Obituaries
Jun. 3, 2010
A Giant of the Defense Bar
Theodore P. Shield, 1920-2010
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Theodore P. Shield, a respected trial lawyer perhaps best known for defending Volkswagen and McDonnell Douglas in high-profile product liability cases in the 1970s, died Monday at the age of 90.
Shield, an active trial lawyer since his admission to the state bar in 1949, only recently stopped appearing at his office at Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar in Long Beach, where he had wo...
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