political Science |
BA - Bachelor of Arts |
1971 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| A.V. Rating |
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1985 |
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Associations
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| Position |
Association Name |
Duration |
| Member |
Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct |
2002-present
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| Chairman |
State Bar of California |
2005-2006
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| Vice-Chairman |
State Bar of California |
2004-2005
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| Member |
American Bar Association |
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| Member |
Sacramento County Bar Association |
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| Member |
State Bar of California |
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| Special Advisor |
State Bar of California |
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See all 7 association entries
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Portfolio
Publications
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| Article |
Publication |
Date |
| A Dramatic and Ill-Advised Departure from Decades of California Jurisprudence, Should Not Be Extended to Require Rule 3-300 Compliance for Charging Liens In Contigency Fee Contracts |
State Bar of California |
2005 |
| Business Transactions with Clients: Is a Lawyer with Business Dealings with a Client Protected if the Client Relies on Independent Counsel |
California Bar Journal |
2004 |
| Core Values and Conflicts of Interest |
Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company |
2002 |
| Go Forward into the 21st Century, but Be Careful out There - Ethics, Loss Prevention and the Internet |
California Bar Journal |
2002 |
| The Practice and Perils of Making Special Appearances |
Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company |
2000 |
| Earning and Keeping Your Fees |
California Bar Journal |
1998 |
| The Millennium Bug: A Crisis for Your Clients . . . And You |
Unknown |
1998 |
| Client Screening: Keeping the Bugs Out of Your Practice |
Unknown |
1997 |
| Professional Responsibility: Keeping Law on a High Plane |
University of California, Davis, School of Law, King Hall Counselor |
1996 |
| The Unique Role of Insurance Defense Counsel |
Unknown |
1995 |
| Effective Client Relations -- A Key to Building a Successful Practice and to Reducing the Risk of Malpractice Claims |
Unknown |
1995 |
| The Inadvertent Disclosure and Receipt of Confidential Information; Dangerous Curves on the Information Highway |
Northern California Association of Defense Counsel |
1994 |
| The Tripartite Relationship Between Insurer, Insured and Counsel |
Unknown |
1993 |
| Effective Client Relations: A Key to Building a Successful Practice |
Sacramento County Bar Association |
1990 |
| Avoiding Claims of Malpractice by Non-Clients, Malicious Prosecution |
Unknown |
1986 |
| Pitfalls of Association and Referral |
Unknown |
1985 |
See all 16 publications
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Speaking Engagements
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| Presentation Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Conflicts of Interest |
San Joaquin County Bar Association |
2007 |
| Ethics 4 Government Lawyers |
California State Department of Health Services |
2007 |
| Do It Yourself Risk Management Strategies: A Survival Guide for Lawyers |
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
2006 |
| Ethics Awareness |
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters of the Sacramento Valley |
2006 |
| Bridging the Gap: Legal Ethics for New Attorneys |
Bar Association of San Francisco |
2006 |
| Expanding Duties to Non-Clients |
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
2005 |
| Core Values and Conflicts of Interest |
Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company |
2002 |
| Technology 2002 A Double-Edged Sword; Ethics, Loss Prevention and the Internet |
Lawyers’ Mutual Insurance Company |
2002 |
| Walking the Ethics Tightrope: Sex, Lies and Fiduciary Duties, Elimination of Bias in the Practice of Law |
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
1999 |
| Law Practice Management: Current Developments and Client Relations |
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
1995 |
| Ethical Pitfalls for the Personal Injury Attorney: How to Avoid Becoming a Defendant in a Legal Malpractice Case |
Capital City Trial Lawyers Association |
1995 |
| Preventing Legal Malpractice in the Specialities: Litigation |
Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
1994 |
| Preventing Legal Malpractice |
Sacramento County Bar Association, Small Law Practice Section |
1991 |
See all 13 speaking engagements
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