Board and committee members who have been practicing for less than 6 years.
Associate, Wilson Sonsini
Samuel Aisenberg is an Associate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini where he practices complex litigation and investigations.
Samuel earned his law degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. During law school, he was a staff editor at the UC Law Business Journal, board member of the Latinx Law Student Association, participated in the Startup Legal Garage clinic, and was an intern for two judges in San Francisco Superior Court.
Prior to law school, Samuel earned a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Southern California while working for a Los Angeles based nonprofit which further cultivated his drive to practice law.
Associate, Axinn- LinkedIn
Victoria Ang is an antitrust associate at Axinn where her practice focuses on merger review and governmental investigations. She also has experience supporting complex litigation. Victoria earned her JD from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where she served as a legal extern to the Honorable Andrew Y.S. Cheng of the San Francisco Superior Court and completed a legal externship with a leading rideshare company.
Prior to law school, Victoria earned bachelor of arts degrees in Economics and English from Boston College and worked for an ecommerce company.
Associate, Holland & Knight- LinkedIn
Mr. Barrera is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's San Francisco office and a member of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the national Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group. Hi focus practice on general commercial litigation and healthcare litigation and has experience representing companies in a broad array of civil disputes, including arbitrations and mediations. Mr. Barrera represents companies in government investigations brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), state attorneys general and regulators in a wide range of practice areas, including healthcare fraud and abuse. Mr. Barrera has broad experience litigating in healthcare and complex business disputes. He has represented healthcare clients in False Claims Act (FCA) matters, healthcare fraud and abuse, and labor and employment matters.
Alexia Beatriz
Associate, Sidney Austin
Alexia an associate with Sidney Austin.
Associate, DLA Piper US- LinkedIn
Carlo Bustillos focuses his practice on commercial and class action litigation, with a particular emphasis in disputes involving sensitive reputational, branding, and privacy issues.
Carlo has significant legal research, brief writing, discovery, and trial experience navigating disputes involving clients in the technology, fashion, sports, healthcare, consumer goods, and entertainment sectors.
Associate, McDermott Will & Schulte- LinkedIn
Alejandra Chumbes focuses her practice on labor and employment law matters.
While in law school, Alejandra served as a law clerk for a nonprofit legal services organization and was the president of the Labor and Employment Student Association.
Alejandra attended the University of San Francisco School of Law, JD, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Associate, Fenwick & West- LinkedIn
Samantha is an intellectual property litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Fenwick & West. Samantha's practice includes representing technology and life sciences companies in a broad range of litigation matters. Samantha graduated from Berkeley Law, where she was co-president of La Alianza, a student advocate for the Samuelson Law, Technology, & Public Policy Clinic, and a researcher for the Reproductive Justice Project. Samantha also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Associate, Fisher Phillips- LinkedIn
Adriana Diaz Mireles is an associate at Fisher Phillips’ San Francisco office. She advises and represents employers in a wide range of employment matters, including discrimination, wage and hour, wrongful termination, and retaliation claims. Adriana also advises clients on a broad range of business immigration issues. Her experience includes working with national and multinational corporations on nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, complying with employment eligibility verification requirements, and responding to inquiries and audits from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Labor (DOL). She also has experience in Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) cases, I-40 petitions, and adjustment of status.
Associate, Morrison & Foerster- LinkedIn
Armando Gonzalez is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Litigation Department.
Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Armando was a legal intern at California Rural Legal Assistance, where he researched relevant statutes and case law regarding housing and evictions as they pertain to migrant workers. He was also a legal extern in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.
Armando earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he held leadership positions for the Latinx Law Students Association and the Sports Law Association. Armando earned his B.A. in sociology from UC Davis, with a concentration in law & society.
Associate, Trucker Huss
Rudy concentrates his practice in the area of employee benefits, with a focus on retirement and health and welfare plans, working with both single and multiemployer plans. He routinely works with sponsors on plan design, drafting, and administrative implementation. Rudy also advises clients on day-to-day benefit plan escalations, including fiduciary responsibility, Internal Revenue Code compliance, and ERISA’s claims and appeals process. He frequently assists clients with audit related inquiries, including providing counsel on Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor correction programs.
Hazel Granada
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Hazel Granada is a litigation associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She handles a variety of complex commercial litigation matters in federal and state court, including complex commercial and contract disputes and securities litigation matters. Hazel also maintains a pro bono practice in the areas of immigration and civil rights. A native of Orange County, she earned her law degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Law, where she served as co-chair of the Latinx Law Student Association, Dean’s Fellow, Community Fellow, and Research Fellow. While in law school, Hazel served as an extern with the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Associate, Edwards, Stevens & Tucker LLP- LinkedIn
Cristina Quiñonez is an associate attorney at Edwards, Stevens & Tucker LLP where she counsels school districts, county offices of education and charter schools on a range of educational and employment issues. Prior to joining Edwards, Stevens & Tucker, Cristina was an associate attorney at an insurance defense firm where her civil litigation practice focused on real estate/real property, landlord/tenant, and premises liability. Cristina was also a staff attorney at East Bay Children’s Law Offices where she represented Alameda County foster youth in their Juvenile Dependency proceedings. Cristina holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law and a bachelor of art’s degree in Criminal Justice and Latino/a Studies from San Francisco State University.
