Fred A. Galves

Professor of Law
B.A., Colorado College
J.D., Harvard University

E-mail Professor Galves
Tel: 916.739.7117

Professor Galves has been a member of the Pacific McGeorge faculty since 1993. A noted proponent of technology in the classroom and the courtroom, he teaches all of his classes using display technology. During the current academic year, he was a visiting professor of law at both University of Denver and Southwestern University, teaching Computer-Assisted Litigation and other subjects. Following graduation from the Harvard Law School, Galves served as a judicial clerk for Judge John L. Kane (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado). He practiced with the Denver law firm of Holland & Hart, specializing in complex commercial litigation and litigation against former directors and officers in failed banks and savings and loan associations. Since coming to McGeorge in 1993, he has worked on national banking legislation with both the Senate and House Banking Committees. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of California at Davis School of Law and Fordham Law School. One of his articles, "Where the Not So Wild Things Are: Computers in the Courtroom, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Need for Institutional Reform and More Judicial Acceptance," 13 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 161 (2000) was the first law review article with an accompanying CD-ROM with full-animation video footnotes.

Recent Publications: "Where the Not So Wild Things Are: Computers in the Courtroom, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Need for Institutional Reform and More Judicial Acceptance," 13 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 161 (2000), and http://www.mcgeorge.edu/galves_article/HTML/article.html

"The Discriminatory Impact of Traditional Lending Criteria: An Economic and Moral Critique," 29 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1467 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae:

LEGAL EDUCATION:

J.D., Harvard University, 1986, Board of Student Advisors (chosen to teach legal writing and oral advocacy to first-year students); Ferguson Human Rights Fellow Recipient (Amnesty International Human Rights Advocate, Santiago, Chile, Summer 1985); La Alianza, Hispanic Law Students Association

PRE-LEGAL EDUCATION:

B.A., Colorado College, 1983, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, and Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Societies; Dean's List; Harry S. Truman Scholarship nominee

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

1987 to 1993
Holland and Hart, Denver, Colorado
Litigation Associate
Had extensive responsibilities in broad commercial litigation against former directors and officers of failed financial institutions, including banking regulation and lender liability. Extensive experience in hearings, trials and settlement negotiations; engaged in motions practice in State and Federal courts; conducted all aspects of discovery; member of the firm's Hiring Committee and the Minority Affairs/Diversity Concerns Committee

1986 to 1987
Honorable John L. Kane, Jr .
Federal District Judge for the District of Colorado.
Judicial Law Clerk Prepared judicial opinions and orders, jury instructions and bench memoranda for trials and motion hearings; offered suggested questions and issues at hearings, made recommendations on rulings.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LAW SCHOOL:

Present
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California
Law Professor (Tenured, May 1999)
Courses Taught: Civil Procedure, Evidence, Computer-Assisted Litigation, Civil Pre-Trial Litigation, Federal Courts and Banking Law & Regulation.

2004-2005 (Fall & Spring)
Denver University School of Law, Denver, Colorado
Visiting Law Professor
Courses: Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Computer- Assisted Litigation.

2004 (Summer & Fall)
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
Visiting Law Professor
Course: Computer-Assisted Litigation.

1997 to 1998
Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
Visiting Law Professor
Courses: Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Banking Law.

1996 to 1997
University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, Davis, California
Visiting Law Professor
Courses: Civil Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction, and Banking Law.

1993 to 1996
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California
Associate Law Professor
Promoted from Assistant Professor, December 1995.
Courses: Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Banking Law.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LAW SCHOOL (Foreign Students)

2005 (Summer)
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Salzburg, Austria
Professor
Will teach American and foreign law students in Summer International Law Program.
Course: Selected Topics in International Civil Procedure

December, 2004
Fiscales Y Defendores, Chilenos, Santiago, Chile
Professor
Will instruct Chilean prosecutors and defenders in Trial Advocacy through the United States Embassy. The program is designed to assist criminal lawyers as Chile moves from the Inquisitorial system to the Adversarial system as part of its political and legal reforms

2004 (Spring)
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California
Professor
Instructed Chilean prosecutors and defenders in Trial Advocacy through the United States Embassy.

1998 to 2004 (Summers)
University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, Davis, California
Lecturer, USA Law Orientation Program
For 80-100 foreign (mostly European, Latin American and Asian) judges, attorneys and LLM students taking an intensive six-week program on the American Legal System
Courses: Civil Procedure, Evidence, Securities, Trial Advocacy, Computer-Assisted Litigation, and Corporations

2000, 2002, 2004 (Summers)
University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, Davis, California
Professor, USA Securities Law Regulation
For 20-25 foreign (mostly European, Latin American and Asian) judges, attorneys and LLM students pursuing a masters In International Law.

Summer 2001
University of Colon, Germany (in affiliation with) University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law, Colon, Germany
Lecturer, International Business Transactions
Courses : International Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, On-Line Dispute Resolution for E-Commerce: Solving the Personal Jurisdiction and Conflict of Law Problems.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING:
(While a Law Professor)

2000-2001 (Summer Sessions)
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Visiting Professor in Political Science
Instructed students in "Diversity, Discrimination and The Law,” A constitutional and federal civil rights course, exploring all aspects of sociological, economic, political, and legal forms of discrimination and the response of state and federal legal systems.

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING:
(Before Becoming a Law Professor)

1987 to 1993 (Spring Semesters)
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Visiting Professor in Political Science
Instructed students in "Law and Social Justice, An American constitutional law and legal history course (taught while practicing law full-time at Holland & Hart).

1985 to 1986
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Teaching Fellow Instructed undergraduate students in "Principles of Economics" course during third year of law school.

