Robert Cheasty, Lawyer at Cheasty, Cheasty & Malek, LLP

Robert Cheasty, Member Attorney
Personal Injury

Phone:510-295-4434
Address: 1604 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707

Law Firm:	Cheasty, Cheasty & Malek, LLP
Lawyer:	Robert Cheasty
Phone:	510-295-4434
Fax:
Lawyer Title:	Member
Practice Areas:	Personal Injury
Bio:	Inspired to study law by his father who had worked with Senator Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, Mr. Cheasty went to work right after law school for the state of California, protecting the rights of farm workers. He worked at both the administrative trial level and on cases before the Court of Appeals. After leaving state service, Mr. Cheasty headed the Legal Department of the Carpenters Trust Funds of Northern California, one of the largest construction union funds in the United States. He represented the working carpenters and their pension and health insurance funds in state and federal courts, before the state legislature in Sacramento, and before Congress. Before he left, he achieved the highest recovery of benefits in a single case in the history of the Carpenters Funds. In 1984, he left to go into private practice. Community Interests Robert C. Cheasty currently serves as Executive Director and founding member of the Citizens for East Shore Parks, founded in 1985 to spearhead the drive for a state park along the east shore of San Francisco Bay. The organization's 25-year effort yielded the Eastshore State Park in December 2002. Work is ongoing to complete the park, to open the East Bay shoreline to public access, and to protect sensitive shoreline habitat. For more than 10 years, he served as President of the Bay Dredging Action Coalition, an organization dedicated to ecologically sound and efficient dredging solutions in San Francisco Bay. Its s
Admitted:	1979, California;
College:	City College of the City University of New York, Class of 1971, B.A.
Law School:	University of San Francisco School of Law, Class of 1978, J.D., Class Graduation Speaker; Law Review; Moot Court Honors
Membership:	Associations & Memberships: State Bar of California.
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Languages:	English

Lawyer Robert Cheasty, graduated from City College of the City University of New York, Class of 1971, B.A. University of San Francisco School of Law, Class of 1978, J.D., Class Graduation Speaker; Law Review; Moot Court Honors, is now employed by Cheasty, Cheasty & Malek, LLP at 1604 Solano Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707.

While being a member of Associations & Memberships: State Bar of California., Robert Cheasty is one of the more than one million lawyers in United States. Before choosing Robert Cheasty as your lawyer, you should consider whether Robert Cheasty offers free consultation, (if not) how much the initial interview costs, if there is any hidden attorney fees, what's the fee schedule, whether he or she has good community reputation and is able to provide a list of good references. You can also contact the Board of Professional Responsibility of the state bar, to find out if Robert Cheasty has ever been placed under any disciplinary actions. Please be aware that, though Robert Cheasty's office is located at Berkeley, CA, he or she might belong to the bar association of other states.

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Robert Cheasty has been admitted in 1979, California;. His or her practice areas include Personal Injury.

Robert Cheasty's college and law school education includes City College of the City University of New York, Class of 1971, B.A., University of San Francisco School of Law, Class of 1978, J.D., Class Graduation Speaker; Law Review; Moot Court Honors. Other biographical background includes Inspired to study law by his father who had worked with Senator Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, Mr. Cheasty went to work right after law school for the state of California, protecting the rights of farm workers. He worked at both the administrative trial level and on cases before the Court of Appeals. After leaving state service, Mr. Cheasty headed the Legal Department of the Carpenters Trust Funds of Northern California, one of the largest construction union funds in the United States. He represented the working carpenters and their pension and health insurance funds in state and federal courts, before the state legislature in Sacramento, and before Congress. Before he left, he achieved the highest recovery of benefits in a single case in the history of the Carpenters Funds. In 1984, he left to go into private practice. Community Interests Robert C. Cheasty currently serves as Executive Director and founding member of the Citizens for East Shore Parks, founded in 1985 to spearhead the drive for a state park along the east shore of San Francisco Bay. The organization's 25-year effort yielded the Eastshore State Park in December 2002. Work is ongoing to complete the park, to open the East Bay shoreline to public access, and to protect sensitive shoreline habitat. For more than 10 years, he served as President of the Bay Dredging Action Coalition, an organization dedicated to ecologically sound and efficient dredging solutions in San Francisco Bay. Its s. You should contact other lawyers and law firms nearby before choosing your legal representatives.

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