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CONTENTS Briefings

02 FROM THE DEAN

03 FOR THE RECORD Victoria Smith '10 recently hit the jackpot on Wheel of Fortune-just in time to start repaying those student loans.

04 I SIDEBARS News and notes from the Hastings community, including a top honor for Professor Karen Musalo; an update on the Lawrence M. Nagin '65 Faculty Enrichment Fund; Professor Joan C. Williams's new study on work-family conflict; and more. In Depth

10 I TRIBUTE In honor of California Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter '66 and his wife, Jane Baxter, the couple's family has made a major gift to fund Hastings' new Appellate Law Center.

12 I LEADERSHIP New Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu shares his vision for transforming UC Hastings.

34 I STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Students acquire valuable trial experience in Hastings' renowned Criminal Practice Clinic.

56 I CLOSING STATEMENT Maureen Corcoran '79 shares her thoughts on the evolving field of health law. Movers & Shakers

ALUMNI IN ACTION They have defended accused Hollywood murderers and corporate embezzlers; they have prosecuted scammers, racketeers and price fixers . Meet six tireless criminal lawyers whose passion for seeing justice served knows no bounds.

FOCUS ON FACULTY Criminal law professors Rory Little, Hadar Aviram, 16 George Bisharat and Kate Bloch are energizing the field with cutting-edge scholarship, dynamic teaching styles and thoughtful engagement in the public discourse.

Year by Year 36 I CLASS NOTES What's new with your Hastings coll eagues and classmates. F ROM THE DEAK

Dear Alumni and Friends, Hastings

A ssistant Dean I Jacqueline Ervin The legal profession is based on the belief that ideas Executive Director I Shino Nomiya matter. Through language and language alone, members Writers I Nicole Sadler of the bench and the Bar are able to change the courses of Enn Walsh individual lives, the institutions that make up our society DCP and the government that we together have formed. Our Design I DCP reliance on words makes our work different than that Board of Directors of other professions Perhaps in no other area of law is Donald Bradley '68 this faith more important than criminal law because the Tina Combs '88 shared interest in achieving justice demands that pros­ Maureen Corcoran '79 Marci Dragun '86 ecutors and defense attorneys alike respect the power of Carin FUJisaki '85 rhetoric. So many of the great cases are criminal cases. It Thomas Gede '81 is the criminal cases that give us the compelling narratives of right and wrong, the chal­ Claes Lewenhaupt '89 lenge of determining who did what, how, and why Brian Monaghan '70 Bruce Simon '80 This issue of Hastings features extraordinary leaders in the field of criminal law. In the Sandra Thompson '01 pages that follow, you will read about four members of our superb criminal law faculty, all

of whom are influencing the development of doctrine. They are contributing to our public Contact Us discourse about legal reform, even as they also train the next generation of advocates. Alumni Center University of California You will also encounter six remarkable alumni, who between them have handled Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street nearly every kind of criminal case imaginable, from high-stakes white-collar crimes to San Francisco, CA 94102 sensational Hollywood murders. All came to the profession out of a passion for righting 415.565.4615 wrongs and making a difference www.uchastingsedu

Send change of address to Of course, we take great pride in all of our alumni's accomplishments and encour­ [email protected] age you to stay in touch with us. We are always interested to hear your thoughts and Send class notes to stories because, as lawyers, we know that ideas create change [email protected]

Sincerely, Hast ings is published by the Alumni Center, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. ©2010

All rights reserved

Frank H. Wu Chancellor & Dean

2 FALL 2010 Victoria Smith '10 figured out a clever strategy for paying off her student loans. She and her mother, Viola, won big on the game show Wheel of Fortune shortly before she graduated from Hastings this May. The winning answer? "Sketch pad."

Did You Know?

The cost of tuition this year for an in-state student is $39,085.

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Global Aloha

Jeff Lau '77 uses the skills he learned at Hastings for more than just his legal career. In addition to serving as a senior director at the Honolulu firm Ogawa Lau Nakamura & Jew, Lau is involved in a variety of interna­ tional endeavors. In June, Lau led the Narcissus Queen Goodwill Tour, in which he traveled throughout China with Hawai'i Governor Linda Lingle as part of an official delegation, meeting with heads of state and government officials. On behalf of Mayor Mufi Hannemann of Honolulu, Lau also visited the city of Qinhuangdao, where he attended the official signing of the sister-city relationship between Qinhuangdao and Honolulu, and delivered Honolulu's portion of the agreement. Lau is also president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i and the Honorary Consul of Belgium. In this latter role, he traveled to the Vatican to attend the canonization of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who ministered to lepers on the island of Molokai. While there, Lau and Hawai'i Senator Daniel Akaka met with King Albert /I and Queen Paola of Belgium. Lau says, "Global outreach is essential in today's mod­ ern economy. I applaud Dean Frank H. Wu's efforts to shift Hastings' attention abroad by tapping into interna­ tional opportunities in China and the Pacific Rim."

BANKRUPTCY EXPERT TAKES THE BENCH Eight years into his legal career, Charles Novack '83 decided on a career change and chose bankruptcy law as his new field. With his appointment by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to serve as a judge on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, one can say that decision paid off. Upon graduating from Hastings, Novack practiced general civil litigation. He pursued a career in bankruptcy law in 1991 and began a two-year clerkship with bankruptcy Judge Randall Newsome of the Northern District of California. Following his clerkship, Novack worked at the law firm Kornfield Paul & Nyberg for 11 years, representing debtors, trustees, creditors and parties to adversary proceedings, before opening a solo bankruptcy practice in 2005. A member of the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum Board of Directors and the Northern District of California Bench-Bar Committee, Novack lectures frequently on bankruptcy topics. He will serve a renewable 14-year term.

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) Class of 2005 ) Class of 2000 Jeanne Fahey Andrew Friedman Daniel Wan, Chair Stacie Goeddel, Co-chair Lesley Grossblatt Patrick Meyers, Overall Andrew Azarmi Tim Terry, Co-chair Robert Haga Reunion Chair Carrie Collins Ryan Damon Michael Huttner Amy Morika mi Maggie Crawford Jyan Ferng Mark Keam Lara Nelson Paul Davis Julie Grey Carla Miller Lois Yamaguchi Amy Deng Todd Hamblet Corey Taylor Drew Ellsworth Ray Hartman Mia Weber Tindle ) Class of 1985 Ben Erhart Warren Jackson Assemblyman Albert Peter Engstrom, Co-Chair Jill Donzelli Fox Steven John Torrico Anne Hassett, Co- Chair Joe Giometti Jerod Klein Joanna Madison Valencia Brandon Baum Eliza Hoard Mieke Malmberg Virginia Villegas Dennis Belcourt Chris Kemos Matthew Norfleet Greg Brockbank Jessical Madrigal Michael Qu inn ) Class of 1990 Tyler Brown Mike Maffei Amir Atashi Rang Eduardo Angeles, Steven Bruckman John Marston Barbara Rosen Cochair Carl Chamberlin Brian Orion George Rush Mary Ellen Lemieux, Debra Estrem Nathan Quigley Co-chair Justin Garon John Stanley ) Class of 1995 Mary Pat Barry Matt Geyer Samantha Tama A lice McTig he, Co-chair Richard Berry Johnathan Gross Chris Tarbell La uren Schoenthaler, Eric Dejong Ted Herhold Jennifer Ta ylor Cochair Shannon Fallon Ron Lemieux Grace Yang Jackson Chen Gary Franklin Landa Siu Low

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Wendy Nemeroff John Heisse ) Class of 1975 Jeff Nadrich Katherine Ray Gregg Jarrett Basil Plastiras, Co-chair Ron Nelson Ed Sangster Brian Johnson Ronnie Caplane, Co-chair Paul Ostroff Rich Schoenberger Marjorie Golub Kaminsky Ida Abbott James Pokorny Greg Schopf Matt Larrabee Lynn Altshuler Susan Popik Robin Wonder Siefkin Bill Lightner Lunell Anderson Joel Rubin Fram Virjee Dave Monetta Carolyn Attkisson Richard Seabolt Teresa Woody Neil Moran Deborah Ballati Stephen Usher Richard Yanagi Mercedes Moreno Michael Boyle Michael Mullery Randy Bupp ) Class of 1970 ) Class of 1980 Gerry Sekimura Patrick Cathcart Rick Fischer, Co-chair Phyllis Townsend Harry Sherr Michael Cohen Richard Fl ier, Co-chair Henderson, Co-chair Michael Simmonds Michael Fleming Neil Bardack Kendall Patton, Cochair Bruce Simon Stephen Gardner Phil Bartenetti Marlene Bishop Deborah Smillie Thomas Gibson Steve Easton Brian Borders Wes Sokolosky John Giovannone Carolyn Farren Betty Bortin Eric Starr Mary Hackenbracht Tony Gibbs Pamela Black Bouey Peter Stone Patrick Hagan Jack Murray Ada Goldberg Brown Rod Thompson Gerald Hinkley Vince Muzzi Roberta Demnitz Burcz Damien Walsh Carl Lippenberger Dennis Potts Billy Farrer Amy Wind Patrick Magill Michael Fish Craig Wood William Manierre Shelley Zimmerman Galant Edith Matthai

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~ The William Blackfield '38 Scholarship

ome might say that William desired to give back to the law school year they are Joshua Keton '13 and S Blackfield '38 was a jack-of-all­ so others could share in the promise Stephen Strain '13. trades. With legal and engineering and potential that education created Worden says, "Thanks to the degrees, he pursued real estate in for him. Blackfield Scholarship, I avoided Northern California and Hawai'i, His widow, Cecilia, fulfilled his taking out an additional loan and pur­ where he was a prominent home­ wish by establishing the William sued my education witho ut worrying builder and pioneer of affordable Blackfield '38 Memorial Scholarship, as much about financial pressures. housing. Blackfield loved Hastings which has been providing schol­ Just as import ant, the scholarship and cherished the opport unities his arships to students for 28 years. inspired me, for I now know that legal education afforded him. He was Last year's recipients were Nathan someone believed in me and there is especially proud to be the founder of Conn '11 , Menaka Fernando '10, a Hastings communit y eager to sup­ the 1066 Club in Hawai'i. He greatly and Brandy Worden '11. and this port current students."

LARRY NAGIN '65 A GIFT FOR GIVING

Larry Nagin '65, a brilliant attorney, had Professor Radhika Rao, one of the high regard for scholarly pursuit and the conference's organizers, says, "This amaz­ promise it brings Shortly before he passed ing symposium would not have been away, Nagin and his wife, Sherrie, created possible without the generosity of Larry the Lawrence M. Nagin '65 Faculty and Sherrie Nagin. We are incredibly grate­ Enrichment Fund to help the law school ful to them for their foresight and vision of recruit and retain the most promising true, academic debate." faculty, especially those whose research The fund also sponsored two lecture addresses social justice issues. series on bioethics and biotechnology at The fund has already sponsored some Hastings, both organized by Professor of Hastings' most revolutionary academic Osagie Obasogie, a leading scholar on endeavors, including a conference called bioethics and reproductive technologies. "Choice in the 21st Century: Regulating Nagin was a highly regarded general Reproductive Technologies." Legal, medi­ counsel and senior executive in the avia­ cal, and bioethics scholars from around the tion industry At the time of his death, he nation met at Hastings to explore questions was a strategiC adviser with O'Melveny presented by cutting-edge reproductive & Myers. Hastings is indebted to him and technologies, such as embryo politics, his wife, Sherrie, for their generosity and genetics and designer babies. service to the law school.

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WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT In a new study, Professor Joan C. Williams sheds light on tough workplace issues

n award-winning author and recommendations on how to solve Her findings are not going unno­ A expert on work-family issues, them. t iced. She recently participated in a Professor Joan C. Williams wants Williams's analysis shows White House Forum on Workplace to change the way the United States that each of these three groups Flexibility, where she collaborated thinks about the work-life debate. experiences work-family conflict with business leaders, labor captains, Williams partnered with the Center differently, and the solutions for and other workplace policy experts for American Progress to coauthor each can often vary due to these on strategies to make the workplace The Three Faces of Work-Family differences. Her proposals include more flexible for workers and families. Conflict: The Poor, the Professionals, short-term and extended paid leave; Williams d irects the Center for and the Missing Middle. This landmark new workplace flexibility rules; high­ WorkLife Law at Hastings. study identifies three key groups quality, affordable child care; and that experience work-family con­ freedom from discrimination based ~ WebExtra flicts and provides commonsense on family responsibilities To see a video interview with Joan C. Willia ms and read her study, visit magazine.uchastings.edu.

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TRIBUTE

HONORING DISTINGUISHED Hastings' New Appellate Law F RI E N DS Center celebrates Justice Marvin Baxter '66 and Jane Baxter

UC Hastings received a significant gift in honor California Supreme Court, Justice Baxter served as of California Supreme Court Justice Marvin an associate justice of the Court of Appeal, Fifth Baxter '66 and his wife, Jane Baxter. Given by Appellate District, and before that he was appoint­ family members of Justice Baxter and his wife, the ments secretary to Governor George Deukmejian. gift will refurbish and transform the law school'S Justice Baxter is vice chair of the Judicial Moot Court wing into an Appellate Law Center. Council of California and is chair of its Policy The Center will bear the Baxters' names. Coordination and Liaison Committee. He "Justice Marvin Baxter is a giant in the eyes received the 1998 Distinguished Alumnus Award of so many members of the legal profession," says from Hastings and is a director emeritus of the Dean Frank H. Wu, "and this extraordinary gift law school. Jane has a lifetime credential in honors him and Mrs. Baxter. Hastings boasts one Elementary Education and earned the distinction of the nation's premier Moot Court programs, and of being a Master Teacher. I am thrilled that the facility will now become Toni Young '76, director of Hastings' Moot state-of-the-art while paying tribute to Justice Court program, says, "Justice and Mrs. Baxter and Mrs. Baxter, two of the law school's most are great friends and supporters of the Hastings distinguished friends." Moot Court program, and we are thrilled that our The Baxters met as students at California new Appellate Law Center will be named in their State University, Fresno. They were married the honor. Justice Baxter's accomplishments and his summer before Justice Baxter entered Hastings, successful career on the bench make him the and Jane taught second grade in Burlingame perfect role model and source of inspiration for while Justice Baxter completed his legal studies. our students. We look forward to honoring him Justice Baxter has served on California's high and Jane with this much-deserved recognition." court since 1991. Prior to his appointment to the

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ANewVision for Hastings

Incoming Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu has exciting plans for transforming the law school

F rank H. Wu brings a Chin was beaten to death in a But the new dean isn't ~ wealth of accomplish- racially motivated attack by two always so serious. Students ments and knowledge autoworkers, who blamed him may see him pull up to campus to his new role as UC Hastings' for the loss of manufacturing on his BMW motorcycle decked chancellor and dean, including jobs to Japan. His killers were out in a bright yellow riding international teaching experi- allowed a plea bargain with suit Or hear him recite the ence, multiple national awards, no jail time, and the incident opening soliloquy to Richard III and trailblazing positions as the sparked nationwide protests Or find him feeding his habit of first Asian American professor "At that moment, I realized adventurous eating ("Anything at Howard University and the how important it is to stand up, that is considered edible by nation's youngest law school speak out, and be engaged in someone, I would like to try.") dean at Wayne State Univer- civic life," says Wu, the son of Wu, 43, is married to Carol sity Not bad for someone who Chinese immigrants. "I realized Izumi, a distinguished legal aspired to be an architect when that lawyers have tremendous scholar and law professor who growing up in Detroit. "I always power to make the world a bet- has joined the Hastings faculty thought I'd be Frank Lloyd Wu," ter place, to right wrongs." Wu, in the Center for Negotiation he says, with a laugh. who joined the debate team in and Dispute Resolution. In this But that changed in 1982, high school and continued to issue, Hastings' new leader when Wu learned that a young compete at the collegiate level. discusses his vision for the law Chinese American named graduated from law school and school and the importance of Vincent Chin was brutally has been active in civil rights diverSity, faculty scholarship murdered in the Detroit area. advocacy ever since. and a global point of view.

