Marta Vanegas
Terry R. Leoni Terry R. Leoni of Leoni Law likes to say that she has a “full-service labor and employment firm,” where she not only handles matters for both public and private employees (discrimination, harassment, severance agreements, workplace investigations, discipline), but also HR advice and counsel for businesses, professional licensing defense, and criminal defense with employment components. She also has a unique focus representing crime victims in both criminal and civil cases and is Pro Bono General Counsel for Voices in Action, a non-profit dedicated to sexual assault survivors. Terry started Leoni Law in December of 2016 after more than seven years almost primarily representing public service in administrative, criminal, and employment matters at Rains Lucia Stern, a boutique firm in Pleasant Hill. Prior to joining Rains Lucia Stern, she worked at the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy DA where she also interned in law school. She has handled trials-to-verdict, has appeared in both state and federal court, and litigated countless cases before arbitrators and administrative law judges. Terry is a Bay Area native with deep roots in Contra Costa County. She was born in Walnut Creek, where her father grew up, and was raised in Dublin. She received her undergraduate degree from UCSB (Go Gauchos!) in Law and Society and Psychology in 2000. Terry attended law school at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento from 2003-2006 and was admitted to practice law in 2006. Terry’s involvement in the CCCBA began long before law school. One of her first jobs after graduating from UCSB was with the CCCBA (she was the Anne Wolf of her day) under the tutelage and mentorship of Lisa Reep, also a Gaucho. Terry worked at the CCCBA from 2000-2003 until she began law school. After becoming a lawyer, Terry remained active in the CCCBA as a former vice president and board member of the Women’s Section, a member of the Fundraising and Law Practice Manage-
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Marta Vanegas has been practicing labor and employment law, business law, social security disability law, civil rights law, and pension rights in Walnut Creek since 2014. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Marta has called California home for the past two decades. Prior to entering private practice, Marta served as Deputy Legislative Counsel in Sacramento, drafting legislative proposals and providing counsel to legislators on labor, employment and business law issues. Marta graduated in 1998 in Budapest, Hungary, earning a JD degree summa cum laude from the ELTE University of Budapest. She also earned an LL.M. degree in 1999, specializing in International Business Law from Central European University. After working for over eight years as an Intellectual Property Paralegal at two large San Francisco law firms, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP, and Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, Marta returned to law school at Martin Luther King Hall (UC Davis School of Law). While there, she served as Senior Symposium Editor of the UC Davis Law Review and as Senior Articles Editor of the UC Davis Business Law Journal. Marta was also active in several student organizations at King Hall: she was leader of the King Hall Intellectual Property Association and the Feminist Forum in her 2L and 3L years, respectively. Throughout her engagement with the student organizations and journals, Marta learned the immense value that association work brings, not only to her networking skills, but also to her personal development. As a result, Marta has served and continues to serve on several CCCBA section boards. She was in leadership roles of several sections, including the Women’s Section, Barristers Section and Employment Law Section. Most recently, Marta served as Vice-President and PresidentElect of the Business Law Section. Marta is a member of the Editorial Board for Contra Costa Lawyer magazine, a frequent contributor of articles, and guest-editor
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