Brett Alcala is an experienced securities attorney and a former registered investment advisor. He leads a team of financial experts and analysts with...
BA, San Jose State University | JD, Santa Clara University
Jeniffer Alcantara is the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) administrator and staff attorney for the San Francisco Superior Court. She first began...
BA, UC Davis | MA, Pepperdine University | JD, Pepperdine University
Zabrina Aleguire specializes in dependency, education law, and other civil legal rights for low-income children and parents. She currently practices...
BA, Furman University | JD, New York University
Assistant Professor Gary Alexander received his A.B. degree in Biology from Harvard University in 1988. He received his J.D. from the University of...
AB, Harvard University | JD, University of San Francisco
Legal Research & Writing I, Legal Research & Writing II, Writing Requirement, Legal Drafting
Jackie Ammon is a corporate attorney in the Palo Alto office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Jackie counsels technology and life...
BA, University of California, Davis | JD, University of San Francisco
Eric Anderson leads the San Francisco Bay Area state and local tax practice of Andersen Tax. He focuses on income tax planning and compliance, sales...
BA, Business Administration and Accounting, University of Washington | JD, University of Washington | LLM, New York University
State and Local Taxation
Adjunct Professor Robert S. Arns has practiced trial and appellate law in San Francisco since 1975, specializing in serious injury or death arising...
BA, UC Santa Barbara | JD, University of San Francisco
Trial Practice
Mr. Belote concentrates on civil litigation matters with an emphasis in real estate. He prosecutes and defends actions in commercial, residential,...
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, 1982 | B.A., University of Colorado, 1977
Lou Biggio worked in private practice for more than 20 years doing civil and criminal defense work. He was also a deputy district attorney and...
BA, Sonoma State University | JD, UC Hastings College of the Law
Laurence A. Blau is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal...
BA, UC Santa Barbara | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, University of Florida
Income Tax of Trusts & Estates
Heather Borlase is a labor and employee relations specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, where she provides advice and...
BA, American University | Master of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University | JD, Golden Gate University
Leon Baer Borstein is partner at Borstein & Sheinbaum. Over his 40 years in law practice, Borstein has represented clients in corporate...
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | LLB, Columbia University
Thomas J. Brandi has tried cases to verdict in 18 jurisdictions and has obtained numerous jury verdicts ranging from $1 million to $1 billion. A...
BA, San Jose State University | JD, University of San Francisco
Trial Practice
Thomas D. Brooks spent a 37-year career in banking law at two San Francisco law firms and the Bank of America. In that time, he worked on a wide...
AB, University of Michigan | JD, University of Michigan | MA, University of Michigan
Writing Requirement, Innovation, Instability & Reg.: Legal Aspects of Modern Fin. Inst.
Carol Brown has litigation experience in both the private and public sector and recently retired as an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the...
BA, University of Southern California | MA, California State University, Fullerton | JD, University of Southern California
Adjunct Professor Edward M. Bull III is a named partner with the law firm of Banning Micklow & Bull LLP, where he specializes in maritime injury...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, University of San Francisco
Writing Requirement, Maritime Law, Directed Research
Professor Carroll is president of the Law Offices of Carroll & Scully, Inc., San Francisco, representing unions and workers for some 55 years....
BA, St. Patrick's College | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, Georgetown University
Writing Requirement, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Labor Law
Kate L. Chatfield is the co-founder and current policy director of Re:store Justice, an organization dedicated to criminal justice reform in...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, University of San Francisco
Indigent Defense, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Defense Investigation, Access to Justice, Wrongful Convictions, California Parole Process, California Legislative Procedure
Criminal & Juvenile Justice Clinic, Racial Justice Clinic
Jerry Coleman retired July 1, 2014, after 35 years as an assistant district attorney in the City and County of San Francisco. His most recent...
AB, Stanford University | JD, UC Davis
Evidence, Writing Requirement, Grand Jury Law & Practice, Trial Advocacy & the Ethical Prosecutor, Criminal Externship
Adjunct Professor Roger Cook is a partner in the firm of Kilpatrick Townsend. Cook has specialized in patent infringement litigation for more than 40...
BA, Ohio Wesleyan University | JD, University of Michigan
Writing Requirement, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights
Craig Corbitt has been an antitrust litigator for over 35 years. He has been involved in dozens of the most significant civil antitrust cases in the...
