FINAL STANDINGS
1. $6,300 DEF PIPER
2. $4,285 12TH ROOT OF 2
3. $3,055 KARNEY
4. $3,040 THE MULTIPLIERS
5. $2,080 THE OBJECTIONS
6. $2,040 JIMMY'S BROTHER
7. $1,680 MONTGOMERY STATION
1. $15,885 DEF PIPER
2. $11,895 MONTGOMERY STATION
3. $8,950 12TH ROOT OF 2
4. $8,925 THE OBJECTIONS
5. $7,150 THE MULTIPLIERS
6. $2,290 KARNEY
7. $2,100 JIMMY'S BROTHER
Last updated 5/8/15 10:30PM PST
Shattering previous records, the Third Annual Law Rocks San Francisco on May 8, 2015 raised over $79,000. Seven talented bands of brilliant Bay Area legal professionals battled it out for amazing local nonprofits (and rock glory). They all rocked the Great American Music Hall, but in the end Def Piper of DLA Piper pulled off a third win, once again playing for Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC).
We love you, San Francisco! What a night!
We are honored to support these awesome Bay Area nonprofit organizations.
THE NONPROFITS
THE JUDGES
We were honored to have an epic Rock Panel of judges.
THE HONORABLE LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler was appointed in 2010. She has presided over and settled hundreds of civil and criminal cases. Before joining the court, Judge Beeler was an assistant United States attorney in the Northern District, prosecuting complex white-collar cases with parallel criminal and civil components. Before that, she was a law clerk to the Honorable Cecil F. Poole, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Civil Appeals Division Chief at the Ninth Circuit's Office of Staff Attorneys.
Judge Beeler is one of four national judicial liaisons to the U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Defender Services Joint Electronic Technology Working Group, the chair of the Northern District's Criminal Rules & Practice Committee, and a member of the Northern District's Criminal Justice Act Committee. She developed the district's re-entry court, an intensive supervision program for high-risk offenders.
Judge Beeler teaches civil trial practice at U.C. Berkeley School of Law and a high-school civics and advocacy class at the San Francisco Court School for Juvenile Offenders. She taught Criminal Procedure for many years at U.C. Hastings College of the Law, lectures regularly at Bay Area law schools, and participated in rule-of-law projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Jordan, and the Ukraine.
Judge Beeler graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was Order of the Coif and an Articles Editor on the Washington Law Review. She received her A.B. with honors from Bowdoin College.
A standard question for applicants is, "Prince. like or love?" Major musical influences also include the Ramones ("Joey!"), Nina Simone, Bobby Short, Cole Porter, the Sex Pistols, and the Smiths, with a side obsession with Daft Punk. Oh, and Stevie Wonder, Hall and Oates, and and and (the list goes on). Judge Beeler also had a late-night (or was it early-morning) radio gig at WBOR (her college radio station) and dj'd the more-than-occasional party (a long time ago).
ANDREW PAUL WOODWARD
John Paul Jones called him the best lyricist he had ever worked with. At the L.A. Music Awards 2004 he was chosen "Male Vocalist of the Year", and his music has been utilised for the Roswell-Show, by ESPN, the biggest sports broadcaster worldwide, and by the makers of the cult series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. And yet, the biggest breakthrough in the life of Andrew Paul Woodworth came with the Beastie Boys' smash party hit You Got To Fight For Your Right (To Party). His goosepimple-raising acoustic version left mouths gawping in amazement - audiences as well as insider circles in the music biz - and, in the end, turned out to be the kick that sent him starting off on a solo career as songwriter.
Solidly anchored in the L.A. scene, Woodworth founded the post-Grunge band Elephant Ride in the '90s. Their first album was produced by John Paul Jones, the legendary bass player from LedZep, at his own request. Though the feedback was decidedly positive, the album didn't fulfil Sony's commercial expectations. The result: no second album with a major label. In addition, internal problems within the band led to a split-up. In 2002, Woodworth brought the band Virgil to life, equally clearly Rock-oriented, and certainly an above-average Indie success: Movie theatres across the US presented Virgil in their audio programmes and screened the videos on Top 50 markets.
The band played at SXSW, and at the LA Music Awards 2005 the Virgil album "My Paradise" received the award for the "Independent Rock Album of the Year".
