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 Nanci Clarence installed as 94th BASF President
December 14, 2006
Goals include expanding BASF’s ongoing diversity agenda; launching a BASF College of Trial Advocacy for juvenile defenders; appointing a Standing Committee to Defend the Independence of the Judiciary, and working to find ways to guarantee that people who can’t afford lawyers get meaningful representation. See full article
Reliant Deal Admits No Guilt
The Recorder, 03-07-2007
There's a group of very happy defense lawyers in San Francisco right now.
On Tuesday, nearly three years after then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced on TV that an energy company had been charged with conspiring to jack up electricity prices during California's 2001 power crisis, the case ended with a set of deferred prosecution agreements.
The deals will dismiss charges against Reliant Energy and four of its traders, provided they stay out of trouble for the next two years. The company will also have to pay a $22.2 million fine.
Reliant Deal Almost Derailed
The Recorder, April 2, 2007
Criminal defense lawyer Nanci Clarence had just pulled on her wetsuit for a day of surfing at Ocean Beach on March 4 when the lead prosecutor in the Reliant Energy Services Inc. market-manipulation case called to say the settlement was on the rocks.
In 2004, Houston's Reliant Energy became the only corporation criminally charged with fraud and market manipulation in the aftermath of the California energy crisis of 2000. The indictment of the company and four of its traders became the biggest white-collar case in the San Francisco U.S. attorney's office.
State-run Insurer Faces Audit
Los Angeles Times, March 29, 2007
Financial investigators are deepening their probe into questionable business practices that have rocked the executive suite at California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier, a top official told lawmakers Wednesday.
S.F.-based insurance fund faces investigation
Contra Costa Times, March 29, 2007
“Our internal investigation is still in progress, and because this ongoing work is still occurring, and because we must protect the integrity of this investigation, our ability to share specifics of that investigation at this time are somewhat limited,” said Nanci Clarence, an attorney with Clarence & Dyer in San Francisco.
Top Northern California Law Firms
The Daily Journal, February 22, 2007
Nanci L. Clarence is one of four attorneys at San Francisco litigation microfirm Clarence and Dyer, which counts among its clients high-level executives under stock-options scrutiny and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in complex civil matters.
Top 75 Women Litigators
The Daily Journal, 2005, 2006 and 2007
Clarence was among the lawyers representing Lea Fastow in one of the first Enron-related prosecutions in Houston…
Speaking about her early years, “It dawned on me then that we are in the business of endlessly making judgment calls to protect our clients and that those critical decisions ultimately require a gut check.”
Top Attorneys: The Recorder Looks At Some Of The Bay Area’s Go-To Lawyers
The Recorder, November 2003
Nanci Clarence solves problems. The Clarence Snell & Dyer partner represented David Thatcher, the former president of Critical Path, Inc., against securities fraud charges. She also defended William Oldenburg in a notorious savings and loan case, plus adult entertainment magnate James Mitchell and Billionaire Boys Club member Reza Eslaminia on homicide charges.
BASF Members Installed as Asian American Bar Association
BASF Bulletin, April 2007
Former BASF Board Member Edwin Prather, a partner at Clarence & Dyer LLP, was installed as president of the Asian American Bar Association (AABA) at the group’s 30th Anniversary Celebration and installation Banquet in March.
The AABA is one of the largest Asian American bar associations in the nation and one of the largest minority bar association in the State of California.
NAPABA’S 2005 Best Lawyers Under 40
Edwin Prather a criminal attorney in San Francisco, who has substantial experience representing individuals and corporations in both state and federal courts, is recognized as one of the “Best Lawyers Under 40” by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Industry Watch, With Honors
The Daily Journal, April 25, 2005
San Francisco white-collar criminal defense practitioner Nanci Clarence of Clarence & Dyer has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Court Watch: Boxer Names New Advisory Committee For Appointments
The Recorder, February 18, 1997
Boxer recently announced new members for her judicial advisory committee for the Northern District, a bipartisan mix of retired judges and local attorneys that will help sift through applications.
California Commissioner Orders Audit of State Compensation Insurance Fund
Insurance Journal, March 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has ordered an audit of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), amid questions regarding the corporate governance and management of the organization. The audit follows the firing of two key members of the fund just a few days ago.
Nanci Clarence of the San Francisco law firm of Clarence & Dyer LLP is overseeing the internal investigation of SCIF. She testified that the investigation is focused on the administrative fee program that provides discounts to group programs.
A Local Angle To Enron Litigation
The Daily Journal, May 5, 2003
San Francisco meets Houston as an Enron prosecutor with Bay Area ties confronts local criminal defense lawyers Nanci Clarence and John Keker in the fallout from the big Texas energy company’s implosion. Clarence, of San Francisco’s Clarence Snell & Dyer, flew to Houston last week to protest the indictment of client Lea Fastow, the wife of Enron’s former chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow.
Illinois Chemist Faces Charges In Balco Case
San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 2005
A Midwestern chemist was accused in a federal indictment Thursday of creating “The Clear,” the undetectable designer drug at the heart of the BALCO steroid scandal.
One of Arnold’s lawyers, Nanci Clarence, described their client as a “respected chemist and researcher in the field of nutritional supplements.” They said he would fight the charges.
Santa Clara County To Pay Hells Angels &1Million Over Raid
San Francisco Chronicle Tuesday, February 7, 2006
“Santa Clara County will pay nearly $1million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club after police shot and killed three guard dogs during raids of the group’s headquarters and suspected members’ homes.”
