PRO BONO COMMITTEE


The mission of the Pro Bono Committee is to connect APABA Silicon Valley members to collectively serve disadvantaged and underrepresented members of our community and beyond. The Committee will help to organize interested attorneys from firms, companies and other organizations to work together to provide pro bono legal services to those who face barriers to justice.


CO-CHAIRS

 

Parminder Sandhu

Parminder is an Associate at Fragomen’s Silicon Valley office, where he assists a variety of clients, ranging from early stage start-ups to large corporations, with meeting their immigration needs.

Parminder joined the firm as a Law Clerk during law school. He has experience preparing and filing first-preference employment-based petitions (e.g., outstanding researcher, extraordinary ability and multinational manager), and assisting clients with a variety of nonimmigrant visas (e.g., O-1, L-1A, L-1B, TN and H-1B). In addition, he has drafted responses to Requests for Evidence, a number of which were complex and required extensive research, as well as petitions for permanent residence.

 
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Jack Shaw

Jack is a Partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. He focuses on intellectual property and commercial litigation, representing clients in industries including software, mobile app technologies, digital media & entertainment, machine learning, consumer electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, mobile payment, internet, network, medical, and mechanical engineering. Along with patent litigation, his other IP experience includes copyright/DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), trade dress, and trade secret matters. He has represented U.S. clients as well as clients headquartered in Asia and Europe. Jack’s commercial litigation experience includes unfair competition and breach of contract actions.