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Brian L. Anderson

Law Clerk, Admission Pending
PHONE: 212-808-1029 FAX: 212-351-3401
Mr. Anderson’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling.

At Berkeley Law, he served as an associate editor of the California Law Review. He captained the school’s Mock Trial team, advancing to the quarterfinals of the National Trial Competition and competing in the prestigious Top Gun Trial Competition as one of the nation’s sixteen select advocates. He also contributed pro bono work through the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, where he assisted clients with litigation and research matters involving data privacy and information access rights.

Before law school, Mr. Anderson earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from UC Irvine, graduating with honors. As a research assistant in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, he studied student misconceptions about dynamic programming. He also served as president of UC Irvine’s Mock Trial team, attending Nationals twice and earning an All-National Attorney distinction.

Prior Experience

  • Summer Associate, Desmarais LLP, 2024
  • Summer Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C., 2024
  • Summer Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C., 2023

Clerk & Government Experience

  • Judicial Extern to the Hon. James Donato, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 2025

Other Distinctions

  • Order of the Barristers, UC Berkeley Law
  • Anthony F. Dragonette Award for Civil Trial Practice, UC Berkeley Law
  • Academic All-American Advocate, National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators
  • Law & Technology Certificate, UC Berkeley Law

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EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2025; Law & Technology Certificate; Trial Team, Captain (2023-2025); California Law Review, Associate Editor (2023-2025); Intellectual Property Law Society, Vice President of External Communications (2023-2024)

University of California, Irvine, B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, 2022; cum laude
 

ADMISSIONS

New York, Pending

OFFICES