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Admitted to bar: 1986, California; 1988, District of Columbia; 1986, United States District Court, Northern District of California and United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit; 1990, United States District Court, Central District of California; 1994, United States District Court, Southern District of California.

Education: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1985); Stanford University (M.B.A., 1981); University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1979).

Member: State Bar of California; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association.

Experience: Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Lear was associated with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in their Palo Alto office, from 1998 to 2002. Previously, Ms. Lear was a consultant in the forensic accounting and dispute analysis practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and was associated with the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in Los Angeles.

Ms. Lear’s areas of practice include internal investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and securities litigation. She has conducted internal investigations on behalf of special litigation committees and audit committees, including forensic accounting investigations. Ms Lear also has represented technology companies and corporate officers and directors in securities litigation and regulatory enforcement proceedings. In addition, she has counseled technology companies concerning corporate governance, NYSE and Nasdaq compliance, SEC reporting and disclosure obligations, public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital financings.