Shahab E. Fotouhi

Shareholder, San Francisco

Construction Defect, Construction Injury, Complex Litigation

Tel: 415.362.9300

Fax: 415.358.5521

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Shahab E. Fotouhi received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. Mr. Fotouhi received his J.D. degree from the University of San Francisco in 1993.

Education & Credentials

J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 1993
B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1989

Bar Admissions

California, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

For the past thirteen years, Mr. Fotouhi's practice has emphasized construction defect, construction injury, and complex litigation. Mr. Fotouhi is a veteran of numerous trials, arbitrations and appellate proceedings. In April 2005, Mr. Fotouhi appeared before the Supreme Court, representing the interests of a business in a negligent security case. Delgado v. Trax Bar & Grill. Mr. Fotouhi has authored a number of articles, including an article published by the San Francisco Barrister's Law Journal entitled "The Erosion of the Peculiar Risk Doctrine" (August, 1996.)

Mr. Fotouhi is very active in local bar associations as well as his alma mater, USF Law School. He co-founded the Construction Law Section of the Barristers' Club of San Francisco and served as the Vice-Chair (1997-98) and the Chair (1998-99) of the Section. Mr. Fotouhi is a member of the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Fotouhi served as the President of the Board of Governors of the University of San Francisco School of Law for the 2007-2008 school year and was awarded the John Meehan Award from the Law School in 2005. He continues to serve on the board as immediate past president.

Mr. Fotouhi's success as a lawyer is in great part based upon his focus on each client's particular circumstances, approaching each case with a strategic plan that aligns with the client's objectives. Client satisfaction is of utmost importance to him. Due to his track record as a litigator and counselor, for the second time in four years, Mr. Fotouhi has been named to the list of Northern California "Super Lawyers" for 2008, as published in the August issue of San Francisco magazine and in the companion Northern California Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a list of the top five percent of attorneys in the area as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics, a Minneapolis-based trade publication. He is admitted to practice in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Eastern District of California and the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.