Officers

          
President            
Jean Hobler
US Attorney’s Office
501 I Street, 10th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
jean.hobler@usdoj.gov
916-554-2909
 
Vice President/ Pres Elect           
Steve Lau  
Mennemeier, Glassman & Stroud
980 9th Street, Ste1700            
Sacramento, CA 958
slau@mgslaw.com
916-551-2597
 
Secretary
Melissa Jones          
Morrison & Foerster LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Ste. 2600
Sacramento, CA 958
MJones@mofo.com
916-325-1326
 
Treasurer
Alex Medina           
Stevens, O’Connell & Jacobs
400 Capitol Mall, #1400
Sacramento, CA 958            
amm@sojllp.com
916-329-9111
 
Programs Co-Chair  
Michael Wilcox          
Bullivant Houser Bailey
1415 L Street, Suite 1000Sacramento, CA 95814
Michael.wilcox@bullivant.com
916.930.2559
 
Programs Co-Chair
Meghan Baker                       
Downey Brand
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814            
mbaker@downeybrand.com
916- 520-5501
 
Immediate Past President
Antonia Darling           
US Trustee’s Office            
501 I Street, Ste 7-500
Sacramento, CA 958
Antonia.darling@usdoj.gov
916-930-2090
 
Membership Chair
Liz Stallard                       
Downey Brand            
621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
estallard@downeybrand.com
916-444-1000


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Message from the President

Greetings!

The Federal Bar Association – Sacramento Chapter is an active group of lawyers dedicated to improving the knowledge and skills of federal practitioners, providing a forum for communication between the court and practitioners, as well as finding ways to better serve our community.

This year we are planning many new seminars and programs, as well a bringing back favorites such as our annual summer review of key Supreme Court decisions.
Already this year we have had our first Member’s Mixer, at the new Morton’s on Capitol Mall. March brings back our wildly popular program of a few years ago, Technology in the Courtroom, and in April we’ll provide a primer for civil practitioners who get the call that their client is undergoing a search warrant or has been arrested. May will see the return of our Spring Membership Mixer, where we’ll hold a vote for the Board of Directors for the remainder of the year, and vote on new bylaws. Why two elections for 2009? Because we’re incorporating the chapter for the first time in its many-decades history, as a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation – a move we think will help us work more efficiently and effectively.

In June we’ll work with the Eastern District to present once again training for the District’s 1983 Pro Bono panel of attorneys – open to both existing panel members and anyone who is interested in joining this vital program. The Chapter strongly encourages members and non-members to sign up for the panel both to provide strong representation to non-frivolous prisoner rights cases and to grasp the opportunity for trial practice that eludes so many practitioners these days.

The second half of the year is just as action packed, with the nineteenth iteration of our signature program “Supreme Court Year in Review.” Professors Brownstein and Kelso will once again provide their unique, entertaining, and often quite different takes on the opinions from the previous session of the United States Supreme Court. Other programs in the works include Ninth Circuit practice from the insider’s perspective, asset forfeiture updates, and, of course, end of the year mixers.

And finally, we will continue to provide you with our excellent periodic newsletter. Senior District Court Judge William Shrub will again return with his personal histories of a few of the many significant cases and events in the District’s history. Clerk of the Court Victoria Minor joins us with a new column providing news and information of interest to federal practitioners. And our “10 Things You Didn’t Know About” series will kick off with a look at the newest appointee to the Eastern District bench, the Honorable John A. Mendez.

We look forward to serving you, and invite suggestions as to topics to be covered, possible speakers or other ideas to help us serve you better.

Jean M. Hobler
President, FBA Sacramento Chapter

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