Born:

Evanston, Illinois, 1948

Admitted to bar:

1986, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California

Education:

University of Illinois (B.A., 1970; M.A., 1978); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1986)

Memberships:

Alameda County and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada

Allan D. Gutsche

Senior Partner

Phone: (415) 982-6300 ext. 3310
Email: agutsche@jacksonwallace.com

Mr. Gutsche joined Jackson & Wallace LLP in 1991 and became a partner in 2000. Since joining the Firm, Mr. Gutsche's chief focus has been in the handling of trials on behalf of the Firm's various clients. Mr. Gutsche has also been responsible for pretrial work-up of high value/risk cases, including work with numerous expert witnesses, plaintiffs and factual witnesses.

Prior to joining the Firm, he handled eleven asbestos trials which went to verdict. He has had an additional seven trials proceed to verdict while at Jackson & Wallace LLP, one of which was a consolidated group of twelve plaintiffs. In all of his trials for asbestos defendants, he has won fourteen and lost four. He has also begun a number of trials where the underlying case concluded prior to verdict because of settlement. He tried the case and assisted in the appeal of Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation Company (1995) 31 Cal. App.4th 1409 which set the evidentiary standard of sufficiency of workplace exposure in California asbestos cases.