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Michael A. Schaps 

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Practice Areas:

  • Business Disputes
  • Personal Injury
  • Appeals and Writs
  • Other Civil Cases

Biography

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California
    • J.D. - 2006
    • Honors: Order of the Coif
  • Stanford University
    • Master's Degree
    • Major: Religious Studies
  • Stanford University
    • A.B.
    • Major: Philosophy and Religious Studies

Bar Admission

  • California, 2006
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Published Works

  • The Proposal to End Gubernatorial Appointment of Replacement Senators: Reform in This Area May Be Needed, But The Feingold Constitutional Amendment Needs More Thought, Co-Author with Vikram D. Amar, Findlaw.com, 2009
  • Vagueness as a Virtue: Why the Supreme Court Decided the Ten Commandments Cases Inexactly Right, 94 Cal. L. Rev. 1243, California Law Review, 2006

Past Positions

  • Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco Office, Associate
  • Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, California, Law Clerk
  • Chief Judge David F. Levi, United States District Court Eastern District of California, Sacramento, California, Law Clerk

Professional Associations

  • Federal Bar Association, Member
  • Yolo County Bar Association, Member
  • Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association, Member