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Education
- Hamline University School of Law, LL.M., 2001;
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain, B.A., Business Administration, 1999
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain, B.A., Law, 1998
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Court: California
- U.S. District Court: Northern District of California; Central District of California
- Foreign Courts: Spain
Past Professional Experience
- Cuatrecasas, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain 1999-2001
Jose M. Umbert
Jose practices in a variety of litigation and arbitration matters. He has experience in complex first-party property insurance and reinsurance matters, domestic and international antitrust cases, commercial contract disputes, and class actions.
Representative Matters
In re Motor Fuel Temperature Sales Practices Litigation (representation of defendant energy company in multidistrict litigation challenging sales of motor fuel for a specified price per gallon without disclosing or adjusting for the fuel's temperature expansion)
Credit/Debit Card Tying Cases (coordinated class action lawsuit on behalf of California consumers involving antitrust and unfair competition claims arising from the defendants' rules regarding acceptance of their credit and debit cards)
Confidential arbitration (representation of reinsurer in coverage dispute involving claims arising out of the September 11, 2001 attack)
ADCO Construction Defect Cases (multi-party litigation in the Superior Court of California relating to major defects in the construction of the luxurious Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara)
Fiber Optic Cable Right-of-Way Litigation (multiple class action lawsuits against telecommunication companies and railroads resulting from the installation of fiber optic cable in railroad right-of-way land owned by the class members).
Deluxe Corporation v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company (arbitration before the international division of the AAA involving the alleged theft of a large amount of stock from the insured's check manufacturing plant in Mexico City and the subsequent cashing of fraudulent checks in numerous Mexican banks)
Articles & Presentations
"Disqualification Standards: Party-Selected Appraisers," Insurance Law360, February 8, 2010, author
"Next Battleground In EU Antitrust Litigation," Competition Law360, April 7, 2009, author
"The Next Battleground in Antitrust Litigation: Private Enforcement of Articles 81 and 82 in the Courts of the European Union's Member States," November 2008, co-author
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Bar Association of San Francisco