Doris Cheng
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney in San Francisco, CA
Personal Injury
650 California St., Fl. 26, San Francisco, CA 94108
About Doris Cheng
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1998J.D.
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: Public Interest Law Scholar, 1998
- Honors: Judicial Extern to the Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong, Northern District, 1997
- Honors: Summer Abroad Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1996
- University of California, Davis, 1994B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major: English with Creative Writing Emphasis
- Honors: Deans Honor List, 1993-1994
Classes and Seminars
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Litigation Section, Tips on Picking a Jury, June 11, 2015
- SFTLA Women’s Caucus, Woman Lawyer to Judge, Speaker, April 30, 2015
- USF School of Law, Women’s Law Association Annual High Tea, Keynote Speaker, April 14, 2015
- SFTLA, Roundtable Discussion on Economic Damages, Speaker, March 24, 2015
- SFTLA, Trial Talk: Strategies from our own SFTLA Trial Masters, Speaker, March 10, 2015
- Bay Area Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Conference, Moderator, Criminal Trial Attorneys – Justice for All: Perspectives in Criminal Law, San Francisco, CA, February 22, 2015
- SFTLA New Lawyer Division Ski Seminar, Guest Speaker, Tahoe, CA, January 30, 2015
- ABOTA Masters in Trial, Cross Examination of Lay Witness, San Francisco, CA, October 24, 2014
- ABOTA Masters in Trial, Closing Argument, Missoula, MT, October 17, 2014
- NITA Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, Evidence Lecture, San Diego, CA, October 12, 2014
- ABOTA Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, Golden Gate University, October 8, 2014
- NITA National Session, Closing Argument Lecture, Boulder, CO, July 27, 2014
- ABOTA Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, USF School of Law, May 21, 2014
- Program Directory, Delaware DOJ Trial Skills Training Program, Wilmington, DE, March 5-7, 2014
- Guest Speaker, Ski Seminar, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Lake Tahoe, CA, March 1, 2014
- After Howell & Corenbaum: Presenting Damages without the Collateral Source Rule, SFTLA, February 4, 2014
- Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, ABOTA USF School of Law, January 13, 2014
- Lecturer on Voir Dire, NITA Southern California Regional Trial Skills Program, Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 2014
- Lecturer on the Use of Exhibits, NITA Southern California Regional Trial Skills Program, Los Angeles, CA , January 3, 2014
- Personal Injury Update, The Rutter Group, San Francisco & Los Angeles, December 3 & 5
- Faculty, Direct Examination, Stanford Mock Trial Training, November 2, 2013
- Speaker, Effective Advocacy at Mediation, BASF, October 31, 2013
- Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, ABOTA, NITA San Diego, CA, October 27, 2013
- Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, ABOTA, Golden Gate University, October 9, 2012 - October 9, 2013
- Speaker, Avoiding Malpractice: 10 Critical Junctures Where Mistakes Can Happen, BASF, October 3, 2013
- Speaker, Trail Skills Series II (Depositions), SFTLA, September 24, 2013
- High Stakes Jury Selection (Seminar Web Live! - national webinar), September 19, 2013
- Presenter, Don Galine Masters Seminar: Advanced Discovery Techniques, San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association, September 17, 2013
- Guest Lecturer "Use of Storytelling in Trial", USF Intensive Advocacy Program, May 31, 2013
- Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, ABOTA, Palo Alto Bar Association , April 11, 2013
- Civility Matters! Winning Inside & Outside the Courtroom with Civility, ABOTA, Santa Clara Law School, March 21, 2013
- Judge, National Ethics Trial Competition, Sacramento, CA, March 15, 2013
- Moderator & Presenter "Presenting Damages in a Post-Howell World", SFTLA, San Franciso, CA, February 19, 2013
- Personal Injury Update, The Rutter Group, San Francisco & Los Angeles, November 27 & 29, 2012
- Speaker, Serving Justice With Strained Budgets--Perspectives from On and Off the Bench, BASF Annual Bench Bar Conference, November 15, 2012
- Presenter, Questioning Techniques for Deposition, USF Inn of Court, November 14, 2012
- Co-Presenter "Accident Reconstruction/Computer Simulation", ABOTA, Masters in Trial, October 26, 2012
- Judge, Advocacy of the Year Competition, USF School of Law, October 6, 2012
- Lecture "Opening Statements", Advocacy Training for Solicitors, Belfast, United Kingdom, September 3, 2012
- Lecture "The Ethics of Witness Preparation", NITA Western Regional Trial Skills Program, San Francisco, CA, June 27, 2012
