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The American Constitution Society 
Board of DirectorsDebo P. AdegbileElise BoddieDavid M. Brodsky, ChairTimothy W. BurnsElizabeth J. CabraserMark CalifanoErwin ChemerinskyPeter B. EdelmanMichael J. FarisRebecca Favret, Student Board Member, University of Richmond School of LawJulie FernandesDavid C. FrederickCaroline Fredrickson, ACS PresidentNancy GertnerLinda GreenhouseReuben A. GuttmanDennis J. HerreraDawn JohnsenBrad S. KarpSophie Kim, Student Board Member, Harvard Law SchoolWilliam P. MarshallRobert RabenJudith ScottReva SiegelCliff SloanDawn L. SmallsPaul M. SmithDavid A. StraussHarry SusmanChristine A. VarneyAdam WinklerBoard of AdvisorsBrooksley E. BornMyron M. CherryDrew S. Days IIIWalter E. Dellinger IIIChristopher Edley, Jr.Jay W. EisenhoferFaith E. GayShirley M. HufstedlerFrank I. MichelmanAbner MikvaWilliam A. NorrisJames T. O'HaraJanet RenoStephen D. Susman ---SF
Chapter LeadershipAdelina Acuña - Chair, adelinaa@gmail.comMaxwell Pritt - Vice Chair, mpritt@BSFLLP.comAdam Hofmann - Outreach Co-Chair, ahofmann@hansonbridgett.comPalak Sheth - Outreach Co-Chair, palakbsheth@gmail.comBryan Heckenlively - Programming Co-Chair, bryan.heckenlively@mto.comMichael Vargas - Programming Co-Chair, michael.vargas@rimonlaw.com
--Board of Directors Adelina Acuña - ChairCalifornia Department of Justice Maxwell Pritt - Vice ChairBoies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Adam Hofmann - Outreach Co-ChairHanson Bridgett LLP Palak Sheth - Outreach Co-ChairOffice of the San Francisco City Attorney Bryan Heckenlively - Programming Co-ChairMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP Michael Vargas - Programming Co-ChairRimon Law Firm Ben BerkowitzKeker & Van Nest LLP Eric BrownAltshuler Berzon HOST Sara EisenbergOffice of the San Francisco City Attorney Brian GoldmanOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Seth GrossmanUniversity of California, Office of the President 
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http://www.sccgov.org/sites/cco/areas/Pages/impact-hansen.aspxGreta HansenSanta Clara County Counsel's Office Anne Irwin Conger Ajay KrishnanKeker & Van Nest Alex LilienSan Francisco Public Defender's Office Bethany LoboCooley LLP Jose LopezGunderson Dettmer Jennifer LynchElectronic Frontier Foundation Araceli Martinez-OlguinACLU Immigrants' Rights Project Nayantara MehtaAlliance for Justice Melissa MurrayUC Berkeley Law School Rei OnishiCalifornia Department of Justice Nicky OzerACLU of Northern California Diana ReddyCalifornia Teacher's Association Kathryn RossLaw Office of Kathryn Ross Dan RothLaw Office of Dan Roth Christine SunACLU of Northern California Laura TriceAltshuler Berzon LLP Board of Advisors Jeff AdachiSan Francisco Public Defender's Office Stephen Berzon Altshuler Berzon LLP Jeffrey L. BleichMunger, Tolles & Olson, LLP Dan BrombergQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP James J. BrosnahanMorrison & Foerster LLP John BurrisLaw Offices of John L. Burris Elizabeth CabraserLieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein
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Under Elizabeth J. Cabraser's leadership, Lieff Cabraser has become one of the country's largest law firms serving clients seeking redress for financial and <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Practice-Areas/Consumer-Protection.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">consumer fraud</a>, <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Antitrust/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">anti-competitive practices</a>, <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">harmful drugs and products</a>, and illegal <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Practice-Areas/Employment-Law.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">employment practices</a>. For over three decades, Elizabeth has made sure that our firm remains dedicated to its core values.Possessing unparalleled expertise in complex civil litigation, Elizabeth has served as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in scores of federal multi-district and state coordinated proceedings. These cases include <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Case-Center/Multi-State-Tobacco-Suits-and-Master-Settlement.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">multi-state tobacco</a>, the <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Case-Center/Exxon-Valdez-Oil-Spill-Class-Action-Lawsuit.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Exxon Valdez<span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> disaster</a>,<a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Devices/Silicone-Gel-Breast-Implants-Class-Action.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Breast Implants</a>, <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Drugs/Fen-Phen.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fen-Phen</a> (Diet Drugs), <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Drugs/Vioxx.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Vioxx</a>, <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Car-Accidents/Toyota-Sudden-Acceleration.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Toyota sudden acceleration</a>, numerous securities/investment fraud cases, and <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Case-Center/Holocaust-ERA-Bank-And-Insurance-Companies-Class-Action-Lawsuit.