Mobile Engineer @ From December 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Android Engineer @ From May 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 5 months) MDL Clerk @ Law Clerk to the Hon. Susan Illston. Assisted with complex multidistrict litigation involving allegations of price-fixing among Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean manufacturers of thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display panels. From
Mobile Engineer @ From December 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Android Engineer @ From May 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 5 months) MDL Clerk @ Law Clerk to the Hon. Susan Illston. Assisted with complex multidistrict litigation involving allegations of price-fixing among Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean manufacturers of thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display panels. From May 2011 to April 2012 (1 year) Assistant District Attorney (Volunteer) @ Prosecuted misdemeanor cases. Conducted discovery, negotiated pleas, and managed daily court calendar, including arraignments, pretrial hearings, motions, pleas, and sentencing. Successfully tried two cases to juries: a DUI case with a reckless driving enhancement and a grand theft case that resulted in the maximum sentence of one year in county jail. From January 2011 to April 2011 (4 months) Law Clerk @ Law Clerk to the Hon. A. Wallace Tashima. From July 2009 to August 2010 (1 year 2 months) Solo Practitioner @ Represented criminal defendants before California Court of Appeal, reviewing trial record, composing briefs, and arguing before appellate panels. Working with Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP, represented white-collar defendants in private securities lawsuits and SEC investigations. Representative cases include:
• Obtained 8-month reduction in prison term for client convicted of assault and accessory to carjacking;
• Secured remand for resentencing and preparation of new probation report in narcotics case;
• Represented former General Counsel of Apple in SEC and DOJ investigations of backdated options;
• Represented former head of security at Hewlett Packard in lawsuit concerning pretexting scandal. From May 2007 to July 2009 (2 years 3 months) Law Clerk @ Law Clerk to the Hon. Susan Illston. From August 2005 to September 2006 (1 year 2 months) Law Clerk @ Law Clerk to the Hon. A. Wallace Tashima. From August 2004 to August 2005 (1 year 1 month) Associate @ Defended former director and officer of national bank against investigations by OCC, FDIC, SEC, and DOJ, as well as against private securities lawsuits. Represented biotechnology company in patent dispute involving complex “lab-on-a-chip” devices capable of rapidly performing miniaturized biochemical assays at a fraction of the time and cost of conventional methods. From October 2002 to March 2004 (1 year 6 months)
J.D., Law @ University of California, Berkeley - School of Law From 1999 to 2002 B.A. cum laude, Mathematics, 3.8/4.0 @ Pomona College From 1993 to 1997
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