Robert Bodzin

About Robert Bodzin

Trial attorney who has been handling commercial litigation, complex catastrophic personal injury & wrongful death cases in California & New York for over 30 years. Partner in the following practice areas:* Commercial Litigation* Class Actions* Unfair Competition* D&O Shareholder LitigationDefend large corporations, small businesses & individual professionals in complex catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death/emotional distress casesManage a variety of commercial transactions & contract disputes, including those arising out consumer & employment class actions, California Unfair Business Practices Claims under Business & Professions Code Section 17200 & 17500, the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Proposition 65 & those which assert breaches of fiduciary duties by directors, officers, business partners & LLC membersDefends wrongful death, serious personal injury and business cases arising out of trucking, transportation, logistics farm, agricultural and equestrian claimsProfessional Associations / Speaking EngagementsPast Chair of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California and Longtime Advisor to the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association, and frequent speaker on panels for best practices in litigation and trialPast Publications Chair of the DRI Retail and Hospitality Committee and DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, Past DRI Publications Board Member and Author and Editor of numerous DRI PublicationsNamed in the 20••••23 list of Northern California\'s \"Super Lawyers\", Business LitigationNamed in Best Lawyers in America® \"Lawyer of the Year\" distinction in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (2025)Named in Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants (20••••25)Named to Legal 500 San Francisco/Silicon Valley 2026 Elite Rankings in Commercial LitigationAdmissionsCalifornia, New York, New Jersey, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Second Circuits, Multiple Federal District Courts in California and New York

Experience

1. Business Trial Attorney Partner

   Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

   Nov 2019 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Successfully tries, mediates, and arbitrates complex litigation cases onbehalf of businesses and individuals and he has done so in both Californiaand New York for 30 years* Partner in the following practice areas:* Commercial Litigation* Class Action* Unfair Competition* D&O Shareholder Litigation* Consumer Protection Litigation*Defends large corporations, small businesses and individual professionalsin complex catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death/emotional distresscases*Manages a variety of commercial transactions, class actions and contractdisputes, including those arising out Consumer and Employment ClassActions, California Unfair Business Practices Claims under Business andProfessions Code Section 17200 and 17500 and those which assertbreaches of fiduciary duties by directors, officers, business partners andLLC members*Defends wrongful death, serious personal injury and business casesarising out of trucking, transportation, logistics, Proposition 65disputes, farm, agricultural and equestrian claims*Draft and negotiate buy-sell agreements, contracts and corporategovernance documents*Draws on his extensive experience as a trial attorney and providesstrategic advice and consulting to large corporations, small businessesand individual clients on prospective litigation avoidance*Adviser to the Litigation Section of the State Bar of California, PastCommittee Chair and a frequent speaker on panels for best practices inlitigation and trial and is the co-chair of these events*DRI Retail & Hospitality Vice Chair*Editor and Author of Multiple Immediate DRI Publications and RecentPublications Chair for the DRI Retail and Hospitality Committee and theCommercial Litigation Committee*Regular speaker at retail-law seminars, which include those sponsored bythe California Retailers Association and DRI*Member of the Golden Gate Business Association

Education

• University at Albany

  BS, Political Science

  1985 — 1989

• Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

  JD, Law

  1989 — 1992

Skills

• Leadership Development
• Arbitration
• Litigation
• Dispute Resolution
• Product Liability
• Business Litigation
• Courts
• Civil Litigation
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Torts
• Personal Injury
• Trial Practice
• Class Actions
• Trials
• Commercial Litigation