Philip J. Sciranka

• University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly University of California, Hastings College of the Law) (J.D. 2012)
  • Cum Laude
  • Staff Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 2010
• University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. American Literature, 2008)
  • Magna Cum Laude

Bar Admissions

• California

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court, District of Oregon

• Represented the University of California, San Francisco in connection with its environmental review of long-range planning, including successfully defeating multiple requests for injunction related to the removal and preservation of historic murals and obtaining a complete defense verdict at trial. Parnassus Neighborhood Coalition v. The Board of Regents of the University of California (Case No. RG21088939); Yerba Buena Neighborhood Consortium, LLC v. University of California, et al. (Case No. RG21090517); San Franciscans for Balanced and Livable Communities v. The Regents of the University of California, et al. (Case No. RG21089332).
• Represented the University of California, Berkeley in litigation brought by multiple petitioners under CEQA, obtaining a complete defense verdict at trial. Berkeley Citizens for a Better Plan v. The Regents of the University of California et al. (Case No. 21CV000995); American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3299 et al. v. The Regents of the University of California, et al. (Case No. RG21110157); Make UC a Good Neighbor et al. v. The Regents of the University of California et al. (Case No. RG21110142).
• Represented the University of California, Berkeley in a land use and breach of covenants action, securing a defense verdict against all cross-claims. Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods et al. v. The Regents of the University of California (Case No. RG19006256).
• Represented a client in breach of contract, fraud, and trade secret misappropriation matter in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, successfully obtaining complete dismissal of the client for lack of personal jurisdiction. Rentrak Corp. v. Burton, et al. (Case No. 3:15-cv-458-SB).

• Seven Lubin Olson Attorneys Listed in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
• Sweeping victory for Lubin Olson Land Use Group
• Eleven Lubin Olson attorneys listed in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America