Forrest Hainline, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, is one of the country’s most experienced trial lawyers. He has tried cases before courts and juries throughout the United States, as well as before the Federal Trade Commission and other administrative agencies in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hainline joined Goodwin Procter in 2006.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Hainline is the Chair of Standing Committee on Professional Conduct for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He is also a member of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, and the Food and Supplements Subcommittee.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Hainline is admitted to practice in California, Michigan and the District of Columbia.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Hainline has been recognized as a “California Super Lawyer,” and is listed in The Legal 500 as a leading lawyer, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Hainline believes that a trial lawyer has to combine the skills of a priest, poet and prize fighter. At Notre Dame, he studied theology under John Dunne and Henry Nouwen and philosophy with Joseph Evans. At SUNY Buffalo, he studied poetry with Robert Creeley, Irving Feldman and Lionel Abel. Mr. Hainline has studied the Japanese martial art of Aikido for thirty years, and has a third degree black belt. He apprenticed as a trial lawyer under Moses Lasky.