Charles W. LaGrave Resumé
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
September 2014 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
Plant Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
October 2010 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
Thorpe Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2006 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
J.T. Thorpe Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2005 to November 2019. Claims/Legal Consultant
Western Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2004 to May 2005 Director of Claims
Western Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
November 1995 to September 2001 Partner
Morgenstein & Jubelirer, (Retired 9/01) San Francisco, CA
(firm merged with Schiff Hardin of Chicago - January 1, 2007)
February 1993 to November 1995 Of Counsel
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA
April 1988 to February 1993 Senior Litigation Counsel
Fibreboard Corporation, Concord, CA
May 1987 to April 1988 Senior Litigation Supervisor
Asbestos Claims Facility, Pleasanton, CA
May 1979 to May 1987 Senior Trial Counsel
Law Offices of William Duke, San Francisco, CA
(Staff Counsel for CNA Insurance Company)
March 1978 to May 1979 Attorney
Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, San Francisco, CA
Summer 1976 to November 1977 Attorney
Lundberg, Conmy, Nodland, Rosenberg, Lucas & Schultz, Bismarck, ND
BAR MEMBERSHIP: State of California, 1978 to Present; North Dakota, 1976 to 1979.
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
August 2002 to May 2004 Adjunct Faculty
Communication Studies, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA
September 1976 to June 1977 Instructor
Criminal Justice Program, Bismarck Junior College, Bismarck, ND
Summer 1973 County Tax Assessor
Morton County, ND
January 1973 to May 1973 Lobbyist
North Dakota Association of County Commissioners, Forty-Third Legislative Session
January 1973 to May 1973 Lecturer in Speech
Bismarck Junior College, Bismarck, ND, Division of Continuing Education
June 1972 to November 1972 Speech Writer and Director of Research
Gubernatorial Campaign of North Dakota Lt. Governor Richard Larsen, Primary and General Elections
September 1970 to June 1972 Instructor of Speech and Assistant Director of Debate
Speech Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
September 1969 to August 1970 Teaching Assistant and Debate Coach
Speech Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
EDUCATION:
Legal School of Law, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Juris Doctor Degree - May, 1976 "With Distinction"
Member - Order of the Coif;
Honors: Burtness Foundation Scholarship 1974; UND Moot Ct Team
Order of the Coif - initiated 1976;
Editorial Staff Member, North Dakota Law Review, 1974-1976
Graduate Graduate School, Department of Speech, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA
Master of Arts - May, 1971 Communication and Rhetorical Theory;
Graduate Teaching and Debate Assistant, 1969-1970
Master's Thesis - "Inherency: An Historical and Critical Study".
University of Massachusetts, Spring, 1971
Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND B.A. in Speech - May 1969
Honors: UND Four Year Honors Program Graduate; Midwest Forensic
Association research, 1968-1969;
Senior Honors Thesis - "Structural Persuasive Tendencies of a First
Affirmative Speech", Spring, 1969
Charles W. LaGrave Resumé
September 2014 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
Plant Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
October 2010 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
Thorpe Insulation Company Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2006 to November 2019 Claims/Legal Consultant
J.T. Thorpe Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2005 to November 2019. Claims/Legal Consultant
Western Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
May 2004 to May 2005 Director of Claims
Western Asbestos Settlement Trust, Reno, NV
November 1995 to September 2001 Partner
Morgenstein & Jubelirer, (Retired 9/01) San Francisco, CA
(firm merged with Schiff Hardin of Chicago - January 1, 2007)
February 1993 to November 1995 Of Counsel
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA
April 1988 to February 1993 Senior Litigation Counsel
Fibreboard Corporation, Concord, CA
May 1987 to April 1988 Senior Litigation Supervisor
Asbestos Claims Facility, Pleasanton, CA
May 1979 to May 1987 Senior Trial Counsel
Law Offices of William Duke, San Francisco, CA
(Staff Counsel for CNA Insurance Company)
March 1978 to May 1979 Attorney
Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, San Francisco, CA
Summer 1976 to November 1977 Attorney
Lundberg, Conmy, Nodland, Rosenberg, Lucas & Schultz, Bismarck, ND
BAR MEMBERSHIP: State of California, 1978 to Present; North Dakota, 1976 to 1979.
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
August 2002 to May 2004 Adjunct Faculty
Communication Studies, Santa Rosa Jr. College, Santa Rosa, CA
September 1976 to June 1977 Instructor
Criminal Justice Program, Bismarck Junior College, Bismarck, ND
Summer 1973 County Tax Assessor
Morton County, ND
January 1973 to May 1973 Lobbyist
North Dakota Association of County Commissioners, Forty-Third Legislative Session
January 1973 to May 1973 Lecturer in Speech
Bismarck Junior College, Bismarck, ND, Division of Continuing Education
June 1972 to November 1972 Speech Writer and Director of Research
Gubernatorial Campaign of North Dakota Lt. Governor Richard Larsen, Primary and General Elections
September 1970 to June 1972 Instructor of Speech and Assistant Director of Debate
Speech Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
September 1969 to August 1970 Teaching Assistant and Debate Coach
Speech Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
EDUCATION:
Legal School of Law, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Juris Doctor Degree - May, 1976 "With Distinction"
Member - Order of the Coif;
Honors: Burtness Foundation Scholarship 1974; UND Moot Ct Team
Order of the Coif - initiated 1976;
Editorial Staff Member, North Dakota Law Review, 1974-1976
Graduate Graduate School, Department of Speech, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA
Master of Arts - May, 1971 Communication and Rhetorical Theory;
Graduate Teaching and Debate Assistant, 1969-1970
Master's Thesis - "Inherency: An Historical and Critical Study".
University of Massachusetts, Spring, 1971
Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND B.A. in Speech - May 1969
Honors: UND Four Year Honors Program Graduate; Midwest Forensic
Association research, 1968-1969;
Senior Honors Thesis - "Structural Persuasive Tendencies of a First
Affirmative Speech", Spring, 1969
Charles W. LaGrave Resumé