AV® Preeminent^TM (4.5-5.0) Rating – Peer Reviewed – Martindale-Hubble (highest rating)

Brenda D. Posada handles all phases of civil litigation, from preparing clients for depositions and drafting researched memoranda on various issues of law, to successfully handling arbitrations, mediations, hearings, and civil trials. Her work has resulted in successful recoveries for her clients in the millions of dollars.

Ms. Posada maintains an emphasis in civil litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States. She presented oral argument before Florida’s Third District Appellate Court and succeeded in overturning a lower state court decision. She has deposed countless witnesses, conducted investigations, and developed factual evidence in Mexico and Costa Rica.

In 2006, Ms. Posada successfully argued against exclusion of an expert at a Daubert Hearing (2006 WL 2690064, C.D. Cal). Also, she successfully argued against dismissal of a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) airline action brought under the international treaty commonly known as the Warsaw Convention (the only case of its kind to survive summary judgment and thereby proceed to trial). This decision received local and international media attention in October of 2007.

Ms. Posada is the former Vice-President of Communications for San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association and a former Co-Editor of the San Francisco Barristers Law Journal. She is author of “A Deceased Plaintiff’s Right to Pain and Suffering Damages: Til Death Do Us Part?”, which appeared in the August 1993 edition of the San Francisco Barrister Law Journal.

Ms. Posada focuses her practice on Personal Injury, Product Defects, Aviation Law, and Medical Malpractice. For the convenience of her clients, Ms. Posada speaks Spanish and French, as well as English.

Education:

J.D., University of San Francisco (1990)

Certificate of Completion, International Law Summer Program, Santa Clara University School of Law, Private and Public International Law

Certificate of Completion, International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France

Certificate of Completion, Henry Dunant Institute of Public International Law, Geneva, Switzerland in association with the United Nations programs.

B.A., Political Science & French, University of San Francisco (1987)

Admissions:

California State Courts California Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Admitted Pro Hac Vice in various cases in both the state and federal courts of Hawaii, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, and Texas

Professional Associations/Memberships:

State Bar of California

San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

California Trial Lawyers of America

Lawyer’s Pilots Bar Association

Reported Cases:

Bosdorf v. Sinnamon, 804 So.2d 510 (Fla.App.Dist.3, 12/26/2001)