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Nafiz Ahmed
https://ahmedandsukaram.com/about-us/

Ahmed & Sukaram, Attorneys at Law is a criminal defense law firm serving clients throughout the Bay Area. Our firm was founded in 2005 by founding partner Nafiz M. Ahmed, and Shari Sukaram joined in 2008 as a managing partner. 

We have over 30 years of combined experience helping people navigate some of the most challenging times in their lives. 

Our criminal defense attorneys understand the emotional impact and potential consequences of criminal charges – whether you’re facing a misdemeanor or felony. That’s why we’re committed to protecting your rights and ensuring you are treated fairly throughout the legal process. 

We handle all types of criminal matters. Call us today if you’ve been charged with a crime in San Mateo County or Santa Clara County.


Nabiel Ahmed
https://www.eastbaylawpractice.com/

Nabiel C Ahmed, is the owner and attorney of a solo law practice out of the San Francisco East Bay, mainly representing the rights of the criminally accused in Bay Area courtrooms.  While defending his clients, Mr. Ahmed gained notoriety for staunchly defending their constitutional and statutory rights all the way through jury trial if necessary.  Mr. Ahmed’s clients and cases have received attention locally, nationally, and world-wide.  No case has proven to be too big or too small for Mr. Ahmed to handle.  

Recently, Mr. Ahmed’s representation helped dismiss charges against a defendant facing capital punishment for the crimes he allegedly committed.  In addition to practicing criminal law, Mr. Ahmed has continued to expand his practice into areas of law affecting the lives of his clients in other contexts.  For example, Mr. Ahmed’s client’s can now seek his advice and representation on matters such as restraining orders, dissolutions, breach of contract, fraud, and First Amendment issues. 

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Jamie Bowman ’80 just published her first book, Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner.  Getting roughed up by Islamic fundamentalists, the weekly “feline sex-fest” in Kyiv, bribing Russian police to avoid jail in Moscow, sheltering under the sink (with the lizards) when the ammo dump exploded in Juba, automatic weapons training in Indiana, and that ill-fated morning bike ride in Kabul. It was a great job!  

Bike Riding in Kabul follows the professional and personal adventures ofinternational legal consultant Jamie Bowman, an attorney from California, as she endeavors to update the laws of Kosovo, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Moscow, Afghanistan, Southern Sudan, Rwanda, and Afghanistan.  

As seen through Ms. Bowman’s good humor and unique perspective, Bike Riding in Kabul moves with effortless charm through a fascinating array of personalities and events. It is full of exotic locations, difficult work challenges, strong female role models, and quirky characters, and explores a wide range of themes, including the important role of reform, Islamic attitudes toward a Western woman, endemic corruption, post-Cold War sentiments, and how other countries view the United States. Throughout the book, Jamie is supported by an Argentine boyfriend who helps her make sense of the crazy situations she finds herself in.  

Fast-paced, funny, occasionally heartbreaking, but always wholly original, Bike Riding in Kabul captures the challenges of an American working overseas and is a story of finding the strength necessary to do the right thing, even when the consequences may be personally damaging.

 
Link to Jamie's book:
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PAMELA ROSS
All for the Family Legal Clinic

https://allforthefamilylegalclinic.org/


·           03/2012 – present, All For the Family Legal Clinic, Inc., CEO and Lead              Attorney. 

         Family Law, Estate Planning, Basic Probate, and Landlord-Tenant law.

·       06/2021- Present, Pamela Ross Legal Services. Estate Planning and Uncontested Probate Services as well as Mediation and Consultation services for Family Law cases. Virtual practice working all over California. 

·           08/10-12/10, Westwood College. Professor of Paralegal Ethics; Professor of English. 

·           01/2006-07/2012, Senior Project Coordinator, Purchasing Management International, Dallas, TX. 40-60 hours a week reviewing and coordinating purchase orders, while maintaining customer and vendor relations. Also in charge of expediting day-to-day compliance with purchasing contracts and expediting installation of hotels and casinos.

·           06/09/10-11/04/2010, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office Family Violence Division. 24 hours per week. Intern for the Chief Deputy over Family Violence, Bobbie Villareal. 

·           06/01/10-12/16/2010, SMU Civil Clinic, Dallas, TX. 20-30 hours per week, with supervising attorney representation of clients for court hearings, filing of pleadings and motions, negotiations, and representation at depositions and mediations.    

·           08/10-12/10, Law Clerk. Foreman Law Firm, Tyler, TX. Research assistant.

·           06/09-08/09, Intern, Texas Lawyers for Children

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Hans Sperling is the Founder and Principal of Sperling Law Corporation, a leading law firm that helps businesses close the best deals while also protecting their legal interests.

http://sperlinglawcorp.com/SLC_Website/About.html

They've represented hundreds of small and billion-dollar companies in a wide range of business transactions, including M&A and joint ventures, intellectual property protection, and general corporate matters.

Hans has 20+ years experience in corporate law and spent his first seven years as an attorney in Japan, working on large and complex international business deals.

He graduated with honors from Tulane Law School, where he was Senior Managing Editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Before law school, he worked at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Environment Directorate in Paris, helping implement a major multilateral treaty.

