Attorney And Counsellor
CurrentAttorney and Counsellor, 1/2025 (Plan to restart practice, in between pro bono gigs with Shoebox Ventures and other nonprofits I advise, and my other projects I'm involved in. )Pro Bono Attorney and Counsellor, July 2011 - December 2024 Providing advisement through Shoebox Ventures to various organizations. Attorney and Counsellor, July 2003 - July 2011 (Moved to do Pro Bono under Shoebox Ventures when I worked at First Republic Bank in 2011 - and later formerly made Shoebox Ventures into a 501c3 Organization providing technical assistance and award-winning consultancy)Admissions:⚖️ State Bar of California⚖️ U.S. Court for the Northern District of California⚖️ U.S. Supreme CourtCurrent Member: ⚖️ American Bar Foundation Life Fellow⚖️ Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners, Registered Trust and Estates Practitioner (TEP®)Past Member:⚖️ American Bar Association⚖️ American Inns of Court⚖️ Association of Trial Lawyers of America⚖️ Lawyers Club of San Francisco⚖️ Lawyers Club of San Francisco Inns of Court, Member ⚖️ San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Past Professional / Community Related roles. ⚖️ Bar Association of San Francisco, Barristers Pre-Practice Committee Chair (2004 to 2005)⚖️ Conference of California Bar Associations, Delegate (2003 - 2005)⚖️ Lawyers Club of San Francisco, Board Member (Nov 2003 - Apr 2012)⚖️ Lawyers Club of San Francisco, Board Secretary (Nov 2006 - May 2008)⚖️ Lawyers Club of San Francisco Scholarship Fund Trustee (Nov 2006 - May 2008)⚖️ National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Judge (2004 & 2005)⚖️ Volunteer Legal Service Program - Family Law and CORP (2003 - 2008)