Contact Information

500 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

916.325.4501

aschwing@mhalaw.com

Practice Focus

Litigation

Appeals

Conservation Easements

Ann Taylor Schwing | Of Counsel

Professional Experience

Ann is a member of McDonough Holland & Allen’s Litigation Practice Group where her practice is limited to appeals, motions and research. She divides her time among work for the firm, writing legal treatises, involvement in The Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court and serving on several nonprofit boards and the Land Trust Accreditation Commission.

She joined the firm in 1986 after serving as partner in two other firms and law clerk for Chief United States District Judge Thomas J. MacBride, Eastern District of California from 1977-1980.

Publications

Author, “California Affirmative Defenses,” (2009 West Expert Series 4,500+ pages) (1995/96 Bancroft Whitney) (5 volumes) (1st ed. 1988/89/90, 4 volumes).

Author, “Open Meeting Laws,” (2d ed. 2000) (national treatise analyzing law and cases of 50 states requiring open meetings by public bodies, sponsored by the ­International Municipal Lawyers Association) (also 1st ed. 1994, sponsored by the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers); see www.openmeetinglaws.com

Co-Author of Second Edition, “The Regulation of Money Managers: Mutual Funds and Advisers,” written by Tamar Frankel (1st ed. 1978-80) (4 volume treatise on federal regulation of investment companies, mutual funds, investment advisers) (Aspen, 2007, annually updated).

Editor of Tamar Frankel’s “Securitization,” (2d ed. 2005).

Co-Author, “Local Practice Commentary for Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.” (annual Lexis)

Contributing Editor, Black’s Law Dictionary (7th & 8th eds., Bryan Garner, ed., 1999, 2004).

Author, “California Discovery Practice Chap. 4,” (CEB 1st ed. 1987, 2d ed. 1998).

Author, "Conservation Easement Tax Benefits Abound for Owners of Large Acreage," McDonough Real Estate Law Bulletin, July 2008

Author, “Insurance Holding Company Regulatory ­Statutes and Related Legislation: A Comparative Analysis,” 27 Fed. Ins. Counsel Q. 96 (1976).

Author, “Qualification Requirements Applicable to Alien Stock Insurers, to Surplus Line Insurers, and to Reinsurers,” 1976 Ins. L.J. 649.

Author, “The Federal Power ­Com­mission’s Noncompliance with the National Environmental Policy Act; Statutory Impossibility and Delegation,” 55 B.U.L.Rev., 575 (1975).

Author, “Statutory Circuit Court Review and the ­National Environmental Policy Act: The Proper ­Forum,” 55 B.U.L.Rev. 530 (1975).

Author, “Eisen v. Carlisle and Jacquelin—Fluid ­Recovery, Mini-Hearings, and Notice in Class ­Actions,” 54 B.U.L.Rev. 111 (1974).

Memberships/Affiliations

Commissioner and Secretary, Land Trust Accreditation Commission (2006-12)

Board of Trustees, American Inns of Court Foundation, Washington, DC (2004-09)

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Master of the Bench, The Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court (1988-present ), Executive Committee (1989-present )

Ninth Circuit Advisory Board (2000-2003)

Ninth Circuit Task Force on Self-Represented Litigants (2003-2005)

Member and Reporter, Judicial Advisory ­Committee for the Eastern District of California (1997-present) Subcommittee on Local Rules (1993-present)

Reporter, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the Eastern District of California (1996-1997)

Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group (Biden Committee) for the Eastern District of California (1994-1996); Chair

Panel Member, Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program for the Eastern District of California (1994-present)

Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (1985-87); Chair, Eastern District Lawyer Delegates (1986-1987)

State Bar of California, Standing Committee on Rules and Procedure of Courts (1985-87); Chair (1986-1987)

Board of Trustees, The Land Trust of Napa County (1995-2001, 2002-2008); Vice President, President Elect (1997); ­President (1998-2001); Chair, Protection (Enforcement) Committee (2002-2008); Member, Project Committee (1995 - present); Member, Archer Taylor Preserve Committee (1989 - present)

Member, Board of Trustees of the Sacramento Law Foundation (1995-2004)

Honors/Awards

American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit (2004)

Federal Bar Association, Sacramento Chapter, Award for “Outstanding and Tireless Service to the Federal Bar and Judiciary” (2003)

Melville M. Bigelow ­Scholarship Award for the graduate with the greatest promise as a scholar and a teacher of the law, Boston University School of Law (1975)

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Federal Bar Association

Member, Sacramento County Bar Association

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Admitted to Practice

State Bar of California, 1980

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1980)

United States District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California (1980)

Education

Boston University

School of Law

J.D., cum laude, 1975

Editorial Board, Boston University Law Review

University of California, Berkeley

B.A., cum laude, 1968