John R. Brydon, the firm’s managing partner of the San Francisco office, is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates for nearly 25 years, where he holds the rank of Diplomate and has been a Certified Specialist in Civil Trial Law and Diplomat of the National Board of Trial Advocacy for over 20 years. Mr. Brydon has also been rated and included by his peers in the Super Lawyer selection process for nearly a decade. He has handled a variety of professional liability cases, including insurance broker E&O, medical, dental and legal malpractice cases. He has represented attorneys through the years, including a legal malpractice defense verdict at trial that included recovery of the client’s disputed fees, and has served as an expert witness in legal malpractice matters. Also, he has consulted with a leading risk management consulting firm to assist in providing placement services for troubled law firms. With nearly 40 years of trial experience, Mr. Brydon has successfully defended and tried to verdict many high-exposure complex personal injury, product liability, insurance coverage and bad faith trials throughout California and around the country, including cases involving issues of punitive damage exposure for major corporate and insurer defendants. He has been included on the national trial teams of several corporate clients and has been admitted pro hac vice as trial counsel in multiple jurisdictions.
