Stephanie Rae Williams

Background

Rae Williams, Stephanie was born in 1966 in Spokane, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Education

Northwestern University (Bachelor of Science, 1989). Loyola University School of Law (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).

Career

Worked at Horvitz & Levy (Los Angeles, California) specializing in All Civil Appeals and Related Appellate Practice, including Trial Consultations, with Emphasis in the Areas of Business Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Care, Hospitals, Insurance and Insurance Defense (including Coverage and Bad Faith), Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Legal and Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, and Torts. Admitted to the bar, 1992, Illinois. 1995, California and United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Executive Editor for Publication, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Journal. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law, Criminal Procedure, Employment Discrimination, Labor Law, Law & Poverty and Professional Responsibility.

Justice John C. Hayes Scholarship Award. BNA Law Student Award.

Loyola Law Alumni Merit Academic Scholarship.

Loyola Merit Academic Scholarship. Instructor: Appellate Advocacy, Legal Writing and Research, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1993-1994. Legal Skills, Pretrial Litigation and Professional Responsibility Practicum, Whittier Law School, 1995-1996.

Judicial Clerkship: Honorary Ferdinand F. Fernandez, United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997. Honorary T.F. Gilroy Daly, United States.

District Court, District of Connecticut, 1994-1995. Honorary Edward J. Egan, Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 1992-1994.

Author: "The Untimely Demise of the Involuntary Confession Material Witness Rule in Illinois," 14 North. Illinois.

U.L Review 105 (1993); Note, "Voter Initiatives in Illinois: Where Are We After Chicago Bar Association v. State Board of Elections?" 22 Loy.

U. Chic. Lord Justice 1110 (1991).

Company-Author: "Toward a State Constitutional Check on Police Discretion to Patrol the Fourth Amendment"s Outer Frontier: A Subjective Test Foreign Pretextural Seizures," 69 Temple Law Review (1996). Horvitz & Levy is the largest firm in California specializing in civil appellate litigation. The firm appears regularly in the California and federal appellate courts as lead counsel or amicus curiae on behalf of insurance carriers, the health care community, manufacturers and other business organizations, public entities, and business and professional trade associations.

Since 1981, the firm has briefed more civil cases in the California Supreme Court as lead counsel or as amicus curiae, than any other private law firm in California.

The firm consults with clients and trial counsel in evaluating cases for appeal and in assisting trial counsel to present and preserve issues for appeal. The firm also provides its clients with analyses of new legislation, important court decisions and other matters affecting their interests.

Achievements

• Stephanie Rae Williams has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.