12 FALL 2010 FRANK H. WU CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

LAST POSITION Professor, board member, Leadership Con­ BOOKS Yel/ow: Race in America Howard University ference for Civil Rights Education Beyond Black and White, and Race, Fund; commissioner, Military Rights, and Reparation: Law and the WHERE HE'S TAUGHT Howard Leadership Diversity Commission; Japanese Internment (coauthor) University, Columbia University, director, Committee of 100 George Washington University, INTERESTS Owns two motorcycles; University of Maryland, University RECENT AWARDS Asian Pacific loves jazz, theater and unusual of Michigan, Stanford University, Fund Chang-Lin Tien Education foods; collects fountain pens; is Peking University School of Trans­ Award (2008), National Asian conversationally fluent in American national Law Pacific American Bar Association Sign Language. Wu and his wife, t­ Trailblazer Award (2007), American Carol Izumi, have two dogs, a bird o w ~ ACTIVITIES Trustee and vice chair Association for Affirmative Action and a library of some 4 ,000 books. U of the board, Gallaudet University; Arthur A. Fletcher Award (2007)

. ' , , ASTINGS 13 . / Why did you choose Hastings? UC Hastings is also situated that effectively, each and everyone UC Hastings is a first choice for me. perfectly because it blends access of our graduates ought to have a This is a dream job. Hastings has a and academic excellence. We are a basic set of skills. They must also strong history and a leadership po­ gateway for people whose commu­ be given the chance to engage in sition in the legal community It has nities have been marginalized and clinical and skills courses, and to terrific faculty, whose scholarship not given the opportunity to be part represent real people in real dis­ is known internationally. Its alumni of the legal system. It is among the putes, before they finish law school dominate the California bench, and most prestigious of American law so they are prepared it has produced leaders of the Bar schools and participates in the de­ Second, we will emphasize ever since its founding. While part bates about legal reform and public the global economy, especially but of the wonderful University of Cali­ policy. Those are the reasons I was not limited to the Pacific Rim. The fornia system, Hastings is nonethe­ attracted to this role. global economy is not speculative less independent That enables it to It is here, now. Our graduates must be nimble in a way that most law What is your vision for Hastings? be prepared to practice, and these schools could never dream of be­ First, legal education must provide days to be prepared to practice

I­ cause of the bureaucracy In which the real-world skills that lawyers means to be prepared to practice o w they are embedded. need and clients demand. To do internationally U'" o I­ o ..l:

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"We will emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of legal practice. Legal practice is problem solving, and problem solving depends not just on law. II

Third, we will emphasize the would like to offer is not just about How will you address the interdisciplinary nature of legal doing good, which it certainly is. increase in student fees? practice. Legal practice is prob- It's also about giving students the We will do everything within our lem solving, and problem solving opportunity to put the skills they've ability to keep tuition as affordable depends not just on law. We're acquired in the classroom to use on as possible Continuing to raise tu­ going to recruit students who may the streets that surround our build­ ition is not only unconscionable, it's not have thought of themselves as ings. Our students in clinical pro­ unmarketable. Raising money for potential lawyers People with other grams can represent tenants, assist scholarships will rank at the very skill sets, who, if they blend them community groups and address the top of our priorities. with legal training, will be all the causes of homelessness. Aside from more powerful to solve the prob­ the importance of making our home Is faculty scholarship important lems this complex world presents. better, assisting our community to Hastings' mission? is in our self-interest. We'll be that The faculty is the heart and soul of How will you promote diversity? much more attractive to applicants this institution. They train the next Access to higher education is im­ if we offer an inviting environment. generation while advancing legal portant not only to Hastings but to knowledge and policy reform through me personally To set this tone, we What are your plans for their research and writings. For that have to give financial and institu­ growing the endowment? reason, sustaining a culture that tional support from the bottom up We stand at a crossroads because values scholarship and participates and top down. At Hastings, our we have to constantly be building in the public dialogue about legal doors are open to all who aspire to our core strengths, and this takes reform is crucial to what a law school be part of this noble profession. money But we simply cannot con­ is, does and contributes to society. tinue raising tuition. And that takes How can Hastings make an us to private support. How important are alumni to impact in the community? However, it is impossible the future of the law school? Hastings is identified with the to raise money without offering They are vital for our future. We Tenderloin, which has a reputation substance. So we are working on a need all our graduates to see them­ of being one of the tougher neigh­ strategic plan that we can present selves as stakeholders in Hastings, borhoods of this wonderful city to potential donors and stakehold­ and my job is to create that sense of That means we have a responsibil­ ers, and say: "We believe in this vi­ stakeholding, to sustain a commu­ ity and an opportunity The vision I sion, and we hope you will join us." nity centered on this great school.

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TRAILBLAZING SCHOLARS

ory Little has a con­ years with a top criminal R vincing theory about defense firm. But when he "I WEAVE ETHICS INTO EVERY CLASS I why criminal law is such won a case defending a TEACH. I WANT MY STUDENTS TO GRAPPLE a sought-after field these "horrible millionaire guy who WITH THE MORAL DIMENSION OF THE LAW, days. "Law and Order, CS/ was dead guilty," Little real­ TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG BUT and the movies," says Little, ized he could better serve ALSO TO SEE MORAL AMBIGUITIES. BECAUSE who has taught criminal law justice as a prosecutor. IT'S RARELY JUST BLACK AND WHITE. THERE at Hastings since 1994. ''I'm After an extraordinary ARE LOTS OF SHADES OF GRAY." serious. And why is popu­ clerkship with Supre me lar culture infatuated with Court Justices William criminal law? Because it's Brennan Jr., Lewis Powell Jr. dramatic, compelling and and John Paul Stevens, Little deeply entwined with our become a trial attorney with emotional reaction to the the Organized Crime and law. Not to mention, it's fun." Racketeering Strike Force. As a former federal He then became chief of prosecutor, Little knows the appellate section of firsthand how fun criminal the U.S. Attorney's Office law can be. In fact, he's in San Francisco, where he something of a cheerleader argued more than 50 federal for criminal law at Hastings, appeals in four years. offering classes in federal "I loved it," he says. "But criminal law, criminal law after so many appeals, I procedure, constitutional needed a new challenge." law and ethics. "The retribu­ Joining the Hastings faculty tive aspect of human nature proved to be just that, giv­ is powerful," he says, "and ing him the opportunity to criminal law allows you to pursue his scholarly inter­ act out your morality." ests. Over the past 10 years, Little decided to become he has written extensively a defense attorney after get­ on the federal death pen­ ting hooked on the 1960s TV alty and been active in the series Judd for the Defense. American Bar Association's He graduated from Yale Law Criminal Justice Section. School and spent several "As the rest of the law moves away from trial and toward alternative dispute RORY LITTLE resolution. criminal law IS still all about trials," he says. MAKING THE CASE FOR CRIMINAL LAW "And nothing is more fun than arguing a good case

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I f any good can be said to of-state facilities run by a She bemoans the it was back to Tel Aviv for result from the downturn private company, Correction media's emphasis on hor- postdoctoral work. She in California'S economy, it Corporation of America. rendous-but rare-crimes joined the Hastings faculty just might be prison reform, "Not only is it costly," such as child abduction, "It in 2007. "I ron ically, the budget crisis Aviram says, "but there's gives the wrong idea. The In addition to her regular is leading us in a backdoor been no systemic study fact is that most crimes are courses, Aviram teaches two way into change," says of recidivism. No studies nonviolent drug crimes," seminars, sociology of the Professor Hadar Aviram, on the effects of housing she maintains. "But single crim inal justice system each a dogged advocate for inmates so far from famil y. events that are sensation- fall and theoretical criminol- overhauling the state's cor- No one is looking at this." alized end up leading to ogy in spring "Students rectional system. She acknowledges that policy decisions." have written fascinating Grappling with a massive some reform policies are After receiving her papers about the topics we budget shortfall, Governor controversial. Early releases, law degree from Hebrew cover," she says. "It's a treat Schwarzenegger has pro- for instance, receive a lot University, Aviram worked to teach these seminars in posed some measures that of criticism from victims' as a military defense attor- addition to black-letter law." advocates such as Aviram organizations, and some ney in the Israel Defense have long supported, includ- parolees soon find them- Forces for five years, then For more on California's ing decriminalizing certain selves back behind bars. completed her master's prison situation, read offenses, sentence reform, "That's not surprising," says in criminology at Hebrew Professor Aviram's blog at community-service alterna- Aviram. "They're so stripped University of Jerusalem. californiacorrectionscrisis. ~ w <:J tives and parole reform. of resources. They receive She came to California for a blogspot.com.

"~ Overcrowding is so no rehabilitation, and they doctorate in UC Berkeley's ...0 severe that California are released into the worst Jurisprudence and Social "> exports prisoners to out- job market." Policy program. After that. S

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"THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PART OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. PERSONAL LIBERTY IS CONSIDERED OUR HIGHEST VALUE IN SOCIETY, AND THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS." y ou might say that did as a public defender," he George Bisharat's says. "I approach issues as legal pursuits are all about a humanist, a person who intersections-between believes in the fundamental the disciplines of law and value of equality I'm trying anthropology, between to serve justice, and I try to cultures of the Middle East teach my students to do the and the United States, same." Bisharat describes between theories of law his post at Hastings as a and its practice. "hybrid-half clinical and Bisharat's father half podium teaching." was Palestinian; among The clinical component his mother's ancestors involves his seminal efforts is a signer of the U.S. along with Professor Kate Constitution. After gradu­ Bloch, a former Santa Clara ating cum laude from County prosecutor, to rein­ Harvard Law School in 1983, vigorate the law school's he earned a doctorate in Criminal Practice Clinic. He anthropology and Middle continues to command the East Studies, which he'd podium in such courses as begun at Harvard before his criminal procedure, Islamic legal course work. He law, law and social anthro­ morphed his disserta- pology seminar, and law of tion into a book about Middle East societies. Palestinian lawyers working In the 19 years that he under Israeli occupation and Bloch have headed up in the West Bank, which the Criminal Practice Clinic, he completed while in he says, the classroom the first of his four years curriculum has been "rede­ as a trial lawyer in San signed from the ground Francisco's Office of the up," and fieldwork has been Public Defender. He left that greatly expanded. "Our position in 1991 to join the attorney supervisors say Hastings faculty. that no other Bay Area law The common thread in school provides students the tapestry of Bisharat's with the comprehensive experiences and expertise training that we do," says is his overriding concern for Bisharat. "Students say it's the oppressed, the under­ the best semester of their served. "When I went to law law school experience." >­ school, my ambition was to ..r be a voice for the underrep­ '" '"lO resented, and that's what I o .... o ..r >­ '"z z GEORGE BISHARAT o ::1 o AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE FOR THE UNDERSERVED r '"z '"

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rom helping coordinate Council in 2005, and judges F campuswide blood now deliver these instruc­ drives in college to volun­ tions to jurors in criminal teering to lead interpretive trials throughout California. walks in California state In addition to her parks, Professor Kate Bloch scholarship in the realms has long cherished a pas­ of criminal law, procedure, sion for public service. Her clinical education and legal experiences as a teaching ethics, Bloch has joined assistant in college con­ a growing group of legal firmed another passion the scholars fascinated by the joy of participating in the latest developments in learning of others. cognitive science research Following her student on how the brain learns. "I KATE BLOCH days at Stanford Law School am seeking ways of trans­ and a clerkship with the DL lating and applying to law PASSIONATE ABOUT Circuit, Bloch's dedication school teaching the resu lts to public service propelled of empirical work about how PUBLIC SERVICE AN D her into her role as a deputy we learn most effectively," EDUCATION district attorney represent­ explains Bloch. ing the People of the State In the past two years, her of California. Her love of passion for education has led education brought her to her beyond u.s. borders. She Hastings, where almost two describes how "through ter­ decades of law students rific Hastings programs, I've have shared her contagious had the privilege of teaching enthusiasm for learning. at law schools in both Haiti In 1997, her interests in and the Netherlands. These public se rvice and education were transformative oppor­ coincided when California tunities for learning from my Supreme Court Chief Justice students and colleagues." Ronald George appointed She returns to Hastings this "I STRIVE FOR RECIPROCAL ENGAGEMENT Bloch to the Judicial fall, where her students AND ACTIVE LEARNING IN MY CLASSES." Council Task Force on Jury can count on learning from Instructions. The chief jus­ an inspired and innovative tice charged the task force teacher and scholar. with creating instructions in "plain English" that would ~ WebExtra present the law accurately and comprehensibly to the To read the complete average juror. Over a period text of California's of approximately eight criminal jury instruc­ years, and drawing upon tions, visit www. psycholinguistic research, courtinfo.ca.gov/jury/ case law, statutes and com­ criminaljuryinstructions. munity comment, the task u'" force crafted new criminal o ~ trial instructions. They were '" approved by the Judicial

UC HASTINGS 19 TOP CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS DANA COLE '79, JENNIFER KELLER '78, NANCY CLARENCE '85 AND GEORGE WALKER '54 REVEAL HOW THEY

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DANA COLE '79 A-LIST ATTORNEY

hen celebrities get into trouble with the law (which, if W you trust the tabloids, happens ad infinitum), there's " I AM VERY one thing they should all have-Dana Cole '79 on speed dial. Cole, an L.A.- based criminal defense attorney, has MOTIVATED TO made something of a cottage industry out of working with HELP PEOPLE celebs facing legal problems. He successfully represents many paparazzi-worthy clients- Rod Stewart's son and IN DIFFICULT Robert Blake's bodyguard being two of the highest profile PLACES. WHEN cases-but he is probably better known for his astute TV commentaries on the trials of the rich and famous. Hired by PEOPLE HAVE ABC in 2005 to provide legal analysis of the Michael Jackson child-molestation case, Cole has been a regular ever since, BEEN CHARGED appearing on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, WITH A CRIME, Nightline and 20/20. "When the Martha Stewart, Kobe Bryant. Michael THEY CAN FEEL Jackson and Robert Blake cases were going on around the AFRAID AND same time, I was asked to comment on all of them. It has tapered off a bit since then," says Cole. "But it's endless ALONE. THEY because celebrities are often in trouble. Just the other day, I spoke about Lindsay Lohan's probation hearing and the NEED SOMEONE Food Network chef's murder-for-hire case." WHO IS NOT Cole's career path is not one he could have foreseen as a law student. He entered Hastings unsure of what he'd do JUDGMENTAL." with a JD, but a stint at the San Francisco Public Defender'S Office during his second and third years inspired him to pursue a career in criminal defense. He also formed a close friendship with classmate Tom Mesereau '79, which had a powerful impact on Cole's life and career. Mesereau often partners with Cole on major cases, and Cole's familiarity with his friend's work was one reason Cole was tapped to be an on-air analyst. Hastings is also the alma mater of Cole's wife, Lisa Hart Cole '80, a superior court judge in Los Angeles. Recently appointed to Hastings' Board of Governors, Cole credits the school with helping him understand the moral obligations that come with being an attorney. "I am very motivated to help people in difficult places," says Cole. "When people have been charged with a crime, they can feel afraid and alone. They need someone who is not judgmental, and I feel hugely responsible for representing their interests."

