KNICKERBOCKER LAW FIRM

 

Richard L. Knickerbocker has earned his Juris Doctor degree and LLM (Masters of Law) degree from the University of Southern California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Mr. Knickerbocker is a former City Attorney of the City of Santa Monica; a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate National Board of Trial Advocates (Approved Specialty by State Bar of California); Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, State Bar of California; Martindale-Hubble, Rating AV (A=Legal ability: very high to preeminent; V=Ethical standards: very  high); Designated Super Lawyer Los Angeles Magazine (since 2006); and Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for individual verdicts in excess of One Million Dollars.

 

Mr. Knickerbocker has also made numerous television appearances related to his legal profession. These included Court Television with Regard to the O. J. Simpson Civil Trial; multiple appearances on Fair Disclosure on Issues of Voter Fraud, Civil Eifhra, Immigration Reform, and Rights of the Media.

 

Associations & Memberships:  

 

          Los Angeles Superior Court Panelist Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Panel

 

          State Bar of California, in 2006 completed term as Member of the Committee on the Administration of Justice 

 

          American Bar Association; Member sections on litigation and Judicial/Appellate Judges Conference sections

 

          Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce

 

          Santa Monica YMCA   

 

          American Trial Lawyers Association

 

          Santa Monica Bar Association

 

          Former Delegate to the State Bar of California, Santa Monica Bar Association

 

          Former Member of Legislative Committee of the Santa Monica Bar

 

          Member of Litigation, Local Government Committee and State and Local Government and Real Estate Probate and Trust Sections  of Los       

          Angeles Bar

 

          Past-Chairman of the Airport Noise Committee of American Bar

 

          Past-Chairman of the Office of Criminal Justice Planing Ad Hoc Committee on White Collar Crime and Consumer Affairs

 

          Former Chairman of Committee on Airports National Institute of Municipal Law

          Officers (NIMLO)

 

          Former Alternate to Chairman of Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board

 

          Panelist, author, and speaker at National Institute of Municipal Law

          Officers (NIMLO)

 

          Former Member of California Citizens Commission on Tort Reform Representing League of California Cities 

 

          Former Member of the California Assemble Advisory Committee on Governmental Tort Reform.  

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

          Former Clinical Processor Municipal Law, Southwestern University School of Law

 

          Former Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, University of West Los Angeles

 

          Former Instructor in Real Estate Law, El Camino College; Real Estate Law and Advanced Real Estate Law 

 

          Former Instructor in Business Law, Santa Monica College, and Community program on Landlord Tenant law. 

 

          Former Instructor for the CEB in Commercial Leases, Mechanics Lien Law, and Governmental Approvals in the Subdivision Process

 

          Panelist League of California Cities on Issues of Risk Management, Claims Administration, Planning and Zoning, Airport Litigation, Municipal  

          Tort Liability  

 

          Panelist for Abraham Lincoln University of Law, Orientation (2004-2007)

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

          LexisNexis "Guide to FATCA Compliance," contributed to the authorship of 4 chapters of the most indispensable and up-to-date publication 

          on the market for understanding the final U.S. Treasury Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regulations (2013)

   

          After The Claim Is Made: Conference at Risk Management, Santa Monica, California (September 25, 1975)

 

          Commentary And Update On Inverse Condemnation Of Air Easements: by Ernest S. Kettleson,  Real Estate In Midcentury - Transition,

          Taxation & Trends: As Contribution for the Committee on Real Estate Probate and Trusts,  American Bar Association, (1974)

 

          Government Tort Reform In California: National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (NIMLO) Washington, D.C., Municipal Lawyer (July 1978)

 

          Liability Insurance - Available Alternatives: City Attorney's Spring Meeting, Newport Beach, California (May 13, 1976)

 

          Look Out The Condominiums Are Coming Again: League of California Cities, San Francisco, California (1973 Annual Conference)

 

          Public Agency Liability: The Law And The Risks; Management, Avoidance and Transfer: Institute for Local Self Government (January, 1978)

          (Co-authorship)

 

          Report To League Of California Cities on Civil Liability & Immunity: City Attorney's Spring Meeting, Sacramento, California (May, 1977)

 

          Serrano - Equality Or Mediocrity? League of California Cities - 1975 Annual Conference, South Lake Tahoe, California (April 29, 1975)

 

          Save Santa Monica Airport: Air California In Flight Magazine, Suggesting that only through reasonable local and federal regulations may small

          city airports be saved to provide open space, safety, and public services to the community.