Alumna Marwa M. Elzankaly, partner at McManis Faulkner, San Jose, was honored with a 2009 Clay Award in the area of Civil Rights by California Lawyer magazine. Elzankaly "took Ibrahim v. Dept. of Homeland Security to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled last August that lawsuits against the no-fly list can proceed, giving federal trial courts the option of compelling the government to explain how the names on that list have been chosen. The decision reinstated the lawsuit filed by Elzankaly’s client, Rahinah Ibrahim, a Stanford University doctoral student and a native of Malaysia.”

Read the full article in California Lawyer magazine here.