He provides litigation defense in the areas of construction defect, professional liability, premises liability, real estate, landlord/tenant, and wrongful eviction.

Mr. Franchi has handled over 40 trials, as well as numerous mediations and/or arbitrations. Most recently, in Brummett v. Camden Village Homeowner's Association, Mr. Franchi obtained a defense verdict on a property management liability case for a Homeowner's Association in Santa Clara County Superior Court. He is experienced in complex motion practice.

Mr. Franchi was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1960. He served as in house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance for six and a half years. Mr. Franchi is a licensed real estate broker, a member of the Real Estate section of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of California.

Education:

University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D. (1987) Drexel University, B.A (1983)