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| Kelly M. Dermody |
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| San Francisco |
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Consumer Protection
Employment |
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Admitted to practice in California, 1994; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1995; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2001; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2006; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2007. |
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| Education |
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Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California, Berkeley (J.D. 1993); Moot Court Executive Board (1992-1993);
Articles Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal/Berkeley Journal
of Employment and Labor Law (1991-1992); Harvard University (A.B. magna
cum laude, 1990); Senior Class Ames Memorial Public Service Award. |
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Law Clerk to Chief Judge John T. Nixon,
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1993-1994; Adjunct
Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, Employment
Law (Spring 2001). |
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"Community Service Award," Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, 2008; "California Lawyer Attorney of the
Year (CLAY) Award," California Lawyer, 2007; "Trial Lawyer
of the Year Finalist," Public Justice Foundation, 2007; "Award
of Merit," Bar Association of San Francisco, 2007; Consumer
Attorney of the Year Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California,
2006; "Living the Dream Partner," Lawyers' Committee for
Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 2005; "Top Women
Litigators in California," San Francisco and Los Angeles
Daily Journal, 2007; California's "Top 20 Lawyers Under 40," Daily
Journal, 2006; "Northern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics,
2004-2008; "Top 100 Super Lawyers" and "Top 50 Female
Super Lawyers" Awards, Law & Politics Magazine, 2007; "Lawdragon
500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers," Lawdragon, Winter 2007. |
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"Class Actions: Latest Developments
in Litigating and Settling Employment Discrimination Class Actions" (American
Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Equal Employment Opportunity
Committee, Mid-Year Meeting 2001); "A Road Map to Discovery
in Employment Discrimination and Wage/Hour Class Actions" (with
James M. Finberg) (Glasser Legal Works Seminar, 2000); "Employment
Discrimination Class Actions in the Wake of Allison v. Citgo
Petroleum Corp. and Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f)" (Federal Bar Association
Convention, 1999); Co-Author with James Finberg, "Discovery
in Employment Discrimination Class Actions," in Litigation
and Settlement of Complex Class Actions (Glasser Legal Works
1998). |
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Northern
District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit
Judicial Conference (2007-present); American
Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Annual Conference
(Vice-Chair, 2007-present), Committee on Equal Opportunity in the
Legal Profession (Co-Chair, 2006-2007); ABA Labor and Employment
Law Section Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Co-Chair, 2003-2006;
Midwinter Meeting Planning Committee, 2000-2006); ABA Labor
and Employment Law Section Katrina Task Force (Member, 2005-2007);
Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2006-present); Bar Association of
San Francisco (Board of Directors, 2005-present; Litigation Section,
Executive Committee, 2002-2005); National Association of Women Judges (Resource Board, 2005-present); Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
of the San Francisco Bay Area (Board of Directors, 1998-2005; Secretary,
1999-2003; Co-Chair, 2003-2005); National Center for Lesbian Rights
(Board of Directors, 2002-2008; Co-Chair, 2005-2006); Pride Law
Fund (Board of Directors, 1995-2002; Secretary, 1995-1997; Chairperson,
1997-2002); Equal Rights Advocates (Litigation Committee, 2000-2002);
State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; National
Employment Lawyers' Association; Bay Area Lawyers for Individual
Freedom. |
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