AB, UC Davis | JD, University of San Francisco
Anne Costin runs her own plaintiff’s litigation practice in San Francisco, Costin Law Inc. She represents employees in discrimination, harassment,...
BA in Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz | JD, University of San Francisco
Employment Law Clinic
Sasha M. Cummings is a circuit mediator at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As a circuit mediator, Ms. Cummings is responsible for...
BA, Wesleyan University | JD, UC Hastings
As Associate Vice President for Tax Compliance and Internal Audit at the University of San Francisco, Dominic L. Daher is responsible for oversight...
BA, University of Missouri-Columbia | MAcc, University of Missouri-Columbia | JD, Washington University at St. Louis | LLM, New York University
Tax Policy, Writing Requirement, Accounting for Lawyers, Law Prac Mgmt: Path to Success
Dolores Bastian Dalton’s practice emphasizes insurance and bad faith litigation for insurers and policyholders, federal practice, and appeals. She...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, University of San Francisco School of Law
Writing Requirement, Practical Litigation Skills
Morgan Daly graduated cum laude from USF School of Law in 2005. She served as a legal research attorney for the San Francisco Superior Court and...
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz | JD, University of San Francisco
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Gina DeVito is a dynamic lawyer with an unmatched commitment to her work and clients. With over 25 years in...
BA, Princeton University | JD, University of San Francisco
John Demeter is the general counsel at Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm located in Menlo Park that provides venture capital assistance and...
BA, Boston College | JD, University of San Francisco | CORe certificate, HBX / Harvard Business School
Since 1993, Mr. Dergosits has taught patent law as an adjunct professor of patent law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. In 2005, he...
BA, Cornell University | JD, University of San Francisco
Writing Requirement, Patent Law
Adjunct Professor Dilworth is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP, where he has practiced since 1995....
BA, Northwestern University | JD, University of San Francisco
Legal Ethics/PR, Writing Requirement
Adjunct Professor Adrian Driscoll is a senior counsel in the San Francisco office of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney. In his over 30 years of...
BS, UC Davis | JD, University of San Francisco
California Civil Discovery
Natascha R. Fastabend is the associate director of the Graduate Tax Program, which includes the LLM in Taxation and Master of Legal Studies in...
LLM in Taxation, University of San Francisco | J.D., Golden Gate University | B.A., University of Washington
Chris Fromm is the executive director of Institutional and Supplemental Programs at Kaplan Bar Review. Chris has passed the bar exam in Pennsylvania...
BA, Widener University | JD, Widener University
Anya Fuchs has litigated complex product liability matters on behalf of California plaintiffs in both State and Federal Courts via a variety of...
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara | JD, University of San Francisco School of Law
Adjunct Professor Stanley Gibson has practiced maritime law for more than 35 years and is one of the leading maritime attorneys on the West Coast. He...
BA, Stanford University | JD, UC Berkeley
Writing Requirement, Marine Insurance, Maritime Law, Directed Research
Greg Gilchrist has successfully represented a wide range of clients, including small scale to Fortune 500 companies in litigation, trials and appeals...
JD, University of Michigan Law School | BA, University of Michigan
Writing Requirement, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights
Verleana D. Green is the founder and senior partner of VDG Law. After graduating with a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, Golden Gate University
Elder Law
David Greene is a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in...
BS, Lehigh University | JD, Duke University
First Amend, Free Speech, Law of Mass Communication & the Press
Peter Harvey has practiced intellectual property law, with a focus on trademark and copyright law, in San Francisco for over 30 years. He has served...
BA, Cornell University | JD, Yale University
Entertainment & Media Law, Externship - International
Adjunct Professor Richard J. Heafey is co-chairman of the ABA subcommittee on Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product and is a past member of the...
BS, Santa Clara University | LLB, University of Michigan
Legal Ethics/PR
Adam Hofmann is a partner with Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco. Adam’s practice focuses on civil appeals and mandate proceedings. He represents...
BA, Canisius College | JD, University of San Francisco
Kimberly Irish serves as a program manager at OneJustice, where she leads the organization’s statewide Healthy Nonprofits Program. Kim is responsible...
BA, UC Davis | JD, University of San Francisco
Practice-Ready Leadership for the Nonprofit Sector
Adjunct Professor Teri L. Jackson is the first African-American woman to serve as a superior court judge in San Francisco. She has extensive...