Marijuana Club Director Released On Bail
San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 2006
“A federal magistrate today approved a $1 million bail release for the head of a Bay Area medical marijuana club that was raided two weeks ago by federal agents. Sparky Rose, 36, director of the New Remedies Cooperative, was one of 15 people arrested during the Oct. 3 sweep of eight sites and the only one still in jail. He is charged with conspiracy to grow and distribute marijuana and with money laundering…Rose worked for years in Web site design and marketing, fell victim to a downturn in the Internet business and took a job with Compassionate Caregivers in San Francisco in 2003, his lawyer, Nanci Clarence, said in court papers. The local organization was renamed New Remedies last year. Clarence disputed an Oct. 3 assertion by Javier Pena, regional director of the DEA, that Rose and his fellow defendants were “using the pot clubs as facades to make millions of dollars” under the guise of serving medical patients. “This was not a sham,” Clarence said today. “This was run in a transparent way. He filed tax returns, he paid estimated quarterly taxes, he paid workers’ comp and health insurance and he ran it like a business, just the way local authorities and state authorities have asked him to.”
City Attorney Calls In Cavalry On Tax Case
The Recorder, June 5, 2000
The San Francisco City Attorney’s office is turning defense attorney Nanci Clarence to help with the appeal of an adverse tax ruling involving Eastman Kodak Inc. and General Motors Corp.
New Indictments In Critical Path Case
The Recorder, August 28, 2002
Critical Path Executives Indicted For Misstating Earnings
The Daily Journal, February 6, 2002
Two former executives of a San Francisco Internet communications company, Critical Path, were indicted Tuesday on charges of insider trading and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Critical Path And S.E.C. Reach Settlement
New York Times, February 6, 2002
The internet company Critical Path Inc. today reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that closed an investigation into an accounting scandal last spring. Two former executives were fined by the commission and, separately, charged by a United States Attorney with improper transactions.
Losing A Virtual Fortune
LA Times, May 2, 2002
While Enron Corp. and Global Crossing Ltd. have been grabbing headlines for financial chicanery, the tech community is quietly awash in its own accounting scandals.
Money Manager Charged
San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2000
The Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors yesterday filed civil and criminal actions against a San Francisco money manager charged with lying about the performance of his investment fund.
Broker Indicted For Fraud
San Francisco Examiner, August 2, 1989
A high-flying stock broker who allegedly promised her clients “risk-free” investments – then used their money for what a lawyer called “suicidal” plunges in the volatile options market” – has been accused of securities fraud.
Proprietors Of Online Casino Indicted
San Jose Mercury News, June 15, 2000
In a case that could test the murky legal restrictions on Internet gambling, a federal grand jury in San Jose on Wednesday indicted the operators of a Silicon Valley-based online casino that allegedly netted millions of dollars in wagers from cyber-bettors.
Xerox Founder’s Kin Charged In Young Child’s Death
Democrat and Chronicle, April 3, 2002
One of Xerox Corp. founder Joseph C. Wilson’s granddaughters pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a 19-month-old child in her home in Marin County, California.
Worker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
San Francisco Chronicle, January 14, 2005
A San Francisco desktop publishing employee pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of insider trading for illegally reaping about $438,000 after learning of several mergers while preparing documents for Merrill Lynch.
Plant Smuggling Is Rampant Among Collectors, Wholesalers
San Diego Union Tribune, September 9, 2001
In July, a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted 11 foreign nationals for smuggling illegal shrubbery and flowers, winding up a three year under cover operation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service working with Australian and South African authorities.
Cause Of Deadly Explosion Investigated
San Francisco Chronicle, November 13, 2004
Lawyer’s Loose Lips Sink Trader
The Recorder, March 28, 2001
Brobeck associate’s friend pleads guilty to lying to the SEC.
Guilty Plea To Stealing Cisco Data
The Mercury News, March 22, 2001
A former Cisco Systems Inc. engineer pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he stole information from the networking giant’s Petaluma plant before leaving for a job with a potential competitor.
Charges Against Oldenburg Dropped
The San Francisco Examiner, May 25, 1991
Federal prosecutors have decided not to mount a third prosecution against flamboyant financier J. William Oldenburg for allegedly defrauding a Utah savings and loan out of more than $20 million.
Nanci L. Clarence, the assistant federal public defender who represented Oldenburg in the second trial, said that after eight years of investigation and two trials, it was time for the government to give up.
“BBC” Witness May Have Cover Blown
Daily Journal, January 8, 1999
The protected star in the “Billionaire Boys Club” case is at the mercy of the defense about his bar application. A federally protected star witness at an upcoming Billionaire Boys Club murder retrial could have his cover blown by the accused killers’ defense lawyers – a prospect that has prosecutors arguing to seal evidence at an unusual hearing set for today in San Mateo County Superior Court.
“Where has Karny been the last 13 years?” Clarence asked Thursday. “Has he lied? Has he killed anyone else? These are key issues affecting his credibility.”
Hells Angels Can Sue San Jose Cops Over 1998 Search
Daily Journal, April 5, 2005
$750,000 Awarded For Strip-Search By Sheriff’s Dept.
San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 1999
A federal jury yesterday awarded $750,000 in civil damages to a transsexual woman who was strip-searched without justification by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.
Pair Awarded $408,000 After Being Shot By Pinole Police
San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 1999
A federal jury awarded $408,000 in damages yesterday to a couple who said their civil rights were violated when two Pinole police officers shot and wounded them with submachine guns.
$990,000 Settlement In Hells Angels Suit
Mercury News, February 7, 2006
Santa Clara County agreed Monday to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club over a 1998 police raid that resulted in three dead dogs, a torn-up sidewalk and little meaningful evidence.
The $990,000 settlement was spurred by the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection in December of the county’s argument that sheriff’s deputies were immune from liability. Lower court judges previously had said the actions of the deputies and San Jose police officers were unreasonable.
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