Background
Samuelson, Joan I. was born on April 5, 1950 in San Diego, California, United States.
Samuelson, Joan I. was born on April 5, 1950 in San Diego, California, United States.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Worked at Pick & Boydston (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice. Antitrust, Business Regulation, Copyright and Trademark, Corporate, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation and Trust Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, California and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California.
Recipient: "California Lawyer 1996," A Lawyer of the Year. Distinguished Service Award, 1996 University of California Law School at Berkeley, Boalt Hall Alumni Association.
Member, California Law Review, 1976-1977. Author: "Employment Rights of Women in the Toxic Workplace," 65 California Law Review 1113, 1977.
Member, Board of Directors, Berkeley Law Foundation, 1977-1978.
Member, Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Development, City and County of San Francisco, 1979-1982. Panelist, "Occupational Safety and Health Law," Practising Law Institute, 1978, 1981. Founder and President, Parkinson"s Action Network, 1991.
Member: The State Bar of California.
Pick & Boydston has a general civil litigation practice with special emphasis on insurance coverage, commercial litigation, unfair trade practices, securities law, copyright law, landlord/tenant, personal injury, construction defect, employment and employment discrimination, regulatory practice and appellate practice. Among other clients, we represented Polygram Records when the Federal Trade Commission opposed its merger with Warner Brothers Records, represented Sylvania and Magnavox when Universal Studios alleged that their Videocassette Recorder"s infringed on Universal"s copyrights and have extensively litigated the area of "grey-marketed goods" (genuine goods imported by independent importers.).
Member, California Law Review, 1976-1977.
