Jeffrey Stempel is the Doris S. and Theodore B. Lee Professor of Law with expertise in Civil Procedure, Legal Ethics, and ADR.

    As a child, you moved from the UK to the USA. What are your memories of that transition?

My strongest memory is being very annoyed when I was marked down for misspelling color on a spelling test. I felt the teacher should not have taken points when I was right. I also got very tired of being asked if I knew the Spice Girls. England might be smaller than many US states, but it is not that small. 

Alfonso is a Partner at RSM US LLP in San Francisco.