Joanne F. Tan

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Litigation

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Drafted a confidentiality/mutual non-disclosure agreement.

Researched and drafted memoranda regarding CEQA and actions by a public agency triggering CEQA.

Researched and drafted memoranda regarding the obligations an employer owes to a public employee involving disciplinary actions, specifically, termination of employment and the procedures the employer must follow when taking disciplinary actions against a public employee.

Researched and drafted memoranda regarding third party beneficiaries to a municipal ordinance.

Assisted in drafting an interim petition for attorney's fees and services that constitute as ordinary and extraordinary.

Assisted in representation for the Office of the United States Trustee in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California and §341 Creditor's Meetings.

Researched and drafted motions pertaining to federal bankruptcy law.

General
Former intern for the United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee.

MEMBERSHIPS

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Admitted to Practice

Hastings Pilipino American Law Society, Former External Vice-President and Co-founder

EDUCATION

University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2007)

University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., With High Honors, 2004)

PUBLICATIONS

Hastings Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Former Research and Development Editor