Find Hans on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanssperling/

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Renee Ross

https://www.rossfamilylaw.com/attorneys/

Renée Ross is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and International Academy of Family Lawyers. She is also a Certified Family Law Specialist. Renee has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2014 and has received annual recognition as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Northern California. Renee has practiced family law exclusively since 2005, including in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Napa, and Marin counties. She is experienced in all types of family law, including divorce, custody, spousal and child support, paternity, domestic partnership dissolution, and high-asset, complex property division. 

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Benny Gold
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 I launched Lawyer Stories in July 2017 because I wanted to share the incredible stories of those in the legal profession. When I talk to other lawyers I often find myself not asking them about their cases, but rather about their inspiration and motivation along the way to becoming attorneys, challenges they have encountered and their views about the law and life.

For the past few years, I have shared thousands of stories from lawyers and law students across the globe. It has been an honor to speak with so many of you and I truly look forward to sharing more of the incredible journeys to the practice of law. I invite you to explore the many Lawyer Stories on our Instagram page and on our YouTube channel. Thank you for your support of the official Lawyer Stories®️ Community featuring lawyers and law students worldwide! What’s your story? 

 
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Kim Kupferer
Former Alameda County Assistant Public Defender / Private Practitioner/ Death Penalty Defense
https://www.imagineequus.org/

I know that there is a lot of negativity associated with the practice of law in general.  The truth is that it is rare that client’s come to us because they are in a good place.  It is often that we cross people’s paths in their worst and most vulnerable moments.  Perhaps, this is in part why the 2018 Lawyer Well-Being study showed we didn’t have a lot of it.  Beyond that, we work in a profession where we are continually expected to hold space for others, our own emotions have to constantly be quashed, we are expected to work unheard of hours and always win.  Add to that then going home where we have children, husbands, partners, pets, parents and others relying on us with needs and expectations – and well, as you know, there are just never enough hours in a day.  But we still do it and succeed day after day.  The problem is that though we may appear wildly successful on the outside, inside there is no space left for us.  Having been a heavy duty trial lawyer for 34 years, I understand.

  Louis Goodman
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In collaboration with the Alameda County Bar Association, Love Thy Lawyer presents an interview with:

Hon. Glenn Kim, Contra Costa County Superior Court

 Following a stellar career as an Alameda County Deputy District Attorney, Glenn Kim was appointed to the Superior Court.  He oversees jury trials, preliminary hearings, civil proceedings, and calendar matters.

Alameda County Bar Association

The Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA) is a professional membership association for lawyers and other members of the legal profession. The ACBA provides access to ongoing legal education; and promotes diversity and civil rights in the Alameda County legal community. Our mission is to promote excellence in the legal profession and to facilitate equal access to justice.

 Louis Goodman
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510.582.9090
 
 

Special thanks to ACBA staff and members: Cailin Dahlin, Saeed Randle, Hadassah Hayashi, Vincent Tong and Anne Beles. (https://www.acbanet.org/)

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 Megan Wachspress is a Staff Attorney with the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, where she utilizes a combination of litigation and policy advocacy strategies to accelerate the closure and prevent the construction of coal- and gas-fired power plants. She has appeared on behalf of the Club in numerous state utility commission proceedings including as lead counsel in administrative trial proceedings as well as representing the Club and its members in federal and state litigation as well as EPA notice-and-comment proceedings. Prior to joining the Sierra Club, Megan represented employees, unions, and non-profit organizations at a boutique public interest firm in San Francisco. As a PhD student Megan taught numerous courses in the Legal Studies Department as well as in San Quentin Prison as part of what is now Mount Tamalpais College. Megan is the author or co-author of articles published in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Yale Law Journal, and International Journal of Law in Context, and clerked with Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court and Judge William Fletcher of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She currently serves on the boards of the Homeless Action Center of Alameda County and the Bay Area Lawyers’ Chapter of the American Constitution Society.

J.D. Yale Law School

Ph.D University of California, Berkeley

M.Phil University of Cambridge

BA/BS University of Chicago


Pauli Murray
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 Louis Goodman
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Hon. Michelle Tong

Judicial Assignments

·       Elected March 3, 2020; Sworn-in January 4, 2021

·       Judicial Assignments: Small Claims (January 2021 – present); five week coverage Civil Harrassments and Default Judgments  

Community talks

·       Judges in the Classroom – presented Animals in the Classroom to bilingual Cantonese immersion elementary school classes

·       Vanguard – summer interns, July 2021

·       Transforming the Judiciary – UCLA Criminal Justice Program, August 2021

·       McGeorge School of Law – Road to the Bench, August 2021 

Prior Employment 

 San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

·       Managed Pretrial Release Unit (PRU), April 2020 – December 2020

·       Felony Trial Attorney, 2008 – April 2020

·       Misdemeanor Attorney, March 2006 – 2008

·       Felony Paralegal, January 2004 – March 2006

Eviction Defense Collaborative

Eviction Defense for Self-Represented tenants, October 2001 – January 2003

Judge Edward M. Chen, US District Court for the Northern District of California

Extern, September - October 2001

Professional Experience

 Tried 53 cases to a Jury Verdict and conducted hundreds of preliminary hearings and pretrial motions.  Represented thousands of clients.  Litigated various legal defenses and issues including self-defense, mental health defenses, intoxication, eyewitness identification, DNA evidence, three strikes, possession of weapons, narcotics sales, sexual assaults, robbery, residential burglary, domestic violence, gang allegations, shootings, assault and threats against police officers. 

  Louis Goodman
 www.louisgoodman.com

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 510.582.9090
 
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