Donald G. Rez

Mr. Rez is a co-author of California Pretrial Practice & Forms (James Publishing Co.), a landmark treatise on civil procedure before trial. He has written extensively and has published articles in various legal journals, has co-authored articles for the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on Franchising, and has co-edited issues of the ABA’s Antitrust Law Journal and has lectured on procedure, discovery, and trade regulation issues.

Publications:

• California Pretrial Practice & Forms, Kane & Rez, James Publishing Company, (2003 updated 2004-2016) (https://jamespublishing.com/)
• Antitrust Law Journal (National Institute Ed.), (Co-editor), American Bar Association (1981-1984)
• Antitrust Trade Regulation: Developments Relating to Franchising (Sullivan & Rez), ABA Forum Committee on Franchising (1983)
• Let’s Get Rid of Big Cases (Sullivan & Rez), 7 Litigation Nos. 4, p.8, Summer (1981)
• Antitrust Discovery Handbook and Supplement (Fraudulent Concealment and Sanctions) (Contributor), ABA Antitrust Section (1980)
• Causation and Automatic Damages in Secondary-Line Cases Under Section 2(a) of the Robinson-Patman Act: Is Fowler v. Gorlich Dead?, 55 Notre Dame Lawyer 660 (1980)

Seminars and Courses:

• Presenter, “California’s Prohibition Against Non-Compete Agreements (B&P Code § 16600), the Protection of Trade Secrets and the Practical Relationship Between the Two,” Meritas Capability Webinar Series, San Diego, April 2015, and California Western School of Law, Business Law Society, March 2015
• Presenter, “eDiscovery Essentials,” Network Deposition Services Inc., San Diego, May 2014
• Co-Presenter (with Judge Meyers), “Recent Developments in California Civil Procedure,” San Diego County Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), April 2014
• Presenter, Webinar, “What Works Well in Mediation?” San Diego County Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), November 2013
• Presenter, “Recent Developments in California Civil Procedure,” San Diego County Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), March 2013
• Presenter, “Everything You Need to Know: Motion for Summary Judgment,” San Diego County Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section), April 2012
• Presenter, “The Art of the Deposition: Deposition Procedure,” Veritext San Diego, February 2012
• Presenter, “E-Discovery in the Mobile Age,” Veritext San Diego, August 2011
• Presenter in Southern California seminar series entitled “Foreclosure Prevention & Debt Relief for Lawyers”
• Lecturer, “E-Discovery Under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” Meritas Litigation Section Meeting, 2006
• Faculty, Developing Deposition Skills, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1999
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Pretrial Procedures, California Western School of Law, 1984
• Guest Lecturer, Antitrust Law Seminar, University of San Diego, 1999
• Lecturer Business Litigation in the 1990’s – Tactics and Techniques, San Diego County Bar Association – Section on General Civil Litigation, 1989
• Lecturer, Use of Videotaped Depositions, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1982
• Lecturer, Practicum, Federal Practice Institute, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979

Mr. Rez is a member of the American Bar Association and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has also served as an adjunct professor at California Western School of Law and on the faculty at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Rez is currently on the Board of Visitors of the University of San Diego School of Law and on the Board of Trustees of John Paul the Great Catholic University.

He is a past president of the Thomas More Society of San Diego, a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and was co-chair of the 2015 Annual Meeting for the Western Lieutenancy in San Diego. He was the coordinator for the year of Mercy for the EOHSJ in San Diego and serves on its Spirituality Committee.  He made the keynote address at the annual St. Thomas More Society dinner which honored Bankruptcy Judge John Hargrove as its attorney of the year.

Mr. Rez has been a member of the parish and finance councils at Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church, and was on the Diocesian Pastoral Council for the Diocese of San Diego (2002-2004). In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors of Catholic Exchange and is a past President of the San Diego Chapter of Legatus (2012-2014). He was the co-chair of the Friends of the Poor-Nigeria Fundraiser for Bishops Anthony Adaju and Martin Uzoukwu in August 2015.  He provides communion services at Wesley Palms Retirement Home.