Blaine Valencia, Associate

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EDUCATION

  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

    • Articles Editor, California Law Review; Articles Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

    • Research Assistant to Profs. Asad Rahim and Leti Volpp

    • 3L Class President, Student Association at Berkeley Law; McBaine Honors Moot Court

  • B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, and Film and Media Studies, cum laude, University of California, Irvine

CLERKSHIPS / EXTERNSHIPS

  • Honorable Goodwin Liu, Supreme Court of California

AWARDS

  • Pro Bono Honors with Highest Distinction, Berkeley Law

  • Raymond L. Ocampo Jr. Scholarship, National Filipino American Lawyers Association

  • Phi Beta Kappa, junior inductee, UC Irvine

PRO BONO

  • Secured humanitarian parole for a family fleeing active wartime conditions, enabling their safe relocation to the United States

  • Successfully negotiated a wrongfully convicted client's release on parole after he spent 25 years in prison

  • Argued before the California Court of Appeal and drafted the appellate brief in a domestic violence appeal

  • Advocated on behalf of transgender adolescents, their families, and their medical providers in litigation concerning the availability of gender-affirming care

  • Represented a veteran in elder law proceedings involving a conservatorship

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Philippine American Bar Association

ADMISSONS

  • California

Blaine Valencia is a litigator whose practice spans complex business disputes, white-collar investigations, private wealth matters, and appeals.

Blaine began his career at a large law firm, where he represented various corporate and nonprofit clients in multimillion-dollar disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, conversion, trade secrets, and unfair competition. He also represented corporations and corporate representatives in federal grand jury investigations. Before joining UMK, he was part of a nationally recognized group representing clients in some of the most high-profile and complex trust and estate disputes in the country.

Blaine received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. At Berkeley Law, Blaine served as an Articles Editor for both the California Law Review and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, competed in the McBaine Honors Moot Court, worked as a clinical student at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, and was elected 3L Class President. He graduated with Pro Bono Honors with Highest Distinction. Following his final semester, he externed for Justice Goodwin Liu of the Supreme Court of California. He graduated from UC Irvine with B.A. degrees in Political Science and Film and Media Studies, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as a junior.