MIRANDA PAEZ focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, securities litigation, and white collar criminal defense and investigations. She also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on civil rights.
Miranda earned her law degree with pro bono honors from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (UC Berkeley Law). While at UC Berkeley Law, Miranda served as a California Law Review editor, president of the Coalition of Minorities in Technology Law, and a La Raza Law Journal submissions editor. Additionally, she competed in the Halloum Negotiation Competition and was a member of UC Berkeley Law’s Moot Court team, placing third overall in the regional round of the International Trademark Association Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition.
During law school, Miranda served as a judicial extern to The Honorable Jacqueline Scott Corley of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Additionally, as a legal intern for a multinational Fortune 100 technology company, she worked on litigation, employment, privacy, and commercial matters.
Miranda also served as a research assistant to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Diana DiGennaro. As a research assistant, she researched novel areas of law, edited leading legal scholarship, and co-authored a brief on a First Amendment issue for UC Berkeley Law’s Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing Program. Lastly, as a clinical student for the East Bay Community Law Center’s Education Justice Clinic, she successfully represented a client in state court and administrative proceedings.
Prior to law school, she worked as a docket clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Miranda holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with honors and received the Percy Undergraduate Grant for innovative research in American politics.