RONALD LOVITT
Ronald
Lovitt is an experienced litigator and trial attorney with a national reputation
for high quality work in complex commercial cases in both state and federal
courts. He has been in charge of litigation from the filing of the complaint,
through discovery and jury trial, to final appeal and settlement. Much of his
considerable expertise has been in representations of both plaintiffs and defendants
in complex commercial and class action litigation.
Mr. Lovitt received his undergraduate education at Duke and Northwestern University (B.S. 1959). After service as an officer in the United States Navy, he attended the University of Florida Law School and graduated with honors in 1964. He is a member of the Order of the Coif and was an Editor of the University of Florida Law Review. He was admitted to practice in Florida and the United States Court of Claims in 1965, in California in 1967, and before the United States Supreme Court in 1979.
Mr. Lovitt was appointed to the Attorneys' Honor Program United States Department of Justice and served as trial counsel in the Civil Division, from 1965 to 1968. He is a founding member of the California State Bar Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section and served on the Section's Executive Committee. Between 1969 and 1974, he was an Adjunct Associate Professor at Hastings College of the Law and McGeorge Law School. He was also a member of the Northern District California Peer Assistance Panel. In 1982, Mr. Lovitt served as Chairman of the California Boating and Waterways Commission. Mr. Lovitt has been in private practice since 1968. After working as an associate at Farella, Braun & Martell, along with Mr. Hannan in 1970 he formed Lovitt & Hannan, Inc. He is rated "A.V." by Martindale Hubbell.