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Law on the Edge

USF lawyers are paving the way for the latest in tech

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN PAUL J. FITZGERALD, S.J. University President

As the School of Law for the University of San

ships in intellectual property, corporate, human

Francisco, we have a special responsibility to uphold

rights, and other areas of law take our students to

our city’s reputation at the forefront of change

China, Vietnam, Mexico, and across Europe to prepare

and innovation. We are committed to ensuring our

them to be ef ective, ethical attorneys over the course

students are well prepared to enter a profession

of careers that will extend into the 2070s.

JOHN TRASVIÑA Dean

As we innovate for a rapidly changing future, we have

SUSAN FREIWALD Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

transformed by technology, an economy shaped by technology, and a world where technology’s societal impacts are far reaching.

as our foundation thousands of alumni who serve the profession with distinction and take the time to give

This edition of USF Lawyer explores the impact of

back to our current students, sometimes with dollars,

our graduates and students on the tech industries that

sometimes with mentorship. In an era of change, your

increasingly drive the San Francisco Bay Area economy.

support makes it possible for us to train the next

Whether leading a legal team at Salesforce, guiding

generation of USF lawyers and leaders.

small startups, or protecting the intellectual property of large biotech companies, our alumni guide new

Thank you,

tech developments to reality. They also mentor our students — tomorrow’s lawyers who will move the tech revolution forward. Law f rms and the practice of law have felt the dramatic

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impact of technological innovations over the past decade, and law schools are not immune from this sea change. Technology requires us to rethink how we deliver legal education. I am proud of the hard work of our faculty, administrators, and staf — along with supportive and engaged alumni— to strengthen what we teach and how we teach it. As I have shared with you, today’s students learn dif erently than past generations and we and they must adapt. We are now more rigorous in our graduation requirements and

Editor’s Note: As this issue was going to press, Dean John Trasviña announced that he would step down as dean at the conclusion of his fve-year term in June 2018. Dean Trasviña and university leadership are working together closely to ensure a smooth transition. Updates will be shared with alumni via email.

DONALD E. HELLER Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

ELIZABETH BENHARDT Assistant Dean for Academic Services GRACE HUM Assistant Dean for Student Afairs JOHANNA HARTWIG Assistant Dean for Career Planning and Legal Community Engagement MICHELLE SKLAR Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations TRISTIN GREEN Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship ANGIE DAVIS Senior Director of Communications and Marketing TALYA GOULD SANDERS Associate Director of Communications and Marketing DESIGNED BY USF Ofce of Marketing Communications

bar preparation of erings. We have developed new educational programs to maximize our students’ preparation for passing the bar. We are already seeing early improvements in bar pass results (including a 50 percent increase in our pass rate for 2017 compared to 2016), with more to come as our curricular changes reach all current and incoming students.

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We are also ensuring that our students are equipped to secure employment upon graduation and at the same time be able to adapt to future changes in the profession. For example, our summer global extern-

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CONTENTS SPRING • 2018

DEPARTMENTS

LAW ON THE EDGE

USF lawyers are paving the way for the latest in tech

IN BRIEF Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic Responds Swiftly to Changing Needs Justice Prevails: Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic Students Team Up for Big Win Aspiring Public Interest Lawyer Wins Advocate of the Year Competition Jonathan Althaus 3L is One to Watch

GIVING

USF School of Law has a strong presence at Salesforce in San Francisco, including (from left) Kiran Belur ’07, Charlene Nguyen 2L, Caroline Papas ’97, Vanessa Peña-Hallinan ’16, and Nicole Gorney 1L

One-Time Scholarship Recipient Judi McManigal ’ 98 Gives Back

FACULTY FOCUS On the Record With Jack Garvey

NEW DIRECTOR OF USF’S DORRAINE ZIEF LAW LIBRARY

CHANGING THE WORLD, WORLDWIDE

Amy J. Wright excelled in leading the library through strategic planning efforts as interim co-director

Across 46 states and 60 countries, USF School of Law graduates are making their mark in the legal profession and beyond

32 CLOSING ARGUMENT Linda Chan ’ 78 remembers how her father, the f rst Asian American to practice law in California, fought discrimination — and won

Professors Talbot, de la Vega Named to Endowed Chair Positions

ALUMNI NEWS Lee S. Harris ’77 Takes the Helm at Consumer Attorneys of California Upcoming Events

ON THE COVER: Kiran Belur ’07 is the head of trademarks and copyrights at Salesforce

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IN BRIEF AMY J. WRIGHT NAMED DIRECTOR OF USF’S DORRAINE ZIEF LAW LIBRARY Assistant Professor of Law Amy J. Wright has been appointed director of USF’s Dorraine Zief Law Library. She served as interim co-director of the library with Senior Research Librarian Lee Ryan for the past two years. During her time as co-director, she excelled in leading the library through strategic planning ef orts with an eye toward marshaling the school’s resources to ensure that li brary services align with its curriculum and changing student and faculty needs, said Dean John Trasviña. “I am grateful to Amy for taking on this position with her signature enthusiasm, vision, and leadership.”

Wright oj ined the USF School of Law in 2006 as a research librarian and adjunct professor. Previously, she served as a law librarian at Santa Clara University, practiced health law with two Bay Area law f rms, and served as in-house counsel with Dignity Health. “Innovations in legal research, such as legal analytics, are producing lots of valuable new research tools for attorneys and legal scholars,” said Wright. “I am looking forward to collaborating with programs across the law school so that we can promote these research resources widely to our students and faculty.” One project she has planned is a partnership between the Of ce of Career Planning and the law library to provide workshops demonstrating how students can use legal analytics to prepare for interviews with uj dges and law f rms. n

Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic Responds Swiftly to Changing Needs With immigration news dominating headlines over the past year, the USF School of Law Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic has adapted rapidly to the shifting political winds by teaching immigrants about their rights and assisting a steady stream of clients with applications to renew their protected status. “While the changes are many and the track the government is on is detrimental to our clients and their families, it is also harmful to our communities and societies at large,” said Assistant Professor Jacqueline Brown Scott, who is the supervising attorney for the clinic. “Because many people recognize this, the movement has grown. While this work can be exhausting, we are stronger. We’re not deterred and we will f ght each change that we believe is not only legally wrong, but morally unacceptable.” Established in 2015, the clinic represents primarily unaccompanied immigrant children and women with children who have arrived at the southern border. Each semester, up to 15 law students represent clients in all stages of immigration proceedings. The number of calls to the clinic has increased over the past year, said Brown Scott, who now handles more emergency last-minute requests for women slated to be deported by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Clinic students continue to handle their maximum of three or four cases, and they also participate in a working group on a particular area of im migration law.

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One group assists with renewal applications for DACA immigrants, continuing the work students performed at a two-day legal clinic organized la st fall in response to President Trump’s announcement that the program would end. The clinic assisted dozens of young adult immigrants with renewing their protected status. Among those attending the clinic was Haran, a 22-year-old who drove from Salinas. Just three or four years old when he was brought to the U.S. from Mexico, Haran grew up in Southern California and has no recollection of Mexico. “I’m on the hook for paying for all of this legal work myself,” Haran said. “Working with the clinic allowed me to use that money to help my family.”

“We’re not deterred and we will fght each change that we believe is not only legally wrong, but morally unacceptable.” — Assistant Professor Jacqueline Brown Scott No matter the case, the clinic is persistent in its advocacy. “We just won’t give up on cases and will pursue all avenues possible to help people remain here lawfully,” said Professor Bill Ong Hing, director of the clinic. “Given the change in atmosphere surrounding immigration, this clinic helps provide a good service in a time of need.” n

Justice Prevails: Law Clinic Students Team Up for Big Win When Jair and his then-girlfriend drove home to the East Bay after a concert in San Francisco, they didn’t know it would be the beginning of a 15-month legal ordeal. By the end of the night, he had been charged with driving under the influence of MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy, and she had been subjected to degrading treatment by the police. But with the help of students from USF School of Law’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic, his case was f nally dismissed this fall. “The clinic doesn’t usually handle DUI cases, but this one was dif erent,” said the clinic’s director, Associate Professor Lara Bazelon. “It’s hard to think of a better case to train young lawyers. It included so many elements, such as litigating multiple complex pretrial issues, working with an expert, and establishing a relationship of trust and rapport with the client.” FAKE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES Dash cam footage from the CHP patrol car showed Jair, a 25-year-old Brazilian native who asked we not use his last name, was driving carefully, signaling as he changed lanes. And while the police moved him out of view of the camera to perform the field sobriety tests, the audio made it clear that he followed the of cer’s instructions. The police report included false statements from his girlfriend about whether or not she’d seen Jair take any drugs. “And the so-called science that the district attorney was relying on to show he had drugs in his system was so unreliable it would be a stretch to call it science at all,” Bazelon said. Bazelon and the students discussed how to frame the case, and decided to focus on the facts. “We decided the racial overtones and the false statements in the police report would speak for themselves,” she said. After f ghting two previous continuances, under the supervision of former clinic director Professor Sharon Meadows and former interim director Assistant Professor

Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic client Jair (fifth from right) celebrating the dismissal of his case with his legal team of USF law faculty and students in November.

