1. 1DON HENRY SCHAEFER
4415 Bennett Place • Oakland, California 94602 • Telephone: (510) 531-1573
e-mail: schaefer_don@hotmail.com
BAR ADMISSIONS
Admitted to California State Bar 1989
EXPERIENCE
SELF-EMPLOYED CONTRACT ATTORNEY 1999-PRESENT
Areas of specialty: General civil and law-and-motion practice with an emphasis on insurance
defense and toxic tort litigation. Legal services include providing litigation support (discovery, law
and motion, trial preparation, and law office management) for 22 law firms in greater San
Francisco Bay Area.
CLE INSTRUCTOR, AUTO MECHANICS 101 FOR LAWYERS, 2003-PRESENT
Provide a (mostly) hands-on, 9.25 CLE-unit course for attorneys defending automotive
manufacturers, aftermarket parts manufacturers, and suppliers in automotive products liability
cases.
SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW, Associate Professor, 2004
Taught Contracts Writing course to law students.
EMPIRE LAW SCHOOL, Associate Professor, 1999-2003
Taught Introduction to the Law and Legal Research and Writing to law students.
PAVE & BOGAARDS, A Partnership of Professional Corporations, Associate 1998-1999
Areas of specialty: General civil and trial practice with an emphasis on insurance defense,
including but not limited to personal injury, insurance coverage, and premises liability.
BENNETT, SAMUELSEN, REYNOLDS & ALLARD, Associate 1991-1998 (currently on contract)
Areas of specialty: General civil and trial practice with an emphasis on insurance defense,
including but not limited to, personal injury, insurance coverage, complex asbestos litigation,
premises liability, construction defense, landslide/subsidence law, and landlord defense.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAYWARD, Associate Professor, 1990
Taught Real Estate Law for Paralegals to students enrolled in the paralegal certificate program.
LAW OFFICES OF COLMAN, REISMAN, BOURDON & BOURDON, Associate 1989-1990
Areas of specialty: Specialized in criminal defense, including death penalty appellate advocacy,
narcotics-related drug offenses, murder, robbery, and child molestation offenses.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW, JURIS DOCTOR, MAY 1989
GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, INFORMATION SCIENCE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE, JUNE
1985
AFFILIATIONS
∙ INSTRUCTOR FOR STATE BAR-APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES