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Ever since her days as a high school journalist, Alana Rotter has enjoyed the challenge of gathering information, analyzing it, and then presenting it to readers in a clear and engaging form. She suspected that a career in the law would call upon many of the same skills, and has been delighted to have her suspicions confirmed in her work as a federal appellate clerk and in private practice.
Alana developed an interest in the law while attending U.C. Berkeley, where she took undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law and the First Amendment for her Political Science and Mass Communications majors, and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she studied Jewish law during a semester abroad.
Following a fellowship in Washington, D.C. in which she developed curricula introducing teenagers to political and social justice issues, Alana attended Yale Law School and then went on to clerk for the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Alana became hooked on appellate law during her clerkship, relishing the opportunity to research and analyze a broad range of legal issues from criminal procedure and sentencing to equal protection and discrimination.
After clerking, Alana pursued her interest in appellate law as an associate at Irell & Manella, working on briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, and the California Court of Appeal, and contributing to a monthly Daily Journal column on circuit splits.
She joined GMSR in 2007 and happily continues her appellate practice at the firm.
 Education University of California, Berkeley (Political Science and Mass Communications), with highest distinction, B.A. (2000)
Yale Law School, Yale Law Journal (Editor and Member of Admissions Committee), Yale Law and Policy Review (Notes Editor), J.D. (2004)
Professional Experience Law Practice:
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP (2007-present)
Irell & Manella LLP (2005-2007)
Judicial Clerkship:
Law Clerk to the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2004-2005)
Authorship Tipping the Scales, Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 28, 2009)
A Melting Pot of Rulings, Los Angeles Daily Journal (January 29, 2009)
Proceed with Caution: Pitfalls in Preparing Jury Instructions, "Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers" (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association), Vol. 1, No. 9 (September 2008)
What a Relief?, Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 12, 2008)
Trial: Technology in the Courtroom, "Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers" (a newsletter of the Los Angeles County Bar Association), Vol. 1, No. 5 (April 2008)
Playbook Disqualification (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (August 6, 2007)
Appellate Law: Getting to the Substance (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (November 9, 2006)
10th Circuit at Center of Splits on Anti-Discrimination Laws (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (September 8, 2006)
3rd Circuit Splits From Other Courts on Fair Opportunity Doctrine (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (July 24, 2006)
Circuit Splits Affect Conflicts of Authority (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 14, 2006)
Splits Involve Issues Affecting Business, Government, Workers (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 18, 2006)
When Private Enterprise Hits Public Agencies, Splits Arise (co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 13, 2006)
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