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Jennifer Keller '78 A MICHELANGELO OF LAW

ith her characteristic wry sense True to her ambitions, Keller gradu­ W of humor, Jennifer Keller '78 ated from Hastings in 1978 and launched recently described herself as a "30-year her career in the Orange County Public overnight success." Defender's Office, where she held the Keller had been lead counsel for the post of deputy public defender. From p laintiff in Auerbach v. Daily, a block­ there, she spent three years as senior buster Los Angeles case involving fraud research attorney at the Fourth District and intentional contract interference. Court of Appeal, then returned to the It was a marked departure from the Public Defender's Office to try homicides typical work of Keller Rackauckas, her and major cases. highly regarded Irvine criminal defense Since entering private practice in firm, and resulted in a $300 million jury 1992, Keller has brought numerous verdict in 2009 and $50 million in puni­ cases to a jury verdict and represented tive damages That litigation was one a diverse range of clients- from CEOs, of only three civil cases that punctu­ politicians, pro athletes and college ate Keller's three decades of criminal students, to police officers, doctors, defense work-an exemplary career attorneys and jurists She says she still that has earned her a listing in The Best draws on the solid foundation provided Lawyers in America and selection as a by Hastings, and she fondly recalls sev­ Southern California Super Lawyer for eral professors, including Gordon Van seven years running. Kessel, Milton Green and Roscoe Barrow. Keller wanted a high-octane legal "I remember a lot about Barrow's lec­ career ever since childhood. "I was one tures and lessons," says Keller. "He said of those really strange people who knew lawyers have a higher calling and told from the age of 12 what I wanted to do us, 'Be the Michelangelos of law-don't for the rest of my life," she says "I knew just be stonecutters.' I thought of him I wanted to be a lawyer in the criminal many times during the Auerbach trial. I arena, in the courtroom. I was a Perry remember saying to one of my Hastings Mason addict. I didn't want to be Della friends that Barrow would be proud of Street. I wanted to be Perry" me. I was trying to stop injustice."

" MY MOST IMPORTANT CASE IS ALWAYS THE ONE COMING UP. I ALWAYS KNEW THAT, AS A COURTROOM ATTORNEY, I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I DID SOMETHING IMPORTANT WITH MY LIFE."

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Nanci Clarence '85 ACE ADVOCATE FOR THE ACCUSED

" I see my clients on the worst days of their lives," says trial lawyer Nanci Clarence '85, founding partner of " MY JOB IS TO the San Francisco firm Clarence & Dyer and a past presi­ MAKE SURE ALL dent of the Bar Association of San Francisco. "Anyone charged with or investigated for criminal behavior needs FACTS COME someone listening. 1 help people navigate a legal system that can be mysterious and perplexing to them. It is an OUT IN A FAIR honor to be their confidante and advocate during their AND BALANCED most painful times." Among those who've benefited from Clarence's WAY. EVERY counsel are the illustrious, the notorious and the down­ ONCE IN A trodden. She's represented high-ranking execs in Security Exchange Commission and Department of Justice inves­ WHILE, PUTTING tigations into Enron, Homestore.com and Critical Path; successfully defended a Texas energy trader charged with A SPEED BUMP fraud linked to the 2000-2001 California electricity crisis; IN THE WAY, SO served as attorney for a real estate and banking magnate during the savings-and-Ioan crisis. Other clients include COOLER MINDS porn king Jim Mitchell, tried for the murder of his brother, CAN PREVAIL, and a chemist indicted for concocting "The Clear," the drug that fueled the BALCO steroid scandal. Nowadays, IS THE RIGHT she focuses on defense of white-collar criminal prosecu­ tions but still makes time for appointed cases as a member THING TO DO." of Northern California's Criminal Justice Act panel, includ­ ing fighting for new trials for two death-row clients. No stranger to the media spotlight, Clarence recalls "a rush to judgment" during the Enron case (she represented Lea Fastow against charges of money laundering, filing false tax returns and conspiracy). She admits to having had a "sense that it could result in unfair outcomes. My job is to make sure all facts come out in a fair and balanced way. Every once in a while, putting a speed bump in the way, so cooler minds can prevail, is the right thing to do." Clarence was named by San Francisco magazine as one of the Top 10 Litigators in Northern California and by the San Francisco Daily Journal as one of California's Top 75 Women Litigators in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. "I love the courtroom," she says. "I realized that was where 1 wanted to spend my career the minute 1 set foot in the mock trial classroom. You have to think on your feet; you have to be real. That immediately enthralled me."

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George Walker '54 BATTLE-TESTED DEFENDER

t may seem Illogical given his 56-year­ Shelter to argue that Passaro was protect­ I and-counting law career, but San ing the band from Hunter, who had drawn Francisco criminal defense attorney a gun. "I got an acquittal," says Walker, George Walker '54 hasn't always worked who persuaded jurors the homicide was the halls of justice He used to work out of justified "And that was a killing that was a B-26 bomber, flying scores of missions caught on film." over the Mediterranean during World War But the veteran trial lawyer is most II. "When I got over there, you went home proud of work he did in the 1960s, when after 35 missions," Walker says. "But they he traveled to Mississippi to collect kept extending it, and I didn't get home depositions from disenfranchised African until I'd done 63." Americans. The statements were key in After the war, Walker attended UC persuading Congress to pass the Voting Berkeley, followed by UC Hastings, where Rights Act of 1965. More recently, Walker he used the nearby courts to his advan­ spent some 20 years teaching at Hastings' tage. "I'd go across the street and watch all College of Advocacy, which he found a these lawyers practice," he recalls. "My real rewarding experience. "In two weeks, you'd education in how to try cases was watch­ see someone-who at first could hardly ing others do it." As an observer, Walker stand up and say his name-at the end just learned "every lawyer has his own style." whaling away at the problems," he says Walker's style? ''I'm just myself," he says. "I Last year, Walker received a distin­ don't think you can fool a jury. They notice guished capstone to his career when he any lack of integrity or dishonesty immedi­ was inducted into the California Bar's ately, and you're punished for it." Litigation Section Trial Lawyer Hall of That credo works well for Walker, who Fame. Walker says he was overwhelmed by has defended clients in several high- profile the award, but, much like his time piloting cases, including Hells Angel Alan Passaro, World War II bombers, he finds retiring accused of murdering teenager Meredith from legal practice easier said than done. Hunter during a 1969 Rolling Stones "I keep thinking I'm gOing to back out," he concert at Altamont Speedway. Walker says with a chuckle. "But cases keep com ­ used concert footage from the film Gimme ing, so I'm just going on."

" CRIMINAL LAW IS VERY SEDUCTIVE, AND DEFENSE IS A REAL CHALLENGE. IT'S YOU AGAINST THE STATE, AND IT'S A THRILL WHEN YOU WIN. IT JUST SEEMED THAT I ALONE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE-NOT ONLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUT TO THE PROGRESS OF JUSTICE."

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s a partner in Sidley Austin's Los Angeles office, eventually pleaded guilty to racketeering charges for A Douglas Axel '94 focuses his practice on white­ paying kickbacks to investors who filed shareholder collar criminal defense, internal investigations and suits against corporations. He was sentenced to 30 complex commercial litigation- a role for which he's months in federal prison. In recognition of his work uniquely qualified. That's because before joining Sidley on the Milberg Weiss case, A xel received an Attorney this year, he was chief of the Major Frauds Section in General's Award for Fraud Prevention in 2009. the Department of Justice's Central District of Califor­ The tough financial climate of the past several nia, prosecuting similar white-collar cases. "In many years kept Axel's docket full at the DOJ. "More Ponzi ways my work now is even more challenging than my schemes came to light as the credit crunch took hold. work as a prosecutor," Axel notes. "The pace is quick, With a shortage of new victims, the schemes started access to information can be limited, and the issues are to unravel," he explains "We also had lots of mortgage much more diverse and numerous than they were in fraud, health-care fraud and securities fraud. Some of government practice." those crimes really target particular segments of the At his DOJ position, Axel supervised 40 attorneys community." handling cases in seven Southern California counties. Axel has no regrets, though, about the move to He also helped to coordinate white-collar crime inves­ Sidley. "Although I was reluctant at first to leave the tigations among the FBI, the Secret Service, the Postal U.S . Attorney's Office, I've been quite happy with the Inspections Service and other agencies in the region. transition," Axel says. "I'm especially enjoy ing the role Among his most notable cases was the investigation of of counselor and adviser." And he hasn't completely high-profile New York lawyer Melvyn Weiss, a partner severed his DOJ ties- his wife, Keri, is an assistant U.S . in the class action litigation firm Milberg Weiss. Weiss attorney in the same department Axel left.

"IN MANY WAYS MY WORK NOW IS EV EN MORE CHALLENGING THAN MY WORK AS A PROSECUTOR," AXEL NOTES. "THE PACE IS QUICK, ACCESS TO IN FORMATION CAN BE LIMITED, AND THE ISSUES ARE MUCH MORE DIVERSE AND NUM ER OUS TH AN THEY WERE IN GOVERNMENT PRACTICE."

UC HASTINGS 29 EDWARD FRIEDMAN '67 THE AUTHORITY ON ANTITRUST

hen Edward Friedman '67 joined the Depart­ Sotheby's auction house, was charged with colluding W ment of Justice's Antitrust Division four with Christie's head Sir Anthony Tennant to deter­ decades ago, most of the offenses were still misde­ mine the commission rate charged to se llers over a meanors. "Penalties were fairly low," he recalls. "And period of six years. jail was a rare occurrence." Serving as a consultant on the case, Friedman Things at Hastings were different in Friedman's helped prepare Sotheby's President and CEO Diana day, too. "It was the era of the 65 Club," he says. It "Dede" Brooks for trial, where she testified against was one of those 65ers, Roscoe Turner Steffen, who Taubman, detailing secret meetings that she was inspired Friedman's career choice. "Professor Steffen ordered to arrange. Brooks was sentenced to six was an expert on antitrust. He had taught at Yale and months house arrest; Taubman was fined $7.5 million Chicago He had argued one of the defining cases in and sentenced to 10 months in jail Tennant, although front of the Supreme Court." indicted by a grand jury, could not be extradited from After graduating Hastings, Friedman worked as England for the trial. a trial attorney in the New York office of the DOJ's With 40 years of trial experience under his belt, Antitrust Division. He spent two years there, and then Friedman now serves as a consultant to other attor­ went to work with a friend in San Mateo who was neys in the antitrust office, helping with witness starting a practice in tax and financial law. Friedman preparation and attending trials. He also has taught soon realized it wasn't a good fit. "I was much more assistant U.S. attorneys through the DOJ's facility at interested in business litigation" He reapplied to the the University of South Carolina, where he emphasizes Antitrust Division and was hired in 1970. He's been the need to prepare for the unexpected. "In antitrust there ever since. cases, the defendant and the witnesses most likely

One of the best-known cases in which Friedman worked together," he points out. "So the defense on o played a key role was the 2001 trial of powerhouses knows things about your witnesses you don't know­ Q :> In the art world: Alfred Taubman, former CEO of and you'd better find those things out ahead of time." l­ on

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30 FALL 2010 LEADING DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Long known through­ As the only elected In his fourth term as Ed Jagels ' 74 has out the Bay Area, public defender in Cal­ Napa County's chief served Kern County as Kamala Harris '89 ifornia, Jeff Adachi '85 prosecutor, Gary its top prosecutor for is now a household has defended clients Lieberstein ' 79 is a more than 28 years name nationwide. in San Francisco for man committed to his Under his watch, Kern Having served as San more than eight years. profession. He is the County has had the Francisco's first female He has tried more immediate past presi­ highest per capita district attorney for than 100 jury trials dent of the California prison commitment seven years, Harris and has handled more District Attorneys rate of any major Cali­ is the Democratic than 3,000 criminal Association, sits on fornia county. nominee in Novem­ matters throughout the National District ber's election for his career, including Attorneys Association California attorney some of the Bay Area's Board of Directors and general As DA, highest-profile cases. co-chairs the National John Tonaki '85, Harris increased con­ Recognized as a pow­ District Attorneys Hawai'i's public viction rates for violent erhouse in criminal Association Victim defender, runs the offenses,expanded defense, Adachi has Rights Committee. largest criminal services to victims received the Califor­ Proud of the work defense organization of crime and their nia Public Defender his office has done to in the state. families, and launched Association's Program fight gangs, youth innovative reentry of the Year Award violence and elder initiatives to prevent and the prestigious abuse, Lieberstein has reoffending. Her 2009 California Lawyer made Napa County book, Smart on Crime, Attorney of the Year the first county to provides solutions for award for his work in require background making communities the field of prisoner checks and licens- safer. The Daily Journal reentry. He sits on the ing for in-home named Harris one of National Board of Trial caregivers. He also the top 75 women Advocacy. established the Cour­ litigators in Califor- age Center, a forensic nia, and she has also interview center for received national rec­ abused children, and ognition in Newsweek serves on the Cali­ as one of "America's fornia Sex Offenders 20 Most Powerful Management Board as Women." an appointee of Gover­ nor Schwarzenegger.

