Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Stump has forty years of experience in the practice of law. During his career, he has held the positions of California Deputy Attorney General, Acting Solicitor General California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Assistant Chief Counsel California State Employees Association and partner in the firm of McMaster & Stump. Mr. Stump has experience in many areas of the law including real estate, taxation, employment and labor, condemnation, personal injury, and tort defense. He has extensive litigation experience at the trial and appellate levels of the state and federal courts. His appellate work has resulted in more than thirty published decisions by the state and federal appellate courts.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Eminent Domain
• Wrongful Termination -- Employee
• State & Local Agencies
• Insurance Defense
• Litigation & Appeals
• Complex Litigation
• Federal Appellate Practice
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Defamation & Privacy -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
• Premises Liability -- Defense
• Property Damage -- Defense
• Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condemnation
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Residential Real Estate
• Municipal Liability
• State Government

Representative Cases

• Wheeler v. Board of Admilnistration, 25 Cal. 3d 600 (California Supreme Court 1979)
• Arakalian Farms v. ALRB, 49 Cal. 3d 1279 (California Supreme Court 1989)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Arbitration, Mediation, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Eminent Domain, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, State & Local Agencies, Insurance Defense, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Residential Real Estate, Municipal Liability, State Government

Bar Admissions

• California, 1969
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1969
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1969
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1969
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1969
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1969

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California State Bar, 1969 - 2009
• San Diego North County Bar Association, 2006 - 2009

Pro Bono Activities

• Judge Pro Tem-San Diego Superior Court, 2006 - 2009

Past Employment Positions

• California Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, 1991 - 2005
• California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Acting Solicitor General, 1988 - 1991

Education

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1968
  J.D.
• Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Address

5760 Fleet Street
Suite 110
Carlsbad, CA 92008-4713

Phones

866.933.2340
888.815.4885 (Toll Free)

Faxes

760.431.2003

Emails

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Websites

http://www.loftinfirm.com