Kate Chatf eld, the students knew a trial was imminent. They went to work writing and practicing the direct and cross examinations, poring over the dash cam footage, and distilling it into a transcript. The students prepared to argue the pretrial motions. “They strategized each step of the way. Throughout, they were poised and professional,” said Bazelon. The clinic f led a 90-page opposition to the prosecutor’s request for a third continuance, which they argued was in violation of Jair’s right to a speedy trial. After the judge ruled that there was no cause to further delay the trial, the prosecutor was forced to drop the case. THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARATION Darlene Balagot 3L, part of the clinic team that worked on Jair’s case, joined the clinic because she wanted to get as much hands-on experience as possible in law school. Her interest in trial law has grown as she’s been in law school, partially because of her exposure through the clinic and USF’s Intensive Advocacy Program. “I’m a pretty reserved

person, and when I’m really prepared, I feel more conf dent. I’ve learned how important preparation is in the law,” she said. Balagot stressed the group ef ort involved in succeeding on Jair’s behalf, and was struck by how far in advance an attorney has to prepare for cross examinations and motions. “You have to write a question in a way you want him to answer, and be prepared to rehabilitate it to get the answer you want,” she said. “When writing the opposition, we had to think of every single thing the DA might say and have a response to combat it. It’s a lot of predicting and if we went to trial, we would have to be prepared for every scenario.” Jair says he is thankful that he can f nally sleep better at night knowing this case isn’t dragging on any longer, and for the support he received from the team of students and Bazelon. “They never let one little detail get away,” he said. “Everyone contributed a lot of time to my case, including going out of their way to meet me on Sundays to accommodate my work schedule. It wasn’t just one student helping, and they were all very sharp — I didn’t see a weak link.” n

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ALUMNI CELEBRATE JOINING THE CALIFORNIA BAR Judge Lupe Garcia ’95 of the Alameda County Superior Court administered the oath of membership at USF’s swearing-in ceremony and reception on Dec. 1 for alumni who passed the July California Bar Examination. USF’s July 2017 bar pass rate went up 18 points, an increase of 50 percent from July 2016. A SAMPLING OF CLASS OF 2017 FIRST JOBS: • Andersen Tax • Arns Law Firm • Butler Viadro LLP • California Court of Appeal, Associate Justice Jon B. Streeter

• California Public Utilities Commission

• Discord, Inc.

• Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, San Francisco Immigration Court

• Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeny

• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

• National Labor Relations Board

• Office of the Alameda County Public Defender • Solano County District Attorney’s Office • Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Aspiring Public Interest Lawyer Wins Advocate of the Year Competition Allison Ramsey 2L won this year’s Advocate of the Year Competition, the oral and written advocacy event where USF law students practice their courtroom skills under the guidance of faculty and volunteer alumni and judges. “Whether the students use their skills to compete in advanced moot court competition teams, coach first-year students, or simply improve their public speaking, the Advocate of the Year Competition is a great opportunity for upper-level law students to hone their oral advocacy

From left: The Hon. Roger Chan, Advocate of the Year winner Allison Ramsey 2L, the Hon. Kathleen M. Banke, second place winner Gabriella Parker 2L, and the Hon. Benjamin T. Reyes II ’92.

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and writing skills,” said Edith Ho, professor of legal writing, director of the Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis Program, and program coordinator of the First Year Moot Court Program. “We are grateful to our alumni and judges who have been very generous with their time to mentor our students and prepare them for the practice of law.” The Hon. Kathleen M. Banke, the Hon. Roger Chan, and the Hon. Benjamin T. Reyes II ’92 volunteered as judges for the competition finals Oct. 27 in Kendrick Hall. Ramsey aspires to a career in public interest law, after working as a homeless advocate before law school and learning to be a voice for underserved communities. She is a volunteer intern at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, a board member of the Criminal Law Society, and the 2L representative on the Student Bar Association. Last summer, as part of USF’s Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project, she worked on death row appeals at the Capital Post Conviction Unit of Louisiana. “I am becoming more comfortable speaking in front of people and thinking on my feet,” Ramsey said. “Learning to not count on notes, to be flexible, and to trust my gut were crucial in the competition and will be helpful in my legal career. And learning to think like a lawyer has given me a new perspective of the world.” n

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NOVEMBER 2017 FEBRUARY 2018 Tax Talent has ranked USF School of Law the 3rd best JD tax program and 8th best LLM tax program in its 2018 Top in Tax Educational Survey rankings! Read more about our tax programs here: bit.ly/usf-tax-law DECEMBER 2017 Congratulations @LindaSzabados ’20 on receiving this year’s Women Lawyers Committee Scholarship for Transitional Students. Read more and see all the pics: bit.ly/usflaw-wlc-nov2017 #usflaw

DECEMBER 2017 Brixton, a local therapy dog and friend of #USFLaw, stopped by the Zief Law Library to give students a well-deserved study break! Good luck to all of our students as they prepare for final exams!

USF School of Law alumni attended the 2017 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) convention in Washington, D.C. David Mesa, Vilaska Nguyen, and Christine Start were named 2017 Best Lawyers Under 40 by NAPABA. Pictured left to right: Giselle Guro 3L, David Mesa ’07, Vilaska Nguyen ’04, Benjamin T. Reyes II ’92, Christine Start ’10, Rachel Puno Juliana ’97, and Rhean Fajardo ’03.

SEPTEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2017 #USFLaw entertainment law alumni shared their career paths and advice at LA alumni reception at @sagaftra: bit.ly/usflaw-entertainment-panel

Cristal Harris ’17 says that while her road to law school wasn’t easy, “For me it’s about defending those who can’t defend themselves.” bit.ly/CristalHarris #usflaw #sf #futurelawyer

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LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES WIDESPREAD DATA INSECURITY With massive hacking scandals at Equifax, Uber, and other leading companies dominating headlines over the last year, the 2018 USF Law Review Symposium examined le gal and non-legal facets of data breaches. The Jan. 26 symposium, “The Epidemic of Data Insecurity,” included panel discussions on data insecurity, preventative measures against attacks, legal recourse for breach victims, and the ethical issues related to retaining digital information. It was co-sponsored by Hanson Bridgett and the California Bar Association’s Internet and Privacy Law Committee, and put on by the staf o f USF Law Review, led by symposium editor Michael J. Choi 3L. “Some students and lawyers came away inspired to practice in the burgeoning area, and all attendees left the symposium better able to protect against and respond to data breaches,” said Associate Dean for Academic Af airs and Professor Susan Freiwald, who served as the symposium faculty adviser. During the panel “ Reasons to Care: The Value of Data Security,” Evan LeBon ’13, manager of privacy and assurance and security product counsel at AppDynamics, moderated a discussion in which panelists encouraged attorneys and companies to invest in data security before a breach.

AppDynamics’ Evan LeBon ’13 (right) moderated a discussion between (from left) William Kellermann ’90 from Hanson Bridgett LLP, Joshua de Larios-Heiman ’05 from Data Law, and Kate Black from 23andMe. “When I work with startups, privacy is one of the first things that I look at,” said Joshua de Larios-Heiman ’ 05, managing director at Data Law. “Privacy and data need to be priorities when coming up with a business plan. You need a privacy plan, you need a data encryption plan — because these breaches are really expensive.” n

McCarthy Institute Convenes Leading Trademark Experts

At the McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law’s Feb. 23 symposium, “ Trademark Law and Its Challenges 2018,” brand owners, trademark attorneys, and public policymakers faced of a t Google’s Sunnyvale campus on the most pressing issues in trademark law. Keynote speakers included Etienne Sanz de Acedo, CEO of the International Trademark Association (above), and Danny Sullivan, Google’s public liaison for search, in conversation with Christine Hsieh, Google’s trademark counsel. n

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E. L. Wiegand Visiting Fellow Explores the Impact of Global Tax Enforcement The Graduate Tax Program hosted the second annual E. L. Wiegand Visiting Fellows Program on Feb. 16, featuring the 2018 fellow, Caroline D. Ciraolo. A partner with Kostelanetz & Fink and former acting assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, Ciraolo discussed the new era of global tax enforcement and it s impact on taxpayers, their advisers, and third party gatekeepers, including banks and other financial service providers. This program was funded by a grant from the Edwin L. Wiegand Trust. n

ONE TO WATCH: JONATHAN ALTHAUS 3L Jonathan Althaus knows that he learns best by doing, and he has taken advantage of the breadth of hands-on experiences USF School of Law offers. His first summer of law school, he participated in the Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project, serving as an intern at the Mississippi State Public Defender in the Capital Defense Division. His second summer he spent in Washington, D.C. as a clerk for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. He’s also participated in the Racial Justice Clinic, externed at the San Francisco Public Defender, was an SBA Mentor-Mentee Program Coordinator, served on USF Law Review, and received a Public Interest Law Foundation grant. He earned his bachelor of arts from the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with highest honors. He has secured a post-bar position with the Los Angeles County Public Defender after he graduates this spring. Who most influenced your path to law school? My parents. Through example, they taught me diligence, consistency, and to work hard for the things I value. Additionally, my dad is analytical, and thinks about things from multiple perspectives. My mom is strong-willed, critical, and good with people. Both are critical. I think their influences have served me well in law school.

What is one of your most memorable experiences at USF? Seeing clients go free and embrace their families. During my externship with the San Francisco Public Defender, I second-chaired a trial and our client was found not guilty after spending years in jail. His family was there, and it was awesome. I worked on a case in Washington, D.C. with an egregious Brady violation. The public defender essentially put the district attorney on trial before he was able to make his case against our client, and the charges were dismissed. Seeing our client embrace his young son, who had just gained a father, was everything to me.

What was the highlight of your summer in the Keta Taylor Colby Project? The team and the travel. My Mississippi team and I formed a family, and I learned so much from them. I also got to travel throughout Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. I believe that living outside our

comfort zone teaches us about the world and ourselves. The more we know about people, ourselves included, the better equipped we are to represent them in court.

What advice would you give new law students? First, have a strategy. Mine was to focus on grades the first year, practical experience the second, and the bar the third. Do what you have to do for current endeavors while also laying a foundation for future opportunities. Second, utilize your resources. At USF, we have many — take advantage. Third, pave your own path by defining your law school experience. Ask questions and listen to the answers, but think critically about what to incorporate into your plan and what to disregard.

Where is the best place to get away to when you need to de-stress? I don’t run to a place, but a person. Fortunately, my long-time best friend lives here in San Francisco. He has been with me every step of the way. He has laughed at me when I needed humor and has comforted me when I needed compassion — although I haven’t necessarily gotten to choose which or when. n

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PRESS CLIPPINGS “T hat’s not a charitable contribution, that’s paying off a debt.” E. L. Wiegand Distinguished Professor in Tax Daniel Lathrope, in a San Jose Mercury News editorial about a proposal allowing California taxpayers to make donations to the state in lieu of their state tax bills, as a workaround to the new federal tax law’s provision reducing a commonly used tax deduction.

“There is tremendous uncertainty. We see it among our own students at USF, we see it in communities where people feel they don’t know from day to day or week to week whether they’ll be able to stay in the only country, really, that they’ve grown up in.” Dean John Trasviña, on ABC7 News, discussing what the Dreamers face in California as the government determined the future of DACA.

