Practice Areas: Trust and estate litigation in probate and civil courts, including will and trust contests, undue influence, conduct of trustees, elder financial abuse, spousal property characterization, and disputes concerning estate assets and disposition

Federal and state court litigation of complex business, financial and real estate disputes, corporate and partnership governance or dissolution litigation, trade secret and intellectual property disputes, creditor rights and bankruptcy matters; business arbitrations and appeals

Honors/Listings: The Best Lawyers in America^®, Northern California SuperLawyers^®, AV^® Preeminent^™ (5.0 out of 5) peer-review rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Law School: University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), (J.D., 1973) Order of the Coif, Managing Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly

Memberships:
Bar Association of San Francisco, Attorney Fee Disputes Committee (Arbitrator), Ethics Committee
State Bar of California Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section
The Lawyers' Club of San Francisco Inn of Court (past President), San Francisco County Superior Court (Arbitrator)

Significant Jury Trials:
Elder financial abuse, breach of fiduciary duty, real estate fraud, securities fraud, wrongful distributor termination, bankruptcy fraud, legal malpractice, wrongful banking practices, breach of commercial leases and contracts, construction defects

Other Major Cases:
Protection/recovery of real estate intellectual property, will/trust contest litigation, undue influence and testamentary capacity disputes, trade secret misappropriation, LLC, partnership and family limited partnership dissolution, copyright infringement, municipal tax liability, business bankruptcy and creditor rights litigation

Personal: Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve (Ret.); garage-winemaker

Contact:
e: rcross@skootskyder.com

p: 415.979.9800 ext. 3

m: 415.602.3865