President
Daniel J. Bergeson
Bergeson LLP
111 N. Market Street, Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 291-6200 (Main)
(408) 291-6205 (Direct)
dbergeson@be-law.com
Vice President
Bruce A. Ericson
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5998
415-983-1560
bruce.ericson@pillsburylaw.com
TreasureR
Rachel S. Brass
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-0921
(415) 393-8293
rbrass@gibsondunn.com
Secretary
Molly Moriarty Lane
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Market Plaza
Spear Street Tower
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 442-1000 (Main)
(415) 442-1333 (Direct)
mlane@morganlewis.com
Immediate Past President
Lawrence M. Cirelli
Hanson Bridgett LLP
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 995-5003
lcirelli@hansonbridgett.com
EVent Planner
Michèle Silva
ABTL
663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. #637
San Marcos, CA 92078
(925) 447-7900
Carly O. Alameda
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Russ Building
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.954.4981
calameda@fbm.com
Membership Co-Chair
Daniel B. Asimow
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
(415) 471-3142
Daniel.Asimow@arnoldporter.com
Andrew A. Bassak
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
One Embarcadero Center 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 291-7449 (Direct)
(415) 291-7400 (Main)
ABassak@manatt.com
Program Co-Chair
Walter F. Brown, Jr.
Orrick
The Orrick Building
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2669
(415) 773-5995
WBrown@Orrick.com
Honorable Gerald J. Buchwald
Superior Court of California
County of San Mateo
Honorable Carol A. Corrigan
California Supreme Court
Kevin Dwight
Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP
One Embarcadero Center, 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 291.7464
kdwight@manatt.com
Eric B. Fastiff
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
(415) 956-1000
efastiff@lchb.com
Derek F. Foran
Morrison & Foerster
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 268-6323
dforan@mofo.com
Hon. Stephen P. Frecerro
Superior Court of California
Marin County
Hon. Robert B. Freedman (Ret.)
JAMS
Formerly Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
Honorable Beth L. Freeman
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Haywood Gilliam
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Jennifer Golinveaux
Winston & Strawn
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5840
(415) 591-1506
JGolinveaux@winston.com
Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Thomas Hixson
United States District Court for
The Northern District of California
Honorable Susan Y. Illston
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Teri L. Jackson
Superior Court of California
City and County of San Francisco
Jill Jaffe
Nossaman LLP
50 California Street, 34th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 438.7275
jjaffe@nossaman.com
Emily C. Kalanithi
California Department of Justice
Office of the Attorney General
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Ste. 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102-7004
(415) 703-5513
Emily.Kalanithi@doj.ca.gov
David Kiernan
Jones Day
555 California Street 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 875-5828 (Sandra Saltamirano)
dkiernan@JonesDay.com
Honorable Sallie Kim
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Peter Kirwan
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable James P. Kleinberg (Ret.)
JAMS
Formerly Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable Lucy Koh
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Richard A. Kramer (Ret.)
JAMS
Ajay Sundar Krishnan
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
633 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
akrishnan@keker.com
(415) 391-5400
Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte
United States District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Patricia M. Lucas
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable Socrates (Pete) Manoukian
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable Michael M. Markman
Superior Court of California
County of Alameda
Annual Seminar Co-Chair
Anna S. McLean
Sheppard Mullin
Four Embarcadero Center
Seventeenth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 774.3154
amclean@sheppardmullin.com
Larisa A. Meisenheimer
Shartsis Friese LLP
One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 421-6500 (Main)
lmeisenheimer@sflaw.com
Annual Seminar Co-Chair
Beatriz Mejia
Cooley LLP
101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5800
(415) 693-2145
mejiab@cooley.com
Mark C. Molumphy
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy
San Francisco Airport Office Center
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
Burlingame, CA 94010-1413
(650) 697-6000
mmolumphy@cpmlegal.com
Honorable Evette D. Pennypacker
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable Ioana Petrou
Superior Court of California
Alameda County
PROGRAM CO-CHAIR
Michael K. Plimack
Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
(415) 591-6000 (Main)
(415) 591-7002 (Direct)
mplimack@cov.com
Honorable Richard G. Seeborg
U.S. District Court
Northern District of California
Honorable Mark B. Simons
California Court of Appeal
First Appellate District
Honorable Winifred Smith
Alameda County Superior Court
COMMUNITY OUTREACH CO-CHAIR
Stephen C. Steinberg
Bartko Zankel Bunzel Miller
900 Front Street · Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 956-1900
ssteinberg@bztm.com
Claude M. Stern
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor
Redwood Shores, California 94065
claudestern@quinnemanuel.com
(650) 801-5000
ABTL REPORT CO-EDITOR
Christopher J. Steskal
Fenwick & West LLP
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
csteskal@fenwick.com
415.875.2439
David S. Steuer
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-9300
(650) 493-9300
dsteuer@wsgr.com
Membership co-Chair
Stephen H. Sutro
Duane Morris LLP
Spear Tower
One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
(415) 957-3008
SHSutro@duanemorris.com
Quyen L. Ta
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
435 Tasso Street Suite 205
