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HASTINGS 1 - 15 - LETTER TO ALUMNI HASTINGS' STARS OF LIBERTY Dean fary Kay Kane reports on the This August marked the 75th anniversary of College's scholarly /Jublications. 8 the 19th Cons titutional Amendment extending to GERALD POSNER: BIGGER THAN American women the right to vote. LIFE AFTER LAW SCHOOL Two Hastings alumnae starred in the movement Alumnus Gerald Posner ('78) uses his -by Mae Silver. 2 Hastings' Law Review experience to BOARD NOTES research conspiracy theories, Chinese Triads and Mengele New Leaders for -by Judy Lane. Board of Directors and - 16- Hastings 1066 Foundation. LEOP 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION LEOP participants , past and present, - 10- comment on LEOP's success at the ALUM SERVES AS PRO BONO anniversary celebration. 3 LEGAL ADVISOR FOR ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR FLEDGLING DEMOCRACIES Marvin Sussman , recipient of this Mary Noel Pepys ('78) tells what it's like to year's prestigious volunteer as a liaison in Bulgaria for the Alumnus of the Year award American Bar Association's Central and - 18 - -by Judy Lane. Eastern European Law Initiative. SCHOLARSHIP TEA Photo scrapbook of some of the donors and recipients who attended the 4 - 11 - eighth annual Scholarship Tea. FOUNDER' S DAY 1995 Do You HAVE A JOB .. . Highlights of two lectures on reforming That would be appropriate for a the justice system that were delivered at Hastings student or graduate 7 - 21 Hastings by ABA Executive Director, HASTINGS' JUDICIAL CLERKS Robert A. Stein. A listing of Hastings'recent grads who have succeeded in obtaining highly sought-after - 12- judicial clerkships. HASTINGS' ALUMS LEAD STATE 6 AND COUNTY BAR MATHEW O. TOBRINER 1995 ASSOCIATIONS MEMORIAL LECTURER A visit with the State Bar of California's - 22 Highlights from the Tobriner Lecture President Donald Fischbach ('72) and CLASS NOTES delivered by UN war crimes prosecutor, Executive Director Herb Rosenthal ('60) Justice Richard J. Goldstone, on the topic Catch up on your classmates' activities. of exposing human rights abuses. - 13 - Have we heard from you lately? FACULTy/CAMPUS NOTES An update on faculty activities. Two separate receptions honor the Honorable Melvin T. Brunetti ('64) and ON THE COVER: the Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan. Founder's Day speaker, American Bar Association ExeCtltive Direc tor Robert A. Stein (left) with Prof. Warren Shattuck Alumnus of the Year Marvin Sussman ('50) ami ovember6 , 190 -June 27, 1995. Alumni Association President Dat,id Humiston ('79) (right). HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW NIV ERSITY OF CA LIFORNI A I I AS TI NG'"

Stud ents are se lected for the journals primarily through participa­ ti on in a wr iti ng competition that takes place immediately after finals in May and which is "graded" by third-year student editors. In addi ­ tion, the Hastings Law Journal offers membership to the top three stu-, dents in each of the five first-year sections. Both the Hastings Women s Law Journal and Hastings West/Northwest also accept vo lunteers. As second -year students, journal staff members are required to write a note of pub li shab le quality in order to rece ive academ ic cred it. If the note is pub li shed, requiring the writer to proceed through the variou editorial and revi ew processe , an additional unit of credit may be awa rded. Student members elect their editor-in-chief who, in turn, se lects those th ird-year members who will se rve on the editorial board, effectively running the journal for the year. In addition to the pride we all can share in the fine publications that our students produce, another endeavor which the journals have undertaken in the last seve ral years is the presentation of annual sy m­ posia during the spri ng semester. The symposia typically deal with top­ ics of major current significance in the law. Key scholars, judges, and lawye rs actively in volved in the chosen area are in vited to the College for a day- long Satu rd ay event in wh ich they present and comment on papers that later are published in an is ue of the sponso ring journal dedicated to that top ic. In this way, ymposia foster a real exchange of id eas and , because they in volve li ve presentations, offer the opportu ­ N THE LAST ISSU E I DESCRIBED SOME OF THE nity for fac ulty, students, and mem be rs of the bar to witness some ve ry I exciting things happe ning in our Moot Court program over the li vely and timely debates. These kind of events further enhance last several yea rs. Another area of the College that has had sig­ Hastings' reputation as an institution where cutting-edge iss ues are nificant changes and that also reveals the incredible talent, energy, debated and discussed, and display the wide array of talent we have on and dedication of our tudents is our Scholarly Publicati ons program. the campus. Thus, we are extremely grateful to the Hastings 1066 Thus, I thought I would take this opportunity to describe that program Foundation, which provides an annual contribution to the scholarl y so that you, too, can understand why the faculty and I are 0 enor­ publications, making these sy mposia possible; without their funding mously proud of what has been acco mplished there. we would be unab le to accomp lish so much. Hastings now has six scholarl y publications. The first, and proba­ As you might expect, the organiza tion and management of such an bly most well-known to alumni , is the Hastings Law Journal, which was elaborate event is a major undertaking that requires a significant com­ tarted in 1949 and which publishes six issues per yea r. The second, mitment on the student ' parts. But their enthusiasm and energy lev­ the Hastings Cons titutional Law Quarterly, began in 1973 and , as its els remain high so that this last year four journals actua ll y decided to name sugges ts, publishes four issues per yea r. The third journal is the undertake sy mposia. The Hastings Law Journal spon ored a sympos ium Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (HICLR), which on "The Federaliza tion of Crime," which included many noted crimi­ started in 1976 and publishes four issues each yea r. The fourth, nallaw speciali sts and featured a keynote add ress by United States Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick. The Has tings Constitutional (COMM/ENT), was begun in 1977 and currently produces fiv e iss ues Law Quarterly produced a sympos ium on "Current Problems in State per year. Two journals are more recent ventures. The first is the and Federal Immigration Law" with Daniel M. Kolkey, the Counsel to Hastings Women's Law Journal , begun in 1988, and the second is the the Governor and Legal Affairs Secretary to California's Governor Hastings West/Northwestjournal of Environmental Law and Policy Pete Wilson, presenting their keynote luncheon add res . Hastings (West/Northwest), begun in 1993 . Each of these journals publishes two COMM/E NT produced its now annual "Computers and the Law" issues per year. Symposium, which always draws a large crowd by its focus on key As yo u can see from this list ing, the publications cover a wide iss ues confronting that industry. Finall y, Has tings West/Northwest pre­ array of fields, reflecting the va ried interests of our students and the sented its first sy mpos ium , devoted to issues in the" an Francisco changing needs of the profession for specialized and focused scholar­ Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta." ship. In many ways, the fields identified also are areas of curricular As even thi brief rev iew of journal acti vities reveals, we all can strength, and our faculty provide much helpful advice and support for take great pride in these endeavors. Through their work on the schol­ the students working in these areas . Participation on these journals arly publications, our stud ents are demonstrating their incredible offers the stud ents an important opportunity to further their interes ts range of skill and ab iliti es. Further, their work-product is something and expertise in a particular field. that not onl y demonstrates their talent, but also helps the profession Each journal is run by the stud ents themselves. The College by providing timely and exce llent analyses and critiques of the law. does provide ad ministrative upport, howeve r. We have a Scholarly This is in the best tradition of academe and identifie Hastings as a Publications Coordinator, Albert Kaba, who has expertise in the contributing member to the national dialogue on legal issues. general publishing field and who helps coordi nate matters with the So, be sure to watch for upcoming issues of our journals. They are publishing companies, as well as provides continuing advice and an enduring statement of the intellectual diversity and excitement training to the editors about the publishing process. Albert also has that are at the heart of Has tings today. been instrumental in helping the journals adapt to the possibilitie Sincerely, offered by computerization. We have been able to develop sufficient expertise and spec ialized software programs to allow the journals to produce "photo-ready" copy in computer format. This has reduced the publication costs and shortened the length of time necessary to ~,~:ak~ proceed through the various editorial, gall ey, and page-proof stages. Dean, Hastings College of the Law . ONE ' · . II -\ST I NGS

BOARD NOTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JOHN T . KNOX (,52) was elected Chair of the Board of Directors for Hastings College of the Law to succeed the Hon. Charlene Padovani Mitchell ('77) at the June 16, 1995 Board meeting. Mitchell , the former special counse l to Payne, Thompson, Walker & Taaffe, was appointed to the San Francisco Municipal Court by Governor Pete Wilson. Chairman Knox has se rved on Has tings' Boa rd since 198 1 and is a senior partner with Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott in its San Francisco offi ce. He se rved in the legislature for 20 yea rs, where, among his many accomplishments, he sponsored legislation that prov ided for the reorgani za tion of local government in Californi a, created environmental impac t reports, completely rev i ed the corporation laws, and regul ated medi ca l plans. Legislat ion authored by him includes the Knox - isbet Act, which created the Local Age ncy Formati on Commi ss ions; the District Reorga ni za ti on Act of 1965; the Corporate ecurities Act of 1968; the McAteer-Petris Act, which establi shed the an Francisco Bay Conse rva tion and Development Commi ss ion in 1969; the Kn ox- Keene Health Plan Act of 1975; the Municipal Orga ni za tion Act of 1977; and the Nonp rofit Corporati ons Law of 1978. Over his years in the legislature, he served in several capaciti es: peaker Pro Tempore of the Asse mbl y from 1976 to 1980 and Chairman of several commit­ tees , including the Loca l Government Committee, the Tort Liability Committee, the Joint Committee on Open Space Land and the Select Committee on Farm Labor Disputes. His awards include the Bay Area Council En vironment Award and the League of California Cities Distingui shed ervice Award. Knox rece ived his A.B. in 1949 fro m Occidental Co ll ege, where he also se rves on their Boa rd of Trustees. He rece ived his J.D. from Hastings Co ll ege of the Law in 1952 and was admitted to the Ca li fornia Bar in 1953 . He erved as volu ntary Parliamentari an for the California State Assembly and is Chairman of the Boa rd of the Ca li fornia Council for Environmental and Economic Balance. -1:-

HASTINGS 1066 FOUNDATION

Va leri e A. Fontaine (' 79) , ne wly elec ted Pres ident of the Ha tings 1066 Foundati on, with Treasurer Thomas Van Voorhis ('59). Other offi­ cers not shown incl ude First Vice Pre ident, Barry A. chulman ('64); econd Vice President, Alfred M. K. Wong ('64); ecretary Ed wa rd M. Digardi ('47); and Counsel tephen D. Bomes ('71). The Ha ti ngs 1066 Fou ndation ra ises fun ds to help provide upport fo r tudent scholar hip, the loot Court program, cholarl y pub li cations, fac ulty re earch ass istance , and student se rvices. In addition, the Foundati on raise fu nds to help support the annual Marvin J. Ander on Lectures hip and the Attorneys General Forum. Both program were televi ed this yea r on C- PAN. For more in fo rm ation about the Has tings 1066 Foundation, please contact Founda tio n Director uzanne Need les at 415/565-4621. -J:-

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ALUN1NUS OF THE YEAR: MARVIN SUSSMAN by Jud y Lane

OR A SECON D* TIME IN HASTI NG ' RECENT HI TORY, THERE I LI VING Fproof to dispel that tiresome myth about the un pleasant nature of nat ive New Yo rke rs. Enter in to evidence 1995 Alumnus of the Year, Marvin Sussman ('50). Born and raised in New York, Sussman moved across country after se rvice in the Navy to attend UC Berkel ey, from which he dropped out in order to attend Has tings. At that time, Has tings did not require an undergraduate degre for admi ion. He grad uated from Has tings in 1950 and was admitted to the Ca li fo rnia bar the foll owing yea r. He returned to UC Berkeley, where he earn ed an A.B. in 195 1. "Superb! Exce ll ent!" we re Suss man' instinctive comment about the kind of ed uca ti on he rece ived at Has tings. "What I enj oyed most were the 65 Club professors. They loved to teach and had the ab ility to ex plain law in practical, as we ll as th eoretica l, terms. They made the tu dy of law understandab le and fun ." He has been admitted to prac ti ce in Cali fo rni a, New York, the United tates upreme Court, and va rious federal district and appea ls court . His expe rience includes se rving as an associate and partner with Lehman, Rohrlich & Solomon (1 95 1-79); of counse l for Gel berg & Abrams (1 979-87) ; partner with Golenbock and Barel! (1 98 7-89 ); and , fin all y, to Mandel & Res nick, where he currently se rves as of counse l. Di pelling another myth that those who do don't teach, Suss man certainly does and shares his wealth of know ledge on a regul ar basi -a an adjunct ass istant professor of Corporation Law at New York Law School and a lecturer at the Practising Law Institute. He is author of text material on Article 5, "Corporate Finance of Business Corporati on Law," Whi te on New York Corporations, 13th edi tion. Desp ite his hec ti c schedule, ussman continues to pl aya major ro le in the contin­ ued success of his alma mater. "Obviously, I have a special bond with the sc hool or I wouldn 't have tayed in vo lved fo r 0 long. Li ke my fellow [Hastings 1066 Foundation] Trustees, I'm just trying to give back a small measure of what I received. " He has more than returned the favo r. ussman has committed yea rs of service and support to Has tings Co llege of the Law, including erving as an active member of the 1066 Foundation Board of Trustees, as a Class Agent, Alumni Advisor, and as one of the initi al and continuing bac kers of the extremely successful Attorneys General Forum serie. In addition, each yea r, he and fellow Hastings alumnus J. Martin Obten ('66) perso nall y host the Incoming Students Reception for New York area students. The personal attention he and Obten offer each student has become sy nonymous with the uniqueness of the New York Chap ter. "One piece of advice I would give current students who intend to seek employment with law firms is Marvin Sussman is to try to ge t good grades, understand legal subj ects, do legal research, and participate in ex tra-curricul ar surrourul.ed by family ac tivities such as law review and Moot Court prog rams. That's the only way to get a job with a good law members who traveled to firm, unless yo ur father-in-law knows a partner. You don't ge t hired on your looks. This applies equall y if join him and the rest of you're going to [prac tice] solo, or if you plan to be a trial attorney, where personali ty and technique some­ the Hastings community tim es outweigh scholarship." in celebrating his award His philanthropic nature is not limited to Has tings. He volunteers as Director and Secretary­ presentation at the Treasurer of the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund and as Director of the Bruce Hunge rford Memori al Alumni Luncheon on Scholarship Fund. He is also counsel to the Alumnae Assoc iations of the Mount Sinai Hospital School of Founder's Day, Nursing and the Bellevue Schoo l of Nursing. March 3, 1995. He has thoroughly enj oyed the prac tice of law and was afford ed the unusual opportunity in mid -career to change fields. He started out as a corporate lawyer and , after 20 yea rs, changed to wills, trusts and es tates because of changes in his firm 's practice. "It was like beginning a new career," he said . On hand to surprise and toas t Sussman as Alumnus of the Year at the Founder's Day Luncheon on March 3 were nea rl y 30 of his relatives who traveled from all over the country to attend. This kind of response is not surprising to those of us who know this truly gentle man. Among his colleagues and the Hastings community, he is known for his kind , generous and upportive good nature. Marvin Sussman is clea rly the epi tome of "outstanding, " as defin ed by anyone's criteria for Alumnus of the Yea r. -l;.

