Vania Chaker

Vania Chaker

Corporate Finance Attorney with focus in Technology and Biotech
  • California
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Biography

Vania Mia Chaker graduated from Stanford University with honors and with distinction. Ms. Chaker holds a juris doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. While in law school, she served as president of the Federalist Society and as a senior editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy at Harvard Law School. She holds dual M.B.A. degrees from Columbia Business School and the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Ms. Chaker clerked in the federal judiciary as an elbow clerk to the Hon. Rudi M. Brewster in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and the Hon. Mitchel R. Goldberg in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Ms. Chaker has been associated with the global law firms of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Baker & McKenzie, and Fox Rothschild, serving in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Venture Capital, and Insolvency practice areas of these firms.

Ms. Chaker has also served as a Koch Fellow; worked for the United States Congress for the Hon. C. Christopher Cox and for the House Republican Policy Committee; and served as a Research Assistant at the Hoover Institution. She remains active in political, professional, and charitable activities.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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Languages
  • French: Spoken, Written
Education
University of California - Berkeley
J.D. | Law
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Stanford University
B.A. | Concentration in Public Policy
Honors: Graduation honors and Graduation with distinction.
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Columbia University
MBA | Focus on entrepreneurship
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University of California - Berkeley
MBA | Focus on entrepreneurship
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Professional Associations
State Bar of California  # 208325
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Current
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Vania Chaker - Personal Website
Blog
Chimaera Unleashed: The Series
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Professional Information
Contact & Map
PO Box 22001
San Diego, CA
US