CURRICULUM VITAE FRANK D. RUSSO

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1 Russo Mediation and Law Mediation, Arbitration, Dispute Resolution 1185 Trestle Glen Rd. Oakland, CA Office: (510) Cell: (510) Web: and EDUCATION CURRICULUM VITAE FRANK D. RUSSO University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), School of Law, J.D., Industrial Relations Law Journal, contributing member, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1973; recipient of Fleet Foundation and Yale Scholarships. Steven Rosen Mediation Training, EMPLOYMENT/LAW PRACTICE: Mediator and Arbitrator, Russo Mediation and Law Chief of Staff, Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, Sacramento, California, 2008 to Hiring and setting up capitol and district offices, managing offices and committee staff; development and implementation of legislative strategy including complex negotiations on legislation and California State Budget; political advice and counsel on Budget Conference Committee and Rules Committee decisions; relations with other elected officials, and communications and media. Publisher, California Progress Report, Prepared, edited, and/or published over 4,000 articles read by over 1.5 million visitors, 2006 to Attorney in Law Practice for 32 Years The Russo Law Firm, Founder/Owner, and manager, 1991 to 2006; AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Practice devoted primarily to workers' compensation and related areas of civil litigation, employment, and discrimination law. Provided expert witness testimony and consultation and also mediated cases. Smith, Wright & Peterson, Partner, 1989 to Practice primarily devoted to personal injury and workers compensation cases. Jewel, Leary & Russo, Partner, 1982 to 1986; Associate, 1978 to Practice primarily devoted to workers' compensation with other areas including personal injury, criminal defense, Social Security, wills and probate, and general civil litigation.

Industrial Relations Law Journal, contributing member, 1975. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1973; recipient of Fleet Foundation and Yale Scholarships.

2 Legal Counsel to Speaker of the California Assembly, Willie Brown, Sacramento, California 1987 to Review of Assembly Judiciary and Public Safety Committees and other duties pertaining to Fair Political Practices Act, drafted legislation, and provided legal and political advice. Administrative Assistant to Assemblyman Terry Goggin, Sacramento, California, 1976 to Responsible for drafting legislation, developing legislative strategies and negotiation, and speech writing. Legal Assistant, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland, LEGAL AND WORKER S COMPENSATION AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Active Member, State Bar of California, Admitted to State and Federal Courts, 1976 to Present. Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation, California State Board of Specialization, State Bar of California, 1985 to present. Steven Rosen Mediation Training, certificated Member, Compensation Mediation and Arbitration Services, Board Member, Neighborhood Law Corps Foundation, Oakland, California, 2005 to Executive Committee Member, Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service, 1992 to Member, Alameda County Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee, California Applicants' Attorneys Association, President, 1997 to 1998; Board of Governor's Member and Legislation Committee, 1992 to 2006; Administrative Regulation Committee Chair, 1992 to Testified and lobbied on dozens of bills, proposed regulations, and gubernatorial appointments before the California Legislature and led 1000 attorney member association in strategic political and public policy decisions. Oakland Workers Compensation Appeals Board Bench-Bar Committee, 2002 to Best Lawyers in America, to Judge, pro tem, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, State of California, 1982 and 2002 to Northern California Super Lawyers, Law & Politics and San Francisco Magazine, 2004.

Administrative Assistant to Assemblyman Terry Goggin, Sacramento, California, 1976 to 1978. Responsible for drafting legislation, developing legislative strategies and negotiation, and speech writing.

