Eric W. Junginger, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Litigation; Product Liability

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5027 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
ejunginger@hansonbridgett.com
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Eric W. Junginger's practice involves products liability, complex civil litigation, toxic tort cases, judgment enforcement, and regulatory affairs. His experience involves all aspects of litigation, appeal, and alternative dispute resolution. Eric has handled products liability cases involving durable medical equipment, satellites, airplane parachutes, asbestos, benzene, silica, air mattresses, electrical motors, construction equipment, consumer goods, and sports equipment. He has also litigated contract disputes, premises liability cases, federal trade dress claims, enforced judgments against debtor's property interests, and has responded to Consumer Product Safety Commission inquiries. Eric coordinates a nationwide discovery program for a Fortune 500 Company. Additionally, he has successfully briefed issues before the California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal.

Eric served as an extern to the Honorable Stuart R. Pollak, San Francisco Superior Court Judge in 2000. Eric has also served as assistant to United States Bankruptcy Trustee, Suzanne L. Decker, and has worked in the Oakland Raiders legal department.

Publications

• Product Liability Update, Hanson Bridgett (Various)
• "New Regulations for Consumer Products Sold in the U.S.", Globalaw Product Liability Newsletter (Spring 2009)
• "Managing Information In An Electronic Workplace", with Eli R. Makus, Lorman (2007)
• "Summary of Published California State Cases Concerning Asbestos Exposure", with Merton A. Howard, University of San Francisco School of Law Continuing Legal Education (May 7, 2004)
• "Changes to California's Statute of Limitation for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims and the Summary Judgment Statute", with Merton A. Howard (Sept. 1, 2002)
• "Handling the Disappearance or Spoliation of Third Party Evidence in the Products Liability Case: Beware the Double Edged Sword", with Merton A. Howard, ALFA Product Liability Seminar (May 10-12, 2000)
• California Law for Workers' Compensation, Chapter in ALFA Compendium (2000)

Presentations

• Night of Honor (Event honoring Alameda County's public safety personnel) Emcee, Castro Valley, California (2007-2010)
• Spreading the Fault: The Nuts and Bolts of Fault Diverting Defenses, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California (May 12, 2009)
• Laws that Every Mother Should Know, Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) (March 11, 2008)

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California
Bar Association of San Francisco
Defense Research Institute

Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2000)
B.A., summa cum laude, Loyola Marymount University (1997)

Admissions and Courts
State of California
Eastern, Northern, Southern and Central Districts of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit