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Paul D. Sheldon

 
sheldon@buckleyking.com

Las Vegas: 702.727.2939

 

“We provide practical assistance to clients in industries where time literally is money.”

Years of courtroom experience combined with strong business sense is the foundation on which Paul builds strategies to avoid litigation when possible, and to win litigation when necessary.

Paul utilizes his knowledge in commercial litigation to produce strategies aimed to achieve clients' goals. He contends with multidistrict litigation, mass tort, and class actions involving business, environmental, product liability, insurance, and real estate matters often comprised of regulatory compliance associated to environmental issues. Having prior experience as a litigation claims adjuster for a large insurance company, Paul understands, recognizes and makes use of the strategies and tactics employed on behalf of, and against, insurers.

With success, Paul has handled cases in numerous states, federal jurisdictions, and foreign countries. He appears before juries and arbitrators, including AAA arbitration, prepares briefs and arguments at the federal and state appeals and supreme court levels, and has personally taken thousands of depositions of fact and expert witnesses. Paul is licensed in California and is currently pursuing bar membership in Nevada.

when skill matters

  • Represented plaintiff class (estimated 10 million individuals) in petitions for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court and appeals before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in In Re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation, one of the largest mass tort cases in the United States.
  • Represented defendants milk producers and grocery distributors in In Re Salmonella Product Liability Litigation, the largest mass tort class action in Illinois history at the time.
  • Investigated and resolved claims involving the roof collapse of fencing arena at Olympic Village in Seoul, South Korea on behalf of insurer for global chemical company joint venture.
  • Successfully resolved separate multi-million dollar environmental lawsuits brought against water service company (federal court) and a major farming retailer and service provider (state court) by state and local regulators.
  • Represented one of the world's largest oil refineries in $600+ million claim brought against it for alleged losses at oil refinery located in Hawaii, and pursued $30+ million claims on behalf of client for fire and explosion losses in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • Represented business owner in Stockton, California, successfully forcing one of the world's largest integrated energy companies to clean up site contaminated by leaking fuel tanks 30 years previously.
  • Represented manufacturer and distributor of frozen foods in multi-million dollar federal court litigation involving agri-business claims related to food processing operations in Guatemala.
  • Represented an aerospace supplier and distributor in AAA arbitration involving multi-million dollar claims related to distributorship agreements.

noteworthy achievements

  • Illinois Appellate Lawyer’s Association Award for Contributions to Appellate Advocacy

civic involvement

  • Guatemala Childrens’ Education Fund - Board of Directors, General Counsel
  • Laguna Rotary Club, Elk Grove, CA
  • McGeorge Law School – Adjunct Professor of Law, Legal Process (1999)
  • ITT/Chicago Kent College of Law - Assistant Director of Legal Writing and Research/Instructor of Law (1982-1984)

education

ITT/Chicago Kent College of Law, J.D. cum laude

Northern Illinois University, B.A.

admissions

California

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, Northern + Southern Districts of California