Hon. Alfred G. Chiantelli
A jurist with the rare combination of incredible intelligence and progressive people skills, Judge Chiantelli has impressed counsel and colleagues alike during his twenty-year judicial career. Businesslike and professional, he worked hard on every case to read the supporting material so he could fully grasp each issue in matters before him. This proficiency was quite evident as he deftly handled the all-consuming administrative duties of a Presiding Judge. Judge Chiantelli is most admired however for his remarkable ability to work with people. His style, charisma, and communication skills enable him to connect with litigants and excel as a settlement judge, a role for which he is universally well-regarded.
As a bench officer, Judge Chiantelli heard and resolved thousands of matters. As a Presiding Judge, he developed extensive case management and trial experience in numerous areas of complex litigation, including, antitrust, asbestos, business law, class actions, commercial and residential property, construction defects, contracts, defamation, discrimination and harassment, employment, fraud (commercial and consumer), insurance coverage and bad faith, Jones Act, labor, landlord-tenant, malpractice, partnership dissolution, product liability, personal injury, shareholder derivative suits, toxic torts, and will contests.
Judicial Offices
| 2001 - 2002 | Complex civil trial litigation; Coordinator of asbestos litigation (1989-2002) |
| Jan - Aug 2001 | Pro Tem Appellate Court Justice, District One, Division Four |
| 1999 - 2000 | First Presiding Judge of the Unified Superior Court (elected twice by peers) |
| 1993 - 1999 | Civil trial court |
| 1991 - 1992 | Criminal Division Master Calendar Court Judge |
| 1989 - 1991 | Criminal Felony Trial Court |
| 1988 - 1989 | Asst. Presiding Judge of the Superior court Appellate Department |
| 1987 | Juvenile Division Judge |
| 1985 - 1987 | Criminal Division Court Trials |
Pre-Judicial Legal Experience
| 1970 - 1982 | SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE Advanced from trial attorney to Assistant Chief District Attorney (tried 126 jury trials) |
| 1967 - 1970 | General Civil and Criminal Practice |
Honors and Awards
| 2007 | Named "Top 40" Neutral in California by the Daily Journal |
| 2006 | Named "Top 30" Neutral in California by the Daily Journal |
| Present | Association of Business Trial Lawyers, member of the Board of Governors (Northern) |
| Present | California Judges Association, member |
| 2001 | Judge of the Year, Bar Association of San Francisco Barristers |
| 2000 | Consumer Attorneys of California Outstanding Judicial Achievement of the Year |
| 1995 | Trial Judge of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association |
| 1994 | Marvin E. Lewis Award, San Francisco Law School, Most Inspirational Instructor, graduating class 1994 |
| 1989, 1990 | Golden Apple Award, San Francisco Law School |
| 1991, 2000 | (first year law student's award for outstanding instructor - won award 4 times) |
| 1983 | Champion of the People, San Francisco District Attorneys' Office (awarded by peers in District Attorney's Office) |
Education
Lincoln University Law School
- Juris Doctor, 1967
University of San Francisco
- Bachelor of Arts, 1961
Teaching and Other Professional Activities
| 2002 | American Conference Institute, Asbestos Litigation, panelist, San Francisco and New York. |
| 1999 - 2002 | Hosted separate delegations of judges and lawyers in case management and mediation discussions, Institute For the Study and Development of Legal Systems: Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco and Pakistan.
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| 2000 | Mealy's Asbestos Conference, asbestos panelist, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1989 - 2001 | San Francisco Law School, Substantive Criminal Law, Professor |
| 1997 | The Barrister's Club, Pre-trial and Trial Practice Tips, lecturer |
| 1996 | The Rutter Group, panelist, Trial Practice in S.F. Superior Court |
| 1990 | Litigation Section, The State Bar of California, panelist, "Ethical Issues in Trial Practice." |
| 1989 | San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
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