“Trump is basically taking a hard line on pretty much every group that had benefited from some semblance of positive discretionary action. It’s going to wreak havoc for the community in San Francisco and Oakland.” Professor Bill Ong Hing, in the San Francisco Chronicle, after President Trump removed temporary protection from deportation for El Salvador natives.

“If the judiciary is going to better police itself, it must overcome its historical impulse to shield bad actors from consequences they would not hesitate to mete out to people who don’t wear black robes.”

Associate Professor Lara Bazelon, in an op - ed in the New York Times after the #MeToo movement reached the federal judiciary when Alex Kozinski, a longtime judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, abruptly resigned after some 15 former law clerks and staffers said he had engaged in sexual misconduct.

“These terms are loosely battered around by people for political reasons. It doesn’t mean they are acceptable or applicable.” Professor Peter Jan Honigsberg, in Newsweek, referring to government of cials using the term “enemy combatant” since 9/11 to describe supporters of Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

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GIVING Investing in the Next Generation Once a scholarship recipient, business immigration lawyer Judi McManigal ’98 is now giving back

Judi McManigal ’98 says that when she started USF School of Law at age 30, it didn’t make much sense at the time. The San Francisco native had a good job working as an administrative assistant for a nonproft , energized by the people she worked with and the projects she was working on. On top of that, she was from a family of very modest means and wasn’t in a financial position to pay for law school. Still, she knew it was time to pursue a second career, one that combined her interest in foreign travel and cultures and her desire to focus on strategic thinking. Thanks to the combination of scholarships, grants, and loans she received from the School of Law, McManigal was able to do precisely

that. Currently transitioning to an of counsel role with the San Francisco of ce of Gibney Anthony and Flaherty, McManigal practiced business immigration law for the past 20 years, with concentrated experience in labor certif cations and petitions for EB1 visas. McManigal hasn’t forgotten the key role that f nancial assistance played for her — for the past 15 years, she has given annually to the School of Law to pay it forward. “I had the opportunity to attend law school if I was willing to work hard,” McManigal said. “I want to make sure that current students have those opportunities that I had.” During her time working directly with clients at Gibney, McManigal focused entirely on transactional work, drawn by the strategy involved and the use of writing as the mechanism for making an argument. “Business immigration law is highly strategic,” she said. “Everything you write can have strategic and legal consequences. In my job, cases were made or broken by how I presented the information in writing.” Typically hired by companies looking to employ a foreign national, McManigal

“I got a lot of satisfaction helping individuals and families over the course of many years through those milestones and working and partnering with them,” she said. For the past 20 years, she’s also served on the board of directors of One Justice, a nonprof t that brings life-changing legal help to those in need by transforming the legal aid system, including matching pro bono attorneys with legal needs throughout the state. The nonprofit’s Justice Bus, for example, sent a bus of attorneys — including USF law students — to rural areas of the state, areas with very few legal resources. When the initial federal travel ban took ef ect and left travelers stranded at airports, One Justice immediately had attorneys heading to SFO and LAX to offer free legal assistance. “Projects like that really inspire me and bring to life how much information and power we have as attorneys and how much we can be of service to those people who desperately need it,” McManigal said. “USF really emphasized seeing the law in a broader context. My annual gifts have been to the Law Assembly or for student scholarships, with additional contributions to the Public Interest Law

“I had the opportunity to attend law school if I was willing to work hard. I want to make sure that current students have those opportunities that I had.” represents both the company and the potential employee in obtaining the necessary paperwork and visas from the federal government. It’s a lengthy process with parts that can change suddenly as political winds shift — the requests for additional in formation, for example, increased dramatically over the past year.

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Foundation. I am very committed to public interest law and supporting students who want to practice in this area. It’s important to me to make regular donations that help support the next generation of USF-trained attorneys.” n

To learn more about supporting the USF School of Law, please contact Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Michelle Sklar at msklar@usfca.edu or (415) 422-2551.

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PRO ROFFE S SO R JJA ACK G GA ARVE VEY Y

Professor Jack Garvey specializes in public and private international law. In his book, Nuclear Weapons Counterproliferation: A New Grand Bargain, published by Oxford University Press, he proposes a new legal and institutional framework for the counterproliferation of nuclear weapons. He has also published more than 20 articles in domestic and foreign journals including the Yale Law Journal, Oxford Journal of Conflict and Security Law, and American Journal of International Law. He was a fellow of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; a Fulbright senior specialist at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; a visiting professor at the University of Sydney, Australia; and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School.

Why did you choose the study and teaching of international law? What drew me to the study of international law was a fascination with the confluence of politics and law. This interest arose from my academic background in political theory, my experience in a U.S. Senate staff position, preparing policy position papers for a presidential candidacy, and my work at Harvard Law School producing a book authored by the legal advisor to the secretary of state for the Kennedy administration.

You recently gave the keynote address at the International Congress on Arbitration at the Center for Legal Studies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. What was the principal legal concern of your talk? The thrust was to instruct the government lawyers of Brazil on the special considerations that pertain to a governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice to arbitrate. Preparing for the speech, I was surprised to find that nothing had been published previously on this important topic, which is

of particular significance to Brazil. Brazil was late among major states of the world to adopt arbitration as a means of dispute resolution, having done so only since 1996, and has allowed arbitration by government only since 2015. Yet Brazil has quickly become most prominent among the countries of Latin America in utilizing arbitration. [Video of his keynote address will be shared with attorneys across Brazil and is available online at bit.ly/garvey-brazil]

Was the conference a response to current events in Brazil? The conference was part of a greater project to strengthen the legal sector in Brazil and the work of the Legal Studies Center in fighting government corruption. The project was undertaken in the midst of the so-called ‘car wash scandal’ incriminating the oil company Petrobras, and the highest echelons of the former government, in a widespread money-laundering and kick-back scandal. Throughout these troubled days for Brazil, it is the government lawyers who revealed and prosecuted the scandal, and have stood firm against corruption. Their work has brought to justice a multitude of corrupt politicians and some of the most powerful business people of Brazilian society. The center’s critical role in addressing endemic corruption will be further developed by a similar conference now proposed for next year. It will be devoted to training government leaders themselves in anti-corruption law and regulation.

How do your experiences around the world, including your research and scholarly activities, find their way back into your classroom? As a result of world events and my travels, I created a course a couple of years ago called International Refugee Law and the European Refugee Crisis, and I’ve integrated the most timely subjects into our Public International Law course. We have covered legal control of weapons of mass destruction and trade and environmental agreement law, among other topics. My international experience has also provided interesting opportunities for our students to accomplish their own related research and writing, both at USF and by serving as my research assistants abroad. I’ve enjoyed having students accompany me to refugee projects on behalf of the U.S. State Department in the Middle East and Europe. n

Professors de la Vega and Talbot Named to Faculty Chairs Two stalwart faculty members were honored with endowed chair positions recently. Professor Connie de la Vega was selected to serve as the Marshall P. Madison Professor of Law and Professor Robert Talbot has been appointed the Philip and Muriel Barnett Professor of Trial Advocacy. The Marshall Chair was established to honor and perpetuate the work of a longtime friend and benefactor of USF, and the Barnett Chair recognizes a faculty member with experience in trial advocacy. De la Vega, who is also academic director of international programs and a Dean’s Circle Scholar, writes extensively on international human rights law and frequently participates in United Nations human rights meetings. Her writing was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court when it struck down the juvenile death penalty. She established and leads the Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic at USF and is a founding member of Human Rights Advocates. She was awarded the Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year Award in 2016 by the State Bar of California. Talbot has taught at the School of Law continuously since 1966 and became a leader in clinical education. He founded and currently directs several USF law clinics, with practice areas ranging from employment to internet and intellectual property law, and he also founded and oversees the Entrepreneurial Ventures Legal Services Project that supports startup ventures. He previously created clinics focused on investigations, narcotics prosecutions, and the economic aspects of divorce. “Connie and Bob are extraordinary professors, academics, and mentors to our students, who have benefited from their commitment and dedication,” said Dean John Trasviña. “Connie is central to our being a global law school that has ethics at its core. Naming Bob to the Barnett Chair is well-earned and appropriate recognition for his service to the School of Law community and to access to justice across California. They have trained thousands who are now attorneys serving clients and communities locally and globally with their same commitment to ethics and excellence.” n

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FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LARA BAZELON

PROFESSOR JACK GARVEY wrote the

wrote the op-eds “After #MeToo Comes to the

article “The Future Legal Management of Mass

Courts” and “California’s Sexual Assault Law

Migration,” published by The International Lawyer.

Will Hurt Black Kids” in The New York Times,

He gave the keynote address at the International

and “Colleges Need to Change How They Handle

Congress on Arbitration at the Center for Legal

Campus Sexual Assault” in The Washington Post. She wrote several

Studies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

other articles in Slate and Politico and shared commentary on NPR. She was appointed to the Criminal Justice Council of the American Bar Association, and at its conference in Washington, D.C., she presented and defended a change-in-science resolution and report that she authored. She was also writer-in-residence at Mesa Refuge in Point Reyes.

PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP TRISTIN GREEN

co-hosted and co-organized the first annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum held at UC Berkeley School of Law. She was interviewed by Bloomberg Technology for the article “Ex-Twitter engineer seeks to show

PROFESSOR JOSHUA DAVIS presented

women can climb only so high.”

“Adapting the Ethical Rules to the Class Context” at the American Bar Association Business Law Section Meeting “Ethical Stumbling Blocks in Class Action Litigation” in Chicago. He also co-organized the 11th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference at the Antitrust Institute in Washington, D.C.

PROFESSOR BILL ONG HING co-authored the

forthcoming book Immigration Law and Social Justice (Aspen). He was a panelist on “The Future of DACA and Prosecutorial Discretion” at the UC Davis Law Review Annual Symposium and “Anatomy of an Executive Order” hosted by the Asian American Bar

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Association of the Greater Bay Area. He was interviewed by the San

LAW CONNIE DE LA VEGA was a panelist at

Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, and many other media outlets for

the Sir Nigel Rodley Human Rights Conference in

articles related to changes to immigration policies.

