CPD Staff

Assistant Dean
206.398.4104
liptons@seattleu.edu

Shawn is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law. Prior to attending law school, he worked and studied in Taiwan and traveled extensively throughout North and South East Asia. Before joining CPD, he was the director of Continuing Legal Education for the law school and prior to that worked as a business development manager in the dotcom world. Shawn is a certified master coach. He speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently and is proficient in Spanish.

Director
206.398.4279
slara@seattleu.edu

Stacey received undergraduate degrees in art and art history from University of Washington. She received her J.D. from University of Washington School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of Operations and Development on the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, and her M.P.A. from Seattle University. Prior to law school, she taught English in Korea and worked as a paralegal at a Seattle law firm. Stacey previously served as a public defender at The Defender Association, working in criminal, dependency, and Becca Bill litigation.

Associate Director
206.398.4103
fullnere@seattleu.edu

Erin was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She received her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Washington and her J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law where she was active in mock trial. Over the past several years Erin has worked in a number of small NW firms in both criminal and civil practice. In addition to private practice, she has worked in the public sector as a judicial clerk and public defender. Erin’s practice experience includes felony trial work, civil mental health commitment defense, and wage class action plaintiff’s work.

Associate Director

 Anna is a graduate of Macalester College and Vanderbilt University Law School.  Before joining CPD, Anna worked as agency counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 focusing on environmental regulation and government contracting.  She left federal service to serve as Deputy Counsel to the Hillary Clinton for President campaign. After the campaign, Anna founded and served as Managing Director of the Alaska office of a Seattle-based political and public relations consulting firm.  Most recently, Anna was a staff attorney with the Alaska Immigration Justice Project.

Associate Director for Employer Relations

206.398.4034
samaniab@seattleu.edu

Bahareh is a 2002 graduate of Seattle University School of Law and has a strong interest in developing employment opportunities for students and alumni.  Through her experience as a litigator, she has developed a solid network of local, regional, and national relationships.  While an undergraduate at the University of Washington, Bahareh interned with the Office of the Corporation Counsel in Washington, D.C. defending municipal workers in civil lawsuits.  During law school, she interned with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and studied law in Spain.  From 2002 to 2011, she litigated personal injury, Federal Employers' Liability Act, and employment law cases in state and federal courts throughout the western U.S.  In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering with the King County Bar Association's Neighborhood Legal Clinic offering free legal advice to low income individuals.  Bahareh is fluent in Farsi.  

Program Assistant
206.398.4105
vonseele@seattleu.edu

Emily is an Illinois native, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2004 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. During her time at UIUC, she worked as a House Manager at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. She joined CPD after relocating to Seattle in the summer of 2007.