*For the curious among you, your beloved and humble Alumni Director was the first. ]wly Lane is the Director of Alumni Relations

- - T HREE - FOUNDER'S DAY-Reforming the Justice System: f () ()6 Obstacles and IJ J Opportunities. .

Hastings celebrated its 117th anniversary birthday with two lectures on reforming the justice system on Founder's Day, March 3, 1995. Gues t lec turer Robert A. Stein, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association and fonner Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School, presented an overview of iss ues surrounding tort refonn legislation in his Marvin J. Anderson Lecture, w hich is funded by the Hastings 1066 Foundation . For his Founder's Day Luncheon address to Hastings alumni, Stein's topic was criminal justice refonn. The Marvin J. Anderson lecture, which focus ed on civil justice reform, was nation­ ally televis ed on C-SPAN, March 3, 1995. Highlights of both lectures follow.

FOUNDER'S DAY LUNCHEON: REFORMING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ".... We have locked up more perso ns in prison than any nation in human history, and ye t we still have the highe t crime rate in the worl d. "Recentl y, we reached the mi le tone of hav ing one million pri soners in this country! Think of it! One out of every 260 Ameri cans (including all those who are infants and those who are in nursing homes )-one out of every 260 Americans-is in prison. What an eco­ nomic was te! And what an economic burden! More importantly, what a human was te and tragedy .... "We must also recognize that our oc iety has changed rad ica ll y in recent years. The types of crimes the current criminal justice sys ­ tem was des igned to addre are not the crim es burde ning the system today. The methods utilized for allocating reso urces within the sys­ tem have not changed although the need fo r resources have altered. Those entering the criminal justice y tem today differ significant­ ly fro m pas t ex peri ence. "The ABA's report noted that' . . . the publi c once looked to the criminal ju tice sys tem to deal with a few 'bad apples' in the com­ munity. Today's citi ze ns are a king it to protect them from their families, fri ends, acquaintances and strange rs.' "Clea rl y, these facts indicate that change i necessary. We must reevaluate the sys tems, procedures and the allocati on of resources that have served well enough in the past bu t fa il to meet current needs . . . . " ------COM MUNITY-BASED COALITIONS ------"Many communities are taking positi ve ac tion to add ress the problem. For example, in 1990, the Baltimore Bar Association created a committee to in ves tiga te the drug crisis and it impact on the justice sys tem in Baltimore . The committee found that: 1) 85% to 90% of all felony prosecutions were for drug or drug-dri ven offenses; 2) 55 % of all murders were drug- related; 3) 80% of inmates in Maryland pri ons had a history of drug abuse; and 4) over 70% of the prison population had se rved previous priso n entences. Clearly, they noted, there was a link between drug abu e, crime, and rec idi vi m-yet no drug treatment programs existed in any city or state detention center. "The Committee recommended that a communi ty- based coalition be established to dea l with the continuing problems associated with drug ab u e. The Coalition was created in 199 2 with the main objecti ve of reducing the demand for controlled substances by creat­ ing comprehensive prevention, intervention, treatment and after-care services. The Coalition ha ca lled for the creation of a drug court that will de fl ect quali fied defenda nts fro m the correc ti ons sys tem into treatment programs.... " ------HABEAS CORPUS REFORM " ot every proposal fo r change, however, is deserving of our support. I would like to comment briefl y ... about a bill currently wo rk ing its way through Congress which would significantly revise our fe deral habeas corpus law.... "The argument that cap ital puni hment, ince it is irrevocable, deserves stricter adherence to procedural safeguards has not carri ed the day with the Ameri can people. The noti on that it is incum bent upon a civili zed society to make judicial procedures for capital pun ­ ishment funda mentall y fa ir, nondiscrim inatory, and non-arbitrary, ha not sa tisfi ed a public that i fru strated and fri ghtened by the vio­ lence that is occu rring throughout thi country. "What tarted out as legi lat ion meant to streamline and expedi te habeas corpu case has suddenly turned into an attempt to la rge ly elim inate habeas corpu altogether. ... "Rather than adopt the pendi ng bill , Congress should enac t something along the line of the comp ro mise bill that was con idered la t year. Among other provisions, that bi ll contained a provision on counsel in tate court (in death penalty cases) that: (1) enco urage the tates to use a "counsel authori ty" to elect qua li fied lawye rs to repre ent cap ital clients; and (2 ) specifie at lea t mode t standards for the lawyers 0 appointed. "Any bil l enacted shou ld include a clear statement that the fede ral court should exercise their independent judgment as to what the law i , and not defer to state courts a decision on fede ral constituti onal claims. We shoul d not have 50 different interpretations of Constitutional law. "The enactment of the pending legi lation wou ld mean, tragica ll y, that some innocent people will be wrongly impri oned or even put to death. Last month, the pro ecutor who handle Georgia' death penalty ca es e timated that the tate courts make mistakes in forty percent of [he capital ca e they consider. A rece nt study publi hed in the Stanford Law Review reports that at least 23 innocent people have been executed in thi country over the last century.... "

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MARVIN J. ANDERSON LECTURE: CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM

NE DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK VERY HARD TO FI ND EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS WIDE-S PREAD O dis atisfacti on with the operati on of our civil justi ce sys tem, We see consta nt and continuing references in the med ia and in pu bli c discourse about a 'li tigation explos ion,' fri volous laws ui t , outrageou Iy hi gh damages awa rds, and sp iraling case loads that have produced court dockets with yea rs of de lays, , , , "Many of the popul ar complain ts abo ut the civil justi ce system center upon a relative ly few areas: abuses of the discovery process, concerns about the fa irness of joint anJ several li ab ility of defendants who acted independen tl y, and complaints abo ut excessive da mages awards-especiall y in the areas of punitive da mages and noneconomic da mages. Two subs tantive areas of the law that have been si ngled out fo r particular criticism are the product li ab ility area and the hea lth ca re li ab ili ty area , , , , "The bar itself has recogni zed the problem of discovery ab u e, A 1988 Ameri can Bar Association editori al stated: The day i fa t approaching-if it is not already here-when litigators will not try ca es; they will just discover each other to death .... Discovery affects how the public, and cli ents, see trial lawye rs. Few aspects of litigation are more criticized than foot­ thick interroga tori es and endl ess depos ition, And who can doubt that discovery is a main cause of the e calating cost of law- sui ts.... "The American Bar Association has opposed caps on noneconomic damages, reasoning that would onl y penalize the mo t severely injured plaintiffs. Plaintiffs with slight injuries could receive their entire awa rds. "My purpose is .. , to demonstrate what a remarkabl e time we are in when our sys tem of civil justice, a sys tem that I be li eve is fun ­ damentall y sound, is under a level of intense scrutiny seldom experi enced in this country. This prov ides an unprecedented window of opportunity to make needed im provements as part of the necessary continuing process of reform of our justice sys tem."

• Facts vs. Assertions in the Tort Reform Debate

"This opportunity requires that those concerned about our legal sys tem take the lead in examining the fac tual bas is fo r criticisms of our civil justice sys tem, and in distinguishing those criticisms which have a factual bas is from those which do not. A recent Ameri can Bar Association report sought to prov ide a fac tual analys is for some of the asse rtions that have been made in support of tort reform . "For example, the asse rtion has been made that there is an ex plo ion of litiga ti on in this country. It ha been asse rted that with 20 million new civil lawsuits fil ed each yea r, state courts are overburdened with tort cases. "In fac t, the most recent fi gures, which are for 199 2, showed 19. 7 million new ci vil lawsuits filed in state courts, or about 21 per­ cent of the total filings for the yea r. Of the to tal case load of 93.8 million, traffi c (and other ordinance violation cases ), criminal and juvenile cases are responsible for the remaining 79 percent. Of the civil cases, the vas t majority are small claims, do mestic relations, estate, and contrac t matters. Tort cases, other than those fil ed as small claims, make up less than nine percent of the civil case load in the state courts, and Ie s than two percent of the full caseload . . . , "Another asse rtion frequently made by advocates of reform is that the federal courts are being overrun by products li ability cases. "In fac t, there were 230,509 civil suits fil ed in federal courts in 1992 ; product li ability case filings accounted for only 5 percent of the to tal-hardl y an indication that these cases are overrunning the federal courts. The General Accounting Offi ce, in January 1988, reported that the so-ca ll ed 'litiga ti on explos ion' was, in fact, largely accounted for by a sharp increa e in federal filings for one product: asbestos , ... "Let me cover one more asse rtion - that punitive damages have grown dramatica ll y in both frequency and size in recent years. "In fact, a stud y by the Roscoe Pound Foundation of product liability ve rdicts found onl y 355 punitive damage awards in the state and federal courts during the 25-year period ending in 1990 in personal injury cases. Of those, asbestos- related cases accounted for approx imately 1/4 of the awa rds. When as bestos ca es are excluded, the frequency of the punitive damages awa rds ac tuall y decreased fro m 1986 to 1990, .. "

• Legal Services Corporation, the Model for the 'New' Government

"The American Bar Association has identified support for the Legal Serv ices Corporation as one of its highest legislati ve pri orities.,. "I wo uld sugges t to you that the Legal Services Corporation is the model for the 'new' government many peop le are crying out for-small , decentralized and highl y effe cti ve , When Pres id ent Nixon and other conservatives envisioned the Legal Services Corporation back in the earl y 1970s , they saw a program that contained many of the elements which people are searching for in making government 's maller' in the 1990s, For example: a small bureaucracy in Washington; grants that are made directl y to local communities; local boa rds that se t their own prioriti es for lega l se rvice programs; federal money that is 'leveraged' to raise additional state and local resources; and funding that create a model priva te/public partnership between legal services lawye rs and the pri va te bar. "The Legal Services Corporation helps to keep many of our communities fun ctioning-prov iding a venue for resolving disputes peacefull y and efficiently. Onl y about one of ten matters handled by legal services lawyers ever resul t in court actions. , .. "I as k you to do all that you can to prevent further erosion of access to justice. A sys tem in which justice is unava ilable to the poor is not a sys tem of justice for America. The threat is great; and the time is short. Please do what you can to help ass ure that 'equal justice under law' is a reality for all Ameri cans. .. ." .:t-

For the complete version of the above lectures, contact the Office of College Relations at 4151565-4615.

F I V E ' IlASTINGS .

MATHEW O. TOBRINER MEMORIAL LECTURER: JUSTICE RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE

Justice Goldstone's three -day visit to the campus created a flurry of activity. Here he is shawn celebrating at a special reception for the Tobriner Committee . Shawn in the photo above are (Left) Justice Goldstone and (right) the Hon . Thelton E. Henderson. In the center is Vernon Grigg, who clerked for both. Justice Goldstone also met with The photo to students, faculty, and the press, and visited the the left shows Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities Mrs . Rosabelle at th e Berkeley campus. Has tings arranged for him R. Tobriner to meet with the World Affairs Council of with Justice San Francisco and his presentation there aired Goldstone. January 30, 1994 on KQED-FM.

In August 1994, the UN Security Council appointed Justice Richard J. Goldstone, a South African judge who had just recently been appointed to that country's new Constitutional Court, to head the prosecution of suspected war criminaLs from Yugoslavia. Support in the Security Counc il for his appointment was unanimous. In ovember 1994 , the Security Council named him to an additional post-chief prosecutor of the United Nations' Rwandan War Crimes Tribunal. His U appointments reflect Justice Goldstone's international reputation as a human rights activist, earned when he was appointed to chair the peace­ keeping structure for the South African National Peace Accord in 1991 . The commission, which has become known throughout the world as the Goldstone Commission , conducted investigations concerning the causes of political violence, a major obstacle in South Africa's trans ition to nonracial democracy. Its reports and recommendations earned wide acceptance from all sides and have had great influence on the formation of the newly emerging government of South Africa. At the time of his TobTiner lecture , Justice Goldstone was setting up his offices at The Hague and preparing to announce the Balkan tribunal's first indictment , to be filed against Dusan Tadic , a Bosnian Serb accused of torturing and killing Moslems at a death camp in 1992. His lecture was pan of the memorial lecture series , created in the memory of California Supreme Court Justice Mathew O. To bTiner. Following are highliahts from the]anuary 1 , 1995 lecture:

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EXPOSING HUMAN IGHTS ABUSES

"I N THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY MANY COUNTRIES HAVE moved from repressive regimes to democratic governments. . . . There was one problem com­ mon to the emergent democratic societies: the problem of how to deal with those former leaders and their collaborators who were responsible for past human rights abuses .. .. "This first international tribunal [the International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] had clearly not been established in order to try the persons who were at the bottom of the chain of command responsible for violations of international humanitarian law.... It was determined, therefore, that we should indict only those who were the most guilty and against whom sufficient reliable evidence was available .. .. . It was decided further that, having regard to the enormity of the offenses, the worst known to humanity, the people who planned and ordered the commission of the crimes were more guilty than those who were ordered to commit them. "The problem is that witnesses to the events and available documentary material concerning them are not sufficient to establish who ordered them. A paper trail such as that which assisted the prosecutors at Nuremberg has not been discovered in respect of the former Yugoslavia. Collaborators have not come forward to inculpate their peers, let alone their commanders. It was decided, therefore, initially to investigate indictments against regional leaders who could be posi­ tively identified by victims and other eye witnesses. "The investigation by my Office into the violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia is the most extensive criminal investigation ever undertaken. It is made all the more difficult by reason that the war has been ongoing in Bosnia .... "The task of the Prosecutor in the case of Rwanda is less complex than that in relation to the former Yugoslavia. Events in only one country during one calendar year are involved and the perpe­ trators are known. The evidence to establish their guilt must be sought. One can immediately investigate the criminal conduct of the former regime, many of the members of which have left Rwanda and are in other African and some European countries. For that reason, in particular, it is appropriate that an international tribunal should have been established. Without one, there is a greater likelihood that the perpetrators of a genocide would not be brought to justice. "Any country ignores grave violations of human rights at its peril. The larger the number of victims, the greater the risk of hatred and revenge becoming a cancer which will lead sooner or later to civil strife. The manner in which the violations are handled, whether perpetrators are pun­ ished, lose office or are granted indemnities, are issues which will depend on political considerations which will differ from country to country. Whatever the solution, the international community does have a direct interest. That is the consequence of the recognition since the Second World War of crimes against humanity. That is the moral and legal underpinning for international criminal jus­ tice. The international community has an additional interest in that internal civil strife invariably has serious consequences for neighboring countries and especially so in respect of refugees. " .. . .There is only one means of ensuring that genocides and crimes against humanity will cease, and that is by having an effective and efficient deterrent-the punishment of those who abuse power, especially state power, against innocent men, women and children. In short, interna­ tional humanitarian law must not remain purely an aspiration. It must become an enforceable and universal reality."

