Background
Sun, Brian A. was born on August 12, 1954 in Monterey, California, United States.
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Brian A. SUN
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BRIAN SUN, American Lawyer, Partner of O’NEILL & LYSAGHT, specializing in the field of Member: State Bar of California; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Criminal Justice; Litigation; Member: Committee on White Collar Crime, since 1984, West Coast Chair, 1985; Committee on Complex Criminal Litigation, since 1984); Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Education
University of Southern California (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1976, Phi Beta Kappa. Juris Doctor, 1979). Law Clerk, Honorable A. Andrew Hauk, United States. District Court, Central District of California, 1980.
Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1986.
Chief, Financial Investigations Task Force, 1984-1986. Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, since 1988.
Career
Worked at O"Neill, Lysaght & Sun (Santa Monica, California) specializing in Business and Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1986, United States.
Supreme Court. Law Clerk, Honorable A. Andrew Hauk, United States. District Court, Central District of California, 1979-1980.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law, 1992. Author: "The Overzealous Prosecutor," Litigation, Winter 1992.
Practicing Law Institute, "Legal Ethics: Confidential Information," 1993.
Company-Author: "Number Place To Hide: The Congressional Abolishment of The "Number Resident Number Case" Rule In Civil Forfeiture Actions", American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, 1993. "Federal and State Forfeiture Statutes: The Prosecutors" New Darling", California Litigation, Spring, 1993. Instructor: Trial Advocacy, United States Department of Justice, Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, 1985.
Trial Advocacy and Law and Motions Practice Skills, California Continuing Legal Education of the Bar, 1987, 1991.
Associate, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, 1980-1982. Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1982-1986.
Chief, Financial Investigations Task Force, 1984-1986. Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1988-1991.
Ninth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules of Practice and Internal Operating Procedures, 1995.
Deputy General Counsel, Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department (Christopher Commission), 1991-1992. Master, West Side Chapter, Inns of Court, 1993. Member, Magistrate-Judge Merit Selection Panel, 1991, 1994, 1995.
Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1990.
Volunteer Attorney, Public Counsel, 1981-1982 and Board of Directors, 1989-1992. Member: Lawyer Assistance Committee, 1983-1984.
Immigration Project Oversight Committee, 1984-1986. Executive Committee, Los Angeles County Barristers, 1983-1984.
1985-1987; Judicial Appointments Committee, 1988-1991.
Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 1994) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California. Asian Pacific Bar of California (President, 1986-1987).
Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1985.
President, 1986-1987). National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1991.
President, 1993-1994). Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
O"Neill, Lysaght & Sun is a fourteen lawyer firm specializing in civil, commercial, criminal and administrative litigation.
Many lawyers in the firm have high level experience in large law firms and as federal prosecutors with the United States Justice Department. The firm"s lawyers have represented individuals and business associations in a broad range of commercial litigation and administrative and criminal investigations, including investigations conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service, and United States Department of Justice. Lawyers in the firm handle civil and criminal trials and appeals in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals and State Bar court.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Magistrate-Judge Merit Selection Panel, 1991, 1994, 1995. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1990. Volunteer Attorney, Public Counsel, 1981-1982 and Board of Directors, 1989-1992.
Member: Lawyer Assistance Committee, 1983-1984.
Immigration Project Oversight Committee, 1984-1986. Executive Committee, Los Angeles County Barristers, 1983-1984.
1985-1987. Judicial Appointments Committee, 1988-1991.
Executive Committee, Litigation Section, 1994) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Asian Pacific Bar of California (President, 1986-1987). Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1985.
President, 1986-1987).
National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1991. President, 1993-1994). Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
