EXPERIENCED TRIAL ATTORNEY
Mr. Deuprey holds the highest rank
of Diplomate with the American Board of Trial Advocates, of which he
has been a member since 1986, and he is a Master with the American
Inns of Court, Welsh Chapter of San Diego. He has tried over
130 jury trials and has handled dozens of private arbitrations in
over 45 years of litigation including
cases involving issues of professional negligence
(medical, legal, and other), elder abuse, nursing home negligence,
products liability, breach of contract, fraud, indemnity, insurance
coverage, automobile negligence, construction defects and job
site injuries, engineering design and architectural negligence,
real estate transactions, escrow negligence, violations of
the Americans with Disabilities Act, premises liability, false
advertising, violations of civil rights, government tort liability,
administrative agency actions, and defamation.
EXPERIENCED ARBITRATOR AND TRAINED
MEDIATOR
Mr. Deuprey has extensive experience
in dispute resolution through arbitration and mediation, having
served as a neutral arbitrator or party arbitrator in numerous cases
in addition to handling dozens of cases as counsel for parties in
arbitration. He is currently on the San Diego Superior Court panel of mediators, is on mediation panels of the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), and
serves on the panel of neutrals for the American Arbitration
Association. Concerning mediation, Mr. Deuprey has formal
training from The Straus Institute at Pepperdine University and from NCRC, where he earned its certification as a mediator. He is also a panel mediator with Subject Matter Mediation Services (SMME) based in La Jolla.
LEGAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Deuprey received his legal
education from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at
Berkeley, with a J.D. degree in 1968, followed by admission to the
California Bar and admission to practice in the U.S. District Court,
Southern District, in January, 1969. Prior to attending law
school, Mr. Deuprey received an associate degree in science
(engineering) from Chaffey College and a B.A. degree from the
University of California at Riverside. Mr. Deuprey was a third
year moot court honors participant at Boalt Hall, and was elected to
the Phi Beta Kappa chapter at the University of California at
Riverside. Mr. Deuprey was appointed law clerk to U.S. District
Court Judge Edward J. Schwartz in 1968, and became a deputy district
attorney for the San Diego County D.A. in 1969, where he handled a
wide spectrum of criminal prosecutions including numerous felony
trials and including service in the special civil fraud
division. In 1972, Mr. Deuprey joined the private firm of Holt,
Rhoades and Hollywood, handling civil and criminal litigation, with
emphasis in defense of insureds involving medical and legal
malpractice allegations. In 1978, Mr. Deuprey was a founder of
the civil litigation firm later known as Ault, Deuprey, Jones &
Gorman, with which he continued to be affiliated as a managing
partner until 1997. In 1997, Mr. Deuprey then moved his practice to
the firm of Wingert, Grebing, Anello and Brubaker, where he was a
partner. In 2000, Mr. Deuprey co-founded his current
firm, now known as Deuprey Law Firm, LLP.
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