Sebastian Kaplan is our Latest Featured Speaker!

Our latest featured speaker is Sebastian Kaplan of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP!

Sebastian is teaching Pre-Trial Matters at our upcoming 19th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts program this week, on September 24 & 26, 2024 (Sebastian is speaking on September 26th).

This dynamic and information-packed program teaches attorneys all about litigating in California State Court. It also teaches attorneys what they need to know to be a successful litigator in any court. The program covers a case in state court from the start until right before trial (we now have a separate Trial Training program in the works for February of 2025). Topics include everything from developing case themes, to CMCs, complex case scheduling, discovery, depos, and motions moving on through to pre-trial tasks.

You can sign up to attend live or pre-order OnDemand Streaming or a recorded package here.  

Sebastian has twice before at our programs. He is so popular with our attendees that we frequently invite him back. Most recently Sebastian spoke at our 17th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts program in 2022. If you can’t wait for the program this week, or can’t attend live, you can purchase OnDemand Streaming or a recorded package download of last year’s program at this link: 18th Annual Superior Court Boot Camp: The Nuts and Bolts. 

He has also spoken at our Annual Advanced Appellate Practice programs in 2020 to rave reviews.

Sebastian litigates disputes concerning trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and complex commercial transactions. He represents clients in both federal and state courts and has successfully resolved claims at all stages from pre-litigation cease and desist letters through trial. In addition to intellectual property litigation, he defends technology innovators from privacy, false advertising, and other consumer-related class actions.

Sebastian is an active member of local and national bar associations. In 2016, he was appointed by the president of the American Bar Association to sit on the Advisory Commission of the Standing Committee on Public Education. He is a director of the Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco (“BASF”) and chair of the BASF Intellectual Property Section. In 2013, he served as the president of BASF’s Barristers Club, comprised of BASF attorneys with less than ten years of practice, and was named Outstanding Barrister of the Year in 2016. © 2024 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

He is also committed to pro bono homelessness prevention and regularly represents indigent tenants facing eviction. In 2015, Sebastian was awarded BASF’s annual Housing Justice Award for first-chairing a four-day unlawful detainer trial.

Before joining BCLP, Sebastian clerked for the Hon. Carlos T. Bea on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced law at firms in San Francisco and Oakland.

We are so glad to have you back Sebastian!