The Art and Practice of the Meet and Confer
An informal brown bag lunch session with Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu and Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore.
Register as soon as possible - space is limited!
This informal session is an opportunity, especially for younger attorneys, to improve their practical skills for meeting and conferring with opposing counsel prior to the initial Case Management Conference. Learn what a judge wants and does not want to hear from attorneys during the CMC.
Speakers:
Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu has presided over consent cases in a wide variety of fields, including commercial disputes, patent and other intellectual property, employment, civil rights, insurance, personal injury, environmental, maritime, and constitutional law. She conducts settlement conferences in all major practice areas, and manages discovery in complex matters, including multi-district litigation. Judge Ryu has served on numerous court committees, including Local Rules, Subcommittee on E-Discovery, and Pro Bono Projects, among others.
Prior to taking the bench in 2010, Judge Ryu was a Clinical Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings, and before that at Golden Gate University Law School. Her courses included instruction in negotiation, pretrial and trial techniques, employment law, and legal ethics.
Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore was appointed as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2012. She is assigned to the Oakland Division. Judge Westmore served as a law clerk with the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office before beginning her legal career at an Oakland-based boutique law firm specializing in plaintiffs’ civil rights litigation. Judge Westmore joined the Oakland City Attorney’s Office in 1999 as a Deputy City Attorney. During her 13 year tenure with the City, she advised City agencies and litigated code enforcement and drug nuisance abatement cases. She also served in the Litigation Division as both a trial attorney and a law and motion attorney.
Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore was appointed as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2012. She is assigned to the Oakland Division. Judge Westmore served as a law clerk with the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office before beginning her legal career at an Oakland-based boutique law firm specializing in plaintiffs’ civil rights litigation. Judge Westmore joined the Oakland City Attorney’s Office in 1999 as a Deputy City Attorney. During her 13 year tenure with the City, she advised City agencies and litigated code enforcement and drug nuisance abatement cases. She also served in the Litigation Division as both a trial attorney and a law and motion attorney.
Judge Westmore received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989, and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1997, all while working full-time and being a wife and mother of two young children.
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Total Credits: 1.00 unit General
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