Cincinnati, Ohio, where she spoke on the death penalty and international law. She taught at the Oral Advocacy Skill-Building Immersion Program hosted by the University of San Diego and the U.S. State Department for faculty and students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She was cited in the Chicago-Kent Law Review article “Migrant Workers in the United States: Connecting Domestic Law with International Labor Standards: The Piper Lecture.” She was a commentator at the Northern California International Law Scholars meeting in Berkeley.

PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SUSAN FREIWALD

was a panelist on “The Intersection of Technology and Criminal Justice” at the Criminal Justice at the

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presented “Witness to Guantanamo: Guantanamo and the Constitution after 9/11” at Rights and Wrongs, A Constitution Day Conference hosted by San Francisco State University. He was also interviewed by Newsweek for the article “Did NYC Suspect Commit Act of War? Republicans Want Him to be Treated as ‘Enemy Combatant’.” PROFESSOR TIM IGLESIAS was interviewed

by The Washington Post for the article “Maryland development under fire after selling homes only to Muslims.”

Crossroads Symposium hosted by UC Berkeley School of Law. She provided commentary in “Wiretapped calls

PROFESSOR ALICE KASWAN provided expert

between Trump and Paul Manafort would have difficult road to

testimony to the Joint Legislative Committee on

disclosure” in the Washington Examiner and on a Black Lives Matter

Climate Change Policies. She co-authored “As

lawsuit in Mother Jones, Blavity, and HotNewHipHop.

Texas Floods, President Trump Backpedals on Resiliency” on the Center for Progressive Reform

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Blog. She was a panelist on “California Perspectives” at the

PROFESSOR MAYA MANIAN presented

Lesley K. McAllister Symposium on Climate and Energy Law: Energy

“Reproductive Health Care in the Trump Era”

and Climate Policy in the Trump Era, and presented “California’s

at University of Houston’s National Women's

Integration of Climate and Environmental Justice Objectives” at the

Conference: Taking 1977 into the 21st Century.

Symposium on the Changing Landscape of Energy and Climate Law in the West hosted by University of San Diego School of Law.

She was a panelist for “The Story of Madrigal v. Quilligan,” at A Law Stories Convening: Reproductive Rights and Justice held at Yale Law School. She also served as a panelist for

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was interviewed for the editorial “Why California’s response to Trump’s tax law is worth

“Intersections of Reproductive, LGBTQ, and Racial Justice and Rights” at the Rutgers Center for Gender, Sexuality, Law, and Policy. She was interviewed by ABC7 News for the article “Birth control coverage may be at risk due to new Trump administration policy.”

trying,” published by The Mercury News. He also provided commentary for the article “Are GOP senators wiping out

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tax breaks for corporations?” published by National Public Radio.

MCCARTHY updated the fifth edition of McCarthy

on Trademarks and Unfair Competition. He was HAMILL FAMILY CHAIR PROFESSOR OF LAW AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RICHARD A. LEO wrote the chapter

also an adviser to the reporters of the American Law Institute for its 2017 database update of Restatement of the Law (Third), Unfair Competition.

“Mental Health and False Confessions” for the forthcoming book Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Criminal Defense Lawyer's Guide. He received the 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Policing, as well as the 2017 Academic Excellence Award from the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group in recognition of his work in ethical investigative interviewing. He presented “Theorizing Failed Prosecutions” for the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand

HERBST FOUNDATION PROFESSOR OF LAW JULIE A. NICE presented “Sex, Money,

Liberty, and Equality” at the Constitutional Law Colloquium held at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She was also interviewed by the Associated Press for the article “Bay Area leaders strive to protect speech, prevent violence.”

in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was also cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit in U.S. v. Phillipos and by the U.S. District

DEAN JOHN TRASVIÑA wrote the op-ed

Court for the District of Rhode Island in U.S. v. Monroe.

“Don’t reduce legal immigration to get a new plan for DACA kids” in the San Francisco Chronicle.

PROFESSOR RHONDA MAGEE presented

“Mindfulness, Diversity, and Social Justice” at the Mindfulness in America Summit, an event co-hosted by Anderson Cooper in New York, and “Minimizing Social Identity-Based Bias through Mindfulness and Compassion Practices” to the All-Party

He was quoted in the Associated Press article “Schools Seek to Help Immigrants Amid Mixed Signals on DACA” and the San Francisco Chronicle’s “With Anti‘Dreamer’ base furious, president adds more confusion” and “Democrats see more news about Russian probe as good news.” He was also interviewed by KCBS, KTVU, KRON 4, and ABC7 News.

Parliamentary Group for Mindfulness at Parliament in London. She also presented “Being Fearless: Action in a Time of Disruption” at the Omega Institute and a masterclass at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, as well as co-presented “What Use is Mindfulness in the Face of Social and Economic Injustice? An Evening of Conversation, Inquiry, Dialogue, and Practice” at the New York Insight Meditation Center.

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USF lawyers are paving the way for the latest in tech By Monica Villavicencio Carole Bellis' clients are dreamers and inventors and pioneers of life-saving technologies. They are growing human organs in sheep and developing new surgeries for patients with congestive heart failure. As their attorney, Bellis ‘96 is charged with a task that is at once daunting, unwieldy, and exhilarating: helping these would-be entrepreneurs build companies around their scientifc discoveries. Welcome to the untamed landscape of the technology attorney, a world of moonshot startups and rapid-growth companies, of unfathomable technological innovation. It’s a world where a company’s most valued asset is its intellectual property and where its viability will depend in part on its legal team’s ability to protect that asset. Here, attorneys manage complex portfolios of patents and trademarks, and issues of copyright protection and data security are stretching the limits of long-standing legislation. The epicenter of it all is in USF’s backyard. “People from all over the world come here, and these minds talk to each other and create wonderful things. That’s very much what’s behind Silicon Valley,” says Bellis.

“I’m just excited to be a part of this incredible revolution.” It’s an exciting place to be and an exciting time to be here, and USF School of Law students, alumni, and faculty are supporting this revolution. Through externships at GoPro and in-house positions at Salesforce, by helping to craft signature data privacy legislation, by nurturing nascent entrepreneurs, they are part of the thriving of the technology-sector economy.

A Front-Row Seat to a Biotech Revolution That Bellis’ law career would lead her to the place where biotechnology meets health care is, in many respects, fitting. It was, after all, a health scare that pushed Bellis to finally go to law school. Bellis was years-deep into a career in

lobbying and government relations in Sacramento when she received a diagnosis that jolted her out of her routine — earlystage Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “You know, your whole life fashes before your eyes. You think of all those things you always thought you would do and never got around to, and for me, law school was one of them,” she says. After she underwent surgery and radiation treatment, Bellis decided to go for it. She initially imagined herself in family law, as a mediator, but instead she’s found an unexpected niche in corporate law. A partner at the Silicon Valley ofce of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Bellis works with biotech companies that range in size, from startups with as few as two employees to companies with more than 1,000. “Interestingly, given my health background, most of my clients are in the health care field, which is undergoing phenomenal change,” she says. “It’s been called a genomic revolution.” Bellis has a front-row seat to this revolution. Her clients include a number of Bay Area scientists looking to take their research out of the lab and into the world. They come to her at a critical, if seemingly premature moment in their process; they may only have an idea or a discovery and the hope that it could one day enter the marketplace in some form or other. “If you’re founding a company, you have to make sure you own the IP of the technology you plan to exploit. A lot of times founders don’t think about this, and there can be lots of complications,” says Bellis. She describes her job as part coach, part attorney. She gets in early and guides them through the legal process of building a business — fnding a CEO, putting a company together, fling for patents and trademarks, and hunting for investors. Among the luminaries Bellis has worked with is biochemist Jennifer Doudna, widely considered the mother of gene-editing. Doudna was part of a team that discovered

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the CRISPR gene-editing tool, which allows scientists to alter a person’s genetic code and could have game-changing implications for patients with rare genetic diseases. Bellis also represents a company creating what’s been called an ‘organ on a chip,’ using a patient’s stem cells to create a chip that mimics the behavior of a particular organ. These chips would allow doctors to test treatments and observe how they interact with a patient’s genome prior to administering them to the patient. “It’s just so exciting when investors say yes, and if at first these founders don’t succeed, they often come back and start a new company,” said Bellis. “I have founders who believe so much in their technology that even after a bankruptcy they regroup and keep moving forward.”

Making the Leap But what happens when a startup grows up? “Working at any large company certainly comes with some challenges just by virtue of the inherent volume and process issues,” says Kiran Belur ‘07. “But

working at an innovative, fast-paced company like Salesforce brings opportunities to expand my practice and work on cutting-edge issues, which I likely

wouldn't see at smaller companies.” For three-and-a-half years, Belur has served as head of trademarks and copyrights at Salesforce, a cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco. The company has come a long way since its genesis in 1999, when its founders worked feverishly out of a one-bedroom apartment on Telegraph Hill. Today the company has grown into the fourth largest software company in the world. It has nearly 30,000 employees, offices in more than 25 countries, a 1,070-foot tower that is redefining the San Francisco skyline, and is consistently ranked one of the most innovative companies in the world. In 2017, its customer relationship management software and

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solutions brought in more than $8 billion in revenue. A former associate in Fenwick & West, LLP’s intellectual property group, Belur cut his teeth providing trademark, copyright, and domain name counseling to companies including Sun Microsystems and Cisco. Now, he leads a team at Salesforce tasked with protecting the company’s brand. Belur advises on selecting product names, managing and growing the worldwide trademark portfolio, and ensuring that Salesforce's trademark rights are not infringed. This work, he says, is a balancing act. “It’s a high-volume practice in a very fast-moving company. We have to find ways to help enable the business to achieve its goals efficiently while ensuring that we maintain the IP protections we need.” Belur’s role has also presented unique opportunities that a trademark attorney may not experience at a smaller company. For example, his team built a brand compliance program for Salesforce’s worldwide network of thousands of partners and app developers. Additionally, Belur, who was part of a hip-hop group in a previous life, has become a go-to person in the legal department for music licensing for the company’s marketing videos and for Dreamforce, the company’s massive annual conference that has hosted such musical acts as U2 and Bruno Mars. “It’s fun, and being able to keep something music-related in my practice helps feed my soul,” he says. “Salesforce has also given me the opportunity to add a policy side to my practice by getting involved in ICANN, the international organization tasked with helping to drive domain name and internet policies.” As he’s built the trademark and copyright team at Salesforce, Belur embraces the opportunity to hire fellow USF law alums. “I got my first legal job while still in law school just by showing a little initiative. The reputation of USF law grads in the community did the rest,” he said, recounting the time he landed a tech company internship in part because the general counsel had good experiences with USF grads in the past.

