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H AT I G HASTINGS CO MM UNITY AUTUMN 2005

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FEATURES DEPARTMENTS

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JOSEPH W. COTCHETI TO CHAIR FROM THE DEAN: ABOUT THE FACULTY THE 2005-06 ANNuAL CAMPAIGN TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS! • Retirement for Three of Former member of the Board of It's Time to Renovate the Hastings Faculty's Finest Directors Joseph Cotchett ('64) to chair Law Library the Annual Campaign • In the News 13 • Hazard Receives ABA Honor 4 o CAMPUS • Schwarzer Recognized for FRITZ L. DUDA TO CHAIR THE Serving Justice Excerpts from San Francisco LIBRARY RENOVATION CAMPAIG District Attorney Kamala Harris's • Faculty Notes Fritz Duda ('64) to chair the Law Commencement Address Library Renovation Campaign Commencement 2005 Photos 26

5 On the Waterfront: A Symposium WITH THE ALUMNl on Urban Waterfronts TIME TO RENOVATE: MAJOR • Alumni Events RENOVATIONS PLANNED FOR At the Scholarship Tea Latino New Student Welcome HASTINGS LAw LIBRARY ABA Student Writing Award Seattle New Student Reception The Law Library is at the center Goes to David Ward ('05) Dallas of the campaign to renovate the 200 McAllister building A Summer Serving Public Interest Houston Hastings to Haiti: The Mission Contra Costa AOY (Nancy Parent) 7 ----- Continues San Diego New Student Reception PROMINENT VOLUNTEER Center for Gender & Refugee Studies: Sacramento Ninth Circuit En bane Decision FuNDRAlSING LEADERS AND Los Angeles Expected in Asylum Case SEVERAL MAJOR DONORS • Mercedes Moreno ('80) Named S UCCESSFULLY LAUNCH LIBRARY Students Awarded Diversity Alumni Association President FUND DRIVE Scholarships • Class Notes ine Hastings al umni to co-chair the Nick Jones: A Student with Ties to Law Library Renova tion Campaign the Watergate Era Michaels Stars in WWlI Saga 12 In Memoriam

THE NEXT D EAN Searching for a new law school dean

O N THE CO V ER

Architect's renderings of the Law Library as it will appear when the renovation of the 200 McAllister Building is complete. IT'S TIME TO RENOVATE THE HASTINGS LAW LIBRARY

FRO M THE DEAN TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS

et me start with a together to welcome them and to help them in this nond batable proposition: transition. It was Hastings at its human best. Hastings is not on ly the But the excellence we find at Hastings today is old st and largest public law not a new thing. It refl ects a tradition of excellence. school on the West Coast, it is a A tradition that, in particular, was reflected in the great law school' But what establishment of the famed 65 Club Faculty in the makes Hastings great cannot be mid-1 940s, bringing to the College the nation's lead­ captured in such a simple statement. We can find ing legal scholars and teachers to share their wisdom evidence of that fact in several areas. There is our with our students. The greatness of that educational ability to attract an extremely talented student experience is something highlighted over and over body-with over 6,100 applications for the 400 seats again by alumni who graduated during that era. in our entering class. The acclaim of our nationally Those same alumni have gone on to establish their award-winning Moot Court program is just one indi­ own high standards of excell ence, furthering cia of the excellent academic program that we offer, Hastings' reputation for training the very best. A few and could be joined by the special opportunities pre­ examples underscore that point. sented by our four Centers-in Gender and Refugee First, it should be no surprise to learn that more Studies, on State and Local Government Law, on Hastings graduates are sitting judges in the State of Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, and on Work­ California than from any other single law school­ Life Law. The fa culty that we have assembled com­ by a very wide margin. This includes Justice Marvin bines a breadth and depth of expertise that through Baxter ('66), who serves on the California Supreme their efforts allows the College to be recognized as a Court. Alumni outside the state also have been major playe r in law reform efforts in the state and members of the Supreme Courts in Hawaii, nation. Additionally, their dedication to teaching Vermont, and Montana, with Karla Gray ('76) cur­ means that our students have unique and special rently serving as Chief Justice of Montana. Our opportunities not only to benefit from the faculty's alumni judges continue to receive various judicial expertise in the classroom, but to work with them awards recognizing the high caliber of their work, outside the classroom, as well. Our expansive and such as Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge fin ely developed clinical program ensures that our Lois Haight Herrington ('65), a former Hastings students are exposed to the real life of lawyering Board of Directors member, who received the under fa culty supervision that provides them time to California Jurist of the Year Award in 2003. refl ect upon and learn from those experiences. We Second, the long and distinguished public service have also created a vibrant metropolitan campus record of many of our graduates has found them in with activities scheduled throughout the week that leadership positions in the state and at national lev­ students and faculty can and do participate in . els, including, at various times, Speaker of the Finally, the Hastings community is a caring and Assembly in California, Governor of Nevada, and supportive one. In the best traditions of the profes­ members of the U.S. House of Representatives and sion, it is dedicated to helping others less fortunate Senate, as well as a former U.S. Ambassador to than themselves. This is vividly and recently demon­ Austria, Kathryn Walt Hall ('71). Presidential strated in the College's response to the devastation Cabinet members have included John S. Herrington of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Immediately, ('64) of the Department of Energy (see his profile various student efforts were launched for fundrais­ on p. 9) and Ann M. Veneman ('76) of the ers, clothing and food drives, etc. And the College Department of Agriculture (see her profile offered to accept for the fall semester visiting on p. 11). students who had Bay Area connections from the Third, in the private sector, Hastings practition­ law schools at Tulane and Loyola of New Orleans. ers regularly appear on lists of the top 100 lawyers Three students accepted our offer and enrolled­ in America and in California. Several of our alumni three weeks into the semester. They arrived to find are serving as managing partners of prominent law faculty and student mentors, offers of class notes, firms, such as Michael Lucey ('81) of Gordon & free books, and special counseling. Everyone came Rees in San Francisco. Our graduates have also

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(continued) excelled in the busine s worl d, includin g Richard when we will be in va ri ous temporary fa cilitie in Thalheimer (,74), the founder and CEO of The the Civic Center. With the help of some leading harper Image; icholas Moore (,67), the fo rmer alumni, we have launched a Library Capital Global Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Campaign to help us a complish some important Parker S. Kennedy (,73), the Chairman and CEO renovations that annot be covered by state bond of the First American Corporati on, one of the fundin g. And I hope m any of yo u will join them in nati on's largest title insurance companies. Hastings this most timely project. grads also have played prominent roles in the broad­ Second, as a result of seven faculty retirements cast fi eld, like Nancy Tellem (,78), the President of in the past two years (see the story of our three CBS-Paramount etwork Television Entertainment 2005 retiring colleagues on pp. 26-27), the fac ulty Group, and Gregg Jarrett ('80), a Fox Network will be engaged in major hiring efforts to ensure that News Anchor. All in all, it is an impressive group­ we continue to have one of the leading fa culties in one that refl ects the training, dedica tion, and profes­ the nati on. And third, as announced this summer, I sionalism that is the backbone of a first-rate legal will be stepping down as Chancellor and Dean at education. the end of June 2006, so the College has launched a One of the exciting things about being part of nationwide search for my successor. (See article on such a dynamic institution is that it is always under­ p. 12.) That search provides an opportunity for taking new initiatives, working to improve and refl ection on where the next steps for the College respond to the constantly changing demands in the should lead. profession and the legal needs of society at large. Thus, this is an important and exciting time for This year is no different, but it does mark a year of change at the College. The foundation for continued some major transitions, transitions that you will read excellence is well laid. The College is on a solid about in this iss ue of Hastings Community. First, as footing and, with your help, its potential is truly indicated on the cover and in stories fo und on unlimited. Ultimately, the greatness of this law pp. 4-6, we are embarking on a major renovati on of school is its people and, as our history has shown our Library building to bring it into the 21 st century and our present surely reveals, we have an unbeat­ and to complete the renovation of our academic able combination of talent and dedication in our stu­ buildings. That project will take 15 months-a time dents, fa cul ty, and alumni to guarantee our success.

Mary Kay Kane Chancell or and D ean LAW LABRARY RENOVATION

Joseph W. Cotchett to Chair the 2005- 06 "Attending Hastings was one of the most unique and rewarding experiences of my Annual Campaign life. We studied under the tutelage of the nation's foremost teachers and scholars-the 65 Club faculty members were truly incom­ hancellor Mary Ka y Kane recently parable. They not onl y taught me how to C announced that Joseph W. 'think like a lawyer,' but they also instilled Cotchett will serve as the in me and my classmates a much broader National Chair for the 2005-06 Hastings perspective and a sense of public responsi­ Annual Campaign. A 1964 graduate of the bility when it comes to applying the law law school, Mr. Cotchett has made many to real-world situations. You can't have contributions to Hastings on a wide variety experienced that ennobling and challenging of fronts, including his service as a member educational process without wanting to of the Hastings Board of Directors from 'give something back' to an institution that 1981 to 1993. A longtime Hastings 1066 instills such values. I'm very thankful that Joseph W Cotchett. Foundation member, he has also been one Hastings made it possible for me to con­ of Hastings' major benefactors, having tribute something for the benefit of future endowed a Distinguished Professorship at Super Lawyers," which listed Cotchett in generations of law students." the law school, as well as provided funds to the "Top 10 Northern California Super Mr. Cotchett concluded by observing establish both the Cotchett Trial Advocacy Lawyers." that this year's Annual Campaign is unique. Center and the Clara S. Foltz Student Mr. Cotchett's primary focus over the In addition to the importance of general Center. Most recently, he served as the past several years has been fmancial fraud annual fund donations that support so Chair of a special blue ribbon committee cases on behalf of pensions. He has recently many programs, a major component this appointed to consider and advise the Board taken on Wall Street ftrms for their roles in year will be a special capital campaign for of Directors regarding various options for the Enron, Worldcom, and other major the renovation of the Law Library. That the development of the school's property ftnancial frauds. In addition, he has been facility has had no major upgrades since it located along Golden Gate Avenue and involved in various pro bono and civic activi­ opened a quarter of a century ago. As Mr. Larkin Street. Mr. Cotchett received the ties, including his service on the California Cotchett noted: Hastings Alumnus of the Year Award in State Parks Commission and his appoint­ "In the pages of this issue of Hastings 1996 in recognition of his many contribu­ ment to the Federal Judiciary Advisory Community, you will read about all of the tions to his alma mater. Committee, a bipartisan group that submits exciting enhancements to the library and federal judicial nominations in California to the various naming opportunities for poten­ "I'm very thankful that President Bush. tial donors that will be provided by the In announcing Mr. Cotchett's appoint­ special renovation campaign. Thanks to Hastings made it possible ment as the National Chair of the 2005-06 both public funding and private resources, for me to contribute something Hastings Annual Campaign, Chancellor Hastings will have a new, state-of-the-art for the benefit of future Kane commented: library facility, one that will be wired for "Hastings is honored that we have been technology that wasn't on the drawing generations of law students." able to enlist once again the services of an boards 25 years ago. Winston Churchill alumnus as distinguished as Joe Cotchett to once made a statement that is particularly Mr. Cotchett is a partner in the law firm head up our Annual Campaign. His whole­ true of educational institutions and facili­ of Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy, with hearted acceptance of our invitation and his ties when he commented: 'We shape our offices in Burlingame, Los Angeles, and willingness to undertake this key task are buildings, and, afterwards, our buildings Washington, D.C He consistently has been reflective of both his gratitude for the edu­ shape us.' I urge my fellow alumni to con­ included in The National Law Journal's list­ cation he received at Hastings and for the tribute to this special campaign because the ing of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in importance he places on staying involved contributions for an updated, cutting-edge America" and was named as one of the "Top and being of assistance to his alma mater. He library will better prepare our future law Ten Lawyers in California" by the San has always been there for Hastings, whether graduates to both cope with and perform Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journal in to launch a new initiative or to bring one to most ably in an increasingly competitive 2004. Just recently, San Francisco Magazine fruition. We could not be more grateful." and globali zed profeSSional environment." and the Law & Politics organization released In accepting his appointment as Mr. Cotchett will serve as National the 2005 issue of "Northern California National Chair, Mr. Cotchett observed: Chair through June 2006.

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Fritz L. Duda to Chair the Library Renovation Campaign

Notre Dame University and has been a Chair of the Library Renovation longtime member of the Hastings 1066 Campaign." Foundation Board of Trustees. In accepting his appointment, Mr. Duda In announcing his appointment as the commented: "Having greatly benefited Chair of the Library Renovation from my Hastings education, I want to pay Campaign, Chancellor Mary Ka y Kane something back to the law school, especial­ noted: "We at Hastings could not be more ly at a time when its proportion of state pleased by Fritz Duda's willingness to take funding has decreased by nearly 50% in on this key fundraising position. He has just the past two years alone. And what served for nearly 25 years now as a mem­ better purpose to further than the renova­ ber of the 1066 Foundation's Board of tion of the library, which will provide Fritz L. Duda Trustees and also has been one of the law future generations of law students with a school's most generous benefactors, includ­ more serviceable and academically superior ritz L. Duda, a 1964 graduate of ing providing one of the early leadership­ legal research center. As a leading law edu­ Hastings, will serve as the Chair of level gifts in support of the Snodgrass Hall cator once remarked, 'There is no distin­ the law school's Library Renovation Renovation Campaign and, now, having guished law school without a great library, Campaign, which will be conducted over a pledged $] million to help launch the since it serves as the school's central reposi­ three-year period beginning in September. Library Renovation Campaign." Chancellor tory of knowledge.'" Mr. Duda is the CEO of Genus Holdings, Kane further commented: "Following the Ltd., a Dallas-based diversified investment October 1989 earthquake and the demoli­ company. He also is the owner and tion of four Hastings buildings damaged He brought to this crucial founder of the Fritz Duda Company, a pri­ beyond repair, the Hastings Board of task a tireless energy, clear vately held real estate development firm Directors realized the need to develop a that develops, owns, and manages commer­ coherent plan for the use of the College's vision, and total commitment cial real estate in Texas, IllinOiS, and various real estate properties. In 1989, the to the formulation of a California. Mr. Duda has served on the Board appointed a Real Estate Advisory strategy to aid Hastings in boards of a number of private and public Committee, which was chaired by Mr. companies and was a founding investor Duda. He brought to this crucial task a fulfilling its responsibilities. and director of HMI Acquisitions, which tireless energy, clear vision, and total com­ acquired, among other holdings, the mitment to the formulation of a strategy to Southern California-based Vons supermar­ aid Hastings in fulfilling its responsibilities Mr. Duda has invited his fellow alumni ket chain. H e was also subsequently a with respect to the management of its to make donations in support of the director of the Vons Companies, where he property holdings, especially as those Library Renovation Campaign. As he stat­ erved on that company's executive com­ responsibilities relate to achieVing the ed: "Just imagine, your gift to the campaign mittee and also as the Co-Chair of the spe­ school's overall educational mission and can make available to our students cial committee responsible for the business fulfilling its primary fiscal obligations. He increased access to technology, the latest combination ofVons with Safeway Stores served in that capacity for over two years, research techniques, and a more user­ in]997. and his advice and counsel through that friendly environment. And, what's more, In addition to his entrepreneurial period helped the Board to more ably you can establish your legacy through a accomplishments, Mr. Duda has been an explore and evaluate all of the alternatives naming opportunity, as well." When asked active civic leader, haVing served as the regarding its properties. Today, we can all why he has contributed so much to Chair of Tewport Beach's Balboa take great pride in the exciting campus Hastings over the years, Mr. Duda respond­ Peninsula Advisory Committee and as a environment that Hastings has developed. ed with the following observation: "Why do su taining member of the Urban Land I particularly want to salute Mr. Duda for I contribute to Hastings? I think yo u've Institute. In the latter capacity, he has his many valuable contributions while asked the wrong question . The better ques­ chaired a number of ULI panel advisory chairing the College's Real Estate Advisory tion is: Why not contribute to Hastings?" committees for private and public sector Committee and for graciously h aving Mr. Duda's term as Chair of the Library urban planning and development issues. agreed, once again, to playa critical role Renovation Campaign will run from 2005 He also currently serves as a Trustee of for H astings, this time by serving as the through 2007.

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he Hastings Law Library remains students need good libraries. You can't the-art legal research center, one whi ch will T virtually unchanged since the day have a first-class law school with second­ be commensurate with both Hastings' high it first opened 25 years ago. Among class facilities. Renovating the library is educational standards and its reputation as other features, the current facility lacks the central to serving our students, and it will one of the nation's leading law schools. fully integrated technology that will permit enable us to remain at the forefront of Already, the UC Hastings Law Library the type of computeri zed, online legal legal educa tion ." has many strengths. The National Jurist research that was unimaginable a quarter The State of California has co mmitted has ranked its collection, staff, and service of a century ago when the library was some $20 million to fund various safety hours among the best of all American Bar originally designed and built. In announc­ and seismic upgrades for the library. But an Association-accredited law schools, ing the plans for this long overdue upgrade additional $4 million in private support is demonstrating the library's great value to and renova tion, Chancellor and Dean Mary needed over a three-year period beginning H astings students, fa culty, alumni, and the Ka y Kane observed: "Law schools are in 2005 to provide for other enhancements Bay Area legal community. As a federal especially valued for their libraries, and that are essential to create a truly state-of- depository for government documents and

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(colltinued) conducive study environment. Thus, some der of the 200 McAllister Street building, publications, the library is a leading center areas of the library will foster quiet study, must be vacant during the IS-month con­ for re earch related to federal legislative while others will encourage interaction and struction process. Those moves were mad hi tory. It's also a premier resource for an exchange of ideas. Whatever your pref­ during this past summer and arly fall, as the tate, maintaining more than 1,000 erence or need, the renovated library will work is scheduled to begin in 0 tober. California ballot propositions and initia­ accommodate it. Temporary quarters for the fa culty, staff, ti ve put before voters since 1911. In Once the modernization and redesign and library collection have b en found other words, if you need to know almost of the current library has been completed, both in Hastings' other buildings and by anything about the law, this library is the the enhanced facility will provide some leasing space in the federal building in place to go. 80,000 gross square feet that can house UN Plaza, across from our classroom But the much-needed renovations will 840,000 print volumes, with fl exibility for building. Thus, fortunately, we have been make the library a far better place for both future growth and change. It also will con­ able to maintain all functions on campus, research and study purposes. The upgraded tain an 800-square-foot microform room albeit in some unfamiliar places. This will facility, which will include a technological­ and an 80-seat computer lab, plus rooms be a cramped year for space, but everyone ly adva nced legal-research training area, specifically designed for LEXISIWEST­ looks forward to returning to our newly will enable students to gain fluency in both LAW training, rare books, and faculty renovated facility, with all its improved the traditional research methods and the research. features. The interim inconveniences are latest computeri zed, online research tech­ In order to make these required reno­ well worth the benefits that will come niques. A new layout will offer increased va tions, the library, as well as the remain- with the changes. shelving space and provide ready access to the non-reserve coll ection in open stacks, thus ensuring full access to people with disabilities. The reconfigured reference area and circulation desk will provide for much NAMING The upgraded facility, which OPPORTUNITIES will include a technologically advanced legal-research ampaign Chair Fritz Duda has announced that the first general solicitation to raise funds for the library renovation will be made in conjunction with the kickoff of training areas, will enable Hastings' 2005-06 Annual Campaign, which will take place in October. He also students to gain fluency in provided the li st below of naming opportunities for those donors who would like to make more both the traditional research sizable contributions in support of the library renovation. methods and the latest computerized, online Reading Room research techniques. Fa culty Library

Open Seating Alcove better service to all library patrons. Enhanced temperature controls and an Library Director's Suite updated ventilation system will create a more comfortable environment and help to Group Study Room better preserve the print collection. The Study Carrel additi on of new furniture and better light­ ing will make the library more inviting Table and, thereby, an even more integral part of every student's day. The redesigned and Reading Chair modernized reading room and study ca rrels will accommodate individual study, while Study Chair the creation of new group study rooms will expand the opportunities for students to Alumni who are interested in considering one of the above naming opportunities can contact share ideas and discuss their various class­ Gerti Arnold at (4 15) 565-4621 or e-mail her at [email protected] to find out more. room and research assignments in a more

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Prominent Volunteer Fundraising Leaders and Several Major Donors Successfully Launch Library Fund Drive

astings 1066 Foundation Trustee H Fritz Duda (,64), Hastings Board of Directors Chair Jac k Smith (,54), and former board member Joe Cotchett ('64) have each committed $ 1 million for the $4 million fundraising cam­ paign to help pay for the renovation of the Hastings Law Library. Further bolstering the initial fundraising efforts are a $200,000 grant from the Hastings 1066 Foundation for the renovation of the library's main reading room; a $150,000 pledge for a new computer lab from Harry Sunderland (,61), the National Chair of Hastings' 2003-04 Annual Campaign; and a $75,000 gift for the library's planned new grand staircase by the Abramson Smith Waldsmith law firm in San Francisco, whose senior partner is Albert R. Abramson ('54), the National Chair of Hastings' 2001-02 Annual Campaign and the recipient of the "Hastings Alumnus of the Year Award" in 2003. The Library Renovation Campaign is scheduled to run from 2005 through 2007, with campaign pledges bein g payable, if desired, in installments over the three- year period. Heading up the volunteer leadership for this special fund drive will be the campaign Chair, 1066 Foundation Trustee Fritz Duda ('64), who is profiled on page 4. Joining Mr. Duda in leading the campaign will be nine Honorary Co­ The "Firm of Presidents"-Abramson Smith Waldsmith-donated $75,000 to the Library Renovation Campaign for the construction of the new Grand Staircase. Three of the firm's four senior partners are past Presidents of the Chairs, all of whom are profiled below, Hastings Alumni Association: Albert R. Abramson (,54), seated, 1975-76; Eric M. Abramson ('8 /), standing, far with the exception of Joe Cotchett ('64), left, 1997-98; and William B. Smith (73), standing, far right, 1983-84. Al Abramson, a former Hastings Alumnus who is serving as the National Chair of this of the Year, also served as the National Chair of the 2001-02 Hastings Annual Campaign and endowed a $250,000 Distinguished Professorship of Law at the law school. year's overall Hastings Annual Campaign and is profiled on page 3. In announcing the appointment of the campaign's volun­ teer leaders, Chancellor and Dean Mary Kay Kane commented: Francisco Mayor and Speaker of the initiative for the enhancement of H astings' "The 10 volunteer campaign leaders California Assembly, a fo rmer City library. As noted by campaign Chair Fritz represent the wide spectrum of profession­ Attorney, and the current District Attorney Duda, the library is the core faCility for the al ca reers that are chosen by Has tings grad­ of San Francisco. What all share in com­ school as 'it serves as the school's central uates. Several have distinguished them­ mon, however, is their great loyalty to repository of knowledge.' Given the selves in private practice, some have Hastings and their tradition of service to commitment and impressive credentials excelled in the business world, and a num­ the school on a wide variety of fronts of these volunteers, I am confident that ber of them have served with great distinc­ throughout the years. They are great role other Hastings alumni will follow their tion in the public sector, including two for­ models and representatives of Hastings, lead and make a contribution in support mer Presidential Cabinet members, a for­ and we are truly appreciative that they of this crucial 'building block' for Hastings' mer FCC Commissioner, a former San have volunteered to support this major future success."

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HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Willie L. Brown, Jr. , a 1958 Hastings graduate, was first elected to the Califo rnia Honorable Willie L. Brown, ir. Rachelle B. ChO /1g. Assembly in 1964 and was re-elected 16 times, serving a total of 31 years. In 1980, As one of the Golden State's leading After her term at the FCC ended, Ms. he was the first African-American to be public servants, Willie Brown has left his Chong first became a law partner wi th elected Speaker of the Assembly, a position imprimatur on practically every aspect of Coudert Brothers in San Francisco and he held for an unprecedented almost 15 public policy at both the local and state Palo Alto, where she specialized in co m­ years. Kn own as a grea t negotiator and levels. In recognition of his many enduring munica tions and Intern et law. In 2000 and coalition builder, he was able to bring both contributions, including those to Hastings, 2001 , she served as General Counsel and sides of the aisle into agreement on a host where he has served as a lecturer on cam­ Vice President of Government Relations of key legislation, including the most com­ pus at va ri ous alumni programs, fo rmer for Broa dband Office, Inc., a startup prehensive educational reform and financ­ Mayor Brown was awa rded the Hastings venture Internet and telecommunications ing bill in 20 years. Medal of Achievement in 2004. Earlier, in provider company. Since 2001 , she has After stepping down fro m the 1986, he received the Hastings Alumnus of served as President of Carina Jewelry, Inc., California Assembly in 1995, former the Year Award. a retail shop and website featuring Italian Speaker Brown brought his skills to the jewelry and goods. Sa n Francisco Mayor's Office. Always a Rachelle B. Chong In addition to her government service, catalyst fo r change, Mayor Brown forged law career, and entrepreneurial activities, the civic coalitions that brought major Rac helle Chong, who graduated from Ms. Chong has engaged in va rious civic and improvements to the San Francisco Hastings in 1984, was appointed by fo rmer volunteer activities over the years, includ­ cityscape, including a new downtown ball­ Presi dent Bill Clinton in 1994 to serve in g servin g as trustee of the Association of park, a major renovation of City H all, and on the U. S. Federal Communications Public Television Stations and serving as a the renaissance of the Embarcadero. He Commission. The first Asian-American to lecturer on FCC communications law for also paved the way for a second ca mpus of be appointed to the FCC, she served with Hastings' Media Law Seminar. Ms. Chong's UCSF at Mission Bay. In addition, he distinction in that capacity through 1997. service to her alma mater bega n quite early helped refurbish and rebuild one of the During her tenure, the Telecommunica­ as a student, when she served as Student nation's busiest transit systems, created a tions Act was passed and implemented, Body Vi ce President and as Editor-in-Chief model juvenile justice system, and pio­ digital television rules were fin alized, and of the Comm/Ent law journal. Sh e also was neered the use of bond measures to con­ the fi rst wireless spectrum auctions were a recipient of the Clara Foltz Award fo r struct affordable housing. After completing authori zed and conducted. Prior to her her service as a role model for Hastings his second mayoral term in January 2004, FCC appoin tment, she had been a partner women. She has another significant con­ he assumed the leadership of the Willie L. at the Graham & James law firm in San nection to Hastings : her husband, Kirk Del Brown, Jr., Institute on Politics and Public Francisco, where she headed up the firm's Prete, is a 1984 graduate of Hastings who Service, where he shares his broad knowl­ regulatory practice and specialized in com­ currently serves as the Vice President of edge of government and commitment to munications law, particularly in wireless Carina Jewelry, Inc. public service with a new generation of matters, before the California Public California leaders. Utilities Commission.

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Kamala Harris ticipated in a variety of civic and volunteer Institute of Johns Hopkins University activities, including serving as both the Medical Center. Currently, he has a num­ A 1989 graduate of Hastings, Kamala President of the Board of Directors of ber of business interests, including the Harris was elected in 2003 in her first run Partners Ending Domestic Abuse and as landmark restaurant Vic Stewart's in for public office as the first woman the founder of the Coalition to End the Walnut Creek. District Attorney in San Francisco's history. Exploitation of Kids. A frequent partici­ Notwithstanding his demanding sched­ Her main fo cus as San Francisco's chief pant in Hastings-related events, she previ­ ule in both the public and corporate arenas legal enforcement officer has been to pro­ ously served as a lecturer in Hastin gs' over the years, Mr. Herrington has been a vide San Francisca ns a "smart on crime College of Advocacy CLE program an d, in longtime member of the H astings 1066 approach"-prosecuting crime with resolve May 2005, she deli vered the law school's Foundation and an enthusiastic supporter while remaining committed to rehabilita­ Commencement address. of va rious Hastings Alumni Association tion and placing a priority on preserving programs, including the Legacy Dinner civil liberties. One of her initiatives has Honorable John S. Herrington Program to help mentor current students been to defend exploited children, which and the Contra Costa County Alumni recently resulted in successful state legisla­ John S. Herrington, a 1964 Hastings Chapter's annual reception to welcome tion increasing punishment for those who graduate, held several prominent positions new students. That Chapter presented sexually exploit youth. This legislation in the federal government during the Mr. Herrington with its Alumnus of the built upon her previous success in spear­ Reagan Administration. He was Assistant Year Award in 2000 in recognition of his heading San Francisco's first safe house for Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1983 many contributions to the Contra Costa prostituted youth. and received the Department of Defense's community. Earlier, in 1992, the College Prior to Ms. H arris' election as DA, she highest civilian award, the Distinguished awarded him the Hastings Medal of served as a successful prosecutor in both Service Medal. He then served both as Achievement for his significant and Alameda County and San Francisco. From Assistant to the President and Special enduring contributions to both the 1998 to 2000, she was the Managing Assistant to the Chief of Staff. As U.S. profession and the nation. Attorney of the Career Criminal Unit in Secretary of Energy from 1985 to 1989, Mr. Herrington also has one other the San Francisco District Attorney's Mr. Herrington managed the only federal significant connection to H astings: he is Office. She was then appointed as the agency resembling a $25 billion per year married to another distinguished Hastings head of the San Francisco City Attorney's industrial enterprise, overseeing a complex graduate, the Hon. Lois Haight Herrington Division on Families and Children. In of national laboratories and production (' 65), a Contra Costa County Superior recognition of her prominent legal career fa cilities, including Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Court Judge. Judge Herrington previously to date, the Daily Journal recently named Livermore, and Sandia. He was also a served on the Hastings Board of Directors Ms. Harris one of the "Top 20 Young strong advocate of domestic energy devel­ and was presented the California Jurist of Lawyers in the State of California." In opment, an expanded Strategic Petroleum the Year Award in 2003 by the California addition to her public service, she has par- Reserve, increased international energy Judicial Council. cooperation, and diversification of energy sources. In recognition of his contributions, President Reagan awarded Mr. Herrington the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1988. When Mr. Herrington left government service, he became a member of the Board of Directors of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., one of the largest education, medical, and scientific publishers. He was later elected Chair of the Board when William Jovanovich stepped down. In that ca pacity, he organized and executed a $2.8 billion restructuring of the publishing house. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Herrington served as Vice Chair an d Chair of the California Republican Party. He also has served on a va riety of corporate and nonprofit boards, including the John Wiley Publishing Company's Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors of the Wilmer Eye

Kamala Harris. Honorable John S. Herringtoll.

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John K. Smith ("Jack Smith")

Jack Smith, who graduated fro m Hasting in 1954, was appointed to the Hastings Board of Directors in 1999 by fo rmer Governor Gray D avis. Mr. Smith has been a partner since 1955 with the H aY',vard law firm of Haley, Purchio, Sakai & Smith, where his practice foc uses on real property and probate law. A longtime civic leader, he previously served on the H ayward City Council and was H ayward's first elected Mayor. He also served as a member of the Alameda County Coliseum Board, where he helped negotiate the contracts for the O akland Athletics and Golden State Warriors to play at the John K. Smith . Hany D. Sunderland. Coliseum. Mr. Smith's va ri ous civic contributions, which have been widely recognized and earned him such honors as the H ayward Lions Club's Citizen of the Year Award, Harry D. Sunderland have been equally matched by his many contributions to his alma mater over the Harry Sunderland, who graduated from In 1986, Safeway became the subj ect years. He currently chairs Hastings' Board Has tings in 1961, joined Safeway Stores, of a takeover attempt. In order to maxi­ of Directors, and he has been a longtime Inc., as an attorney in the Real Estate Law mize shareholder value, Mr. Sunderland member and past President of the H astings Department in March 1962, where he assisted in the negotiation and sale of 1066 Foundation. A longtime major bene­ began handling more than 400 real estate Safeway to entities formed by Kohlberg, fac tor of Hastings, he also chaired and was transactions each yea r. In 1968, he was Kravis, Roberts & Co. A new, priva te a lead donor to the successfu l fundraising named Manager of the Real Estate Law Safeway Corporation emerged several ca mpaign to renovate the 198 McAllister Department, supervising all of the legal months later, and he was elected as one of cl assroom building and name it in honor of aspects of Safeway's multibillion-doll ar real two inside Directors and as Chief Fin ancial former Dean D avid Snodgrass, the creator estate holdings of more than 4,000 proper­ Officer, with principal responsibilities to of Hastings' 65 Club, which was composed ties. Five years later, he became Vice restructure and recapitalize the new com­ of renowned teachers and scholars from President of Real Estate Law and Finance, pany. The restructuring and capitali zation across the country. negotiating and closing all of Safeway's programs were extremely successful , and In recognition of Mr. Smith's many long-term fin ancing, as well as supervising the emerging new Safeway was able to go contributions to the law school through the Real Estate Law Department. public within three years. Mr. Sunderland the years, he was given the H astings In 1980, Mr. Sunderland was elected was elected Vice Chair in 1990 and, after Alumnus of the Year Award in 1989 and, Safeway's Senior Vice President and Chief 30 years of service, retired in 1992. He subsequently, he was presented with the Financial Officer. Just two years later, he remained a consultant to the company fo r 1066 Foundation's first Distinguished was elevated to Executive Vice President many years thereafter. Service Award fo r extraordinary service to and became a Director of Safeway, as well A longtime H astings 1066 Foundation H astings. as continuing as Chief Financial Officer member and major benefactor of the law Mr. Smith has another significant con­ with responsibility fo r a host of depart­ school, Mr. Sunderland served as the nection to the law school, a fa mily one: his ments, including real estate, tax, govern­ National Chair of the 2003-04 Hastings daughter, Cynthia Birmingham, is also a mental relations, and finance. In 1984, Annual Campaign, which he launched H astings graduate in the Class of 1983. A when Safeway was the largest grocery with his own personal donation of partner in the H aley, Purchio, Sakai & supermarket chain in the world, he accept­ $250, 000 to endow a Distinguished Smith law firm in Hayward, she, too, has ed additional responsibilities fo r Safeway's Professorship of Real Property Law. been a longtime member of the H astings retail operations in England, Scotland, 1066 Foundation Board of Trustees, as well West Germany, and Australia, as well as fo r as a major benefactor of the College. a joint venture in Mexico.

