Kao v. The University of San Francisco

Post-Trial Briefs/Documents filed by Christopher Katzenbach to the California Court of Appeals

The Apellate Court finding of fact was made in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, which is standard legal practice. As the jury ruled in favor of USF, the corporate version of events 2006-2008 are represented in the court summary. Articles published in legal periodicals are based on this document, and possibly information provided by the university. The post-trial briefs below represent my version of events and interpretation of witness testimony given under oath.

Motion for New Trial: Legal Brief 1

Kao Reply to Defendant: Legal Brief 2

Appellant Opening Brief: Legal Brief 3

Appellant Reply Brief: Legal Brief 4

Official Transcript of Trial, lawsuit submitted to California Court of Appeals (briefs above cite document as RT with page/line number): Kao v. USF Trial Transcript

Index of Witness Testimony in Transcript:

• Lisa Locsin Enriquez, Program Assistant, Deans Office of Arts and Sciences, p. 96
• Dayna Soares, Part-time Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 118
• Alan Heineman, Faculty, Department of English, p. 147
• John Kao, formerly Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 214
• Stephen Huxley, Faculty, School of Business and Management, p. 821
• Lenore Terr, Psychiatrist, Terr Medical Corp., p. 827
• Daniel Lawson, Director, Department of Public Safety, p. 919
• Robert Wolf, Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 966
• Paul Good, Consultant Psychologist, p. 997
• Christine Liu, Program Assistant, Department of Mathematics, p. 1062
• Stephen Devlin, Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 1109
• Benjamin Wells (also using, "Pete Wells"), Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 1159
• Martha Peugh-Wade, Associate Vice President of Human Resources, p. 1182, continued p. 1532
• Margo Ogus, Consultant, Economic Solutions Inc., p. 1478
• Tristan Needham, Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 1661, continued p. 1853
• Paul Zeitz, Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 1880
• Stephen Yeung (also using, "Steven Yeung"), Faculty, Department of Mathematics, p. 1981
• Brandon Brown, Faculty, Department of Physics, p. 2040
• Jennifer Turpin, Provost and Academic Vice President, p. 2242
• James Missett, Consultant Psychiatrist, p. 2132
• Alan Ziajka, Director of Institutional Research, p. 2300
• Hossein Borhani, Consultant, ERS Group, p. 2237
• James Cawood, Consultant, Factor One, p. 2423
• David Philpott, Director of Employee and Labor Relations, p. 2572

Complaints to USF Office of Human Resources submitted by John Kao and attorneys Christopher W. Katzenbach and Kimberly A. Hancock, partner and associate, Katzenbach & Khtikian ("Complaint" spring 2006 and "Addendum" fall 2007, exhibits submitted as evidence at trial and with appeal post-trial, public record):

• Cover Letter (summarizes complaints) to HR 2007
• Addendum with Complaint

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