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Jerome I. Braun, Of Counsel
Jerome I. (Jerry) Braun and two partners founded the firm, now known as Farella Braun + Martel LLP, in 1962. In a long career at the bar he has maintained a diverse trial and appellate practice in areas such as commercial litigation, complex and multi-district litigation, securities regulation, antitrust, and legal malpractice. He now concentrates on federal practice and on his work as an arbitrator and mediator, and has served the federal courts as special master. He was the proponent of California Supreme Court Rule 29.5 (permitting certification of questions of state law by federal appellate courts).
Mr. Braun is active in Ninth Circuit governance issues, and on behalf of Stanford University and Jewish philanthropies. In 2005, Mr. Braun was awarded the Ninth Circuit’s highest accolade, the John P. Frank Award, recognizing an outstanding lawyer practicing in the federal courts of the western United States. In 1999, he received the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award as “a senior lawyer practicing in the Ninth Circuit whose life and practice display sterling character and unquestioned integrity, coupled with ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession and the rule of law.”
Mr. Braun is the author of many articles in professional and scholarly publications, including two recent articles on the precedential value of unpublished opinions, a comprehensive study of the California anti-SLAPP law in the U.C. Davis Law Review, and another article on the anti-SLAPP law now in press at McGeorge Law Review. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Appellate Law and has been named to the Northern California Super Lawyers list by Law & Politics.
His is admitted to the United States Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.