ON LU, Esq. Mount, Spelman & Fingerman, PC First Openly Gay Student Body President at USF School of Law For oN, It Got Better when he stopped hiding behind religion. oN is an intellectual property litigation attorney at Mount, Spelman, and Fingerman, PC, with particular emphasis on anti-counterfeiting and branding. His work and language skills take him often to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Europe. oN spent ten-years in the dogmatic International Churches of Christ, which promised to “de-gay” him. During that decade, he zealously led bible talks and ministries; spent too much time evangelizing strangers; and baptized numerous “disciples”. He even served as a minister during his last year in the church. None of that worked; he was still gay (thank God.) When oN finally realized that being gay wasn’t the problem, he left the church and moved to San Francisco to start his life over. He came out of the closet at the ripe old-age of 31, while a first year law student at the University of San Francisco School of Law. During his third year, oN was elected President of the Student Bar Association (SBA) — a first for an openly gay student at the law school. oN’s graduating class voted him the “Leader Who Contributed Most to the Character of the Law School” and selected him to speak at Commencement. He was also a member of the USF Law Review; taught Street Law to inner-city high school students; and worked as a teaching assistant for several professors. oN currently serves on BALIF’s …

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