Dominic J. Campisi
Work in Johnston, Kinney & Zulaica LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Trusts, Arbitration
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600, (between Bush and Sutter), San Francisco, CA 94104
About Dominic J. Campisi
Practice Areas
- Trusts
- Arbitration
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1974Juris Doctor
- Honors: Associate Chubb Fellow, Timothy Dwight College, Yale University
- Honors: A Director, Moot Court
- Law Journal: Yale Law Journal, Editor
- Bellarmine High School
- University of Santa Clara, 1966B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Junior Year, Institute of European Studies, Vienna, Austria
- Honors: Bellarmine College Preparatory - 1st in class, awarded four-year scholarship for best newspaper editorial. Decided to go to SCU in the Honors Division
- Princeton University, 1968M.P.A.
- Major: Urban Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
- Honors: An Editor, Journal of Public and International Affairs
- Honors: Mediation Training, 40-hour training, Rosenberg Mediation
Classes and Seminars
- California CEB on probate and trust litigation, Real Property Remedies and litigation and Escrow Disputes, Lecturer
- National College of Probate Judges, Attorney Member
- International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, Academician
- American Bankers Association National Graduate Trust School, Faculty Member
- American Bankers Association, Lecturer
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Lecturer
- Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Lecturer
- Fiduciary Investment Risk Management Association, Lecturer
- ALI-CLE, Lecturer
- National College of Probate Judges, Lecturer
- Continuing Education of the Bar, California - Lecturer, 1981-present. Estate and Trust Litigation, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996
- Lecturer for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FDIC and Federal Fiduciary Investment Examination Council, 1985 - 2020
- Lecturer for National Association of Trust Audit and Compliance Professionals and Fiduciary Investment Risk Management Association , 1985 - 2020
- “Fiduciary Remedy and Damage Study” - editor and author, (Case and Statutory law in 50 States on remedies for breach of trusts), Fiduciary Litigation Committee, ACTEC, 2018 - Present
- “Heirs in the Freezer: Bronze Age Biology Confronts Biotechnology” 36 ACTEC Journal 179, 2010 (with Claudia Lowder and Naznin Bomi Challa)
- “Fiduciary Litigation Highlights: Ethical Dilemmas,” Trust and Investments, July-August 2012 at 33
- “Trustee Liability and Damages” Firma Forum 2012 Issue 2 at 14
- “Trust Officer Ethics: Sources and Meanings” American Bankers Association, Trust Letter, December 2013
- “Elder Abuse Liability,” 23 ALI Estate Planning Course Materials Journal 4-64, June 2017
- “Fiduciary Remedy and Damage Study.” Editor and author, (Case and Statutory law in 50 States on remedies for breach of trusts), Fiduciary Litigation Committee, ACTEC, March 2018
- “Undue Influence: The Gap Between Current Law and Scientific Approaches to Decision-Making and Persuasion,” 43 ACTEC Law Journal 359 (Dominic J. Campisi, Evan D. Winet, and Jake Calver) Spring 2018
- “Elder Abuse Liability,” 65 The Practical Lawyer, No. 2, 22 (with Evan Winet) April 2019
- "Concepts Colliding: Unitrusts, Modern Portfolio Theory, and Trustee Liability and Profitability," American Bankers Association Trust & Investments, November/December 1999
- “The Perils of Prosperity: What Goes Up Will Likely Result in Surcharge,” 2001 Heckerling Institute (Chapter 12), 2001
- “ Competence and the Duty of Impartiality,” 140 Trusts and Estates 45, May 2001 • Index Returns as a Measure of Damages in Fiduciary Surcharge Cases,” 140 Trusts and Estates 18, June 2001
- “Two Fiduciary Duties that Are Often Overlooked,” 140 Trusts & Estates 17, September 2001
- “Of Delegating and Double-Dipping,” 142 Trust & Estates 62, January 2004 with Andrew Zabronsky
- “Procedural Prudence -- I”, 103 Trust & Investments 46, “Part II” 104 Trust & Investments 44, 2005
- “Procedural Prudence -- IIII”, 105 Trust & Investments 48, 2005
- “Surprising Decisions” Trusts & Estates at 57, September 2005
- “Fiduciary Litigation Trends,” Firma Forum, Fall , 2005, at 26; Spring, 2006
- “Investment Discretion and Directed Trustee Liability,” Trust & Investments, July 2006
- “Fiduciary Litigation Update,” Firma Forum, Spring, 2006 at 6, Summer, 2006 at 40
- “Marshall v. Marshall: Rashomon Revisited,” 21 Probate & Property,” 8, January/February 2007
- “Learning from Disasters and Near Disasters,” 3 FIRMA Forum 40, Winter 2007
- “The Morals of the Marketplace” ethical duties of fiduciaries, Trust & Investments, July 2007
- “Mandatory Arbitration in Probate and Trust Disputes; Recent Decisions,” 4 The Journal, National College of Probate Judges, at 13, Fall 2007
- “The Sensitive and Inflexible Rule of Fidelity,” ABA Trust and Investments, July 2008
- “Litigation coming to a Courtroom Near You,” ABA Trust and Investments, July 2009
- “Bleeding Orange: The Impact of Attorneys’ Fees on the Robertson Litigation and Settlement,” 3 ACTEC Newsletter 45, 2009
- ”Fiduciary Liability: Bashing or Normalcy” 136 Trust and Investments 8, July 2010
- “Heirs in the Freezer: Bronze Age Biology Confronts Biotechnology,” 36 ACTEC Journal 179 (with Claudia Lowder and Naznin Bomi Challa), 2010
- “Surcharge for Failure to Diversify,” The Forum, 2011 Issue 1 at 16
- “Be Good or Beware: Ethical Violations by Fiduciaries, Trust and Investments, July/August 2011 at 6
- “Trust Officer Ethics: Sources and Meanings” American Bankers Association Trust Letter, December, 2013
