Officers and Board

Officers

President

Ragesh K. Tangri

  • Address

    Morrison & Foerster LLP
    425 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Vice-President

Daniel B. Asimow

  • Address

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
    Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-4024

  • Phone

    (415) 471-3142

Treasurer

Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte (Ret.)

  • Address

    JAMS
    Formerly U.S. District Court - Northern District of California

Secretary

Anna S. McLean

  • Address

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center
    Seventeenth Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 774.3154

Immediate Past President

Walter F. Brown, Jr.

  • Address

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    535 Mission St 24th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    (628) 432-5111

Event Planner

Michèle Silva

  • Address

    ABTL
    663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. #637
    San Marcos, CA 92078

  • Phone

    (925) 596-1968

Board of Governors

Chandra Andrade

  • Address

    Farella Braun + Martel LLP
    Russ Building
    235 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104

Colleen Bal

  • Address

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati LLP
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, CA 94304-9300

  • Phone

    (650) 493-9300

Board Nominating Committee Co-Chair & Past President

Daniel J. Bergeson

  • Address

    Bergeson LLP
    111 N. Market Street, Suite 600
    San Jose, CA 95113

  • Main

    (408) 291-6200

  • Direct

    (408) 291-6205

ABTL Report Co-Editor

Joshua Borger

  • Address

    Berliner Cohen LLP
    10 Almaden Blvd.
    Eleventh Floor
    San Jose, CA 95113

  • Phone

    408.286.5800

Honorable Gerald J. Buchwald (Ret.)

  • Address

Margret Caruso

  • Address

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
    555 Twin Dolphin Drive 5th Floor
    Redwood Shores, CA 94065

  • Phone

    650-801-5101

Winston Y. Chan

  • Address

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    555 Mission Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105-0921

  • Phone

    415.393.8362

Annual Seminar Co-Chair

Honorable Vince G. Chhabria

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    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Honorable Carol A. Corrigan

  • Address

    California Supreme Court

Program Committee Co-Chair

Honorable Edward J. Davila

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Meredith Dearborn

  • Firm

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whaton & Garrison LLP

  • Address

    535 Mission St 24th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Annual Seminar Co-Chair & Board Nominating Co-Chair

Eric Fastiff

  • Address

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP
    275 Battery Street
    29th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Honorable Nancy Fineman

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    San Mateo County

Program Committee Co-Chair

Honorable Robert Foiles

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    San Mateo County

Derek Foran

  • Address

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP
    Spear Tower, 1 Market Street
    #3900,
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Honorable Stephen P. Frecerro

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Marin County

Membership Co-Chair

Honorable Robert B. Freedman (Ret.)

  • Address

    JAMS
    Formerly Superior Court of California, County of Alameda

Honorable Beth L. Freeman

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Honorable Haywood Gilliam

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Jennifer Golinveaux

  • Address

    Winston & Strawn LLP
    101 California Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5840

  • Phone

    (415) 591-1506

Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Program Committee Co-Chair

John H. Hemann

  • Address

    Cooley LLP
    101 California Street
    5th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 693-2038

Honorable Thomas Hixson

  • Address

    United States District Court for
    The Northern District of California

ABTL Report Editor & Board Nominating Committee Co-Chair

Laura Hurtado

  • Address

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5998

Honorable Susan Y. Illston

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Honorable Teri L. Jackson

  • Address

    California Court of Appeal
    First Appellate District

Jill Jaffe

  • Address

    Nossaman LLP
    50 California Street, 34th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 438.7275

Emily C. Kalanithi

  • Address

    California Department of Justice
    Office of the Attorney General
    455 Golden Gate Avenue, Ste. 11000
    San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

  • Phone

    (415) 703-5513

David Kiernan

  • Address

    Jones Day
    555 California Street 26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104

  • Phone

    (415) 875-5828 (Sandra Saltamirano)

Honorable Sallie Kim

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

Annual Seminar Co-Chair

Honorable Peter Kirwan

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Santa Clara County

Honorable James P. Kleinberg (Ret.)

  • Address

    JAMS
    Formerly Superior Court of California
    Santa Clara County

Honorable Lucy Koh

  • Address

    United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Honorable Richard A. Kramer (Ret.)

  • Address

    JAMS
    Formerly Superior Court of California
    City and County of San Francisco

Ajay Sundar Krishnan

  • Address

    Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
    633 Battery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 391-5400

Community Outreach Co-Chair

Diana Kruze

  • Address

    Judicate West
    100 Pine Street, suite 1950, San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 359-7104

Community Outreach Co-Chair

Honorable Patricia M. Lucas (Ret.)

  • Address
Community Outreach Co-Chair

Honorable Socrates (Pete) Manoukian

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Santa Clara County

Honorable Michael M. Markman

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    County of Alameda

Community Outreach Co-Chair

Honorable Anne-Christine Massullo

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    City and County of San Francisco

Larisa A. Meisenheimer

  • Address

    Shartsis Friese LLP
    One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 421-6500

Mark C. Molumphy

  • Address

    Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
    San Francisco Airport Office Center
    840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
    Burlingame, CA 94010-1413

  • Phone

    (650) 697-6000

Community Outreach Co-Chair

Kenneth P. Nabity

  • Address

    Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
    1 Montgomery St, Suite 3000
    San Francisco CA 94104

Michelle Park Chiu

  • Address

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
    One Market
    Spear Tower 28th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Program Committee Co-Chair

Warrington Parker

  • Address

    Crowell & Moring LLP
    3 Embarcadero Center, 26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Membership Co-Chair and Civility Committee Co-Chair

Jonathan A. Patchen

  • Address

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    One Front Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    415-858-7594

Matthew J. Peck

  • Address

    Hanson Bridgett LLP
    425 Market Street
    26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Honorable Evette D. Pennypacker

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Santa Clara County

Jessica R. Perry

  • Address

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
    405 Howard Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Annual Seminar Co-Chair

Honorable Ioana Petrou

  • Address

    California Court of Appeal
    First Appellate District

Michael K. Plimack

  • Address

    Covington & Burling LLP
    Salesforce Tower, 415 Mission Street
    Suite 5400
    San Francisco, CA 94105-2533

  • Main

    (415) 591-6000

  • Direct

    (415) 591-7002

Membership Co-Chair

John J. Powers

  • Address

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center, 27th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 591-7565

Ashok Ramani

  • Address

    David Polk Wardwell LLP
    1600 El Camino Real
    Menlo Park, CA 94025

  • Phone

    (650) 752-2007

Board Nominating Committee Co-Chair

Honorable Richard Seeborg

  • Address

    United States District Court
    Northern District of California

LDC Liaison

Honorable Mark B. Simons

  • Address

    California Court of Appeal
    First Appellate District

Annual Seminar Co-Chair

Honorable Winifred Smith (Ret.)

  • Address

    ADR Services Inc.
    100 1st Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Program Committee Co-Chair

Stephen C. Steinberg

  • Address

    Bartko LLP
    One Embarcadero Center · Suite 800
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 291-4523

Christopher J. Steskal

  • Address

    Fenwick & West LLP
    801 California Street
    Mountain View, CA 94041

  • Phone

    415.875.2439

Stephen H. Sutro

  • Address

    Duane Morris LLP
    Spear Tower
    One Market Plaza, Suite 2200
    San Francisco, CA 94105-1127

  • Phone

    (415) 957-3008

Quyen L. Ta

  • Address

    King & Spalding LLP
    101 2nd Street #2300
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    408-712-8778

Honorable Alison M. Tucher

  • Address

    California Court of Appeal
    First Appellate District

Nicole C. Valco

  • Address

    Latham & Watkins LLP
    505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000
    San Francisco, CA 94111-6538

  • Phone:

    .415.646.7875

ABTL Report Co-Editor

Honorable Christine Van Aken

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    County of San Francisco

Marshall C. Wallace

  • Address

    Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
    Three Embarcadero Center 12th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-4074

  • Phone

    (415) 273-7457

ABTL Report Co-Editor and Civility Committee Co-Chair

Honorable Brian C. Walsh (Ret.)

  • Address

    JAMS
    Formerly Santa Clara County Superior Court

Honorable Marie S. Weiner (Ret.)

  • Address

    Formerly Superior Court of California
    San Mateo County

Sonja Weissman

  • Address

    Reed Smith LLP
    101 Second Street, Suite 1800
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    (415) 659-4874

Honorable Mary E. Wiss

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    San Francisco County

Annual Seminar Co-Chair

Lloyd Winawer

  • Address

    Bergeson LLP
    111 N. Market Street, #600,
    San Jose, CA 95113

  • Phone

    (650) 752-3146

Board Nominating Committee Co-Chair

Honorable Theodore C. Zayner

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Santa Clara County

Leadership Development Committee (LDC)

William Abramovitz

  • Address

    Liebert Cassidy Whitmore LLP
    135 Main Street #7
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Josh Anderson

  • Address

    Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
    One Front Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    415 858 7403

Alexander K. Brehnan

  • Address

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati P.C.
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, CA 94304

Avery Brown

  • Address

    Fenwick & West LLP
    555 California Street, 12th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104

Patrick Carey

  • Address

    Covington & Burling LLP
    One Front Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5356

Ellen Demson

Karan Dhadialla

Zack Flood

Bailey Heaps

  • Address

    Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP
    633 Battery Street
    San Francisco, CA

David Hofmayer

  • Address

    Farella Braun + Martel LLP
    235 Montgomery Street
    17th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94104

Hayes Hyde

  • Address

    Goodwin Procter LLP
    Three Embarcadero Center
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Kamran Javandel

