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| Name: | Ray L. Wong |  |
| Law Firm: | Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP | |
| Address: | Four
Embarcadero Center 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 |
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| Phone Number: | 415.981.5550 | |
| Email: | rwong@hrblaw.com |
| Specialty Areas: | Business Litigation and Insurance Litigation |
| Licenses: | California; Idaho. |
| Education and Honors: | University of Utah (B.S., 1975); Harvard University Law School (J.D., 1978). |
| Professional Background: | Ray
Wong is the chairman of Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP,
which he joined in 1981. Elected chairman in 2000, he sets in
motion the strategic planning and direction for the firm.
Mr. Wong's practice focuses on a variety of complex insurance coverage and extra contractual disputes, employment, sports and recreation, and other business and civil litigation. He has practiced for more than twenty years in courts throughout California and the United States, representing individual and corporate clients in all facets of civil litigation. Mr. Wong's litigation philosophy is to try to obtain the earliest and most economical resolution of the dispute, but to be prepared to try the case, if necessary. Mr. Wong is also an active member of the Bay Area local community. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Legal Aid Society. Mr. Wong also has served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bar Association and on the San Francisco Bar Association's Judiciary Committee, having chaired the Judiciary Committee for two years. Mr. Wong also has been selected to serve as a mediation panelist in the Early Settlement Program of the San Francisco Court and the San Francisco Bar Association. Mr. Wong is a strong supporter of the Bar Association of San Francisco's LEAP program, a program that helps individuals attain long-term self-sufficiency by providing training in vocational skills, and spoke at their recent graduation reception. His involvement is noted in, "Graduates Make the LEAP to Self-Sufficiency" (The Bar Association of San Francisco Newsletter, April 22, 2003). Mr. Wong chaired a panel discussion entitled, "Winning Strategies in Complex Mediations". The discussion was part of the American Bar Association's Spring Mega Meeting: Investing in Diversity, Investing in Ourselves, and was held in San Francisco on April 11-12, 2002. The program covered strategies for successfully mediating business disputes. The panel consisted of speakers representing various perspectives: a professional mediator, an in-house attorney, a plaintiff's attorney, and Mr. Wong presented the defense view. Mr. Wong speaks extensively on a variety of litigation and law firm management issues in forums throughout the United States. |
| Major Clients: | Republic Indemnity Company of America; Microsoft Corporation; Yahoo! Inc; Wendy's International; Great American Insurance Company. |
| Public Service/Community Affairs: | Member
of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Legal Aid Society
Mediation panelist in the Early Settlement Program of the San Francisco Court and the San Francisco Bar Association Supporter of the Bar Association of San Francisco's LEAP program |
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