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Robert C. Phelps 
Walnut Creek, California
phone (925) 210-2800
fax (925) 945-1975
email bphelps@glynnfinley.com

Robert C. Phelps is a 1982 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as a member of the Minnesota Law Review. He became a partner in Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro in 1995. From 2000 to 2003, he was a partner in the San Francisco office of Skjerven Morrill, LLP. He returned to Pillsbury as a partner from 2003 to 2010, and joined Glynn & Finley as Of Counsel in March 2010. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and business counseling, including antitrust, franchise, marketing and distribution, insurance coverage and regulation, oil and gas and business torts. Mr. Phelps has extensive arbitration, jury and bench trial experience in both federal and state courts. He has also handled appellate matters in state and federal courts, up to and including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Areas of Practice:
Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Business Counseling
Commercial
Antitrust
Franchise
Marketing & Distribution
Insurance Coverage and Regulation
Oil & Gas
Eminent Domain
Bar Admissions:
California, 1982
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1982
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1984
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1984
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1984
U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Education:
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1982
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Member


Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota, 1979
B.A.
Major:  Political Science and Speech Communications


Published Works:
California Voters Limit Private Enforcement of Unfair Competition Law, November 4, 2004


The Discoverability and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence, Continuing Education of the Bar, May, 1999


Business and Professions Code Section 17200: Taking a 'Fairness' Case to Judgment, Competition, Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall, 1999


Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of California
Member


San Francisco Bar Association
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Partner, 1995 - 1999


Skjerven, Morrill LLP, Partner, 2000 - 2003


Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Partner, 2003 - 2010


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Beta Kappa
Office Location - Contact Us

One Walnut Creek Center
100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 500
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: 925.210.2800
Fax: 925.945.1975

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