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idyouever before they even begin outs of a criminal trial, nal case from arraign­ D want to try studying for the bar. the clinic prepares them ment to trial. They are your hand at Formed by professors to perform at a high level then paired with attorney a court case Kate Bloch, a former of professional compe- supervisors in either while in law school? prosecutor, and George tence immediately upon public defender or district Were you prepared to Bisharat, a former public graduation. attorney offices in the Bay prosecute the accused or defender, the clinic is Students undergo a Area, where they conduct defend your client? Hast- modeled as the course rigorous two- to three- nearly all facets of a trial, ings' Criminal Practice they wish had been avail- week in-class introduc- including motions to sup­ Clinic gives students the able to them during law tion to criminal proce- press evidence, prelimi­ opportunity to get their school. Through training dure and practice, during nary hearings and, for a feet wet in the courtroom students on the ins and which they trace a crimi- lucky few, jury trials. WH ERE GR~ ______.______-_ '_ - _~

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Amy Deng '10, pictured here with attorney supervisor Rani Singh and Judge Kathleen Kelly '84 (opposite page, below right), had many opportunities to sharpen her advocacy skills during her assignment with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

Interested in pursu- probation and appeared was done, I had prepared Professor Bisharat ing a career as a pros- in court to argue them. several domestic violence adds, "The clinic offers ecutor after graduation, She also argued several and hate-crime cases students a unique op- Amy Deng '10 jumped detention hearings and for trial. My numerous portunity for hands-on at the chance to work oppositions to motions to appearances in court learning about criminal

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UC HASTINGS 33 Hanson Bridgett's San Francisco office. - As an associate in Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass' estate planning practice, Daniel NEWS ABOUT YOUR CLASSMATES AND COLLEAGUES Vermillion focuses on trusts, wealth-transfer strategies and trust admin­ istration. - Adam Weg is an associate at Daniels An associate in Hanson Fine Israel Schonbuch and Bridgett's San Francisco Lebovits in Century City, office, Whitney Clark where he practices busi­ focuses on represent- ness litigation, real estate ing the firm's labor and litigation, and insurance employment clients. - coverage and bad faith Nikhil Cooper is a deputy litigation. - "I moved to attorney general at the Chapel Hill, North Caro­ California Department of lina, while studying for the Justice in Los Angeles. - Bar exam last summer," As an associate attorney says Jennifer Wyatt. "I at Coblentz Patch Duffy am a staff attorney at the & Bass, Nadim Hegazi North Carolina Racial Jus­ practices general litigation. tice Act Study, and I also Jennifer Wyatt '09 - Sophia Karkazis is an work in indigent criminal associate in Archer Nor­ defense and assist victims Francisco Superior Court. political leaders and ris' Walnut Creek office, of domestic violence. I - Adam Maldonado business entrepreneurs, where she is a member of coauthored an amicus brief wa appointed to the Shih accepted Arthur Meirson its on-call trial counsel on behalf of the North Yu-Lang Central YMCA as a fellow. - Shanti Esa team. - An associate with Carolina Advocates for Board of Managers, where Michaels lived in Puerto Hanson Bridgett, Seong Justice in an education he works with youth Rico for several months Kim works in the firm's and civil rights case heard throughout San Francisco post-Bar exam, gaining employee benefits and busi­ before the North Carolina and facilitates the partner­ federal litigation experience ness departments. Prior to Supreme Court." - Yin ship between UC Hastings in plaintiff employment joining the firm, he worked Zhou met up with class­ and the YMCA in their law. She is an associate at as an extern for the San mates Billy Andersen, efforts to better serve the the Janssen Law Firm in Tenderloin and surround­ Humboldt County, where ing community. Adam is she works on a variety of an associate attorney at the civil and criminal matters. H ooshmand Law Group, - "Has the CUTSA Fur­ a San Francisco-based thered or Frustrated Under­ civil litigation practice, lying Theories of Trade and will marry his college Secret Law?" by Kenneth sweetheart, Jenica Mari­ Shurtz won first place in ani, a USF Law gradu- Pierce Law's IDEA: The ate , in September. - The Intellectual Property L aw ew Leaders Council, an R eview's writing competi­ organization that trains tion. - Shannon Nessier Shanti Michaels '09 future progressive-minded is a litigation associate in Adam Weg '09

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defeated spammers after a contested hearing. Dan is a solo practitioner and focuses on Internet law, consumer protection and civil litigation. - "I opened the Law Office of]. Denise Diskin in Seattle last Janu­ ary and practice worker­ side employment law; family law; and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender law," says Denise Diskin. "My son, Jett, is two years old, and I'm competing in Chris Adams '09 and family my third and fourth triath­ Ions this summer." - Jacob, son of Rebecca Green Neale '07 and Th orn Neale '07 Duncan Carling is an Liz Branham, Sophia assistant district attorney in Palo Alto. His practice she specializes in civil busi­ Chang and Dominic Sig­ San Francisco. Before join­ focuses on intellectual ness disputes and family norotti last May for the ing the DA's office, Dun­ property transactions, such law. She says, "I am enjoy­ Tiburon Wine Festival and can clerked for two years as licensing, commercial ing growing my Bay Area Bay to Breakers. in the criminal division of transactions, and mergers practice and welcome refer­ the San Francisco Superior and acquisitions, in the rals from fellow Hastings Court. - An associate with technology and new media alumni." - An associate Dan Balsam won Balsam Desmond Nolan Livaich & sectors. John says, "I also at Palumbo Bergstrom in v. Trancos, the first anti­ Cunningham in Sacra­ co-teach an intellectual Irvine, Justin Kim repre­ spam case taken to trial mento, Kristen Ditlevsen property licensing seminar sents property developers. by a plaintiff, in which the represents property owners at Hastings. Our second - Rebecca Green Neale California Superior Court in eminent domain and daughter was born last and her husband, Thom upheld that recipients of inverse condemnation November." - "I estab­ Neale, welcomed their unlawful spam are entitled actions. - John McGa­ lished a busy solo practice son, Jacob, in March. - to $1,000 per e-mail. Until rag han is an associate in serving working families "My sister, Allison now, other than in small Wilson Sonsini Goodrich in family law, employment Riechert '09, joined me claims court, only Inter­ & Rosati's technology and estate planning mat­ at Orrick Herrington net service providers have transactions group in ters," says Robert Rath­ & Sutcliffe," says Julia mell. He serves the greater Riechert. "We both work community as a board in the employment group member of the Children's of the Silicon Valley office." Council of San Francisco. - Tuyet Nguyen is an - Katherine Langmore associate at Gleason & writes, "I am an associate Favarote in Los Angeles at Misho & Associates, a and practices labor and family law firm in Santa employment law. She Barbara." recently presented a CLE program on eliminating bias in the legal profession Nicole Gesher recently at the annual California started her own practice, State Bar Meeting. She Kri sten Ditlevsen '08 De nise Diskin '08 and her son, Jett Gesher Mediation, where also performs regularly

UC HASTINGS 3 S CLASS KOTES

with the Los Angeles Law­ in Oakland, where I rep­ ye rs' Philharmonic. - "I resent labor unions," Isaac am a partner at Ahmed and Nicholson says. "Rebecca Sukaram, Attorneys at Law, Rabkin '05 and I wel­ in Redwood City," writes comed our son, Cedar, last Shari Sukaram. "Our firm February. He is happy and specializes in juvenile and healthy." - Brian Wang adult criminal defense, and is the policy director for educational law in the areas the ational Asian Pacific of expulsion/suspension." - American Bar Association Augie Rakow, a member in Washington, D.C. of the emerging companies practice at Orrick, was named a 2010 Rising Star David Allen was appointed Yelda Bartlett '06 and husband Ben Bartlett by Super Lawyers magazine. by New Hampshire Gov­ Augie is engaged to Ikuko ernor John Lynch to serve Tomita, PhD. The couple education law, and busi­ for Dispute Resolution at on a citizen-funded elec­ bought a home in Atherton ness law. Amanda lives in Pepperdine School of Law. tion task force to evaluate in July 2009, where they Berkeley with her husband, Dina is an associate at the the feasibility of publicly currently reside. Matt, and their son, A. J. Law Offices of Michael funded elections in New (1). - Liz Bridges writes, Abrams, specializing in Hampshire. He practices "I recently joined Downey family law matters. She in the New Hampshire and "I celebrated the first Brand's new San Francisco is also the secretary for Boston offices of Sheehan anniversary of my solo law office, where my practice the Alternative Dispute Phinney Bass + Green, firm in downtown Oak­ focuses on environ men- Resolution Standing primarily in the areas of land, and I got married tal law and land use." - Committee of the State securities and corporate to Ben Bartlett, owner of A managing associate in Bar of California-Family law. - An adjunct assistant Bartlett's Organic Coffee & the intellectual property Law Section in Southern professor of business law Tea," says Yelda Mesbah department of Orrick's California and is a member and negotiation at Brook­ Bartlett. "Stop by for a Silicon Valley office, Kris­ of the Los Angeles County lyn College, Shane Dizon cup of coffee or tea on us tin Cornuelle received Bar Association. - Susan teaches undergraduate at our store in downtown the firm's 2009 Pro Bono Kim is an attorney advisor and graduate students. He Berkeley." - An associ- Award. - Dina Haddad for the U.S. Department authored "Office Memos ate with Gagen McCoy in received her LLM in alter­ of Health and Human or Opinions? Take-Home Danville, Amanda Beck native dispute resolution Services in Orange County. Lessons from Agency focuses on civil litigation, from the Straus Institute - "I started my own firm Guidance and Federal last year, Van Voorhis & Court Jurisprudence on the Sosna, focusing exclusively Child Status Protection on family law," writes Ariel Act" for Thomson West's Sosna . "In addition to Immigration Briifings and a celebrating my firm's first Child Status Protection Act anniversary, I'm celebrating Flowchart and Eligibility my daughter's first birth­ Calculator for the AILA day." - Richard Nelson Immigration Practice Tool­ received an LLM in taxa­ box. - Drew Ellsworth tion and is now practicing was married in May 2010. estate planning and family An associate in Bingham's law at Heath-Newton in San Francisco office, his Union Square. - "I am an practice focuses primarily Dina Haddad '06 Ariel Sosna '06 with her daughter associate at Leonard Carder on complex commercial,

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intellectual property and San Jose, where I work on unfair competition dis­ general insurance defense putes. - "I recently began matters, including per­ a practice with Nicole sonal injury, transportation Giacinti '04 (nee Per­ liability, and some banking roton), specializing in and property disputes," says criminal defense," writes Andrew Watters. "I was Suzanne Morris. "We are previously with O'Brien based in San Francisco and Watters & Davis in Santa represent adult and juvenile Rosa, practicing general clients all over the Bay civil litigation and family Area." - Robert Firpo law. In three yea rs, I took joined the D epartment 32 depositions, presented of the Interior Solicitor's two court trials and Mirissa McMurray '03 and husband Don Fran chi Office in Boise, Idaho, second-chai red two mul­ where he works on public tiple week jury trials. I look land issues such as livestock forward to more trials." Both Stacie and D amon practices land use, energy grazing, land-use planning have been named Rising and environmental law. He and wildlife management. Stars for 2010 by Super writes, "My wife, Shilpa, He represents the Bureau John Glowacki and his Lawyers magazine. - An and I are living in San of Land Management in wife, Melinda, celebrated associate with Mannion Francisco and are expect­ administrative and judicial the birth of their first child, & Lowe in San Francisco, ing a baby boy." - Inga litigation. - The San daughter Savera Deborah, Demian Oksenendler Lintvedt is working on Diego Padres promoted las t February. - Damon represents policyhold- issues related to land rights Josh Stein to director Juha and Stacie Smiley ers in insurance coverage for STAR Kampuchea, of Baseball Operations. are pleased to announce disputes and plaintiffs in which promotes democracy - Susan Swan returned the birth of their second personal injury cases. H e in Cambodia by teaching to her hometown of San daughter, Peyton. D amon tried his first case solo in legal rights, encouraging Diego, where she works in is an associate at Freeman the Fresno Superior Court grassroots advocacy, and the Law Office of Joshua Freeman & Smiley in Los last June. - Saraphoena promoting the rule of law. Gruenberg, representing Angeles, where he special­ Koffron joined Miller She is an associate in the plaintiffs in employment izes in commercial real Johnson as an associate in Oakland office of Mey- discrimination, harassment, estate transactions. Stacie its Kalamazoo, Michigan, ers Nave Riback Silver & and termination cases. - continues to practice law as offi ce. - An attorney with Wilso n. -H anson Bridgett ''I'm an associate with the a contrac t attorney while Adams Broadwell Joseph promoted Molly Lee to firm Robinson & W ood in juggling two children. & Cardozo, Jason Holder senior counsel in its San

ONE NATION OlE GOAL ONE DE';11 From Liberia to New York "After nearly five years in Liberia, my wife, Laura Cunial '03, and I will move to the Big A pple," writes Jason Hepps '04. He will take a one­ year leave of absence from the United Nations to study public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Laura is a consultant for

humanitarian and development organizations, focusing on land conflict and land access issues in Africa and worldwide.

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at Hunsucker Goodstein & Merriett, last year." - Nelson, Allison McAdam Naomi Fribourg says, (nee Bagley) litigates mat­ "My husband, Gil, and I ters in environmental risks welcomed our twin girls, and insurance coverage. Charlotte and Samantha, - Jessica Woelfel is an last May." - The Philippine associate in McDonald American Bar Association Carano Wilson's Reno elected Christine Gonong office. and Corinne Orquiola '03 to its Board of Governors. Christine says, "Many Aaron Foxworthy is an Hastings alumni attended associate with Coblentz the installation dinner to Patch Duffy & Bass, where celebrate our induction." Chris Nolan '03, Nancy Strout '85, Rob Pete rson '81, Don Carls o n 77, he advises property own­ - Jeffrey Hazarian says, Joyce Wang '85, Nathaniel Leeds '06 and Joshua Bart '08. ers, developers and other "Our daughter, Lauren, stakeholders on obtaining received her JD with an Francisco office. - Lauren and Joy Huang '05." and defending federal, emphasis in entertainment Greenberg Wanderman - Mirissa McMurray state and local entitlements law from Chapman Uni­ recently opened up a law says, "I got married last and approvals for com­ versity School of Law. She practice with her partner, year and also started the mercial, residential and interned with the Screen Jessica Lee-Messer. The firm Brown & McMur- mixed-use projects. - The Actors Guild Affirma- firm, Lee-Messer Green­ ray, practicing primarily Hastings Alumni Board of tive Action legal depart­ berg Wanderman, practices family law. My husband, Governors elected Connie ment and also the Legal family law in San Mateo Don Franchi, and I had Merriett to its execu- Research Department of and San Francisco. Lauren's our first baby last year." - tive board. Super Lawyers the Santa Barbara Legal practice includes litigation, The Taxation Section of magazine named her a Aid Foundation under mediation and collaborative the State Bar of California Rising Star for both 2009 the supervision of Brandi practice. - Claudia Keller appointed Bradley Marsh and 2010, and she won the Redman. Lauren's sister, and Marcel Keller are to its executive committee. Samuel E. Klein Pro Bono Danielle, received a BA in proud parents of Leonard - Sangeetha Raghuna­ Award in recognition of biology from Cal Poly." - Maximilian Keller, who than is legal counsel with exceptional commitment "I am transitioning back to was born in April. They live Visa's Global Privacy Office to providing pro bono legal work as in-house counsel in Zurich, Switzerland. and has an 18-month-old services. Connie says, "I at Lowe's Companies, after daughter, Anya Shaila also gave birth to a healthy having my son, Jordan," Ramani. - A shareholder and handsome boy, Jalen says Laurey Harris. "He Emanuel Solei man Shirazi was named a Southern California Ris­ ing Star by Super L awyers magazine. Emanuel and his wife had their second child in June. - "I married Dr. Anand Parthasarathy last November," writes Rohini Bal i. "Has tings graduates who attended the wedding included Neeraj Bali '01 , Rhys Cheung, Kevin Gill, Hong-Ngoc Dao Christine Gonong '02 is on the board of governors of the Philippine Mike Co llins '01 American Bar Association.

