Spencer Pahlke - Law Firm Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger Attorneys San Francisco, California

Spencer Pahlke

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Spencer received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004, graduating in the Honors Program and with Highest Distinction, he double-majored in Economics and Psychology, with a double-minor in English and Communications. While at the University of Nebraska, he also competed nationally in intercollegiate debate and mock trial.

Spencer went to law school at the University of California-Berkeley (Boalt Hall), receiving his J.D. in 2007. At Berkeley, Spencer was a member of the California Law Review as well as an associate editor for Ecology Law Quarterly. Academically, Spencer won Prosser Awards in Legal Ethics and in Environmental Law.

Spencer's advocacy experience during law school included both clinical and competitive programs. Clinically, he tried cases before Oakland's Citizen's Police Review Board. There, his responsibilities included representing people claiming violations of their constitutional rights at the hands of the Oakland Police Department. Competitively, Spencer successfully competed on several trial teams. He won the Bay Area trial competition held by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Additionally, in the National Trial Competition, his two-person team was a regional finalist, and he won two top advocate awards.

Spencer is now the director of trial advocacy competition teams at UC-Berkeley (Boalt Hall). In that position, he coordinates Berkeley's trial competition teams, as well as coaches teams in the Fall and the Spring. Spencer has also provided ongoing legal education through the San Francisco Trial Lawyer's Association, recently co-chairing a presentation of governmental liability and design immunity.

Spencer joined the Walkup firm as an associate in 2007, and practices all types of personal injury litigation in all courts within the State of California.