- Lecture "Controlling the Difficult Witness", NITA Western Regional Trial Skills Program, San Francisco, CA, June 25, 2012
- Lecture, Direct and Cross of Experts, USF Intensive Advocacy Program, May 30, 2012
- "Non-Economic Damages: Creating Memorable Imagery & Vignettes, AAJ Winter Convention, Phoenix, AZ, February 15, 2012
- Panelist, Cross-Cultural Issues within the Practice of Law, BASF, San Francisco, CA, January 11, 2012
- Lecturer on Voir Dire, NITA Southern California Regional Trial Skills Program, Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 2012
- Lecturer on Closing Arguments, NITA Southern California Regional Trial Skills Program, Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 2012
- Panelist, Personal Injury Update, The Rutter Group, Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2011
- Panelist Speaker, Morphing Your Case to Maximize Recovery, SFTLA, San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2011
- Lecture, "The Exhibit Dance", NITA National Session, July 26, 2011
- Lecture "Experts: Selling the Science", USF Intensive Advocacy Program, May 30, 2011
- Demonstration & Lecture of Closing Arguments, Emory School of Law, Atlanta, GA, May 4, 2011
- Speaker, Recorder Roundtable on Depositions:How to Take Winning Depositions, San Francisco, CA, March 23, 2011
- Panelist, Personal Injury Update, The Rutter Group, Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 2010
- Chair and Speaker, Expert Witness at Trial: Making the Information Jury Friendly, Mastering the Hypothetical Avoiding the Runaway Expert Witness, USF Inn of Court, May 12, 2010
- Co-Chair, Navigating The Kaiser Electronic Medical Record System, SFTLA Roundtable Discussion, April 20, 2010
- Speaker, Advocacy Teacher Training Seminar, University at Buffalo School of Law, March 26, 2010
- Program Chair and Speaker, Advanced Settlement Techniques, SFTLA, March 9, 2010
- Judge, Mock Trail Competition, Stanford Law School, February 13, 2010
- Presenter, "Evidence in Economic Damages", AAJ Winter Convention, Maui, HI, January 31, 2010
- Lecturer, "Handling & Laying Foundations for Exhibits", NITA Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, November 1, 2009
- Judge, Moot Court Competition, USF School of Law, October 10, 2009
- Experts Lecture, Legal Services Corporation, Louisville, CO, October 6, 2009
- Evidence and Theory Testing Lectures, NITA Northwest Regional Trial Skills Program, August 12, 2009
- Voir Dire Lecture, NITA Western Regional Trial Skills Program, June 18, 2009
- Regional Trial Lawyer Conference, Strategic Deposition Techniques, Squaw Creek, Olympia, CA, June 13, 2009
- Lecturer, "Closing Arguments", USF Intensive Advocacy Program, June 4, 2009
- Chair & Panelist, "Evidence Advocacy", San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association, June 2, 2006 - June 2, 2009
- Effective Physical Communication Strategies During Trial (Webinar Lecture - Seminar Web Live!), May 27, 2009
- "Impact Direct Examination", CAOC Tahoe Ski Seminar, March 21, 2009
- National Ethics Competition, Judge, Sacramento, CA, March 20, 2009
- Stanford Law School Mock Trial Invitational, Judge, January 24, 2009
- Evaluating and Advocating Your Settlement, CAOC 47th Annual Conference, November 8, 2008
- Chair & Panelist, SFTLA, Medicine for Jurors, October 14, 2008
- "Direct & Cross of Expert Witnesses", Department of Homeland Security In-house Advocacy Training Program, Louisville, CO, 07/2008
- Lectures: "Closing Argument" and "Direct & Cross of Experts", USF Intensive Advocacy Program, 05/2008
- Panelist, "Women in the Law", USF Intensive Advocacy Program, May 21, 2008
- Presenter, "Jury Selection", NITA Southern California Trial Skills Program, 1/2008
- Chair, SFTLA Roundtable on Arbitrations Issues, December 18, 2007
- Chair & Panelist, "Tactical Containment of Experts", SFTLA, December 11, 2007
- Faculty & Presenter, Juvenile Court Trial Skills Program, Bar Association of San Francisco, December 1, 2007 - December 3, 2007
- Presenter, "Handling the Auto Case From Bumper to Bumper, Part I: Cross Examination", CAOC 46th Annual Conference, 11/2007
- Presenter, "Direct & Cross of Expert Economist" (NITA National Session), Louisville, CO, 7/2007
- "Practical Tips For Communicating With The Jury", SFTLA, April 10, 2007
- "Settle or Serve", CAOC Tahoe Ski Seminar, March 24, 2007
- Panelist, 32nd Annual National Trial Competition (American College of Trial Lawyers & Texas Young Lawyers Association), February 18, 2007
- Co-Presenter: "Closing Argument: The Last Word", University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program, June 1, 2006
- "Direct & Cross of Experts" University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program", May 29, 2006
