Devoted to helping individuals and businesses with all real estate and business concerns in California
Biography
Missy joined the firm in 2016 and was elected shareholder in 2021. She has experience in all aspects of civil litigation, including case evaluation, pleadings, legal research and analysis, motion practice, discovery preparation, alternative dispute resolution, and trial. She has represented a sweeping array of clients, including individuals, business entities, commercial developers, real estate buyers and sellers, real estate brokers and agents and commercial landlords and tenants.
Missy grew up in Cupertino and is a Bay Area native. She completed her B.S. in political science at Santa Clara University in 2008, then graduated from SCU’s School of Law in 2011.
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California
- J.D. - 2011
- Honors: Best Team, Galloway Moot Court
- Honors: Best Oral Advocate, Galloway Moot Court
- Honors: Best Written Brief, Appellate Advocacy Course
- Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
- B.S.
- Major: Political Science
Bar Admissions
- California, 2011
Pro-Bono Activities
- Volunteer, Fresh Lifelines for Youth
- Volunteer, Northern California Innocence Project
Past Positions
- Clapp Moroney Vucinich Beeman & Scheley, Associate Attorney, 2013 to 2016
- Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender, San Jose, CA, Post-Bar Clerk, 2011
- Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender, San Jose, CA, Intern, 2010
- Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, Judicial Extern, 2009
- Honorable Socrates Manoukian, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Intern