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Honorable Ann M. Veneman development assistance both at home and abroad, the latter of whi ch helped to Ann M. Veneman, a 1976 graduate of reduce world hunger by strengthening the Hastings, assumed the leadership of food-producing capacity of the participat­ UNICEF on May 1, 2005, becoming the ing countries. fifth Executive Director to lead that agency Before her appointment to the Bush in its 60-year history. As the children's Cabinet, she had been practicin g law as a agency of the United Nations, UNICEF partner with the Nossaman, Guthner, works on the ground in 158 developing Kn ox & Elliott firm in Sacramento, where and transitional countries to help children she specialized in food, ag ri culture, envi­ survive and thrive. It serves as the world's ronment, and trade-related iss ues. Just largest provider of vaccin es for poor coun­ prior to joining that firm, she had served tries. At UNICEF, Ms. Veneman directs a from 1995 to 1999 as the Secretary of the global agency of 10,000 staff and an annual California Department of Food and budget of more than $2 billion, funded Agriculture-also the first woman ever to entirely by the voluntary contributions of hold that post-where she managed agri­ governments, businesses, foundations, and cultural programs and services for the individuals. nation's largest ag ricultural producing state. During her tenure, she pioneered programs and partnerships to enhance Jayne W Williams. both food safety and pest and di sease pre­ vention and control, as well as to expand Ms. Williams has held a variety of global opportunities for California ag ricul­ important bar-related posts, including her ture. Whether in private practice or in past service as the President of the City government service, Ms. Veneman still Attorney's Division of the League of found time to assist her alma mater on a California Cities, as Co-Chair of the va riety of fronts. She delivered the Northern District Lawyer Representative Commencement address to the graduates Delegation to the Ninth Circuit Judicial of the Hastings Class of 2002 and has Conference, and as Chair of the Executive received many awards in recognition of Committee of the California State Bar's her professional and civic contributions Public Lawyer Section, which presented over the years, including her receipt just her with the Section's Public Lawyer of this year of the Richard E. Lyng Award for the Year Award in 2001 . Public Service. Notwithstanding all of her other demanding professional duties and activi­ Jayne W. Williams ties, Ms. Williams has always made time to be of service to her alma mater. She has Jayne W. Williams, who graduated been an active participant in H astings' from H astings in 1974, is the managing Black Alumni Chapter, which awarded her Honorable Ann M . Veneman. principal of the Meyers Nave law firm in its Alumnus of the Year Award in 1995. In Prior to joining UNICEF, Ms. Veneman O akland, where her practice focuses on 1998, Ms. Williams received the Clara served as the 27 th Secretary of the US. public law. She also currently serves as the Foltz Award from Hastings ' Clara Foltz Department of Agriculture, managing a City Attorney for San Leandro. Before Feminist Association. That award recog­ department of 111 ,000 employees and a joining Meyers Nave, she was Oakland's nizes Hastings women graduates who have $113 billion program that would rank sixth City Attorney fr om 1987 to 2000, where both "performed with particularly high dis­ largest if it were a U S. corporation. The she directed a staff of 36 attorneys. She tinction in their careers and served as great first woman to hold the Secretary of first began her tenure with the O akland role models, inspiring and encouraging Agriculture post, she oversaw hundreds of City Attorney's Office in 1974, specializ­ other H astings women to achieve excel­ USDA programs that touched both con­ ing in housing and redevelopment matters. lence." sumers and food producers directly-from She was appointed O akland's Director of In addition to her other H astings con­ food stamps and farm subsidies to the U S. Personnel in 1978, where she served fo r nections, she enj oys an additional signifi ­ Forest Service and meat inspection. During two years, and then returned to the cant one: she is married to another promi­ her USDA tenure, she initiated several O akland City Attorney's Office to manage nent Hastings graduate, Carl Williams international programs, as well as directed the litigation di vision, a position she held ('73), a priva te practitioner and fo rmer major initiatives in nutrition education and until her appointment as City Attorney General Counsel for the San Francisco assistance, foreign food aid, and agri culture in 1987. Housing Authority.

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The Next Dean

With a longtime D ean With this help, a Search Committee con­ strong teacher and scholars of all ages stepping down, the search sisting of Hastings board members and among its faculty today. Hastings students faculty-lames Mahoney ('66) is the are talented, bringing diverse interests and for a successor has begun. Chair and Professor David Faigman is the backgrounds to classroom discussion and Co-Chair, with lack Smith (,54), Bruce extracurricular activities. More than Simon ('80), Jan Lewenhaupt, and 16,000 Hastings alumni have distinguished ell over a decade has passed Professors H.G. Prince and Naomi Roht­ themselves in all aspects of legal practice since UC Hastings College of Arriaza rounding out the committee-will and other fields in the Bay Area and well the Law last sought a Dean, an assess the applicants and recommend the beyond. (In California, two-thirds of all unusually long time by today's standards. most promising possibilities. Other mem­ judges studied law at Hastings.) And, But the time is upon the school again. bers of the H as tings community-alumni, despite decreased support from the state, Dean Mary Kay Kane, who has held faculty, staff, and students-are also being the school's financial position is solid, her position since 1993 and more recently invited to voice their views about the making it possible to renovate the law acquired the second title of Chancellor, position and to meet finalists. library and other areas of the 200 will step down from her current role at They all will be looking for a person McAllister building, and to pursue new the close of the 2005-06 academic year. A with broad ski lls and experience. As building projects. national search for her successor is already described in the position specifica tion, the "We are very proud of our school and under way. Dean must-among other things-be able believe in its quality and in its future," Serving as Dean at H astings is a some­ to manage as well as provide a vision and wrote Mahoney and Faigman in a letter what unusual proposition. Unlike most advocate for a complex academic enter­ announcing the start of the search. "This law schools, Hastings is not under the prise; create a strong sense of community process is a vital link to an exciting and organizational oversight of a larger univer­ among faculty, staff, students and alumni; dynamic future, one that builds upon our sity. This stand-alone status gives this Dean demonstrate a commitment to diversity; successful history." more autonomy than others elsewhere, but solicit financial support; be an excellent also greater responsibility-the person is communicator; develop effective relation­ The Search Committee expects to complete essentially the Chief Executive Officer of ships with government officials; and moti­ its work in December and announce that the institution. And that calls for a broader vate others. These abilities will be tested a new Dean has been named as soon as set of skills than is required of the typical daily, as the Dean must lead all aspects of possible thereafter. Look for further law Dean. the operation at Hastings: academic communication about the search process Even among UC law schools, Hastings affairs; finance; information technology; via e-mail and on the Hastings website, is different. Although Hastings was estab­ strategic planning; student recruitment, www.uchastings. edu. lished as the university sy tem's first law retention, and financial aid; fundraising; department, it is not governed by the UC student services; and much more. Regents. Instead, its own Board of The Search Committee is open to con­ Director -each of whom, except for the sidering candidates from a number of rele­ Hastings' heir, is appointed to a 12-year vant backgrounds. As the position specifi­ term by California's governor and con­ cation states, legal education is a likely firmed by the State Senate-oversees the source, but a person with senior-level Dean and holds that person accountable experience in management, the judiciary, for the school's uccess. higher-education administration, or law To identify candidates with both aca­ practice might make a strong Dean for demic and management prowess, Hastings Hastings, as well. has enlisted the help of Korn/Ferry Those contemplating the deanship will International in Los Angeles, which has find several attractions: Hastings is highly extensive experience recruiting law Deans regarded nationally, celebrated for its 65 and other executives in higher education. Club legal luminaries in past years and for

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Commencement 2005

San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris ('89)

"Justice requires . .. imagining the potential of what could be. 1/ It's a great honor to address the Hastings College of the Law Class of 2005. I'm here because I sat where you are about 15 years ago and perhaps also because there are solid though not always apparent connections between the practice of law in general and the work of the criminal justice system in particular- both having, of course, as their foundation the concept of justice. San Francisco District Attom ey Ka mala Harris. But let me start by acknowledging the horribly wonderful experience you've had over the course of the last three years: you entered this place with outstanding LSAT Being an advocate for justice is what Then, we are taught to find and apply the scores; had your first hands-on look at our deeply sustains me. But being an effective latest court decision that we call lion point." glorious school in the Tenderloin; endured advocate for justice is not simple, and I Although these are great teaching tools, in hours upon hours of lectures, beers on the think it requires seeing the whole picture, real life, real people-real clients- don't beach, and the grueling rigo r of on-campus not just individual pieces of the puzzle. For live in those simple compartments or interviews in black and blue suits and white example, when a homeless person commits boxes. And, I promise yo u, not one of them shirts. And now you sit as one body, bond­ a crime, is justice achieved when that per­ will call up an attorney crying, "I have a ed by a common experience and ready to son is charged with the crime and therefore legal problem because of the rule against make your mark on the world. held accountable' Certainly, that is one perpetuities1" As attorneys, you will have the oppor­ step in the process. However, justi ce truly tunity to pursue many paths. Whether you occurs when I also understand how the wind up in a courtroom, a boardroom, a person wound up on the street and how Justice also requires looking conference room or a classroom; whether the system works to rebuild lives, so that beyond the first thing we see yo u make your mark in the halls of the leg­ the person and our community are fr ee to imagine the potential of islature or on the board of a nonprofit; from crime. To do the work of justice whether you choose to represent General means a commitment to solving a problem what could be. Motors or a homeless person on general in a holistic way. assistance-regardless of how you choose to We cannot find the way to a solution Instead, they will come to us with a practice law, yo u will play a vital role. without seeing the whole picture and the messy situation that has to be sorted out, As stewards of the law and guardians true nature of the whole. We have to and if we can only see one narrow part of of the principles beneath it, we expect that stretch our vision, ask the tough questions, the story, the remedy we propose may well you will be great, but you will also face and make connections among all the be short of a real solution. some tough choices. Grounded in those actual-and not just apparent- pieces of So, let us see the issues when the con­ choices will be the issue of how to use the problem. nections are not obvious or, in some cases, the power vested in you, how to make real Our law schools teach us to think in even counterintuitive. Let us, as lawyers, see the oath that commits each of us to defend compartments and to analyze whether a the hidden connection. That is what your those inali enable ri ghts that are at the legal problem involves a tort, a contract, a clients will require, and our most demand­ foundation of our laws, inalienable ri ghts crime, or a copyright infringement. We're ing client-the struggle for justice­ that essentiall y encompass the promise taught to further condense the iss ue into requires that we make these connections. of justi ce. one of two procedures: civil or criminal. Continued on next page.

13 Civic Center Plaza was the scene of many commencement photos.

(continued) connection between the in cidence of crime civil liberty versus safety are being raised, I often talk about the antiquated cate­ and the cause of crime' And shouldn't we and these questions are being framed in the gori es created for judging the criminal jus­ look to methods of crime prevention' language of patriotism. Let us remember ti ce system: tough on crime or soft on Justice also requires looking beyond the that one of our greatest patriots, Benjamin crime. Instead, I suggest that law enforce­ first thing we see to imagine the potential Franklin, said, "They that can give up essen­ ment view its responsibility as stretching of what could be. This country was created tialliberty to obtain a little temporary safe­ beyond simply moving criminals off the because of our founders' ability to imagine, ty deserve neither liberty nor safety." street and into jails. In our quest to be and our ability to make real, the promise of When it comes to patriotism, no one smart on crime, I suggest we consider a liberty. Because of this, la wyers were at the has the right to hijack the definition of reform of the criminal justice system by core of crafting our very definiti on as a what is moral or just. Every one of us, bringing the methods and resources of the nation, a nation govern ed not by men but when we to swear take a stand for those public health system to support our goal of by law. And there is no greater work as who are entitled to fundamental and con­ violence reducti on. lawyers, then and now, than to achieve the stitutional rights, is reaching to the truest After all , by treating the incidence of potential of this country. ideal of Ameri can patriotism. Each of you violence a an epidemic, should we not as In my work, [ grapple with balancing will have the ability to participate in what attorneys, doctors, law enforcement and the coexisting demands of keeping the city we, as a society, can be. I ca nnot wait to see epidemiologists, work together' Should we safe while ensuring due process of la w. As what each of yo u, members of the Hastings not recognize that if we are to stop being we know, these tensions are also playing Class of 2005, will do next. victimized by crime, we must make the out at a national level. Questions about

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Photo Key 1 Valedictorian Mark Schmidt.

Z Board of Directors member Tony West, Commencement speaker Kamala Harria ('89), and Chancell or Kane.

3 A new alumnus sheds his "pre-graduation" persona.

4 Cla ss speaker Rachael Keast illustrates with props from her classroom days.

5 Commencement at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.

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On the Waterfront: Francisco attorney dealt with the modern­ 30-32. She not d, "These are pr j t that day repercussions of California' Public push the envelope. A lawyers, we take A SYMPOSIUM ON URBAN Trust doctrin e, described its roots in earl y comfort in prec dent; with the Pu bli WATERFRONTS 19th century commerce. He explained, Trust, the precedents are few." "Water was everything-not just drinking, Today, the Ferry Building i open fo r 11 over the world, cities with not just fishing, but the only way to move busin ess and deemed a great su ces . But industrial ports face the challenge anything. All commerce was by water." the cruise ship terminal fo r the piers on of adaptin g thei r waterfronts to Intended to reinforce the importance the city's south side is still in th design the global economy and new use patterns. of water and ensure that the use of its sur­ stage, and a recreati on project that incl ude In California, the Public Trust doctrine and rounding area would not shift to private a Ba y-side YMCA is getting its first envi­ a history of attempts to preserve water­ purposes, the Public Trust has created ronmental revi ew. fro nts fo r public access add to the chal­ dilemmas in San Francisco. Under its "We have another year of the entitle­ lenge. In this context, what does the future guidelines, said Mihaly, a T-shirt shop is an ment process ahead," Ambrose sa id as Li m­ hold for urban waterfronts? acceptable waterfront use but a grocery mer began. That was the question of the day as the store is not. What might happen to other projects Hastings Center for State and Local "The Trust is supportive of visitor uses coming up against state regul ation Government Law (CSLGL) hosted a sym­ but not local uses," Mihaly noted. "In San rem ains uncertain . The day's program posium in June that brought together attor­ Francisco, there are huge issues because of offered examples of how other cities neys, government offi cials, architects, urban the use of military bases, ac ti ve versus pas­ around the world have addressed water­ planners, developers, and community sive recreation, and indoor versus outdoor front use. But will the Public Trust change activists for candid consideration of the recreation. There are huge iss ues in how and therefore make it possibl e for San iss ues. Co-sponsored by the San Francisco the Public Trust is administered and its Francisco's waterfront to change in ways Pl anning and Urban Research Association, impact on urban life." that have occurred elsewhere? And would the program was the first in a pl anned series Noreen Ambrose (' 82) , General that be a positive outcome' The wide­ of Urban Law Forums to be presented by Counsel for the Port of San Francisco, illus­ ranging audience offered disparate views, CSLGL. trated how the Public Trust has affected but in the absence of clear-cut answers, Vermont Law School Professor Mark major waterfront development projects at the conversation about San Francisco's Mihaly, who in his many years as a San the Ferry Building, Piers 27- 31 , and Piers future must continue.

