Barri Kaplan Bonapart BioBarri Kaplan Bonapart is the owner of Bonapart & Associates, a law and mediation firm specializing in complex commercial litigation, and tree and neighbor law. Her clientele includes local businesses, tree care companies, professionals, and property owners. Her litigation experience includes fraud, business tort, property damage, breach of contract and multi-state products liability claims. She has secured multiple dismissals and summary judgments in the defense of her clients and obtained favorable outcomes prosecuting claims on their behalf. She served as co-counsel in a products liability jury trial, securing a defense verdict for a major oil company. In a three million dollar claim against a raw materials supplier, she obtained a summary judgment on a statute of limitations defense. She also assisted in obtaining a policy-limits settlement to recover the clean-up costs of a gasoline spill. 
Representing a terminated employee against a major fast food chain, she obtained a sizeable settlement for sexual harassment without filing a complaint. She also secured a substantial recovery for a health care practitioner in a product liability action against one of the largest manufacturers of hospital equipment, and has assisted numerous other clients in resolving their disputes quickly and cost effectively. Ms. Bonapart is also one of the Bay Area's most knowledgeable practitioners in the area of tree and neighbor law. She advises homeowners, arborists, attorneys and public entities regarding personal injury and property damage caused by trees, trespass, nuisance and encroachments. She represents parties in disputes about views, tree removal, threats to life and property from trees, boundaries, fences, insurance coverage, and the interpretation of local tree ordinances. She has authored numerous articles and is a featured speaker nationally on tree and neighbor law. In addition to serving her clients as an advocate, Ms. Bonapart is a mediator, available to assist parties in resolving their disputes without going through litigation. She received training as a mediator both through Pepperdine University's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and The Center For Mediation In Law. Ms. Bonapart was a partner with the San Francisco law firm of Fabris, Burgess & Ring before founding Bonapart & Associates. Prior to that she practiced with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Graham & James, focusing on complex commercial litigation. Ms. Bonapart earned her law degree from Boalt Hall, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree with high distinction (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1982. During her undergraduate studies, she studied in Spanish at the Universidad de Madrid, Spain. Ms. Bonapart is on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) teaching trial skills to lawyers. She has also taught trial skills for the University of San Francisco, Continuing Education of the Bar and Stanford University. She presently is a pro tem Settlement Judge, mediator, arbitrator, discovery referee and Small Claims Appeals Hearing Officer for the Marin County Courts. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Marin County Bar Association. A native of California, she lives with her family in Mill Valley. |
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