Hosie Rice LLP
Diane Rice
Transamerica Pyramid,
34th Floor
600 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
California 94111
415-247-6000
415-247-6001 Fax
Email:
drice@hosielaw.com
Complex commercial litigation, with emphasis on intellectual property, product and Internet-related legal matters.
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., cum laude 1980
- Notre Dame Law School, J.D., cum laude 1983
- Board Member, Advisory Council for Notre Dame Law School
- Board Member, Notre Dame Law Association
- Human Rights Watch, Northern California Advisory Board
- Board Member, MOMA, Modern Arts Council
- Board Member, Belvedere Community Foundation
In 1985, Ms. Rice joined the San Francisco law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where she was a partner from 1991-2003. Upon the dissolution of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison she joined Hosie Rice LLP.
Ms. Rice specializes in complex litigation, class actions, intellectual property and Internet-related legal matters. Her litigation practice primarily addresses disputes involving the interface of science, technology, and the law. Ms. Rice is licensed in California, Florida and Connecticut.
Ms. Rice has been a member of the national trial team for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and has managed a national experts team for American Home Products. For fifteen years she represented Fibreboard Corporation and Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and litigated two of the largest class action trials in the country on their behalf. In a pro bono case, Ms. Rice represented a child who was severely brain damaged as a result of strangulation in a crib and received a $38 million structured settlement during trial. Her court experience includes over 100 weeks of jury trial.
Ms. Rice has been a faculty member for trial advocacy programs at Stanford, Harvard and the University of San Francisco law schools, as well as a speaker for California Continuing Education of the Bar courses in Trial Skills, Deposition Skills, and Trial Advocacy. She serves as a visiting faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. She is often a featured speaker at industry conferences such as Mealey's and the Defense Research Institute Conference.