Professional qualifications
Myanna graduated at the top of her law school class, Order of the Coif, from the University of Oregon School of Law.
She clerked for a Superior Court judge in the U.S.V.I. and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Myanna rose through the ranks of ABA-accredited law schools and became a full, tenured law professor teaching Contracts, Sales, International Business Transactions and Public International law (including human rights and civil rights).
She taught more than 1,700 attorneys how to practice law professionally and ethically.
Myanna is a Fulbright Scholar in climate change law and policy under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State.
After almost four years of proudly helping the EinStrong Foundation on its mission to help solve the interconnected challenges of climate change, global poverty, and educational challenges, the Foundation has decided not to focus on climate change anymore. I wish the Foundation well in donating money to poor mothers in Cambodia; also a very worthy cause. It was an excellent challenge to work for the Foundation and I was happy to do so.
I am excited to be seeking out new professional challenges.
I am taking my vast contracts law and academic legal experience into the realm of helping academics with legal issues. For more information, see my professional site, TheProfessorAttorney.com.
In my continuing pursuance of community service, I was recently appointed (volunteer, part-time) commissioner for the City of Los Angeles’ Planning and Land Use Commission. As such, I look forward to assisting Mayor Karen Bass.
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Myanna has, for four years consecutively, been ranked among the world’s top 10% researchers by download on SSRN. More than 100 judges, attorneys, government officials, and academics have cited to her research. She has written more than 400,000 words in numerous law review and other articles published by major journals nationwide. Approx. 30,000 people have downloaded her podcasts.
Myanna's research centers around the intersection of climate change law and risk to businesses, governments, and individuals. She has also written on endangered species law and policy.
Before law school, Myanna enjoyed a successful career in international communications, working for, among others, KPMG, Warner Bros. Studio, DreamWorks, and major law firms around the nation. She holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Aarhus, currently ranked among the world’s top 100 research universities, and has almost completed her PhD in Political Science.
Myanna is a first-generation immigrant. She was born and raised in project-like housing in Denmark.
She speaks three languages fluently and achieved her legal results in a non-native tongue.
She has lived and worked in four nations on three continents and visited about 38 nations.
Myanna is the first and only in her blue-collar family to earn several university degrees, earning her own way through college. She is a mid-life career changer.
Myanna took care of her terminally ill father while in law school, was the sole caregiver for her elderly mother in Denmark including during her passing and is herself a 2019 cancer survivor.
Integrity, Calm and Kindness Matter
Myanna respects and appreciates others. She does not believe in lifting oneself up by tearing others down. Ethics and courage matter. In general, Myanna believes in more compassion, open-mindedness, and less hate. She believes that everyone in the legal system should be treated fairly and with equality. That is not the case today.
Community engagement
- Myanna hosts and contributes to local community efforts such as historical home preservation, legal events, and wildlife preservation.
- Her podcasts on local and international issues of law and environmental policy have been listened to by more than 30,000 people world-wide.
- She is the Vice President of a local chapter of the National Organization of Women.
