Ms. Traverso is a Partner whose practice
emphasizes business litigation.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HASTINGS COLLEGE OF
THE LAW, San Francisco, California
J.D., 1986
MILLS COLLEGE, Oakland, California
B.A., Double Major: Administration and Legal
Processes/French Studies, 1981
SORBONNE UNIVERSITY, Paris, France
Degré Normale Supérieur, 1980
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
Member: State Bar of California
Admitted: California State Bar; Federal
District Courts.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Author: "Two Corporate Signatures Are
Better Than One," The Recorder, July 9, 1998.
Presenter: "Ethical Traps for the Unwary:
How To Avoid Legal Malpractice Suits," Legal Malpractice
Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, January 29,
1998.
Presenter: "The Impact of Jury
Instructions on Forensic Accounting," San Francisco Chapter
of the CPA Society, August 26, 1997.
Author of chapter: "Professional
Corporations," Bancroft-Whitney, California Transaction
Guide
Author: "When a Principal Withdraws From
a Firm: What Issues Should Be Considered?," The
Successful California Accountant, Winter 1996/1997
Author: "Navigating Partnership
Perils," ABA Journal, September 1996
Author: "Limited Liability
Partnerships," The Successful California Accountant,
Winter 1995/1996
Author: "California Enacts New Limited
Liability Partnership Act," State Bar Real Property
Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter 1995/1996
Author: "California's New Limited
Liability Partnership Act," Legal Malpractice Report,
Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996
Author: "Stability Amid Liability,"
an article discussing California's new Limited Liability
Partnership Act, The Recorder, October 1995
Author: "Are You Risking Your Personal
Assets By Not Doing Your Corporate Housekeeping?," The
Weekly Reporter, April 1995; reprinted with additional
information pertaining to Professional Law Corporations, Legal
Malpractice Report, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Author: "Two Corporate Signatures Are
Better Than One," The Recorder, July 9, 1998.
Presenter: "Ethical Traps for the Unwary:
How To Avoid Legal Malpractice Suits," Legal Malpractice
Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, January 29,
1998.
Presenter: "The Impact of Jury
Instructions on Forensic Accounting," San Francisco Chapter
of the CPA Society, August 26, 1997.
Presenter: "Negotiation Techniques for
Women Insurance Professionals," October 3, 1996; May 29,
1997.
Presenter: "Lawyers' Professional
Liability Coverage Issues: Preventing Coverage Issues from
Becoming Bad Faith Problems," June 3, 1996.
Co-Author: "With Many Courts Expanding
the Responsibilities of Attorneys To Non-clients, Both Law Firms
and Their Insurers Are Likely To Face Increased Financial
Exposure," National Law Journal, October 23,
1995.
Presenter: "Independent Counsel: When Is
It Necessary?," September 8, 1995.
Co-Author: "Pushing the Privity Envelope,
Duty To Non-Clients," Professional Liability Underwriting
Society News & Views, August 1995.
Author: "What Does It Mean to Be
'Actually Injured' Under The Legal Malpractice Statute Of
Limitations?," Legal Ledger, Vol. 5, October
1994.
Presenter: "Crime Insurance and Insurer
Insolvency," San Francisco Insurance Claims Forum,
1993.
Co-author: "Problems Posed for the
Directors' and Officers' Insurer by Insolvent Insureds," Directors'
and Officers' Liability Insurance 1992, Practicing Law
Institute.
Author: "May An Attorney Counsel A Client
to Hide Assets From Creditors?," Legal Malpractice
Report, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1992.
Author: "How to Survive Mandatory Fee
Arbitration," Legal Malpractice Report, Vol. 2, No.
4, 1991.
PERSONAL
