May 19, 2016. We returned to the Great American Music Hall with a full slate of eight bands and broke a the fundraising record for San Francisco, reaching $100,000.
The winner of the night was The Substantial Factors of Kazan McClain, Satterly, and Greenwood in their Law Rocks debut. They rocked out for East Bay Scholarship Fund.
Bands
The event featured eight bands starring legal professionals from:
The Chanler Group
Class Action Administration
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Hanson Bridgett
Hastings College of the Law
Kaplan Fox
Kazan, McClain, Satterley, and Greenwood
Kessenick, Gamma & Free
King & Spalding
Larsson Immigration Group
Latham & Watkins
Law Offices of Sean Lewis
Mallari Advisory Services
Mauriello Law Firm APC
Peter Logan Law
Schneider Wallace
US Government
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Legal talent from Hanson Bridgett; Kessenick, Gamma & Free; Peter Logan Law
Rocking for Saint Anthony’s and Blue Bear School of Music
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Thoughtful lawyers by day, we play wild and crazy rock and roll by night. Band members have always given back to the community, through Bar service, community volunteer activities, and playing rock for numerous charitable events in Northern California.
Legal talent from Hanson Bridgett and The Chanler Group
Rocking for Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
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Generator is a 4 piece classic rock 'n roll band comprised of lifetime musicians. It was established in 2009 and plays a mix of original songs along with classic covers from artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stone's and Bob Dylan. Generator has performed throughout California and has a self-titled CD of 8 original songs. The band has beendescribed as high energy, fun and thoroughly entertaining.
Legal talent from Hanson Bridgett and UC Hastings College of the Law
Rocking for the SF-Marin Food Bank
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Anna Karney is a rocker, a singer-songwriter and accomplished rhythm and lead guitarist, who combines many, many influences in her original compositions. In 2012, she released her third album, "Love and Respect".
Featuring talented legal professionals from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; King & Spalding; Mallari Advisory Services
Rocking for QuestBridge
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LawrJe$$ & the Big Legal Instruments features the soulfully rocking Texas-Tinged vocals of Angie "LawrJe$$" Byrd. Backing up Angie is her long-time band, the Big Legal Instruments. The BLI gets its multi-dimensional sound from Jackson Heights' own Pat Tinling on Bass; the East Bay Soul of drummer, Josh Dobies; the barely legal pyrotechnics of guitarists Jesse Debban and Shaala Mehru; the show-stopping background vocals of the TROs (Ehren Halse and Ana McCullough); and Chip Mallari. LawrJe$$ & the Big Legal Instruments play music for QuestBridge.
Featuring talented legal professionals from Latham & Watkins
Rocking for All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area
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Covering a wide variety of rock and roll classics, Montgomery Station is thrilled to again be a part of this year’s “Law Rocks” Charity Concert! Led by the powerful lead vocals of Peter Wald from Latham & Watkins, Montgomery Station’s roster of talent includes several Latham & Watkins attorneys along with some of their industry friends from Altschuler Berzon, Cornerstone Consulting, and TM Financial Forensics. Originally known as Willful Misconduct, Montgomery Station has been playing together since 2013. The band performs hits by the greats like The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, CCR, and Tom Petty, and regularly performs throughout the Bay Area. Montgomery Station is proud to support and play on behalf of “The All Stars Project of the SF Bay Area” and hopes you enjoy rocking out with the band!
Featuring talent from Kaplan Fox, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns, Mauriello Law Firm, Class Action Administration LLC, A JND Company along with other legal and non legal professionals
Rocking for Western Center on Law & Poverty
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The Multipliers are back and ready to take San Francisco's Law Rocks 2016 by storm. After our debut performance at The Great American Music Hall in 2015, we jumped at the opportunity to get the band back together and make some noise in support of Western Center on Law & Poverty. This year we will take the stage with some classic 80's tunes that are definite crowd pleasers.
The Multipliers are back and ready to take on SF Law Rocks in 2016. After our debut performance in 2015, we jumped at the opportunity to get the band back together in order to make some noise in support of Western Center again.
Featuring talented legal professionals from Law Offices of Sean Lewis; Larsson Immigration Group
Rocking for Immigrant Legal Resource Center
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This is Shyster’s kick-off performance for their “Trust Me I’m a Lawyer” tour featuring selected rock covers with shredding guitar solos and intense vocals. Members have toured and recorded with Poison, Eddie Money, Nightranger, LONDON, UFO and Micheal Schenker Band to name a few. Jesse Bradman (vocals) and Sean Lewis (lead guitar) are both graduates of Golden Gate University School of Law.
Featuring talented legal professionals from Kazan, McClain, Satterley, and Greenwood
Rocking for East Bay College Fund
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The Substantial Factors are all legal professionals. When they played for fun at Kazan’s last holiday party, the owner of the venue said he wanted to hire The Substantial Factors to play again…. “for real.” As a group, the Substantial Factors frequently discuss concepts about which they have read, or at least skimmed. Meanwhile, bassist and legal assistant Jordan Varona remains an active learner throughout much of the work day and handles disagreements with peers appropriately. Guitarist and attorney Joe Nicholson tackles assignments in an organized manner. Singer and paralegal Nyaradzo Kundidzora listens to the comments and ideas of others without interrupting. Singer and attorney Rachel Berkness sets achievable goals with respect to time and asks for clarification when needed. Drummer and video-editing consultant Bryce Hodge has a well-developed vocabulary and chooses his words with care. Keyboardist Ted Pelletier is a partner who struggles with the temptation to dispense office justice arbitrarily.
