Amber Eck - San Diego, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: International Law Journal; Case & Note Editor, 1994-1995; member, 1993-1994
    Honors: Law Related Education (LRE) Program; Director, 1992-1993
    Honors: Giles S. Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, Best Brief, Northeast Region, 1995
    Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Chapter Justice, 1993-1994; Vice Justice, 1992-1993
    Honors: Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar (top 1% third year – 4th out of 381 students)
    Law Journal: Boston University International Law Journal, Case and Note Editor, 1993 - 1995

• Non Legal Education

  • Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, May, 1990
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Alpha Chi National Honor Society, President, 1989-1990, Member, 1987-1990
    Honors: Pepperdine People, Alumni magazine, Writer and Assistant Editor, 1988-1989
    Honors: Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Historian, 1988-1990
    Honors: Year-In-Europe Participant: Florence and London, 1987-1988
    Honors: Volunteer Center, co-founder and coordinator of Malibu Jr. High Tutoring Program, 1989-1990
    Honors: Alpha Chi National Honor Society, President, 1989-1990, member 1987-1990

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, San Diego, CA (formerly Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach), Partner/Attorney, 1997 - 2008
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge Jan M. Adler, 2008 - 2009
• Chapin, Fleming & Winet, Attorney and Summer Associate, 1994 - 1997
• Harvard School of Public Health, Research Assistant, 1993
• Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Writer, Photo Editor, Photographer, 1990 - 1992

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Lawyers Club and Thomas Jefferson School of Law sponsored symposium regarding Small Law Firms and Sole Practitioners, 2010

Pro Bono Activities

• Distinguished Service Award for Pro Bono Service in Sanchez v. County of San Diego, 2002
• Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Service Award for Badua v. City of San Diego, 1999
• United States District Court for the Southern District of California’s Pro Bono Panel, 2019 - 2029
• Welsh Inn of Court, Master
• Girl Scouts of America, Troop Leader, Member
• Volunteer, Genesis Diaz (Baja, Mexico)
• Deacon, Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church
• Lawyers Club of San Diego, Sustaining Member, 1995 - 2000
• Consumer Attorneys of San Diego

Representative Cases

• In re Ecotality, Inc.
  • Citation: 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114804 (Aug. 28, 2015)
• Cohen v. Trump, 303 F.R.D. 376 (S.D. Cal., Oct. 24, 2014)
• Makaeff v. Trump Univ., LLC, 26 F. Supp. 3d 1002 (S.D. Cal., June 16, 2004)
• Cohen v. Trump
  • Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23885 (S.D. Cal., Feb. 21, 2014)
• Makaeff v. Trump Univ., LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22392 (S.D. Cal., Feb. 21, 2014)
• Makaeff v. Trump Univ., LLC
  • Citation: 715 F.3d 254 (9th Cir., April 17, 2013)
• Brennan v. United States TelePacific Corp.
  • Citation: 2013 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 712 (4th Dist. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2013)
• West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund v. Cardionet, Inc.
  • Citation: 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30607 (S.D. Cal., Mar. 24, 2011)
• In re Sony VAIO Computer Notebook Trackpad Litig.
  • Citation: 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115142 (S.D. Cal., Oct. 27, 2010)
• Lane v. Page (“Westland”)
  • Citation: 581 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (D.N.M.)
• In re Wireless Facilities, Inc.
  • Citation: 253 F.R.D. 607 (S.D. Cal., Sept. 3, 2008)
• New Eng. Health Care Emples. Pension Fund v. Fruit of the Loom, Inc.
  • Citation: 234 F.R.D. 627 (W.D.Ky., Mar. 17, 2006)
• In re Sprint Corp. Secs. Litig.
  • Citation: 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7898 (D. Kan., Feb. 24, 2004)
• StorMedia Inc. v. Superior Court
  • Citation: 20 Cal. 4th 449 (May 27, 1999)

Published Works

Articles

• “Lessons Learned from Mentors of the Past", co-author, published in the national American Inn of Court magazine, The Bencher, January, 2011
  

Bar Admissions

• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court District of Nevada

Other Affiliations

• Federal Bar Association, 1997-2000
• San Diego County Bar Association, 1995 - Present
• American Inns of Court, Louis M Welsh Chapter, 2009 - 2011 (Barrister)
• San Diego Barristers Club, Board of Directors, 1996 - 1998
• California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity