problems for
our clients
since 1950
Attorney Information
Location
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 110S
Sacramento, CA 95825-8200
T: 916.483.5181
F: 916.483.7558
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Practice Groups
Products Liability – Co-Chair
Construction
Employment
Personal Injury
Professional Liability
Real Estate
Admitted to Practice
– All courts in the State of California
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
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U.S. Supreme Court
Education
J.D., California Western School of Law, San Diego
B.S., University of California, Davis
Presentations/Articles
–"Document/Data Retention and Electronic Discovery: The Lawyer's Full Employment Act of 2006," presented to Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, 2007
–"Fair Claims Settlement Practices Program," presented to private clients
CHARLES S. PAINTER, Partner
Charlie is the Assistant Managing Partner of Ericksen Arbuthnot's Sacramento office and is Co-Chair of the firm's Products Liability practice group. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
During his career, Charlie has handled cases involving all aspects of civil litigation and has successfully litigated numerous high exposure cases in both state and federal courts. He successfully defended the first "failure to warn" pharmaceutical products liability case to be tried to verdict in the United States on the issue of whether aspirin causes Reye's syndrome. He has provided defense for complex business litigation, including class action lawsuits. The scope of his practice also includes toxic tort, employment and wrongful termination, products liability, construction defect, professional errors and omissions of health care practitioners, and real estate agents and brokers.
Charlie is a member of both the California and Oregon State Bars. He is also a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He lectures on a variety of legal topics, including document retention and electronic discovery. Charlie has extensive experience in mediating cases.
He and his wife, Marcia, have been married for over thirty years and have raised two wonderful children. They reside in Fair Oaks, California.
CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.