Attorney Info
Ray L. Wong
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 2200
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
USA
Phone: +1 415 957 3149
Fax: +1 415 520 6907
Email:
RLWong@duanemorris.com
Los Angeles Address
Duane Morris LLP
Suite 4600
633 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2065
Phone: 213.689.7400
Fax: 213.689.7401
Ray L. Wong practices in the area of litigation with a focus on a variety of business litigation, including employment and other complex civil litigation. He has practiced for more than 30 years in courts throughout California and the United States, representing individual and corporate clients in all facets of civil litigation. Mr. Wong also has served as a mediator and arbitrator, and has testified as an expert consultant and witness in civil litigation.
Mr. Wong has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Legal Aid Society. Mr. Wong also has served on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bar Association and on the San Francisco Bar Association's Judiciary Committee, having chaired the Judiciary Committee for two years. Mr. Wong has been selected to serve as an Early Neutral Evaluator for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He is a member of the Bay Area Asian American Bar Association and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
Mr. Wong speaks extensively on a variety of litigation issues in forums throughout the United States. He is co-vice chair of the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section, and he previously served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee and co-chair of the ADR/Mediation subcommittee. Mr. Wong also served as co-vice-chair of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee's annual meeting in 2007 and co-chair of the 2008 meeting. In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Mr. Wong was listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He also was listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions, and was named one of Northern California's Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Mr. Wong has been trained and is a certified mediator.
Admitted to practice law in California and Idaho, Mr. Wong is a 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School and a graduate of the University of Utah, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional Activities
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
- Early Neutral Evaluator, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Past Chair, Judiciary Committee - American Bar Association
- Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
- Co-Vice Chair, 2009-present
-- Co-Chair of Annual Meeting, 2008
-- Co-Vice-Chair of Annual Meeting, 2007 - Bay Area Asian American Bar Association
Admissions
- Idaho
- California
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1978
- University of Utah, B.A., 1975
Phi Beta Kappa
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2006-present - Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP
- Chairman, 2000-2004
- Partner, 1985-2005
- Associate, 1981-1985
Board Memberships
- Past Board Member, San Francisco Legal Aid Society
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Past Senior Warden and Chancellor at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church
Honors and Awards
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2006-2009 editions
- Listed in The International Who's Who of Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers 2008, 2009 and 2010
- Listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2010
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008, 2009 and 2010
- Listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, 2010
- Listed in Northern California's Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
- Listed in Best Lawyers in the Bay Area 2009
- Listed in Best Lawyers in San Francisco, 2009
Selected Speaking Engagements
- "The Aggregate Issue - Products Versus Operations," DRI Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, Chicago, Illinois, April 3, 2009
- "Preparing an Insurance Coverage Case for a 21st Century Trial," American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, March 7, 2009
- "Not Just an Ordinary Day In Court: The Insurance Coverage Jury Trial," American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, March 2, 2006
- "Who is the Insured? Defining Policy Owner in Difficult Cases," Advanced National Forum on Environmental Insurance Coverage and Claims, New York, New York, December 5-6, 2005
- "Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege and Understanding the Risks of Internal Audits, Investigations and Disclosures," Bay Area General Counsel Group, The City Club,. San Francisco, California, November 1, 2005
- "Corporate Internal Investigations/Audits and the Attorney-Client Privilege," sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel America (AAC-A), Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California and Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto, California, June 9, 2005 and June 10, 2005
- "Indemnity Provisions and Contractual Liability Coverage: The Coverage Created by an Exclusion," Mealey's Additional Insured Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, May 12-13, 2005
- "You Owe Me Money! Getting The Other Side to Pay Your Attorneys' Fees in Coverage Disputes," Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Westin La Paloma Resort, Tucson, Arizona, March 3-6, 2005
- "Other People's Insurance," sponsored by the American Bar Association, San Francisco, California, March 5, 2004
- Chair, "Winning Strategies in Complex Mediations," panel discussion at the American Bar Association's Spring Mega Meeting: Investing in Diversity, Investing in Ourselves, San Francisco, April 11-12, 2002
