Duffy J. Magilligan - Burlingame, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
    J.D.
    Honors: Student Budget Committee
    Honors: CALI Award in Torts
    Honors: Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
    Law Review: Law Review, Member

• Non Legal Education

  • Loyola Marymount University
    B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Honorable Maura Corrigan, Michigan Supreme Court, Clerk
• Santa Clara County, Prosecutor, 2012 - 2018
• Contra Costa County, Prosecutor, 2008 - 2012

Pro Bono Activities

• Thomas More Society of San Francisco
• Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA), Board of Directors

Representative Cases

• Colleen Cudd v. Tiffany Li (2022)
• Medawar v. Mameesh (2018)
• People v. Vargas-Alvarez, et al. (2017)
• People v. Wright (2017)
• People v. Bui (2016)
• People v. Butler (2016)

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California

Other Affiliations

• San Mateo County Trial Lawyers, 2020 - Present (Board Member)
• San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
• San Mateo County Bar Association
• Consumer Attorney’s of California (CAOC), Board of Directors