BA, UC Santa Cruz | JD, Georgetown University
Writing Requirement, Trial Practice
Kevin Jackson is an attorney at Aaron, Riechert, Carpol & Riffle, APC, where he represents fiduciaries and individuals in a wide range of trust...
JD, University of San Francisco | BS, California State University, Long Beach
Professor Sun Kim is a staff attorney at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. From 2010 until 2015, she was an associate legal officer at the United...
BA, University of California Berkeley | EdM, Harvard University | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, Leiden University
Adjunct Professor Thomas Klitgaard, an attorney at Dillingham & Murphy, LLP, San Francisco, focuses his practice on East Asian commercial and...
AB, University of San Francisco | LLB, UC Berkeley
Writing Requirement, Asian Legal Systems, China and Its Neighbors, Chinese Law: Topics
Robin Klomparens is a partner in the law firm of Wagner Kirkman Blaine Klomparens & Youmans LLP. Ms. Klomparens specializes in income, estate...
BS, University of Florida | BA, University of Florida | JD, University of Miami | LLM in Taxation, University of Miami
Estate Planning
Tomasene Knight is an associate attorney at Aaron, Riechert, Carpol & Riffle, APC, where she represents individuals and fiduciaries in a wide...
JD, University of San Francisco School of Law | BA, California State University, Sacramento
Carol M. Langford is a lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in giving advice on legal ethics and discipline to attorneys, judges,...
BA, San Diego State University | JD, University of San Francisco
Legal Ethics/PR
Joseph Lavitt’s scholarly work has been published by the Loyola Law Review, Maine Law Review, California Law Review Circuit, Wayne Law Review, and...
AB, University of Georgia, Athens | JD, UC Berkeley
Writing Requirement, Insurance Law
Ellen V. Leonida is the forensic staff attorney for the Northern District of California Federal Public Defender’s Office. She received her BA from...
BA, UC Santa Cruz | JD, UC Berkeley
Applied Evidence
Adjunct Professor Frank R. Lindh is the retired general counsel of the California Public Utilities Commission and currently a solo practitioner. Mr....
BA, Pennsylvania State University | MSW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | JD, Georgetown University
Energy Law
Gary is general counsel and chief compliance officer at Achaogen, joining in 2016 after more than 20 years of legal affairs experience related to...
AB, Stanford University | BS, Stanford University | JD, Columbia University
Biotechnology Law
Following his service as a trial lawyer for 26 years with the specialty of construction law, business, and real property issues, Mike London joined...
BSce, Santa Clara University | MSce, Stanford University | JD, Santa Clara University
Legal Ethics/PR, Writing Requirement, CA Construction Law, Law Prac Mgmt: Path to Success
David Longinotti is chair of Hanson Bridgett LLP’s 30-attorney real estate section. He specializes in complex real estate secured transactions and...
BA, Rutgers University | MA, Rutgers University | JD, USF School of Law
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Jim Lowy recently retired as a principal in the Joint Ventures and Partnership Tax Consulting Group of the National Tax Department of Ernst &...
BS, University of Pennsylvania | MBA, UC Los Angeles | JD, UC Los Angeles
Partnership Tax
James R. (Jim) Madison serves as an arbitrator, mediator, referee, and dispute review board member and as an expert in arbitrator ethics. In addition...
BS (Civil Engineering), Stanford University | LLB, Stanford University
Adjunct Professor John Maloney has practiced law for more than 25 years, primarily specializing in sports law. For the majority of his career, he has...
BA, University of San Francisco | JD, University of San Francisco
Sports Law
Adjunct Professor Suzanne Mawhinney is a research librarian at the Dorraine Zief Law Library at the USF School of Law, where she provides research...
BA, Chapman University | MLIS, San Jose State University | JD, Emory University
Taxation Research, Externship - International, Maritime Law Journal
Eva McComas has extensive experience in the area of employee benefits, with a focus on the requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code...
LLM, Georgetown University | JD, Washington and Lee University | BA, Marshall University
As the senior staff attorney for Californians for Legal Aid at OneJustice, Chris advocates for public policies that foster the growth of legal...
BA, Amherst College | JD, University of California, Los Angeles
Adjunct Professor Donald Meyer joined the San Francisco office of Graham and James in 1971 after serving in the Peace Corps in Seoul, Korea. Meyer...
AB, UC Berkeley | JD, UC Berkeley
Everett Monroe is an attorney at Hanson Bridgett LLP where his practice focuses on privacy and data security advising and patent litigation. He...
BS, California Polytechnic State University | JD, University of San Francisco
Bob Muh is a co-founder and CEO of Sutter Securities Incorporated, a San Francisco based, full-service brokerage firm. Founded in 1992, Sutter’s...
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MBA, Columbia Business School | MPhil, Columbia University
Assistant Professor Thomas A. Nazario is the executive director of the Center for Community Legal Education and he supervises the Street Law Program...
BA, City University of New York | MA, City University of New York | JD, University of San Francisco
Children and the Law
Street Law, Externship - International
Matthew M. O’Toole is senior special counsel (regulatory counsel) for the national examination program in the San Francisco Regional Office of the U....
BBA, University of Notre Dame | JD, Northwestern University
Writing Requirement, Corporate Governance, Securities Regulation
Adjunct Professor Thomas A. Onda has served as chief counsel, global intellectual property, brands and marketing at Levi Strauss & Co for more...
BA, Northwestern University | JD, University of San Francisco
John Orta currently serves as the general counsel and corporate secretary at Metromile, the pay-per-mile insurance start-up that was recently named...
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara | JD, University of San Francisco | MBA, University of California at Berkeley
In addition to teaching at the University of San Francisco School of Law, Amit Pendyal also works as a legal fellow with Instituto Laboral De La Raza...
Bachelors of Commerce, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India | Masters of Commerce, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India | Masters of Business Administration, San Francisco State University | JD, University of San Francisco
Mediation Clinic
Adjunct Professor Joseph A. Piasta II is partner at O'Brien, Watters, and Davis, LLP of Santa Rosa. He has been a trial lawyer since 1977, practicing...
BA, University of San Francisco | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, George Washington University
California Civil Discovery
Adjunct Professor Alexandria “Ali” Quam has been a licensed attorney since 1999. After working as a family law litigator for a nonprofit organization...
BA, San Francisco State University | JD, New College of California
Mediation Clinic
David Raynor is founder and principal at Accelerate Legal, Inc., a San Francisco law firm that provides legal services to startups, entrepreneurs,...
BA, Antioch College | JD, University of San Francisco
Startups & Venture Capital
Adjunct Professor Richard Roos-Collins is the principal in the Water and Power Law Group PC, based in Berkeley. Since 1991, he has represented...
BA, Princeton University | JD, Harvard University
Water Resources Law and Policy
Writing Requirement, Water and Natural Resources Law
Adjunct Professor Kevin Ryan is a widely respected trial attorney, judge, advisor, and manager with more than 20 years experience addressing criminal...
BA, Dartmouth University | JD, University of San Francisco
Adjunct Professor Lee Ryan is a research librarian at USF's Dorraine Zief Law Library, where she provides research advice and assistance to...
BA, Yale University | JD, Yale University | MLIS, UC Berkeley
Taxation Research, Global Legal Research
For more than 30 years, Adjunct Professor Richard T. Sakai was assistant professor and co-director of the Law+Plus Program at the University of San...
BA, UC Los Angeles | JD, UC Hastings
Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis, Bar Examinations, Academic Support
Advanced Legal Analysis, Civil Procedure, Legal Analysis, Academic Support Tutor, Teaching Assistant, Adv. Legal Analysis Practice
Lois Schwartz is senior lecturer in law and a member of the full-time faculty at UC Hastings College of the Law. In addition to teaching, she...
BA, University of Chicago | JD, UC Berkeley | MA, University of Chicago, Department of English Literature | MLS, University of Chicago, Graduate Library School
California Law and Practice Skills, Education Law
Wills and Trusts
Adjunct Professor John Shafer is a reference and instruction librarian at the Dorraine Zief Law Library at the USF School of Law. After graduating...
BA, California State University, Sonoma | JD, University of San Francisco | MLIS, UC Berkeley
Taxation Research, Advanced Legal Research, California Legal Research
Mr. Shaltes has worked in California state income tax appeals since 1993. Prior to that, he spent six years in private practice, mainly in civil...
BA, California State University, Sacramento | JD, University of the Pacific | LLM, University of the Pacific
California Tax Appeals Assistance Program
Adjunct Professor Sandra Shapiro specializes in business and complex civil litigation. She clerked for the Honorable Raymond Peters of the California...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, UC Berkeley
Trial Practice
Mani Sheik is the principal at Sheik Law in San Francisco. His primary practice is in labor and employment, commercial litigation, and appellate...