- Presenter, Gaining the Competitive Edge: Litigating to Win Through Advanced Trial Advocacy in California (San Francisco), April 27, 2006
- Panelist, 6th Annual Bay Area Conference, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, February 4, 2006
- Lecture, Handling Obstreperous Opposing Counsel (San Diego)
- Lecturer, Powerpoint for Trial Lawyers (San Francisco), 1/2006
- "Preparing Expert Witnesses", NITA National Session, 7/2005
- "Direct & Cross of Experts", University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program, 5/2005
- Guest Speaker, USF School of Law Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, April 17, 2005
- Lecturer, "Right to a Fair Jury Trial Despite the Media", USF Inn of Court, April 13, 2005
- Presenter, Demonstration Automobile Accident Trial, San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association, April 12, 2005
- Lecturer, Powerpoint for Trial Lawyers (San Francisco), April 5, 2005
- Public Interest Lawyer Advocacy Training, Trainer (San Francisco), 2/2005
- "Suing and Defending the Professional," (San Francisco), California Continuing Education of the Bar, Practicing Law Institute, 9/2004
- Lecture "Effective Cross Examination", University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program, 5/2004
- "Maximizing Damages with Medical Experts", San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 4/2004
- Lecturer, "Legal Ethics", NITA Advocacy Teacher Training, 5/2003
- Lecturer, "Direct & Cross Examinations", University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program, 2003
- "Civil Litigation", National Business Institute, 9/2002
- Lecturer, "Direct & Cross Examinations", University of San Francisco School of Law, Intensive Advocacy Program, 5/2002
- Trial Skills Training Program, Pristina, Kosovo (U.S. Dept of Justice), 2009
- Solicitors Advocates Training Program, Belfast, United Kingdom, 2008
- Program Director, Advocacy Teacher Training, National Institute of Trial Attorneys
- Program Director, International Training (Kosovo & Macedonia-in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice), National Institute of Trial Attorneys
- Faculty, Solicitor Advocates Training, Belfast, UK, National Institute of Trial Attorneys
- Faculty Trial Skills & Deposition Training Programs (public and private programs), National Institute of Trial Attorneys
- Board of Counselors, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2011
- Board of Governors, University of San Francisco School of Law, 2003 - 2006
- Intensive Advocacy Program, Program Director, University of San Francisco School of Law, - 2014
- Intensive Advocacy Program, Faculty, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1999 - Present
- Coach, Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition (4 teams for USF), University of San Francisco School of Law, - 2004
- Faculty, Kessler-Eidson Trail Techniques Program, Emory University School of Law, 2003-2008, 2011
- Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall , 2010 - 2011
- Advocacy Training, Mexicali, Mexico (in connection with USAID grant), University of San Diego School of Law, - 2010
- Head Coach, Mock Trial Team , Lowell High School (San Francisco), 2010 - Present
- Faculty & Co-Program Director, Advocacy Teacher Training Program (San Francisco, CA),, NITA, 2001 to present
- Faculty, Advocacy Teacher Training Program (New York, NY), NITA, 2013
- Faculty & Program Director, Advocacy Teacher Training Program (Louisville, CO), NITA, 2008
- Faculty, Advocacy Teacher Training Program (Cambridge, MA), NITA, 2007, 2008
- Team Leader, Northwest Deposition Program (Seattle, WA), NITA, 2009
- National Session (Colorado), NITA, July 2005, 2007, 2011
- Faculty, Western Regional Trial Skills Program, NITA, 2003-2005, 2007-2009, 2012
- Faculty, Southern California Trail Skills Program, NITA, 2008, 2014
- Faculty, Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, NITA, 2004-2005, 2007-2009
- Faculty, Pacific Regional Depositions Program, NITA, 2004, 2006
- Faculty, Southwest Regional Trial Skills Program, NITA, 2005
- Faculty, Western Regional Depositions Program, NITA, 2003
- Advocacy Teacher Training Program, Air Force Judge Advocate General's School, 2010, 2012
- Trial Skills Program, Colorado Legal Services Corporation, 2009
- Trial Skills Program, Delaware Department of Justice, 2012, 2014
- Advocacy Training Program (Macedonia), Department of Justice, 2011, 2012
- Advocacy Training Program (Kosovo), Department of Justice, 2009, 2010
- Advocacy Skills Training (U.S. Department of Justice), Pristina, Kosovo, April 3-9, 2009
- Lecture: "Opening Statements", Advocacy Training for Solicitors, Belfast, United Kingdom, September 2008
