Areas of Practice • Commercial Litigation • Consumer Protection Law • Employment Law
• Litigation - Labor and Employment • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions • Personal Injury Litigation Education • J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law • B.S. from Southwest Missouri State University • United States Army infantry, including a 12-month tour in Vietnam where he was awarded three Bronze Stars and other commendations.
Bar Admissions • California, 1972
Trial Lawyer Ed Chapin
Mr. Chapin is an accomplished trial lawyer, who during his illustrious legal career has taken upwards of 100 cases to trial in federal and state courts. Recent noteworthy trials in which Ed was the lead counsel include the GirlsDoPorn.com civil lawsuit, where 22 female plaintiffs across the U.S. alleged the website’s owners, operators and associated businesses exploited them after answering modeling advertisements on Craigslist. Ed and his team obtained a $20 million plus award after a 99-day bench trial in California Superior Court. The Court also granted plaintiffs all rights to their videos and issued an injunction that the defendants are prohibited from distributing the likenesses, images or videos of the plaintiffs. Midway through the trial, three individuals involved in the GirlsDoPorn operation were indicted by a federal grand jury for sex trafficking and other charges. All three individuals are in custody. As a result of this matter, Ed’s former firm received the National Law Journal’s 2021 award for best Human Rights Firm in the United States. In 2018, Ed obtained a $5.4 million jury verdict and award of attorney fees for Beth Burns, the winningest women’s basketball coach in San Diego State University’s history. Ed’s litigation acumen in this public jury trial that focused on SDSU’s Title IX violations highlights how even the most powerful institutions can be made to take responsibility for the damage they cause to individual’s careers and overall wellbeing.
Professional Associations and Memberships • President of the San Diego Chapter and the statewide California Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) • 20 years on the ABOTA National Board of Directors • Past president of San Diego Defense Lawyers • Former Vice President of the San Diego County Bar Association and the Barrister’s Club of San Diego • Chaired the San Diego County Bar Association and ABOTA committees that developed the principles of Civility, Integrity and Professionalism for members of the organizations. Awards • Daniel T. Broderick Award for “epitomizing the highest principles of civility, integrity and professionalism” presented by the San Diego Chapter of ABOTA, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, San Diego Defense Lawyers and the San Diego County Bar Association. • Best Lawyers in America every year since 1989 25
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