At the Scholarship Tea

1 Mrs. Wil ey Manuel presented the Justice Wiley W. l.anuel Scholarship to Barbra L. Will ia ms (06). The awa rd, in memory of the late Wiley Manuel (53) an Associate Justice of the Cali forn ia Supreme Court, is given to second-year students based on academic achievement, leadership, and professional promise.

2 Matt Evans presented the $2,500 Albert G. Evans Award in Private Enterprise to Darien Covelens COS) fo r his paper, "The California Ho pital Lien Act and Balanced Billing," the best publi hed note or article in the area of gO\'ernmental regulation of private enter­ prise. Matt Evans is the nephew of Albert hans (32).

3 Rene Dietz of the Queen's Bench of an Francisco presented the Mildred W. Levin Scholarship to Erika Avina COS). Levin, a pio­ neering female attorney \\'ho became a legal legend, was a member of the Class of 1934.

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ABA Student Writing Award Goes to David Ward ('05)

H as tings third-year student was the winner of the ABA's 2004- 05 Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest. David Ward, who gradu­ ated in May 2005, wrote the paper, "Pro tecting Mutual Funds from Market­ Timing Profiteers: Forward Pricing International Fund Shares," which garnered $2,500 checks fo r him and for the College. He is shown at ri ght, surrounded by the Business Law Section Officers at the Chicago ABA meeting. Ward's first prize of the 26 entries was judged on research and an alys is, choice of topic, writing style, 3L David Wa rd (in blue shirt) with A BA Business Law Section Officers. originality, and co ntribution to the litera­ ture on the subject.

A Summer Serving Public Interest

hrough the Equal Justice Works dollars indicate, as Robinson's experience T Summer Corps program, four with Bay Area Legal Aid illustrates. Hastings students were able to "I knew that at a nonprofit I could get a explore public interest law and aid clients hands-on experience, but it's been much in both Northern and Southern California. more than I thought. It's great to see differ­ Donielle Colich ('07) and Joshua Mason ent lawyering styles and work on all phases ('06) were in Los Angeles, where she was of a case," she said in late July. ''And it's really involved in family law with the Public rewarding when you do something good for Counsel law office and he with housing someone." issues at Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Robinson was contemplating a career in Catherine Sakimura ('06) and Victoria either public interest or government law Robinson ('07) remained in the Bay Area when she arrived at H astings. She had stud­ for the summer, with Sakimura working for ied Spanish as a UC Berkeley undergraduate Legal Services for Children in San Francisco and worked with Spanish-speaking victims and Robinson for Bay Area Legal Aid in of domestic violence during summer 2005. Oakland. Now, she says she has "developed a passion" Each student received a $1,000 for this aspect of law practice. AmeriCorps education award vo ucher for Her experience also complemented what performing 300 hours of summer work. she learned in her first year of law school. They were among 250 Summer Corps Robinson explains, "My civil procedure class recipients chosen from 113 law schools was helpful in getting ready fo r pleadings. nationwide. The number of winners fr om There were issues of jurisdiction and venue. I Hastings doubled from the previous year, was applying what I learned; it solidified it to when Sarah Beard ('05) and Kevin Crabtree see it in a real-world situation. I also feel I ('05) were selected. have a firmer understanding of things and For the Hastings students, a Summer have placed abstract concepts in something Corps award has far greater value than its more meaningful."

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HASTINGS TO HAITI: THE MISSION CONTINUE

n spring 2005, Ok-hee Shim 'OS led 16 students from Hastings to Haiti to exchange ideas with Haitian law students and scholars, marking the fourth delegation of its kind organized by the student organization known as the Hastings-to-Haiti Partnership. Bypassi ng the ongoin g ri sk of vio­ lence in Port-au-Prince, they set out directly to the western coastal town of Jeremi e wh re the partner law school, Ecole Catholique Superior de Droit de Jeremie or ESCROJ, is located. The students were housed in the resi dence of Bishop Rom Iu s, the founder of the law school and longtime champion for human rights in Haiti. During their week-l ong stay, the student group installed a satellite and omputer room for law students. H as tings students also gave presentations to H aiti an students

CENTER FOR GENDER & REFUGEE STUDIES Ninth Circuit en bane Decision Expected in Asylum Case

n Ethiopian couple who fear which is considered part of a girl's rite of efforts to resist the practice of FGC that their U.S.-born daughter passage-ought to be a basis for asylum in would result in their and their daugh­ will be subjected to female the United States, because "it is done for ter's ostracism both by their families genital cutting turned to Hastings' the good of the child." CGRS Director and by Ethiopian society. The practice is Center for Gender and Refugee Studies Karen Musalo, who argued the gender nearly universal in Ethiopia, which has (CGRS) in their quest to find asylum aspects of the case, responded that the been referred to as the "lion's den of in the United States. CGRS became Ninth Circuit had already decided that genital cutting." Their case raises an involved in the case, Abebe v. Gonzales, issue in a case involving electro-shock treat­ important issue in asylum law about after their claim had been denied by a ment in the former Soviet Union to "cure" when harm to a child can be considered divided three-judge panel of the Ninth homosexuality. In that case the Court harm to the parents. Circuit. The couple's Portland-based evoked the Spanish Inquisition, where sin­ The judge denied both their genital attorney, Philip Hornik, sought the ners were burned at the stake to "save" cutting and political opinion claims, and Center's assistance in requesting their souls, in ruling that the good intention the Board of Immigration Appeals rehearing en banc, which the Ninth of the persecutor doesn't stop an objective­ rejected their appeal. Last year, a Ninth Circuit then granted. ly harmful practice from being persecution. Circuit panel upheld the denial of asy­ The June 21 en bane hearing The applicants first sought asylum lum in their case, over a strong dissent was taped by C-SPAN and was the based on the father's long-standing political by Judge Warren 1. Ferguson. After subject of a page-one article in the San opposition to the repressive regime in CGRS successfully helped to petition Francisco Daily Journal on June 22. Ethiopia. After the couple gave birth to a for rehearing en bane, the case was During the hearing, Judge Alex daughter, they raised before the argued on June 21. The couple await a Kozinski questioned whether fear of Immigration Judge their fear that they decision, which could come down as genital cutting-a physically and psy­ would be unable to protect her from geni­ early as this fall. chologically damaging practice, but one tal cutting. The couple also believe their

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on topi cs such as the Alien Tort C laims stantial dang r, " sa id Kate Orlovsky ('06). rights li tigation and bring cases before Act, the Intern ational Criminal Tribunal Sin ce his arrest, he has survived at least intern ational courts. The partnersh ip on Yu goslav ia and Rwa nda, slavery in th two assassin ati on attempts as well as a addresses human ri ghts and transitional Un ited States and in H aiti, reparations priso n massacre and a prison brea kout. justice, while providing alternative experi­ for slavery, the U.S. military's "No on did anything about demanding ence for those law students witho ut previ­ Guantanamo detention ca mp, juvenil e justice for him until H astin gs ca me ous exposure to H aiti . "The effort helps justice, the death penalty, and the along," Shim sa id . H as tings Human Ri ghts relati ons between the Un ited States and international criminal court, which Project for Haiti fil ed the p tition in con­ Haiti and between H astings and Haitian Jens Iverson ('07) pr en ted in French. junction with the In stitute for Justice and law students," Shim sa id. Democra cy in Haiti and the Bureau des Only one student trave led to H aiti on PRE-FLIGHT HOMEWORK Avocats Internationaux. the first trip. Now the group numbers 13 Students also staged "Hastings Rocks" to 16 each year. (Though last year's group Before th ir trip with H aitian and on campus, a benefit concert that raised had tickets in hand, fli ghts were ca nceled U.S. attorneys, students fil ed a petition $] ,000 to help establish a children's because of unrest in the wake of the 2004 with the Inter-Ameri can Commission on library in H aiti. coup.) Human Ri ghts on behalf of H aiti 's for­ Shim stated, "We now have a strong mer prime minister Yvon Neptune, the THE HASTINGS GROUP alumni base that worked in Haiti togeth­ country's las t constitutionally appointed er, " she said. "As professionals, we're form­ prime ministe r, who has been imprisoned The H astings-to-Haiti Partnership was in g a little network, and each year it since June 2004. "Mr. Neptune's contin­ created in 2000 by students and faculty to grows. It creates incredible ti es. ued detention has placed his life in sub- provide practical experience in human

Students Awarded Diversity Scholarships

Wo members of H astings' Class of community. This was the fifth year that T 2007 were winners of Farell a Braun Farella Braun + Martel has provided the + Martel Diversity Scholarships scholarships. this year. The Sa n Francisco firm selected The firm recognized H astings students only five students from eight Northern Tina Naicker, who earned a bachelor's California law schools for this honor. degree with honors at UC Santa Barbara Students from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall, and has been a mentor to at-risk youth Stanford, UC Davis, Santa Clara Uni versity, participating in the Fresh Lifelines for the University of San Francisco, and Golden Youth program, and Sushila Chanana, w ho Gate University were among the scholar­ as an undergraduate founded the UC ship applicant pool. Berkeley chapter of INROADS, an organi­ Above: Tina Naicker. The scholarships, valued at $5,000 each, za tion that recruits di verse students for Below: Sushila Chanal1a. are awarded to first-year students who corporate internships. Chanana also demonstrate academic accomplishment, an formed and served as president of a abili ty to balance school and other activi­ support group for victims of domestic ties, financial need, and a commitment to violence. More recently, she has been a serving both the legal profession and the summer clerk for Justice Ronald Boyd Robie of the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, and for Judge "We are delighted to award David Krashna of the Alameda County these well-deserved Superior Court. "We are delighted to award these well­ scholarships as part of deserved scholarships as part of ongoing ongoing efforts to promote efforts to promote diversity in our prot s­ sion," sa id James H. Colopy, Co-Chair diversity in our profession. II of the Diversity Committee at Farella Braun + Martel.

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Nick Jones: A Hastings Student with Ties to the Watergate Era

icholas Jones ('07) is the grandson over to a pile of twisted metal that was once Other Hastings alumni related to ofW. Mark Felt, the former FBI an airplane and said, 7his is how the last well-known national politicians include agent who, known only as "Deep guy who tried that ended up'" Christine Pelosi ('93), daughter of u.s. Throat," shared confidential information Aside from telling old FBI stories of flying Representative Nancy Pelosi; Matthew with the Washington Post in the early planes and catching crooks, my grandfather McGovern-Rowen ('04), grandson of 1970s. Deep Throat is credited with pro­ always taught my brothers and me that one former Senator George McGovern and viding information that revealed actions by of the most important things in this life is to 1972 democratic nominee for President; President ixon that eventually led to his be considerate of others. He always lived up and Jarett Nixon (,OS), grand nephew of resignation in 1974. Deep Throat's identity to these words, and he continues to do so President Richard Nixon. was kept secret for more than 30 years, today. I feel truly fortunate to still have my until 2005, when Felt announced who he grandfather in my life-to spend time with was. Nick Jones shares with us his interests him and receive guidance from him. My fam­ and relationship with his grandfather. ily and I are very proud of him, not only for the noble and accomplished life he has lived, I am a 2L at Hastings this year. I am but also because he recently celebrated his very interested in international issues, and 92nd birthday' He is a great man. I am an avid traveler. So far, I have been -Nick Jones fortunate enough to visit Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Brasil, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Colombia. Needless to say, I am very interested in Latin America! In the future, I would love to have the opportunity to work on projects involving international matters. My family and I are very close to my grandfather, Mark Felt, who lives in Santa Rosa with my mom and his Fijian caretaker, Bola. We all feel blessed to be able to have my grandfather in our daily lives. He is a genuine, caring, kind, and charismatic man. I remember when I was little, my grandpa used to tell me stories about his days in the FBI. I always remembered the one about his learning to fly. One day, when he arrived to work, he was informed that he would need to be trained to fly an airplane. So, he immedi­ ately went down to the airfield, found an instructor, got in a plane, and started flying. The lesson was going well and he was picking up the new skill with ease. Then, much to the surprise and consternation of the flight instructor, he started to perform impromptu loop-the-loop maneuvers in mid-air! He thor­ oughly enjoyed the day and had a great time up in the air, but his instructor did not share his (impetuous) enthusiasm. Once on the ground, the instructor brought my grandpa Nick Jones (,06) , grandson of W. Mark Felt ("Deep Throat").

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an artifact buried and forgot­ Levine, his faculty colleague, summed it up ten for centuries; what rules saying: "Through his representation of govern the custody and dis­ workers and unions, his work on position of ancient human California's appell ate courts, his graceful remains)" Those questions scholarl y writin gs, and his impact on led him to offer an experi­ legions of law students now practicing in mental course at Hastings the state ... Joe 's influence is paramount and later to the publication among li vi ng jurists and academics in in 1999 of his textbook, California." Archaeology, Relics, and the "I regard my retirement as simply a way Professors Schwarzer, CWlllinghaln, and Grodill. Law, now in its second edi­ to refocus energies," Professor Grodin tion. He adds, " I hope to return to campus explained. He will continue to teach part­ from time to time to offer the course and time while undertaking some arbitrating Retirement for Three maintain my interest in the still-emerging and mediating. Among writing projects he of Faculty's Finest law of archaeology." plans to pursue is a Hastings website on the "Dick Cunningham is greatly admired California Constitution, an area where he and respected by several generations of law and fellow retiree Professor Cunningham Professors Richard Cunningham, Joseph students as a dedicated teacher, and his pio­ have collaborated in the past. "I hope to Grodin, and William Schwarzer retired neering Archaeology Relics, and the Law text interest him in working on the website," he from the Hastings faculty at the end of the is a valuable contribution to his field," said said. Another project he envisions is devel­ 04-05 academic year. Together they have Professor Stephen Schwarz. "He also cares oping materials for teachers and lawyers on taught at the College for some 66 years, and deeply about the law school community. the California Fair Employment and thousands of Hastings students have been Few faculty colleagues can match his good HOUSing Act. the fortunate beneficiaries of their teaching. judgment and loyal service to Hastings over three decades." THE WISE COUNSEL WHERE INDIANA JONES OF FEDERAL RULES MEETS JUSTICE LAW IN SERVICE TO HUMANITY Professor Schwarzer, Senior U.S. At 32 years, Professor Cunningham has Professor Grodin has taught for two District Judge for the Northern District of the longest tenure at Hastings. A graduate separate periods at Hastings. He was first California, joined Hastings' faculty in 1995 in the first class from the "new" law school on the Hastings faculty from 1972 to 1979, from the Federal Judicial Center in at UC Davis in 1969, he spent his first pro­ teaching courses in labor law, employment Washington, where he was Director. fessional years in Washington, D.C., where discrimination, arbitration, and contracts. Characterized by Chief Justice William he earned an LL.M. in natural resources During that period, he served as a member Rehnquist as "an innovative and creative law from George Washington University of the first Agricultural Labor Relations district judge," Professor Schwarzer has and practiced with the general counsel of Board. In 1979, he began his career in the made persistent efforts to upgrade the the US. Army Corps of Engineers. His judiciary with his appointment as Associate legal profession. Corps responsibilities, the design and draft­ Justice of the California Court of Appeal. "It's impossible to think of another judge ing of major water pollution and wetlands In 1981, he was elevated to presiding j us­ who has had so pervasive an impact on the control regulations and programs, carried tice of that court and the following year administration of justice," said Professor over into his teaching in the areas of land was appointed an Associate Justice of the Richard Marcus, Horace O. Coil ('57) Chair use regulation, property, environmental California Supreme Court, a position he in Litigation. "His rulings broke new ground quality law, and water resources. held until 1987. On leaving the Court, he in a number of areas. But that very full-time An expert on state and local govern­ returned to the Hastings faculty, where he job hardly absorbed all his energies. He ment, Professor Cunningham is a co-author, is the John F. Digardi Distinguished refl ected on, and wrote about, civil justice in with Hastings Professors Joseph Grodin and Professor of Law. this country to a greater extent than any Calvin Massey, of The California In his 2001 article in praise of Professor other judge of his generation. In Professor Constitution: A Reference Guide and a con­ Grodin, "No Ordinary Joe" (52 Hastings L.J. Marcus's fields-civil procedure and com­ tributing author to Thompson on Real 253), Professor Christopher David Ruiz plex litigation-"Bill Schwarzer's work is Property. Cameron compares Professor Grodin to his cited and quoted far more than that of any Professor Cunningham explains that in close friend, the late Justice Mathew other judge, and probably any other the mid 1980s he began to explore "some Tobriner. Like Tobriner, he wrote, Grodin is professor, a remarkable recognition since of the property law problems inherent in firmly of the view that the purpose of the professors tend to quote each other." ancient artifacts: who 'owns' an ancient, law is to serve the interests and needs of sunken ship; who can claim ownership to individual human beings. Professor David Continued on next page.