Associate, Renne Public Law Group LLP
Maribel Lopez is an associate in the firm’s Government and Litigation practice groups. She focuses her practice on labor and employment law. Her practice includes representing both public entities and private sector clients in litigation, employee discipline, advice and counsel, arbitration, workplace investigations and compliance. Maribel has experience with a variety of employment-related claims, including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, administrative claims and complex wage-and-hour class action litigation violations.
During law school, Maribel served as a judicial extern for the Supreme Court of California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, a senior staff of USF law review and Co-President of USF La Raza Law Student Association.
Corporate Associate at Latham & Watkins LLP - LinkedIn
Eddie Magana is a corporate associate in the Bay Area offices of Latham & Watkins.
Eddie represents public and private companies at all stages of growth on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including initial public offerings and other capital-raising transactions, SEC reporting and compliance, and corporate governance. He also represents financial institutions in public and private securities offerings.
Eddie advises clients on a variety of complex transactions across several industries, including technology, life sciences, and other high-growth industries.
Senior Associate, Park Guenthart- LinkedIn
Jenny is the daughter of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico and grew up in Bay Point, CA. She attended San Francisco State University graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and a minor in Labor and Employment studies. She then attended University of San Francisco School of Law where she served as an editor on Law Review and Development Director on the Moot Court Board. She obtained the CALI Award in Civil Procedure and was a Civil Procedure tutor as well as a Constitutional Law teaching assistant. After law school, Jenny served as a deputy public defender for Contra Costa County. She then transitioned to Park Guenthart, where she currently practices workers’ compensation defense.
Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Clare is an associate attorney at the San Francisco-based plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. She works primarily on mass torts, consumer protection, and antitrust litigation.
Clare received her B.A. from Swarthmore College in 2018, where she played varsity field hockey and was captain of her team. After college, Clareworked as a paralegal for three years, focusing on False Claims Act litigation in Chicago, IL, and then civil rights employment discrimination in Oakland, CA. From 2021-2014, Clare attended Georgetown University Law Center, graduating Cum Laude and with special pro-bono recognition for contributing over 100 hours of pro bono work during her three years.
After law school, Clare clerked for Magistrate Judge Marcos López in the District Court of Puerto Rico. In her free time, Clare enjoys running, hiking, and trying new restaurants.
Noemi Sanchez
Associate Legal Counsel, Adobe
Noemi Sanchez is Associate Legal Counsel at Adobe, where she serves as Product Counsel for Adobe Customer Solutions (ACS), advising on contract drafting and negotiation, terms and conditions governance, legal operations, and policy development, and partnering closely with business teams to structure and close complex commercial agreements.
She has led several cross-functional legal initiatives at Adobe, including a governance framework for post-incident review processes, an automated pre-signing contracts policy, and the harmonization of terms and conditions across multiple business lines.
Noemi earned her J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, and her undergraduate degree from UCLA. During law school, she was a member of UC Law's Moot Court team and the UC Law Business Journal and was involved with the Latinx Law Students Association. She was admitted to the California bar in December 2025.
A Los Angeles native now based in San Francisco, Noemi enjoys mentoring law students and exploring the city.
John Robles
Assistant District Attorney , San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
John is an Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco, where he focuses on public service and accountability within the criminal justice system. As a first-generation American, John is deeply committed to serving the communities that shaped him.
John earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, where he majored in Economics and minored in Political Science in 2019. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law, Class of 2023. During law school, John was actively involved in the Latinx student community, including the organization formerly known as La Raza, and remained engaged in mentorship and community building efforts.
Outside of work, John enjoys playing soccer as a right winger and staying active through sports.
Carolina Ugalde
Carolina Ugalde is an Associate Attorney at Redwood Public Law, a majority minority owned law firm committed to public service and creating a meaningful impact for the clients and communities they serve. Carolina provides labor and employment advice and counsel to cities, counties, special districts of all types, and non-profit organizations across California.
Carolina also helps clients stay ahead of legal developments by monitoring changes in the law and guiding them through compliance efforts. This includes updating policies, handbooks, and other governing documents to ensure organizational practices remain current and legally compliant. In addition to general advice and counseling,
Carolina earned her J.D. from UC Law San Francisco, where she served as co-president of the Latinx Law Student Association. During her free time, Carolina enjoys attending Pilates classes and is learning to play golf.
Associate, Morrison & Foerster- LinkedIn
Kimberly Valladares is a corporate associate at Morrison Foerster's San Francisco office in the Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice group. She earned her J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law and B.A. from UC Riverside. In her free time, she enjoys playing doubles tennis, lifting weights, content creation, and cooking.