The full text of Justice Goldstone's lecture will be printed in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Spring 1996). Copies may be ordered for $10 each. Contact the Scholarly Publications Office by telephone, 415/565-4816, or by FAX, 415/565-4814 . .::t-

The next Mathew O. Tobriner Memorial Lecture, scheduled for November 6, 1995, will be delivered by Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst for National Public Radio, columnist for the Christian Science Monitor, and former CBS television news correspondent .

. SEVEN ' H A TI G

GERALD POSNER: BIGGER THAN LIFE AFTER

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HEN ASKED WHAT A DVICE HE HAD FO R CURRENT STUDENT , Hastings alumnu Gerald Posner ('78 ) simply offered, "Don't over specialize. Gerald Posner, Pursue a ge neral approach. I was confident that I would only have an antitrust practi ce , author of and look at me now." CASE CLOSED: Look at him now, indeed. He is a full -time inve tiga tive journalist and author of five Lee Harvey Oswald books. The latest, Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assass ination of JFK (Random and the H ouse, 1993 ), is con idered the definitive answer on who killed ]FK. Assasination of JFK While the Conspiracy Museum of Dallas , which claims "Kennedy was killed with a (Random House; poison dart from a gas- powered umbrella in a coup d'etat by Washington offi cials," pro ba­ September 1993) bly isn't interested in what Posner has to say, the U.S. Senate was . This critically acclaimed work has thrust him into the limelight. He testified before Congress and was one of three finalists for the Pulitze r Prize in history. In addition, U.S. News & World Report published a special double- iss ue on the book, touting it as " ... brilliant ... finally prove who killed Kennedy," and producer Dav id Wolper is now preparing a three-hour television movie based on the book. o just how does a nice Wall treet lawye r end up burying conspiracy theories in the grassy knoll once and for all ? In Posner tyle, "I did a little investigative work myself to uncover what I could on this intriguing man. " Posner was born and raised in San Francisco, where he attended St. Ignatiu High School. Early on, Posner knew what he wanted to do. He wanted to practice law and began preparing himself in high school by competing in speech and debate tournaments. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Berkeley (cum laude) in 197 5 and graduated from Has tings in 1978. O ne of the yo unge t attorneys ever hired by C ravath, Swaine & Moore, Po ner left his home of San Francisco for New York. "After two years working for one of the lions of Wall Street, I decided that I wasn't crazy about practicing for a large law firm but loved New York." In 1980, he and a friend opened the Law Offices of Po ner & Ferrara, for which he remains of counse l. Within a few year , the course of his life changed fore ver. He ag reed to donate his time to a case involving an Auschwitz survivor who was seeking damages aga inst West G ermany and the Mengele family. "While I couldn't personally relate to the persecution these people suffered, I grew up in an accepting home and open-minded city. Intolerance is foreign to me." Though the suit went nowhere, Posner was all over South America. These years of re earch and extensive investigations resulted in the critically acclaimed Menge le: The Complete Story (McGraw-Hill, 1986) .

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He thought at first that he would actuall y find Mengele still alive. Instead, he found that others were wrong about Mengele's whereabouts. He li ved out the remaining years of his life in Braz il , where he died of a stroke in 1979. Posner also came across details on a seri e of horrific experiments Mengele conducted on men, women and children in concen­ tration camps. "[M enge lel is the embodiment of the cientist completely devoid of humanity. I wish he were stillliving-!'d place him on trial. He got away by dying." Posner never forgo t that experi ence or the victims who first approached him for help year before. He donated 20 percent of his royalties from the book to the survivor group. During thi research , he was a si ted by an unlikely source of information, Mengele's son, Rolf. H e shared none of his father's views but all of his personal papers and diary with Posner. This led to the talk how circuit for Posner and, years later, the publication of Posner's fourth book Hitler's Children: Sons and Daughters of Leaders of the Third Reich Talk About Themselves and their Fathers (Random H ouse 1991). Back to South America for a moment. While uncovering the Mengele mys tery, Posner met two Corsicans living in Paraguay who had N az i contacts. While they we re not much help about Mengele, they unwittingly prov ided him with the bas is for his next book. The men told Posner that the C hinese were taking over the heroin business from the Corsican and Sicilians. Together with his wife, Trisha, with whom he now collaborate, he traveled to 19 countries to expose the multi-billion dollar underworld empire of Chinese Triads and their control of the international heroin market. Following publication of Warlords of Crime: Chinese Secret Societies-the New Mafia (McGraw-Hill, 1988), the FBI admitted that Chinese syndicates had overpowered the Sicilian mafi a and taken control of 80% of the American heroin market. Disney/Touchstone studios has purchased the movie rights for the book. To take a break from the exhaustive research required for his non-fi ction work, Posner embarked on fiction. In 1989 he published his first novel, Bio-A ssassins (McGraw-Hill), an espionage thriller involving germ warfare, which has been optioned for a motion picture. For this project, Posner underestimated the amount of research required for such a technical and detailed subject. Without the expected respite, Posner found himself immersed in even more documents, personal interviews and hours tucked away in research libraries. "My law review experience at Hastings, first as a contributor and then as associate executive editor, was a great introduction to the extensive research and writing I do on a regular basis now." Posner has written numerous articles for national and international magaz ines on sub­ jects including an investigation into the 1989 explosion aboard the U .S.S. Iowa, synthetic narcotics, and Pete Rose's problems with gambling. He is a regular guest on N ati onal Public Radio, "Charlie Rose," 'Today," "Larry King Live," "Donahue," and CNN, in addi­ tion to serving as an on-air consultant to both ABC and C BS news. He credits Trisha with keeping him sane throughout his often overwhelming projects. "As I near deadline, I start to get nervous. I think! won't make it. She calmly reminds me this is what I say each time I get to this point and that I have always made it. Of course, she's right. So I calm down. Then she says, 'Now, get back in that room and keeping writing!' She's great," he beamed. He is currently working on a book about Ross Perot and third party politics due out next year. "But, anything can happen by then," he exclaimed. "From experience, I' ve learned that if yo ur finished product looks anything like the original book proposal, something's wrong. The discovery and investigation process brings out all sorts of new information and, if yo u're doing it right, the focus has to change as you go along." Obviously, this theory also applies to personal profiles on antitrust attorneys for an alumni magaz ine. -±-

Judy Lane is the Director of A lumni Relations . .. NINE' H AS T! G

ALUM SERVES AS PRO BONO LEGAL ADVISOR FOR FLEDGLING DEMOCRACIES

HAT WOULD MAKE AN ATTORNEY GIVE UP A YEAR' W income from her San Francisco practice to li ve in a former ommunist country? Mary Noel Pepys ('78) explai ns why she did ju t that when she accepted a position as a CEELlliaison to work pro bono in Bu lgaria for one year. (CEELl is the acronym for the Ame rican Bar Association' Central and Eastern European Law Initiative.) "I never thought I wou ld see the demise of communi m in my lifetime. How cou ld ocieties reared with a belief in Marxist ideology sudden ly hove one political system aside fo r the emergence of a new one? How could millions of people, accustomed to state guarantees of housing, food, emp loyment, medical care and even vacations, udden ly ass um e the burden of freedom, taking re pon­ sibili ty for the ir own li ves? Massive legal reform wa essential. New constitu­ tion had to be written. Laws which formerly gave power to the state had to be sacked and new laws drafted covering previously loathsome concepts: private commerce and market economy. How fascinating to participate in the birthing proce s of democracy." Mary Noel Pepys ('78) shows Supreme Court Justice It took her three years to decide, but Pepy app li ed and was accepted in Sandra Day O'Connor the sights during her 1994 1993 to become one of 25 American attorneys who are chosen yea rl y to become visit to Bulgaria. CEELlliaisons. The volunteer work with government official and other leader to foster democratic reform in Central and Eas tern Europe and the New Independent States. Their pro bono efforts ass ist in developing a stronge r and more independent judiciary, trengthening the bar, and enhancing legal education. CEELl ass ists parliaments by prov iding legal a sessments on draft laws or concept papers concerning areas of law not yet legislated. During her year as a CEELlliaiso n, Pepys helped sponsor and organize judicial training seminars. The Bulgarian judiciary has a hi tory of sub ervience to the state, creating a need for judges to rece ive instruc­ tion on how to assert their judicial prerogatives. When Pepys learned that Chief Just ice Rehnquist would be visiting Bulgaria, she arranged for him to deliver the opening add ress for the first seminar. Local and national press coverage of his speech turned a minor judicial training seminar into a national event, inspir­ ing other judges throughout Bulgaria to begin organizing their own seminars. Pepys says, "There is increas­ ing momentum for continuing education of judges and lawyers, and CEELl has ass isted leaders in all branches of Bulgaria's legal profession to establish a non-governmental orga niza ti on to provide long-term education and training." Pepys also had the opportunity to meet often with the President of the Bulgari an Bar Association She was able to help him secure a grant from the U.S. Democracy Commission to produce a newsletter for all members of the bar. Under communism, law schools were controll ed by the government and their curriculum was limited. New Bulgarian University Law School, formed as an alternative to the state-run Sofia University Law School, wanted to e tablish the first American-style law rev iew in the country. The director of the law stu­ dents approached CEELl to provide ass istance. Pepys, who met with several second-year law students to discu s the formation of the law review, sa id, "Many of the students were intimidated by the writing compe­ tition. Because Bulgarian law students take oral exams and are inexperienced in legal writing, many lacked self-confidence and feared the prospect of failure. After a heated discussion of whether the law review was too elitist fo r Bulgarian law students, they agreed on the writing competition. " With everything now in place, the students hope to produce their fir t law rev iew within a yea r. Through CEELl ' efforts and sup­ port, New Bulgarian Law School received funding to support the first four issues of the law rev iew from the U.S. Democracy Commission. In addition, Pepys was asked by several judges to help draft a code of judicial ethi cs . he was approached by a group of lawyers, unfamiliar with the private practice of law, seeking training on law practice management, emphas izing client relations and billing. Members of Parliament asked CEELl for ub tantive review of draft law. Ministry bureaucrats requested information on U .. laws concerning is ue such a international adoption procedures, civil rights, property management and state regulation of education.

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Pepys adds that she was not working alone. C EELI li aiso ns receive ass istance from the professional lega l staff in the C EELI Washington, D.C. offi ce and also from hundreds of attorneys throughout the U. . who pro­ vide pro bono legal advice. C EELI also sends legal speciali sts to host countries to work on specific areas of law for peri ods ranging from a few weeks to several months. Hav ing completed her yea r in Bulga ri a, Pepys returned to Has tings Coll ege of the Law to enj oy the 1995 Founder's Day ac tivitie . peaking informall y about her CEELI ex peri ence, he says she found the work "utterl y fasc inating and challenging. " he al 0 spoke of inconve niences. Everything had to be done through in terpreters. It was cold, and heat­ ing wa not central to her apartment building bu t to the city, whi ch decided what month and whi ch days it would be turned on. Las t November was bitterl y cold, with only a few days of ava il able hot water or hea t. "Life is a trade-off," she sa id . "Ye , there we re some unpleasant and, at times , un bearable inconveniences, but I was willing to forego crea ture comforts for what became an opportunity of a lifetime." Pepys fo und the experience so rewarding that she vo lunteered for another /)1'0 bono ass ignment as a Jud ic ial Reform Legal peciali st and is now in Latvia for one yea r. "My experi ence was highlighted by the opportunity to work with such vibrant and intellige nt people who are committed to democrati c reform . The road to democracy is a long process and will require yea rs of hard, dedi cated work. There is tremendous need for U.S. support in these emerging democracies. C EELI is currently active in 18 formerl y Communist countries: Albani a, Belarus, Bulga ri a, Croati a, the Czech Republi c, Estoni a, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs tan, Latvia, Lithuani a, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russ ia, Slovaki a, and Ukraine, and will soon be as isting Bosni a and Uzbeki tan. Since its inception, C EELI has sent 83 liaiso ns and 11 9 legal spec ialists abroad."

Liaisons receive reimbursa ble expenses consisting of one ro und-trip air fare to the host country, monthly rental, a small monthly stipend and an even smaller reimbursement for medical insurance.

If you are interes ted in learning more, you can contact Kamala Mohammed, Director, Liaison and Legal Specialists, of CEELI at 1800 M Stree t, N.W. , Suite 200 South , Washington, D.C . 20036-5886. CEELI 's telephone number is (202)3 31-2619 and the fa x number is (202)862-8533.

