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DANA J. CLAUSEN was born in Los Angeles, California. She was admitted to the California Bar in 2002 and joined White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP the same year. Ms. Clausen earned her JD from UCLA School of Law in 2002, where she received Moot Court honors in 2000-01 and served on the Moot Court Advisory Board in 2001-02. During law school, Ms. Clausen externed for the Honorable Samuel Bufford of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and assisted with Holocaust reparations through Bet Tzedek - The House of Justice. Ms. Clausen received her undergraduate degree from Pomona College in 1999 and studied abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Ms. Clausen has a broad base of experience in business and entertainment litigation, including intellectual property, idea submission, First Amendment, defamation, employment, real estate, and contract law issues.

Since joining White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP, Ms. Clausen has remained active with pro bono matters, most recently protecting the rights of indigent farm workers. In 2004, Ms. Clausen was recognized by Bet Tzedek for her volunteer legal work and was also honored with the Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California.

Ms. Clausen is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the California State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before the California state courts and the Ninth Circuit.

Ms. Clausen co-authored an article, entitled "Hey, What's the Big Idea?  Pretrial Attacks on Fraud Claims in the Idea Submission Context," published in the Fall 2008 edition of the American Bar Association's Business Torts Journal.  The article is available for viewing here.

 

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