Background
Nielsen Little, January was born on January 20, 1958 in Oakland, California, United States.
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January Nielsen Little
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University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1978). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Keker & Van Nest, Limited liability partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Business Litigation, including complex Commercial Disputes, Trade Secrets, Patent, Copyright and Trademark, Professional Liability, Securities Fraud, Directors" and Officers" Liability, Class Actions, Consumer Claims, Antitrust, Real Estate, Employment, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith, Media Defense. Complex Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1981, California.
1984, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorary William Schwarzer, Northern District of California, 1981-1982. Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1982-1986. Department of Justice Special Commendation Award, 1984.
Author: "Parallel Proceedings, The Uncomfortable Intersection of Criminal and Civil Litigation," American Bar Association Litigation Section Complex Crimes Journal, 1993.
Company-Author: "Evidence Introduction of Evidence in California," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1990. Lawyer Delegate to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1989-1992. Member, Board of Directors, United States.
District Court, Federal Practice Program, 1992.
National Company-Chair, American Bar Association Litigation Section, complex Crimes Committee, 1992-1995. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
State Bar of California. District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Member, Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections).
San Francisco Women Lawyers Alliance. Keker & Van Nest was founded in 1978 and specializes in business litigation and complex criminal cases. All of our partners and many of our associates are trial lawyers.
Nationally recognized, we have a clientele that includes both corporations and individuals.
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Member, Board of Directors, United States. District Court, Federal Practice Program, 1992. National Company-Chair, American Bar Association Litigation Section, complex Crimes Committee, 1992-1995.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
State Bar of California. District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Member, Criminal Justice and Litigation Sections). San Francisco Women Lawyers Alliance.
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American
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Recipient Special Commendation award Department Justice, Washington, 1984, Criminal Justice award, California Atty for Criminal Justice 1995, Wayland Prize, named California Top 75 Women Litig., Los Angeles Daily Journal 2005-2006, Best Lawyers In American 2006, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2006, Top 500 Litig. in United States 2006, Top 100 Lawyers in northern California, Lawdragon magazine, Top 50 Women Lawyers in northern California, San Francisco magazine/Law and Politics 2005-2006.Recipient Special Commendation award Department Justice, Washington, 1984, Criminal Justice award, California Atty for Criminal Justice 1995, Wayland Prize, named California Top 75 Women Litig., Los Angeles Daily Journal 2005-2006, Best Lawyers In American 2006, International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2006, Top 500 Litig. in United States 2006, Top 100 Lawyers in northern California, Lawdragon magazine, Top 50 Women Lawyers in northern California, San Francisco magazine/Law and Politics 2005-2006.