Farella Braun + Martel partner Nan Joesten ’97 has been appointed co-chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago. She previously co-chaired both the ABA Section of Litigation’s Woman Advocate Committee and Mentoring Subcommittee. A former Boalt Hall Alumni Association president, Joesten won the 2007 UC Berkeley Foundation Trustee’s Citation Award for outstanding service to Berkeley Law, and will receive the law school’s annual Young Alumni Award October 1. Her complex litigation practice emphasizes intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark disputes, trade secret misappropriation cases, and technology-related litigation for U.S. and international companies.