Annie S. Amaral

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Litigation

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Successfully briefed and argued pro bono civil rights case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practices general business litigation including: trade secret disputes, disputes related to non-competition agreements, and disputes related to purchase of real property and commercial businesses.

Drafted successful opposition to motion for summary judgment on claims addressing enforceability of non-competition agreement.

Drafted successful anti-SLAPP motion to strike against litigant who filed defamation cause of action based on allegations contained in court pleadings, and received award of attorney fees associated with bringing motion.

Drafted appellate brief in Ninth Circuit for plaintiff whose 1983 and state law claims were dismissed without leave to amend by district court; oral argument expected to occur in summer 2008.

General

Former Law Clerk for Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California.

Former Extern for Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of California.

Former Extern for Associate Justice Kathleen Butz, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District.

MEMBERSHIPS

United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Admitted to Practice

United States District Court for the Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, Admitted to Practice

Federal Bar Association, Member

Sacramento County Bar Association, Member

Women Lawyers of Sacramento (WLS), Member

Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, Former Member

Junior Barristers of Sacramento, Founding Member and Former Officer

EDUCATION

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., With Distinction, 2005)
California State University, Sacramento (B.A., 2001)

PUBLICATIONS

McGeorge Law Review, Volume 36, Former Primary Comment Editor

McGeorge Law Review, Volume 35, Former Comment Staff Writer

“Great Judicial Opinions Versus Great Literature: Should Be Measured by the Same Criteria?” 36 McGeorge Law Review 757 (2006)

PRESENTATIONS

National Business Institute, "Rules & Procedures for Federal Court Success," 2008, Presenter

CHARITABLE

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Northern California Chapter, Board of Directors