First Admitted: 2009, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

San Mateo County Law Library Foundation, board officer
Alameda County Bar Association, Member, 2024
San Mateo County Bar Association, Member, 2022
Legal Process Committee of the San Mateo County Domestic Violence Council, Member

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Pro bono/Community Service:

Volunteer: Lawyers in the Library and Community Law Night at the San Mateo County Law Library, 2020

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Representing Immigrants in Family Law: Key Issues, Georgia Bar Family Law Review, Summer, 2013

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Successfully led briefing team and orally argued Jane Doe v. Scott Damron (2021) 70 Cal.App.5th 684, 285 Cal. Rptr. 634. Lead trial counsel in underlying matter. This case held that California has personal jurisdiction over a non-resident husband who sexually battered and committed domestic violence against his wife while travelling in California, where wife also was not a California resident. The husband's actions satisfied the minimum contacts required for due process for California to exercise personal jurisdiction, and the exercise of personal jurisdiction was reasonable under the Due Process Clause. , 2021

Laura Alvarez