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of archiving software for law. Beth had a baby girl large enterprises, named last June. Adam Sand general counsel. - Mike Collins is a legislative assistant to A partner in Baker & Congresswoman Corrine McKenzie's tax practice Brown and was recently group, Erik Christenson elected to the board practices general tax plan­ of directors of Reston, ning. He advises on the Virginia. - A partner taxation of cross-border with Carroll Burdick transactions and opera­ Adam Sand '01 Mark Sundahl '01 and family & McDonough's San tions for clients in various Francisco office, Jonathan industries, including semi­ Yank 's practice focuses on conductor, software, online and big sister, Kyndall (6), practice. - The Oakland public sector labor law. He services, biotechnology, are doing welL" - Michael Association of Realtors represents peace officers, and consumer products. - Headley is a principal in named Cameron Platt firefighters and other public Aaron Cronan opened his Fish & Richardson's to its board of direc- employees in litigation, own eDiscovery Consult­ Litigation Group. Located tors. Cameron runs Platt grievance and disciplinary ing practice. He writes, "I in the firm's Silicon Valley Real Estate, a real estate proceedings, labor arbitra­ still love Portland, Oregon, office, Michael focuses his brokerage in Oakland tions, and unfair labor even though it is pouring." practice in the fields of serving both residential and practice disputes, before the - "I moved to Austin, software, semiconductors, commercial clients, which California Public Employ­ Texas, with my husband, electrical and computer just celebrated its sixth ment Relations Board. - Daniel Colimon, and our technology, and telecom­ anniversary. - Cecily Mak LaToya Redd has owned two sons, Jacques and Nico­ munications. - A principal is vice president and general her own real estate law and las," says Jennifer Rap­ in the Silicon Valley office counsel of Rhapsody Inter­ civil litigation practice for poport. "I look forward to of Fish & Richardson, national. She coauthored a six years. - Cleveland­ connecting with any alums Jennifer Zanocco is a book entitled Music Law in Marshall College of Law in Texas." - Dean Fealk member of the firm's patent the Digital Age, a text she appointed Mark Sundahl was promoted to partner at group. Her practice focuses uses in the digital media associate dean for academic DLA Piper's San Fran­ on patent prosecution in law seminar she teaches at affairs. - Beth Trittipo cisco office. He focuses his the fields of chemistry, Hastings. Cecily lives in accepted an associate posi­ practice on global equity, mechanical arts and com­ Marin with her husband tion at Gordon & Rees, international employment puter software. - Heather and three-year-old son. - where she practices in the cross-border data privacy Hua is deputy attorney ZL Technologies, a maker area of insurance coverage and international tax. Dean general for the Los Angeles was named to the Daily Attorney General's Office. Journal's list of Top 20 On a trip to San Francisco, California Lawyers Under she saw Daniel Edington, 40. - A partner in How­ an associate at Severson & rey's San Francisco office, Werson. Aaron Gruber practices in the areas of construction and real estate, representing Kym Aguilar married clients in litigation and the Danny Aguilar in Aruba drafting and negotiation last year, and they bought a of construction contracts. house in Alameda. Kym is Aaron and his wife, Ida, a senior counsel in Han­ live in Burlingame with Cecily Mak '01 with her husband and three-year-old son son Bridgett's real estate their three children, Rachel

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lived in Arizona for five honored in the final list. - high school reunion. he years, where she practiced Scott Steiner, an Orange also became a stepmom to general civil and business County Deputy District his two children. Cynthia litigation. They live in San Attorney, ran unopposed is now in-house counsel Diego with their daughter in the June primary for for PacifiCorp. - "I am and son. - "I am excited to a seat on the Orange honored to chair the Busi­ announce the opening of County Superior Court. - ness Law Section of the Daniel Law Office in San A partner with Cotchett Bar Association of San Francisco, providing civil Pitre & McCarthy, Ara Francisco in 2010," writes litigation services to busi­ Jabagchourian practices Felicia Anne Vallera. - nesses, individuals, prop­ litigation. The American Elisa Nadeau practices Dawn Newton '00 erty owners, and tenants," Trial Lawyers Association criminal and civil appellate Craig Daniel writes. selected Ara as one of the law in Mountain View and Top 100 Trial Lawyers has a five-year-old son and (7), Emily (5) and Abigail in California, and he was two-year-old daughter with (2). - Eric Junginger Casey Berman launched also named a Rising Star her husband of nine years, was promoted to part- Leave Law Behind, an in Northern California. Jason. - Jones Day elevated ner in Hanson Bridgett's entrepreneurial coach- - Amy Fairweather is Erik Swanholt to partner San Francisco office. His ing practice that assists the director of policy for in its Los Angeles office. practice focuses on product attorneys in leaving the Swords to Plowshares, a He writes, "I am a business liability, complex civilliti­ law, or staying in law but veteran rights organization litigator with a primary gation, toxic torts, premises creating a legal practice in San Francisco. She says, focus on products liability, liability, contract disputes that is more aligned with "I run our Iraq Veteran commercial contracts and and regulatory affairs. their passions. He says, Project and the Coalition aerospace. I am also happy - DLA Piper elected "Leave Law Behind assists for Iraq and Afghanistan to report that my wife, Ray Hartman an equity attorneys in gaining the life Veterans. It is wonderful Rachel, and I, and our partner. - Dawn Newton they may have put off since and gratifying work, which 18-month-old son, Luke, was elevated to partner at taking the LSAT." Casey I love. We offer hous- have welcomed our second the Oakland-based law founded the organization ing, employment services, child, Gavin. Everybody is firm Fitzgerald Abbott & in response to a talk he mental health care and doing well." Beardsley. She is a mem­ gave last year at Hastings Veterans Affairs claims ber of the firm's Business chronicling his own experi­ assistance. I handle policy, and Corporate Transac­ ence in creating a non­ Veterans Affairs reform, "I have my own practice tions Practice Group. - A legal career. He also runs and Department of D efense doing civil and criminal partner at McDermott Will the San Francisco-based and community responses litigation in Portland, with & Emery's Silicon Valley boutique investment bank for our current war veter­ one associate attorney office, Eugene Litvinoff is Berman Capital with his ans." - Hillary Weiner a member of the firm's trial father. - The Sacramento (nee Small) gave birth to department. He focuses Business Journal honored Cameron Jacob Weiner last his practice on white-collar Alyson Huber as part of June, who is also the grand­ criminal defense, internal its 2010 class of 40 Under son of Harold Small '70. investigations and anti­ 40, a list of 40 people in Hillary is an attorney with trust litigation. - Jonah the Sacramento region who Drinker Biddle & Reath. Toleno is a partner with are making a difference in San Diego firm Shustak the business community. Frost & Partners, practic­ Alyson, who is a business Cynthia Hansen moved ing business and ecurities attorney, is an assembly to Portland, Oregon, to law. Prior to joining the member representing El marry Frank Dominic firm, she and her hus­ Dorado Hills. She was the Mifsud, whom she recon­ Jennie Lynn Clark '97 band, Doug Toleno '01 , only elected representative nected with at her 20th

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and two legal assistants," administrative and judicial says Jennie Lynn Clark. levels, including corporate - Jean-Pierre Francil­ and personal income tax, lette is working as a sa les and use tax, prop­ deputy attorney general erty tax, payroll tax, and in the California Depart­ business license taxes. ment of Justice, Office - A financial planner at of the Attorney General Lincoln Financial in San in Sacramento. He says, Ramon and San Francisco, "I work in the Health Diane Robin Johnson Qyality Enforcement sec­ has built a thriving practice tion, where I prosecute Diane Johnson '96 Charlene Us her '96 that specializes in helping violating medical doc- her clients achieve financial tors before the California independence. She says, Medical Board. I find the is helping the Veteran's demonstrated dedication to "I have the best job in the work to be both useful and Affairs establish the new the welfare of their com­ world. I help people get interesting." - Geoffrey division devoted to agency munities and to the highest financial independence as Ossias joined Qyarles & rule making. - Jill Ratner principles of the law. quickly and efficiently as Brady as of cou nsel in the and her husband, Elon, possible so they can live Corporate Services group welcomed baby Talia las t their dreams." She also of the firm's Phoenix office. February. Their older Steven Coopersmith enjoys travel to exotic H e works with emerg- daughter, Michaela, is two. runs the San Diego firm locations in her spare time. ing growth companies, Jill is senior vice president The Coopersmith Law - Donald Leonhardt primarily in the Internet, oflitigation at Fox Studios. Firm, which has expanded is in-house with Fidelity biotech and life sciences - The American Bar by two attorneys, a para­ National Title Group in sectors. - The D epartment Foundation elected Mike legal and a case assistant. Irvine, California. - "My of Justice for Interagency Kattelman, an attorney The firm focu ses on busi­ firm, Usher Law Group, Support of Litigation with Silverman D ecaria & ness litigation, including celebrated nine years in gave Ethan Kalett the Kattelman in Reno, as a financial fraud, partnership, June," writes Charlene John Marshall Award, Fellow. Membership in contract and securities Usher. "In addition to our the department's mos t the Fellows is limited to disputes. - Marty Dakes­ workers' compensation prestigious award. Ethan one-third of 1 percent sian is a tax litigation defense practice, I lead the was promoted to director of lawyers licensed to prac­ partner in Reed Smith's legacy and estate plan- of regulatory affairs for the tice in each jurisdiction. Los Angeles office. Marty ning division." Charlene D epartment of Veterans The Fellows is an honorary has significant experience attended the installation of Affairs, Veterans Health organization of attorneys handling state and local Lawrence Hinkle II '95 Administration, where he and legal scholars who have tax controversies at the as president of the John

Wedding Bells Helen Vi '96 and James Choi were married last May at the Mission Church at Santa Clara University, Helen's undergraduate alma mater. The couple spent their honeymoon in Paris and are expecting their first baby

in September. Helen serves as vice president and general counsel at the Matteson Companies, a Redwood City-based real estate investment, development and management company.

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will serve on Burlingame's scheduled for PBS release Bicycle Pedestrian Advi­ next year about the creation sory Committee. Laurie of THE 99-a comic about is an avid cyclist and has Muslim superheroes, and raced with the San Fran­ the brainchild of Naif AI­ cisco-based road-racing Mutawa, whom President team, Metromint Cycling, Obama spotlighted at his for the past five years, and entrepreneur summit. - has won multiple races, An attorney with Jones including the Dunnigan Day in Taipei and Bei­ Hills Road race, Berkeley jing, Va-Chiao Chang is Bike Club Criterium and admitted to practice law in the Giro di San Francisco. New York, Texas and New - "My book, Appetite for Jersey, and is a registered Profit: How the Food Indus­ foreign attorney in Taiwan try Undermines Our Health and patent attorney in the and How to Fight Back, is U.S. Patent Office. Ya­ now in its third printing," Chiao is a Chambers and Scott Christe nsen '95 Michele Simon writes. "I Partners-rated Band 1 IP still live in Oakland near lawyer. - Erin Williams M. Langston Bar Associa­ elected president of the the best farmers market is corporate counsel at tion in Los Angeles. She is John M. Langston Bar ever." - Meagan Van Zak NeoPhotonics, an optical the founding president of Association, the larg- is an attorney with Sterling module maker in San Jose. the Richard T. Fields Bar est and oldest African Commerce specializing in - A partner in Carroll Association, representing American organization technology licensing. She Burdick & McDonough's African American attorneys of lawyers and judges in and her husband, Bill Man­ San Francisco office, Rob in the Inland Empire. - California. A partner in heim, have a son. McFarlane focuses on A partner in the Walnut the Los Angeles office of patent and other intellec­ Creek office of Archer Nor­ Blank Rome, Lawrence tual property litigation and ris, Jiyon Yun focuses her focuses his practice on Katharyn Bond is an technology-related com­ practice on product liability, entertainment and com­ independent film producer. mercial disputes. He also toxic torts, general liability, merciallitigation matters. Her first short is titled teaches patent law as an financial services litigation - Ogletree Deakins Nash SEED, a science-fiction adjunct professor at Golden and construction litigation. Smoak & Stewart elected rural film noir. She is also Gate University School Danielle Ochs-Tillotson producing WHAM! BAMl of Law. - Paul Szeto, as a shareholder in the ISLAM!, a documentary a Department of Justice Scott Christensen is firm's San Francisco office. honor graduate and former serving as the 2010 Secre­ A civil litigator and trial Immigration and Natural­ tary and ewsletter Editor lawyer, Danielle's practice ization Service prosecutor, for the Placer County Bar focuses on the defense of started his own full-service Association. He is an asso­ employment-related claims immigration law firm in ciate attorney at Reynolds in federal and state trial 2004, focusing on business Maddux in Auburn. When and appellate courts and immigration, family and he is not working, he enjoys administrative agencies. employment petitions, and fly fishing and biking. - - Laurie Katherine political asylum and depor­ Governor Schwarzenegger Simonson was appointed tation defense. appointed Ju li e Emede a Commissioner of Traffic, to the Santa Clara County Safety and Parking by the uperior Court. - Burlingame City Council. Lawrence Hinkle II was As a commis sioner, she Robert McFarfane '94