- "Civil Disturbance Regulations: Threats Old and New", 50 Indiana Law Journal 757, 1975
- "Estate of Buck: Frustration of a Charitable Purpose," 124 Trusts and Estates 70, January 1985
- "Alternatives to Litigation in Trust and Probate Proceedings", 42 The Arbitration Journal 30, September 1987
- "Courts Change Standards of Conduct for Trustees", 127 Trusts and Estates 39, January 1988
- "Requests for Admissions", California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2 Civil Discovery Practice in California 667, 1988
- Revisions Editor for Chapters 11-14, Continuing Education of the Bar, California Trust Administration, Second Edition, 1990
- "Emerging Damages Claims and the Right to Jury Trials in Fiduciary Litigation," 27 Real Property Probate and Trust Journal 541 (co-author with Latham and Ross) (50 State Survey), 1992
- "Litigation Becomes Electra," Probate and Property, May/June 1999
- "Joint Tenancy Accounts: An Un-Uniform Law" 30 Real Property Probate and Trust Journal 399, Fall 1995
- "'The Punctilio of an Honor the Most Sensitive': An Uncomfortable Perch" California Trust and Estates Quarterly, Winter, 1995
- "Disclosure of Administrative Advice of a Fiduciary's Counsel" California Trust and Estates Quarterly, Fall, 1997
- "Theory Becomes Law: Applying Restatement Third of Trusts to the Real World of Surcharges," Trust & Investments, November/December 1998 "Estates and Trusts: Dispute Resolution and Litigation" (audio tape), 1989; (video tape, 1991), (video tape, 1994)
- “Escrow Disputes,”CEB 1985-1987
- “Litigation Aspects of Court Supervision,” 7th Annual UCLA-CEB Estate Planning Institute, 1985
- "Honored in the Breech: Presidential Authority to Execute the Laws with Military Force", 83 Yale Law Journal 130, 1973
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1976
- U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, pro hac vice, 1976
- U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, pro hac vice
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, pro hac vice
- California, 1974
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of California, 1974 - Present (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association, Litigation (Member)
- American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution (Member)
- American Bar Association, Real Property (Member)
- American Bar Association, Trust and Estate Law (Member)
- American Bar Association, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL), 1984 - 1988 (Chairman)
- American Bar Association, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL), 1981 - 1984 (Vice-Chairman)
- American Bar Association, Estate and Trust Litigation Committee, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL), 1988 - 1996 (Vice-Chairman)
- Book and Media Committee, RPPTL, 1989 - 1990 (Editor)
- Litigation, Malpractice, Ethics and Malpractice, and Bioethics and the Law Committee (Chair)
- National Conference of Corporate & Fiduciary Lawyers, Standing Committee on Biotechnology and the Law (Member)
- National Conference of Corporate & Fiduciary Lawyers, Standing Committee on Biotechnology and the Law (Member, 2011)
- Council of RPTEL, 2000 - 2006 (Member)
- Council of RPTEL (Member, 2011)
- Subcommittee on Fiduciary Surcharge, Litigation Committee of ACTEC (Chair)
- International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, 1997 to present (Practitioner Academician)
- National College of Probate Judges, (Attorney Member, 1995-1998)
- American Bankers Association, National Graduate Trust School, 1998-2007 (Faculty Member)
- National Conference of Lawyers and Corporate Fiduciaries (Member, 2000-2006 and 2011 to present)
- American Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Committee (Member, 2006-2014)
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, 2004-2007 (Group Chair)
- American Bar Association, Committee on Ethics and Malpractice, Probate and Trust Division, 1996-2003 (Chair)
- American Bar Association, Committee on Bioethics, 2002 – 2004 (Co-Chair)
- American Bar Association, Study Committee on Law Reform, 1996-1998 (Vice-Chair)
- American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Bioethics and the Law (Member, 1999-2003)
- San Francisco Bar Association (Settlement Panel Member, 1987 to present)
- San Francisco Bar Association, Estate and Trust Litigation Subcommittee, (Co-Chairman, 1991-1996)
- Author, California Trust and Probate Litigation (CEB 1981-1998) program books for litigation programs every two years
- Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1991, present; member, Litigation Committee; chair of subcommittee on Interference with Right to Inherit and Other Torts, 1997 to 2000. Chair of subcommittee on Fiduciary Surcharge and Damages, 2003 - Present
- Practitioner Academician, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, 1997 - Present
- Attorney Member, National College of Probate Judges, 1995-1998, 2004 to present
- Faculty Member, American Bankers Association, National Graduate Trust School, 1998-2007
Articles
Published Works
- Trust and Investments, Fiduciary Forum, Probate and Property, Trust and Estates, Heckerling Institute, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Journal
- Book and Media Committee, RPPTL, 1989-1990
- Author, California Trust and Probate Litigation (CEB 1981-1998) program books for litigation programs every two years
- Planner, Editor and Chapter Author, California Trust and Probate Litigation (California CEB 1998 to present)
- Editor, Media Book Products Program, American Bar Association, 1988-1990
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