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DOMINIC J. CAMPISI Mr. Campisi earned his B.A. at the University of Santa Clara, 1966 and an M.P.A. at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1968. He was National Field Representative, Community Relations Service, US Justice Department, 1968 and 1971. He earned his J.D. at Yale Law School, 1974, Associate Chubb Fellow, Yale Law Journal, an editor. He clerked on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Campisi is a principal in the law firm of Evans, Latham and Campisi, P.C. His concentration is in fiduciary litigation, including contest and defense of testamentary transfers and inter vivos instruments, conservatorship and elder law proceedings, interpretation and surcharge litigation, claims involving investment and management errors, and breach of fiduciary duties; alternative dispute resolution; assistance in structuring estate planning to minimize litigation risks. Mr. Campisi is Group Chair of Litigation and Dispute Group, 2004 to present, served as Vice-Chair and Chairman (1984-1988), Estate and Trust Litigation Committee, Section of Real Property Probate and Trust, American Bar Association, 1981-1996; Chairman, Ethics and Malpractice Committee, 1996-2004; Co-Chair, Bioethics, 2002-2004, Vice-Chairman, Study Committee on Law Reform, 1996-98; Arbitrator, San Francisco Superior Court, 1981-present; Judge pro tem, San Francisco Superior Court; Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1991-present; Member, Litigation Committee, Chair of subcommittee on Fiduciary Surcharge and other Remedies, (2003 – present) chair of Interference with Right to Inherit and Other Torts, 1997-2000; Academician, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, 1997-; Member National College of Probate Judges, 1994-present; liaison to Standing Committee on Bioethics and the Law 1999-2003; Member, National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries. Mr. Campisi has lectured frequently for a number of professional organizations including the American Bankers Association, Fiduciary Investment Risk Management Association, American Bar Association, Southwest Bankers Association, Federal Fiduciary Investment Examination Council, Conference of State Bar Supervisors, Midwest Bankers Association, New York Bankers Association, Notre Dame Tax Institute, Heckerling Institute, New England Bankers Association. He is a planner, editor and chapter author of California Trust and Probate Litigation (Calif. Continuing Education for the Bar, 1999 to present). He has published articles in Trust and Investments, Firma Forum, Trusts and Estate Magazine, Arbitration Journal, Real Property Probate and Trust Journal and other publications |
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