PUBLICATIONS:

[Forthcoming] -- “ Will Video Kill The Radio Star? Visual Learning and the Use of Display Technology in the Law School Classroom ,” University of Illinois Journal of
Law, Technology & Policy [peer-reviewed, cross- disciplinary journal] (exploring learning theory and addressing the pedagogical benefits and common critiques of teaching with display technology)

Ensuring The Admissibility Of Electronic Forensic Evidence And Enhancing Its Probative Value at Trial ” ABA Journal (Spring Symposium on Criminal & Evidence & Law, 2004) 37 (discussing investigatory and legal requirements for proper searches and seizures of electronic data and evidentiary authentication foundation requirements for admissibility of electronic data at trial).

“Major Acts of Congress: Community Reinvestment Act ” Macmillan Reference (Spring, 2004) (discussing the Community Reinvestment Act requiring banks and other lenders to make loans investments in their communities)

Where the Not-So-Wild Things Are: Computers In the Courtroom, The Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Need for Institutional Reform and More Judicial Acceptance, @ 13 Harv. J. Law & Tech. 165 (Winter, 2000) (discussing the growing usage and acceptance of computer-generated exhibits in the courtroom, such as computer animations, simulations and re-creations).

The Discriminatory Impact of Traditional Lending Criteria: An Economic and Moral Critique, @ 29 Set. Hall L. Rev. 1467 (1999) (discussing racial lending discrimination and suggesting reform of traditional credit scoring systems so that A objective” creditworthy criteria does not have a discriminatory impact on minorities).

"Might Does Not Make Right: Reforming the Federal Government's D'Oench Duhme and 12 U.S.C. ' 1823(e) Superpowers in Failed Bank Litigation ." 80 Minn. L. Rev. 1323 (June, 1996) (discussing unfair litigation powers of the federal government when it seizes a failed or failing financial institution and litigates against former borrowers and others on behalf of the institution).

"FDIC and RTC Special Powers In Failed Bank Litigation," 22 The Colorado Lawyer 471 (March, 1993).

PRESENTATIONS:

National Latino Law Students Association
Conference Denver, Colorado
October 9, 10, 2004
Presented “Workshop on The Patriot Act;” moderated panel discussion on “Latinos in Government”

ABA Tech Show
Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 2004
Presented “The Use of High Tech Graphics and Their Evidentiary and Tactical Challenges at Trial” CLE program for lawyers

University Of Leeds, England
Leeds, England
June 3, 2003
Presented lecture on the state of the art display technology techniques in the United States and overcoming common objections to with computer generated evidence.

Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting Evidence Section Featured Speaker
Jan. 5, 2001
Admissibility of Computer-Generated Exhibits in Trial, Overcoming Common Objections

Columbia University, New York, New York
November 6, 2000
Presentation/lecture on the current state of Affirmative Action and discussion of the rhetoric surrounding the legal arguments.

Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey
November 6, 1998
"Housing & Hope" Symposium
F featured speaker on discriminatory mortgage lending against minorities

Hispanic National Bar Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 3, 1998
Panel Speaker, "Judicial Clerkships: Powerful Credentials for all Career Choices." Presentation on the nature and value of a Federal Court Judicial Clerkship.

Court T.V., New York, New York
June 22 and August 4, 1998.
Expert legal commentator for trials, discussing evidentiary and strategic trial issues.

Law Preview, New York Law School, New York, New York
August 3,1998.
Presented overview of Civil Procedure to law students entering their first year of law school (various students entering different law schools across the country).

Seminar/Demonstration, Courtroom 2000, New York, New York
May 6, 1998
Featured speaker at event hosted by New York Supreme Court discussing evidentiary foundations and common objections to using computer-generated exhibits in the Courtroom.

Seminar/Demonstration, New York Inns of Court
February 27, 1998
Featured speaker at event hosted by Hughs, Hubbard & Reed discussing evidentiary foundations and common objections to using computer-generated exhibits in the Courtroom. Mock trial and attempt to introduce such evidence.

Speech on Human Rights, Fordham Law School, New York, New York
October 3, 1997
Featured speaker at event hosted by the Fordham Human Rights Program discussing my work in Santiago, Chile under the auspices of the Harvard Human Rights Program and Amnesty International filing habeas corpus type writs on behalf of political prisoners in 1985.

Bar Review Course, Microsoft/Micromash, California (statewide)
May--July, 1997.
Professor/grader for students preparing for the Calif. Bar Exam using the Micromash computer program.

Seminar/Demonstration, The Rutter Group, San Francisco, CA
June, 1997
Guest Speaker at CLE event discussing evidentiary foundations and common objections to using computer-generated exhibits in the Courtroom.

Congressional Testimony, Washington, D.C.
June 14, 1994.
Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee regarding The Federal Government's Powers in Failed Bank Litigation.

Seminar:
"How to Obtain and Conduct a Professional Liability Action on Behalf of the FDIC and RTC," Denver, CO, Sam Carey and Hispanic Bar Associations, 1993.

Training Luncheon:
"How to Succeed in a Corporate Law Firm," Denver, CO, Colorado and Denver University first year law students, 1993.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Past Member, Board of Trustees, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
Elected to six-year term: 1996-2002. Oversee general policies of the college and consider and vote on long-range vision of college mission and budget.

COURSE INTERESTS:

Computer-Assisted Litigation, Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Civil Pre-Trial Litigation, Banking Regulation and Litigation, Evidence, Litigation and Trial Advocacy, Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Civil Pretrial Litigation.

DISCUSSION INTERESTS:

Trial Strategy and Case Presentation; Civil or Criminal Trials; Legal Technology; Discrimination; Affirmative Action; Banking & Economic Issues