“Because of that experience, I’ve always wanted to do the same for other USF law grads when opportunities arose.” “Currently, everyone on my team is a USF law grad,” says Belur, whose group includes Kristin de la Vega ‘04 and Vanessa Peña-Hallinan ‘16. The broader Salesforce legal team employs other USF law alumni and current students including Colita Ellis Wittenkeller ‘96, Caroline Papas ‘97, Pamela Van Stavern ‘07, Charlene Nguyen 2L, and Nicole Gorney 1L.

Where the Jobs Are According to a 2016 U.S. Department of Commerce report, IP-intensive industries — centered around the technology sector — support at least 45 million jobs in the U.S. and contribute more than 38.2 percent of its GDP. That‘s good news for USF students like Henry Huang 3L, who are poised, geographically and educationally, to enter this burgeoning field.

Whether they have been practicing for three years or 30, USF School of Law alumni have their hands in all aspects of the tech industry. Here is a sampling of alumni leaving their mark in Silicon Valley and beyond:

Kiran Belur '07, in conversation here with Vanessa Pena-Hallinan '16, is the head of trademarks and copyrights at Salesforce

Huang’s boyhood passions centered around speed and the great outdoors. By the age of 6, he was racing off-road dirt bikes. He graduated high school as the Motocross champion of his native Puerto Rico. When it came time to choose between pursuing a career in Motocross racing or going to college, Huang chose the latter, a path he believed offered more longevity. “I tell people it’s ironic that just when my Motocross career was ending, GoPro was getting big. I never really got to use it,” he says. “Now, years down the road, I get to work at the company whose product I always wanted to use.” In the fall of 2017, Huang started an externship at the action-camera and video software company that is beloved by adventurers and extreme athletes. That Huang, who still rides a motorcycle, has been able to combine his disparate passions in racing and intellectual property is for him a satisfying turn of events. Huang knew he wanted to go into intellectual property law before he set foot in his first law school class. It was

that focus that drew him north from San Diego, where he’d just finished his undergraduate engineering degree. “I loved Southern California, but Northern California has Silicon Valley. It’s where all of these tech companies and startups originated,” he says. “Since coming up here,

I’ve been put in touch with so many people in the IP field that I wouldn’t otherwise have met.” In USF he’s found a solid patent, trademark, and intellectual property law education and a robust network of faculty and alumni who have connected him to professional opportunities, like his externship at GoPro, to which he was referred by USF patent law adjunct professor Michael Dergosits ‘84, whose former student Tyler Gee ‘07 is head of IP at the company. At GoPro, Huang performs legal analyses for the company’s patent and trademark portfolio so that they are easily accessible to other teams. After summers spent in law firms, what struck Huang about his experience is how different the in-house culture is.

Peter M. Astiz ’82 Partner DLA Piper Thomas J. Quinlan ’85 Partner Reed Smith Karen N. Ballack ’86 Partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Sal Torres ’88 Senior Director, Legal, Commercial Transactions Equinix, Inc. Chris Denten ’90 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Financial Officer Yingli Solar and YGEA Holding Company Sayed M. Darwish ’91 Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development Polycom

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“When I first walked in the door, I noticed there’s a lot more diver-

Martinez is a first-generation college graduate. Growing up, she

engineers — everyone working as a cohesive group at a company

watched her parents work hard to support the family. When she was

that makes things,” he says.

in high school, they started their own catering business, which has

That in-house, entrepreneurial culture is also something that draws Carmen Martinez 3L to the tech sector. “There’s something about that spirit, there’s a creativity that comes with it,” says Martinez. “Everyone’s

always moving because they want to see more growth. No one is satisfied, but in a good way. There’s something so invigorating about it.” 18

Supporting entrepreneurs is a project close to Martinez’s heart.

sity of people, very smart lawyers, very smart managers, very smart

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grown to a full-blown restaurant. “I’ve always been proud of that, that initiative,” she says. “That’s why I want to work with startups.” Martinez spent two semesters working with USF’s Entrepreneurial Ventures Legal Services Project (EVLS). Founded by Philip and Muriel Barnett Professor of Trial Advocacy Robert Talbot, EVLS offers the services of a multi-faceted law firm to the Bay Area’s many newly birthed startups via its four distinct clinics: Investor Justice, Internet and Intellectual Property Justice, Employment Law, and

Henry Huang 3L is externing at GoPro

Mediation. It’s both a service to the community and an invaluable opportunity for students to learn the ins and outs of the startup world — from what to do from day one, from a legal standpoint, to set startups up for success, to how to resolve the inevitable conflicts that arise. Through EVLS, Martinez worked with a handful of startup clients, helping them transform their ideas into companies. Among her favorites were two women starting an athletic apparel business they hope will one day rival Nike. Their ambition, she says, was striking. She helped them incorporate their business and assess their IP needs.

She says her EVLS drafting experience set her up for other opportunities, including her current position as a technology transactions intern at AppDynamics, an application monitoring software company. Companies like NBC Universal, Toyota, and Nike use its software to monitor how their apps are performing and to detect any issues early. Last year, Cisco acquired the unicorn startup for $3.7 billion. “Because I came straight from undergrad, I didn’t have any real world experience,” says Martinez. “AppDynamics wants people who can write a contract and know what business terms mean so you can see the risks associated with the legal terms. Being a part of the clinic gave me that, gave me an edge up. One of the people I interviewed with was surprised and impressed that I had this experience. The fact that USF offers this is something they were really excited about.” What started as a summer internship has turned into three seasons at AppDynamics, and she recently accepted a post-bar position to join the company. Martinez’s role is twofold: she works on vendor contracts and contract amendments and also on data privacy, ensuring compliance with new regulations. At AppDynamics, Martinez has worked with USF alumni Amy Hansen ‘08, the company’s deputy general counsel, Evan LeBon ‘13, its privacy, assurance, and security product counsel, and corporate counsel Olivia McNee ‘15. Her current manager, Associate General Counsel George Karamanos, has "challenged me to strive for excellence," says Martinez. “The best compliment I’ve received at AppDynamics is that I have really good judgement, which to me, shows a level of trust and confidence that I have built within the team,” she says. It’s a quality she attributes in part to her USF education. “At USF, our professors and the environment are unique. They really care. They want to prepare us so that we know we can go out there and be competitive,” she says.

Elizabeth Bohannon ’92 Associate General Counsel, Labor and Employment Airbnb

What About Boise?

Merritt Anderson ’04 Vice President, Employee Experience and Engagement Github

There is no question that the Bay Area is a natural destination for any lawyer looking to work in technology. But three-time startup founder Faisal Shah ‘86 discovered fertile soil further east, in a city he never would have expected. At 36, Shah’s legal career was set. He was living in Los Angeles and had made partner at global law firm Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. And yet, he felt a nagging dissatisfaction. “I wanted

John Orta ’93 General Counsel Metromile Susie Giordano ’95 Corporate Vice President and Corporate Secretary Intel Corporation Andrew Filler ’95 Partner and General Counsel Sherpa Technology Group David Tognotti ’96 Chief Operating Officer RetailNext Jason Altieri ’97 Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Roofstock Anita Irwin ’99 Director, Legal and Associate General Counsel Twitter Debbie Rice ’99 Senior Director, Global Labor and Employment Law Apple, Inc. Heather Angelina Dunn ’00 Partner DLA Piper LLP Christian Martinez '01 General Counsel Svitla

Feather Foxworthy ’07 Assistant General Counsel Lending Club

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to reinvent myself and get into business,” he says. “I’ve always wanted to start my own company.” When his college roommate, who’d founded a nutritional supplement startup in Boise, Idaho, invited him to join the company as general counsel, Shah knew he’d be taking a risk. He decided to take a three-month sabbatical. That was more than 20 years ago. Shah’s move to Idaho marks the beginning of his transition from corporate attorney to Boise’s “godfather of startups.” In his new life, Shah merged his legal background with his passion for business. He’s co-founded three companies focused on intellectual property and brand protection. MarkMonitor, a startup that develops software to safeguard companies from counterfeiting and fraud, was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2012. His next was a patent document management company called First to File. He sold that one too. Now he’s busy building number three, AppDetex. The company’s frst product enabled customers to uncover infringement and counterfeiting on global app stores. It recently raised $5.5 million in Series A funding and is working on a host of other services to protect its customers from piracy, copyright, and trademark infringement. Shah is also committed to the flourishing of the city’s tech community. He co-founded a startup incubator and helped launch a startup training program for young entrepreneurs. Without a doubt, this career is a pivot from his previous life in LA, but Shah says it’s a transformation for which his education prepared him.

“USF really prepares you for the startup world,” he says. “At the end of the day when you start a company, there’s just a huge variety of things you have to understand in the legal arena and having that education gives you the confidence to tackle them.”

Stretching the Limits of Legislation, Convening Conversation “You can’t help but worry about the direction all of this data collection is going,” says Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Afairs Susan Freiwald. “Technology brings us a huge number of wonderful innovations, but also things that are not so wonderful.” Freiwald is a cyberlaw and information privacy expert. Among her biggest concerns is the security of the data being collected by our phones, computers, Fitbits, and social media accounts. The last time Congress passed a

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law governing the privacy of electronic information was 1986, ten years before the World Wide Web. Freiwald helped draft a landmark data privacy law in the state of California. The law, which went into effect in 2016, requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access cell phone and other electronic data and is the most protective in the country. She currently has her eye on the Supreme Court, which is set to rule on location data privacy later this year. “I think it’s exciting to see the changes in technology and think about how law needs to adapt,” she says.

“Generally, law changes relatively slowly, but with technology, you’re seeing new practices putting lots of pressure on law.”