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"I moved to Silver Spring Networks , in Redwood City, where I am respon­ Alumni Board Leader sible for company patent Chris Holland '92 remarried in February and matters," says Alan Hodes. also took over as president of the Hastings "Silver Spring Networks connects utilities with their Alumni Board of Governors. He practices customers and transforms intellectual property and commercial litiga­ the delivery of smart grid tion in San Francisco and is happy to "talk services while improving energy effi ciency and ensur­ Hastings" with any alumni interested in help­ ing reliable delivery oflow­ ing t he sc hool. cost services." - Clifford Stanley has been practicing criminal appellate defense of Califo rnia's Top W omen and employment law, and since the first day oflaw law and enj oying his fa mily Litigators, in recognition of specializes in the represen­ school in 1988, and she in the hills of Berkeley. her trac k record in high­ tation of financial institu­ fin ally said yes in 200 8! stakes litigation, including tions, hospitals and other L ook what persis tence will representing the employ­ business entities with an get yo u!) ." They reside in A partner at W endel Rosen ees in the city of Vallejo emphasis on transactional Santa Barbara. - Michael Black & D ean, Carl municipal bankruptcy. work. - Betsy Johnsen Sohigian tes tified in Ciochon maintains an - Steven Pearl writes , celebrated the first anni­ Sacramento before the ac tive litigation prac tice, "I coauthored California ve rsary of her fa mily law Senate L abor and Indus­ primarily focused on real Wage and H our L aw and prac tice in downtown San trial Relations Committee es tate matters. - John L itigation, published by Francisco. - "M y wife, in support of SB 1370, a Dunn joined M cGuire­ the Continuing Education M auree n, and I are proud bill to amend L abor Code W oods in Chicago as a of the Bar. I continue to to announce the newest section 2751 , sponsored by partner in its government write the Califo rnia W age members of our household : D enise M oreno Ducheny relations practice. H e spent and H our Law blog and Garriso n Saul and G race (D -San Diego) and based the pas t eight years as the have begun to author the RoseAnne were born las t on the proposal passed director of intergovern­ M ediation and Negotiation year," says Gary Gold­ las t year by the Califo rnia mental affairs for Chicago blog in connection with my berg. "W e met while I Conference of Bar Asso­ M ayor Richard D aley. - mediation practice ." was a 1L and M aureen was ciations. - The Robert G. The D aily Journal named the fin ancial aid counselor M cGrath A merican Inn Kelly Woodruff to its list (I've been asking her out of C ourt, which covers Shari Lynn Allison con­ tributed a chapter to the 2010 edition of D efending a Federal Criminal Case, published by the Federal D efenders of San Diego. She lives in Las Cruces, New M exico, with her hus­ band, G reg, and their son, Nathan. - Archer Norris elevated Noel Caughman to special counsel in its W alnut Creek offi ce. She Steven Pea rl '92 concentrates her practice Garrison and Grace were born last year to Gary Goldberg '91 and in business, health care his wife, Maureen

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C ontra Cos ta County, - "My husband, David, elec ted David Pearson and our three children pres ident. He is a solo moved to Florence, Italy, prac titioner in Wal- in August for a yearlong nut Creek and Fresno, sabbatical," says Shannon handling outside general Underwood. - Christine counsel work, both trans­ Blubaugh Mersten and actional and litigation, for her husband, David Mer­ closely held businesses. - sten, have sent their oldest Seth Watkins opened his daughter, Cynthia, off to own law office three years UCLA, making UCLA ago, specializing in estate alumnus D avid very Jean Batman '88 Elle n Schned '88 planning, probate, and pleased. Their youngest trust administration. In daughter, Jessica, is soon studies. He will return to ''I'm practicing regula- his spare time, he lectures to be a high school junior, the D epartment of State in tory law for the California on Semitic linguistics and and Christine is heavily the fall to work on nuclear Public Utilities Commis­ topics pertaining to his recruiting her to attend nonproliferation iss ues. - sion, mostly in the area book, 1he Exodus Hag­ UC Berkeley so they can Chandler Rand Wil­ of consumer advocacy. I gadah. - 1he American even up the family score. - liams lives in San Diego have a new love and she's a Lawyer featured Sonja Adam Warshaw is a solo and works at Booz Allen horse-she's bringing sexy Weissman for her work practitioner in Burbank, H amilton in the contracts back! " - A partner with on Reed Smith's litiga­ where he specializes in department, where he Ragghianti Freitas in San tion team. The firm was construction, business and supports the Space and Rafael, Rick Franceschini named Product Liability real es tate law. aval W arfare Systems is a ce rtified tax specialist. Litigation D epartment Command in Acquisitions Rick says, "Seven of the of the Year for 2010 by and Operations for Tac tical 11 attorneys in my firm the publication. Sonja is Heidi Maretz and Communications. are H as tings alumni, and located in Reed Smith's husband, Peter Maretz, we even have a new lawyer San Francisco office. - sent the first of their four joining us in the fall who Michael Wippler was children to college in Jeffrey Judd opened Judd is a 2010 graduate." - elected to membership in August. Their son, Matt, Law Group, which focuses Garee Gasperian focuses Dykema's Los Angeles attends Syracuse Univer­ on complex litigation his practice on helping office. A member of the sity's competitive ac ting involving real property, the the elderly. "Given my firm's litigation depart­ BFA program. Heidi and environment, business prac­ station in life," says Garee, ment, Michael focuses on Peter will celebrate their tices and products. Prior to "I suspect that I will business counseling, litiga­ 25th wedding anniversary opening Judd L aw Group, have even more requests tion, and negotiating and in D ecember. - "After Jeffrey was a partner with pertaining to estate plan­ documenting business and 10 years as the labor and the firms O 'Melveny & ning and probate, which real estate transactions. employment attorney at Myers and Howrey. - is why I relocated my D aVita, I moved into peo­ Advising the Small Business: offi ces to the South Bay ple services to help build a Forms and Adv icefor the and beach cities." - "I am Shawn Britton Joost teammate and labor rela­ L egal Practitioner, by Jean pleased to announce the is the executive director tions team," says Steven Batman is an ABA Bes t 15th anniversary of my law of Educate Tomorrow, a Cooper. "I live in Seattle Seller, for which she is practice, now known as Miami-based nonprofit with my wife, Rebecca, and working on the second Kaye-Moser-Hierbaum, a that provides educational our son, Paul (7)." - John edition. Jean recently boutique family law, estate mentoring and life skills Stevens graduated from completed her first planning, and trusts and training to fos ter yo uth the ational War College screenplay. H er son, James, estates firm in San Fran­ who are transitioning out in June with a master's attends UC Santa Cruz. - cisco," writes Susan Kaye. of the fos ter care sys tem. degree in national security Maria Bondonno says, "Even more importantly,

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I am the proud owner of a Non-Suit in a multimil­ entering her fourth year a weekend home in the lion-dollar mold/real estate of solo practice and her Sonoma wine country. nondisclosure case after a fourth year of teaching I encourage everyone to four-week trial. She joined legal writing and research come by for a swim and a the firm of Lorber Green­ at Hastings. She says, "I am barbecue after an ardu­ field & Polito, continuing enjoying every minute!" ous day of wine tas ting her specialty in high-value in Sonoma or Napa." - real es tate and construc­ Mary Merz runs her own tion-related matters. The Marshall Memorial firm , Merz &Associates, Fellows named Jan focusing on intellec tual Jemison the selection

property. She lives in Carla Castillo has prac­ Margaret Murray '87 partner and city coordina­ Chicago with her husband, ticed criminal appellate law tor for Northern California. Scott, and their three in Berkeley for 15 years. - Leslie Longenbaugh is daughters, Isabelle, Stepha­ She says, "In 2006, I rep­ - Jan Gruen opened her the part-time fed eral nie and Jacqueline. - "I resented an innocent client own firm , Gruen Law, magistrate judge for Juneau, am a Senior Vice President who, after winning a rever­ which provides legal Alaska. She also advises Distribution at Ovation, sal in the court of appeal, services in the areas of and represents employ- the only television net­ obtained a factual finding construction, real estate, ers and other business work dedicated to art and of innocence and ultimately insurance, contrac ts and clients through her private contemporary culture," says received a $1 million settle­ personal injury law. - "I practice. - "My firm , Ellen Schned. She leads ment from Santa Clara have been a partner with Visse-Yanez, continues its the network's distribution County. Due to my work Litwak and H avkin for 12 litigation work in the areas efforts and strategy, as well on this case, I received the years, practicing primarily of toxic tort and business as the upcoming launch of G erald Z. M arer Award bankruptcy law," Stella counseling for start-ups its high-definition channel for panel excellence from Havkin writes. "Last year, I regarding busi ness develop­ and expansion of its video the Sixth District Appel­ was selected for a two-year ment legal iss ues," says on demand services. She late Program." - A partner appointment for the chief Jess Yanez. "The original was previously the senior in H anson Bridgett's San bankruptcy judge's Bar company who used our ser­ vice president of affiliate Francisco offi ce, Steven advisory com mittee, which vice is now a multimillion marketing and distribution Gasser works in the firm's is responsible for making dollar company in the field for CBS C ollege Sports. - corporate, emerging com­ changes to the local rules of medical device design for Sheryl Traum obtained pany and securities group. and forms, and for deali ng monitoring high-risk surgi­ with other local bank­ cal procedures." ruptcy practice issues." - Jay Monahan has joined the San Francisco-based Curtis Kidder is an Zynga legal team as deputy assistant city attorney for general counsel, handling the city of Los Angeles and litigation, intellectual prop­ serves as general counsel for erty, privacy and govern­ the Community Rede­ ment relations. - A partner velopment Agency of the in the Columbus, Ohio City of Los Angeles. H e office of Schottenstein previously served in several Z ox & Dunn, Victoria capacities for the Oakland Powers was named an City Attorney's Office. Ohio Super Lawyer in Curtis says, "I live in Pasa­ the area of bankruptcy dena but look fo rward to Jay Monahan '87 with President Obama and creditor/debtor rights. returning to the Bay Area." - Margaret Murray is - "My litigation firm

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merged in January with a fo r financings , es tate and Los Angeles firm to create gift filings , succession and 16-1awyer Valle Makoff," exit planning, corporate says Jeffrey Makoff. and partnership dissolu­ "We have six people in tion, and fa mily limited the Bay A rea, all of whom partnerships." are H as tings alu mni." - Carol Powell is on the Management Commit- Paul Riehle has been at tee of Mullen & Filippi, a Sedgwick since gradua­ California firm specializing tion, where he specializes in workers compensation in complex commercial Mark Okey '83 Ted Zayner '83 defense . She has been and tort litigation. Paul with this firm for 23 years was ap pointed to the State not have any recourse . The teach in the LLM program. and is a certified workers Bar A ntitrus t & Unfa ir recession has hit Nevada I also write frequently for compensation specialist. Competition Executive hard . Sharrone and I are English language newspa­ C arol is also a pro tem Committee and is a fo und­ doing well, and our boys pers in China. Jean is the judge with the O akland ing board member of an are now 10 and 11." - China director ofInterna­ W orkers' C ompensation international humanitari an Dan Rose specializes in tional Bridges to Justice, a Appeals Board. She and nonprofit. Paul lives in San representing bicyclists in group that is trying to bring her husband of 23 years, Francisco with his wife, personal injury litigation at the rule of law to China." Ted, have a 14-year-old Stephanie, high school the Law Office of D aniel - Mark Okey is a Senior so n and reside in W alnut sophomore son, D anny, Rose in San Francisco. - director and senior corpo­ Creek. - "After gradu ating and eighth-grade daughter, A n enviro nmental attor­ rate counsel specializing from H as tings, I worked M adison. - "I am han­ ney, Betsy McDaniel is in employment matters for as a staff attorney at the dling several civil rights the managing partner for Ingram Micro, a global dis­ Ninth Circuit and for the discrimination claims in the San Francisco offi ce of tributor of computer prod­ National Labor Relations Nevada, California and Sheppard Mullin Richter & ucts and services. M ark Board in San Francisco," A rizona," says Jeffrey H ampton. She says, "Dave lives in Newport Beach writes Lisa Rosof. "In Blanck. "I also have many and I spend our spare time with his wife, Stephanie, 1995, I returned to school ac tions against va rious traveling with children and their two children, and graduated fro m the Nevada school districts for and grandchildren, most Chris and Paige. - G ov­ Unive rsity of C onnecticut due process violations as recently to Easter Island ernor Schwarzenegger School of M edicine. I did well as special education and C hile." - Sam Wright appointed Ted Zayner to my residency in psychiatry claims. I receive inquiries says , "I prac ticed law until the Superior C ourt bench and psychoanalytic trai ni ng from terminated employees, 1999, and am now a com­ in Santa Clara County. at E mory. I now have my but most are at-will, and do mercial real estate broker He presides over a misde­ own psychiatric practice in and partner at Cassidy meanor calendar in the Palo Atlanta and enjoy consult­ Turley/BT Commercial in Alto courthouse. Ted says, ing on medical malprac tice Palo Alto." "With the appointment of cases." - Thomas Zengel Julie Emede '95 at the is the principal at his same time, all the judges in East Bay business valua­ "M y wife, Jean Amabile, the Palo Alto courthouse tion and consulting fi rm, and I moved to Beijing, are now H as tings alums!" NorCal Business Valua­ C hina, from France about - Rachel Sobin Ull- tions. Thomas writes, "We six months ago," writes man writes, "r am now an offer professional busi- Patrick Mattimore. "I am immigration attorney with ness valuation services to an adjunct professor at Xin­ an offi ce in Silver Spring, business owners, attorneys ghua University, where I M aryland. My husband, and other professionals Dan Rose '84

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D an, a fa culty member I hope to use my legal on-Broadway this year, with G eorge Washington education and experience in Back to Bacharach and University, and I have new ways in the future." - D avid off-Broadway las t been married since 1983. H as tings 1066 Foundation year), freelance consulting W e have three children­ Trustee Debra Bogaards in A ustralia, the M iddle Sandy, a first-year at cohosted a 1066 alumni East and the United King­ Harvard Law School; event featuring Professor dom, and hos ting benefit Jessie, a senior at Oberlin Clark Freshman, a consul­ concerts to support the College and C onservatory; tant to the television show Califo rnia Music Project," and Bobby, a high school L ie to M e. Alumni learned w rites James Loren Gun­ junior at the M ontgomery about neurolinguistics and derson. - Karla Knieps Blair magnet school." - Betty Richardson '82 how to read involuntary retired as a senior judge The D aily Journal featured facial ex pressions, which fro m the State of Oregon Gerald Sauer in a cover Century City offi ce," writes can be useful during las t year and now resides story about his C entury Michael McNamara. - settlement negotiations. in San Diego. - "I had City litigation boutique, Betty Hansen Richard­ D ebra reports that it was a the good fo rtune to spend Sauer & W agner. son received the Outstand­ wonderful connection with two months on sabbatical ing Service Award from the H as tings and an oppor­ in Buenos Aires," writes Idaho State Bar and was tunity to reconnect with Larry Levine, "where I Jonathan Hayden named an Idaho W oman class mates. - Patricia delivered a lecture at the joined Lovitt & Hannan, of the Year for 2010 by the Cooper is the execu- University of Buenos Aires a boutique firm practicing Idaho Business R eview. - tive director of the G ood about the struggle for mar­ complex litigation for both "After 16 years in private Knight Child Empower­ riage equality and a lecture plaintiffs and defendants, prac tice , specializing in ment Network. She is about the U.S. tort system after the dissolution of Hel­ business, banking and real obtaining her mas ter's for the Buenos A ires Bar ler Ehrman. Jonathan says, estate law in San Francisco degree in special education Association." This sum­ "I also served as one of the and London, I followed my and elementary education, mer, Larry will teach at four members of Heller's dream and am now doing and is teaching special edu­ New York Law School. - dissolution committee, disability law in M ontana, cation in Prince G eorge's William Uchimoto joined shepherding the former which is the reason I went County Public Schools. She Stevens & Lee's C orpo­ international law firm to law school after earning lives in Maryland with her rate Finance and Capital through a dissolution and a master's in social work," 13-year-old daughter and M arkets prac tice as a bankruptcy process that is says Alexandra Volkerts. three-year-old Border col­ shareholder and is resident fin ally winding down." - "I "As a senior attorney with lie. - "I have been produc­ in its Philadelphia offi ce. am honored to be serving Disability Rights M on­ ing on- and off-Broadway William leads the firm's on the board of trustees of tana, I have won M ontana (AIIA bout M e and E nron China Practice G roup. the 1066 Foundation," says Supreme Court cases John Lim . "To my 1982 establishing essential rights class mates-please know for people with disabilities that I may be knocking and developed legislation on yo ur door! " - Robert supporting those rights." Kaneda continues to enjoy life in Paris, France , where he works as a diplomat Janet Ballou is a senior and political analyst at the staff counsel at the State U.S. E mbassy. - "After D epartment of Child Sup­ founding and running my port Services. She writes, own firm for 16 years, this "After 25 years of state year I merged the firm service, I am beginning to into Steptoe & Johnson's contemplate retirement. William Uchimoto '81 James Gunderson '81