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(col/til/lied) Profes or 1\larcus added, "Bill Following his retirement from this position H a tings fa ulty in ] 996. Previ uly, he ,chwarz r ha occupied a uniqu status as in 1999, Hazard continued to serve the was the Director of th Fed ral Judicial a sort of oracle of federal rulemaking, an ALI as co-reporter for a project developing Center in Washington, D.C. area in which I've been working for many transnational rule of civil procedure. Cho en for th Devitt A'vVard by a y ars. Repeat diy, I heard that we seek his Before coming to H astin gs, Hazard was panel haired by U.S. Supr me Court counsel befor taking on matters being the Trustee Profes or of Law at the Justice Anthony Kenn edy, Judg chwarz r considered for rul making action." University of Pennsylvania and the Sterling was describ d as "a brilliant, distingui h d, At Hastings, Judge Schwarzer i the Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale Law com pas ionate serva nt of the law." The Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Profe sor School. A graduate of Swarthmor College panel cited his service on the bench; more of Law. He is the author of Managing and Columbia Law School, he also holds than 75 books, monographs, and man ual Alltitrust and Other Complex Litigation and a several honorary degrees. on legal topics; and role in promoting the co-author of Civil Discovery and Mandatory In addition to receiving the Kutak rule of law over several decades. Disclosure and the Rutter Group's Federal Award, Hazard has earned numerous other The award is named for the late Judge Practice Guide. awards over the years, including the ABA's Edward 1. Devitt, Chief Judge of the U.S. "I've certainly benefited greatl y from Research Award, the William Keck District Court for the District of my teaching experience, particularly in Foundation Award, the Columbia Law Minnesota. gaining a deeper and wider understanding School Association 's Medal for Excellence, of federal procedure," Judge Schwarzer and the] nternational Insolvency Institute's NEW TITLES FOR Two sa id . "] hope my students benefited as well Gold Award. by being required to approach legal prob­ "We took great pride in addin g such a • Distinguished Professor G offrey lems with rigorous, disciplined analysis and distinguished legal educator to the Haza rd has been appointed the Thomas to appreciate the limits imposed on their H as tings faculty," says Chancellor and E. Miller Distinguished Professor of adversarial activity by their ethica l duties as Dean Mary Kay Kane, "a nd] am pleased Law. Thomas E. Miller ('73) is the officers of the court." While he does not that the ABA has recognized his contribu­ founder of the Miller Law Firm of intend to undertake new ventures in his tions and distinction as well , by honoring Newport Beach and a widely acclaimed Has tings retirement, Judge Schwa rzer con­ him with the Kutak Award." expert in constructi on defect litigation. cedes that it will lessen the pressure of The Robert 1. Kutak Award is named Professor William Schwarzer, Senior U.S. keepkeeping up with his judicial work . for a founding partner of Kutak Rock, a District Judge for the Northern District law firm with offices across the United of CaLfornia and the first holder of the States. Committed to public service and Miller Distinguished Professorship, is a Hazard Receives justice, Kutak held leadership roles in s v­ 2005 fa culty retiree. (See page 21.) eral ABA projects, including the Council of ABA Honor the ABA Section of Legal Education. The • Chancellor and Dean Mary Kay Kane award in Kutak's name was established fol­ has been appointed the John F. Digardi lowing his death in 1983. Distinguished Professor of Law. A mem­ Adding to many honors during his ber of the Class of 1928, the late John F. career, Geoffrey H azard, the Hastings' Diga rdi ca me from a family with a long Thomas E. Miller Distinguished Professor tradition of philanthropy at Hastin gs. A of Law, received the 2005 Robert 1. Ku tak Schwarzer highly regarded probate law and estate A\Nard. G iven annually by the American Recognized for planning expert, he practi ed la w for Bar Association Section of Legal Education more than 60 years in San Francisco. and Admissions to the Bar, the award rec­ Serving Justice Professor Joseph Grodin was th in au ­ ognizes an individual who has the highest gural Diga rdi Distinguished Professor standards of profe sional responsibility and Thomas E. Miller Distinguished and is a 2005 faculty retiree. advances understanding between the legal Professor of Law Emeritus William education and the practice of the law. Schwarzer received the 23rd annual Devitt Hazard, who joined the Hastings facul­ Distinguished Service to Justice Award, ty in 2004, often i considered the leading which recognizes judges who have con­ authority on legal ethics in the country. tributed significantly to the administration His work in civil procedure has earned of justice, the rule of law, and improve­ equally high regard. For 15 years, he served ment of society as a whole. a the Director of the American Law A Senior U.S. District Judge for the Institute, a tenure that the organization lorthern District of California, the termed "spectacularly succes ful." Honorable William Schwarzer joined the

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In The News In Memoriam

EMERITUS 65 CLUB MEMBER PROFESSOR ADRIAN KRAGEN 1908-2005

Emeritus 65 Club Professor Adrian Kragen died March 25 at his home in Walnut Creek at the age of 97. He began teaching at Boalt Hall in 1952 and joined the Hastings faculty in 1973. He retired from Hastings in 1983 and continued to teach as an Emeritus Professor at Boalt until 1994.

To begin his career as a Professor of Law, he left a celebrity law practice in Hollywood, where his fi lm studio clients included Mickey Rooney, Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant, and Errol Flynn. An expert on income tax law, Professor Kragen was the co-author of Cases and Materials on Taxation, a widely used textbook.

In July, Professor David Levine appea red on Fox affiliate KTVU Channel 2 on the topic of Presiden t Bush's Supreme Court nomination.

In September, Professor Ethan Lee appeared on CBS affiliate KPIX Channel 5 on the legal issues surrounding the words "under God" ill the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Faculty Notes

Profe sor George Bisharat Professor William Dodge to the San Francisco Examiner about the Supreme Court's eminent domain decisi n Publication: Profe sor Bisharat is the Publications: Professor Dodge is the and the potential implications for author of "Fact , Rights, and Remedies: author of Teacher's Manual: Transnational California landowners. Implementing International Law in the Business Problems (2004); "Brief of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," 28 Hastings Professors of Federal Jurisdiction and Legal Professor David J. Jung Int'l & Compo L. Rev. 95 (2005) . History as Amici Curiae in Support of Presentations: In March, Professor Respondents in Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, " Publications: The "Teacher's Letter and Bisharat was the keynote speaker at the 28 Hastings Int'l & Compo L. Rev. 95 Annual Update" to Professor's Jung's book annual banquet of the Seattle Chapter of (2004); and "Bridging Erie: Customary Remedies: Public and Private was published the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination International Law in the US. Legal ystem in 2004 with Schoenbrod et al. He is th Committee. The title of his talk was After Sosa V. Alvarez-Machain, 12 Tulsa 1. co-author, with Miriam Shapira and John "Arab-Americans: A Pivotal Minority." In Comp & Int'l L. 87 (2004). H. Lee, of a fall 2005 PLRI report entitl d April, he spoke in Asilomar about peace Distinction: Professor Dodge was cited A Survey of Higher Education Accountability and reconciliation at the annual meeting of with approval in the majority opinion of Statutes, which was prepared for the th e Northern California World Affairs the US. Supreme Court decision in California Post-Secondary Education Council. In September, he spoke at the Pasquantino V. US. Committee. Commonwealth Club in San Francisco Presentation: In wi nter 2004, he spoke to about prospects for peace and the Gaza Professor Robin Feldman the California Post Secondary Education withdrawal. Committee on state higher education Presentations: In March 2005, Professor News Commentary: Professor Bisharat had accountability statutes. Feldman moderated a panel on exclusion­ an op-ed piece in the Dallas Morning News ary practices and §2 of the Sherman Act in May on the politics of memory in the Professor Frederick Lambert during the Antitrust Enterprise Conference Israel/Palestine conflict and in the San at the University of Iowa Law School. In Activity: Professor Lambert was one of the Diego Union Tribune in July on the topic of May, she spoke on the topic of property, pall bearers at Chi ef Justice Rehnquist's bigotry in the war on terror. In August, the intellectual property, and the brain at a funeral in September. Professor Lambert San Francisco Chronicle ran his editorial on conference sponsored by the Stanford was a lawyer in the Office of Legal Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Center for the Advanced Study of the Counsel at the US. Department of Justice Other Activities: In April, he attended an Behavioral Sciences. In July, she spoke in in Washington, D.C., when Justice expert consultation conference on the Palo Alto to the Licensing Executives Rehnquist was appointed and one of his United Nations Draft Principles on Society on the topic of public financing of first law clerks at the Supreme Court in Refugee Housing Restitution Rights. The biotechnology research. In August, she pre­ 1971-72. conference, held at Brown University, was sented a paper entitled "Rethinking Rights sponsored by the UN. Human Rights in Biotechnology" at the Intellectual Professor Ethan Leib Commission and the Council on HOUSing Property Scholars' Conference in New Rights and Evictions. Publications: The paperback edition of York. In October, she spoke on the topic of Professor Leib's book, Deliberative Professor Kate Bloch defenses to third-party liability in intellec­ Democracy in America: A Proposal for a tual property cases at a conference held at Popular Branch of Government, was Publication: Professor Bloch is the co­ Santa Clara University Law School. released in June. In addition, he is the author, with Kevin McMunigal, of the News Commentary: In March, Professor author of two forthcoming articles: "On book Criminal Law: A Contemporary Feldman appeared on "The Last Honest Collaboration, Organizations, and Approach (2005). Sports Show," a television program on San Conciliation in the General Theory of Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX, to discuss Contract," in Quinnipiac L. Rev. (2005) Professor Richard Boswell steroid use in professional baseball. In and "Ugly White Districts: What Should Publication: Professor Boswell's book, April, she was interviewed by Golf Weekly Sandy Do?" in the lournal of Law & Social Essentials of Immigration Law, was magazine on the topic of the antitrust Challenges (2005). He has published three published in June. implications of standard-setting decisions. articles in 2005: "A Man's Right to Choose Presentation: Professor Boswell gave a In June, she gave an interview to Screen (an Abortion?)," 14 Legal Times 14 (April presentation entitled "Perspectives on International, a London-based film journal, 4, 2005); "On Seymour Martin Lipset and Immigration from the U S.-Mexico Border" on the importing of movies from overseas Jason M. Lakin's The Democratic Century," during the IS')' Confe rence on Immigration markets in advance of the Ameri can the­ 120 Pol. Sci. Q. 159 (2005); and "The La\\" held in Zaragoza, Spain, last spring. atrical release. That same month, she spoke Chinese Community Party and

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Deliberative Democracy," 1 1. Pub. Sherman of Tulane, Professor Marcus is the Roger Park, James Edgar Hervey Deliberation 1 (ZOOS). He is the co-editor author of Civil Procedure: A Modern Chair in Litigation Approach and its accompanying Teachers ' of a book, The Search for Deliberative Publications: Professor Park is the author Manual (fourth ed. ZOOS). Also published Democracy in China, slated for publication of "Comment: Purpose as a Guide to in and author of "Pragmatism in in ZOOS was the Supplement to Gilbert's Z006, Interpretation of the Confrontation Clause, Designing Popular Deliberative Institutions Civil Procedure, co-authored with Professor 71 Brooklyn L. Rev. 1 (ZOOS). He also is in the United States and China" within Thomas Rowe of Duke. the author, with the late Jon Waltz, of Presentations: In January ZOOS, Professor that book. Cases and Materials on Evidence (tenth ed., Presentation: In October, he spoke at a UC Marcus made the principal presentation, ZOOS) and Gilbert's Outline: Evidence Davis faculty lunch series on "Why Discovery Should Not Be Regarded (eighteenth ed., ZOOS). "Supermajoritarian Decision Rules in the as Public," at the Section of Civil News Commentary: In the spring, Context of the Criminal Jury." Procedure program on Secrecy in Professor Park was interviewed on Litigation at the Association of American MSNBC's "Abrams Report" about the Law Schools annual meeting in San John Leshy, Harry D. admissibility of post-hypnotic testimony in Francisco. Other panelists were Chief Sunderland Distinguished criminal trials. Professor of Real Property Law Judge Joseph Anderson of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Appointments: Professor Leshy is on leave Tim Reagan ('96) of the Federal Judicial Professor Joel Paul during the Z005-06 academic year, serving Center, and Professor Judith Resnik of Presentations: In September ZOOS, as President of the Wyss Foundation in Yale. In April, he was the principal presen­ Professor Paul spoke on international arbi­ Washington, D.C. ter at a panel on rule developments regard­ tration at a symposium on international ing electronic discovery at the Conference law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Professor David Levine on Electronic Discovery in San Francisco. News Commentary: In April, Professor News Commentary: In September, In August, Professor Marcus was an invited Paul discussed the nomination of John Professor Levine discussed the transitions panelist at a workshop on globalizing the Bolton as United Nations Representative on the U.S. Supreme Court on San curriculum sponsored by McGeorge on KQED's "Forum" program with Francisco television stations KTVU School of Law and held in Squaw Valley. Michael Krasny. Channel Z (Fox affiliate), KGO Channel 7 (ABC affiliate), and KRON Channel 4. Professor Leo Martinez Professor Ascanio Piomelli Presentations: Professor Martinez began Presentation: In May, Professor Piomelli Professor Rory Little his fall Sabbatical with a series of lectures gave a presentation entitled "The News Commentary: In June, Professor at the Kenneth S. Wang School of Law at Democratic Roots of Collaborative Little discussed the Supreme Court term Suzhou University in Suzhou, Peoples Lawyering" at the AALS Clinical Section as Michael Krasny's guest on the "Forum" Republic of China. His topics included Workshop in Chicago. program, broadcast on National Public principles of American contract law, the Appointment: He was named to a four-year Radio affiliate KQED. taxation of intellectual property, and the term, starting in January Z006, on the edito­ rudiments of international taxation. rial board of the Clinical Law Review. Richard Marcus, Horace O. Coil ('57) Chair in Litigation Professor Calvin Massey Professor William K.S. Wang Publications: Professor Marcus's article, Publication: The ZOOS supplement to Publication: With Mark 1. Loewenstein , "Only Yesterday: Reflections on Professor Massey's casebook, entitled Professor Wang is the author of "The Rulemaking Responses to E-Discovery," American Constitutional Law: Powers and Corporation as Insider Trader," 30 Del. 1. appeared in 73 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (Z004). Liberties, has been published. Corp. L. 45 (ZOOS). An article, "Reining in the American Presentation: Professor Massey presented Litigator: The New Role of American a paper entitled "The Future of Tiered Judges," which originally was published in Scrutiny" at the annual meeting of the Z7 Hastings Int'l and Compo L. Rev. Z Law and Society Association held in Las (Z003), appeared in Japan in 501. Civ. Vegas in June. Proc. 1 Z7 (Z004), translated by Professor Aya Yamada. With Professor Martin Redish of Northwestern and Professor Edward

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Alumni Events

Photo Key I At the Latino Chapter New Student Welcome: Suliana Lutin-Figueroa (,OS), Adriana Bra\'a-Partain ('02), 6 At the first-ever Dallas alumni gathering. Elizabeth Perez ('06), Vianey Ramirez ('06), and Hon. 7 Houston's first-ever alumni ga thering. Robert Tafoya ('7S). S At the Contra Costa Chapter gathering, Alumnus 2 Latino Chapter meeting host Elizabeth Bradley ('77), of the Year Nancy Parent (,70), Chancellor Kane, Hon. Daniel Preciado (,SO), and Art Preciado (' 0). and reception host Aletha Werson ('62). 3 At the Seattle New Student Reception, Robert Kerr (,SO), 9 In Contra Costa. Professor Leo I\lartinez (,7S), Julie Pitt (,OS), and ASUCH 10 At the an Diego New Student Reception, 13 Around the pool in L.A. Pre ident Brian Wang ('06). Orion Steele (,OS), Kelley Heider, Mark Jones 14 In Los Angeles, Evan Oshan ('95), Ed 4 At the eattle e"· Student Reception: Host lvIick ('04), Emilia Brasier, and Thomas Brasier ('OS). Wallace ('79), and host Paul Supnik Fleming ('--), Leslie Hoyey (' 6), 2005-D6 Alumni II an Diego Chapter President Vin Casiano ('99), ('7 I) . Association President 1\1ercede I\loreno (,SO), Jorge host Tom Fat ('65), John Smith ('95), Sari Myers 15 Chancellor Kan e, Sacramento Chapter ~dor e no, Vernon Goins (,97), and Loren Hostek (,-5). ('03), and Ben Nadig ('04). President Thomas Stewart (,S5), and - At the Seattle Nell" Student Reception, Sandra Serrano 12 In Los Angeles, John Auyong ('02), Jai luk host Gene Wong ('7 ). ('- ), Hon Robert Tafoya ('- ), Gregg Hoyey (' 3), lvIaksriyorawan (,02), reception host Debbie 16 icholas Heuer ('OS) and John Zona Denms Highto,,·er (,92), and Elizabeth Bradley ('77). Supnik, Heather Hua ('02), Valerie Fontaine ('79). ('02) in Sacramento.

