KARL R. MOLINEUX, ESQ.

 

 Mediator/Special Master/Discovery Referee

Telephone:

Office  (925) 357-2688

Direct (925) 357-2682

BACKGROUND

 

With nearly 30 years of experience, Mr. Molineux enjoyed an active litigation practice handling cases for both defendants and plaintiffs in a variety of areas, including breach of contract, business, construction, construction defect, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, negligence, premises liability and real estate.  His emphasis was on complex construction defect cases where Mr. Molineux represented commercial building owners, general contractors, subcontractors, homeowners, homeowner’s associations, hospitals and Indian casinos. For 15 years, Mr. Molineux also acted as insurance defense counsel for a number of insurance carriers, handling the defense of personal injury and premises liability cases.  He has served as lead counsel in hundreds of mediations and Special Master proceedings.  His breadth of experience and understanding of issues important to both plaintiffs and defendants, make him ideally suited to assisting parties and their counsel in resolving a wide range of disputes.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

            KARL MOLINEUX PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION  –  DANVILLE, CA                       2018 – Present

            Founding Member/President

            MERRILL, NOMURA & MOLINEUX  – DANVILLE, CA                                                  2000 – 2018

            Founding Member/Partner

            SMITH, MERRILL & PEFFER – SAN RAMON, CA                                                          1991 – 2000

            Associate

EDUCATION

 

            PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW                                                             2019

            Certification in Mediating the Litigated Case offered by The Straus Institute

            for Dispute Resolution

            UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA                                                                         1989

            Legal Accreditation

            UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES                 1987

            L.L.B. (Honors) with an emphasis on comparative law

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS

 

Mr. Molineux has served as a guest speaker on construction law, dispute resolution and real estate issues before numerous organizations including the Community Associations Institute, the Delta Association of Realtors, the Forensic Expert Witness Association, the National Indian Casino Safety Association and the Western Construction Consultants Association.

 

Mr. Molineux has also published articles on real estate and construction matters and was the contributing editor for the California section of the 2011 Cumulative Supplement to the Handling Construction Defect Claims: Western States textbook.

BAR MEMBERSHIPS (PRESENT AND FORMER)

 

• California                                                                                                                             1991                                                                                                                                                                   

• British Columbia, Canada (no longer active)                                                                           1990