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 798 3506
qta@bsfllp.com
ABTL Report editor
Ragesh K. Tangri
Durie Tangri LLP
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 362-6666
RTangri@durietangri.com
Honorable Alison M. Tucher
California Court of Appeal
First Appellate District
Sean D. Unger
Paul Hastings LLP
101 California Street, Forty-Eighth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 856-7056
seanunger@paulhastings.com
community outreach co-chair
Nicole C. Valco
Latham & Wakins LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111-6538
(415) 646-7875
nicole.valco@lw.com
Programs
Honorable Christine Van Aken
Superior Court of California
County of San Francisco
Marshall C. Wallace
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Three Embarcadero Center 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4074
(415) 273-7457 (Direct)
mwallace@allenmatkins.com
ABTL REPORT Co-EDITOR
Honorable Brian C. Walsh
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Honorable Marie S. Weiner
Superior Court of California
San Mateo County
Sonja Weissman
Reed Smith LLP
101 Second Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 659-4874
sweissman@reedsmith.com
Honorable Mary E. Wiss
Superior Court of California
San Francisco County
Honorable Theodore C. Zayner
Superior Court of California
Santa Clara County
Leadership Development Committee (LDC) Chair
Adam Trigg
Bergeson LLP
111 N. Market Street Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
408-291-6205
atrigg@be-law.com
Chandra Andrade
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Russ Building
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
candrade@fbm.com
Stephanie Biehl
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
San Francisco Airport Office Center
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
Burlingame, CA 94010-1413
SBiehl@cpmlegal.com
Corina I. Cacovean
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
One Market Plaza
Spear Tower, Suite 3300
San Francisco, CA 94105-1126
ccacovean@wsgr.com
Lauren Case
Duane Morris
One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94105-1127
LMCase@duanemorris.com
Ana Guardado
Manatt | Phelps | Phillips
One Embarcadero Center 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
AGuardado@manatt.com
Rebecca Jacobs
Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
rjacobs@cov.com
Priyah Kaul
Gibson Dunn
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-0921
PKaul@gibsondunn.com
Sean McTigue
Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller, APC
900 Front Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94111-1413
smctigue@BZBM.com
Kenneth Nabity
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
One Montgomery Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco CA, 94104
415-772-5732 | Office 415-391-4800
knabity@coblentzlaw.com
Matthew J. Peck
Hanson Bridgett LLP
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415-995-5080
mpeck@hansonbridgett.com
Arthur J. Shartsis
Shartsis Friese LLP
One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
ashartsis@sflaw.com
(415) 421-6500 x220
Jerome B. Falk, Jr.
Retired
Stephen V. Bomse
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
The Orrick Building
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
sbomse@orrick.com
(415) 773-4145
Steven M. Schatz
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati LLP
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-9300
sschatz@wsgr.com
(415) 493-9300
Harold J. McElhinny
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
hmcelhinny@mofo.com
(415) 268-7265
Barbara A. Caulfield
(1947 - 2010)
Hon. Steven A. Brick
(1947 -2017)
Douglas R. Young
Farella, Braun & Martel LLP
Russ Building
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
dyoung@fbm.com
(415) 954-4438
Stephen E. Taylor
Taylor & Company Law Offices LLP
One Ferry Building Suite 355
San Francisco, CA 94111
staylor@tcolaw.com
(415) 788-8208
Robert D. Fram
Covington & Burling LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5356
rfram@cov.com
(415) 591-6000
John J. Bartko
Bartko Zankel Bunzel Miller LLP
900 Front Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94111-1413
jbartko@bzbm.com
(415) 956-1900
Robert A. Goodin
Goodin, MacBride, Squeri, Day &
Lamprey LLP
505 Sansome Street
Suite 900
San Francisco, CA 94111
rgoodin@goodinmacbride.com
(415) 392-7900
Hon. Jon B. Streeter
California Court of Appeal
First Appellate District
Claude M. Stern
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor
Redwood Shores, California 94065
claudestern@quinnemanuel.com
(650) 801-5000
Benjamin K. Riley
Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 956-1900 (Main)
(415) 291-4507 (Direct)
briley@bzbm.com
Steven R. Lowenthal
Farella, Braun + Martel LLP
Russ Building
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
slowenthal@fbm.com
(415) 954-4405
Stephen D. Hibbard
Jones Day
555 California Street 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
sdhibbard@jonesday.com
(415) 626-3939
Sarah G. Flanagan
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5998
sarah.flanagan@pillsburylaw.com
(415) 983-1190 (Direct)
Robert H. Bunzel
Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 956-1900 (Main)
(415) 291-4529 (Direct)
rbunzel@bzbm.com
Mary Jo Shartsis
Shartsis Friese LLP
One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 421-6500 (Main)
mshartsis@sflaw.com
Honorable Rick L. Seabolt
Superior Court of California
Alameda County
Daralyn J. Durie
Durie Tangri LLP
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 362-6666
DDurie@durietangri.com
Andrew A. Bassak
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
One Embarcadero Center 30th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 291-7449 (Direct)
(415) 291-7400 (Main)
ABassak@manatt.com
Diane M. Doolittle
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver
& Hedges, LLP
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
(650) 801-5007 (Direct)
(650) 801-5000 (Main)
dianedoolittle@quinnemanuel.com
Thomas B. Mayhew
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Russ Building
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.954.4948 (Direct)
tmayhew@fbm.com
Lawrence M. Cirelli
Hanson Bridgett LLP
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 995-5003
lcirelli@hansonbridgett.com