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CARROW, MR. ROBERT DUANE
Trial Lawyer - California & New York
Barrister - England & Wales
Summary
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 practice between San Francisco, California, where he maintains
offices as an attorney,
and London, where he
practices from chambers as
a barrister.
Mr. Carrow practiced law in the United States for over twenty years
prior
to his being called to the English bar. In addition to providing consultant servicers and expert witness testimony for professional colleagues on legal issues involving English and Welsh law, Mr. Carrow's practice emphasizes litigation and alternative dispute resolution of business related claims and disputes. Of particular concern are business, commercial, construction and other business related civil matters. Mr. Carrow also attends to white collar crime defense, extradition proceedings and substantial personal injury claims.
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-five 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, business related civil claims and disputes,
defense of white collar crime charges and extradition proceedings and substantial personal injury.
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.
| | In addition to the above-mentioned organizations, Mr. Carrow is also a member of the International, American, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Marin County Bar Associations; The
Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (Canada); INCA - International Consultants Association (Paris); The State Bar of California; The Midland-Oxford Circuit (U.K.); Associate, Center for International Legal Studies (Austria); The Inns of Court Society in California (charter director); Phi Delta Phi; The British/American Chamber of Commerce and he holds lifetime membership in The Wig and Pen Club (London). |
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