RESUMÉ OF JAY-ALLEN EISEN

Certified Appellate Law Specialist
State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Jay-Allen Eisen has practiced law since 1969. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a Past President of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He serves on the Executive Committee of the ABA's Council of Appellate Lawyers and the State Bar Standing Committee on Appellate Courts. He was one of the first Appellate Law Specialists certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, and he served on the Appellate Law Advisory Commission, which established and oversees the State Bar's appellate specialist program. He has been counsel in more than 300 appeals and appellate writs, including more than 75 that have led to published, precedent decisions.

Education

J.D., Hastings College of Law, University of California, San Francisco, 1968.
A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV; Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Admissions

California State Bar
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
United States District Court, Northern District of California

Experience

June 1982 to present: President, Jay-Allen Eisen Law Corporation, formerly Eisen & Johnston Law Corporation, Sacramento, California. Civil appellate, writ, and motion practice.

1978-1982: Partner, Rothschild & Eisen, Sacramento, California

1975-1978: Associate with Karlton, Blease & Vanderlaan, later Blease, Vanderlaan & Rothschild, Sacramento.

1974-1975: Counsel to California Legislature Joint Committee on the Social Security Amendments of 1973, Senator George Moscone, Chair.

1971-1974: Staff attorney, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, San Francisco.

1969-1971: Staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County.

Professional affiliations and activities

Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (President 1998-1999)

American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers (Executive Committee 2001- ); sections on Litigation and Law Practice Management

State Bar of California, Standing Committee on Appellate Courts (2001- ; vice-chair 2004-2005)

Appellate Law Advisory Commission, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California (1994-1998)

Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, Master of the Bench (1992- )

Chair, Conference of Delegates, State Bar of California 1991 (Executive Committee 1987-1991; member, Resolutions Committee, 1984-1987)

State Bar of California, sections on Litigation and Law Office Management

Sacramento County Bar Association

Women Lawyers of Sacramento

Asian Bar Association of Sacramento

Related activities

Practitioner Advisor, Advanced Appellate Advocacy, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1992-

Visiting Instructor, Appellate Practice, University of California, Davis CA 1999

Lecturer and seminar panelist (partial list):

State Bar of California, Committee on Appellate Courts, "How to Defend an Appeal," Anaheim 2003; Board of Legal Specialization, Appellate Law Advisory Commission, "90 Days After Trial," San Diego 1997; Litigation Section: "Do You See What I See? Fallacies of Eyewitness Testimony," Sacramento 1996; "How to Defend an Appeal," Sacramento 1995; "Preserving Error for Appeal," Sacramento and San Diego, 1993.
Continuing Education of the Bar: "Making and Opposing Anti-SLAPP Motions," 2004; "10th, 11th and 13th Annual Federal Practice Institutes," 1987, 1988 and 1990; "Federal Practice," 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1992; "Civil Appeals," 1991; "Family Law: Appeals," 1991; "Civil Writs," 1991 and 1988; "Terminating Litigation Without Trial," 1986.

President, Legal Services Corporation of Northern California 1985-1988 (member, Board of Directors 1982-88)

President, Voluntary Legal Services Program of Sacramento 1986-88

Bar Council (Governing Board), Sacramento County Bar Association 1986-89