Attorney Information
Patrick Campbell
was born on October 20, 1953 in Monterey, California. He was raised in Ohio. In
1975, he graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio,
with a B.A. degree in History. He was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In
his last two years at Ohio University, he was a member of Phi Alpha Theta, the
International History Honor Society and served as Vice-President of the Local
Chapter. Mr. Campbell spent a semester abroad studying at the Institute de
Touraine, Tours, France in the Spring of 1975.
In 1978,
he graduated in the top fifteen percent of his class at the University of
Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, receiving his J.D. degree. He was awarded a University
Scholarship and received the highest grades in his courses in Comparative Law
and Torts. He served as research assistant for the Dean of the Law School,
Francis Beytagh. Dean Beytagh wrote a casebook on Constitutional Law, for which
Mr. Campbell did the bulk of the research. His term paper in Comparative Law
was later published in the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.
From 1978
through 1980, Mr. Campbell was an Instructor at the University of Cincinnati,
College of Law, and the University of San Diego, School of Law. He
taught courses in Legal Research and Writing. During his two years at the
University of Cincinnati, he also taught Appellate Advocacy.
In 1981,
Mr. Campbell moved to Germany, and in 1986, he received his doctoral degree magna
cum laude from the J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. His degree
work included a general study of the German legal system, but concentrated on
international and criminal law. His dissertation titled "German Criminal
Code §220a: The Correct Way to Prevent and Punish Genocide?" was published
in the Frankfurter Kriminalwissenschaftliche Studien. It outlined
the bases for the prevention and punishment of genocide on an international
basis.
After
returning to California in 1986, Mr. Campbell worked for other firms as an associate
and managing attorney. He also taught Legal Research and Writing and Appellate
Advocacy part-time at Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California from 1988-89 and 2001-06. Mr.
Campbell opened his own law office in 1991 and has been practicing from his own
office ever since. He has appeared in courts and represented clients throughout
the Northern California counties and in Los Angeles as well in his Areas
of Practice.
Mr. Campbell is admitted to the practice of law in the state courts of both California and Ohio. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Northern District & Eastern District, of California and the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals. He speaks fluent German and can correspond in French. He is a member of
the International Bar Association,
German-American Law Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische
Juristenvereinigung), California Bar
Association and Alameda County Bar Association. He served as Chair of the International Law Committee of the Alameda County Bar Association from 1997 -- 2001. He was also a director on the board of the Friends of the Oakland Fox, Inc. from 2000 – 2006, its treasurer from 2000 – 2006, its founding incorporator, and its secretary from 2000 – 2007. He did all of the work to qualify this non-profit corporation as a charitable, tax exempt organization with the appropriate federal and state agencies and keep it in compliance during those years. This amazing and unique theater reopened in February 2009 much to everyone’s enjoyment. You are encouraged to look at the Friends of the Oakland Fox’s Web site at the above-referenced link to see this wonder.