Nearly simultaneously, Andrew began recording his first songs of his own together with producer Christian James-Hand. While working, it was more of a mood that led to the creation of Fight For Your Right, but the feedback came right away - for example from the producers of "One Tree Hill", who immediately featured the track in their TV series. At this point it became clear to Andrew that he was already in the midst of kicking off a solo career. He began writing songs like a man obsessed. Together with James-Hand he completed the EP I Hate Music, which promptly became a small Indie hit in a very limited edition.
Andrew Paul Woodworth's voice might perhaps be described as the love child of Michael Jackson, Eddie Vedder and Jeff Buckley: emotional and entranced by melody, but never soft or powerless. His work reveals a man addicted to harmony through and through. It presents a kaleidoscope of different styles of playing within Pop and Songwriting. From light-on-its-feet and radio-worthy to introverted and melancholy and on to playfully complex harmony lines enhanced by suggestive horn arrangements, Woodworth pulls out all the stops time and again in order to find new approaches for his songs. Remarkably, a certain lightness weaves its way through all his music that enables listeners to lean back and enjoy.
HEMMY SO
Hemmy So is Senior Legal Counsel at Twitter, where she advises on product design for commerce, advertising and growth. She’s especially proud of supporting the launch of Twitter’s Buy Now feature, which allows users to purchase goods from brands and celebrities straight from a tweet. Prior to joining Twitter, Hemmy served as Product & Regulatory Counsel at PayPal, where she supported merchant services and developer platform. She also spent several wonderful years at Doll Amir & Eley, a litigation boutique in Los Angeles, where she specialized in consumer finance litigation.
Hemmy holds a BA from Rice University and a JD from NYU School of Law. She’s an admitted audiophile who’s always up for a good show. And she sees many, many shows.
NEEL CHATTERJEE
Neel Chatterjee, a partner in Orrick's Silicon Valley office, is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s leading intellectual property litigators. He has a proven track record of court and trial wins in hard-to-win technology cases. Neel also is well known for handling cutting-edge legal issues that break new ground in uncertain areas of the law. Nearly every ranking organization in the legal profession and numerous bar organizations consider Neel a leader in intellectual property litigation. Chambers USA has described Neel as having “the ability to think outside the box“ as well as “in depth knowledge of patent law.” Neel’s cases have grabbed many headlines and have even been made into Oscar winning films.
Neel is committed to the community and engages in significant pro bono work. He currently sits on the Board of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley where he was a past president. He also works to increase diversity in the legal profession and founded one of the most successful diversity career fairs in the country, the Bay Area Diversity Career Fair.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Neel was a top-rated morning deejay and was an improvisational comedy hobbyist. He
has not yet been recognized as “America’s Sexiest Lawyer,” and he understands that People magazine has just opened nominations. Please feel free to submit his name.
GREG DOLL
Greg Doll is the founding partner of Doll Amir & Eley, an 18-lawyer litigation firm in Century City. He has been a drummer for 30 years, and played professionally for several years on the Sunset Strip in the 90s, sharing the stage with bands such as Incubus and System of a Down. His current lawyer band, Big Dicta, has played Law Rocks in Los Angeles for the past two years, and took home top prize this year alongside Latham & Watkins’ band, Diversion. He enjoys every genre of music and is honored to be a judge for this year’s San Francisco show.
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 Jimmy's Brother |  Jimmy's Brother |  The Multipliers |
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Meet the rockstars of Law Rocks San Francisco! Click on a band name to learn more.
MEET THE BANDS
SCORING
12TH ROOT OF 2
Playing for St. Anthony's San Francisco
Featuring talented legal professionals from Hanson Bridgett, Kessenick, Gamma and Free, and Peter Logan Law Offices
Thoughtful lawyers by day, we play wild and crazy rock and roll by night. Band members have always given back to the community, through Bar service, community volunteer activities, and playing rock for numerous charitable events in Northern California.
Their awesome nonprofit pick:
In the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi, the mission of St. Anthony Foundation is committed to providing the poor of San Francisco with basic needs and services as a gateway to reclaiming their sense of dignity and progressing toward stability.
DEF PIPER
Playing for Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC)
Featuring talented legal professionals from DLA Piper, Gigya, and Opower.