Carmen Martinez 3L started with a summer internship at AppDynamics, and recently accepted a post-bar position to join the company

How to adapt to the digital era is a critical ongoing conversation among lawyers, and USF, as a Bay Area institution, is helping to facilitate that discussion. Freiwald was faculty adviser to this year’s law review symposium on data breaches and regularly organizes networking events for students and alumni interested in privacy law. Freiwald also teaches a hybrid data privacy course, and as part of the class, students complete externships focusing on privacy issues and regulation compliance. Placements have included a boutique law firm representing internet service providers and TrustArc, a privacy and security compliance certification company. “Particularly in privacy, there’s just so much work to be done,” she says. “Students go into privacy because they care about the issues technology raises.” Exploring the myriad issues that technology raises is a critical focus of USF’s McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Celebrated trademark attorney and USF Senior Professor J. Thomas McCarthy was founding director of the institute, and it is now directed by Professor David Franklyn. The McCarthy Institute hosts an annual symposium on trademark law, which convenes a cross-section of those working in and around trademark law, from trademark attorneys and in-house counsel at startups and large companies to marketing professionals. This year, the event was held at Google’s Sunnyvale campus, with keynote addresses by the head of the International Trademark Association and Google’s public liaison for search. “USF law plays a key role in ongoing discussions through symposia like the McCarthy Institute’s. The scholarly and community activities of our faculty, students, and alumni keep us involved in cutting edge issues,” says Freiwald. n

Jenn Wall ’07 Corporate Counsel Google X, the Moonshot Factory Christina Gagnier ’08 Partner, Internet, Intellectual Property, and Technology Gagnier Margossian Stephanie Margossian ’08 Partner, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Gagnier Margossian Kim Nielsen ’09 Senior Corporate Counsel Zillow, Inc. David Raynor ’09 Founder and Principal Accelerate Legal Jessica Rybka ’09 Associate Attorney Silicon Legal Strategy Tucker Cottingham ’11 CEO and Co-founder Lawyaw KimAnh Tran ’11 Associate Legal Counsel Uber Katherine Chu ’12 Commercial Counsel Facebook Nicole Do ’12 Legal Counsel GoPro Scott Mangels ’12 Counsel, Product and Commercial Lyft Caitlin May ’13 Corporate Counsel, Employment and Ethics Salesforce Jacqueline Sheely ’15 Associate Accelerate Legal

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CHANGING THE WORLD, WORLDWID DR. FLORIAN SCHWEYER LLM ’08 District Court Judge Munich, Germany “The best part of being a USF alumnus is having a whole network of friends, especially in the U.S., that I can contact in case I need legal information regarding other countries.”

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LAURA RIVERA MARINERO LLM ’09 Democratic Governance Area Coordinator, UNDP El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador “USF’s LLM gave my career an international perspective. I gained substantive notions in corporate law and human rights and also acquired negotiations skills that I still implement on a daily basis.”

MAXIMILIANO SANTA-CRUZ LLM ’02 Director General of Chile's National ' Institute of Industrial Property Santiago, Chile “Much of what I’ve achieved in my career is thanks to USF's excellent professors, such as J. Thomas McCarthy and Susan Freiwald, who gave me a sound foundation in intellectual property law, which is key to my role as the head of Chile’s patent and trademark office.”

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PETER GRISS LLM ’99 Managing Partner, Griss & Partners, Attorneys at Law Graz, Austria "The most rewarding part of my job as a lawyer is to find solutions in complex matters and to help people in difficult situations."

DOGNIMA SIMON SILUE LLM ’07 Manager, Legal Department, African Export Import Bank Cairo, Egypt

ANDREZZA HAUTSCH OIKAWA LLM ’00 Head of New Business Development, VGP Advogados São Paulo & Curitiba, Brazil “The most rewarding part of my career is having the opportunity to structure new business into the Latin American market, especially the ones of foreign corporations.”

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alumni living across 46 states and

60 countries, USF School of Law graduates are making their mark in the legal profession and beyond. Meet a few USF grads and hear their thoughts on their career paths — and how USF helped them get there.

PAUL RAYNOR KEATING ’83 Managing Director, Law.es Barcelona, Spain “USF taught me how to think on my feet and actively participate in the education process.“

MARGARITA ZAKIYAN LLM ’07 Legal Counsel, Google Russia Moscow, Russia FATEMEH R. KHOSRAVI LLM ’06 Attorney at Law and Managing Partner, NerSea Pars Associates Tehran, Iran

“USF was the best option for me, being surrounded by tech companies, and being taught by wonderful faculty, with a strong curriculum. I also wanted a smaller program, and USF provided that personal attention to students.”

MUNIR ABDALLAH SUBOH LLM ’06 Partner and Head of Intellectual Property, BSA Ahmad Bin Hazeem & Associates LLP Dubai, United Arab Emirates

YONGBO (ROBERT) LI LLM ’08 Senior Partner, Unitalen Attorneys at Law Beijing, China “USF's diverse, flexible, and practical LLM program expanded and enriched my professional expertise and career. I gained a broad view of IP protection in the U.S. and can compare that to China. Now I can better help my clients and even lawmakers.”

“Learning from faculty who have both practical and academic knowledge helped me to enhance my knowledge. The education helps students to kick off their careers smoothly and practically.” Countries with USF Law alumni

LUSIE I. SUSANTONO LLM ’98 Senior Partner, Prisma & Co, Advocate and Legal Consultant Jakarta, Indonesia

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NICHOLAS LARSON ’10 Managing Partner, Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney Seattle, Washington F. STEVEN MAHONEY ’85 Tax Attorney, Manley & Brautigam, P.C. Anchorage, Alaska

SOLOMON B. CERA ’81 Managing Partner, Cera LLP San Francisco, California

“USF prepared me through the personal interactions I had with many professors, through classes, mock trials, and research assistant projects, as well as my externship in the Northern District of California.”

“USF's law education has always had a ‘hands-on’ quality that was hugely important to my care er because, in the end, you have to be in the trenches to accomplish anything worthwhile.”

JULIE ZAVIN ’97 Human Resources, Nike Portland, Oregon

HON. MING W. CHIN ’67 Associate Justice, California Supreme Court San Francisco, California “Over the years, I’ve had several USF law students serve as externs in my chambers, and sat as a judge during moot court and advocate of the year competitions where the students are always impressive. It’s great to give back to the law school community that gave me so much.”

JILL RAVITCH ’87 Sonoma County District Attorney Santa Rosa, California

PETER HALLORAN ’96 Supervising Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice Sacramento, California

BRENDAN D. WOODS ’96 Public Defender of Alameda County, ’ r’s Office Alameda County Public Defende Oakland, California THEODORE D.C. YOUNG ’84 Partner and Chair of t he Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group, Cades Schutte, LLP Honolulu, Hawaii

“My favorite USF School of Law memory was after o ur intramural flag football team won the championship, we went to San Quentin and played their league champions . We sp ent the entire day talking to guys in prison, and it just confirmed my desire to be a public defender.“

JARED N. KAWASHIMA ’94 Managing Partner, Yee & Kawashima LLLP Honolulu, Hawaii

HON. DANIEL R. FOLEY ’74 Associate Justice, Palau Supre me Court, Mediator/Arbitrator at Dispute Prevention and Resolution Honolulu, Hawaii, and Ngerulmud, Palau

ASHLEY C. CHINEN ’15 Associate, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel Honolulu, Hawaii “Despite busy schedules, I have found whether you're in need of career advice or help finding work, USF graduates go above and beyond to help one another out.”

MICHAEL K. BROWN ’82 Partner, Reed Smith LLP Los Angeles, California “Among the most rewarding aspects of my career has been to work with lawyers all over the country and in other countries, both in my own firm and other firms, where lasting friendships have been made.”

DALE NELSON ’84 Vice President, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Warner Bros. Los Angeles, California

KAREN L. MAJOVSKI ’13 Deputy City Attorney, Employment Litigation Division, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Los Angeles, California

YESENIA M. GALLEGOS ’03 Equity Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP Los Angeles, California “I love referring business to my former law school classmates to help them succeed in their respective practices and careers.”

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PETER MICEK ’11 General Counsel, Access Now Brooklyn, New York “Working in Geneva for USF's Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic was both a highlight of law school and a huge boost to my career.”

CHINH PHAM ’93 Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Boston, Massachusetts

MARTIN E. KARLINSKY ’76 Sole and Founding Member, Karlinsky LLC New York, New York

“I have the opportunity to work with amazing inventors and entrepreneurs around the world who are developing incredible new technologies. Helping them protect their innovations and position them and their leadership team to be successful is what gets me going every day.”

FAWN REED ’01 Legal Services Coordinator, YWCA Billings Billings, Montana

JEAN AFTERMAN ’91 Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager, New York Yankees New York, New York “USF prepares you to be a lawyer in the real world, not an ivory tower. It prepares you to meet real issues and challenges you to overcome them.“

CHARLES B. LEWIS ’76 Partner, Duane Morris LLP Chicago, Illinois MELISSA A. BUICH ’14 Global Transaction Tax Senior Associate, Alvarez and Marsal LLC Chicago, Illinois

BILL SCHUETTE ’79 Attorney General, Michigan Midland, Michigan

PETER J. TOREN ’85 Peter J. Toren, Esq. Washington, D.C.

HON. MARY JANE THEIS ’74 Justice, Illinois Supreme Court Chicago, Illinois JENNIFER BAKER LOEB ’09 Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’’s Office for the District of Columbia Washington, D.C. TOM ASIMOU ’98 Founding Partner, Asimou & Associates, PLC Phoenix, Arizona

“At USF, I learned to really love the law. To love the argument, the conversation, the analysis. I also learned that as is true in life, generally, little will substitute for hard work.”

“USF helped me develop the critical thinking skills that make any situation manageable.”

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CAMERON CLOAR-ZAVALETA ’09 Director and Senior Attorney, American Airlines, Inc. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

MARIANNE K. RITTENBURG ’15 Employment Attorney, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith Los Angeles, California

EDWARD A. PIASTA ’05 Partner, Piasta Newbern Walker, LLC; Major, Georgia Army National Guard; General Counsel, F.E.M.A. Region IV Homeland Response Force Atlanta, Georgia

DAVE RUBIN ’12 Staff Attorney/Public Defender Corps Fellow, 15th Judicial District Public Defender's Office Lafayette, Louisiana

“It's rewarding to help employers make good business decisions that keep them out of litigation.”

