Attorney | Member, Board of Directors

Immediately after completing law school in San Francisco, Teresa was admitted to the California State Bar, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, in 1988.

Teresa practiced insurance defense litigation for ten years in San Francisco.  Since joining Gaw Van Male in 1998, she has practiced in the areas of general civil and business litigation, employment litigation, and labor and employment counseling.  She has significant bench and jury trial experience.

Teresa Cunningham has been selected by the North Bay Business Journal as 2008 Business Woman of the Year in the Professions. .

Employment Law including, labor counseling
Litigation Department, Chair
Civil Litigation including, personal injury, medical malpractice,
..business disputes, and employment related disputes
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University of San Francisco, School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1988
University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Arts in English
..with High Honors, 1985
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Teresa was born and raised in Marin County.  She currently resides in Napa with her husband and two young children.
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Legal Aid of Napa Valley, Board of Directors
Napa Solano SANE/SART, Vice President, Board of Directors
St. Apollinaris Catholic Church, Parish Member and
..School Parent
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Napa County Bar Association
Napa County Women Lawyers Association
Richard M. Sangster, Inn of Court, Marin/Napa/Sonoma .

Associate 1998
Director 2001
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