Two Time Champs, Def Piper, don't just ROCK - they put on a SHOW! Hair, makeup, themed costumes and choreographed dance moves always have the audience singing and dancing along to this talented group's rockin' selection of covers.
Their awesome nonprofit pick:
CROC is a collaborative city-wide project which helps domestic violence survivors in San Francisco get restraining orders against their abusers.
MONTGOMERY STATION
Playing for All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area
Featuring talented legal professionals from Latham & Watkins
Covering a wide variety of rock and roll classics, Montgomery Station is thrilled to again be a part of this year’s “Law Rocks” Charity Concert! Led by the powerful lead vocals of Peter Wald from Latham & Watkins, Montgomery Station’s roster of talent includes several Latham & Watkins attorneys along with some of their industry friends from Altschuler Berzon, Cornerstone Consulting, and TM Financial Forensics. Originally known as Willful Misconduct, Montgomery Station has been playing together since 2013. The band performs hits by the greats like The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, CCR, and Tom Petty, and regularly performs throughout the Bay Area. Montgomery Station is proud to support and play on behalf of “The All Stars Project of the SF Bay Area” and hopes you enjoy rocking out with the band!
Their nonprofit pick:
The All Stars Project brings innovative, performance-based development opportunities to youth throughout the Bay Area's poorest neighborhoods. All Stars' after-school programs support young people to grow as leaders and builders of their communities and to see new possibilities for their lives.
THE MULTIPLIERS
Playing for Western Center on Law and Poverty
Featuring talented legal professionals from Kaplan Fox, Mauriello Law Firm, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky and Class Action Consultant, Amanda Horn.
Former WCLP Advisory Board member, Amanda Horn who used to be a plaintiff class action attorney and most recently off a nearly 10 year stint working for a third party claims administrator, was looking to get involved in something big and The Multipliers is it. Formed after a phone call from WCLP in late February 2015, The Multipliers will make its performance debut at Law Rocks San Francisco 2015. This diverse group of musicians includes top notch litigators from several nationally recognized plaintiffs firms, and is ready to take the music and non-profit worlds by storm with its take on classic rock-n-roll favorites. The band is honored to represent and support the Center's state-wide advocacy and legal justice work on behalf of millions of Californians living in poverty.
Their awesome nonprofit pick:
Western Center leads the fight in the courts, counties and capital to secure housing, health care and a strong safety net for low-income Californians.
THE OBJECTIONS
Playing for Do it For the Love Foundation
Featuring talented legal professionals from Jones Day
The Objections are musicians from Jones Day and friends and have been playing upbeat sets of Memphis soul, Motown and classic rock for Bay Area charities since 2013. They are excited to be playing Law Rocks SF on behalf of Do It For The Love. Founded by musician Michael Franti and ER Nurse Sara Agah, Do It For The Love is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit wish granting organization that brings people living with life-threatening illnesses, children with severe challenges, and wounded veterans to live concerts. Through the healing power of music, Do It For The Love inspires joy, hope, and lasting celebratory memories in the face of severe illness or trauma.
KARNEY
Playing for SF-Marin Food Bank
Featuring talented legal professionals from Hanson Bridgett and Hastings College of the Law
Anna Karney is a rocker, a singer-songwriter and accomplished rhythm and lead guitarist, who combines many, many influences in her original compositions. In 2012, she released her third album, "Love and Respect".
Their awesome nonprofit pick:
The Justice & Diversity Center advances fairness and equality by providing pro bono legal services to low-income people and educational programs that foster diversity in the legal profession.
JIMMY'S BROTHER
Playing for Bay Area Discovery Museum
Featuring talented legal professionals from Farella Braun and Winston & Strawn
Jimmy's Brother is a rock 'n’ roll band originally formed in Southern California in the early 2000s. After a decade-long hiatus in which the band members pursued various side projects, such as "law school" and "getting real jobs," the original members have set aside those distractions for an epic reunion performance. With a few new players added to the mix, Jimmy's Brother promises to deliver the high energy mix of originals and cover songs that once made it a mainstay of the West LA bar scene.
Their awesome nonprofit pick:
The mission of the Bay Area Discovery Museum is to ignite and advance creative thinking for all children.
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