KELCEY JEWEL PHILLIPS ’17 Honors Attorney, National Labor Relations Board Washington, D.C. AMOL MEHRA ’09 Executive Director, International Corporate Accountability Roundtable Washington, D.C.

ANDREW LIEBERMAN ’06 Claims Counsel/Assistant Vice President, Fidelity National Financial Jacksonville, Florida

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ALUMNI NEWS CLASS NOTES

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James Lassart was recognized as a Edward Martins was featured

in the East Bay Times for his and his wife’sdonation to the Hayward Area Historical Society, which will enable the organization to waive its entry fees for three years.

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Louis Edward Reilly recently served with Global Volunteers in St. Paul, Minnesota, and CrossCultural Solutions in New Rochelle, New York.

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Michael Sennef, board

member of the Sonoma County Family YMCA, received a Nonproft Leadership Award from the North BayBusiness Journal.

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Hon. Ming Chin co-authored

the November 2017 update of California Practice Guide: Employment Litigation.

Donald Chisholm celebrated his 50th anniversary of admission into the Idaho State Bar during the annual Fifth District Bar Association Resolution Meeting of the Idaho State Bar.

distinguished lawyer by the Expert Network. Lassart is a shareholder at Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney. Bob Sullivan formed the new frm

Sullivan McGregor & Doerr LLP based in Fresno, California.

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James Fox was appointed to a second term on the State Bar Board of Trustees by the Supreme Court of California.

Edward Imwinkelried wrote the October 2017 update of the chapter “Determining Preliminary Facts Under Federal Rule 104,” published in American Jurisprudence Trials 1.

’70

David Garcia co-authored

the September 2017 update of the California Practice Guide: LandlordTenant. Garcia is a retired judge and is currently a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS in San Francisco.

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Michael Withey wrote the

book Summary Execution: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme

Domingo and Gene Viernes, published by WildBlue Press.

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Hon. Daniel R. Foley has joined Dispute Prevention and Resolution of Honolulu as a mediator and arbitrator after serving for 16 years as an associate judge on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. Judge Foley will continue to serv e as a part-time Supreme Court justice for the Republic of Palau. Hon. Maria Rivera wrote the July 2017 update of California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial — Forms.

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Robert Arns was a speaker at the Bar Association of San Francisco's luncheon, Civility Matters: An Interactive Program on What Really Matters in Litigation and Trial.

’76

Eugene Brown Jr. joined

Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP as a partner in its San Francisco ofce.

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Peggy Fulton Hora has been appointed honorary president of the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence, which was established to advance therapeutic jurisprudence, a school of legal philosophy and practice.

’79

John Winer, together with his frm Winer, Mckenna & Burritt, LLP, unveiled a new informational website for victims of sexual harassment in California. Bill Schuette, Michigan attorney

general, announced his candidacy for governor, which was covered in several media outlets including the Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, and Los Angeles Times.

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Rodney Fong was appointed director of the Ofce of Legal Services of the State Bar of California. Hon. Martin Jenkins spoke at the San Francisco Bar Association's 2017 Barristers Club Annual Meeting in November.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Save the dates to join us at USF School of Law events. Get more information at usfca.edu/law/events or by emailing lawevents@usfca.edu

Celebrate and honor the Class of 2018, our faculty, and our alumni at the Alumni

Graduates Dinner | MAY 16 Julia Morgan Ballroom, San Francisco

Annual Hamill Family Lecture APRIL 11 University of San Francisco

4th Annual Law Review AlumniStudent Mixer APRIL 13 San Francisco

Maritime Law Journal 30th Anniversary Celebration APRIL 21 San Francisco

Reunion Celebrations SEPTEMBER 28-29 San Francisco

’81

Lindbergh Porter was elected chair of the board of directors for Littler Mendelson P.C.

’83

Mark Bostick was named a 2017 Northern California Super Lawyer. Bostick is an attorney at Wendel Rosen in Oakland.

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Elizabeth Berke-Dreyfuss was named a 2017 Northern California Super Lawyer. She is a partner at Wendel Rosen in Oakland.

Fred Campbell-Craven was named deputy chief counsel and director of the Multistate and BusinessEntities Tax Bureau in the legal division of the California Franchise Tax Board in Sacramento. Larry Cirelli was selected incoming president of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers in Northern California. Hon. Virginia George was appointed to the Contra Costa Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown. Tracy Green was named a 2017 Northern

California Super Lawyer. Green is an attorney at Wendel Rosen in Oakland.

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John Covell retired after 22 years of federal service with the U.S. Postal Service and Federal Aviation Administration as a labor relations specialist, and has moved to Maine. Keith Soressi was appointed executive

director of the Connecticut Bar Association. Alan Wilhelmy co-authored the September

2017 update of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide.

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Karen Ballack, partner and intellectual property transactional attorney at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, was named one of the 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law by The Recorder.

LEE S. HARRIS '77 TAKES THE HELM AT CONSUMER ATTORNEYS OF CALIFORNIA As the new president of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Lee S. Harris ’’77 wants to build on the organization’s ’ success — last year, for example, the group was instrumental in helping pass consumer protection legislation after the Wells Fargo scandals. On Harris’’ list this year: serving as the voice of the California people on such issues as the Equifax data breaches, sexual harassment scandals, and insurance issues that will crop up related to the wildfires and Southern California mudslides. ““There are a lot of competing interests in society and not all are friendly to consumers,”” said Harris, partner at Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran. “Consumer “ Attorneys of California is probably the most effective and strongest consumer voice in Sacramento for people who’ve ’ had some terrible thing happen.”” A nationally recognized trial lawyer who works with individuals and small businesses on insurance, personal injury, and construction defect problems, Harris pioneered the handling of home damage and destruction insurance cases in the Bay Area in the 1980s and ’’90s. ““People generally come in to meet with me on the worst or second worst day of their lives,”” Harris said. ““We can’t ’ fix everything, but when we can help, it’s ’ very satisfying to be able to help people get their lives back and make a real difference for them.”” Harris became involved with CAOC leadership about a decade ago, viewing it as a way to give back to the legal community and to work toward healing and repairing the community and world in which we live. Daily headlines, he said, serve as reminders of things that need attention and help provide direction for CAOC. ““We’ve made progress in protecting people in a lot of cases, but there are areas that still need to be taken care of,”” Harris said. ““When you have something that’s ’ very high publicity, it highlights some of the problems and that’s ’ a good time to fix them.”” n USFCA.EDU/LAW

ALUMNI NEWS Nancy Burt was named a partner at

Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein in Los Angeles. John Sebastinelli joined Greenberg

Traurig, LLP as shareholder of its government law and policy and insurance regulatory and transactions practices in the frm’s San Francisco ofce.

’88

Stephanie Sheridan joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she chairs the frm’s retail industry practice and serves as managing partner of its San Francisco ofce. She was previously managing partner at Sedgwick LLP, where she worked for nearly 30 years.

’89

Henry Brown presented

during theNational Institute for Trial Advocacy's webinar “Taking the Fear Out of Character Evidence” in October. Thomas Burke wrote the September

2017 update for his book Anti-SLAPP Litigation, published by Thomson Reuters.

’90

John Hentschel wrote the article “Withholding from Representation? Be Careful About What You Disclose” in ADC Defense Comment.

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Jean Afterman, assistant general manager of the New York Yankees, was named a 2017 Game

Changer by Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal. Susan Saylor co-authored the

December 2017 update of California Fair Housing and Public Accommodations. Ben Spater was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 in the areas of employee benefts law and ERISA litigation. Spater is an attorney at Trucker Huss.

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Patricia DeAngelis joined Murtha Cullina LLP as counsel in its business and fnance department.

’94

Julie Bonnel-Rogers joined Structure Law Group, LLP as a litigation attorney in its San Jose ofce.

Anne S. LaWer joined Littler

Mendelson P.C. as a shareholder in the frm's San Jose ofce.

’95

Hon. Eric Fleming has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court.

Hon. Lupe Garcia was profled by the Daily Journal for her work as a superior court judge in Alameda County.

Susie Giordano, corporate vice president, corporate secretary of Intel Corporation, was named one of the 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law by The Recorder. Tamara Lawson was named to the executive committee of the 2018 Association of American Law School's Section on Women in Legal Education, where she will serve as secretary.

’96

Jennifer Crum, a partner at Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group LLP, opened the frm’s second ofce, located in San Francisco.

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Andrew Collier, partner at Downey Brand, was named a 2017 Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine and Best of the Bar 2017 by the SacramentoBusiness Journal.

James S. Iagmin was named 2017 president of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego.

MENTOR A STUDENT AND SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF USF LAWYERS The University of San Francisco School of Law Alumni Mentor Program brings together alumni with students for mutually benefcial career advancement and community building. The program is designed with busy professionals and students in mind. Students and alumni are asked to connect once a month, either in person or online. They are also invited to group events throughout the school year.

If you are interested in being a mentor or fnding out more about the program, please email Associate Director of Alumni Relations Keya Koul at kkoul@usfca.edu

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Lisa Kobialka, partner and intellectual property attorney at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, was named one of the 2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law by The Recorder. Tim Scanlon was sworn in as a captain in the California StateMilitary Reserve Army Legal Support Command.

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Doris Cheng presented at the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Public Speaking Practice Group’s second session. Cheng is partner at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, the BASF treasurer, former president of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, and director of USF’s Intensive Advocacy Program.

H. Shaina Colover was named president of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, the fourth female president in the organization’s 54-year history. Colover practices personal injury law at The Law Ofces of Ronald B. Schwartz.

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Tyler Deans has accepted

a director position with UBS in Zürich, Switzerland, as part of the global high net worth onboarding solutions team. Jennifer Gillon Dufy was named to the list of Top 50 Women in Business 2017 by the Pacifc Coast Business Times. Dufy practices employment and family law in Santa Barbara and is a certifed family law specialist. Mary Wiederhold was named president of The Lawyers’ Club of San Francisco Inn of Court for 2017-2018. She wrote the article “Lessons Learned from Managing Large Multiplaintif Lawsuits,” published in the fall 2017 edition of San Francisco Attorney.

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Jefery Levi was named a 2017 Northern California Super Lawyer. Levi is an attorney at Wendel Rosen in Oakland.

