Oriana Matsuura
Founding partner
Civil appeals, writs, and a seat beside trial counsel before the verdict.
Oriana spent her first years after law school as a research attorney for an appellate court, reading records and drafting proposed opinions for judges. She learned what makes a judge stop reading, and what makes one keep going.
She started the firm to bring that reading to clients earlier. Today she takes civil appeals for businesses and individuals, writes respondents' briefs for clients who won at trial, and leads the firm's work with trial lawyers.
Takes on
- Civil appeals
- Writ petitions
- Respondent's briefs
- Jury instructions and post-trial motions
Credentials
Oriana's bars, courts and schools
Bar admissions
California
2009
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2011
Courts
California Court of Appeal, all districts
Supreme Court of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Education
J.D., University of California, Davis, School of Law
2009
B.A., Linguistics, University of California, San Diego
2005
Languages
English
Japanese
Memberships
San Diego County Bar Association, appellate practice section
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