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Advocate Irwin Myron Zalkin
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12555 High Bluff Dr. Ste. 260,
San Diego
47 years Experience
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While at Cal Western, Mr. Zalkin undertook a specialized area of study which included International, Admiralty and Maritime Law. His continuing education has included attending and graduating from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in 1981. He attended and graduated from the Medi-Legal Institute at the University of California Irvine Medical School where he obtained specialized medical education for lawyers in 1983.
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Mr. Zalkin was appointed Mediation Liaison Counsel and a lead negotiator by United States Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas on behalf of over 144 victims of childhood sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego. These negotiations resulted in a global settlement of almost $200,000,000. He also was one of the lead trial lawyers and part of the trial team that was prepared to commence a 14 victim trial against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles the day a global settlement was reached in the amount of $660,000,000.
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Mr. Zalkin has argued numerous cases before the Appellate Courts of California regarding issues involving childhood sexual abuse claims including the published opinions in McVeigh v. Webb Schools reversing the dismissal by the trial court of an adult victim’s case based on alleged defects with the certificate of merit requirements, and Quarry v. Doe 1 Diocese reversing a dismissal of the case of six brothers abused by Fr. Broderson a notorious pedophile in the Diocese of Oakland California. Mr. Zalkin has had many other published opinions in both state and federal courts.
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