Nonprofits
The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area (ASP of SF Bay Area) brings innovative, performance-based development opportunities to youth throughout the Bay Area's poorest neighborhoods. All Stars' after-school programs support young people to grow as leaders and builders of their communities and to see new possibilities for their lives.
Blue Bear School of Music’s nonprofit mission is to empower people to play the music they love.
East Bay College Fund helps resilient public school students, under–represented in higher education, access and succeed in college, expanding their life opportunities.
Music Forward Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating real-life skills for youth using music as the bridge to success.
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national, non-profit resource center that provides legal trainings, educational materials, and advocacy to advance immigrant rights.
The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County serves as legal advocates and representatives for disadvantaged people.
QuestBridge aims to create a singular place where exceptionally talented low-income students can navigate educational and life opportunities. QuestBridge also recruits, develops, and supports motivated low-income students – beginning in high school through college to their first job – to be successful at America's best colleges, graduate schools, and companies.
St. Anthony’s is an organization providing essential support to San Franciscans living in poverty. Every day, with dignity and respect, we offer thousands of the most vulnerable among us the basics we all need to feel human: a hot meal, fresh clothing, an opportunity to connect with the world around us.
Western Center leads the fight in the courts, counties, and capital to secure housing, health care and a strong safety net for low-income Californians.
Rock Panel of Judges
Shawn Dailey has been a professional touring and recording musician since the age of 17. Most recently he played bass for Courtney Love / Hole. He has also toured and recorded with several other critically acclaimed rock bands. He currently serves as Executive Director for the Take Me to The River Music Education Initiative, a charity that seeks to inspire a deeper understanding of civil rights, music history, and cross-generational collaboration.
Marjorie Gilberg, Executive Director, House of Blues Music Forward Foundation is a dedicated changemaker and activist. During her short tenure, Marjorie has overseen a brand overhaul and revision of the mission and programs for the Music Forward Foundation. Prior to joining Music Forward, Marjorie steered the strategic development and communications for a variety of organizations with the common thread of improving the lives of at-risk youth. Marjorie served as Executive Director of Break the Cycle, an organization dedicated to inspiring youth to build healthy relationships. She has combined an unrelenting passion for social justice with keen business savvy to forge unparalleled partnerships between the nonprofit sector and powerful brands, including Nike, Crest, Blue Shield, Mary Kay and Verizon.
As an outspoken advocate for young people, she has appeared in hundreds of media outlets including CNN, Washington Post, MTV and The Today Show, and is a periodic contributor to the Huffington Post on topics ranging from gender-based violence to pop culture.
Marjorie earned a Nathan Cummings Social Justice Fellowship while receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies and Ethnicities and minor in Bioethics from the University of Southern California. When she is not busy saving the world, Marjorie helps support the operations of her busy recording studio in West Hollywood.
Founded in 1993, Music Forward Foundation accelerates real-life skills for youth using music as the bridge to success. By channeling the power of music, we help kids create pathways to productive, sustainable, and fulfilling lives. Learn more at www.hobmusicforward.org.
Kurt Bauer is a lifelong music fanatic and long-time technology executive/geek. He co-founded budtobud in 2009 and launched Qus, the ultimate multi-source music player, in 2015. Kurt previously served as CEO of One Llama Labs, a pioneer in acoustic machine learning and music recognition/recommendation. A graduate of University of Missouri, Kurt enjoys sailing, yoga, cooking and Wu-Tang Clan in his free time
Brandt Mori, counsel at Venable LLP, is an experienced corporate attorney who advises clients through their entire business lifecycle, focusing on business formation and joint ventures; mergers and acquisitions; private equity and venture capital investments and financing transactions; the negotiation of complex commercial agreements; and corporate governance and compliance. His practice includes representing technology and other emerging companies as well as a broad range of other clients, from early stage start-ups to mature multinational corporations.
Brandt has significant knowledge of the hospitality industry from his time as in-house General Counsel to a growing hospitality company. He has extensive experience negotiating the purchase and sale of hotels, restaurants and nightclubs; hotel, restaurant and nightclub management agreements, development agreements and brand licenses; celebrity chef agreements; leases; and private investment offerings.
Brandt often functions as General Counsel to his clients and brings a client-centric approach that is focused on delivering practical, strategic, comprehensive advice. He understands the real world challenges and time constraints that face in-house legal departments and management teams and draws on this perspective to deliver first class service and valued legal advice to his clients.
Brandt is also a co-founder of the Law Rocks USA.
Charles “Chuck” Jarrell is a partner at Allen Matkins whose practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex business disputes and commercial fraud claims. His practice encompasses a broad spectrum of litigation, including real estate, partnership, environmental, and construction disputes.
Mr. Jarrell also serves on the board of Law Rocks and the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA. When he is not serving his community, Chuck is the band leader and guitarist for Attractive Nuisance. He has also served as the emcee of Law Rocks events.
Sponsors
Photos
Check out photos from the concert taken by Nick Otto here on Dropbox.
VIDEO
The playlist below has all eight sets from Law Rocks San Francisco!
