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Admitted to bar: 1991, California; United States District Court, Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California.

Education: University of California, Hastings (J.D.,1991); Executive Managing Editor, Hastings International & Comparative Law Review, 1990-1991. Recipient, William J. Riegger Award; University of California, Irvine (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1988).

Author: "Equity In Maritime Boundary Delimitations: The Gulf of Maine Case," Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 3. "Drafting and Challenging Section 2019.210 Statements in Trade Secret Litigation," Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Report, Vol. 15, No. 2 (co-author with Mindy M. Morton). "Avoiding Pitfalls in the Employee Solicitation Arena," Northern California Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) Report, Vol. 11, No. 2. Ms. Stangenes is a contributing author to the Employment And Labor Matters section of the California State Bar Association Corporations Committee's Guide To Organizing A California Corporation. This guide contains practical advice for California start-up companies regarding various legal issues, including employment law compliance. Topics covered in the Employment And Labor Matters section include: required employer filings with the State and Federal government; Employment Agreements; Employee Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreements; Arbitration Agreements; and an overview of various employment laws, including laws related to discrimination and harassment, leaves of absence, workers' compensation, disability, wrongful termination, workplace safety and wage and hour compliance.

Member: State Bar of California; Santa Clara County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Experience: Ms. Stangenes was a litigation attorney at Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, California, from 1991 to 1997. Ms. Stangenes’s area of practice is commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property and employment matters. Ms. Stangenes also has substantial experience in appellate practice and has obtained favorable opinions in two published decisions: Scott v. Continental Ins. Co., 44 Cal.App.4th 24 (1996) and Golden Security Thrift & Loan Assoc. v. First American Title Ins. Co., 53 Cal.App.4th 250 (1997).

Ms. Stangenes’s representative litigation includes:

TRS Consultants, Inc. v. Rick Shi, et al., Case No. C-04-02171 JSW (2004), United States District Court for the Northern District of California (copyright/misappropriation of trade secrets);

Excambria, Inc. v. Enable Solutions, Inc., Case No. CO3-03236BZ (2003), United States District Court (San Francisco Division) (misappropriation of trade secrets);

CAT Technologies, Inc. v. NPA West, Case No. 405304 (2002), San Francisco Superior Court (misappropriation of trade secrets);

West Valley Engineering, Inc. v. Nicholas Schichtle, Case No. CV801705 (2001), Santa Clara County Superior Court (misappropriation of trade secrets);

Adaptec, Inc. v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., Case No. CV789393 (2000), Santa Clara County Superior Court (misappropriation of trade secrets and employee solicitation);

Network Commerce, Inc. v. Preview Systems, Case No. C-00-1790 (2000), Western District of Washington (patent);

Amalar Inc. v. Thermo-Fusion, et al., Case No. CV781303 (1999), Santa Clara County Superior Court (misappropriation of trade secrets);

RPG Music International Limited and Gramophone Company of India Limited v. Ghazal International, Case No. C-99-20106SW PVT (1999), Northern District of California (trademark infringement);

Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. v. Advanced Broadband Communications, Inc., Case No. CV784108 (1999), Santa Clara County Superior Court (misappropriation of trade secrets);

Charles Evans & Associates v. Accurel Systems International Corp., et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. CV 772301 (1998) (misappropriation of trade secrets);

Molex Inc. v. Foxconn International, Inc., Case No. C-97-20107 (1997), Northern District of California and Case No. 97-C-0739 (1997), Northern District of Illinois (patent);

Mediatek Inc. v. Oak Technology, Inc., Case No. C-97 21126 RMW (1997), Northern District of California (patent);

NSA International, Inc. v. Intelligy Corp., et al., Case No. 94-2969 (1994), Western District of Tennessee (copyright).