R. Edward Pfiester, Jr., Esq.

Position: Member. born Fort Stockton, Texas, November 18, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, Texas; 1972, California; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Fifth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Courts, Districts of Arizona & New Mexico. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1966; J.D., 1970). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi. Best Brief, Moot Court. Crier Clerk to Hon. D.W. Suttle, Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1970. Senior Law Clerk, Hon. Albert L. Stephens, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles, 1970-1972. Author: "Railroad Cases- Liability, Damages, Verdicts and Settlements under the FELA," 20 Texas Trial Lawyers Forum 3, 1985; "Liability, Damages and Settlements Under the FELA," 13 Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Advocate, 1986; "Railroad Cases Under the FELA," 9 Indiana Trial Lawyers Verdict 59, 1987. Lecturer: How to Settle Personal Injury Cases, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1985. Handling FELA Cases, Texas Trial Lawyers Association,1987. Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; Los Angeles County, Federal and American Bar Associations; California and Los Angeles Consumer Attorneys Associations; Texas Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Railroad Section, 1976-); Lawyers Club of Los Angeles County; Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys (Founding Officer, 1988; National Secretary, 1988-1989, 1993-1994; National Treasurer, 1992-1993; Board of Managers, 1988-1994).  PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury; FELA; Railroad Law.

Victor A. Russo

Position: Associate. born Cleveland, Ohio, January 20, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; Districts of Arizona and Nevada. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1980); Arizona State University (J.D., 1984). Member: State Bar of California; California Consumer Attorneys Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; FELA, Personal Injury.