Latika Malkani
Latika Malkani is a Partner at the employment law firm of Siegel, LeWitter & Malkani at their Oakland office. She represents employees and unions in a wide array of employment and labor law issues including class action litigation.
Alison Buchanan
Alison Buchanan is a shareholder with Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc., in San Jose, California, where she serves as the firm’s General Counsel and chairs the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Alison focuses her practice on business litigation, professional liability, and legal ethics.
Alison is a Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice Law, as certified by the State Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization. She is a founding member of the Ethics Committee for the California Lawyers Association, serving as the Chair. From 2011 to 2014, Alison served on the California State Bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC). She previously served on the State Bar's Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission.
Alison is a member of APRL (Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers). Alison regularly speaks throughout the state on issues of attorney ethics and professional liability. She has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer from 2013 through 2023. Alison earned her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology), with honors, in 2001.
In addition to her law-related endeavors, Alison proudly serves on the Board of Directors for the Humane Society Silicon Valley.