William M. Audet

William M. Audet earned a B.A. from the University of California, Davis, in 1981, a Juris Doctor from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1984, where he was the editor of the Golden Gate University Law Review, and completed his formal legal education with a Masters of Law from the University of Wisconsin School of Law in 1987.

After clerking for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Audet clerked for The Honorable Alfonso J. Zirpoli, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and The Honorable Fern M. Smith, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. While obtaining his Masters Degree in Law at the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Audet was also a clinical instructor on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Mr. Audet’s practice focuses on complex litigation, including class and non-class action claims involving mass torts, product liability, antitrust and consumer class actions. [More. . .]

Jeffrey W. Rickard

Jeffrey W. Rickard earned his B.S. from Oral Roberts University in 1979 and his Juris Doctor in 1985 from Santa Clara University School of Law.  Mr. Rickard’s practice has, for more than twenty years, been devoted to personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, insurance bad faith, mass tort and toxic exposure matters. While most of his professional career has been on the plaintiffs’ side, Mr. Rickard also practiced as in-house counsel for a national insurance company for several years and gained first-hand knowledge of the defense approach to trial preparation, a perspective that he utilizes in preparing plaintiffs’ cases for trial. [More. . .]

Ryan M. Hagan

Ryan M. Hagan earned a B.S., cum laude, in Economics from San Jose State University in 1995, and a Juris Doctor from U.C. Davis, King Hall School of Law in 1998. Prior to joining the firm, Ryan devoted more than 12 years representing individual and corporate clients in litigation matters, gaining a valuable perspective from representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants over his career. The breadth of Ryan’s experience includes catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, complex consumer class actions, as well as real estate and business litigation matters. [More. . .]

Kevin L. Thomason

Kevin L. Thomason earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from California State University at Dominguez Hills in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1994. Mr. Thomason has extensive experience in internet and computer technology and has taught MCLE classes on the internet throughout California. He has written extensively for the legal press on these topics. [More. . .]

Joshua C. Ezrin

Joshua C. Ezrin received a B.A. with honors in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1995, and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2001.  Mr. Ezrin began his practice at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office, where he gained invaluable litigation experience. Since joining Audet & Partners, Mr. Ezrin has focused his practice on employment and personal injury cases, consumer class actions, and complex pharmaceutical litigation. [More. . .]

Jonas P. Mann

Jonas P. Mann earned a B.A., cum laude and with high honors, in International Affairs from the George Washington University in 2004.  In 2007, Mr. Mann was awarded a J.D. from Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law where he was a member of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mann completed a clerkship in the Superior Court of New Jersey where he worked primarily on pharmaceutical products liability, employment discrimination, and environmental litigation. [More. . .]

Jason T. Baker

Jason Baker earned his B.A. in Political Science at the University of California at Davis in 1995.  After graduation, he worked as Research Associate for the Violence Prevention Research Program at the UC Davis School of Medicine for two years prior to entering law school. While attending law school, Mr. Baker clerked for the Special Litigation Division of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. [More. . .]