Michelle Peterson joins Keller Rackauckas
Keller Rackauckas LLP is pleased to announce that Michelle M. Peterson has joined the firm as Of Counsel.
Michelle’s practice areas include appellate law, law and motion, and trial strategy. During her legal career of 30+ years, Michelle has honed her craft in legal analysis, motion and writ practice in complex litigation, trial preparation and appellate advocacy.
Michelle has written hundreds of substantive motions and responses in federal and state trial courts, and a like volume of briefs and petitions in appellate courts. She has also done extensive “behind the scenes” analyses on settlement strategies and case-specific methods of persuading jurors, trial judges and arbitrators, often in matters with tens or hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Some of these cases have had widespread media attention. She has orally argued dozens of appeals and a wide variety of motions at the trial level.
Michelle also worked as an enforcement attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington D.C., where she took testimony from approximately 200 witnesses, and obtained extensive first-hand experience in government investigative and administrative proceedings.
Michelle is a gifted and creative legal thinker who sees her function as an elite complement to trial attorneys working at the highest level. She is equally adept at drafting a complex appellate brief, an emergency midtrial motion that a local judge might review in 15 minutes, or anything in-between.
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Jesse Gessin certified by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law
October 19, 2019
Jesse Gessin, partner, has been certified by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law.
The State Bar certifies attorneys as specialists who have gone beyond the standard licensing requirements. The program was intended to provide a method for attorneys to earn the designation of certified specialist in particular areas of law, increasing public protection and encouraging attorney competence. In order to become a Certified Specialist, candidates must gain the requisite experience, complete education and secure references, and then pass an examination.
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Jennifer Keller presentation at “Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame” series at the California Lawyers Association annual meeting
October 17, 2019
Jennifer Keller made a presentation for the “Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame” series on the topic “Being Human in Trial: Establishing a Relationship with Your Jurors.”
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Nahal Kazemi publishes article – Leveraging Diversity – Lessons from War and Diplomacy
October 15, 2019
Nahal Kazemi, senior counsel, recently published an article in the Orange County Business Journal’s special issue on the “General Counsel Awards.”
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Jay Barron, Senior Counsel, publishes article in Orange County Lawyer
October 8, 2019
Excerpt from the article, “Foxing Your Way to Trial with Statutory Preference”: Given these circumstances, it’s hard to get your case to trial. An increasingly powerful tool is a statutory trial preference found in Code of Civil Procedure section 36 (Section 36), especially subdivision (a), which applies to litigants over seventy years of age.
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Chase Scolnick to serve on Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors, Orange County Chapter
October 7, 2019
The Federal Bar Association of Orange County, an affiliate of the OCBA, has announced its 2019-2020 Board. Our partner, Chase Scolnick, will serve as a director and will assume his duties on November 1st.