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Mr. Harding specializes in the law of higher education, and business and real property litigation. Mr. Harding comes to the practice of college and university representation with a background in teaching, having taught extensively at the University of California, Berkeley as an instructor, and at Calvin College (Michigan) as adjunct faculty.
Prior to joining Ruiz & Sperow, LLP, in 2009, Mr. Harding was of counsel to Burgess, Mills & Ring, where he assisted with the representation of Golden Gate University, Saint Mary's College of California and Dominican University of California, and has defended employment actions and student disciplinary matters for these institutions. Mr. Harding has also served as a vice president (litigation) of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, where he handled a general escrow and title insurance practice.
Mr. Harding received his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, where he was awarded a Prosser Prize in ancient law. He earned a Master of Arts in Latin from U.C. Berkeley in 1993, and was director of the U.C. Berkeley Latin (1996) and Greek (1997) workshops. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Classical Languages and English, with honors, from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1983 , after having studied for one year at the University of Edinburgh. During his studies, he was awarded the Butcher Memorial Prize (Edinburgh) and received a National Merit Fellowship. Mr. Harding is a member of the State Bar of California and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.
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