Britt Strottman was named to the Daily Journal's 2017 list of “Top 100 Lawyers" in California for the second year.

’01

Hon. Carly Dolan has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to a judgeship in the Mendocino County Superior Court.

Joanne Duhoux-DeFehr was appointed to the Delta 9 board of directors. Linda Kim joined Community Initiatives as vice president of client services. Cecily O'Regan co-authored Intellectual Property: Overview and Strategies for Entrepreneurs: A Silicon Valley Perspective.

’02

Michelle Seifert

launched a recruiting company, Rincon Search, where she specializes in the placement of all levels of legal professionals on a contract and direct hire basis. Justin Sonnicksen became partner with the newly established frm Gearheart and Sonnicksen. The frm represents injured workers in workers' compensation litigation. Stephen Staford was promoted to partner at Brown & Streza, LLP in Orange County.

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Erin Levine co-authored the article “The Risky Business of Living Outside the Marriage Box: How and Why a Growing Number of Cohabitants Are Setting Themselves Up for Legal Uncertainty”, published in the fall 2017 edition of San Francisco Attorney.

’06

Hung Chang received a Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award for his work as a board member of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.

Littler Mendelson P.C. as the frm's frst chief data analytics ofcer.

Vilaska Nguyen, a trial attorney at the San Francisco Public Defender's Ofce, was named a Best Lawyer Under 40 by the National Asian Pacifc American Bar Association. Vincent Novak revised chapter

24 in the October 2017 update of Business Workouts Manual. Hon. Rafael Vazquez was

appointed to the Monterey County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown.

USF School of Law is proud to welcome Aileen F. Casanave ’84 back to the Board of Governors, alongside fve new members. The Board of Governors is a group of committed alumni who provide leadership to sustain an active alumni community. They participate in key law school functions, campaigns, and special endeavors, and offer advice and counsel to the law school administration. EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Emily Nashban joined Talbot Law

Group, where she represents individuals in the areas of trust litigation, trust administration, conservatorship, and probate. Stephanie Wolf was named

partner at Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. Wolf specializes in U.S. business immigration matters.

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Michael Caves published his ffth book, Everyday Dispute Resolution: A Plain Language Guide to Conflict, available on Amazon Kindle. John Hong accepted the Asian

Aaron Crews rejoined

Six Alumni Join Board of Governors

Pacifc American Bar Association of Silicon Valley 2017 Hope Award for diversity on behalf of Littler Mendelson P.C., where he is a shareholder and attorney. Andrew Kwee was appointed as

an administrative law judge with the California Office of Tax Appeals. Thomas Marrs, who was recently

elected partner at Downey Brand, was recognized as a Northern California Rising Star by Sactown Magazine. David Mesa, who recently joined

Steptoe & Johnson LLP as an associate in the firm's San

Kiran Belur ’07, Head of Trademarks and Copyrights, Salesforce Aileen Casanave ’84, General Counsel, African American Community Service Agency DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER:

Janet Fogarty ’91, Founder, Law Ofce of Janet Fogarty

AD HOC MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER:

John Hong ’07, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson P.C. NOMINATING COMMITTEE MEMBER:

Thomas Onda ’90, Chief Counsel, Global Intellectual Property, Brands and Marketing, Levi Strauss & Co.

RECRUITING COMMITTEE MEMBER:

Sal Torres ’88, Senior Director, Legal, Commercial Transactions, Equinix, Inc.

ALUMNI NEWS Francisco ofce, was named a Best Lawyer Under 40 by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and president of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association.

’08

Stephen Blake was named

partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Blake specializes in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions and appraisal litigation, and government investigations. John Hamasaki was appointed to the 2018 board of directors of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Barristers Club. Hamasaki will serve as president-elect. Sun Kim joined USF School of Law’s faculty as an adjunct professor, teaching international human rights law.

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Cometria Cooper, assistant

professor of law and assistant director of USF School of Law's Academic and Bar Exam Success Program, was honored at the San Francisco Bar Association Barristers Ninth Annual Diversity Reception. Jefrey Kaloustian joined The Expert

Network. Kaloustain is founder of The Law Ofce of Jefrey L. Kaloustian, based in Oakland.

Alberto Rosas was appointed as an

administrative law judge with the California Ofce of Tax Appeals.

Up for Legal Uncertainty,” published in the fall 2017 edition of San Francisco Attorney.

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Christine Start, deputy public defender for Solano County, was named a Best Lawyer Under 40 by the National Asian Pacifc American Bar Association and received a Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award for her work with the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California.

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Carol Leung received a Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award. She is former president of Chinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area.

Randy Rabidoux,an att orney

at Hanson Crawford Crum Family Law Group LLP, opened the frm's second ofce, located in San Francisco.

Charles Millioen recently opened his San Diego-based frm, The Law Ofces of Charles V. Millioen.

Yenny Teng-Lee settled a human trafcking lawsuit on behalf of two Indonesian fshermen who were enslaved on an American fshing boat. The suit was covered by the Associated Press and appeared in The New York Times and Washington Post.

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Ray Manzo was elected 2018

president-elect of the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association.

Miko Sargizian was elected to senior

counsel at Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP, in the frm’s Orange County ofce. Stan Sarkisov co-authored the

article “The Risky Business of Living Outside the Marriage Box: How and Why a Growing Number of Cohabitants Are Setting Themselves

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Alicia Kauk joined the National Health Law Program as a staf attorney, defending Medicaid and the Afordable Care Act through advocacy, education, and litigation.

Ronita Bahri, associate

Ian O’Banion was named volunteer

of the month by the Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco. O’Banion is an associate at Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco. Greg Stuck was selected for active

duty service as an Air Force Judge Advocate.

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Ian Fontana Brown wrote the article "The UP-C IPO and Tax Receivable Agreements: Legal Loophole?," published in the special report section of Tax Notes. Monica Valencia wrote the blog post

“The Best Career Advice I've Ever Received...” on Ms. JD.

In Memoriam Sanford Diller ’53, January 2018 Joseph Inglese ’53, January 20 18

attorney at Goodman Acker, P.C., received the Up and Coming Lawyers Award Class of 2017 from Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

Joan Galloway Windell ’64, January 2017

Rebecca Dames joined the frm

John MacKenzie ’66, October 2017

Van Der Hout, Brigagliano, & Nightingale, LLP as an associate attorney.

John Basil Vlahos ’69, October 2017

Mark Grifn joined Scott Cole & Associates as an associate attorney in its Oakland ofce.

Donald L. Carano ’59, October 2017

Irene Barrese ’84, July 2017 Marta Ann Cadloni ’90, May 2017

ALUMNI RECONNECT AT FALL EVENTS More than 150 USF law alumni from classes ending in 2s and 7s gathered on Oct. 14 to celebrate at the Reunion Gala at the InterContinental San Francisco. For more photos, visit bit.ly/usfaw-reunion2017

Alumni joined faculty and staff to reconnect and celebrate the holiday season together at the USF School of Law Alumni Holiday Mixer at the City Club of San Francisco Dec. 12. For more photos, visit bit.ly/usflaw-holiday2017

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CLOSING ARGUMENT When Competence Met Prejudice The first Asian American to practice law in California, my father fought discrimination — and won By Linda Chan ’78 My mother was cleaning out the basement and told me to take an able to prevail. My father finally felt vindicated when he successfully old chest to Salvation Army, but I couldn’t bear it. I loved this beautiful represented a Chinese man accused of murdering old Chinese chest— it was more than 100 years old and covered with his employer. intricately carved fowers, dragons, and other ornate Chinese art. After Always the pioneer paving the way moving it into my Berkeley apartment and lovingly cleaning and oiling for other Chinese, my father wanted to it, I opened it to discover century-old newspapers featuring my father, help Chinese businesses succeed. In his C.C. Wing, a fellow USF law alumnus who graduated in 1918. role at the Bank of Italy, he saw Chinese I knew my father as the frst Chinese American general merchants being denied life insurance agent for Occidental Life Insurance Company, they badly needed. Most insurers thought now Transamerica Life Insurance they would be bad risks because of rumors Company. Not until I read those that “Chinese ate fsh heads and rice.” He newspaper articles did I learn he armed himself with mortality tables and was the frst Chinese American ever proved that the Chinese would be a very safe admitted to practice law in the state bet, and his life insurance career ofcially began. of California. “Chan Chung Wing, in The C.C. Wing Agency became one of Occicharge of the Chinese Branch of foreign dental Life Insurance Company’s top producing exchange in the Bank of Italy, passed agencies in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. his bar examinations today in the When my father asked me to take over District Court of Appeals with a his law practice and insurance agency in 1980, percentage of 96. This is said to I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to practice be one of the highest ratings ever law and run the insurance agency. When I told recorded,” wrote The Recorder in 1918. my father that I didn’t think I could do it, he After I read these glowing looked at me with that cute sparkle in his eye that newspaper articles, I asked my he always got when trying to persuade me to do something father how it felt being the frst I was afraid to do— like golf— and said with great assurance, Chinese American attorney in “Don’t worry! It’s easy!” And he was right. California. Unfortunately, his stories Not only did he pave the way for new opportunities for were not very uplifting and refected the Chinese community in America, but for me personally Newspaper articles from 1918, and C.C. Wing ’ 18 and the rampant discrimination against as a woman and a Chinese American attorney. Just as Linda Chan ’ 78 in 1980 celebrating her passing the bar. Chinese during the early 1900s. he was shocked and delighted at my frst hole-in-one He had great memories of attending USF School of Law at night, during our early morning round of golf, he was tremendously pleased after working during the day for A.P. Giannini at the Bank of Italy, which when I passed the California bar exam. His best friend told me, “ Your became the Bank of America. But his frst experiences in the California father’s buttons were popping of his vest when you passed the bar!” court rooms were challenging. One Sacramento uj dge did not believe For his vision to think diferently, I am tremendously grateful. n that my father was an attorney and refused to allow him to practice law in his court room. Another San Francisco uj dge constantly ruled against Linda Chan ’78 recently retired as a general agent for Transamerica my father regardless of the merits of his case. Because he normally lost Life Insurance Company, after running the C.C. Wing Life Insurance Agency, at the local level, he had to appeal his cases where he was generally Inc., the company her father founded.

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