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Holocaust litigation</a>. Today, Elizabeth serves in court-appointed leadership positions in several of the nation's highest profile civil cases: the <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Case-Center/BP-Gulf-Oil-Spill.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">BP Gulf Oil Spill</a>, <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Car-Accidents/GM-ignition-defect-recall.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">GM ignition switch defect</a>, and <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Personal-Injury/Car-Accidents/Takata-Airbag-Recall.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Takata defective airbag litigation</a>.<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4727272727272727;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt;">A Pillar of the Plaintiffs' Bar</h3>Elizabeth has been repeatedly recognized as one of the foremost litigators in our nation, including being selected an unprecedented four times as one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by the <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">National Law Journal, which has called her "a pillar of the plaintiffs' bar." In 2015, the <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">National Law Journal named her as one of the 75 outstanding women lawyers in America. She has been named repeatedly to the Lawdragon 500, The Top 100 California Lawyers, and as a SuperLawyer in multiple fields.<span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Daily Journal has described Elizabeth as<span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"a commanding attorney and a role model for other <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">litigators, especially fellow female lawyers."<span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Law360 noted in a profile of Elizabeth that<span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Her reputation among defense attorneys is that <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">of a formidable opponent who comes to cases <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">thoroughly prepared and can win a Judge's ear.<h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4727272727272727;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:4pt;">Commitment to Advancing the Legal Profession and Society</h3>Elizabeth serves on the Executive Committee of the Council of the American Law Institute (ALI) and is an advisor to several ALI projects, including Aggregate Litigation, the Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm. Since 2011, she has served on the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee.Elizabeth has written and spoken extensively on substantive legal issues as well as ones related to the advancement of women in the profession, including last year for <span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Trial magazine, published by the American Association for Justice, a commentary entitled <a href="http://www.lieffcabraser.com/blog/2014/02/where-are-all-the-women-in-the-courtroom.shtml" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Where are all the women in the courtroom?"</a>   In 2010, the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession honored Elizabeth with its <a href="http://www.abanow.org/2010/08/2010-margaret-brent-winner-elizabeth-cabraser/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 18.6666666666667px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(78, 19, 21); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award</a>. The award recognizes the accomplishments of women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers. It is regarded by many as the highest honor in the legal profession for women lawyers.Elizabeth is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Many of our nation’s most accomplished leaders from academia, the social sciences, the study and practice of law, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts are members of the Academy.
 Barbara J. ChisholmAltshuler Berzon LLP Nanci ClarenceClarence, Dyer & Cohen LLP Maggie CrosbyACLU of Northern California James FinbergAltshuler Berzon LLP Lucas GuttentagAmerican Civil Liberties Union Joan HarataniMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Dennis HerreraSan Francisco City Attorney's Office Kate KendellNational Center for Lesbian Rights Loren KieveLaw Offices of Loren Kieve Shauna MarshallUniversity of California Hastings College of the Law Eva PatersonEqual Justice Society Ismail RamseyRamsey & Ehrlich LLP Robert Rubin Margaret RussellSanta Clara University School of Law Jahan C. Sagafi Outten & Golden LLP Doron WeinbergLaw Offices of Doron Weinberg
Bay Area Lawyer Chapter: Lawyer Die-In at the California Supreme CourtFriday, January 16, 20158:45 AM Event Location:Outside the Supreme Court of California350 McAllister Street at Civic CenterSan Francisco, CA--
Jeffrey D. ClementsAuthor, Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations; President, Free Speech for People; Member, ACS Boston Lawyer Chapter Board of Advisors                    
Bay Area Lawyer Chapter: 
Citizens United At 5 - Inspiring a Grassroots Movement To Amend the ConstitutionTuesday, February 24, 201512:00 PM - 1:30 PM Event Location:Altshuler Berzon LLP177 Post Street, Suite 300San Francisco, CA Presented by ACS Chapter(s):CA - Bay Area
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