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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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  • Bryant Forster

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Experience: 
    Mortgage Loan Processor, Network Capital
    Previous Education: 
    B.A. Public Law, University of California, San Diego
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  • Avneet Johl

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Education: 
    B.A. Business Law, Arizona State University
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  • Anna Donald

    Student Fellow Class of 2023

    Previous Education: 
    B.S. Human Development, University of California, Davis
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  • Mounika Yepuri

    CBL Scholar Class of 2023

    Mounika Yepuri (Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA and Hyderabad, India). Mounika is a 1L at UC Hastings. She studied Political Science at UC Berkeley before working at Atrium LLP and Allen & Hatcher LLP as a corporate paralegal. Through these experiences, she was able to work with many startups, which inspired her to attend law school at the heart of the startup world.
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