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Farella Women Lawyers Named to The Recorder’s 2018 Women Leaders in Tech Law & Next Generation Leaders

September 18, 2018 Accolades

San Francisco, September 18, 2018: Farella Braun + Martel LLP Intellectual Property Litigation Partner Stephanie P. Skaff was named among The Recorder’s 2018 Women Leaders in Tech Law. This is the fifth time Skaff has been named to the list. Senior Associate Julia Kropp was recognized in the inaugural group of Next Generation Leaders, women in their first 10 years of practice who have shown promise as leaders in law and technology.

This year, The Recorder honored 60 California-based women lawyers—30 Women Leaders in Tech Law and 30 Next Generation Leaders. The women are recognized for helping the law and the legal profession address novel issues raised by technological advances through their work in courtrooms, boardrooms and classrooms.

The honorees will be profiled on The Recorder website in October. A celebratory reception will be held in San Francisco on Nov. 14 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom. The complete list of the 2018 Women Leaders in Tech Law & Next Generation Leaders can be found here.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business transactions and complex commercial, civil and criminal litigation. Clients like our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. The attorneys in each practice group work cohesively in interdisciplinary teams to advance the clients’ objectives in the most effective, coordinated and efficient manner. Founded in 1962, we are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.  

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