Board of Appeals and Review Joan E. Schaffner Confirmation Resolution of 2001
PR 14-100

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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To confirm the Mayoral appointment of Ms. Joan E. Schaffner to the Board of Appeals and Review.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Board of Appeals and Review Joan E. Schaffner Confirmation Resolution of 2001".

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Ms. Joan E. Schaffner
1943 Belmont Road, N.W., #117
Washington, D.C. 20009
(Ward 1)

as a public member of the Board of Appeals and Review, in accordance with Mayor's Order 9627, issued March 5, 1996 (43 DCR 1367) and section 2(f)(3) of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C. Code § 1-633.7(f)(3)), replacing Horace Kreitzman, whose term will end May 8, 2001, for a term to end May 8, 2004.

Sec. 3. The Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

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JOAN E. SCHAFFNER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, Washington, DC, Associate Professor of Law Areas of Teaching & Scholarship: Civil Procedure, Patent Law, Sexuality & the Law, 1992-present

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP, United States District Court, Central District of California, Law Clerk for the Honorable Mariana R Pfaelzer, 1991-1992

IRELL & MANELLA, Los Angeles, California, Associate, Summer Associate, General Corporate Litigation, Summer 1989

NILSSON, ROBBINS, DALGARN, BERLINER, CARLSON & WURST, Los Angeles, California, Summer Associate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Summer 1988

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, Atlanta, Georgia, Generation Analyst, Authored testimony, provided production analyses, published article in Utility Planning Model Users Bulletin, featured lecturer at Arthur Andersen Seminar, 1986-1987

ENERGY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, Atlanta, Georgia Senior Consultant & Supervisor Developed/Administered system policies, procedures, & client training; Authored/Maintained documentation, 1981-1986

MEMBERSHIPS

Bar Admissions: California State Bar, Washington D.C. Bar
Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Bar Association, Society of American Law Teachers, Federal Circuit Bar, GAYLAW

AWARDS

Honorary Member Golden Key Honor Society
First Faculty Recipient of Lambda Law Award (1995)

PUBLICATIONS

The Supreme Court Giveth and the Supreme Court Taketh Away-The Right to Civil Jury Trial (work-in-progress)

Approaching the New Millennium with Mixed Blessings for Harassed Gay Students, 22 HARVARD WOMEN'S LAW JOURNAL - (upcoming May, 1999)

Combating Gay Harassment in Our Schools: A Student Guide (1998)

Combating Gay Harassment in Our Schools: An Advocate's Guide (1998)

The Essence of Marriage (Book Review), 66 GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW 195 (1997)

Federal Circuit "Choice of Law": Erie Through the Looking Glass, 8 81 IOWA LAW REVIEW 1173 (1996)

Patent Preemption Unlocked, 1995 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 1081

Engendering Social Security Disability Determinations: The Path of a Woman Claimant, 68 TULANE LAW REVIEW 1477 (1994) (co-authored with Peter Lee and Sheri Porath)

Working Paper of the Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force, Advisory Committee on Federal Benefits, Gender in Social Security Disability Determinations (1993) (co-authored with Peter Lee and Sheri Porath)

Protection of Reputation Versus Freedom of Expression: Striking a Manageable Compromise in the Tort of Defamation, 63 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 433 (1990)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

"Approaching the New Millennium with Mixed Blessings for Harassed Gay Students" GWU Scholars Showcase `99 (January 1999)

"Judicial Clerkships" at Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association Luncheon (July 1997, July 1995, July 1993)

"Civil Procedure" at Patent Academy, Juris Masters Program (Fall 1996)

"Bridging the Gap-Training New Patent Attorneys" at American Intellectual Property Law Association, Fall Meeting, Washington D.C. (October 1993)

"Gender in Social Security Disability Determinations" at Thirtieth Annual Seminar Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference, Williamsburg, VA (September 1993)

ACTIVITIES

Editor-in-Chief, AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY JOURNAL    (1994-preset)

University Service:

Current: Chair, Curriculum Committee
Chair, Committee on Incidents of Discrimination and Harassment
Faculty Advisor-Lambda Law; AIPLA QUARTERLY JOURNAL GW Staff
Member, Finnegan Prize Committee

Past: Scholarship Committee (1992-1996)
Clerkship Committee (1992-1996)
Faculty Secretary (1993-1994)
Alternate Member. Committee on the Status of Women Faculty and Librarians of GWU (1993-1995).

Community Service:

Volunteer, Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) (1997-current)
Convener of Federal Benefits Advisory Committee to the Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force (1991-1993)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW CENTER, 1987-1990
Juris Doctor
Grade Point Average: 83.92, Class Standing: Top 3%
Order of the Coif

Activities & Honors:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW:

Executive Publications Editor, Volume 63 (1989-1990)
Staff Member, Volume 62 (1988-1989)

Legion Lex Merit Scholarship
American Jurisprudence Awards:

Criminal Procedure, Business Organizations, Professional Responsibility

Research Assistant:

Professor Judith Resnik (1990)
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky (1988-1989)
Visiting Professor Mark Tushnet (1988)

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1979-1981
Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering
Grade Point Average: 3.86
Full Research Scholarship

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1975-1979
Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude
Grade Point Average: 3.97

Activities and Honors:

Order of the Laurel
Mortar Board
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma
Teaching Assistant in Mechanical Engineering
Research Assistant: Professor P. Roy Choudhury