Biography
Jack A. Fleischli was born and raised in Long Beach California. Jack graduated from Long Beach Wilson High School in June of 1967 with Honors and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara in June of 1971. Over the summers during his University education, Jack worked as a seasonal lifeguard for the State of California, Department of Parks & Recreation at Huntington State Beach and Bolsa Chica State Beach. After college, Jack worked in the winter 1971-1972 for the Professional Ski Patrol at the world class ski resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. Jack received his Juris Doctor Degree, Cum Laude, from Pepperdine University, School of Law in May 1975. During his three years of law school, Jack and his two teammates represented Pepperdine in the National Moot Court Competition hosted in Los Angeles, California. For the summer between his second and third years in law school, Jack was selected as one of five law students from across the United States to be employed in the prestigious Honors Law Student Program at the U.S. Attorney's office, Criminal Division, for the Central District of California. Jack's work with the U.S. Attorney's Office was instrumental in convicting a defendant in the first federal felony prosecution for sound recording piracy in history.
In his senior year of law school, and in the summer following his taking of the Bar Exam in July 1975, Jack was employed as a law clerk and paralegal, respectively, for Writs & Appeals for the Orange County Public Defender's Office. Also, during his senior year, Jack was the Moot Court Board Chairman and was solely responsible for writing the Pepperdine intra-school Moot Court Competition case problem (criminal defense issues) and the Bench Brief for each side of the "appeal." Jack was scholastically honored by being appointed as a Member of Pepperdine Law Review, and was soon published as the author of "A Dangerous Commitment" (1974) 2 Pepperdine Law Review 116 (juvenile law, constitutional law), (subsequently cited by the California Court of Appeal in People v. Hernandez (1983) 148 Cal.App.3d 560, 565, 196 Cal.Rptr. 31).
Following his Admission to the California Bar in December 1975, Jack was hired as a Deputy Public Defender in the Orange County Public Defender's Office. As a Deputy Public Defender, Jack worked in Juvenile Court in the City of Orange, Municipal Court in Westminster, Fullerton and Santa Ana, Writs & Appeals for all districts of the County of Orange, and on the felony panel in Superior Court in Santa Ana, California over a period of some six years. During his career as a Deputy Public Defender, Jack had an exceptionally high rate of Not Guilty verdicts in jury trials in misdemeanor and felony case. Jack was appellate attorney of record in In re Gregory M. (1977) 68 Cal.App.3d 1088 (in a request for rehearing, Judge must review a full transcript of the proceedings including any closing argument of counsel); and People v. Crudgington (1979) 88 Cal.App.3d 295 (no demand for restitution is affirmative defense, not an element of the crime in welfare fraud prosecution).
In private practice, beginning in 1981, Jack successfully transitioned to civil litigation and civil transactions law, although maintaining a presence in criminal defense and juvenile law over the years. Jack's civil practice has included forming business entities, forming shareholder and member agreements including buy/sell agreements, and business contract negotiation and drafting, as well as litigation including family law, real estate, construction, product defect, medical malpractice, officers and directors liability, insurance coverage litigation, personal injury, employment law, trust disputes, fraud, consumer debt collection practices, landlord/tenant disputes, commercial lease litigation, Conservatorship disputes, Domestic Violence restraining orders, breach of contract/debt collection, enforcement of Judgment, and other various State court litigation.
In the Entertainment Industry, Jack was Associate Producer for the independent feature film, The Gun (from 6 to 7:30 p.m.) in 2005 (in competition at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival) (DVD available on Netflix). Jack wrote and starred in the pilot episode, "Mouse On a String," for Peepers, a half-hour anthology series produced by the late Stephen J. Cannell and Directed by acclaimed Director Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer). Jack wrote The Prisoner, a short play produced on the stage at South Coast Repertory Theater in 1987. With ex-Major League baseball player, American League Most Valuable Player, Jeff Burroughs, Jack wrote and produced the "Kids in Sports" baseball batting video, That's Baseball-Batting. Jack was an Executive Producer, Writer and lead actor in a web series known as Dead Bang). Jack is the writer or co-writer of several scripts for television and film and has literary representation with Agent Ted Maier of Mavrick Artists.
Jack is the writer and publisher of six books: (1) Stand Your Ground-To Kill or Not to Kill...The Legal Limits of Safety; (2) Questioning the Word-An Atheist Confronts Faith in God; (3) Acting Outside the Lines, Perilous Journeys in Pivotal Acting Scenes; (4) Jack's Handy List of Words [607 words that you can't (or shouldn't) live without]; (5) Jack's Handy Guide to Trusts-Staying Out of Court; and, (6) Deconstructing the Code.
For the Newport Beach Bar Association website (2012), Jack authored the article, Unsafe Speed to Reversal on Appeal. For the on-line magazine Running and Fitness (January/February 2008), Jack authored the martial arts article "The Importance of Velocity in the Striking Arts," analyzing the physics effects of kinetic energy in impact-martial arts. For Velocity, the Porsche Owners Club quarterly magazine (Spring 2002), Jack authored the article, "Time Trials & Rollercoasters", examining the effect on race car time trial times due transponder placement location.
As a songwriter and musical performer, Jack has written and has copyrights to the words and music of over 50 original songs and has released on the internet two albums of his music: Warning One False Move and Warning Dangerous Moves. A third album of Jack's music is slated for worldwide release in the summer of 2019.
As a martial artist, Jack studied Judo at age 11 for one year with the acclaimed Judo Master John Ogden in Long Beach, California. At age 17, Jack studied karate from International karate champion Mike Stone for a period of six months. Beginning in 1981, Jack studied the Ed Parker system of Kenpo Karate and is a First Degree Black Belt in Chinese Kenpo Karate earned through his instructor, 7th Degree Black Belt David Brock. Jack is also an expert in Filipino Stick Fighting through instruction from Grand Master Raja Felix Roiles.
In other sports, Jack excels at baseball, softball, badminton, golf, Western horsemanship, off-road motorcycling, performance driving, race car driving, snow skiing, surfing, sailing, volleyball, badminton, mountain biking, and touring bicycling, among other sports and activities.