3 Member, Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation, Project Advisory Committee, on Return to Work in Sustained Employment, Speaker, Summit on California Workers' Compensation Permanent Disability, California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Testimony and Written Presentation on Proposed Amendments to Schedule For Rating Permanent Disabilities, California Department of Industrial Relations, Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking, Testimony and Written Presentation on Proposed Amendments to Audit Unit Regulations, California Department of Industrial Relations, Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking, Project Participant, Navigating the Workers Compensation System, Labor and Occupational Health Program, U.C. Berkeley, 1996 Advisory Committee Member, California Health, Safety and Workers Compensation Commission, Project to Design and Test Educational Materials, Representative to State Bar Conference of Delegates, Alameda County Bar Association WORKERS COMPENSATION COURSES, SEMINARS, LECTURES, AND PUBLICATIONS Instructor, California Applicants Attorneys Association, Workers Compensation Law Course, A Comprehensive Law School Level Class Covering All Issues Pertaining to Workers Compensation at Boalt Hall, 2002, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2003, and Oakland, Lecturer, Lawworm.com Seminar on Workers Compensation Reform, Lecturer, California Applicants Attorneys Association Convention, Apportionment Under the New Law, Faculty, Return-To-Work Issues Under California Disability Law: Workers Compensation and FEHA, Lorman Education Services, Lecturer, California Applicants Attorneys Convention, Brain Injuries, Trainer, Workers Compensation Navigators, UC Berkeley Labor and Occupational Health Program, at Alameda County Central Labor Council, Lecturer, Disability Management Employer Coalition, Legislative Update, Lecturer, California Applicants Attorneys Convention, Permanent and Stationary: How Is It Determined?, 2002.

Testimony and Written Presentation on Proposed Amendments to Schedule For Rating Permanent Disabilities, California Department of Industrial Relations, Hearing on Proposed Rulemaking, 1997.

4 Speaker, California Applicants' Attorneys Association Convention, Burn Injuries, Author, Chapter 10, Representing Injured Workers, California Workers' Compensation Practice (Fourth Edition), Continuing Education of the Bar-California (2000). Lecturer, Medical-Legal Reporting on Cumulative Trauma, Qualified Medical Evaluator Seminar, Industrial Claims Association Lecturer, Psychiatric Claims: Investigation, Evaluation, and Proof, SEAK National Workers Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar, Lecturer, What An Injured Worker s Attorney Wants in a Medical-Legal Evaluation in Workers Compensation, SEAK National Workers Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar, Lecturer, Contra Costa County AFL-CIO seminars on work injuries, 1985 to Lecturer, National Workers Compensation and Occupational Medicine Seminar, California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgeons, Lecturer, California Applicants Attorneys Association Convention, The Applicant s Deposition, Speaker, California Conference of Workers' Compensation Judges, California State Bar Convention, 1993 and Lecturer, California Applicants' Attorneys Association, Paralegal/Secretarial Seminar, 1992, 1994 and Lecturer, California Applicants' Attorneys Association Rehabilitation Seminar, Lecturer, American Academy of Disability Evaluation Physicians, Presenter, Alameda County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Course for the General Practitioner, 1994; Speaker, Roles of Attorneys and Physicians in Workers Compensation Cases Including 1994 Reforms, Program Speaker, Council on Education in Management, Workers' Compensation Update, Lecturer, National Business Institute, Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar An Applicant s Attorney Speaks Out: How I Decide To Accept, Or Refuse, A Workers Compensation Case, Council on Education and Management (1993). Speaker, California Applicants' Attorneys Association Convention, Legislative Panel, 1988.

Lecturer, Medical-Legal Reporting on Cumulative Trauma, Qualified Medical Evaluator Seminar, Industrial Claims Association 1999.

5 MEDIA Press Credential: California State Legislature, 2006 to Television: KPIX (CBS) Election Night Political Analyst for June Primary and November General Elections; McNeil-Lehrer News Hour; dozens of broadcast news and cable television appearances and host of public access programs, 2006 and Radio: Frequent speaker on legal and public policy issues including weekly commentary on state politics and public policy on Sonoma County News Talk Radio KSRO; multiple appearances on KQED Forum with Michael Krasny; Keane on the Law KPIX Radio; KALW and KQKE, Media Roundtable, and Public Radio Programs throughout California. Print: Op ed articles published in many newspapers and other publications, quoted frequently in the press, and daily writing, editing and publishing of the California Progress Report. Speaker: Commonwealth Club Post Election Analysis, November 21, Consumer Journalist Award, Consumer Federation of California, 2008.

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