PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY FOR
APPELLATE LAWYER JULIE SCHUMER
EDUCATION
- UCLA, Bachelor’s Degree in English, magna cum laude 1975
- Loyola-Marymount, J.D.1978
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State Bar of California, 1978
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
- U.S. District Court, Central District
- U.S. District Court, Northern District
- U.S. Supreme Court
CERTIFICATIONS
- Lawyer Julie Schumer is a Certified Legal Specialist in Appellate Law by the California State Bar Association’s Board of Legal Specialization, Certification first obtained in 1996
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- California State Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Contra Costa County Bar Association
- California Appellate Defense Counsel
- California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Solo Practitioner – Law Offices of Julie Schumer –1982 to present. Practice focused exclusively on appeals and appellate law.
- Law Firm of Mink, Alpert and Barr – 1977 to 1982
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- 2002, 1996 and 1995 Speaker on appellate procedure at CCCBA MCLE Spectacular
- 1998-2000, Co-Chair of Appellate Law Advisory Commission, which administers the legal specialization program, 1997 member of the Commission
- Co-Chair CACJ Prisons/Post-Conviction Law Committee 1994, 1996
- Founder of Contra Costa County Bar Assn Appellate Section and Secretary-Treasurer from 1991 to 1996, past President
- August 1988, Speaker at CPDA homicide seminar
- May, 1988, coordinator of CPDA Search and Seizure seminar
- March and April, 1988, speaker on appellate procedure at Bay Area Legal Secretaries Forum
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
The below-named articles all appeared in the Contra Costa Lawyer, the monthly magazine of the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
- March, 1992, "Should this Case be Appealed" Co-authored with Beatrice Taines, Esq.
- June, 1993, "Appellate Procedure Simplified" Co-authored with Beatrice Taines, Esq.
- February, 1996, "A Procedural Roadmap to Civil and Criminal Appeals" Co-authored with John Schreiber, Esq.
PRACTICE AREAS
Appellate lawyer Julie Schumer practices exclusively within the area of state and federal criminal appeals and writs.
If you or someone you know in San Francisco, California, Contra Costa County or anywhere in California needs the assistance of an experienced appellate lawyer then contact the Law Offices of Julie Schumer to schedule a consultation with a certified legal specialist in appellate law. . She can be reached at 866-295-4366 or via her contact form on the contact page.