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Greg Fayard is a partner in the firm’s Sacramento office. He is an accomplished trial and litigation attorney who has represented Northern California businesses, financial service providers, healthcare providers, emerging technology companies, professionals and government entities in complex and large exposure lawsuits.
Mr. Fayard began his practice as a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, where he defended health care professionals in a variety of matters and helped oversee and implement settlement provisions of a large health care system class action. He has extensive experience defending governmental agencies and employees in § 1983 litigation including trial and on appeal before the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
In private practice, Mr. Fayard’s experience includes numerous multi-party litigations in both federal and state court. His business litigation practice includes trade secrets, HOA and real estate disputes, business defamation, TCPA, FDCPA, ADA accessibility, unfair business practices, and anti-SLAPP claims. See Panakosta Partners LLP v. Hammer Lane Management, LLC 1999 Cal.App.4th 612. Mr. Fayard also defends financial professionals and broker-dealers before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Mr. Fayard regularly represents directors and officers and professionals in errors and omissions claims for breach of fiduciary duty. He is particularly known for defending California lawyers and law firms over the years and is certified by the State of California, Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in legal malpractice law (one of only 100 such lawyers in California). He also defends insurers in fraud, contract and extra contractual liability suits.
Mr. Fayard earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with a Certificate in Governmental Affairs. In law school he was a staff writer for the law journal, California Initiative Review and received special commendation for his trial advocacy skills. Previously, he earned a Master’s degree in political science from the University of Utah and a B.S. in public relations from Pacific Union College.
A leader in bar and civic activities, Mr. Fayard is a past president of the Placer County Bar Association. He is currently the president of the Pacific Union Adventist Attorneys Association. In 2011, the Placer County Board of Supervisors appointed him to a four-year term as a county parks commissioner. He currently serves as co-chair of Placer County’s property tax Assessment Appeals Board. From 2013 to 2016, he served as chair of the school board at Sacramento Adventist Academy. He writes and speaks regularly on California legal ethics, including Sacramento Lawyer magazine. |
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- Commercial Litigation
- Education
- Extra Contractual and Coverage
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Liability
- Tort and Catastrophic loss
- California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2000
- M.A., University of Utah, Political Science, 1996
- B.S., Pacific Union College, Public Relations, 1991
- Adventist Health/Feather River Hospital
- Murphy Austin
- Speaker, “Navigating the New Rules of Professional Conduct,” Placer County Bar Association Annual Meeting (April 2019)
- Speaker, “Social Media and Legal Ethics,” Freeman Mathis & Gary Webinar (September 2018); Pacific Union Adventist Attorneys Association Annual Meeting (September 2019)
- Speaker, “California’s New Rules of Professional Conduct,” Pacific Union Adventist Attorneys Association (November 2017 and October 2018), Sacramento County Bar Association (December 2017 and May 2018), Placer County Bar Association (January 2018); Freeman Mathis & Gary Webinar (October 2018)
- Speaker, “Client Trust Accounts,” San Joaquin County Bar Association (January 2017)
- Speaker, “Avoiding Conflicts of Interest,” Pacific Union Adventist Attorneys Association (November 2015)
- Speaker, “Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,” Allied Trustee Services (June 2014)
- Speaker, “Client File Retention Protocols,” Placer County Legal Professionals Association (May 2010)
- The State Bar of California
- The State Bar of California, Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization
- Placer County Bar Association, President
- Placer County Assessment Appeals Board, Co-Chair
- Placer County Parks Commission, Commissioner
- Placer County, Law Library Trustee
- Sacramento County Bar Association
- Sacramento Adventist Academy, Chair and Board Member
- Pacific Union Adventist Attorneys Association, President
- Klinedinst PC
- Hansen, Kohls, Sommer & Jacob, LLP
- California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
- President's Award, Placer County Bar Association, 2009
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