- Solicitors Advocacy Certification Program (Belfast, UK), 2008, 2012
- Immigration & Customs Enforcement Trial Skills Program, Department of Homeland Security, 2008
- In-House Trial Skills Training, Littler Mendelson, 2007, 2012
- In-House Trial Skills Training, Fish & Richardson, 2006
- In-House Deposition Training, Covington & Burling, 2012
- SFTLA, Anatomy Series: Head & Brain, Demystifying Neuroanatomy, April 19, 2016
- Bar Association of San Francisco, Walk the Talk Series: Pleadings, Discovery & Jury Instruction, February 24, 2016
- ABOTA Masters in Trial, Opening Statement and Cross Examination of Lay Witness, New Orleans, LA, December 11, 2015
- The Rutter Group, Personal Injury Update, Los Angeles, December 4, 2015
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Mastering the Mechanics of Civil Jury Trials, Speaker, October 30, 2015
- NITA Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, Lecture on Direct and Cross Exam, San Diego, CA, October 10, 2015
- Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California, Examining Opening Statement Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defense Attorneys, Speaker, October 8, 2015
- Pracitising Law Institute California Trial Advocacy Seminar 2015, Expert Witnesses and Getting Documents into Evidence Speaker, August 5, 2015
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (President-Elect, 2014)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 2013)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, - 2011 (Treasurer)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, - 2010 (Parliamentarian)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - Present (Finance Committee)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - Present (Committee on Directors)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association (Educational Programs Chair, 2006, 2009)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary, 2012)
- San Francisco Bar Association, 2010 - 2012 (Early Settlement Panelist)
- San Francisco Bar Association, 2009 - 2011 (Member, Board of Directors)
- San Francisco Bar Association (Conference of Delegates, 2009, 2012)
- San Franciso Bar Association (Chair, Judiciary Committee, 2008)
- San Francisco Bar Association, 2006 - 2008 (Judiciary Committee, Member)
- San Francisco Bar Association (Vice Chair, Barrister Club Newsletter, 2002)
- San Francisco Bar Association (Chair, Barrister Club Newsletter, 2003)
- San Francisco Bar Association (Secretary, 2016)
- Litigation Counsel of America, 2012 - Present (Fellow)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2012 - 2014 (Chair, Civility Matters! Programs (Law School Division))
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2011 - Present (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2015 - Present (National Representative (San Francisco Chapter))
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2015 - Present (Executive Committee (San Francisco Chapter))
- Kaiser Arbitration Oversight Board, 2010 - Present (Board Member)
- American Inns of Court, USF Chapter, 2009 - 2011 (Counselor)
- National Association of Women Judges, 2007 - Present (Resource Board)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association (Women's Caucus Chair, 2004)
- San Francisco Trial Lawyer Association, 2003 - 2011 (Mock Trial Committee)
- American Inns of Court, USF Chapter, 2002 - 2003 (Secretary-Treasurer)
- American Inns of Court, USF Chapter, 2001 - 2002 (Program Chair)
- American Inns of Court, USF Chapter, 2000 - 2001 (Membership Chair)
- American Inns of Court, USF Chapter, 1999 - 2011 (Executive Committee)
- National Trial Lawyers, 2012 - Present (Member)
- American College of Trial Lawyers, 2015 - Present (State Committee)
- American College of Trial Lawyers, 2015 - Present (National Trial Competition Committee)
- American College of Trial Lawyers, 2015 - Present (Admission to Fellowship Committee)
Articles
Published Works
- Damages Presentation: Finding Memorable Imagery and Vignettes, American Association of Justice, January 2012
- Impact Direct Examination, Consumer Attorneys of California, March 2009
- "Cross Examination,", Consumer Attorneys of California 46th Annual Conference, November, 2007
- "Working with Economists on Personal Injury Damages", National Business Institute, November, 2007
- "Persuasive Speaking in the Courtroom", San Francisco Trail Lawyers Association , April, 2007
- Direct Examinations, USF School of Law Intensive Advocacy Program, April 2006
- California Uninsured Motorist Practice, Continuing Education of the Bar, 2005
- Opening Statements: Making First and Lasting Impressions, San Francisco Trail Lawyers Association, April 2005
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