Noel Edlin defends clients throughout the U.S. in high-stakes environmental, toxic tort, and product liability matters. He has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict during his 30 years of practicing law. Noel earned his Juris Doctorate in 1982 from UC Hastings College of the Law, where he was Managing Editor for the Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal from 1981-1982. He served on the California Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, and is the former Chair of the San Francisco Bar Association's Judiciary Committee. Noel currently serves as a Member of the UC Hastings Board of Governors. Noel is the Managing Partner at Bassi Edlin Huie & Blum LLP, a law firm of trial specialists with offices in downtown San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Under Noel’s leadership, the firm makes intelligent investments in continuing education and information technology to work smarter, decrease costs for clients, and stay on the cutting edge of e-discovery.