Scott A. Sugarman
Work in Sugarman & Cannon
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in San Francisco, CA
Criminal Law, White Collar Crime
737 Tehama Street, No. 3, San Francisco, CA 94103
About Scott A. Sugarman
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- White Collar Crime
Education
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1975J.D.
- Honors: Moot Court Board, Executive Committee
- Honors: Moot Court competition, Finalist
- Honors: Instructor, Seminar Entitled "Criminal Punishment"
- Honors: Teaching Assistant, "Criminal Law and the Criminal System"
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- Major: History and Political Science
- Honors: With Highest Distinction
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Junior Year Abroad - University of Sussex, England
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Classes and Seminars
- Guest lecturer, Ethics, University of San Francisco Law School, 2011 - 2015
- Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1984 - Present
- Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, California Public Defenders Association, 1984 - 1987
- Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1984 - 2000
- Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, Alameda County Bar Association, 1984
- Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, Ventura County Bar Association, 1984
- Guest Lecturer, Labor Studies, Laney College, 2005, 2002, 2001, 1998
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- United States District Court, Northern District of California to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2001 - 2004 (Lawyer Representative)
- California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (President - 2014; Vice-president - 2013; Treasurer - 2012; Board of Governors - 1989 - 1994, 1996 - 2002, 2005 - 2011)
- California Public Defender Association, 1981 - Present (Member)
- California Supreme Court Memorial to Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird, 2000 (Invited Speaker)
- Stanford Law School Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, 1997 (Instructor)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1989 - 1990 (Instructor)
- California Public Defender Association, 1984 - 1985 (Legislative Chair)
- Alameda County Public Defender Association, 1982 - 1988 (Legislative Chair)
- Criminal Justice Working Group, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2003 - 2011 (Member)
Past Positions
- Alameda County, Assistant Public Defender, 1981 - 1988
- Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court, Supervising Research Attorney, 1977 - 1980
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Washington, D.C., Associate, 1975 - 1977
Office Info
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