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Education
Law School/Year: J.D., Western Sierra Law School, 1999
College/Year: B.A., Chinese Studies, University of California San Diego, 1994
Bar Admissions
California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Practice Areas
Commercial Disputes, Business Litigation, Employment Law, Bankruptcy Chapter 11
Professional Background
Shawn McMillan is a 40-year-old native of San Diego. He worked in the personal computer and consumer electronics business from 1986 through 1999 as corporate secretary and vice president of market development for a local wholesale component distribution company. McMillan has substantial experience in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. He speaks some measure of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
Since 2000 McMillan has maintained an active trial practice concentrating on business dispute litigation, shareholder dispute litigation and Chapter 11 small business restructuring. Most recently, he was nominated and selected as the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association "Top Gun" trial attorney of the year in the area of Civil Rights for his work in the landmark parental rights case Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick v. Orange County Social Services, et al.
Professional Affiliations
Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of San Diego, board of directors; Asian Business Association of San Diego, board of directors; Lincoln Club of San Diego, member; San Diego County Bar Association, member; Louis M. Welsh chapter of the American Inns of Court, member
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| 9/5/2007 | Nominations Open |
| 9/28/2007 | Nominations Close |
| 10/31/2007 | Nominations Announced |
| 11/07/2007 | Finalists Notified |
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| 11/21/2007 | Publication Date |