Hannah focuses her practice on securities and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, venture capital financings, and general corporate matters. Hannah counsels clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, artificial intelligence, and energy & sustainability, as well as start-ups and emerging companies.
While attending law school, Hannah worked as law clerk at an estate planning law firm, a tax law firm, and a consulting company specializing in advising entrepreneurs, all of which are based in San Diego. In those roles, she gained experience in estate planning, trust administration, probate matters, criminal and civil tax trial work, audits, and IRS and California tax collections. She also served as a corporate counsel extern to a San Diego–based company that provides consumer financing for renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects.
In law school, she received numerous scholarships and worked for two professors, as a tax & estate legal research assistant and an IP/contract law research assistant.
viewpoints
Court Vacates SEC’s New Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules
December 21, 2023 | Advisory | By Daniel T. Kajunski, Hannah L. Karraker
Read about the Fifth Circuit’s December 19 opinion vacating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s share repurchase disclosure rules, which were adopted in May 2023 and became effective on July 31, 2023.
SEC Adopts New Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules
May 18, 2023 | Alert | By Daniel T. Kajunski, Hannah L. Karraker
Read about the SEC’s final rules requiring increased quantitative data and expanded narrative disclosure regarding share repurchases by an issuer.
SEC Adopts Amendments Requiring Electronic Filing of Forms 144
November 2, 2022 | Alert | By Hannah L. Karraker
Read about how the SEC’s adoption of an electronic filing mandate for certain documents, including all Forms 144 for the sale of securities by US public company issuers, could impact public companies.
Recognition & Awards
USD Alumni Torts Tournament First Place Brief (2020)
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Tournament, Third Place (2019)
Order of Barristers (2021)