Geoffrey Hazard, Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor of Law

Mailing Address: 200 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415.565.4800 Email: hazardg@uchastings.edu Publications

Expertise: Civil Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction and Professional Ethics.

Professor Hazard has taught at law schools since 1958, beginning at Boalt Hall (University of California, Berkeley), then the University of Chicago, Yale University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He has been Trustee Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, and Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale. He was Director (executive director) of the American Law Institute from 1984 to 1999 and previously had been Reporter for the ALI Restatement Second of Judgments. He was Reporter for the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct (promulgated in 1983) and draftsman-consultant for the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct (promulgated in 1972). He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1960 and is also a member of the Pennsylvania bar.

Professor Hazard's fields have been civil procedure, federal jurisdiction and professional ethics. He is co-author of a treatise and a casebook in civil procedure and also in professional ethics. He is author or co-author of 16 books and many articles. He is frequently an expert witness or consultant in professional ethics, including legal malpractice.

Professor Hazard is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia Law School and has received several honorary degrees. He has a large family, including 23 grandchildren, and plays tennis and golf. His favorite leisure subject is history.

Thomas E. Miller of the Class of 1973 is the founder of The Miller Law Firm. A widely acclaimed expert in construction defect litigation, he has lectured and written extensively on that topic, including the recently published Handling Construction Defect Claims: Western States, co-authored with his daughter, Rachel. His son, Mathew, a member of Hastings Class of 2000, is also a member of the firm. Mr. Miller has long served the College as a Trustee of Hastings' 1066 Foundation.