John W Amberg

John W Amberg

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

John W Amberg is senior counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. He is an experienced litigator who has tried dozens of cases to successful conclusion in courts and arbitrations. Mr. Amberg handles a broad range of commercial and product liability disputes for clients in the aircraft, banking, computer software, credit card processing, entertainment, food and beverage, medical device, and retailing industries, among others, as well as fiduciary and professional liability disputes for lawyers and other professionals. His creative strategic thinking, seasoned judgment, and responsiveness to his clients' needs have gained him the confidence of litigants in major cases. Mr. Amberg has been an arbitrator for the Dispute Resolution Service of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, a special deputy trial counsel for the discipline department of the California State Bar, and an arbitrator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association Mandatory Fee Arbitration Panel. He is former chair of the California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct and former chair and a current member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee. Mr. Amberg serves as an expert witness on legal ethics and malpractice issues. A former managing partner of the Los Angeles office, he chairs the firm's Ethics Committee in the United States. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Amberg completed a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Douglas W. Hillman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He has written articles for Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Los Angeles Bar Association and State Bar of California. Mr. Amberg has lectured to the Inns of Court, Association of Corporate Counsel, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar of California, Beverly Hills Bar Association, San Gabriel Valley Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education of the Bar, and Lorman Seminars. He earned his A.B. degree from Princeton University and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

John W Amberg's Courses

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    West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
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