Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  David Bona is a partner with the San Francisco based law firm, Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP. Mr. Bona has devoted the majority of his career to defending his clients in high-exposure, complex litigation, including cases involving wildland fire, floods, equipment failures, catastrophic injury and wrongful death.
• Arson
  Mr. Gimple has an in-depth knowledge of forensic investigation techniques, the admissibility of technical and scientific evidence, tort liability, governmental liability, inverse condemnation, express and implied indemnity and class action certification. He is a published author and speaker in matters involving catastrophic loss investigation, spoliation of evidence, multi-party litigation strategies and wildland fire litigation. He has an AV rating with Martindale-Hubbell and is admitted to the California State Courts, all U.S. District Courts in California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the National Fire Protection Association, International Association of Arson Investigators and California Conference of Arson Investigators. He has also served as an invited Subject Matter Expert for the National Wildland Fire Coordination Group in its development of curricula for teaching principles of wildland fire litigation.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Transactions
• Intellectual Property
  Obtained defense verdict for large intellectual property law firm for admittedly failing to renew foreign patent. Despite plaintiff’s claim of $80 million damage, successfully proved the patent had no value.
• Unfair Competition
  Robert M. Peterson, a founding partner of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP, represented businesses and individuals in high exposure, complex cases, including insurance bad faith, attorney malpractice, corporate malfeasance, discrimination, civil rights, and unfair competition. Over his thirty-eight year career, Mr. Peterson tried many high stakes cases, lasting from three weeks to three months, in state and federal courts.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Guy D. Calladine was a founding partner of Carlson, Calladine & Peterson LLP and an uncompromising trial attorney with over 38 years of experience. Mr. Calladine specialized in both defense and prosecution of legal malpractice and fiduciary breach claims arising from virtually every facet of the practice of law, including intellectual property, estate and trusts, real property, family law, personal injury and commercial transactions, attorney client fee actions, partnership disputes and disqualification proceedings. Mr. Calladine’s practice also included complex commercial litigation and catastrophic injury defense.  Mr. Calladine counseled law firms on ethics issues, and was a frequent lecturer and continuing legal education provider, allowing others to benefit from his expertise in handling legal malpractice actions.  Mr. Calladine has recently ended his litigation practice and his work is now limited to consultation and occasional expert witness service.Mr. Calladine was approved as a Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law by the State Bar of California from 2011-2021, and is a member of the State Bar of California and the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Debt Collection
  Notable cases include his work on the investigation of a $100 million Ponzi scheme, where he helped recover millions for defrauded creditors. He was also part of the team that certified a plaintiff class in a consumer class action against a debt collection firm, leading to an $11 million settlement. Additionally, Matthew successfully represented Successfulmatch.com in a malpractice case, securing over $1.5 million in settlements.