Andrew Haden is an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, assigned to the General Crimes Section. Haden joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in fall 2010, after being selected through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. The Honors Program is a nationwide federal recruitment program with a distinguished history. Haden was the only Honors Program attorney hired by the Southern District of California in 2010.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Haden served for two years as a law clerk to the Hon. Thomas J. Whelan in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
A San Diego native, Haden is actively involved in our local community. In 2009, Haden was appointed by the presiding judge of the San Diego Superior Court to serve a four-year term as a commissioner on the County of San Diego’s Juvenile Justice Commission. He is also a graduate of the Louis M. Welsh Chapter of the American Inns of Court and a current member of the Hon. Clifford J. Wallace Chapter. From 2009-2010, Haden was the elected-president of the Stanford Club of San Diego.
Since 2008, Haden has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, coaching its national moot court teams. In 2009, Haden received the Honorable Richard D. Huffman Award for being the member of the San Diego legal community who made the most significant contribution to USD’s moot court program.
Haden received his B.A. from Stanford University in 2000. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Haden served in the Navy for five years, which included two overseas deployments. For his last assignment in the Navy, Haden was the navigator of the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). He received his J.D. from the University of San Diego in 2008.
While in law school, Haden won the Paul A. McLennon Sr. Honors Moot Court Competition. He went on to become the chair of the Moot Court Executive Board and distinguished himself in several national moot court competitions. Upon graduation, Haden received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award, the Owen Stark Heriot Award for being the outstanding veteran graduate and was inducted into the national Order of the Barristers for his achievements in oral advocacy.
This is the culmination of a peer nominating process that asked San Diego County lawyers to name the best young attorneys in San Diego County who are: Hard-Working & Detail-Oriented, Knowledgeable & Enthusiastic, Ethical & Professional, and Committed to Furthering the Interests of Justice in Society.
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| Nominations Open: | September 15 |
| Nominations Close: | October 20 |
| Nominees Announced: | November 3 |
| Finalists Notified: | November 5 |
| Sponsorship/Advertising: | December 7 |
| Publication Date: | December 15 |
San Diego County law firms maintain a competitive edge by attracting top attorneys as well as grooming outstanding young talent. In this special publication, The Daily Transcript recognizes the San Diego legal community’s up and coming stars with the fourth annual Young Attorneys honor.
From cloud computing and e-discovery to Skype and social media, technology is continually changing the way lawyers practice law.
When the economy collapsed in late 2008, the legal industry’s standard model of pricing -- the billable hour -- collapsed right with it.
San Diego maintains a strong connection to the issues that shape our nation and world. Many of those responsible for the perspective behind key decisions were educated at the region’s schools, including California Western School of Law. A number of California Western alumni -- thanks to their skills, circumstances, or both -- find themselves working in areas that attract the spotlight, and which potentially could impact thousands, if not millions of lives.
Although the growing use of debit cards, credit cards and electronic ACH transfers has helped streamline operations, there’s still a need to deal with traditional paper checks.
Only 5 years old, the Gomez Law Firm continues its rapid ascension as one of California’s top injury and trial firms. This year again, the firm’s lawyers achieved some remarkable successes. Attorney Robert Hamparyan obtained a $1.4 million verdict in Los Angeles for a woman that suffered a knee injury when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing a street. He also was named a “Super Lawyer” in the personal injury field, and received an “Outstanding Trial Lawyer” award from Consumer Attorneys of San Diego for his recent $13 million dollar verdict in a brain injury case.
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Transcript reporter Doug Sherwin talks to Nadia P. Bermudez of the Brown Law Group LLP at the 2007 Young Attorneys reception.
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