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ADDR ESS ______2004-05 Alumni Association President Gregg Hovey ('83) with 2005-06 Alum ni Association Presidel1t CITY ______STATE. ___ ZIP ______Mercedes Moreno ('80)

______GRADUATI ON YEAR ______H O~ I E PH ONE ( ercedes Moreno in June began a

PRO FESS IONAL EMPH AS IS, ______one-year term as the 2005-06 Hastings Alumni Associati on JOBTITLE______President. A 1980 graduate of the law school, she is a member of the San BUS INESS PHONE ( ______FAX( Francisco District Attorney's offi ce, where,

FIR ~ I NAld E______as an assistant DA, she is in volved in all facets of prosecution. In addition, she has FI R~ I ADDRE SS ______been active in the San Francisco La Raza CITY ______STATE. ___ ZIP ______Lawyers Associati on, a nonprofit that provides scholarships for law students, E-~!A IL ADDRESS ______sponsors an essay contest for middle-school

NEWS (Remember to answer the questions "who, what, where, and when, " and to include your title students, and participates in other commu­ and information about your former position, as well as your new position.) nity activities. While serving as La Raza President, she increased the visibility and impact of the orga nization by doubling its membership, increasin g student participa­ ti on, and more than doubling the budget, whi ch significa ntly in creased funds ava il­ able for fellowships, scholarships, and com­ munity-based organizations. Here she is pictured with 2004-05 Alumni Association President Gregg Hovey (' 83).

Deadlille for Ci£lss otes fo r the Win ter 2006 issue was November ], 2005. Deadline for receipt of Ci£lss Notes for the SprinliSummer 2006 issue is February], 2006.

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1948 9CSO Howard Dickenson was the subject of a A STARRING ROLE IN A profil in the Yountville Sun in April. The WORLD WAR II SAGA founding partner of Napa County's largest law firm, Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, Dickenson is the father of Charles H. Retired Judge Rudy Michaels ('48) is one Dickenson (,78), who is also a partner in of the real-life protagonists of "The Ritchie the firm . The baseball stadium at the Boys," a German-made documentary about Community College of Southern Nevada a group of German-speaking, mostly has been named for William Morse, a long­ Jewish emigres who fled the Nazis in their time Nevada attorney who died last teens or early 20s. Trained in Camp December. Ritchie, Maryland, in intelligen e and psy­ chological warfare, they returned to 1958 Europe as soldiers in US. uniform. San Francisco's 21 st Century College Michaels, who served as an interrogator of Preparatory Academy will be named for prisoners of war, went on to a distin­ former San Francisco Mayor and California guished law career as Alameda County Assembly Speaker Emeritus Willie L. Public Defender, Chief of Legal Services Brown, Jr., the San Francisco Board of for the California Department of Social Rudy Michaels ('48) today. Education has decided. Welfare (now Social Services), and an Administrative Law Judge with the Office 1960 of Administrative Hearings. The widely Susannah Convery is serving as Chair of acclaimed Christian Bauer film has been the Senior Lawyers Section of the aired in the US., Canada, and Germany California State Bar through September. and won honors at the Jerusalem US. Magistrate Judge Willard McEwen International Film Festival. Michaels' own retired from the US. District Court of personal Ritchie Boy story was featured in Appeal, Central District of California, at the Sacramento Bee on March 11 and the the end of 2004. San Francisco Chronicle on February 4. The film 's website, www.ritchieboys.com. 1961 has more information. Maurice E. Huguet was the youngest city attorney in Contra Costa County when he was hired. Now the longest-serving, with 41 years as Clayton's first and only city attorney, Huguet retired from that post in July and is the new Assistant City Attorney.

CLASS NOTES DEADLINES 1962 Otis Young, a partner in the San Jose firm Spring/Summer issue February 1 of Needham, Davis, Kirwan & Young, was the subject of a March article in the Santa Autumn issue August 1 Barbara New Press entitled "Elder Abuse Gives Him a New Cause." His efforts as an Winter issue November 1 advocate for elders prompted him to become a plaintiff's attorney. Private First Class Michaels in 1941 .

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9"'3 levada's new building in Carson City Santa Barbara County Superior Court Sandra I. Blair has been lecturing through­ housing the state's Department of Judge Rodney Melville, who presided over out California on hanges to the Dom ti onservation and atural Re ources has the Michael Jackson mole tation case, was Partnership Act. She is a San Fran isco­ been named for u.s. Senator Richard H. the subject of a story entitled "S uperior based Certified Family Law Speciali t. Bryan. Previously, Senator Bryan served Court Judge Maintains Uncompromising Penn Butler has joi ned Squire, Sand rs & evada a Attorn ey General, Governor, Control in Entertainer's Case," which Dempsey in Palo Alto as of coun el. He is and a state legislator. appeared in the Torrance Daily Breeze in involved in the firm's bankruptcy and reor­ January. William Richmond, District gani zation practice. D.W. Jeffries has Attorney for Alpine County, and the work joined Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan After] 7 years on the bench, San Diego of his office in California's least populated as a partner in the insurance and reinsur­ Superior Court Judge Bernard Revak county, were the subject of an article enti­ ance practice group in Santa Monica. retired in April. Orange County Superior tled "Peace and Crime in State's Tiniest Parker Kennedy, Chair of the Board and Court Judge Thomas Thrasher has retired County," published in the Salt Lake City CEO of the First American Corporation in from the bench and joined Judicial Tribune in February. Alameda Superior Santa Ana, was profiled in the Orange Arbitration and Mediation Services in Court Judge Carlos Ynostroza was the County Business Journal in May. The Kern Orange. subject of a May story in the Los Angeles County Women Lawyers Association pre­ Daily Journal entitled "Judge Lets Lawyers sented its first lifetime achievement award 5 Try Their Cases." to Judge Sharon Wallis Mettler. The award Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner will be named in her honor. Judge Mettler, Christopher Longaker was profiled in a who has served as a trial judge in the March] 7,2005, edition of the Los 1970 Bakersfi eld for 24 years, has been President Angeles Daily Journal in an article entitled Sonoma County Superior Court Judge of the California-Nevada Women Judges "Family Law, Mediation Fit Robert Dale has retired after nea rl y 20 Association and the District 14 Director of Commissioner's Character." David Lyman years on the bench. Susanne Martinez has the National Association of Women Judges. has been promoted to Chair and Chief retired as Vice President for Public Policy Stanley Witkow has joined the Skinner Values Officer for Tilleke & Gibbins of the Pl anned Parenthood Federation of Transportation Group in Westport, International in Bangkok, Thailand. America. Her retirement plans include a Connecticut, as General Counsel. return to California after 28 years in 9 6 Washington, D.C James McGowan is a Judge Richard Frazee has retired from the principal at Investor Education Services in 974 Orange County Superior Court after more Pasadena . He published a book entitled Randall B. Allen and Marcia Perez (, 94), than 17 years on the bench. He has joined Terror-Proof Your Mind and Money in 2004. both with Allen & Associates in San Judicate West in Santa Ana, where he is Francisco, successfully defended a involved in mediation and arbitration in deaf/mute client who was fa cing deporta­ civil, real estate, busin ess contract, and pro­ 97 tion. In a rare decision, U.S. Homeland bate disputes. Justice Timothy Reardon of Marin Superior Court Commissioner Security terminated proceedings against the California Court of Appeal, First Harvey Goldfine was the subj ect of an their client and all owed him to stay in the Appellate District, was the subj ect of a April profile in the Los Angeles Daily U.S. for humanitarian reasons. Jerome January profile in the Los Angeles Daily Journal entitled "Jurist Finds Bench Best of Behrens, previously in the Fresno office of Journal entitled "Justice Relishes Rigorous All Worlds." Lozano Smith, now heads the firm 's new Analysis of Cases in Court." Sacramento offi ce, which serves public agency and school-district cli ents. Montana 972 State Senator Jon E. Ellingson has been Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner elected by the state senate's Democratic Alameda County Superior Court Judge H . Kirkland Jones retired in March and caucus to serve as Majority Leader through David Hunter was the subj ect of a January now plans to focus on travel and other December 2006. Judge Thomas Glasser profile in the Los Angeles Daily Journal leisure activi ties. In March, the San was profiled in the Los Angeles Daily entitled "Veteran Alameda Judge Proves Francisco Recorder wrote about Marin Journal in a January article entitled "S mall­ Fearless Under Fire in His Courtroom." Superior Court Judge James Ritchie in Town Judge Gets His Share of Nightmare an article entitled "Marin 's Judge Ritchie Cases." A San Bernardino County Superior Called Methodical, ThoughtfuL" Court Judge, he has bicycled the Pacific

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LAw WEEK IN SAN DIEGO Every year, San Diego's la wyers come together to celebrate the rule of law and reach out to the community during Law Week. Hastings was well represented at the San Diego County Bar Association's 2005 Service Awards Law Week Luncheon . Dennis Dorman ('71) was recognized for the largest forwarding fee from 2004 based on his expert handling of a difficult legal malpractice case referred from the Bar's Lawyer Referral and Information Service. Michele Macosky ('94) received the Community Service Award for her efforts working with numerous community orga nizations.

Coast fr om Oregon to Mexico with his Section of the State Bar of California for Judge Jaime Roman, the presiding admin­ wife, Sue. Judith Mazia is the Associate 2005-2006. A partner with Hancock istrative law judge in the Office of Director of Planned Giving for UCSF; a Rothert & Bunshoft in San Francisco, he Administrative H earings in Sacramento, San Francisco probate and trust attorney; also serves on the Judicial Council's CACI has been appointed as the Emergency and a mediator for the U.S. District Court Jury Instruction Committee and the ABTL Preparedness Li aison Officer for Northern of the Northern District of California, the Board of Governors. In addition, he is the California for the Army Reserve. He California Court of Appeal First Appellate co-author of the Matthew Bender California remains an active reservist with the rank District, and the San Francisco Superior Pretrial Civil Procedure/Discovery Guides. of Colonel. Ann Veneman is the head of Court. Donald Miles has become a partner UNICEF, the United Nations children's with Ropers, Maj eski, Kohn & Bentley in agency, which works in 158 countries to San Francisco. Martha Richards recently 1976 protect the rights of youngsters. She was celebrated three years as the Executive Worth Dikeman, a Humboldt County the first female U.S. Secretary of Director of The Fund for Women Artists, a Deputy District Attorney in Eureka, has Agriculture during the first term of Florence, Massachusetts, nonprofit organi­ announced his candidacy for the position President George W. Bush . The Bay Area zation dedi cated to helping women artists of District Attorney. The election will be chapter of the National Lawyers Guild acquire resources to support their creative held in June 2006. Jesse Gaines is the honored San Francisco attorney Marilyn work. Cleary Professor of Law Elaine Chief Executive Officer fo r Legal Aid of Waller, a founding member of the Shoben retired from the University of Northwest Texas in Arlington. In June, the Women's Prison Legal Education Project, Illin ois after 30 years there. In July, she Alameda County Superior Court at a dinner in April. As a National Lawyers joined the law faculty at the University of appointed George Hernandez, previously Guild member, she has traveled with dele­ Nevada at Las Vegas. the supervising judge of the Hayward gations to Cuba, Mozambique, Israel, and Superior Court, to a two-year term as its the West Bank. presiding judge. The Volunteer Legal 1975 Services Program in San Francisco named S. Davis Carniglia has been pursuing a John Koeppel as its Volunteer of the PhD. in jurisprudence and social responsi­ Month for February 2005. A partner with CLASS NOTES DEADLINES bility at UC Berkeley School of Law. Scott Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley in San Drexel was named Chief Trial Counsel for Francisco, he has taken on approximately Spring/Summer issue February 1 the California State Bar Court. Virginia 50 pro bono cases over his many years Peiser has become of counsel to the tax working with VLSP. Paula Kuty retired A utumn issue A ugust 1 and estate planning practice at Archer from her position as Chief Assistant Norris in Walnut Creek. Richard Seabolt District Attorney the Santa Clara County Winter issue N ovember 1 was appointed as Chair of the Litiga tion District Attorney's Office in May.

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Elizabeth Franco Bradley has opened the Lo ngeles law firm of Bradley & Bradley \,'ith her daughter. Andrew Gee, owner of the space-themed restaurant Starship Pegasus in Italy, Texas, writes that he is cre­ ating a College of Space Exploration . Thoma Humphreys is a partner with Morri on & Foerster in New York. Stoel Rives San Francisco-based partners David lve ter and Lawrence S. Bazel ('84) and toel Rives associate Christian Marsh ('00) have left the fi rm to start their own shop, Briscoe, Ivester & Bazel, which focuses on land use and environmental law. In its list of top 100 verdicts fo r 2004, the National Law loum al included Christopher Whelan's disability discrimination case in which his client was awarded more than $19 million . It was the coun try's largest verdict in an employment case for the year. Whelan has his own law office in Gold Ri ve r.

