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  • Ricardo Parada

    CBL Scholar Class of 2025

    Ricardo Parada is a 3L at UC Law San Francisco. As a social justice concentrator, he is particularly interested in the intersection of transactional law and community economic development.

    Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ricardo earned his bachelor’s degree in politics with a minor in Latino/Latin American Studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles,
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  • Dilani Logan

    CBL Scholar Class of 2025

    Dilani Logan is a 3L student at UC Law SF and a proud first-generation college graduate. She was born and raised in Mississauga, Canada and studied Medical Science and Spanish at the University of Western Ontario before obtaining her master’s degree in Global Health from Duke University. Prior to law school, Dilani worked as a researcher at the American Institutes for Research and interned with organizations including the World Health Organization,
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  • Sharareh Zerang

    CBL Scholar Class of 2024

    Sheila Zerang is a 1L student at UC Hastings. She graduated cum laude from UCLA with a degree in Sociology. Prior to law school, she worked as a corporate paralegal at a business litigation law firm where she was exposed to the role of venture capital in the formation of technological ecosystems and found that highly intriguing.
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  • Candace Kelly

    Class of 1997. General Counsel, Stellar Development Foundation.

    Candace Kelly is the Chief Legal Officer of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source blockchain network that connects the world’s financial infrastructure. In addition to being responsible for all of SDF’s legal affairs, she also leads the policy team that focuses on bridging the gap between the public and private sectors,
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  • Daniel Lopez

    Class of 2010. Partner, Orrick.

    Daniel advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies in the tech and life sciences sectors on various strategic transactions, including leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carveouts, debt financings, growth equity investments and secondary transactions. Daniel also counsels boards, special committees, investors and other key stakeholders on fiduciary duty, securities law, corporate governance and equity compensation matters.
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  • Flavia Naves

    Co-Director, CBL Roundtable on Financial Policy & Regulation

    Flavia Naves is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications.
    Flavia has decades of experience with legal and regulatory-facing roles at WorldPay, one of the largest payments processors in the world,
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  • Mitchell Carlson

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Experience:
    Legal Assistant, Fisher & Phillips LLP
    Legal Practice Assistant / Paralegal Assistant, Perkins Coie LLP
    Legal Intern, Infinitum Legal Counsel
    Previous Education:
    B.A. Political Science, University of Puget Sound
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  • Julia Staudinger

    Student Fellow Class of 2022

    Previous Experience
    Project Coordinator, Hilton Builders
    Education
    J.D. UCLA School of Law, Class of 2022
    M.A. Museum Studies, New York University
    B.A. Architectural Studies, Connecticut College
     
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  • Zach Leonard

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Experience:
    Account Management, SnackNation
    Membership Retention Manager, Menlo Club
    Previous Education: 
    B.F.A. Theatre, University of Houston
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  • Michael Torbati

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Experience:
    Contract Analyst, Ironclad, Inc.
    Account Executive, Indeed.com
    Account Executive, Cisco Meraki
    Account Development Representative, Cisco Meraki
    Previous Education: 
    B.A. Economics & Accounting, UC Santa Barbara
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