Consultancy and expert witness deposition and trial testimony on English and Welsh law by British barrister who maintains chambers in London. Consultant to professional colleagues and lay persons on British law. Available throughout California, including San Francisco & Northern California. In addition to London chambers, he maintains law offices in the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. Consultant services and expert witness testimony on English law provided by one of very few dually qualified English lawyers and American attorneys.

Robert D. Carrow, is a uniquely qualified lawyer, admitted to practice before the bar in the United States and as a barrister in England and Wales. Prior to his call to the British bar in 1981, Mr. Carrow was, and remains, a well recognized and respected California litigator. He divides his practise between San Francisco and San Rafael, California, where he maintains offices as an attorney and London, where he practices from chambers as an English barrister.

Mr. Carrow practised law in the United States for over twenty years prior to his being called to the English bar. He has maintained chambers in London on a continuous basis since his call, dividing his time between London and San Francisco. Mr. Carrow's knowledge and grasp of the law is evidenced by the fact that he has maintained Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV) since 1979. Approximately eleven percent of the United States bar is honored with an AV rating.

Born in Marshall, Minnesota, Mr. Carrow attended the University of Colorado, the University of Minnesota, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served on the Board of Editors of the Minnesota Law Review. He transferred to Stanford University Law School for his last year of study and was awarded a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from that institution in 1958.

Mr. Carrow, based on his prior experience and professional recommendations, was allowed to take the examinations necessary for qualification as a barrister without further formal education, either at university or at the Inns of Court Law School. He passed all the required examinations and was called to the bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 1981.

Mr. Carrow has, for a number of years served as a judge pro tempore of the California Superior Court and, in that capacity, has presided over more than twenty trials. The Superior Court is the equivalent of the English High Court, i.e., the highest trial court in California.

Mr. Carrow has served as a consultant to the litigation and criminal law sections of the State Bar of California and was a program speaker at the 1995 State Bar of California annual convention.

Mr. Carrow is one of very few dually qualified and dually practising English barristers and United States lawyers. His areas of emphasis are litigation and arbitration of business, commercial, construction, civil and personal injury claims and defense of white collar crime and extradition proceedings.

Recognizing the ever expanding cost of litigation, Mr. Carrow has been increasingly active in the Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") process. His ADR efforts have included negotiation, mediation and arbitration, acting as an advocate, a mediator and as an arbitrator.

Mr. Carrow offers his consultative services directly to clients to the extent allowed by the bar rules and expert witness testimony to European professional colleagues on both United States and English law. Further biographical information relating to Mr. Carrow and his qualifications is available inter alia, on his web site, in Who's Who in American Law and in Who's Who in the World.

Questions directed to Mr. Carrow's qualifications may be addressed to him by e-mail, regular mail, telephone or personal interview. References, a listing of representative clients who have allowed use of their names, and the identity of certain of the more interesting white collar crime and extradition related matters with which Mr. Carrow has been involved are available upon request.