Penelope Athene Athene Preovolos

Background

Preovolos, Penelope Athene was born on September 16, 1955 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of James Peter and Lorraine Lucille (Tiscornia) Preovolos.

Education

University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1976). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Executive Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1978-1979.

Law Clerk to Judge Charles M. Merrill, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1979-1980.

Career

Worked at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Judge Charles M. Merrill, United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1979-1980. Chair, 1994-1995 and Secretary, 1993-1994, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, State Bar of California. Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation.

Member, Advisory Committee on the Rules of Practice, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990-1993. Morrison & Foerster is one of the world's largest international law firms with over 500 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide.

The firm's legal practice encompasses every major area of commercial law, including corporate finance, project finance, institutional lending, financial services, real estate, environmental and land use planning, mining and natural resources, multimedia, intellectual property, energy, communications, computer technology, insurance, alternative dispute resolution, product liability, bankruptcy and workouts, estate planning, probate, trust administration, financial transactions, labor and employment, immigration, civil, criminal and securities litigation, entertainment and sports, food and beverage, health care, hotel and resort, antitrust, international business, international litigation and arbitration, trade regulation, transportation and tax.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1979, United States District Court (northern district) California 1979, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1979.

Membership

Board of directors San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, since 1990. Member American Bar Association (antitrust section), State Bar of California (secretary antitrust and trade regulation law section 1993-1994, chair 1994-1995).

Interests

• Avocations: riding (dressage), classical music.

Connections

Married Richard Gonzalo Katerndahl, March 24, 1984.

Father:

James Peter Preovolos

Mother:

Lorraine Lucille (Tiscornia) Preovolos

Spouse:

Richard Gonzalo Katerndahl