Background
Schofield, Lorna Gail was born on January 22, 1956 in New Haven, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Donald Earl and Priscilla (Tiango) Schofield.
Schofield, Lorna Gail was born on January 22, 1956 in New Haven, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Donald Earl and Priscilla (Tiango) Schofield.
Indiana University (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, NY) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1982, N.Y. Note and Comment Editor, New York University Law Review, 1980-1981.
Author: Co-Chairs' Corner, Class Actions & Derivative Suits Newsletter (published quarterly). Proposed Amendments Offer an Efficient Next Step in Class Action Management, Litigation News, November, 1996. The Gorilla Adversary,California Litigation, The Journal of The Litigation Section, State of California, Winter 1996.
Depositions and the Gorilla Adversary, The Woman Advocate, Excelling in the 90s, published 1995 (with Jill A. Lesser). Class Actions: Efficiency or Exploitation, International Commercial Litigation, September, 1995. United States Client-Attorney Confidentiality, International Financial Law Review, February, 1994 (with Bruce E. Yannett and Jeffrey Oestericher).
"Effects Jurisdiction Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Due Process Clause," 55 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 474, 1980. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. American Bar Association.
American Law Institute. Federal Bar Council; New York Council of Defense Lawyers. Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.
Bar: New York 1982, United States District Court (so and eastern districts) New York 1982, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit) 1983, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1985, United States TaxCt. 1991, United States District Court Federal Claims 1992, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1993, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1995, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1996, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit) 1997.
Member American Bar Association (litigation section, co-chair task force on discovery since 1997, coun.1997-, co-chair class actions and derivative suits committee 1994-1997, vice chair accountants' liability subcommittee 1993-1994, co-chair Woman Advocate Committee 1994, planning committee 1993), American Law Institute, Federal Bar Council, New York Council Defense Lawyers, Association of Bar of City of New York.
Married Gabriel S. Zatlin, May 14, 1983. 1 child, Sarah.