BS, UC Irvine | MPH, Johns Hopkins University | JD, UC Berkeley
Legal Drafting
Karren Shorofsky is an attorney and art historian who has spent most of her career focused on legal issues related to the arts, emerging technology...
JD, Yale Law School | MA, Art History, San Francisco State University | BA, Art History, Brown University
Museums and the Law Practicum, Museums & the Law
Russell Stanaland is a practicing attorney and certified public accountant. He represents clients in tax controversies and civil litigation. He also...
BS, University of Florida | MS Taxation, Golden Gate University | JD, Golden Gate University | LLM, New York University
Estate & Gift Taxation, Federal Taxation of Property Dispositions
In his 20 years of law practice, Albert Stoll, Jr has handled more than 40 jury trials. This experience, combined with a commitment to ethics and...
JD, Golden Gate University | BA, UC Santa Barbara
Professor Hongtao Sun is a teacher and Taofen Scholar in East China University of Political Science and Law and he teaches Insurance Law and...
BA, Law School of Yantai University | LLM, Law School of Yantai University | PhD, Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University | East China University of Political Science and Law
Ashley is founder of Talbot Law Firm. As an attorney in the firm’s emerging business practice, Ashley counsels startups with incorporation, early...
BA, University of San Diego | JD, University of San Francisco
Investor Justice Clinic
Sarah A. Thompson is a family law attorney with Apex Family Law in downtown San Francisco. She is a compassionate and effective advocate who places...
BA, Villanova University | JD, University of San Francisco
Professor Rick Trachok is a senior partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber in Reno. Professor Trachok focuses his practice in the areas of regulatory and...
BS, University of Nevada | JD, California Western School of Law | LLM, Cambridge University
Tim Treichelt is a senior tax counsel with the California State Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) currently assigned to the Tax...
BS, UC Berkeley | JD, University of the Pacific | LLM in Taxation, University of San Francisco
Arlo Uriarte’s law practice has been focused on serving the underserved population who clamor for justice. Often immigrant workers are not afforded...
BA, University of San Francisco | JD, University of San Francisco
Steve Varholik is senior counsel at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, where he works in the Division of Enforcement’s Public Finance...
BA, UC Santa Barbara | JD, University of San Francisco | LLM, Georgetown University
Anthony (Tony) Vieira has been a practicing lawyer for over 28 years. As a trial lawyer presenting cases to juries in a variety of types of cases, he...
BA, Western Illinois University | JD, DePaul University
Steven L. Walker focuses on tax controversy and litigation and has experience both in private practice and government service. His practice focuses...
BS, UC Davis | JD, University of the Pacific | LLM in Taxation, University of the Pacific
Tax Fraud, Crimes & Investigation, Federal Tax Procedure/Professional Responsibility, Bankruptcy Taxation
Adjunct Professor Matt White is a partner of Monty White LLP, a civil litigation law firm in San Rafael, California. He lectures and writes...
BA, UC Santa Cruz | JD, UC Hastings
Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Mediation
Mediation
Brandon Wiebe is corporate counsel at Xtime, Inc. in Redwood City, a SaaS provider offering solutions to help auto dealerships increase customer...
JD, University of San Francisco | BA, Lewis & Clark College
Julia R. Wilson is the executive director of OneJustice. She is responsible for leading OneJustice’s statewide network of 100+ nonprofit legal...
BA, UC Los Angeles | JD, Stanford University
Practice-Ready Leadership for the Nonprofit Sector
Tyson Winarski is a registered patent attorney (BSME, MSEE) specializing in patent licensing based in Mountain View, California. Tyson develops and...
BS, University of Colorado | JD, Arizona State University | MSEE, Arizona State University
Adjunct Professor Hon. Beverly Wood is a Superior Court judge in Marin County. In her capacity as a bench officer over the last 13 years, she has...
BA, UC Berkeley | JD, University of San Francisco
Davis G. Yee is a Special Trial Attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for the IRS. As such, he represents the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in...
BS, UC Davis | JD, Lewis & Clark College | LLM, Georgetown University
Federal Tax Accounting & Tax Timing, Tax Moot Court, Federal Tax Procedure/Professional Responsibility, Legal Principles Fed Inc Tax