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Bill Coats is the managing Commonwealth Club," partner of the new Kaye writes Paul Goldsmith. Scholer office in Menlo I have also had several Park, practicing intellec­ pictures acquired by the tual property litigation. - Chicago Art Institute and Governor Schwarzeneg­ the Museum of Fine Arts at ger appointed Poli Flores H ouston." - Pamela Rob­ to the Superior C ourt of erts says, "I don't know Imperial County, where about the Pamela Roberts he is assigned to family from our class who works law and domestic violence in South Carolina, but this cases. Poli says, "This one is a family law mediator appointment is truly an and collaborative attorney honor for my family and in El Dorado County with Image from Prague 1968, a show mounted by Paul Goldsmith '80 me." He has been mar- my partner and husband, ried to Mercy, a teacher, Jon Zitomer. We are instructor. Lynne says, "My loved practicing law, I feel I for 24 years, and has three doing well! " - As part of children and grandchildren have found my true calling children-Ana-Mercedes, Dickinson Wright's man­ live in Northern California in the law as a construc­ a senior at UCSD; Carlos, agement group, Kester near my husband and me. tion mediator, arbitrator a senior in high school; So is responsible fo r the We are appreciative of our and project neutral. At and Selina, a high school leadership and coordination good life." - Legal Com­ this point, I have mediated sophomore. - Joseph of the firm's eight practice munity Against Violence and arbitrated hundreds of Mascovich moved his departments. Working in elected Rod Thompson, a disputes. I am based in Los appellate practice to the the firm's Lansing, Michi­ partner with Farella Braun Angeles but work through­ Miller Law Group in San gan office, Kester focuses + Martel, president of its out the country." - Jon Francisco. He is a State on public finance, economic board of directors. The Eisenberg continues to Bar-certified specialist in development projects and organization is a national litigate Al-Haramain Islamic appellate law and a member energy law. - Lynne New­ public interest law center Foundation, Inc. v. Obama, of the California Academy house Segal is serving dedicated to preventing which challenges the of Appellate Lawyers. - her third term on the board gun violence through legis­ legality of President Bush's "I have restarted my of directors of the Golden lation, litigation and educa­ wiretapping program. In photography career and Gate Bridge, Highway and tion. Rod is a member of mounted a show of Prague Transportation District. March, U. S. District Judge Farella's advisory board and Vaughn Walker granted 1968 photographs at the She is also a certified yoga its Intellectual Property partial summary judgment Litigation Department. for the plaintiffs, finding His law practice empha­ the government liable for Your Best Story sizes complex commer­ violating the Foreign Intel­ ciallitigation, including ligence Surveillance Act. Do you have a story about a great experience you intellectual property and - "I enjoyed teaching Civil had at Hastings? Maybe a favorite professor, or a antitrust cases. Procedure at Hastings last great event or fond memory? Please send it in to year. My article on China,

us. If we use it, we will send you a special gift in "Copyright & Calligra­ "This year I will celebrate phy," was published in the appreciation. E-mail itto [email protected] being a construction alter­ L oyola Chicago J ournal of or mail it to Class Notes Special Story, Communi­ native dispute resolution International L aw," says cations, UC Hastings Law, 200 McAllister Street, neutral for 10 years-after Marc Greenberg. "I also having spent 20 years as a traveled to Finland and San Francisco, CA 94102. construction attorney," says Germany last May to Michael Bayard. "While I promote law programs at

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Golden Gate Unive rsity, David Schmidt writes, & Purdy's San Francisco Campbell Killefer writes, where I am the codirec­ "I just got bac k fro m over offi ce. The 90-attorney "After 32-plus years in tor of the Intellectual one yea r of living in H ong fi rm specializes in litiga­ private prac tice at three Property Law Program." Kong, where I worked tion, and Elizabeth leads law fir ms, I have taken the - Jonathan Novak says, for a construction claims a group of real estate, plunge into public legal "I am celebrating the 10th consulting firm , doing construction, com mercial service . After exploring annive rsary of my gallery business development in litigation and transac­ various options, I am now in Century City with exhi­ H ong Kong, M acau and tional attorneys. - The the deputy chief of the bitions of American Pop M ainland China. I had Super Lawyers C orporate Civil Litigation Division and Abstract Expressionist fa ntastic ex periences there, C ounsel Edition named in the Maryland Attorney art." - "M y fifth novel, es pecially meeting local William Faulkner to its General's Office . M y offi ce In the H eart of the Canyon, friends, hiking, traveling list in the area of busi ness handles the most important was published in paperbac k and enjoying the cuisine. litigation. A name partner cases filed against the state this summer," writes I did not expect to be work­ of M cManis Faulkner, and the governor, collabo­ Elisabeth Hyde. "This ing so soon after my return William leads the firm 's rates with other divisions, novel is my personal favor­ to the Bay Area, but I'm business prac tice, where and pursues high-profile ite-IS strangers on a raft­ back at myoid job! I hope he represents a range of affirmative cases. W ear- ing trip through the Grand to travel to H ong Kong midsized Silicon Valley ing the white hat can be C anyo n. The best part was again soon." - "I retired businesses and advises on gratify ing." - The immi­ from the Athenian School corporate and partnership gration law book Profession­ and a career in education matters. - Marc Garfin­ als: A M atter of D egree, by this summer. My husband kle is the fe atured speaker Martin Lawler, is now in and I are relocating to San at the Missouri Bar A sso­ its fifth edition. - Loretta Francisco," writes Lynne ciation's CLE program, Siciliano says, "M y grand­ Carberry. - Roberto Stepping Up and Stepping daughter, Lucy Marina de la Rosa is cofounder Out-The New Lawyer Gutkin, was born in May. and executive director Experience , where he Such fun! " - "W e were of The Organization for will discuss his 10 C om­ so proud to see our son, the Legal Advancement mandments of D efensive Matthew '10, graduate of Raza, an immigrants Lawyering. In addition to cum laude fro m H as tings rights center located in the his criminal and civil trial this year," says Meredith heart of the C entral San prac tice , M arc is professor Watts. "For the pas t Elisabeth Hyde 79 Joaquin Valley. He writes , of persuas ion and advocacy 20-plus years, I have been "We are in our 32nd year at Seton H all Law School representing indigent of operation and continue and is Municipal Public prisoners in their appeals. the research, working as a to provide immigration D efender in Livings ton, It has been extremely guide's assistant." - Mark services to low-income N ew Jersey. His book, $010 rewarding personally, and Steiner says, "I am the residents and students Contendere-How to Go I love the fl exibility of my trademark and copyright at four service centers in D irectly from L aw School solo practice. M y other prac tice group leader at Tulare and Kern counties ." into the Practice ofL aw main profe ssional pursuit Townse nd Townsend & - The Los Angeles and Without Getting aJob, is in is updating the book I Crew in San Francisco, San Francisco DailyJournal its second printing. - A wrote with a colleague for and continue to enj oy the named Jennifer Keller to partner in Sedgwick's Los the Rutter Group/ W est, practice of intellectual its list of California's Top Angeles offi ce , Marilyn Ninth Circuit Civil Appel­ property law. I am a certi­ W omen Litigators. She was Kli nger won the James late Practice." fied mediator through the also elected to the H as tings Acret Award for outstand­ International Trademark Alumni Association board ing achieve ment in con­ Association." of governors. - Elizabeth struction law legal writing. Mary Lu Ch ri st ie writes, England is the managing "I am a substitute teacher in partner of M orris Polich the San Francisco Unified

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where he is serving as the resident direc tor of the Stetson University College of Law Autumn in London semester abroad program. H e is also co nducting sabbatical research on international iss ues in ani­ mal law as a visiting Fellow at Cambridge University's L auterpac ht Centre for International Law and as a Jane Yo rk '76 M acC ormick Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. - + M artel's co nstruction Jane York is a retired trial and insurance coverage court judge working part­ practice groups, where she time in the assigned judges represents companies in program, mainly in South the co nstruction industry. Peter Fitzgerald '76 Lake Tahoe. She lives in She is an arbitrator for the Nevada City and enj oys hik­ San Francisco Superior School District's day-care who shows a high degree ing, gardening and riding C ourt and the American program and volunteer of ethical integrity and a her horse . Jane says , "My Arbitration Associa- with SF State's H eadstart desire to mentor younger interest in Southwestern tion, and has se rved as a Program and the Bar fa mily law attorneys. - "I archaeology continues, and judge pro tem in the San Association of San Fran­ am a judicial attorney for I travel there extensively, Francisco Superior C ourt. cisco. Previously, I worked Justice Ming Chin of the especially to Santa Fe." - Rick Seabolt, a partner on a variety of projects in California Supreme C ourt," at Duane M orris' San Afghanistan. M y most says Linda Feldman. "W e Francisco office, was con­ satisfying work was with moved to Napa recently The American College firmed as the A ssociation C atholic Relief Services, because my husband of Construction Lawyers of Business Trial L awye rs helping set up a preschool became chief deputy named Deborah Ballati N orthern C alifornia Sec­ program in the Panjshir dis trict attorney of the president-elect. She will retary. This typically leads and Kapisa provinces." - county." - Professor Peter serve as the first female to service as the A ssocia­ The San Francisco Food Fitzgerald is spending president of the organiza­ ti on's president four years Bank appoi nted John the 2010 academic year tion next year. D eborah is later. - "I participated in Koeppel chairman of in the United Kingdom, a partner in Farella Braun the G aza Freedom M arch the board. - Bob lesh completed a one-year term as the chair of the Certi­ fie d Family Law Special­ 1066 Foundation President ists Executive Committee fo r San D iego County, Basil Plastiras '75 writes, "I continue my and is serving out the last real estate and professional liability practice year of his second three­ while serving as president of the UC Hastings year te rm as an elected 1066 Foundation, and co-chair, with Ronnie member of the Executive Committee. H e received Caplane '75, of our reunion committee (save the Mike Shea Award in the dates: October 1-2!). " 2009, given annually to the an Diego attorney

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writes Donald Costello. "I am the founder and president of the Million D ollar Advocates Forum, a national organization of approximately 4,000 of the top trial lawyers in the country. I have also recently taken up auto racing." - John Herlihy is a media­ tor, arbitrator, and discov­ Rick Seabolt 7 5 ery referee at JAMS in San Michael Obrand 73 and family Jose. John retired from last December, in which the Santa Clara County Spring 2010 Conference. performing arts producer." a group of nearly 1,400 Superior Court at the end She serves as a mediator - Lynne Rogers Feld­ marchers from over 40 of 2009, after serving over for the Court of Appeal, man moved to San Diego countries caravanned across 29 years on the bench. He First Appellate District and last summer and opened the Sinai Peninsula toward continues to teach at Santa the U.S. District Court for an immigration law firm Gaza," writes Aria Ertz. Clara University School of the Northern District of with her son, Jason, who "We marched side-by-side Law and recently served California. - "Through my is a graduate ofUC San with thousands of resi­ on an MCLE panel for the company, Lawye rs in Tran­ Diego Law School. H er dents of Gaza. I also had employment section of the sition, I conduct career con­ daughter, Lauri, graduated the pleasure of marching County Bar. - "I retired sultations with lawyers who from Columbia University with such distinguished from Ernst & Young after are not happy with their and is working for the New participants as Pulitzer 31 years, the last five of work," Hindi Greenberg York Federal Reserve and Prize-winning author which I was deputy general says. "I do outplacement studying for the LSATs. - Alice Walker, 85-year-old counsel of Ernst & Young work for law firms and "I continue to enjoy retire­ Holocaust survivor Hedy Global in London, advising spea k around the country ment in Carlsbad with my Epstein, and President of the global management to Bar Associations and wife, Catherine," writes the U.S. Center for Con­ on litigation and liability law schools. I was fe atured John Thomas Swan. stitutional Rights attorney reform," writes Gene in the cover story ofJanu­ Michael Ratner." - Larry Erbstoesser. "I trav- ary 2010's California Bar Guy Sage is a retired eled to countries as varied Journal. I live in Nevada Michael Obrand is judge and retired infantry as China, Russia, India, City and am president of pleased to announce colonel. Japan, South Africa, Chile, the board of the Cen- that his son, Jesse David the Maldives-a great ter for the Arts, a maj or Obrand, was admitted to chapter with which to end the California Bar and is Mike Freed is transition­ my Ernst & Young career. I joining his father to open ing from an active litiga­ am now a special litigation the Obrand Law Group tion practice in H onolulu counsel with PIMCO in in Dana Point. - The Bar to becoming a winemaker Newport Beach and live in Association of San Fran­ at a 24-acre vineyard Long Beach. I am active in cisco gave Sandra Blair, a operated in the Umpqua the Association of Cor­ certified fam ily law special­ Valley, Oregon, by Mike porate Counsel." - Judy ist, an Award of Merit and his wife, Pam. Mike Mazia served as a judge in for bei ng an outstanding says, "We hope to have the fin als of the American member. She completed a our tasting room open this Bar Association National three-year term as chair of fall." - "I have been a trial Representation in Media­ the Arbitration of Attor­ lawyer for 35 years, now tion Competition at the ney-Client Fee Disputes Hindi Greenberg 74 located in San Diego," ABA Dispute Resolution Committee, where she

