Paul A. Kanter
Paul A. Kanter
Associate
Pleasant Hill
Fax: 925-939-0203
Mr. Kanter graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was on the law review and elected to the Order of the Coif, the national law school honor society. Mr. Kanter has more than 25 years of civil litigation experience, including in the fields of insurance defense, insurance coverage, construction defect, construction surety bonds, landlord-tenant, and general civil litigation. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s hands-on trial practicum. He has tried cases and handled appeals in California and Oregon state courts.
Mr. Kanter is admitted to practice law in in California, Oregon, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
In his free time, Mr. Kanter enjoys travel and history. His claim to fame is that he has visited every state in the United States. He has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the North Bay where he grew up.
EDUCATION
JD, Wake Forest University, 1997
BA, Journalism, San Francisco State University, 1994
AA, Liberal Arts, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1992
ADMISSIONS
State Bar of California
State Bar of Oregon
State Bar of Washington
District of Columbia Bar
Northern District of California
Eastern District of California
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
1/25 – Present: Associate Attorney, McNamara, Ambacher, Wheeler, Hirsig & Gray, LLP, Pleasant Hill, California
1/01 – 6/01 and 6/02 – 1/25: Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Mark R. Mittelman, PC, Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill, California
6/01 – 6/02: Associate Attorney, Smith Freed & Eberhard, Portland, Oregon
6/00 – 12/00: Associate Attorney, Knox Ricksen, Fairfield, California
3/98 – 6/00 – Associate Attorney, Schofield & Schiller, Walnut Creek, California
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
HONORS/AWARDS
Experience
1/25 – Present: Associate Attorney, McNamara, Ambacher, Wheeler, Hirsig & Gray, LLP, Pleasant Hill, California
1/01 – 6/01 and 6/02 – 1/25: Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Mark R. Mittelman, PC, Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill, California
6/01 – 6/02: Associate Attorney, Smith Freed & Eberhard, Portland, Oregon
6/00 – 12/00: Associate Attorney, Knox Ricksen, Fairfield, California
3/98 – 6/00 – Associate Attorney, Schofield & Schiller, Walnut Creek, California
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
HONORS/AWARDS