Tulin D. Acikalin - Belmont, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Tulane Law Review, Member (98 - 99) Associate Editor (99 - 00), 1998 - 2000

• Non Legal Education

  • Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
    B.S.
    Major: Management and Finance

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Bay Area Legal Aid, Managing Attorney (2006 - 2015), Staff Attorney (2005 - 2006)
• Gordon & Rees LLP, Associate, 2003 - 2005
• Latham & Watkins, Associate, 2000 - 2002
• City of New Orleans, Economic Development Fund Manager, Financial Analyst, Project Manager, 1994 - 1997

Languages

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• May 2020, Lawyers for Family Justice, Once per Month training for the Legal Incubator Program, Family Law
  
• 2015 to Present, La Casa de las Madres, Quarterly 40-hour domestic violence training, Domestic Violence and the Law
  
• November 2019, Berkley Law School Domestic Violence Practicum, Representing Survivors in Tort Suits
  
• October 2019, Golden Gate University School of Law Domestic Violence Law course, Representing Survivors in Family Law Matters
  
• October 2019, La Casa de Las Madres Employee Training, Domestic Violence Restraining Order remedies and enforcement, co-presenter Emberly Cross, Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic
  
• June 2019, San Mateo County Bar Association Family Law Section, Intimate Partner Abuse, Co-presenter: Charles Cavallino, Esq. from Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
  
• June 2018, San Mateo County Psychological Association Domestic Violence Update Training for Child Custody Evaluators Per California Rules of Court 5.225 and 5.230, Domestic Violence Legal Update
  
• June 2017, National Crime Victim Bar Association (NCVBA) National Conference “Civil Actions for Criminal Acts,” Civil Remedies for Victims of Domestic Violence SA and Stalking, Co-presenters Jessica Dayton and Lauren Zorfas.

Pro Bono Activities

• Court Appointed Special Advocates, Volunteer
• Exhale, Volunteer
• San Francisco Animal Shelter, Volunteer
• San Mateo County Domestic Violence Council, Member, Legal Process Committee, 2006 - 2015
• San Mateo County Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care
• San Mateo County Blue Ribbon Commission, Information Sharing Committee, 2011 - 2015

Representative Cases

• Arce v. Gutierrez
  • Citation: 311 F.3d 942
  • Court: 9th Cir
  • Year: 2002

Published Works

Articles

• Making Economic Justice and Homelessness Prevention a Reality in Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases, Practising Law Institute Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors and Children in California: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases (2015), Volume 43, #58049, p.571
  
• Comment, Debunking the Dichotomy of Nonintervention: The Role of the State in Regulating Domestic Violence, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 1045 (2000)
  

Bar Admissions

• California, 2000
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Family Law Specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization

Other Affiliations

• San Francisco County Bar Association (Member)
• San Mateo County Bar Association (Member)