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Julie A. Hunter

Associate

Julie Hunter focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. As an extern for Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, she researched constitutional claims, privacy claims, and claims for trademark infringement and various torts. Julie earned her law degree from UC Law San Francisco, where she represented clients through the law school’s Individual Representation Clinic. She has clerked with Bay Area Legal Aid’s Youth Justice Team and the Equal Justice Society. She earned a master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University, where she studied policy and administration in public education. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and legal studies from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Julie Hunter focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. As an extern for Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, she researched constitutional claims, privacy claims, and claims for trademark infringement and various torts. Julie earned her law degree from UC Law San Francisco, where she represented clients through the law school’s Individual Representation Clinic. She has clerked with Bay Area Legal Aid’s Youth Justice Team and the Equal Justice Society. She earned a master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University, where she studied policy and administration in public education. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and legal studies from the University of California, Berkeley. 

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Keker, Van Nest & Peters is representing the small town of Social Circle, Georgia, in filing suit Wednesday against the federal government and its proposal to convert a local warehouse into a 10,000-bed immigration detention facility, a project that would nearly triple the local population and severely strain the area’s infrastructure, Law.com reported. Read more

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