LDC Chair

Hannah Jiam – LDC Chair

  • Address

    Morrison & Foerster LLP
    425 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Molly A. Jones

  • Address

    Crowell & Moring LLP
    3 Embarcadero Center, 26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Jessica E. Lanier

  • Address

    Conrad Metlitzky & Kane LLP
    4 Embarcadero Center #1400
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Sean McTigue

  • Address

    Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller LLP
    One Embarcadero Center
    Suite 800
    San Francisco, CA 94111-1413

Dennis (D.J.) Murphy

Mikayla O’Neal

  • Address

    Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
    3 Embarcadero Center
    12th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Suzy Orza

  • Address

    Shartsis Friese LLP
    One Maritime Plaza, Eighteenth Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Daniel Poniatowski

Cole Rabinowitz

  • Address

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    535 Mission Street, 24th Floor
    San Francisco, California 94105

Susanna G. Schuemann

Joy Siu

  • Address

    Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center
    Seventeenth Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Devin Williams

  • Firm

    Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP

  • Address

    275 Battery Street
    29th floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Past Presidents

Arthur J. Shartsis

  • Address

    Shartsis Friese LLP
    One Maritime Plaza, 18th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 421-6500 x220

Jerome B. Falk, Jr.

  • Address

    Retired from Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer

Stephen V. Bomse

  • Address

    (1945-2022)

Steven M. Schatz

  • Address

    Retired from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati LLP

Harold J. McElhinny

  • Address

    Morrison & Foerster LLP
    425 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    (415) 268-7265

Barbara A. Caulfield

  • Address

    (1947 - 2010)

Hon. Steven A. Brick

  • Address

    (1947 -2017)

Douglas R. Young

  • Address

    Farella, Braun & Martel LLP
    Russ Building
    235 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104

Stephen E. Taylor

  • Address

    Taylor & Company Law Offices LLP
    5519 Dry Creek Road
    Healdsburg, CA 95448-8195

  • Phone

    707-756-5031

Robert D. Fram

  • Address

    Covington & Burling LLP
    One Front Street
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5356

  • Phone

    (415) 591-6000

John J. Bartko

  • Address

    Bartko Zankel Bunzel Miller LLP
    900 Front Street, Suite 300
    San Francisco, CA 94111-1413

  • Phone

    (415) 956-1900

Robert A. Goodin

  • Address

    Goodin, MacBride, Squeri,
    Day & Lamprey LLP
    505 Sansome Street Suite 900
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Phone

    (415) 392-7900

Hon. Jon B. Streeter

  • Address

    California Court of Appeal
    First Appellate District

Claude M. Stern

  • Address

    JAMS
    160 W Santa Clara Street UNIT 1600 San Jose, CA 95113

Benjamin K. Riley

  • Address

    Bartko LLP
    One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Main

    (415) 956-1900

  • Direct

    (415) 291-4507

Steven R. Lowenthal

  • Address

    Farella, Braun + Martel LLP
    Russ Building
    235 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104

  • Phone

    (415) 954-4405

Stephen D. Hibbard

  • Address

    Proskauer Rose
    San Francisco, CA

  • Phone

    (415) 999-3200

Sarah G. Flanagan

  • Address

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center
    22nd Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5998

  • Phone

    (415) 983-1190

Robert H. Bunzel

  • Address

    Bartko LLP
    One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
    San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Direct

    (415) 291-4529

Mary Jo Shartsis

  • Address

    (1942 - 2021)

Honorable Richard L. Seabolt

  • Address

    Superior Court of California
    Alameda County

Daralyn J. Durie

  • Address

    Morrison & Foerster
    425 Market Street
    San Francisco, CA 94105

Andrew A. Bassak

  • Address

    Hanson Bridgett LLP
    425 Market Street, 26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    (415) 995-5006

Diane M. Doolittle

  • Address

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
    555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
    Redwood Shores, CA 94065

  • Direct

    (650) 801-5007

  • Main

    (650) 801-5000

Thomas B. Mayhew

  • Address

    Farella Braun + Martel LLP
    Russ Building
    235 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104

  • Phone

    415.954.4948

Lawrence M. Cirelli

  • Address

    Hanson Bridgett LLP
    425 Market Street, 26th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Phone

    (415) 995-5003

Daniel J. Bergeson

  • Address

    Bergeson LLP
    111 N. Market Street, Suite 600
    San Jose, CA 95113

  • Main

    (408) 291-6200

  • Direct

    (408) 291-6205

Bruce A. Ericson

  • Address

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
    Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111-5998

  • Phone

    415-983-1560

Molly Moriarty Lane

  • Address

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    One Market Plaza
    Spear Street Tower
    San Francisco, CA 94105

  • Main

    (415) 442-1000

  • Direct

    (415) 442-1333

Rachel Brass

  • Firm

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

  • Address

    555 Mission Street Suite 3000
    San Francisco, CA

  • Phone

    415.393.8293