About Anna M.
Anna M. Han built a career that bridges practice, teaching and bar leadership. She trained at two University of California campuses, earning a B.A. in political science and economics from UC Berkeley in 1978 and a J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 1981. Those credentials set the stage for a steady rise through law firms and into academia.
Straight out of law school she joined Heller Ehrman as an associate in 1981. Within a few years she moved into partnership at McCutchen Doyle, beginning in 1983. Her resume also records ties to Morgan Lewis and, later, a counsel role at White and Case in 2005. The sequence shows a practitioner comfortable in large firm environments and in roles that require both litigation and transactional judgment.
In 1989 she stepped into the classroom as an associate professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. Her time in academia ran parallel to ongoing practice and bar service. Teaching allowed her to test ideas and to mentor younger lawyers while continuing to engage in the legal work that kept her connected to clients and firm life.
Han’s involvement in organized bar activity has been sustained. She served on the State Bar of California’s Executive Committee as secretary from 1994 to 1995 and as treasurer from 1995 to 1996. She holds a current post as chair of the China Law Committee for the San Francisco Bar Association. Those leadership roles reflect a willingness to take administrative responsibility and to shape policy conversations inside the bar.
Her dual admissions to practice in California and Hawaii mark a geographic range to her professional life. She has balanced law firm positions, academic appointments and bar leadership across those jurisdictions. Colleagues describe her approach as practical and detail-oriented; students remember her for clear standards and a readiness to connect doctrinal points to real-world practice.
Today Han remains active in the legal community, combining association work and legal practice. She continues to work on matters that arise at the intersection of U.S. practice and Chinese law, while maintaining ties to legal education and professional governance. Her current practice centers on China-related legal matters and bar association work.