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Clara University School Republic for more of the of Law, where I have been same ... wish me lu ck!" since 1975," writes Cynthia Mertens. "I also frequently serve as a consultant and Paul Supnik was named expert witness in real estate a Southern California matters. I completed my Super Lawyer in the field first sprint triathlon two of intellectual property. - years ago and came in third "I served on the 2009 Task in my age group (and yes, Force of the State Water there were more than three Resources Control Board to successfully reform the Sandra Blair '73 Cynthia Mertens '72 competitors). I enjoy my family, exercise, traveling, $250 million Underground issued orders interpreting Group breakfast in June, hiking, reading and many Storage Tank Fund," says the rules and codes govern­ and the Levy and Ehlinger other activities." - Gerald James Arnold. "I am also ing the program. She also managers conference in Scatena received an LLM, continuing with Hast- wrote the new 2009 chapter September. Tom was magna cum laude, in inter­ ings alumni mentoring." - on same-sex marriage for reelected to the Hastings national law from Loyola Peter Buxtun writes, "My California domestic part­ 1066 Foundation Board Law School in a joint pro­ friend and his horse, Bill, nerships. Sandra and her and was selected as a Super gram with the University dressed up as Santa and longtime partner, Carol, Lawyer in construction of Bologna. - "The Fresno visited a low-income neigh­ were married in 2008. - litigation. County Board of Supervi­ borhood in South Carolina John Pearson, a retired sors adopted a resolution last Christmas, where they U. S. Bankruptcy judge proclaiming me as the for the District of Kansas The American Bar Associa­ county's current photo and a former designee to tion Section of Taxation laureate," writes Howard the Bankruptcy Appellate has elected John Barrie Watkins. "I am donating Panel for the 10th Cir- vice chair of communica­ my 200,000+ photographs cuit, joined the law firm tions. - Ernest Krause to CSU Fresno." - William of Adorno & Yoss. As a says, "I am semiretired in Sells says, "After over 30 partner in the firm's credi­ Sacramento, handling work­ years of criminal and civil tors' rights, bankruptcy ers' compensation cases." - litigation practice, service and secured transactions "I continue to lead the excit­ in the Army JAG Corps department, John par­ ing, challenging and fulfill­ and work as a Rule of Law ticipates in leading complex ing life of a law professor adviser in Afghanistan, I'm bankruptcy matters for and academic dean at Santa going back to the Islamic Paulette Janian Melkonian '71 clients across the United States. His expertise includes debt restructur­ ing, workouts, bankruptcy reorganization and complex Clash of the Torts Titans litigation. - Tom Miller has been in big demand Dennis Coupe '71 remembers, "In my freshman year, I had the renowned Professor lately in the Bay Area, as William Prosser for torts. A local TV station arranged a forum in our classroom that a featured speaker at the featured a debate between Prosser and attorney Melvin Belli. After the moderator Executive Council of Hom­ introduced Belli as 'The King of Torts,' Prosser jumped up and shouted, 'If he's the eowners luncheon in April, the High Rise Condo King of Torts, I must be the God of Torts.' Needless to say, there was no love lost l\1anagers San Francisco between the two." l\1anagers Information

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had a parade and gave the children in the community Call Him Anything But Demure ca ndy. W e eac h do what we can to bring Christmas to Lawrence Rosencrantz '70 recalls, "In addit ion to being brill iant, Professor Will iam those who love us." - "I am Prosser was a demanding teacher. During his first lecture, he informed us that t he fully retired and enj oying word was 'd e mu rrer,' not 'd emure.' Despite the admonition, several students used the life ," says Dennis Coupe. "I am grateful for my good wrong word and were sternly corrected by Prosser. Many days later, during the recita­ fortune, and I wish as much ti o n of a case, o ne of my classmates noted t hat 'the defendant demured.' Suddenly, for others." - Michael t he student , who was high up in t he 10th row, was enveloped in a cloud of wh ite cha lk Case, a founding partner d ust . Prosse r had hit t he poor miscreant dead on with an eraser he threw from his of Ferguson Case Orr & Paterson, a fir m on the podium. Needl ess to say, t he 'demu re' mistake was not repeated t hereafter." Central Coast of Califor­ nia, was named a Southern California Super Lawyer and highlighted in the firm as the oldest business in International Relations rate and business disputes. Pacific Coast Business T imes in Selma. - Jay Knight from the Fletcher School H e was a founding partner as a leader in professional joined the Los Angeles of Law and Diplomacy at at M cQyaid Bedford & services . Michael special­ offi ce of Jac kson Lewis to Tufts University in Boston, Van Zandt, before joining izes in business and real head up its West Coas t where he was selected by H anson Bridgett in 2008. - estate litigation. His son, employee benefits prac tice . his classmates to give the Hal Small has been named Robert, is a 2001 graduate - "I sold my company and commencement address. a Super Lawyer for the pas t of H as tings. - Readers of retired in 2006," writes H e continues his family law three consecutive years. H e the Selma E nterprise and Steven Lowe. "We live in practice in M arin County was also named one of the K ingsburg R ecorder, news­ Salt Lake City during the while seeking employment Top W ealth Managers in papers in Fresno County, summer and San Miguel in Europe, where he can use San Diego County in 2007 voted Paulette Janian de Allende, M exico, dur­ his Russian language skills. and 2010. Melkonian the Best of the ing the winter. W e have Best attorney. The senior three grandchildren and partner of Shepard Shepard have been very fortunate. A partner in H anson Wally Upton writes, "The &Janian, Paulette was T ravel is a passion. Life is Bridgett's San Francisco big news is that I married interviewed by Channel 24 wonderful and fascinating, offi ce , Neil Bardack Patricia Hibbard in M ay!" KFSN television, as part and I have only good and focuses on unfa ir competi­ of the Central Valley Today interesting memories of tion, technology, securities, program, featuring the law Hastings and San Fran­ fiduciary fraud , and corpo- John Haapala is retired cisco." - Alan Melnicoe from litigation and retired in 2005 as a partner continues to practice as a at H oge Fenton Jones & mediator. Appel in San Jose, where he specialized in technol­ ogy law. H e now teaches "It's hard to believe it has a seminar on co mmer- been two years since I cial contrac t writing at re tired from the Siskiyou H as tings . H e says, "It's County bench; it has gone gratify ing to pass along so fas t," writes Robert some of the skills I learned Kaster. "So many things in my 34 years of prac tice ." are going on, between - Tommie Whitener grandkids, judging in the A /an Me/nieoe 7 1 received a master's degree Robert Kaster '67 assigned judges program

UC HASTINGS 53 and traveling. Next year in civil trial advocacy from chairs the Legal Commit­ we are headed to New the National Board of Trial tee of U.S. Sailing, which Zealand, and las t winter we Advocacy, a charter fellow is the U.S. National Guard visited Vietnam." - Brian with the Litigation Counsel Bureau for the sport of Thiessen is president of America Trial Lawyer sailing. Joseph is a mem­ ofInternational Fellow­ Honorary and a platinum ber of the International ship of Scouting Rotar­ member with The Verdict Sec urity Assistance Force's ians, supported by Rotary Club. - "I've been in my Constitution Committee. International. He travels to 'career change' for over a - "I retired from the Santa India, Canada, the Czech year now and am enjoying Clara County Superior Republic, Central America more flexibility in my life. I Court after 24-plus years and the Caribbean, while continue to have a counsel Marv Kaye '65 and am affiliated with maintaining a law practice association with my Costa JAMS in San Jose," writes in Alamo. Mesa real estate, corpo­ Jack Komar. "I was rate and tax firm, Garrett despite some marginal honored to receive the DeFrenza Stiepel," says parenting. I keep in touch National Center for State Leslie Nichols retired John Garrett. with a few classmates, and Courts 2009 Distinguished after more than 25 years most are reasonably lucid. Service Award." - Beverly of service as a Superior Memories of the 65 Club O'Brien has resided in Court judge in Santa Clara Harold Robinson III grow ever fonder." - "After Austin, Texas, si nce 1969. County. Lincoln Law writes, "I have retired to balancing two careers for She has one daughter and School of San Jose con­ Squaw Valley, where I am many years, I retired from two grandchildren. Her ferred Leslie the degree of a ski bum during the ski the Los Angeles District husband, Michael, is a H onorary Doctor of Laws season and a travel guy in Attorney's Office and have retired pathologist whose in recognition of extraor­ the summer. Life is good." co ncentrated on my passion first young adult book, A dinary service to human­ - Jerry Williams writes, as a registered investment Few Good Greek Myths, is ity, and the Santa Clara "I am flirting with the adviser," says Marv Kaye. available on Amazon. County Trial Lawyers idea of retirement, but am "Kaye Capital Manage­ Association gave him its still trying civil cases of all ment has been recognized Lifetime Achievement types. I still surf, ski and for the past nine years by Notre Dame De Namur Award. He remains active mountain bike on the many Bloomberg Wealth Manager University honored Joseph in ChiefJustice Ronald trails in Peters Canyon near magazine as one of the top Cotchett, a founding George's assigned judges Irvine Lake. My oldest son, wealth managers in the partner of Cotchett Pitre program. - "I have been Rod '95, is an assistant city nation." - Joseph Melino & McCarthy, with its happily practicing family attorney in New Have n. has an active solo litiga­ Community Spirit Award. law since 1967 and intend My other three children tion practice in San Jose. The Daily Journal rated to continue to do so for are successful professionals H e is a lifelong sailor and him as one of the Top 100 another 10 to 15 years or until they stop coming," writes Anthony Dick. "Adding to the pleasure of One Outta Three Ain't Bad my practice are my fabulous wife of 41 years, Janet, Richard Turrone '65 writes, "As many alumni will remember, Dean Snodgrass said and my great law partner, to our first-year class, ' Look to your left, look to your right- only one of the three tephen James W agner." of you will be at graduation: His prediction proved true. I used to tell my classmate, - Gu y Kornblum has law partner and colleague, Jack Komar, that I have always been grateful that I didn't been named a Northern California Super Lawyer sit next to him on that memorable day." for the past three consecu­ tive years. H e is certified

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lawyers in Califo rnia, and a two-week trip with his wife and I just celebrated "I was on the fo ur-year Super Lawyers named him grandchildren during the our 50th anniversary, and program at H as tings, so I one of the Top 10 Northern summer, and they visited we are greatly enjoying went through my first three C alifornia lawyers. Joseph national and state parks in spending time with our years with the class of ' 58 chairs Se nator Boxer's Califo rnia, O regon, W ash­ granddaughters." and attended the 50-year Advisory Nomination ington, Idaho, Montana, reu nion with my wife, Pat," Committee fo r the Central W yo ming and Nevada. says Frank Kim . "She District of Cali fo rnia, and H e writes , "Life is good in Robert Field writes , "I was a graduate student at he also serves on a number Sacramento, and all 1963 left my partnership in Stanfo rd while I was at of boa rd s around the state. graduates are welcome to W alnut Creek 10 yea rs ago H as tings. W e celebrated visit for a free lunch." to become a neutral arbitra­ our 50th wedding anniver­ tor and mediator. I will sary last August. W e were Bruce Belding was the retire this December after married in H ong Kong president of the C ollege of "Janet and I now have 50 years of practice . I look right after graduating from Commercial A rbitrators, an two grandchildren, the forward to more time for law school. G reat things invitation-only commercial newest being a grandson the Tahoe cabin, traveling, happen at H as tings!" arbitration organization. named Ethan who is nine and my four grandkids." During his tenure, the C ol­ months old," says Terry lege conve ned a National Dempsey. "He and his "Believe it or not, I am still Summit on Business­ older sister, Emma (3), Ronald Rouda was named prac ticing, although not to-Business Arbitration, make us ve ry happy grand­ Best Lawyers 2010 San as long or hard as in my focusing on complaints that parents. I am working part Francisco Personal Injury younger days," writes David commercial arbitration was time in the District C ourt Litigator of the Year. H e Friedenberg. "As they say, becoming too costly and and rece ntly was appointed writes , "Only one lawyer in 'old lawyers never die, they was taking on too many by G overnor Plawlenty to each prac tice area in each just lose their appeaL'" hallmarks oflitigation. the State Boxing Board." - community is honored as They formulated protocols Eric Schneider is a visit­ Best Lawyers 2010 Lawyer to help reduce costs and ing professor at USF School of the Year. They earned Raymond Levy is still delays in arbitration. Bruce of Law. H e previously high levels of res pect prac ticing law in San Fran­ also developed an educa­ taught at Santa Clara Uni­ among other leading law­ cisco. H e writes , "I am as tional program for entry­ versity, where he directed yers in their prac tice areas busy as ever! " level arbitrators, Managing the SCU Summer Abroad and communities for their Your First Arbitration, and Program in Turkey, and abilities, their professional­ worked on the second edi­ was a visiting professor at ism and their integrity." Betty Falk writes, "I am tion of Th e College of Com­ H as tings in 2002. Eric also pleased to report that my mercial Arbitrators' Guide to served as a professor and elder granddaughter passed Best Practices in Commercial interim dean at the Univer­ the California Bar and has Arbitration. - Jim Hage­ sity of Baltimore School of been servi ng as law clerk to dorn sits as a temporary Law from 19 81 to 2002. - a federal judge. I attended judge in small claims court, "I am the executive director my yo unger granddaugh­ hearing arbitration matters of the California Insurance ter's commence ment and and settlement confer­ G uarantee Association and watched her receive a ences . Jim writes , "M ost the president of the State School of E ducation Mas­ of my time involves the Compensation Insurance ter of Marriage and Family beautiful game of football Fund," writes Lawrence Therapy. As a 92-year-old (the real football, which is M ulryan. "Now, in my alumna, I still support UC referred to as soccer in the 'retirement,' I serve on a H as tings!" U. S.). I play on four teams number of boards and do and am an offi cer in one volunteer work with G uide of the leagues." H e took D ogs fo r the Blind. M y Pat and Frank Ki m '58

UC HAS TING S 55 What did you learn at Hastings that is still relevant today? I was lucky to learn from the 65 Club profes­ sors. They were tough taskmasters, but the fact that I succeeded taught me that I could tackle difficult challenges, a fact that has benefited me through the years.

How has the recent health care reform changed the game? Unintended consequences are becoming ap­ parent as the legislation takes effect. If stu­ dents under 26 stay on their parents' plans, what does that mean for student health insurance risk? Resistance is mounting to the original mandate-the centerpiece of the legislation. And employers facing pages of new requirements will be deciding whether to continue to offer health benefits. All of this and more will keep health lawyers busy for the next decade as the federal government fills in the legislative gaps.

What advice do you have for law students who are interested in health law? First, figure out what you envision as "health law." Does it mean providing advice to health insurance plans? To hospitals and doctors? Or working in health policy? In any event, to be a successful health lawyer, you must first address the complex regulatory environment, and then you can be an asset to your clients.

Who has been a source of inspiration throughout your career? On my first day of orientation at Hastings, Mary Kay Kane was introduced as a new professor. She went on to become academic dean and then was selected as dean while I was a board director. Her integrity, discipline, dedication to academic excellence and love of Hastings have been an inspiration to me.

What is your favorite getaway? To relax, I love escaping to our vineyard home in Healdsburg . CHALLENGE o « w

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