Estimated Net Worth
  • estimated net worth
    $932 K - $2.2 M
Salary
  • salary
    Unknown
Employment
  • Started 12/13/2022

Financial Disclosure Details - OGE Form 278e (04/03/2022)

Positions Held Outside United States Government

#
Organization
City
Position
To
1
Santa Clara, California
Associate Professor
Present
2
Catherine Sandoval Advisory (expert advisory and expert witness services)
Campbell, California
President & CEO
Present
3
Catch the Next
West Haven, Connecticut
Member, Board of Directors (uncompensated board service)
Present
4
Amici: PG&E ratepayers in PG&E's federal criminal probation case
Santa Clara, California
Pro bono Co- counsel as Director, Insurance Law Institute at SCU Law
1/2022
5
Santa Clara, California
Director
Present
6
Santa Clara , California
Director
Present
7
Santa Clara, California
Director
Present
8
Santa Clara, California
Co-Director
Present
9
Santa Clara, California
Co-Director
6/2021

Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts

#
Description
Value
Income Type
Income Amount
1
Catherine Sandoval Advisory, Sole Proprietorship
$1,001 - $15,000
Consulting or expert witness fee (no retainers).
$60,390
2
Santa Clara University School of Law
Salary and stipend
$194,961
3
State of California Savings Plus Program, 401(k) Defined Contribution Plan
3.1
Target Date Fund-2025
$15,001 - $50,000
None (or less than $201)
4
Santa Clara University 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan and Tax-Deferred Annuity
4.1
TIAA Traditional
$50,001 - $100,000
None (or less than $201)
4.2
CREF Stock R2 (QCSTPX)
$500,001 - $1,000,000
None (or less than $201)
4.3
CREF Bond Market R2 (QCBMPX)
$15,001 - $50,000
None (or less than $201)
4.4
CREF Inf-Linked Bond R2 ((QCILPX)
$15,001 - $50,000
None (or less than $201)
4.5
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund Admiral Class Shares (VAIPX)
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)

Employment Agreements and Arrangements

#
Employer Or Party
City
Status And Terms
Date
1
Santa Clara, California
I will take an unpaid leave of absence from my tenured professor position for the duration of federal service. As a tenured professor I will retain electronic resource and library privileges.
4/2022
2
Sacramento, California
I plan to continue to participate in this defined contribution plan but the plan sponsor (The State of California) no longer makes contributions after my separation from state service in January 2017.
4/2001
3
Catherine Sandoval Advisory.
Campbell, California
My sole proprietorship will be inactive during my appointment and all outstanding client fees will be fixed before I enter government service.
4/2022
4
Santa Clara, California
I will continue to participate in Santa Clara University's defined contribution plan. The plan sponsor will not make contributions during my leave.
8/2004

Sources of Compensation Exceeding $5,000 in a Year

#
Source
City
Duties
1
Santa Clara, California
Teach courses and conduct research on Energy, Communications, Contract, and Antitrust Law. Director, Center for Insurance Law and Regulation @ SCU Law, fall 2020- present.
case representing PG&E ratepayers as Amici from June 2020 to January 2022 when PG&E's federal criminal probation ended. Director, Tutor, and Lecturer, SCU Law Summer Law Program @ Oxford University, fall 2017 to present. Director, Broadband & Infrastructure Institute of California (BBIC) (Summer 2021 to present). Co-Director, Broadband Institute of California, Spring 2017-Spring 2021. Co-Director, SCU Law High-Tech Law Institute, May 2018 to present
2
Catherine Sandoval Advisory
Campbell, California
Provide short-term advisory and expert witness services on utility and antitrust issues
3
Friedman & Springwater LLP
San Francisco, California
Expert witness for California state regulatory hearing (Client of Catherine Sandoval Advisory).
4
Stoell Rives LLP
Sacramento, California
Expert witness for state court tort case (Client of Catherine Sandoval Advisory).
5
Madison, Wisconsin
Expert witness for state plaintiffs in federal antitrust trial (Client of Catherine Sandoval Advisory).
6
Los Angeles, California
Expert witness for California state eminent domain case (Client of Catherine Sandoval Advisory).

Spouse's Employment Assets & Income and Retirement Accounts

#
Description
Value
Type
Amount
1
Comerica Bank
Salary and bonus
2
Spouse IRA #1
2.1
Transamerica Asset Allocation Moderate Growth Port CL
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)
3
401K, Comerica Bank
3.1
FIAM Inx TD 2025 T (Fidelity Index Asset Management), Commingled Pool Class T
$50,001 - $100,000
None (or less than $201)

Other Assets and Income

#
Description
Value
Type
Amount
1
U.S. Bank Account #1 cash
$100,001 - $250,000
None (or less than $201)
2
U.S. Bank Account #2 cash
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)
3
U.S. Bank Account #3 cash
$15,001 - $50,000
None (or less than $201)
4
IRA # 1
4.1
Enterprise Financial Services Corp
$15,001 - $50,000
None (or less than $201)
5
IRA #2
5.1
U.S. brokerage account (cash)
$100,001 - $250,000
None (or less than $201)
5.2
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund Class K Shares (FBGKX)
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)
5.3
Fidelity Fund (FFIDX)
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)
5.4
Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund (FDEGX)
$1,001 - $15,000
None (or less than $201)

Transactions

#
Description
Type
Date
Amount
Nothing reported in this section

Liabilities

#
Creditor
Amount
Incurred
Term
1
Wells Fargo Home Mortage
$250,001 - $500,000
2021
30 year fixed
2
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
$250,001 - $500,000
2013
30 year fixed

Gifts and Travel Reimbursements

#
Source Name
City
Description
Value
Nothing reported in this section

Endnotes

Section
#
Description
1
1
Tenured faculty member at Santa Clara University School of Law. If confirmed I will take a leave of absence from my position as a Professor and the Institutes and Programs at Santa Clara University that I direct or co-direct.
2
1
This sole proprietorship has no assets independent of income received.
2
5
Anticipated book royalties. No advance or royalties received to date.
2
6
Honorarium paid in 2021 for speaking at Stanford Digital Society conferences in fall 2020.
2
7
Honorarium of $1,000 paid by the FCC in 2021 for October 2019 speech at the FCC's invitation for the FCC Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration.
3
2
I began participating in the California State defined contribution plan in April 2001-April 2004. The State of California resumed contributions to my plan in January 2011-January 2017. The State's contributed ended after my state service concluded in January 2017.
4
3
Friedman & Springwater LLP's client for the expert witness services provided is Foley Investments, L.P. Revenues for service provided in 2021 were collected. Revenues for service provided in 2022 are anticipated and will be collected or fixed prior to federal service.
4
4
Stoell Rives' client for the expert witness services provided was California Resources Production Corporation. Revenues for service provided in 2021 were collected.
4
5
Expert witness in federal antitrust trial for state plaintiffs: State of New York; State of California; State of Connecticut; District of Columbia; State of Maryland; State of Michigan; Commonwealth of Virginia; State of Wisconsin; State of Hawaii; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of Minnesota; State of Oregon; State of Illinois; and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Services v. Deutsche Telekom Ag; T-Mobile US, Inc.; Sprint Corporation; and Softbank Group Corp. State of Wisconsin was the payor for my expert witness services which ended in December 2019. Revenues for expert witness services were collected in 2020.
4
6
Manatt, Phelps & Phillip's client was Liberty Utilities. Revenue for services provided from August 2019 to January 2020 were collected in 2020.

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