Mike Kelly will be speaking in July on Proving Damages in Wrongful Death Cases at the annual meeting of AAJ in Nashville, Tennessee. In May, Mike served as Master of Ceremonies at the 2024 San Francisco Trial Lawyers “Trial Lawyer of the Year“ dinner held in the Rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall. In March, Mike presented on final argument at the Trial Skills Roundtable held as part of the CAOC Travel Seminar in Sonoma…
Kelly Ganci was elected to membership in the Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court. The Inn is now in its 37th year of promoting professionalism, collegiality and civility between members of the bench and bar…
Clifton Smoot continues his service as a board member and volunteer coach for The Miracle League of the SF Peninsula, which operates an adaptive baseball for youth and adults with disabilities. In June, Clifton was elected to the Alumni Association Board of Governors of UC Law SF (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law)…
Ashcon Minoiefar spoke at a UC Law SF event “How to Find a Law Firm Job” regarding joining the plaintiff’s practice as a law school student…
Spencer Pahlke published an op-ed in the Daily Journal on helping clients manage a financial recovery into long-term financial stability. He joined the National Plaintiff’s Law Association as a member of its inaugural Advisory Board and completed the 6th season—with 91 total episodes—of his podcast Unscripted Direct…
Jeff Clause recently lectured to students enrolled in Temple University’s Trial Advocacy LLM program on depositions of fact and expert witnesses. He also presented at UC Law SF on expert witness deposition techniques…
Sara Peters was appointed to the Plaintiff’s steering committee in the Uber MDL. She recently argued before the Ninth Circuit on behalf of San Francisco police officers who sued the Navy for misinforming the City and County about the true history of radioactive contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Sara continues on the Trial Advocacy teaching faculty at Stanford Law School…
Joe Nicholson has been tapped to take over as Editor of SFTLA’s quarterly publication “The Trial Lawyer” beginning with the Winter 2025 issue. His article on Design Immunity titled “What Happens When a Substantial Nonconformity Does Not Keep the Defense Off the Verdict Form?” appeared in the Summer issue of the magazine. In May, Joe fronted for Walkup’s in-house rock and roll band Magnum PI in the 10th Annual Law Rocks Battle-of-the-Bands, which raised over $188,000 for local charities. In June, Joe was recognized as a California Super Lawyer…
Conor Kelly spoke about playground injury lawsuits at the Consumer Attorneys of California’s Travel Conference, sharing experience from his recent success prosecuting school injury cases. Conor also testified before the California Senate Insurance Committee in opposition to a proposal to lower liability insurance requirements for drivers who rent vehicles on peer-to-peer car sharing platforms from companies like Getaround, Turo and Uber. His testimony was based on his experience representing clients injured by drivers who rented cars on these platforms…
Rich Schoenberger will be inducted into the California Lawyers Association Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in August. He has been invited by the ABOTA Foundation International Committee to make a presentation to German attorneys in Frankfurt, Germany in September, and will serve as a faculty member at the National ABOTA Trial College at Northwestern University Law School later this summer.…
Doris Cheng returned to Trinidad to teach trial advocacy as part of the Caribbean Basin Securities Initiative. In June she participated as a trainer for the ABA/ABOTA TIPS Trial Program at the National Judicial College. She was also elected to membership on the University of San Francisco Board of Trustees.