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ELEVEN .. H A T I NG .

~ . ~. ~ ! f HASTINGS' ALUMS ::-, ., LEAD STATE AND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATIONS

by Susan Piper

CI) t: :::J U Q; VER THE YEARS, A LARGE NUMBER OF HASTINGS CI) CI) gradu ates have helped shape the lega l profess ion in California as :::J O ex: o leaders of bar associations at the loca l, county, and state level. A '0 .c the list to the left demonstrates , seven of Hastings' fin est pre id e over Cl. California county bar a soc iati ons this yea r. At the State Bar of California, there has been a double connection: Donald Fischbach (,72) , President for State Bar of California President 1994-95, and Herb Rosenthal (,60) , who has served as Executive Director since 1967 . Donald Fischbach ('72) (left) with "We might have had different ex periences because we attended Has tings at different times. I was State Bar of California Executive there during the peak of the 65 Club," noted Rosenthal. "The 65 Club members wrote the books on Director Herb Rosenthal ('60). law and they taught us a lot. They integ rated their teaching with two philosophies: public service th rough the orga nized bar and the idea of fidu ciary responsibility. Some of that did not gel until I started prac ti cing, but it began to make strong sense , particul arly when I started working at the State Bar. " "I came out of Has tings in 1972 when the 65 Club was still prominent, but we were making the transition to faculty who we re more active prac titioners in the San Francisco community," sa id HAsTINGS ALUMS AT Fi chbac h. 'I1IB HEu.t OF CoUNTY "Both the 65 Club fac ult y, who were mas ters of the law at that time, and the prac ti cing lawye rs, BAll AssocIATIONS who gave me prac tical tip , prov id ed a rea l ense of profe sionali m as well as an understanding of lega l ethics," added Fischbach, who prac ti ces medi ca l malpractice defense at Baker, Manock & Jense n in Fresno. He joined the firm fresh out of law school and wa named partner in 1976. LILY M. KIMuRA ('77) While neither Rosenthal nor Fi chbach was particularly active in campus po li tics whil e at Alameda County Bar school, both app reciate the ne tworki ng opportunities ava ilab le to Has tings alums. "There' a natural netwo rking that occurs while in sc hool, and afte rwa rds th at is always helpful ," said Fischbach. "The DAVID E. GUNN ('76) Attorneys General fo rum have been outstanding, not only for the Has tings community but for the state at large. These programs are healthy for tudents and lawye rs and help maintain high standards Butte County Bar of exce llence throughout the profess ion," he sa id. Rosenthal added that the continuing legal edu ca­ ti on programs offered by Hastings also have been helpful. (Edi tor's note: In 1994 the Attorneys RICHARD P. BERMAN ('72) General Forum won Has tings the Awa rd fo r Exce llence in Special Eve nts fro m the Council for Fre.mo County Bar Adva ncement and Support of Education. ) Professionalism is a top priori ty fo r the tate Bar under Fischbach's leadership. "By profe sional­ JAMES E. PARDEE ('48) ism, I mean putting emphas is on civility, knowledge and competence , ethica l behav ior, recogni zing Lassen County Bar the duty to serve the public, consumer protection, and awa renes of the need to represent those less fortunate. Profes ionalism doe not equate with lawye r image, but they do go hand in hand ," JOHN M. CARSON ('67) Fisc hbach sa id . Los Angeles County Bar "Profe sionali m include fulfilling obligations to each other," Rosenthal added. "A number of bar programs foc u on peer educa ti on and mutual ass istance. The bar al 0 prov ides ways it members Scorr L. KAYs ('76) can help each other improve skills, cope with stres , resolve client disputes, and reduce ex pos ure to malpractice claims or discipline charges. Solano County Bar "We believe that if this is accompli hed, there will be greater satisfac ti on within the profe ion, the quality of legal services will im prove, and public confidence will be enhanced," Rosenthal said . THOMAS L. HINKLE ('71) tate Bar Pres id ent Fisc hbach noted that whil e traveling across the country for bar functi ons, "I Ventura County Bar can always say with great pride that I went to one of the top law schools in the country. Never has anyone asked me where or what Hastings is. They know where the school is and what its history is. It has been importa nt to my career as a pri va te attorney and a bar leader."

Susan Piper is an Oakwnd-based writer and public rewtions consultant who frequently contributes co Hast ings Commu nity .

. T W EL V E ' .. HA STI NG S .. i!I'l\,~~ . 1 CAMPUS

PROF. MARGRETH BARRETT published a casebook on PROF. NAOMI ROHT- ARR I AZA was awarded the 1066 Intellectual Property with West Publishing Company in ea rly June . Foundation Faculty Award . She also rece ived a grant fro m the Fund for Labor Relations Studi es for research on worker readju tment pro­ PROF. JO CARRILLO gave a paper at the Law and Society grams in Eu rope. Prof. Roht-Arriaza gave a talk entitled "War Crimes Annual Meeting that will be published in article form for an Indiana and War Crim es Tribunals" for the Holocaust Studie eri es at Sonoma Law Review sy mpos ium on Nationalism and the Law. She also pre­ State Unive rsity. sented her article, "Identity as Idiom: Parall el Doctrinal, Theoretical and Social Conflicts in Mas hpee ," at the Law and Identity PROF. KEVIN TIERNEY will be a Fellow in Res id ence at the Workshop at Boalt Hall. In addition, Carrillo was invited to attend University of Texa at Austin 's Ransom Center, in addition to attend­ the Law and Society Summer Institute at Wellesley College. She ing the May annual meeting of the American Law Institute in attended the Institute this summer as a faculty member and Chicago and the World Law Conference in Montreal in August. His prese nted an article titled "Geographies of Conflict." Carrillo's arti­ commentary on White v. Fireman's Fund was the lead article in the cle will be published along with the other Institute faculty members' March 1995 issue of California Insurance Law & Regulation Reporter. articles in a co llection entitled Crossing Boundaries: Tradition and Transformation in Law and Society Research. PROF. D . KELLY WEISBERG has completed the third edition of Child,Family,Swte: Cases and Materials on Children and the Law, PROF. MARY CROSSLEY presented her paper on co-authored with Robert Mnookin of Harvard Univer ity and "Anencephalic Infants, the ADA and the Child Abuse published by Little, Brown & Co. in May 1995 . Amendments" in April at the annual training conference of the Nati onal Lega l Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled.

PROF. DANIEL LATHROPE has published a supplement to his treati e, The Alternative Minimum Tax-Compliance and Planning with Analysis.

PROF. MELISSA NELKEN graduated in June from the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute as a research psychoanalyst.

PROF. EMERITUS LEO O' BRIEN spent the winter term at the University of Michiga n Law Schoo l where he taught Evidence and Complex Litiga ti on. He is spending the summer teaching Evidence at the Unive rsity of San Diego School of Law before returning to Has tings for the fa ll se mester. He is also the co-author of a chapter on Evidence in the forthcoming edition of Civil Procedure During Trial, published by C. E.B.

PROF. RADH I KA RAO has written a rev iew essay of a book by The Honorable Melvin T. Brunetti ('64) visited the College in April to Professor John Robertson call ed Children of Choice: Freedom and the celebrate the tenth anniversary of his appointment to the United States New Reproductive Technologies. The review essay, entitled "Pro­ Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Brunetti, who Uves in Creation Technology," appeared in the May 1995 issue of the Reno, Nevada, spoke to Hastings students, staff, and faculty Michigan Law Review. In March, she presented a paper at the Wes t on his experiences as a law student, lawyer, and judge. Judge Brunetti Coa t Professors of Color Conference in San Diego. For the summer, (center) is pictured (left to right) with Andrew Herman, Jonathan she was invited and awarded a scholarship to participate in the Hughes, Academic Dean Leo P. Martinez, and Patricia O'Prey. Aspen Institute' Justice and Society Seminar, a two-week seminar The three students, who will graduate in May 1996, will serve as moderated by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun and Judge Brunetti's law clerks during the 1996-97 term. Professo r Norval Morris of the University of Chicago School of Law.

. T HIRTEEN HA"TI G'-'

PROF. WARREN SHATTUCK NOVEMBER 6, 1908 .. JUNE 27, 1995

e were saddened to learn of Prof. Shattuck's death on June 27, 1995 , just a few weeks after his retirement from Hastings . The following is based upon an interview Prof. Shalluck granted to Hastings Community in May.

PROF. WARREN SHATIUCK GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Law School in 1934, a time, he quickly pointed out, when jobs for lawyers were scarce. While working as a Sterling Fellow at Yale, he was offered a job teaching at the University of Washington. In his words, "I took it because it paid $2,800 a yea r, better than the salary of a new practicing lawye r. I guess this mean that I slipped into teaching by the dollar route rather than by inspiration." Warm messages from his former students, which were framed on his offic e wall, proved that many of them were grateful for whatever led him to teaching and into their lives. Down the hall from Prof. Shattuck's former office is the office of Academic Dean Leo P. Martinez (,78), who was once one of Prof. Shattuck's students. He remembers him as a demanding but beloved instructor. "When I was Prof. Shattuck's student, I was baffled by Contracts. With the benefit of hindsight, however, I am able to appreciate how much he was able to teach me in spite of myself. " Another former student, David Kremer ('78), now a partner at Shartsis, Friese & Ginsburg in San Francisco, said, "To this day, I am amazed at how things Prof. Shattuck said will come back to me during my day-to-day practice. It's very unusual to retain information from a first-year law school class for this long. I spend my days with lawyers who went to law schools all over the country, and it is clear to me that the foundation he presented was better than what others received. I am convinced he was confident in his teaching style, and that he knew what he was doing by not carrying out the easy approach in presenting information." The admiration worked both ways. When asked what he would miss most after retiring, Shattuck said without hesitation, "I will miss the tu­ dents, whom I very much enjoy." He added, "I appreciate having been ab le to teach for so many years. Hastings is unique in providing me this opportunity. " As a member of Hastings' revered 65 Club, Prof. Shattuck was able to add 20 years at Hastings to those as a law professor at the University of Washington, where he taught from 1935 to 1973. He remembered having to adjust to Hastings' urban setting. But he felt that the major differ­ ence between the University of Washington and Hastings wasn't so much the campus as the students. "The Has tings students tend to be a bit older and many have had previous careers. I find them particularly interesting. It gives them good backgrounds for working with law problems." Prof. Shattuck himself had a previous career before he entered the University of Washington to earn his BA and J D degrees. He was born and raised in Ruston, Louisiana. After two years of college at Louisiana Polytech, he worked five years for a loan and trust company. In addition to teaching at Hastings and the University of Washington, he had visiting appointments at the universities of Utah and Texas, and Duke University School of Law. He served three and one-half years with Military Intelligence and the Judge Advocate General Department. He said he also enjoyed his part-time consultant's practice, which spanned from 1940 to 1973. Noting the changes he had seen over the years in teaching law, he felt that the most striking was "the grow ing number of women coming to us as students and their ability to compete for jobs, which I think has been great." Prof. Shattuck's survivors include children and grandchildren in Seattle . ..;1;

HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL HOSTS CELEBRATION FOR PROF. RAYMOND L. SULLIVAN

THE HONORABLE RAYMOND L. SULLIVAN, RECENTLY retired from the Hastings faculty, was feted at a reception on January 25, 1995, celebrating the publication of a tribute issue of the Hastings Law Journal dedicated to him. Former and current justices of the California Supreme Court, on which Justice Sullivan sat for more than ten years, former law clerks, Hastings colleagues, students, family, and friends joined to celebrate his long and distinguished career as attorney, jurist, and professor. The speakers included Erin C. Morton (,95), editor-in-chief of Hastings Law Journal; and (pictured left to right) Prof. Joseph R. Grodin; noted legal author Bernard E. Witkin; and Prof. Marsha N. Cohen, who are shown with Prof. Raymond L. Sullivan (far right)at his reception. Remarks from California Chief Ju tice M. Lucas were read in his abse nce . ..::t:-

