Brian R. Paget

Your trusted advocate in environmental law.

Senior Counsel

BPaget@paladinlaw.com

(925) 947-5700

Brian Paget is senior counsel at Paladin Law Group. He focuses his practice on litigation of environmental, insurance, asbestos and real property cases. Mr. Paget is also accomplished in appellate law, having written numerous briefs to the California Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

During law school, Mr. Paget was a member of the law review, a recipient of three American Jurisprudence awards, a paid Teaching Assistant for several classes, and an intern at the California Supreme Court, the Alameda County Superior Court, and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Paget graduated with honors in the top 10% of his graduating class.

In addition to practicing law, Mr. Paget has also shared his passion for the law through teaching. He has served as a Teaching Fellow in the Appellate Advocacy Program at Golden Gate University School of Law. He has also taught Administrative Law at Cañada College and Real Property Law at Oakland College of Law.

Brian R. Paget
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Bar Admissions

State Bar of California seal

State Bar of California, 1993

U.S. District Court seal

United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, 1993

United States Supreme Court seal

United States Supreme Court, 2003

Brian R. Paget

Expertise

Publications & Lectures

Local Government Response to Environmental Emergencies
Presenter, Meeting of the Environmental Law Section of the Montana State Bar, March 2001

Survey: Women and California Law — People v. Flores, 4 Cal. Rptr. 2d 120 (Ct. App. 1992)
Case Note, 23 Golden Gate Univ. Law Review 1081, Summer 1993

California Supreme Court Ruling Will Allow Policyholders Easier Access to Excess Insurance
April 8, 2020

Education & Professional Involvements

Education:

Golden Gate University School of Law – J.D., with Honors, 1993
   Law Review; American Jurisprudence awards for excellence in real property law, legal research and writing, and criminal law
California State University, Fullerton – B.A., Finance, 1989

Professional and Community Involvement:

Member, Environmental and Real Property Sections of the California State Bar

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