Morgan Lewis Continues to Strategically Add Laterals in California
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01/30/2005
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San Francisco, January 26, 2005: Morgan, Lewis announced today that Joan M. Haratani, previously with Shook, Hardy & Bacon in their San Francisco office, is joining Morgan Lewis as a partner in its litigation practice. Joan has an extensive trial and pre-trial practice ranging from products liability to securities fraud. She is also past president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, which is one of the country's largest local minority bar groups, and has received numerous awards for both her practice accomplishments and service on behalf of minority practitioners.
Joan was recently nominated by the corporate members of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association as a "Female Litigator on the Rise - A Woman's Place is in the Courtroom" in Diversity and the Bar, Vol. 6, No. 2. (March/April 2004). Currently, she serves as treasurer to the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), is regional governor to the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and is secretary to the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. She is the AABA's 2001 award recipient for "exceptional legal advocacy."
Joan is a former Advisory Committee member of the ABA Conference on Minority Law Firm Partners and Majority-Corporate Law Firms and has been recognized as one of the 500 most influential Asian Americans by Avenue Asia Magazine. She is currently co-chair of the committee in the ABA Science and Technology Section. She is a member of the DRI and California Women Lawyers. Joan was listed as one of "California's Top Rainmakers" in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001 (California Law Business).
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