Farley J. Neuman
415.705.0404 | fneuman@jgn.com | Partner
Farley J. Neuman, a former partner at a large San Francisco Bay Area law firm, is one of the founding partners of this firm. He is a 1981 graduate of Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, and specializes in litigating cases involving business and commercial disputes, employment law, and accounting malpractice. He has particular expertise in presenting complex commercial cases to juries in both federal and state courts.
Mr. Neuman, who was a Certified Public Accountant, began his career with a former “Big 8” accounting firm before commencing the practice of law. He has served as an arbitrator and a pro tem judge for the San Francisco Superior Court; as a member of the panel of arbitrators for the New York Stock Exchange, the Pacific Stock Exchange and the American Arbitration Association; and as a judge for Stanford Law School’s appellate advocacy program. Mr. Neuman is admitted to practice law in California and Illinois and has handled cases in Illinois, Virginia and throughout California. He is also the president and founder of The College Bound Foundation (http://www.college-bound.org), a non-profit mentoring program for at-risk youth in San Francisco.
Mr. Neuman has lectured frequently on topics such as the fundamentals of trial practice and the use of expert witnesses. He has also published on a variety of legal topics. He has contributed to several books, including Wrongful Employment Termination Practice (2d ed. CEB 1997) and California Civil Discovery Practice (3d ed. CEB 1998 and 4th ed. CEB 2006). He also has published numerous legal articles, including “Jury Research: Can You Afford Not To Do It?,” “Analyzing Prejudgment Interest Issues in Tort Actions,” “Basic Filing Deadlines for California Employment Discrimination Cases,” “Conducting Discovery Beyond the Code,” “A Perspective on Economical Litigation,” “CPA Has No Liability to Third Parties for Review of Financial Statements,” “Accounting Issues in Litigation: A Referee Can Blow the Whistle,” and a comment on “Frame v. Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.”
Mr. Neuman enjoys the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating (AV) awarded to individual attorneys, and has been named one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s best lawyers by Super Lawyer and Bay Area Lawyer Magazine.