Assistant Service

EDUCATION

Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA

Juris Doctor, May 2012 (Passed July 2012 CA Bar)

Honors: Top 30%, Dean's Merit Scholarship, Dean's List and

Honor Roll

Fellowship, Center for Intellectual Property Law

Awards: Dean's Citation Award, Outstanding Leadership and Service

to the Whittier Community (2012)

Hagman Scholar, 25th Annual UCLA Land Use and Planning

Conference (2011)

Organization Leader of the Year, Whittier Law School

Student Bar Association (2011)

Student of the Year Scholarship, National Asian Pacific

American Bar Association (2010)

Activities: Staff Editor, Whittier Law Review; Competitor & Officer,

Moot Court; Member, Trial Advocacy

Copyright Research Assistant to Professor Joseph Donnini

Contracts Teaching Assistant to Professor Warren Cohen

President, Whittier Law Asian Pacific American Law Students

Association

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Bachelor of Science, Life Sciences, May 2008 (Merit Scholar)

EXPERIENCE

Goodman Mooney LLP, Irvine, CA

Law Clerk, November 2012-Present

Drafted federal complaints involving federal trademark infringement,

trademark dilution, federal false designation of origin/unfair competition,

California false advertising, California unfair competition causes of

action.

Experienced in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board opposition proceedings

through preparing sworn declarations, notices of reliance, and judicial

notices for internet documents, dictionary terms, document production, and

interrogatories.

Drafted privacy policy and terms of service for new online entities

involving intellectual property concerns, browser cookies, use of data

collected, choice of law, and Child Online Protection Act (COPA)

considerations.

Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC

Judicial Intern, Honorable Michael J. McCarthy (ABA Judicial Intern

Opportunity Program), Summer 2011

Prepared high-volume small claims court calendar. Drafted motions to seal

criminal records and court procedure memoranda.

Allergan, Irvine, CA

Legal Extern, August 2010-November 2010

Reviewed and recommended course of action for company-owned patents against

prior art in scientific articles.

Responded to USPTO office actions and drafted memoranda on patent extension

and litigation prevention.

Red Hat Society, Fullerton, CA

Legal Extern, Summer 2010

Drafted defamation cease and desist, trademark cease and desist, and

contract termination letters.

Completed memoranda addressing strategic international trademark

enforcement and non-profit entity formation.

Jafari Law Group PLC, Aliso Viejo, CA

Summer Extern, Summer 2010

Drafted opposition to a demurrer and amended complaint involving

professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and

conspiracy to commit fraud.

Conducted research regarding statute of limitations. Observed litigation

process including depositions, court filings, client interaction, and case

strategy.

LANGUAGES & INTERESTS

Languages: Conversational in Cantonese and Mandarin

Interests: Musical theatre (10 years), technology blogging, traveling

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