. FOURTEEN' . II AST I NGS HASTINGS' STARS OF LIBERTY by Mae Silver THIS AUGUST MARKED THE 75TH AN NIVERSARY OF THE 19TH Constitutional Amendment, extending to American women the ri ght to vote. But almost a decade before, in 1911 , California women had already claimed it. In the ques t fo r women's liberty in Californi a, two Hastings alumnae, Clara Shortridge Foltz, 1991 (posthumously), and Mary McHenry Keith, 1882, were stars. Mary McHenry was the first woman graduate of Hastings, newly opened to women through the efforts of Foltz and Laura de Force Gordon in 1879 (Foltz v. Hoge, 54. Ca l. 28 ). McHenry bri efl y practiced law before she married William Keith, a famous California artist, in 1883. Soon after that, she became a pro minent fi gure in Californi a's suffrage movement. Wearing her When she spoke at the 1895 Woman's Congress in San yellow silk Francisco, she was asked by an anti-suffrag ist in the audience, "Who suffrage did the most good in the world, Dorothea Dix or Susan B. boutonniere in Anthony?" Mary McHenry Keith replied, "That is a hard questi on, 1911 , Mary for Miss Anthony isn't dead ye t, but we are inclined to ay that he McHenry Keith Mary McHenry was is doing the most good in the world for if Dorothea labored for the (1882) was "Berkeley's Hastings' first woman insane, Susan B. Anthony is laboring with the insane: those who are mother of graduate in 1881. insanely refu ing to acknowledge that women are an equal force with suffrage". men in political life." (Both pictures California women fought twice for the state vo te, los ing their first campaign in 1896, courtesy of when San Francisco and Alameda defeated women's suffrage. San Francisco's party-town Bancroft mentality included a li vely liquor lobby of producers, proprietors and patrons who equated Library) suffrage with prohibition. After defeat, suffragists withdrew, but not for long. By 1900, suf­ fragist clubs were growing in the Bay Area , including the Berkeley Political Clu b, which was revitali zed by Keith and attracted many UC students. A sizable convention of suffragists met in San Francisco in October, foll owing the 1906 quake, and the fi ght was on again. Remembering the campaign of 1896, the suffrag­ ists assumed that San Francisco and Alameda counties were lost votes and focused their efforts on Los Angeles and the small towns of rural California. The women worked church to church, school to school, club to club, door to doo r, handing out millions of ye llow suffrage handbills. People in little towns finally met "real Text of the 19th Amendment live" suffragists and heard their message. San Francisco working women organized the EQUAL SUFFRAGE Wage Earners' League that stridently sought the suffrage vote in meetings, parades and demonstrations. [Section 1.] The right of citizens Foltz had moved to Southern California, and her work on behalf of women's rights of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States had become legendary. Dubbed "Portia of the Pacific," she served as President of the Vo tes or by any State on account of sex. for Women Club in Los Angeles. Thousands of suffrage letters originated fro m her law [Section 2.] Congress shall have offi ce. power to On electi on day, October 10, 19l1 , 1,066 suffrage precinct worker in San Francisco enforce this and Alameda counties tallied at least 3,000 que tionable ba llots. Desp ite their efforts, the article by next day's newspapers decl ared that suffrag ists had los t their campa ign in the north-again. appropriate But with a state-w ide majori ty margin of 3,587, the work of Foltz and others made legislation. California women citizens at las t. In 1912, Keith became President of the California State Suffrage Associati on and kept working to ass ist all women still seeking their right to vote. Califo rnia women joined ui the franchised wo men of Wyo ming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Washington. The nex t :c>'" year, women of Oregon, Kansas and Arizo na gained the vo te. The potential political power «~ E o of six and one-half million women voters and the 45 electoral votes from the West did not o a: go unnoticed. In addition, the National Woman's Party, a political party with only one >- (; agenda-the passage of the 19th Amendment-put such pressure on President Wilson U; :I: that, in 1916, he finally gave his support to the suffrage cause. o (J While Mary McHenry Keith made history a Hastings' first wo man graduate, she ''"u made history many times over with her unrelenting leadership for suffrage in this state. c: U:'" Clara Folz, in addition to her crusade in the 1911 California campaign, almost single­ c: handedly changed state laws to open the prac tice of law to women. She reminded en'" £;'" Has tings, in court, that it was part of the University of California, which fro m its inception 15 included women and men as students. Both these Has tings alumnae profoundly affected >­ '" the rights of women in California and , as such, advanced women's historic search for their t:'" ::Jo place in the civili za tion of the Wes t. -1:- () Mae Silver writes San Francisco local history, especially those stories time has forgo tten. Material for "Has tings Stars of Liberty" is taken fro m a chapter about politicians in a book, In the Company of Remarkable Women, which Silver is writing about nineteenth century San Francisco women . . F IFTEEN .... HASTINGS .. ..

LEOP (LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORnJNlTY

CELEBRATING 25 RS OF ADMISSIONS INTO Opportunity Program an the accomplishments of its graduates, the April dinner at the Westin Saint Francis Hotel brought together more than 175 In her welcoming comments, Dean Kane said, "The program has become so originally envisione . We all take enormous pride in the successes of our LEOP students are assuming leadership roles in all of our programs, including scholarly ublications, and Moot Court. This year alone, our newly elected student and LEOP students are on the editorial boards of all six of our law m-chief of the Hastings Law Journal is a LEOP student. LEOP students also in both intramural and extramural Moot Court competitions." Following the presented Reader's Theater, which incorporated readings of excerpts from prodi.l photos show some of those who attended the reception before the dinner.

SUlanna Gee ('90) (left) is a deputy district attoTney in Fannington, New Mexico. She said, "I hope LEOP continues to thritle for many years to come." On her right, Lisa A. Wong ('91), a financial consul­ tant in San Francisco, said, "LEOP is a tlery important program and I'm prowl to be part of it." Sherman C. Lee ('89), an attoTney who practices encironmenta11aw with Long & LeW in San Francisco, added, "I'tle met fantastic people through Pictured (left to right) are Monica Rica Becerra with the program." her husband Andres O. Rico ('88), who has a business law solo practice in Sacramento and also works with the Mexican consulate.

SaUy Conneu with hwband Kirft WIseIl (75), Deputy District ~ in San Luis 0IJUp0. ICirIc consider myself tIeT)' fortunate to be part of the LEOP Mary Mack Adu ('83) (left) , counsel to the San Francisco office of the California group. When lleamed of IEOP, it was the first time I'd Public Utilities Commission, said, " It was a godsend! It helped to launch my career. heard of a program based on the premise that economic dUo I hope there will always be a LEOP. " Sharlene L. Holmes ('82), a legal writer for adoontage, not race, is the issue. I wouLI not hIM had the Hancock , Rothert & Bunshoft in San Francisco, added, "It is a tlery good program. opportunity to go to law school if there had not been LEaP. I am tlery thankful. It procided me with a lot." It is a unique program. I am very rrau{ul. " •. • • SIXTEEN' •• . , , , , H AST I NGS,

Priya Baln ('97) (left) said, "LEOP is the most important aspect of my life at Hastings. It's nice to be surrounded by people who krww your real identity at a place as competitive as law school." Annand Der·Hacobian ('95) (right), "LEOP is the best thing that ever happened to me. It has helped me academically. The people are nice. The program helps build self·cvnfU1ence."

Karen E. Kirby ('89) (left) is an insurance defense lawyer with McGlynn, McLorg & McDoweU in San Francisco and has four daughters. She said, "If it weren't for LEOP, I'd be a clerk at Kmart!" Shown with her is Belinda A. Greene ('89) (middle), mother at home, married to Thomas H. Nierww ('88), and Alicia L. Queen (,91), who has a solo criminal defense practice in Berkeley.

,.orAl_.. 0. Torric:o ('95) said, "LEOP is a cital part of Hastings. It a.a&rihta 10 clWersky and brings in high caliber people. It feels good 10" here and part of this." To his Tight is Lucia A. Corral (,93), a Marylvn M. Boyd (,87) with Carl L. WiUiams (,73) and s.. FI'CIIICisco FmmdGtion Fellow. She added, "I think it is a necessary Jayne W. Williams (,74) ...... daGt hefIJed me th",."h my fint year of law school." •••• S EVENTEEN' .••

The following Hastings recent graduates have succeeded in obtaining highly sought-after judicial clerks hips .

DALE S. ADAMS DOROTHY L. HINES CARLA M . MILLER Hon. Linda Copple T rout Hon. Ronald Whyte Hon. Cecil F. Poole Idaho Supreme Court U .S. District Court U.S. Court of Appeals Boise, Idaho Northern District of California Ninth C ircuit San Jose, California San Francisco, California ALAN E. BUERGENTHAL (1996) Hon. Alan Norris ERIN C. MORTON U.S. Court of Appeals PETER E. KEUP Hon. Anne C. Conway Sixth C ircu it Hon. Spencer M. Williams U.S. District Court Columbus, Ohio U.S. District Court Middle District of Florid a Northern District of California O rlando, Florida JENNIFER CHEW San Jose, California Hon. Jane Restani STEWART s. PHARIS United States Court of MONICA Y. KIM Hon. David F. now International Trade Hon. Jane Dickson McKeag United States Bankruptcy Court New York, New York U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Ohio (1995-1996 ) Eastern District C leveland, Ohio Sacramento, California NATHANAEL M. COUSINS CARLA PRANDO Hon. F. A. Little, Jr. ALEX C. LAKATOS Hon. Thomas Donnolly U.S. District Court Hon. Mary M. Schroeder New Mex ico Court of Appeal Western District, Louisiana U .S. Court of Appeals Santa Fe, New Mex ico. Alexandria, Louisiana N inth C ircu it (1996) Phoenix, Arizona LAUREN KNUDSEN SCHOENTHALER Hon. A. Wallace T as hima JEAN W. FIELD MICHAEL J. LEVY U.S. District Court Hon. Rick Haselton Hon. Robert P. Aguilar ('58) Central District of California Oregon State Court of Appeals U .S. District Court Los Angeles, California Salem, Oregon Northern District of California San Jose, California RICHARD G. STEELE PETER J. GAL Hon. David M. Ebel Hon. Steven Levinson JESSICA T. MARTIN U.S. Court of Appeals Supreme Court of Hawaii Hon. Norman H. Stahl T enth C ircuit Honolulu, Hawaii U.S. Court of Appeals Denver, Colorado First Circuit Concord, New Hampshire ANNE WINSTON Hon. Samuel Conti U.S. District Court Northern District of California San Francisco, California

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rc mmm" 1995 li"", of "Cia>, mes" is based on items received before Jun e 1, 1995. 1tems received after that date will appear in the fall 1995 issue. If you have news for "Class No tes," send it along in the envelope found in the center of this issue . You may find the form inside the back cover helpfuL

ALVIN P. JACKSON re tired in La Joll a in October 1992 after 60 years of practice in tax and international law. H aving been admitted to practice law in Mexico, his practice included 35 years in Mexico [ C ity. He also se rved as an expert witness Judith Copeland ('74) received the 1995 on Mexican law. San Diego Chapter Alumnus of the Year Award, presented by 1994 Alumnus of the Year Ferdinand Fletcher ('35) at a banquet on April 6, 1995, in San Diego. o WILLIAM F . WHITE of Lake Oswego, O regon, is compiling a book of anecdotes from judges and lawyer who tell of unusual and humorous courtroom HOWARD G . DICKENSON of N apa has encounter . The book will be called The joined the Board of Trustees of the Napa Lighter Side of Practicing Law. White Valley Heritage Fund, a phil anthropic currently has entries fro m most states but organiza tion that upports various arts is seeking stories fro m Iowa, Kansas, and publishing acti vities in the Napa Massachuse tts, Miss iss ippi, Missouri, Valley. He recently retired after 43 Rhode Island, South Carolina, North years of practicing law with Dickenson, Dakota, and Utah. For more Peatman & Fogarty in N apa and info rmation, contact H astings' O ffi ce of St. Helena. College Relations.

A lumni who graduated 45 years ago or more were invited to a special luncheon on A pril 18, 1995. Prof. Tom Barnes, author of Hastings College of Law: T he First Century, was the featured speaker. Pictured (left to right, standing) Prof. Tom Barnes, George Cadwalader ('48), Ben Law (,38) , Robert Jacobs ('40), Robert Davis ('37); (and seated) Philip Adams ('38), John Langer (,34), Mildred Levin (,34), Hanna Ruth Wilber (,33), and Dean Mary Kay Kane.

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CLASS OF '52 CLASS OF '64 HON . FRANK B. CLIFF is a Santa C lara THOMAS R . HANFORD II was se lected County Superior Court Judge, appointed by the Califo rnia District Attorneys by Gov. Jerry Brown in 1978. A profil e of Association as the O utstanding him appeared in the Daily Journal on Prosecutor fo r the Year 1995. H e is a February 28, 1995. JOHN T . KNOX has prosecutor with the Office of the Di trict been named C hair of the Board of Attorney in San Jose. A profile of him Directors for Ha tings College of the Law. appeared in the Daily Journal on March 9, See item in "Board Notes," on page 2. 1995. JOHN S. HERRINGTON became GEOFFREY A . STEEL of Niles is serving C hairman of the California Republi can as an interim C ity Council member for Party in February 1995. His former the City of Fremont. He retired three position include serving as Assistant to years ago as corporate coun el of SRI W hite Hou e C h ief of Staff Jame Baker International. (1 983) and a U.S. Secretary of Energy (1 985-89). He owns Vic Stewart's restaura nt in Walnut Creek. His profile appeared in the Valley Times on Febru ary CLASS OF '54 19, 1995, and the Contra Costa T imes on JERRY L . STANLEY was honored by the the sa me date. HON . JAMES L. Santa C ruz Bar Association with the QUASCHNICK is a Fre no County Rollie Hall Public Service Award . His Superior Court Judge, appointed by Gov. Santa C ruz law practice focuses on Jerry Brown in 198 1. His profile appeared N. Eugene Hill (,61) business law, real estate, estate and in the Daily Journal on December 30, probate law. ANDRE v. TOLPEGIN 1995, and the San Jose Post Record on joined Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, February 23, 1995. GARY T . YANCEY is Flinn, Matzger & Melnick of San the Contra Costa County District Francisco in January 1995 as of counsel. on April 1, focusing on election law, Attorney. His profile appeared in the Los He previously was a partner with Carroll , ballot initiative, referenda, public finance, Ange le s Daily Journal on A pril 12, 1995, Burdick & McDonough and is an and related litigation. He served as an and the San Francisco Daily Journal on experienced toxic tort and environmental Ass istant Attorney General of California April 11 , 1995. ALFRED MUN KONG HON . PETER G . STONE litigator. for 12 years is a WONG was elected to membership in the Santa C lara County Superior Court American Law Institute this past May. Judge, appointed by the Gov. Jerry Brown in 1977. His profi le appeared in the Daily on February HON. CLASS OF '55 Journal 2, 1995 . TAKETSUGU TAKEI is a Santa C lara BRUCE D. WAGNER , formerly a partner CLASS OF '65 in the law firm of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, County Superior Court Judge, appointed ROLAND M . ATTENBOROUGH joined Bentley, W ag ner & Kane, is providing by Gov. Jerry Brown in 1976 . His profile Reish & Luftman of Los Angeles as a services in arbitration, mediation, special appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal partner in 1992 and continues his practice mas ter and trial consultations in San on January 5, 1995, and in the San in employee stock ownership plans and Mateo. Francisco Daily Journal on March 28, 1995. related financing. HON . LOIS HAIGHT HERRINGTON was named to the Commiss ion on Judicial Performance by the California Supreme Court in January CLASS OF '60 CLASS OF '62 1995. She was appointed to the Contra HON . ROBERT A . BARCLAY, who has LAWRENCE E. MULRYAN is the Costa County Superior Court by Gov. been a municipal and justice court judge Executive Director of California Pete Wilson in April 1993 . She had been in Modoc County for 21 years, was Insurance Guarantee Association in in private practice and se rved both as a elevated to the Modoc County Superior Beverly Hills. BRUCE D . VARNER Deputy District Attorney in Alameda Court by Gov. Pete Wilson in March practices corporate and business law with County and, during the Reagan 1995. G resham, Varner, Savage, Nolan & administration, as a White House aide Tilden in Riverside. and head of the President's T as k Force on Victims of C rime. HON . JACK KOMAR is a Santa C lara County Superior Court CLASS OF '61 Judge, appointed by Gov. George KEITH S . FRASER is a director of the CLASS OF '63 Deukmejian in 1985. His profil e appeared Board of California Bancshares Inc., a HERBERT F. SMITH is Executive Vice in the Daily Journal on February 10, 1995. President, Secretary and General Counsel bank holding company. He practices with OLIVER u . ROBINSON h as a solo civil Varni, Fraser, Hartwell & Rodgers in of Avco Financial Services, Inc. in Costa practice i.n Bakersfi eld. His profile Li vermore. N . EUGENE HILL joined the Mesa. appeared in The Californian on January 3, Sacramento firm of O lson, H agel, Fong, 1995. HON. RICHARD C . TURRONE is a Leidigh, W aters & Fishburn as of counsel Santa C lara County Superior Court

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CLASS OF '69 JOHN E . NORDIN II wa h noreJ as the Lo Ange les hapter 1995 A lumnus of the Yea r. He i an Assistant U. A ttorney in Los Ange les.

(left to right) Carl Williams (,73), Fred Butler (,86), Hon. Benjamin Travis ('60), and Dean Mary Kay Kane surround 1995 Chapter Alumnus of the Year Jayne Williams ('74) at the Black Alumni Chapter Awards Reception on February 15, 1995 in San Francisco.

Judge, appointed by Gov. George CLASS 0 ... '67 Deukmej ian in 1985. His profil e HON . ROBERT P . AHERN completed a appeared in the San Francisco Daily term in 1994 as Presiding Judge of the Journal on January 24 , 1995, and the Santa C lara County Superior Court. SanJose Post Record on January 26, 1995. HON . ROBERT M . LETTEAU , who was the supervising judge at the Los Ange les uperior Court, Van Nuys branch , took over the court's Central/Mas ter Craig S. Ritchey ('69) CLASS 0 ... '66 Calendar- Pro bate Department in HON . MARVIN R. BAXTER was January 1995. He was appointed to the honored as the Fresno C hapter's 1995 bench by Gov. Jerry Brown in 1982. CRAIG S. RITCHEY' S practice with Alumnus of the Year. He is a California HON . CHRIS STROMSNESS was re­ Ritchey Fisher Whitman & Klein in Supreme Court Associate Justice, elected municipal court judge in 1994 to Palo A lto includes business litigation appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian the Siskiyo u County Municipal Court, and venture work. The firm recently in 1990. A profile of him appeared in South East Branch. changed its name from Blose, Valentine the Daily Journal on March 24, 1995. & Klein. RUSSELL W . WAYMAN is HON . WILLIAM C . HARRISON , as part Vice Pres ident and General Counsel for of a regular rotation among the seven Storage T echnology Corporation in judges of the Solano County Superior CLASS OF '68 Louisv ille, Colorado. Court, moved from hearing juvenile and BION M . GREGORY serves the pro bate cases in Fairfi eld to hearing California State Legislature in his criminal cases in Vallejo. He practiced eighteenth year as legislative counsel. A in Vallejo fo r 24 year until he was profile of him appeared in Capito l CLASS OF '71 appointed to the bench in 199 1. Wee kly on December 5, 1994. EDWARD JEFFREY M . FORSTER, has formed a ROBERT L . HOUSE was honored as A . MELIA is Secretary, a director, and new firm in San Jose, Forster & Segal. C itizen of the Year by the Salinas A rea tax counse l for A. Levy & J. Zentner The firm concentrates on complex civil C hamber of Commerce in March 1995. Co. in Sacramento. GUY litigation and white collar criminal He i a senior partner in the law firm of ROUNSAVILLE , JR. , is Executive Vice litigation in federal court . Lavorato, House & G ranberg. HON . President and General Counsel of Wells ROBERT T . MATSUI was honored as Fargo Bank in San Francisco. He the acramento Chapter's 1995 received the 1995 Anti-Defamati on Alumnus of the Year. He is a member of League's Distinguished Jurisprudence CLASS OF '72 the U .. House of Representatives. Award fo r his work in promoting civil RICHARD G . BELL is Vice Pre ident HON . LESLIE C . NICHOLS i a Santa right. ROBERT BRUCE STIRLING is a and General Counsel fo r W atkins­ C lara County uperior Court Judge, Contra Costa County Juvenile Court Johnson Co. in Palo Alto. RICHARD appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian referee who was profiled in the Daily H . CHASEN has joined the Office of in 19 4. Hi profile appeared in the Journal on April S, 1995. Fresno County Counsel, where he Daily Journal on February 21, 1995. works with fe llow classmates PH I LLI P S . CRONIN (,72) and HOWARD K . WATKINS (,72) . . . T WENTY F OUR· . •. . C LA SS NOTE S , .

CANDACE J . H E ISLER was elected to or his fund-raising efforts on behalf of the membership in the American Law orga ni za tion, a lega l services advocacy Institute this past May. WILL IAM group for low-income res idents of the ( S C OTTY) S E LLS is a public d fender in Bay Area. JAY N E w . WILLI A M S wa Pacific County, Washington. His profile honored by the Black A lumni C hapter as appeared in the Willapa Harbor Herald on 1995 A lumnus of the Year. She is the February 8, 1995. Oakland C ity Attorney. WILLIAM L . ZILLMAN is Secretary and General Coun el for the Bank of the West in an Francisco. CLASS OF '73 S ANDR A I. B LAIR has been teaching fam ily law practitioners for the Continuing Education of the Bar and the CLASS OF '75 Association of Certified Family Law VICTORIA E. ARMSTRONG recently Speciali ts during the past year in completed her presidency of the reg ional add ition to running her busy fam il y law chapter of the American Busines Law practice in San Francisco. HON. MARK Association. She is currently stud ying R. D A W S O N was appointed a U.S. international law at Trinity Coll ege in ad ministrative law judge with the Social Dublin, Ireland. LILY M. KIMURA was Security Administration and is ass igned recently elected president of the to the Office of Hearings and Appeals in A lameda County Bar Association. She Michael M. lohnson (,76) Hattiesburg, Mississ ippi. JAMES W . wi ll serve a two-year term. She co­ DEDERER is Executive Vice Pres ident, founded the AC BA's family law section. Corporate Secretary and General Her Oakland so lo practice empha izes

Counsel to T ransamerica Life Companies family law litigation, criminal HON . GEORG E C . HERNANDEZ, J R . in Los Angeles. MILTON C . GRIMES misdemeanor cases and some civil was elected presiding judge of the was profiled in a January 23, 1995, Daily litigation. HON . NATHAN D. MIHARA Fremont-Newark-Union C ity Municipal Journal article for representing the family is an Associate Justice with the 6th Court for the term beginning May 15 , of a homeless African-American man District Court of Appeal, appointed by 1995 and ending June 30,1996. shot to death near the White House two Gov. Pete Wilson in 1993. His profile MICHAEL M . JOHNSON was appointed days before C hristmas, and for winning a appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal by Gov. Pete Wilson to the California $3.8 mi llion jury verdict for Rodney King on May 18, 1995. DANNY T . MORIN Fair Employment and Housing in 1994. HON. ROBERT K. KURTZ was has joined Parker, Mills & Patel of Commission for a four-year term. elevated from pre iding judge of the Woodland Hills as an associate handling Johnson, a partner in the Los A ngeles Hayward-San Leandro Municipal Court civil litigation. He was formerly a Office of Baker & Hostetler, chairs the to the Superior Court by Gov. Pete partner with the Beverly Hills law firm of firm's employment law group. He served Wilson in March 1995. H e had been on Doggett, Van Zyl & Morin. JOSEPHINE on the Commiss ion as an appointee of the municipal court since 1986. JOHN E . " JOSIE" T . PARRY is General Counsel, Governor George Deukemej ian from STINCHFIELD i Corporate Counsel, Vice-President, and Secretary for 1987 to 1991. In May, Johnson was Secretary, and a director for The T andem Computers in C upertino. HON. elected C hair of the Labor and Donohoe Companies, Inc. in DOUGLAS K. SOUTHARD is a anta Employment Law Section of the State STANLEY P . Washington, D.C. C lara County Municipal Court Judge, Bar of California. WENDELL C.M. WITKOW is Vice President, Secretary appointed by Gov. George Deukmejian LEE is the chief legal counsel at the San and General Counsel to MAl Sy tems in 1987. His profile appeared in the Daily Francisco headquarters of the Wine Corporation in Irvine. Journal on April 7, 1995. THOMAS Institute. H e, and the position he has STEEL is partner and co-founder of held for the past 14 years, were profiled Steel, C larence & Buckley in San in the February 15, 1995 iss ue of the San Francisco. He was honored for his work Francisco Daily Journal. VICTORIA T . on behalf of plaintiffs in civil rights and MCGHEE is director of litigation fo r JUDITH M. COPELAND was honored as civil liberties disputes by the National Litton Industries, Inc., where she has the San Diego Chapter's 1995 A lumnus Lawyers Guild in April 1995. been a member of the legal department of the Year. She practices probate, estate for 10 years. H er profile appeared in planning and elder law as a solo Corl)orate Legal Times on April 1, 1995. practitioner and chairs the State Bar's ANN M . VENEMAN was named Commiss ion on Judicial Nominees California's fi rst woman Agriculture Evaluation. DENNIS P. GIBBONS is PATRICIA " PIPER" E. COLE was Secretary by Gov. Pete Wilson. She Senior Vice President and Assistant named the first director of public policy served as deputy secretary for the U.S. Chief Counsel for W ells Fargo Bank, N. for Sun Microsystems, Inc. of Mountain Department of Agriculture under fo rmer A., in San Francisco. MICHAEL J. View in March 1995. Prior to this, she President George Bush . LOEB was honored by the Legal Services was the corporation's deputy general Development Collaborative on May 4 counse l.

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GROVER T . W I CKERSHAM focuses exclusively on securitie work, handling smaller securitie ' offerings, mos tly for underwriters, in hi own three-lawyer firm in Palo Alto.

Va1erl4! Fontaine presented John E. ~"i;1I CLASS OF '77 with the Los Anm.!lS'('MIIiI ELIZABETH FRANCO BRADLEY has Alumnus of the formed a partnership, Franco, Bradley & a banquet in Los !artorella in an Diego, foc u ing on Apnl6, 1995. c ivil litigation , bu iness li tigation , environmental litigation , insurance law, products liabili ty, personal injury li tigation, governmental tort litigation , Indian law, appeal and writs, and wills and trusts. WALLACE B . KNOX was elected in N ovember 1994 to the entertainment, intellectual property, and Radical Discipleship , publi hed by Cali fo rnia State Assembly, repre enting employment, and labor law. He ran a solo Orbis Books. Prior to this, Howard ­ the 42nd Assembly District. LESTER J . San Franci co practice prior to the Brooks was a staff lawyer for the Senate MARSTON left hi Will its C ity A ttorney formation of the new firm. O ne of hi Judic iary Committee in W as hington, position in March to pursue a full-time partners is JEFFREY A . BERCHENKO D.C. and later worked as an Ass istant practice of Indian law and representing ('80) . BETTY L. DAWSON has been State Attorney General in Seattle. gaming casinos in many states. His law serving as a commiss ioner for the Merced MATTHEW A . JOSEPH opened hi offi ce is in U kiah . HON . CHARLENE County Municipal Court since she was own Palo Alto firm in January 1995, PADOVANI MITCHELL was named to appointed by the Munic ipal Court in where he will continue his corporate, the San Franci co Municipal Court by 1992. Her profile appeared in the Los business and commercial law practice, Gov. Pete Wilson in March 1995. A Angeles Daily Journal on January 27, serving technology companies in the real es tate litigator, Mitchell had served 1995. BRUCE M . LORMAN ha a new Silicon Valley. LAWRENCE B . Low, as special counsel to Payne, Thompson , solo practice in anta Monica that who was recently appointed by W alker & T aaffe. She left the offi ce of foc uses on bu ines and real es tate President C linton as one of four U.S. C hair of the Hastings College of the litigation, and include real estate, health representatives to serve on the Panel of Law's Board of Directors in A pril , when care, employment and entertainment law Arbitrators of the International Centre she assumed her judicial duties. JOHN matters. CHARLES E. NONEMAN is a for Settlement of Investment Disputes , H. NEWMAN is Vice Pres ident of Legal partner with Cox Castle & Nicholson in specializes in corporate finance Affairs, Secretary and G eneral Counse l Los A ngeles. He recently married Joan transactions with emphas is on financial for Scios N ova, Inc. in Mountain View. Carol Peter of Santa Monica. RANDOLF institutions and Pacific Rim clients J. RICE was elected president of the who invest in U.S. assets and ventures. Santa C lara County Bar A ssociation Law He joined Grah am & James in April Foundation in January 1995 . He is a 1995. HUGO J . LOZA was appointed CLASS OF '78 partner with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, as a Juvenile Court commissioner for ELIZABETH A. BIRD has a 0 10 where he specializes in litigation and the Tulare County Superior Court. He practice in San Francisco, where she labor law. has spent most of his legal career in practices as a State Bar certified Visalia at the Public Defender's Office. specialist in probate, estate planning, GWENDOLYN RYDER POINDEXTER and trust law. HON . DAVID A. CENA is an ass istant city attorney for the C ity wa appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson in CLASS OF '79 of Los Angeles. She is married and has March to the po ition of]udge fo r the KEVIN M . DYER opened his own solo two sons, ages 10 and 7. DONALD J . anta C lara County Municipal Court. practice in New York C ity focusing on PUTTERMAN became a partner at Before taking the bench , h e wa international law (Latin America). Sideman & Bancroft in San Francisco, practicing defense-oriented civil LESLEY MASON GREER has practiced where h e wil l co-chair the firm 's civil litigation as a partner with Popelka, criminal defen e law fo r the pa t 14 year , litigation department. H e has a general A llard, McCowa n & Bondonno in San 7 of them with the Publi c Defender's commercial litigation practice and is a Jo e. MARY ETCHEVERRY CLEMENS Office of Kern County in Bakersfield. fac ulty member at H astings'College of i Vice President (Legal) and C hief WESLEY J . HOWARD- BROOKS, a Advocacy. In addition , he teaches a ompliance Officer fo r W e tern graduate of Seattle U niversity's Institute Moot Court section at Boalt Hall . Investment Real Estate Trust in an for Theological tudies, i the program RICHARD M . SHAPIRO practices Francisco. WILLIAM CORMAN has director of the Intercommunity Peace real property law with teinhart & formed a new partnership in an and Justice Center in Seattle. He Falconer in an Francisco. He is al 0 an & Francisco: Bogatin, Be rchenko recently wrote Becoming Children of God : architect and general contractor. C orman, empha izi ng arts and John's Gospel

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PAUL D . SUPNICK practices entertainment, copyright, and trademark CLASS OF '82 law in Beverl y Hills. He gave R . MICHAEL KASPERZAL, JR., a talk on multimedia producti on founder and Pres id ent of Mountain agreements and clearances at the last View' Disp ute Resolu tion pecialists, annual meeting of the Union was elected to the Santa C lara County Internationale des Avocats, held in Bar Association's board of trustee in Marrakesh, Morocco. January 1995 and will represent the Palo A lto/Mounta in View/Los A ltos district. He also recently was appointed Co­ C hairman of the bar association' CLASS OF '80 altern ative dispute resolu tion se rvice. JEFFREY A . BERCHENKO, who started CAROL B . SCHWARTZ is a real es tate a new law firm , Bogatin, Berchenko & specialist with Carr, McClell an, Corman in San Francisco after practi cing Inge rsoll , Thomp on & Horn in so lo for three years, recently became a Burlinga me and chairs the firm 's State Bar certified tax law specialist. O ne executive committee. JOHN L. WADE of his partners i WILLIAM CORMAN is Co-Chairman and CEO fo r Bi ndco (,78). ROD DIVELBISS has formed a Corporation in Redwood C ity. He co­ new law firm in San Francisco, Divelb liss founded Bindco in 1982. & Di velbiss , concentrating in the areas of construction defect, banking and commercial litigation, as well a property tax matters, employment, trade secret CLASS OF '83 and labor law iss ues. RICHARD A . BERNARD KNAPP is speciali zing in

LELAND, JR. , joined the Zellmer Law THOMAS A. BEVILACQUA , partner in appellate practice with Ladar & Knapp Group of C hico in February, bringing Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, was named in San Francisco following 5 years with with him extensive experience in head of the firm's San Francisco business the California Court of A ppeal. He is an securities, real estate transactions, and and technology group in February 1995. adjunct professor at H as tings . general business law. HARRY A . SHERR His practice concentrates on public and was recently appointed by the U .S. private financing, corporate partnership Attorney General to the position of U .S. transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and Trustee for Region IS, which include securities compliance. Y ACOBA A. Southern California, Hawaii , G uam, and (GREENSPAN) FELDMAN practices in the Commonwealth of the Northern Woodland Hills with Feldman & Mariana Islands. A res id ent of San Feldman, P.c. PROF. ANNA M. HAN is Diego, Sherr's professional emphasis is an associate professor of law at Santa bankruptcy law. MICHAEL R . C lara U niversity School of Law. She also SIMMONDS has formed a new San serves as a panelist and as the Board Francisco firm along with TOMIO B . C hairperson of Diverse A DR, a minority NARITA (,91). T he firm, Wineberg, and women-owned dispute reso lution Simmonds & Narita, specializes in service in San Francisco. LIA P. comp lex business litiga tion, including MATERA' S new mys tery, Des igner antitrust and securities matters. THOMAS Crimes, published by Simon & Schuster, J . UMBERG recently left the California i her ninth published novel. She lives in Assembly and is of counse l to Morrison Santa C ru z. JON Y. NAKAMURA is & Foerster in its O range County O ffice. legal counse l for the Sumitomo Bank of BARBARA M. WERTHEIMER practices California. He was one of nine former in San Francisco with the law and prep stars to be honored by the San mediation offices of W ertheimer & Francisco Prep Hall of Fame in April Wertheimer. ALLENE C. ZANGER is 1995. CAROL S. STEVENSON accepted Vice Pres ident (Public Affairs), the pos ition as Director of Research and Secretary, and G eneral Counsel for G rants for the Center for the Future of Tejon Ranch Company in Lebec, C hildren at the David and Lucille California. Packard Foundation in Los Altos Ray Aver (,83), Los Angeles Chapter following 14 years as Executive Director President for 1995, presented Hope for San Francisco's Child Care Law Kalmus ('88) with a plaque for her service as 1994 Chapter President at Center. WILLIAM W. UCHIMOTO is First Vice Pres ident and General Counse l a banquet in April 1995. MARY ANN AGUIRRE' S firm, Aguirre for the Philadelph ia Stock Exchange, & Associate , is a six-lawyer Modesto Inc. in Ph iladelphia, Pennsylvania. environmental law firm.

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with ju cnilc dependents of the court. Yew is a civil litigator with Robin on Wood in an Jose.

Gregg Hovey ('83) was presented with a plaque for his service as 1994 Chapter CLASS OF '86 President by current Chapter EDWARD R . HUGO, a tat Bar President Kate Bush ('86) certifi ed criminal law specialist, joined at the San Diego Chapter the San Francisco office of Tilly & Alumnus of the Year Awards Graves a an associate. He is a trial Banquet on April 6, 1995. attorney in the firm' product li ability department. HUGH R. Koss i an equity partner with Lillick & C harles in San Francisco. He practices in the firm's av iation and products I iability group. ALLAN E. Low is an as ociate with Sange r & O lson in San Francisco, where he practices real estate and land CLASS OF '84 The Recorder fe atured her as the GILLIAN M. Ross HARRY M . DORFMAN received a Volunteer of the Month. MARK L. use law. was named Fulbright scholarship and will travel to PETTINARI is an intellectual property, partner, in January 1995, with W endel, Portugal in September to spend three antitrust, and commercial litigator and Rosen, Black & Dean in Oakland. he months teaching and conducting has been named partner with T own end practices commercial law and business research at Li sbon's Center for the & Townsend Khourie & C rew in San litiga tion and is a member of the board Training of the Judiciary. He has been a Francisco. CHRISTOPHER G . FOSTER of governors of the California W omen Lawyers. DAVID w. THILL was named pro ecutor for 9- 1/2 years. GARY L . practices law in the area of water rights, of counsel to Brobeck Phleger & NEATHERLI N is a registered financial air quality, endangered species and advisor with American Expre s natural resou rce law, as well as general Harrison in San Francisco in January Financial Advisor in San Francisco, business litigation. He has formed a 1995. He practices bankruptcy law. specializing in financial, investment and new law firm, miland & Khachigian, JAMIE J. THROGMORTON became tax concerns unique to practicing in Los Angeles. managing partner with the Santa C lara attorneys. JUDITH M . MORROW has firm of Hammer, Jacobs & Throgmorton erved a C hair of the Immigration Law in January 1995. She is a State Bar ection of the Bar Association of San certified family law specialist and Francisco since 1993. he is a solo CLASS OF '85 mediator, a member of the State Bar practitioner specializing in immigration JANE C. GABEL specialize in Family Law Section's Executive matter. The March 7,1993, edition of licensing and intellectual property law Committee and Chair of the Board of with the San Francisco office of Fenwick Director for Big Brother /Big Sister of & West. MATTHEW J. GEYER heads Santa C lara County. the litigation department at Landels, Ripley & Diamond in San Francisco. JOHN A . HUGHES, a trademark and copyright expert, was named partner, in CLASS OF '87 January 1995, to T ownsend & CAMILLE K. COOK wa honored by Town end Khourie & C rew in an the Volunteer Legal Servi ces Program of Francisco. Tu YEN DINH LE has the Bar Association of San Francisco for formed Le, Dirksen, Flipse & Doran, the her pro bono work with the Immigrant only international firm with offices HIV Assistance Project. he has a solo throughout Vietnam, Lao, and immigration law practice in San Cambodia. Le is the partner who heads Francisco. TIMOTHY M . DARDEN the firm's international law operations in formerly with the Law Offices of ' Vietnam and Seattle. BARBARA A. Timothy Michael Darden, has become SALERNO practices worker' president and chief executive officer of compensation defense in Reno, Nevada Darden Law Corporation, a general civil with De Graff, alerno & McCarty. and trial law firm in Walnut C reek. Brad Fuller ('83), Second Vice ERICA R . YEW received a community ELIZABETH A . FRANKLIN was Praident of the ALcmni A.uociation service award from the Human Relations appointed in January to become C hair Board of (Jowmors, and daughter Commission of anta C lara County and of the an Mateo County Bar Claire Marie at ehe ALcmni Board of the anta C lara County Board of Association Labor and Employment Qowmor's mudng in HtIwdii in upervisors, honoring her volunteer Section. She is a partner at Carr, }1InfMrJ 1995. work for anta C lara's Court De ignated McCleelan, Ingersoll , Thompson & hild Advocate, which pair mentors Hom in Burlingame.

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CLASS OF ' 90 LESLIE A. BAXTER practices real estate and environmental litigation and land use law as an associate with Humiston ('79), Hallgrimson, McNichols, McCann & of the Hastings Inderbitzen in Pleasanton. GLORIA Association, presented SUNG YUN HA, a partner with g~ltaradi'1I" Faculty Award Hardiman Ha & Olson, was elected Ray Forrester W. president of the Korean American Bar Third-Year Association of Northern California in iaIIII"'rte Reception March 1995. THERESA L. MCCARTHY Alumni b:Y the i with the San Diego office of Baker & on April 13, 1995. McKenzie, where her practice emphasizes was by iarrester selected mergers and acquisitions and securities. HE·niI' tJi.. Class of 1995. GARY FISH REDENBACHER received the Director' Award from the California Department of Social Services for "outstanding service to children ." His Scotts Valley practice focuses on construction law and children's law. JOHN G . HELLER became a partner at KIMBERLY FULLERTON , a solo business the San Francisco firm of Chapman, practitioner, was elected Secretary of the Popik & White in February 1995. He is Barristers' C lub of San Francisco. a business litigator. CHARLES R . GREGORY J. FUREY is with the office CLASS OF '91 OLSON created a new firm in San of the San Joaquin County District JEFFREY A. FELDMAN opened a solo Francisco, Sanger & O lson, pecializing Attorney and is part of their special team civil litigation practice in San Francisco in real estate transactions, land use, and concentrating on domestic violence in June 1994. LEAH SUE GOLDBERG environmental planning. CATHY prosecutions. JORGE C. HERNANDEZ joined McDonald, Ho lland & Allen in (RUSH) TAPPEL practices family law practices criminal law with his new firm April 1995. She works out of the with Gevurtz, Menashe, Lasan & Yates, Aguilar, Carnero and H ernandez in Sacramento and Oakland offices. P.c., in Portland, O regon. Riverside. JULIE H. ROME-BANKS is DEBORAH A. HOROWITZ is a deputy an as ociate with the San Jose bankruptcy public defender with the law offices of the firm of Binder & Malter. VICTORIA L. Los Angeles County Public Defender. VON SZELISKI is ass istant General STEVEN S. KAUFHOLD joined the San CLASS OF '88 Counsel for Ticketmaster Corporation in Francisco office of Sheppard, Mullin, JANE M. HAWKINS was named partner Los Angeles. RICHARD S . WINER is a Richter & Hampton, in March 1995, as a in January 1995 with Jackson, Tufts, Cole real estate specialist with G riffinger, civil and business litigator. & Black in San Francisco, where she Freed, Heinemann, Cook & Foreman in concentrates on real estate matters. San Francisco. SUSAN E. KAYE has formed a new partnership, Kaye • Moser, in San Francisco. The practice emphasizes family law, estate planning and probate. BRYAN E. POWELL joined the business department of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in Portland. He concentrates his practice in real estate and corporate law. DUNCAN H. TAYLOR, JR. is practicing intellectual property licensing law with Discovision Associates in Irvine.

CLASS OF '89 SHARON A. CHATMAN was named Coach of the Century at Long Beach State, where she coached women's basketball for 10 years before she went (Left to right) David Shontz ('84), Carol Fenel.on (,84), John to Has tings. She works in the Office MacKerron (,84), and Denise MacKerron enjoyed the Dean's of the District Attorney for Santa C lara County. Reception, which was hosted by Matt Levitan (,76) at his firm, Salomon Bros., Inc., in New York, New York in April 1995 .

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M I CHAEL J . K I NANE is in private practice in Oakland and au alito and has been en'ing for the past three year on the Board of Consumer Attorneys of alifornia (formerly ali fornia Trial Lawyers As ociation). Kinane and his wife, Patricia Mei Yung Wong Kinane, had a baby boy, Michael Joseph Kai Ming Kinane, in March 1995. TOMIO B . NARITA founded a new an Francisco law fi rm in eptember 1994, Wineberg, immond & arita, specializing in complex business litigation, including antitrust and securities matters. BRIAN F . VAN VLECK is an associate with Graham & James in Los Angeles, practicing employment and labor law. He and his wife, MELINDA LOPEZ (,91 ), had their first child, Ethan, in July of conducts Superi or Court trial. MOONA Cooper in San Francisco. FRANNIE 1994. GREGORY A. ZLOTNICK was NANDI is a Deputy Attorney General in MOK-WANG i a tax assoc iate with appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson to be the C riminal Appeals, Writs and Trials Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and special ass istant for W ater Re ources in ection of the California Attorney also practices immigration law. She is the Office of the Director to the General's Office. STEWART S . PHAR I S editing the Asylum Manual written by Califo rnia Department of Fish and Game ( ee eparate Ii ting of judicial H arvard law professor Deborah Anker. in Sacramento. H e completed an earlier clerkships.) SANDRA L. SMITH i a CINDY M . OAKES i an associate at appointment as the ptogram manager for Deputy Attorney General in the Civil Sheppard, Mullin, Ri chter & Hampton in the Bay-Delta Oversight Council. Division of the Oakland Office. San Francisco. he is active in two Queen's Bench committees and is doing pro bono work for the YWCA. BRIAN D . PETERS is a medical malpractice defense CLASS OF '92 CLASS OF '94 associate with Rushfeldt, Shelley & Drake CR A IG A . BLUMIN i a real e tate CASEY T . BATES focuses on litiga tion in Sherman Oaks. associate with the San Jo e offices of and medical malpractice with Boornazian, Rosenblum, Parish & Isaacs. ELLIOT S . Jensen & Garthe in Oakland. GORDON BLUT and MONICA ARTAVIA BLUT B . BURNS i a litigation associate with were married in eptember 1993. Elliot i Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer in CLASS OF '95 an associate with Kirtland & Packard in Sacramento. JENNIFER CHEW (See DALE S. ADAMS (See separate listing Century C ity. Monica is an assoc iate with separate listing for judicial clerkships. ) for judicial clerkships. ) JUDITH K . Levin, Stein, C hyten & chneider in ISABELLA M . DEL SANTO handles ApPEL is a legal coordinator for the Brentwood. FRANCES T. GRUNDER is personal injury insurance defense Coalition on Homelessness in San a Deputy Attorney General in the litiga ti on for State Farm Insurance in Francisco. PATRICK R. BARRY is an C riminal Law Division in San Francisco. their San Francisco office. SCOTT R. associate with Venture Law Group in He recently marri ed Barbara FERGUSON practices real estate and land Menlo Park. DAVID W. BERRY is an Hammerman. use law with Sanger & Olson in San associate with Brobeck, Phleger & Francisco. REBECCA M . HEINSTEIN is H arrison in Los Angeles. CAROL J. practicing family law with the Law Offices BESS is planning to start a so lo practice of Ruth Miller in San Mateo. MICHAEL emphasizing will , trusts, estates and CLASS OF '93 J . LEVY is a law intern with the Santa medical/legal consulting in Richmond, CARLOS G. ABELA is practicing Clara County Office of the District California. ANDREW J. BOWMAN i an employment law with the California Attorney. Following this, he will begin a associate with Perkins Coie in Portland, Department of Water Resources in year- long clerkship. (See separate listing Oregon. LEE S. BRENNER is an Sacramento. MAXIMINA " KIKO" for judicial clerkships. ) DAVID LOPEZ is associate with C hristen en, White, Miller, F AGA N is one of two in-house counsel to practicing tax law with the State of Fink & Jacob in Los Angele. DAVID S. A tari Corporation, a multimedia systems California Franchise Tax Board in BRUN is an associate with Keesal Young and games developer in unnyvale. Sacramento. MATTHEW E . MAGNER is & Logan in San Francisco. ALAN E. NOBLE J . GRISWOLD owns traight "A" a deputy district attorney with the Office BUERGENTHAL ( ee separate listing for Painters in Benecia, a company that was of the Kern County District Attorney in judicial clerkships.) LISA M . BURKDALL profiled in the April 4, 1995 edition of Bakersfield. CARA K. MASUDA is an is an estate planning, probate, trusts and the Benecia Herald. CHRISTOPHER T. attorney in the business department of estates, and litigation a sodate with Ross, GULARTE i a criminal defense trial Lane Powell pears Lubersky in Portland, Sacks & Glazier in Lo Angeles. attorney with John A. Barker & O regon. DANIEL A. MEISEL is a A sociates in Fre no, where he now litigation assoc iate with Cooper, White &

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DAVID M. CALL i an as ociate with DAVID J. Dow is a labor and SHONDA L. HOLLINGER is working fo r Fennemore C raig in Phoenix, Arizo na. employment law associate with Littler, the Contra Costa County Public ELIZABETH A. SCHALLOP CALL is an Mendelson , Fas tiff, Tichy & Mathiason in Defender's O ffi ce in Oakland. associate with Steptoe & Johnson in San Diego. MATTHEW G. DUDLEY is a KAREN E. HOWELLS is an associate Phoenix, Arizo na. DANIEL CAPONE III graduate legal ass istant for Cal OSHA in with Latham & W atkins in San Francisco. is a law clerk with the Riverside County San Francisco. JULIE A. EMEDE is a MARTHA V . HOWTON is a labor and District Attorney' O ffi ce. NICOLE family law associate with Shivell and employmen t law associate with Fisher & CARSON is an a sociate with McKenna & Associates in San Jose. JEAN W. FIELD Philli p in Redwood C ity. JACQUELINE C uneo in Los Angeles. ( ee separate listing for judic ial clerkshi p.) C. JACKSON is a law clerk/Deputy VERONICA E. FINNERAN is an assoc iate District A ttorney with the Los Angeles with Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney County District A ttorney's Office. JONI in San Franc isco. KATHLEEN FOWLER is S. JACOBS is a labor (union-side ) and an associate with Pennie & Edmonds in ERISA law associate with Davis, Cowell Menlo Park. GEORGE J . P . FROST is an & Bowe in San Francisco. ANNE H . associate with Ho ie, W es, McLaughlin & JONES is a San Jose-based fi eld Sacks in San Francisco. PETER J. GAL representati ve for Assemblyman Dominic (See separate listing for judicial L. Cortese. MICHAEL H. JUAREZ is a clerkships. ) Fo llowing his clerkship, he senior law clerk with the Los Angeles will be an associate with Dewey Ballan tine District Attorney's Office. IRINA M. in Los Angeles. KAREN A. GIBBS is a KAZIMIRSKY is a personal injury securities and intellectual property litigation associate with the law offices of associate with Cooley Godward Castro Boris E. Efron in Atherton. MARK L. Huddleson & T atum in Palo Alto. KURT KEAM is a litigator and prosecutor in L. GOTTSCHALL is a litigation associate communications and administrative law The Hastings Alumni Association with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & with the Federal Communications presented Student Leadership Awards H ampton in Los Angeles. SCOTT J. Commiss ion Wireles Bureau, to members of the Class of 1995, HAUSWIRTH is a litigation associate with Enforcement Division , in W as hington , (left to right, back row) Schramm & Raddue in Santa Barbara. AL D.C. PETER E. KEUP (See separate Guillermo Sohnlein, Bob Alano, HERNANDEZ-SANTANA is an economic listing for judicial clerkships.) MONICA Robert Haga, and (front row) Lesley justice fellow in banking regulation and Y. KIM (See separate listing for judicial Kim, Virginia Villegas, Roxanne Diaz consumer cred it insurance with clerkships. ) CHARLES B. KLEIN is an and ASH President Joanna Madison, Consumers Union in San Francisco. associate with Winston & Strawn in at the annual Third-Year DOROTHY L. HINES will be an associate W ashington, D.C. ALEX C. LAKATOS Champagne Reception. with Fenwick & W est in Palo Alto (See separate listing for judicial starting in the fa ll of 1996 following her clerkships.) GABRIELLE TRACEY judicial clerkship. (See separate li sting for LETTEAU has received a Fulbright SHARLI COLLADA Y is an associate with judicial clerkships. ) MICHAEL B. Scholarship that will enable her to enroll Sheppard , Mullin, Richter & H ampton in HOBSON is an estate planning associate in the LL.M. program with international Los Angeles. AUDREY M. CONWAY is a with Robert H obson in San Francisco. law emphas is at the University of li tigation associate with Thorndal, Backu , Armstrong & Balkenbush in Las Vegas. SHERRILL A. CORRENTI i an associate with Hell er Ehrman White & McAuliffe in San Francisco. NATHANAEL M. COUSINS i an associate with G reenberg, G lusker, Fields, Claman & Mach tinger in Los Angeles. (See separate listing for his judicial clerkship which begins in 1996. ) JONATHAN COVAULT is an a sistan t prosecutor fo r the Oakland County Prosecutor's O ffi ce in W aterford , Michigan . BRADLEY C. CRAWFORD is an associate with Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & T atum in San Francisco. WILLIAM M . CURTIS is an a ociate wi th Rothgerber, Appel, Powers & John on in Denver. MALCOLM D. BALSA members from the class of 1995 (left to right) Larry S. Simon, DONALDSON is a senior clerk with the Kym M. Goodrum, Danielle LOchs-Tillotson, Diane Y. Lewis, and San Diego C ity Attorney's O ffi ce. After Ron L. Taylor at the Black Alumni Chapter Awards Reception in passing the bar exam, he wil l be a Deputy February 1995. C ity Attorney.

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Hong Kong. JOSEPH A . LEV I N is chutte, Fleming & Wright in Honolulu, in anta Rosa. ANNE C. WINSTON ( ee practicing riminallaw defense as a Hawaii. CARLA PRANDO ( ee separate separate listing fo r judicial clerkships.) deputy defender with the Philadelphia listing for judicial clerkships.) LAURA JUSTINE L . WITT is an associate with Public Defender. DIANE Y. LEW I S is an M . RANDALL is an associate with Cooley heppard , Mullin, Richter & Hampton in associate with Morrison & Foer ter in San Godward Castro Huddleson & T atum in Los Angeles. V I CTORIA C . Yu is an Franci co. CR I STY G . LOMENZO is an San Francisco. DAVID H . READ i a associate with Elam & Burke in Boise, assc ciate with Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P in litigation associate with Downey, Brand, Idaho. Irvine. JONATHAN R . LOVVORN is a Seymour & Rohwer in Sacramento. candidate for an LL.M. in environmental ENID Y. RIVERA is a staff attorney with and natural resources law at Lewis and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Education Fund in New York, New York. CHARLENE L. Lu is a tax associate with KEVIN H . ROSE is a litiga ti on assoc iate IN Price Waterhouse International T ax with Hawkins, Schnabel, Lindahl & Beck MEMORIAM Group in San Francisco. JAMES K . in Los Angeles. MARC L. RUBINSTEIN LYNCH is an associate with Pillsbury is an associate with H eller Ehrman White Madison & utro in San Francisco. & McAuliffe in San Francisco. HUSSEIN HON. WILLIAM P. "BILL" BEKO JOANNA M . MADISON i an associate M . SAFFOURI is an associate with Nijhof (,52) with Wampler, Buchanan & Breen in & Kan in San Francisco. KATHERINE Miami, Florida. AARON J. MALO is an M . SALO is a litigation associate with COL.. DAVID C. BYRD associate with heppard, Mullin, Richter Pillsbury Mad ison & Sutro in San ('31) & Hampton in Newport Beach. JESSICA Francisco. JASON D . SCHAUER is an LEO T. CRONIN T . MARTIN (See separate listing for associate with Brobeck, Phleger & ('58) judicial clerkships.) JENNIFER E. H arrison in San Diego. LA U RE N M A YO is an a sociate with Pillsbury KNUDSEN SCHOENTHALER will be an LAURIE L. FISHER Madison & Sutro in Los Angeles. DAVID associate with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro ('80) Q . MCCLURE is an associate with in San Francisco following her federal Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold in judicial clerkship. (See separate listing for JOHN M. HABERLIN San Francisco. PATRICIA JANE judicial clerkships. ) LISA M. SCHULL is ('87) MCCLURE is an assoc iate with an associate with St. O nge, Steward, FRANCES L. HANCOCK Christensen, White, Miller, Fink & Johnston & Reens in Stamford, ('51) Jacobs in Los Angeles. ANTHONY J . Connecticut. MICHELE R . SIMON is an MCCUSKER is an associate with Rutan associate with Li eff, Cabraser & Heimann KEN K. KAWAHARA & Tucker in Costa Mesa. ALICE A . in San Francisco. EULALIA SOTELO is ('61) McTIGHE is an a sociate with Cooley working on a documentary film and Godward Castro Huddleston & T atum in starting a film production company in NANCY A. KRAMER San Franci co. CARLA M. MILLER will San Francisco. RICHARD G. STEELE (,81) be a litiga ti on associate with the New (See separate listing for judicial DAVID T. LoWELJ. Yark office of Morrison & Foerster clerkships. ) FATIMA STEINER is a ('85) following a one-year federal judicial corporation associate with Gordon, clerkship. ( ee eparate listing for judicial A ltman Butowsky , Weitze n, Shalov & THOMAS B. MCGUIRE clerk hips.) ROBERT S. MILLER is a W e in in New York, New York. MATT B. ('56) corporate law associate with O'Connor & SWARTZ is an assoc iate with Wilson, PRESTON A. MIKE Cavanagh in Phoenix, Arizona. TAMIKO Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo A lto. O . MOORE is a law clerk with the JUDITH Y . TANG is an associate with ('75) insurance defense firm of La Follette, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean in JEFFREY I. PERRY Johnson, Dehaas, Fes ler & Ames in San Oakland. ERIC V . TAO is an associate ('89) Francisco. ANN E. MOREHEAD is with H anson, Bridge tt, Marcus, Vlahos & planning a so lo practice in San Francisco. Rudy in San Francisco. ERICA J. NOEL K. REDDINGTON ERIN C . MORTON (See separate listing TEASLEY is an associate with Steefel, ('94) for judicial clerk hips.) JULIE A . MOTE Levitt & W eiss in San Francisco. PAUL HON. JOSEPH A. SPRANKLE, JR. is a li tigation assoc iate with Hawkins, W. THORNDAL is an associate with Schnabel Lindahl & Beck in Los Angeles. Lynch, Loofbourrow, Gilardi & Grummer ('39) MICHELLE R . OAKES is an employment in San Francisco. CHARLENE N. HON. REDMOND C. STAATS, JR. law associate with Bronson, Bronson & TRINH is a legal tax consultant for Arthur ('38) McKinnon in an Francisco. W I LLIAM Andersen Co. in Los Angeles. VIVIEN M. O ' CALLAGHAN is a research/writing M. WEBER is an assoc iate with WILJ.IAM I. SULLIVAN clerk with the San Francisco Superior Stubenberg & Durrett in Honolulu, ('24) Court, Civil Division. STEPHANE M . Hawaii . MARK D . WEIDEMAN is a law JOHN W. YETTER PA R K is an international transactions clerk with Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould (,SO) as ociate with Coudert Brother in New & Birney in Sacramento. JOHN C. York, New York. CHRIS I.L. PARSONS WILLSIE is an associate with Ropers is a litigation associate with Cades, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane

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