1 Duane Choy, who no longer practices law fu ll-time, is writing a column on gardening fo r The Honolulu A dvertiser. In addition, he is a volunteer coordinator and docent train er for Honolulu's municipal ga rdens. An avid hiker, he also leads walks for the ature Conservancy. Robert Flannery retired in December 2004 and moved to Udon Thani, Thailand. He invites Hastings alumni traveling to Thailand to contact him at rhflannery@ya hoo.com. Donald Philip Beglin ('79). Franson, Jr. was appointed to the Fresno Superior Court in February. His fa ther, Donald Franson, Sr. '5 1, was appointed to at the Australian National Uni versity in and current member of the Stockton Port the same court in 1967. Business Week Canberra and is the author of the book Commission. David M. Humiston, a part­ magazine ra nked Real Estate Loopholes, Design fo r Sustainability. She has lived and ner with Los Angeles office of Sedgwick, written by Garrett Zook Sutton, seventh worked in Australi a for many years after Detert, Moran & Arnold and chair of the on its list of top-selli ng business books of spending ti me in San Francisco as an artist firm's healthca re practice group, has been 2004. The book was on the best-seller list and architect, urban designer and city plan­ appOinted by the ABA' s Health Law for 15 months. Sutton is an attorney with ner, and attorney foc used on envi ronmen­ Section to chair their managed care and the utton Law Center, which has offices tal law and planning. Scott De Vries was insurance interest group for the 2005-06 in Sacramento, Reno, and Jackson Hole. elected to a sixth term as Managing term, his second consecutive appointment Partner with Nossaman Guthner Knox & to this role. Michael Kokesh has stepped Ell iott in San Francisco. Steven A. Herum down as President and CEO of Gentiae, an received a 2005 California State Bar internationall y recognized San Francisco­ In March, Philip Beglin completed the Journal Califomia Lawyer Attorney of the based provider of ca rdiac safety monitor­ 103-mile Solvang Century Bicycle Ride. Yea r Award for his envi ronmentallland use ing, logistics services, and technology, Beglin has been the Kern County Deputy work. He is the former President and which he fo unded in 2001. He will remain Public Defender for the past 22 years. Board Member of the Greater Stockton as a consultant fo r several months. Nion Janis Birkeland has been a Visiting Fellow Chamber of Commerce and past Chair McEvoy was profil ed in the San Francisco

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Business Times in February. He is the man­ in empl oyment law in a recent survey con­ Nestor Barrero was a guest lecturer for the aging partner of the McEvoy G roup, as ducted by the San Francisco Recorder. She course, Managing Diversity: The Matrix of well as CEO and Chair of Chronicle Books is a partner with Orrick, H errington & Change, which is part of Stanford in San Francisco. Thomas Mesereau, a Sutcl iffe, wher she speciali zes in complex University's program on public policy. partner with the Los Angeles law firm of class actions. Barrero is Vice President and Employment Collins, Mesereau, Reddock & Yu, success­ Counsel for NBC Universal in Universal full y defended Michael Jackson in his City. Stoel Rives Sa n Francisco-based part­ highly publicized case involvin g child <} 2 ners Lawrence S. Bazel and David Ivester molestation and related charges. The Los Dan C. Bolton has been named the first ('77) and Stoel Rives asso iate Christian Angeles Times profil ed Mesereau in a June Director of Litigati on for the Oakland- Marsh ('00) have left the firm to start story entitled "Attorney's Career Has Had ba ed Law Center fo r Fam il ies. Merrilee their own shop, Briscoe, Ivester & Bazel, Plenty of High Stakes and High Pressure." MacLean join ed Karr Tuttle Campbell in which focuses on land use and enviro n­ Jeffrey Schmidt has been appointed Seattle as a shareholder in 2003. She mental law. Domenic Drago has been Deputy Director of the Bureau of continues to practi ce in the areas of bank­ appointed Chair of the real estatelland use Competition at the Federal Trade ru ptcy and creditors' rights. She was and natural resources/environmental prac­ Commission in Washington, D. C. Thomas recently appointed to the advisory boa rd of tice group with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Trapp has been named managing partner the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council and has & Hampton in Sa n Diego. He had been with Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp in San also served a three-year term on the managing partner of the firm 's Del Mar Francisco, where he specializes in Executive Committee of the Ninth Circuit Heights office. Michael Fox has joined the environmental law. Judicial Conference and spoken at the Jamba Juice Company in San Francisco as annual meetings of the Ninth Circuit's Vice President of Legal Affairs. G ov. chief bankruptcy judges. Karl Olson Arnold Schwarzenegger has named 1980 received the 2005 James Madison Freedom Michael Gaffey to the Alameda County Matthew Hodel is a partner with Hodel of Inform ation Award from the Northern Superior Court bench. Judge Gaffey had Briggs Winter in Irvine, where he has a California Society of Professional been a Deputy District Attorney for Santa civil litiga tion practice. In March, Matthew Journalists. He was recognized for his work Clara County. San Francisco Superior Larrabee was elected to a three-year term related to the First Amendment. Victoria Court Judge Kathleen Kelly was the sub­ as Chair of Heller Ehrman in San Saxon was listed in the eleventh edition of ject of a June profile in the Recorder enti­ Francisco. He also was profil ed in the Best Lawyers in America in the categories tled "Law is a Family Tradition for Judge." San Francisco Business Times in July. The of banking law and fin ancial institutions She is the granddaughter of former California Public Defenders Association and transactions. She is a partner with California Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown named Michael Ogul as its Defender of Hodgson Russ in Buffalo, New York. Leslie and niece of O akland Mayor Jerry Brown. the Year. Based in O akland, he is an Thomsen has returned to her real estate Fernando Tafoya recently opened his Assistant Public Defender for Alameda and land use law practice in Santa Rosa fourth law offi ce, located in Watsonville. County. Peter 1. Siggins is serving as the after fo ur years in Was hington, D. c. While Tafoya & Associates also has offices in San in terim chi ef of staff to California in the nation's capital, she worked for Francisco, Fresno, and Visalia and focuses Governor Schwarzenegger for several Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak as on personal injury, sexual harassment, and months leading to the November 8 Press Secretary and Counsel for Energy workers' compensation cases. Tafoya also is special election. and En vironmental Iss ues and also was serving on the Human Relati ons Communications Director for the National Commission fo r Fresno. 1981 Breast Cancer Coalition. United States Congressman Edward Case, who represents Hawaii, was the subject of 1983 a February profile in his state's M idweek Colin Coffey is serving as President of the newspaper entitled "Which Way Will Ed Contra Costa County Bar Association for Run )" Kennard Goodman has join ed 2005. He is a partner in Archer Norris in CLASS NOTES DEADLINES LandAmerica Financial Group in Seattle as Walnut Creek. San Mateo County an Associate Claims Counsel. Mary Superior Court Judge Marie Weiner was Spring/Summer issue February 1 Greenwood was named head of the Office the subject of a June profile in The of Public Defender fo r Santa Clara Recorder entitled "Courtroom Candy A utumn issue August 1 County. She previously led the Alternate Doesn't Mean Judge Sugarcoats." Defender's O ffi ce. Lynne Hermie was Winter issue N ovem ber 1 named one of the top Bay Area attorneys

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an Francisco Public Defender Jeffrey ously erved as Senior Vice Pre ident and ing program at a Gard na mi ddl chool. dachi \\'3 the ubject of a Ma y story in General Counsel of Macromedia. Andrea The fo under of the S uth Bay Mentoring the an Francisco area Reporter newspapers Rosa ha fo rmed The Rosa Law Group, a Assistance Resource ~ am, Burst in held that de cribed how he had organized the Sa cramento employment law firm. She the event at a beach house f atur d in the second annual Juvenil e Justice Seminar previously erved as Deputy Director fo r 1990s televi ion series "Beverl y Hill and how he is favorably vi ewed by Legislation and Policy Development for 9021 0." Jan Gruen is managi ng partn r Africa n-Americans in the city. Zinnia the Califo rnia Department of Fair with Newmeyer & Dillion's Walnut re k Coronel Barrero has joined the Glenda le Employment and H ousing under Gov. office. Her practice foc use on bu in e s, office of the State Compensati on Insurance Gray Davis. She also teaches employment construction, and real estate litiga ti on and Fund. She represents employers in work­ law as an adjunct fac ulty member at sev­ insurance law. Cynthia Newton has relo­ ers ' compensation litigation. Brandon erallocal colleges. Las t January, the Santa cated to Portland, Oregon, where she is an Baum has joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Clara County Bar Association presented its associate with Swanso n, Thomas & Coon Maw as a partner in the Palo Alto office. Byrl R. Salsman Award to Santa Clara speciali Zing in personal injury work. She His specialty is intellectual property. County Superior Court Judge Erica Yew had practiced law with the San Fran isco Previously, he was a partner with Cooley for her contributions to the legal commu­ firm of Walkup, Shelb y, Bastina, Meloida, Godward. Nanci Clarence has been named ni ty. In March, California Assembly Kell y, Echeverria & Li until 2000 and is the a fe llow of the Ameri ca n College of Tri al Member Rebecca Cohen named her mother of eight-year-old twins, Carol and Lawyers. A partner with Clarence & Dyer Woman of the Year fo r District 24 . George. Her husband, Mark, is a pastor at in San Francisco, she foc uses her practice a local Presbyteri an church. Timothy on criminal defense. Ronald Foil has joined Parker was elected a partner with Wellpoint-Blue Cross in Woodl and Hills as 8"'" Kirkpatrick & Lochart Nicholson Graham an Associate General Counsel. Loren In May, Michael Burstein, whose Los in San Francisco. He speciali zes in invest­ Hillberg has join ed Macrovision Angeles law practice focuses on estate ment management and securities law. Corporation in Santa Clara as Executive planning and probate issues, hosted the Victoria Powers is among seven listed as Vice President and General Counsel. The annual fundraiser kn own as Smartarita to leaders in their fi eld in the 2005 edition of company's first inside counsel, he previ- support students participating in a mentor- Chambers USA American's Leading Lawyers for Business. She is a partner with Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn in Columbus, Ohio. Michael Schwartz has joined Charleston School of Law in South Carolina as a tenured full professor. His first book, Expert Learning for Law Students (2005) was published this summer. He also is the co-author of a second book sched­ uled for publication in 2006, entitled Pass the Bar! Helena M. Tetzeli was selected for in clusion in the 2005-06 edition of Best Lawyers in A m erica. Michael Webb pre­ vailed in a runoff electi on to become City Attorney in Redondo Beach.

1988 Jean Batman has formed Legal Venture Counsel, a San Francisco law firm provid­ ing corporate general counsel services to small and emerging companies. She had been a partner with Duane Morris. William Gaede has joined McD ermott Will & Emery as a partner in the firm's intellec­ tual property department. He co-chairs the firm 's biotechnology and life science practice group and continues to focus his Alldrea Rosa ('85).

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practice on sign ificant intellectual property her own San Francisco law office focused Todd Goluba has become a partner with disputes in the life scien es and pharma­ on estate planning and probate matters. the Pl easanton law fir m of Atkinson, ceutical industries. Gaede previously was a David Skinner was among three Meyers Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. He contin­ partner with Cooley Godward in Palo Alto. Nave attorneys successfully defending ues to represent school and community Matthew Krimmer opened his own enter­ against the appeal of a trial court d cision coll ege districts and is serving as 2005 tainment law firm in Manhattan Beach in favor of the City of South San Francisco President of the California Council of after working for] 5 years as an in-house upholding the city's general pl an d signa­ School Attorneys. Nina Haller is President senior executive with such entertainment tion of up to one residential unit per ac re an d CEO of The Legal Edge, a Los Angeles companies as Disney, Sony, and Fox. for it "Sign Hill" property. legal recruitment firm. Kenneth Muller is a Currently, he is involved in financin g and partner and Co-Chair of the private equity other matter related to a project in con­ fund group at Morrison & Foerster in San junction with the band U2. David Lui is 1990 Francisco. Chief Compliance Officer for U.S. Bancorp Ethan Berkowitz is a ca ndidate for the Asset Management in Minneapolis. Alaska governorship in 2006. A D emocrat Previously, he was Chief Compliance representing Anchorage, he has served in Counsel for Franklin Advisors in San his state's House of Representatives since Mateo. Rebecca Riley has opened her own 1997 and has been House Minority Leader law firm in Northridge speciali zing in since 1999. Richard Berry has been pro­ criminal defense. Manuel Saldana has moted to Vice President for NASD joined Gordon & Rees as a partner with its Dispute Resolution in New York City. H e Newport Beach and Los Angeles offices. has been with the organization since 1995 Maria Valdez has been named a U.S. and has served as its Director of Case Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Administration since 2001. H e also is an (!affing r;K(( Court, Northern District of Illinois, in adjunct professor at New York Law Chicago. School, where he teaches an arbitration and mediation course. With a friend, dlrormer :;&m6ert Matthew Emrick has started Soluri & 19 9 Emrick, a Sacramento firm specializing in @/tudent~ Todd Calvin has joined Walt Disney land use, environmental, water, and mining Television Animation in Burbank as an law. Previously, he was a partner at attorney in the business and legal affairs Sacramento's Diepenbrock H arrison. division. He previously held executive Michelle Carey Jones is now Vice Professor positions with Sony-based film producer President and General Counsel for NCH Frederick Lambert Laurence Mark and the San Francisco Marketing Services in Deerfield, Illinois. In Opera. Peter Maretz has become a share­ 2005, Sunena Sabharwal marked the one­ holder in the San Diego office of Shea year anniversary of her own practice, The will host a Stokes & Carter ALe. Diane Matsuda was Sabharwal Law Offices, in Oakland. holiday party for among Japanese-Americans in the state his former students honored for their efforts on behalf of the California Civil Liberties Public Education 1991 in December. Program at a San Francisco gala held in Ruben De La Torre has resigned after five June. She is Executive Director of the years as Ventura County Superior Court For information, California Cultural and Historical Commissioner. Endowment. Emery Mitchell has joined e-mail the San Francisco office of Baker & lambert}@uchastings.edu McKenzie as a corporate partner. Laurie with subject line Shigekuni published an article on estate planning entitled "Estate Pl anning for "Holiday Party." People with Young Children (Part 2)" in San Francisco's Hokubei Mainohi. She has

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In t-.l ay 2005, Govern or chwarzenegger Bulletin that described how he and his wife Col rado. Amanda Kramer has b com a appointed Regina Brown Deputy Director started Remy Sol Coffee, which the article partner with Itzer aplan M Mahon for Communications and Legi lation for terms "a business venture with a social Vi tek in San Diego and has b en a erti­ the Department of Fair Employment and conscience." Furchteni cht, who previously fi ed pecialist in fa mily law in 2002. HOUSing. he has served as Deputy fo cused on transactional work in hi law Joseph Levin app ared on th "It's Your Attorney Genera l with the Department of practice with Cooley Godwa rd in San Call with Lynn Doyle" t levision show, Ju ti in e 1996. Morrison & Foerster has Francisco, provides directly to consumers which airs on the East Coast fr om Main e elected Gregory Caligari a partner. He high-quality coffee from a small farmers' to Maryland, several times in March. Th works at the fi rm's Walnut Creek office, cooperative in Costa Rica. Michael Harper partner with the Atlantic C ity, New Jersey, where he is a member of the real estate has left San Francisco fo r Washington, firm of Levant, Martin & Levin prov ided group. Robin Cawelti (previously Robin D.C, where he is a senior manager for legal commentary on the Michael Jackson Brewer) has join ed the U.S. Treasury PricewaterhouseCoopers. John Matra has trial. Jonathan Lovvorn has joined th Department in Washin gton, D.C, as a civil joined GoldPocket Wireless in Los Angeles Humane Society of the United States in penalties specialist. She also has married as Senior Vice President for Business Washington, D. C, as head of its animal Mi chael Cawelti. Arnold Finkbine has Development. Marcia Perez and Randall protection litiga tion section. He previously joined the staff of the Califo rnia Court of B. Allen ('74), both with Allen & was a partner with D.C's Meyer & Appeal's Fourth Appellate District, Associates in San Francisco, successfully Glitzenstein . Christopher Parsons reports Division One, in San Diego as a seni or defended a deaf/mute client who was fac­ that he is Vice President and Corporate appell ate attorney. Warren Kelly is a in g deportation. In a rare decision, U. S. Counsel for FlyHawaii Airlines in fo unding partner with Amador, Desjardins Homeland Security terminated proceed­ Honolulu. Marc Rubinstein has joined & Kell y in Long Beach. H e specializes in ings against their client and allowed him to Lehman Brothers in Japan as Vice civil litigation. Nicholas Mack is Assistant stay in the U. S. for humanitarian reasons. President and Corporate Counsel, Asia. General Counsel at Yodlee, a Redwood Matthew Ruggles has been elevated to Hina Shah has joined Leonard Carder in City high-tech firm offering aggregation­ shareholder with Littler Mendelson, a O akland, where she represents labor powered solutions to the financial industry. labor and employment law firm in unions and employees in complex litiga­ Todd Mayo presided over a workshop on Sa cramento. Nina Schuyler'S first novel, tion. In 2004, she was in vited to China to legal and prac ti cal aspects of appraisals The Painting, was one of fi ve Northern participate in a labor law conference for held during the Land Trust Alliance California Book Awards fin alists in fi ction. Chinese law professors as a teacher of ortheast annual conference in Saratoga She began teaching creative writing in comparative employment law. Tim Smith Springs, New York, in June. Mayo is an 2004 at the University of San Francisco, is General Counsel and Vice President associate with Cleveland, Waters & Bass in and will also be teaching at San Francisco with the Genomi s Institute of the Concord, N ew Hampshire. Darren Smith State. Her husband is environmental ovartis Research Foundation in San was in New York City during summer lawyer Peter Seeger (' 99). Dannette Diego. Judith Tang, an attorney with 2005 for performances of "Repol The Smith has join ed United Health Group Wendel, Rosen, Bla ck & Dean in Oakland, Genetic Opera," a musical that he wrote. in Minnetonka, Minnesota, as Deputy has been certified as a speciali st in estate He continues to live in Newport Beach General Counsel. planning, trust, and probate law by the and to practi ce bankruptcy law as State Bar of Californi a Bo ard of Legal President of D arren Gordon Smith in Specializa tion. One of the few California Costa Mesa. Edward Urschel has joined 1995 estate planning attorneys fluent in In fo Genesi in Santa Barbara as General Michelle Brenard has started her own law Cantonese, she is a fr equent speaker on Counsel. He also was listed in "Who's Who firm in San Francisco. She focuses on Chinese-language radio and television in Professional Services" in his area by the employment law, personal injury, and con­ programs. Pacific Coast Business Times. tracts. Neal Chilingirian has opened a law offi ce in Enci.n o. He is a certified specialist in taxati on law. Garry Cohen has opened a law offi ce in San Mateo and specializes in Amy Fitzpatrick has been named trusts and estates. Rachel Hester is a CLASS NOTES DEADLINES Executive Director of the San Diego Revenue Agent at the Internal Revenue Volunteer Lawyer Program . She previously Service's San Jose office. Michael Huttner Spring/Summer issue February 1 served as Assistant Attorney General and has become the Executive Director fo r Chief of Litigation for the ational ProgressNow.org, a progressive media cen­ Autumn issue August 1 Government of the Federated States of ter. He also writes that he is marrying Micronesia. Jeff Furchtenicht was the sub­ Debbie Herz, a ew York University law Winter issue November 1 ject of a profil e in the Oregon State Bar school graduate, and moving to Boulder,

