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Members of our firm have received the following merit recognition:

  • Listed nationally in the Registry of Pre-eminent Lawyers*
  • Member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms
  • The American College of Trial Lawyers
  • The American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Sacramento Consumer Attorney "Advocate of the Year" Award Winners
  • Sacramento Consumer Attorney Association Advocate of the Year
  • Listed in the Best Lawyers of America, a nationally published independent survey treatise
  • AV-rated (pre-eminent) by Martindale-Hubbell*
  • Sacramento Magazine Top Lawyers, 1999

*Membership nationally is less than 10% of practicing attorneys. All other Merit Memberships listed above are comprised of substantially less than 1% of practicing attorneys nationally.

 

Professional/Educational Seminar Instructors

  • University of California, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
    • Insurance Bad Faith Litigation - Trends and Tactics
    • Effective Jury Selection
    • Mediation Techniques and Strategies
    • Civil Discovery Before Trial

 

  • California, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
    • Fundamentals of Civil Litigation Before Trial

 

  • National Business Institute
    • Arbitrating and Trying the Personal Injury Case in California
    • Litigating the Difficult Premises Liability Case

 

  • Sacramento Consumer Attorneys
    • Anatomy of a Civil Jury Trial
    • Preparing the Ultimate Policy Limits Demand Letter
    • Insurance Coverage and the Intentional Act Exclusion
    • Evaluating a Personal Injury Claim in California
    • Damages, Preparation and Discovery
    • Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist's Claim Presentation
    • Final Argument by the Best
    • How to "Argue" Damages
    • Evidence, Development and Presentation

 

  • The American Board of Trial Advocates
    • The Ultimate Trial Notebook (Sacramento Chapter)
      • Committee Chair
      • Motions in Limine
      • Demonstrative Evidence
    • Masters in Trial Demonstration (Sacramento Chapter)
      • Committee Chair
      • Voir Dire
      • Opening Statement
      • Closing Argument

 

  • Hastings College of the Law, Civil College of Trial Advocates Faculty 1981 through 1991

 

  • California Medical Association (CMA)
    • Advanced Techniques for Deposition and Trial Testimony for the Forensic Practitioner

 

  • Northern California Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (as invited speakers)
    • Traps for the Unwary: General and Punitive Damages - A Lecture from the Plaintiff's Perspective (35th Annual Conference)
    • Product Liability; Defending Claimed Defects in Design and Warnings - A Lecture from the Plaintiff's Perspective (40th Annual Conference)
  • Instructor, Lincoln Law School
    • Legal Writing

 

  • Miscellaneous Presentations/Symposiums
    • Sacramento County Area Judges' Educational Seminar on Insurance Coverage Issues
    • California Applicants' Attorneys Association, Third Party Civil Actions Arising from Workers' Compensation Cases
    • Sons In Retirement (SIRS), The Rights of Consumers
    • Sacramento County Legal Secretary and Paralegal Association: Support Staff's Role in the Law Office
    • The American Society for Industrial Security (Palo Alto): Safety in the Workplace and How to Avoid Liability
    • Numerous Insurance Company Presentations regarding the Evaluation and Settlement of Injury Claims
    • Presentations to the California State Senate and Assembly and Various Subcommittees on proposed Substantive and Procedural Tort Law Legislation

 

  • Appointments/Board Memberships
    • Chair, Senator Boxer's Eastern District Judiciary Appointments Advisory Committee
    • President, Vice-President, Treasurer, The Sacramento Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
    • Board Member, California Trial Lawyers Association (now CAOC)
    • Board Member, Consumer Attorneys of California
    • President, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association
    • Board Member, Sacramento Consumer Attorneys
    • Board Member, Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association

 

  • Legal/Professional Contributions
    • Judicial Arbitration Panel (Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer Counties)
    • Judge Pro Tempore (Sacramento and Placer Counties)
    • Mediations/Arbitrations in binding cases, with all fees donated to Sacramento Food Bank

 

MARTINDALE-HUBBELL PROFILES


PRACTICE: Civil Litigation, Plaintiff Personal Injury, Professional Negligence and Products Liability Litigation, First Party Bad Faith and Public Entity Litigation.

FIRM-PROFILE: Year Established: 1987

Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood specializes in plaintiff's civil litigation throughout the state. The firm handles a wide range of tort cases with particular emphasis on personal injury, public entity liability, products liability, professional malpractice and insurance bad faith matters. The firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers.