Class of 1975
Mr. Campagne began his legal career as a Law Clerk to the Hon. M.D. Crocker, Presiding Federal Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. In 1976, he joined the firm of Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy in San Francisco as an Associate Attorney specializing in labor law. In 1978 he opened his own law practice in Fresno, which expanded in 2004 to become Campagne, Campagne & Lerner, PC.
During Mr. Campagne’s legal career he has had over 300 trials in either administrative or civil court, over 82 reported/published “litigation decisions” before various Agencies and California Appellate and Appellate Courts and conducted marketing order litigation before the USDA and Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He had oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over whether advertising assessments implicated the First Amendment and Administrative Procedures Act.
Mr. Campagne is a member of the Fresno Bar Association, American Bar Association, State Bar of California and their associated labor law sections. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Federal Court Bar Association. He is admitted in four federal court districts in California and federal districts courts of Texas, Colorado and Arizona, the Federal Ninth Circuit Appellate Court in San Francisco, the Federal Court of Claims in Washington, DC, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is married to Sarah and they have four children, Justin, Luke, Danielle and Megan.
Beyond his impressive 37 year legal career, Mr. Campagne has continued to give back to San Joaquin College of Law (SJCL) since his graduation in 1975. He served as a George A Hopper Moot Court judge during the early years of the program and recently returned as a judge in the summer of 2012. He has taught Contract Drafting as an adjunct faculty member and has had numerous alumni work in his office.