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co-practi ce group leader of its intellectual Denver as an associate speciali zing in property litigation and patent prosecution intellectual property and sports law. group in East Palo Alto. Patricia O'Prey Paul Shorstein has moved to Jacksonvilk has become a partner with the law firm of Florida, to become an attorney with Pajcic Ri chards Spears Kibbe & Orbe in New & Paj cic, a plaintiff's civil litigation firm. York City. Her practi ce fo cuses on litiga­ He previously li ved in Atlanta, where he tion. Ariela F. St. Pierre is Senior Counsel worked for the DeKalb County District with Visa USA in San Francisco. Bryan Attorney's Office for nearl y six years. He Vereschagin became a founding member married in 2003 and became the father of of the San Francisco law firm Gonzalez & a daughter, Sarah, in October 2004. Kim Leigh in March 2005. He represents plain­ Tung is the 2005-2006 President of the tiffs in personal injury, civil rights, and Barristers Section of the Los Angeles products liability matters. He previously County Bar Association. Also a member of was with Morison-Knox, Holden, the boards of the Southern California Melendez & Prough in Walnut Creek for Chinese Lawyers Association and the Asian six years and with the San Francisco office Business League of Southern California, he of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold for is an associate with Danning, Gill, three years. Diamond & Kollitz in Los Angeles. Kristy Todd Hayes ('96) and family. Wheeler has joined Greenan, Peffer, Sallander & Lally in San Ramon as an asso­ 1997 ciate specializing in commercial and civil Kenneth W. Brakebill was named a partner litigation. She also became the mother of with Morrison & Foerster. He is a member Alexandra Alice Montee in September of the firm 's litigation department in San 2004. Sindy Yun is a senior associate on Francisco. Susan Eandi has been elevated the complex asbestos litigation team with 1996 to partner with Baker & McKenzie. She Archer Norris in Walnut Creek. Antony Buchignani is a partner in the Los speciali zes in employment law and is based Angeles office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray in the firm's Palo Alto office. Craig Enochs Cary, where he specializes in real estate, has been named a partner with Jackson franchise, and commercial business litiga­ Walker in Houston, Texas. His practice tion. He and his wife, Sarah Andrus '94, focuses on deregulated energy law. He wel­ live in West Los Angeles. Florence comes inquiries from any Hastings alumni Chamberlin is a partner with Osberg­ interested in practicing law in Houston and Braun & Chamberlin in Miami, Florida, can be reached at [email protected]. Emi where she specializes in immigration law. Gusukuma will chair the San Francisco Elizabeth Chilton is a staff attorney at Ethics Commission through 2010. She Central California Legal Services in Fresno practices law with the San Francisco firm and an Adjunct Professor at Fresno City Haas & Najarian. Arman Javid is a partner College, where she teaches legal writing with McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt in and research for its paralegal program. San Francisco. Jeffrey Layman has moved Todd C. Hayes is a partner with Foster to the Hong Kong office of Fulbright & Pepper & Shefelman in Seattle, where he Jaworski. The senior associate began his specializes in insurance coverage and con­ practice with the international law firm's struction defect litigation. He and his wife, Washington, D.C., office. Albert Y. Liu is Kristi Schifrin Hayes, are the parents of General Counsel and Secretary at Netgear Cole Harrison Hayes, born in 2004. in Menlo Park, a worldwide provider of Marianna Klebanov has joined Hinshaw & branded networking products. Tiziana Culbertson in San Francisco as an associate Sucharitkul has become partner and head specialiZing in complex insurance litiga­ of the dispute resolution department with tion. Sunil Kukarni has been elevated to Tilleke & Gibbins International in partner with Morrison & Foerster. He is a Bangkok. She previously was an attorney member of the litigation department in the with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy in Arman Javid ('97). firm 's Palo Alto office. Bingham Los Angeles and Singapore. Deborah McCutchen has promoted Fabio Marino to Shinbein has joined Faegre & Benson in

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her own law office in San Francisco. She Bradley Kennedy has b ome a taff atl r­ ore), Buffo, General ounsel for the specialize in employment and family law. ney with the Dane County ir uit ourt Departm nt of lotor Vehicles in James Leonard reports that he has been in Madi on, Wi consin. Hi work fo use \Va hington, D.C. , has been appointed to living in San Jo e and working since 2000 on civil and administrativ law. t I Rive the ational Conference of Commissioners as a Deputy District Attorney in Santa San Francisco-ba ed as ociate Christian on Uniform tate Laws. Robert Clara County, where he currently is Marsh ('00) and Stoel Ri ves San Franci 0- Burlingame i now a enior associate with assigned to the Career Criminal Unit. He based partners David Ivester ('77) and Pill bury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San married Ella Carter in June. Jean Pl edger Lawrence S. Bazel ('84) have I ft th firm Francisco. He specializes in trademark and has become a partner with Kl ein, to start their own hop, Brisco, 1vester & intellectual property issues. He writes that DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Bazel, which focuses on land use and envi­ he and his wife, Julie, welcomed their first Kimball in Bakersfield. Also the president ronmental law. Daniel O 'Connor, co­ child in June. Trent Campione is an associ­ of the Kern County Women LaV\ryers founder of Zorch Software in Sandy, Utah, ate with Dewey Ballantine in Austin, Association, she practices in the areas of writes that he welcomes inquiries from Texas. Maureen Burke Cobarr became a business litiga tion, real property, real H astings students interested in learning principal with the Seattle firm of estate, oil and gas, and environmental la w. about business development in the soft­ Cairn cross and Hempelmann in January Hooman Soleimanzadeh's real estate com­ ware/high-tech industry. Tawni Parr and gave birth to a son, Patrick Ransom pany, American Capital Properties, has (previously Tawni Olson) has married her Burke Cobarr, in March. Menlo Park-based acquired shopping centers in Dallas, Texas, mountain biking partner, Bruce Parr, and is Perkins Coie partner Brian R. Coleman is and Orlando, Florida. The company's co­ practicing law at Goyette & Associates in serving as President of the Board of the founder, he is based in Beverly Hills. Scott Rancho Cordova. Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Steiner is a Deputy District Attorney in Association. Mariah Garcia has joined Orange County, where he prosecutes Morgan Miller Blair in Walnut Creek as a felony crimes in his office's jury trial inten­ ? 0 real estate transactional associate. She pre­ sive felony unit. Hillary Weiner and her eeraj Bali has joined Logitech, Inc., in viously practiced law with Pillsbury husband, Brett, are pleased to report the Fremont as worldwide patent counsel. Winthrop in San Francisco. Gilbert birth of their daughter, Abigail Jessica, on Connie Cheung is an associate at Lerach Romero was a featured speaker at the March 10,2005. Cathleen Yonahara has Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins Project Lyons Youth Summit sponsored by joined Freeland Cooper & Foreman in San in San Francisco. She previously practiced the Ventura County Leadership Academy Francisco as an associate. Her practice with Milberg Weiss. Benjamin Ho has as part of a program offering youths alter­ focuses on labor and employment law. joined Lafayette & Kumagi in San Francisco natives to violence. Romero is a prosecutor Marco Zambrano writes that he married as an associate specializing in civil litigation in the sexual assault and family protection Reina Ramirez in August 2004 with sev­ and employment defense. Charlie Oh has unit of the Ventura County District eral Hastings alumni present: his brother joined Dechert in San Francisco as an asso­ Attorney' Office. Menlo Park-based Armando Zambrano ('02); groomsman ciate. Cameron Platt is enjoying the contin­ Perkins Coie associate Glenn Von Tersch is Felipe De La Torre ('97); and 1999 class­ ued successes of Platt Law Group, the real a member of the Board and Program Chair mates Gabriel Flores (best man), Jose Luis estate and business law practice he formed of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Martin (groomsman), and Avery Belka. in 2003, and of Platt, In c., the real estate Law Association. Sarah Weinstein has Zambrano is a contracts manager for brokerage and investment company he joined the Palo Alto office of Mayer, Securitas Security Services in Westlake formed in earl y 2004. Holly Pranger has Brown, Rowe & Maw as an associate. Village. opened her own law practice in San Francisco, The Pranger Law Group. Her specialty is intellectual property, employ­ 2 () ment discrimination, general business, and Lee J. Adams is Vice President of Arnir Atashi-Rang and business partner litigation. Mark Sundahl left the San Operations at Poway-based Quality Built, Elyse Park, a UC Davis law graduate, have Francisco office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw the nation' largest quality assurance firm opened an estate and tax planning bou­ Pitman to join the faculty at Cleveland­ for re idential and multi-family construc­ tique firm in San Francisco. Both were Marshall College of Law in Ohio. He tion. Kumani Armstrong has joined the formerly associates at the Myers firm in invites his Hastings classmates to contact Walnut Creek firm of Glynn & Finley as an San Francisco. Lloyd C hee has joined him at [email protected]. a sociate. His practice focuses on complex First American Title Insurance Company Michelle Younkin has joined the San ciyillitigation. an Bernardino County in Seattle, where he specializes in commer­ Francisco office of Holme Roberts & Owen Deputy Public Defender Kyung Kim and cial real estate. Eric Junginger is an as an associate. Her practice focuses on his wife recently welcomed their first associate in the San Francisco office of antitrust and complex commercial child, \ illiam. Paula Lawhon has opened Hanson Bridgett Marcus Vlahos Rudy. litigation.

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002 Adriana and Robert Brava-Partain are celebrating the birth of their son, Nathani el, born on September 17. She is an associate with Leyva & Night in Montebell o, and he ha joined Baum Hedlund in Los Angeles, where he prima­ rily represents injured parties in prescrip­ tion drug product liability cases. Lauren Dodge has joined the Danville firm of Gagen, McCoy, McMahon & Armstrong as an associate speciali zin g in criminal defense and juvenile law. Jeffrey Hazarian has joined Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara as Chief Financial Officer. He pre­ viously spent 19 years in executive posi­ tions with Tenera, a software and services provider. Michelle La Plante has become an associate with Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass in San Francisco. A member of the corporate and transactional practice, she joins the firm from Milbank Tweed, Michelle La Plante ('02) . Hadley & McCloy in Los Angeles, where she focused on project finance. Sean McAuliffe is a corporate associate at Tabesh is an associate speciali zin g in Covington & Burling in New York. Jennifer Eileen ChaulJet ('03). patent litigation with Morrison & Foerster Rampton and David Lunas '03 opened the in Palo Alto. Jason Tarasek has relocated immigration law firm of Lunas & Rampton from San Francisco to Minneapolis, where in San Francisco in July 2004. They also he is a litigation associate with Best & were featured in an East Bay Express cover Flanagan. He is engaged to marry Jessica conducts seminars in Kings, Kern, Tulare, story on a veterinary malpractice suit in Savran '05. Fresno, Madera, and Merced counties on June 2003 . Courtney Schreiber has joined real estate transactions and tax-deferred Nixon Peabody in San Francisco as an asso­ exchanges. Emily Landsverk has become a ciate specializing in insurance coverage and 2003 staff attorney for the D eaf Women's Legal litigation. Shigh Sapp is servin g as Second Brian Bayati has joined Cihigoyenetche, Project at the Law Center for Families in Secretary and Vi ce Consul at the US. Grossberg & Clouse in Rancho Cucamonga O akland. Reichi Lee has joined the Family Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dara as an associate fOCUSing on civil litigation. Violence Prevention Fund in San Francisco Brigid Biermann is a trial attorney for the as a staff attorney. David Lunas and US. D epartment of Justice Antitrust Jennifer Rampton ('02) opened the immi­ Division in San Francisco. Abby Bilkiss gration law firm of Lunas & Rampton in return ed to graduate school this fall at San Francisco in July 2004. They also were uc. Berkeley's College of Environmental featured in an East Bay Express cover story Design. She will fo cus on urban planning on a veterinary malpractice suit in June in the city and the Regional Planning 2003. Kathryn Martin has joined Barg Program. Eileen Chauvet has joined the Coffin Lewis & Trapp in San Francisco as real estate practice of Coblentz, Patch, an environmental associate. Mirissa Duffy & Bass in San Francisco as an associ­ McMurray has become an attorney with ate. Rosa Figueroa-Versage is a staff attor­ Bay Area Legal Aid in Redwood City. ney at Children's Law Center of Los Emmett Seltzer has joined Boornazian, Angeles. She and her husband, Andres, are Jensen & Garthe in Oakland as an associate the parents of Isabella Bianca, born in specializing in insurance litigation. David 2004. Elisabeth Lambert has been Stec is an associate with Dechert in San appointed California Central Valley Francisco. Chiemi Suzuki has joined Division Manager for Asset Preservation, Frommer Lawrence & H aug in New York

Nathaniel, newbom SO/l of Adriana ('02) aid Robert Inc., a subsidiary of Stewart Title Co. City as an associate specializin g in intellec­ ('02) BralJa- Partain. Working from the Fresno office, she tual property and high technology.

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ary nited Commercial Bank in an Franci co as Associate In Memoriam WILLIAM CHANNELL t 923- 2005 orporale Coun el. C hristin e Chestnut Judge William Channell ('49), an emeritus ha j ined the alifornia Coa tal Hanna Wilber '33 ommi ion in San Francisco as an member of the H astin gs Board of Enforcement Analyst. Heather Davey has Robert Halsing '38 Directors, died at ag 82 on Ma y 7. H had joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman in suffered from Parkinson's disease. an Francisco as an associate specializing in Fred R. Winn '40 Appointed to the b nch in 1970 by th n­ real e tate law. Aron Deferrari is a Deputy William Channell '49 District Attorney for Contra Costa County. Governor Ronald Reagan, Judge Chann ell Jessica Giannetta has joined Sutton William Sanderson '49 served on the Contra Costa County Hatmaker in Fresno as an associate. She Superior Court for 15 years before bing practices in the areas of employment law, Harvey W. Hoffman '50 appointed to California's First Distri ct Court of Appeal. He retired in 1990. business litigation, and civil litigation. Peter W. Fisher '51 Jennifer Kaufman has joined the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, Anthony Garcia '54 Judge Channell entered Hastings after D.C, as a staff attorney. Molly Lee has completing service in the US. Army during become an associate speciali zing in labor Vernon Moore '58 World War II . He worked for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office before and employment law with Hanson, Kenneth H. Wechsler '58 Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy in San co-founding a civil litiga tion firm first Francisco. Matthew Mannering is an associ­ Homer W. Jones '66 located in Martinez and subsequently in ate specializing in litigation with Pollak, Walnut Creek. In 1989, then-Governor Vida & Fisher in Los Angeles. Graham Robert Bradley '67 George Deukrneijian appointed him to a 12-year term on the Hastings Board of Mills has joined McCormick, Barstow, Gary Spain '71 Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth in Fresno as an Directors. associate speciali Zin g in litiga tion. Briana Stanley E. Erickson '74 L. Morgan, formerl y a law clerk for Judge Judge Channell is survived by his wife, David Levi of the US. District Court, John C Harris '77 Patricia; his daughter, Nancy Dunn; and his son, William, Jr. Eastern District of Californi a, in Cheyenne Bell-Stampp '78 Sacramento, is clerking for Chief Judge Anthony Scirica of the US. Court of John M. Farrell '85 Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia. After her clerkship, whi ch Rebecca Mass '86 ends in September 2006, she plans to join Joseph G. McLaughlin '86 Bingham McCutchen. Melody Overton has joined the Cowlitz County Prosecuting Celia Salinas-Rosenberg '99 Attorney's Office in Kelso, Washington, as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. Alphonse Provinziano is a San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney. Grace Roh is an a sociate in the employee benefits practice group with Seyfarth Shaw in Los Angeles. Sreoshi Datta Sheth has joined Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law in Los Angeles as a staff attorney. She married eil S. Sheth in March. CLASS NOTES DEADLINES

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