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Golden Gate University School of Law GGU Law Digital Commons Golden Gate Lawyer Other Law School Publications 2010 Golden Gate Lawyer, Fall 2010 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulawyer Recommended Citation "Golden Gate Lawyer, Fall 2010" (2010). Golden Gate Lawyer. Paper 9. http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulawyer/9 This Newsletter or Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Other Law School Publications at GGU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Golden Gate Lawyer by an authorized administrator of GGU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Golden Gate LAWYER THE MAGAZINE OF GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW GREAT POWER, GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, UNIQUE CHALLENGES Current and Former Women Chief Justices speak at the 2010 Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture 25989_GGU_lawyer_fall10.indd 1 11/15/10 3:25 PM the millennium society the millennium society karen d. kadushin With an annual contribution of $2,000 or more, you will become a Karen D. Kadushin (JD 77) believes that graduating from the Golden Gate University member of the Millennium Society. School of Law opened many doors. With her GGU law education, she was able to teach Your unrestricted, tax-deductible gift plays a critical role in the success of in three law schools, publish a book, maintain her own law practice, support herself and our academic enterprise. Join Karen others, be active in, and ultimately president of, the Bar Association of San Francisco, and others like her who support the serve as dean of the Monterey College of Law and meet her late husband and love of her mission of Golden Gate University. Call 415-442-7820 for more life, William A. Robinson (JD 64), pictured above. information about becoming a member. “It’s a great pleasure to give to my law school in the Millennium Society. I do it because I can, and because I know it can make a terrifi c difference to GGU law students. Both Bill and I included the law school in our estate plans for the same reasons.” 25989_GGU_lawyer_fall10.indd 2 11/15/10 3:25 PM FALL 2010 ▲ JUSTICE DANA FABE ▲ SECOND ANNUAL CHIEF JUSTICE RONALD M. GEORGE DISTINGUISED LECTURE Golden Gate University School of Law FEATURES Dean’s Advisory Board 9 TEAMING UP FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS CHAIR: HON. LEE D. BAXTER JD 74, LLD 08* Th e Elfenworks Foundation contributes $500,000 to the Women’s Employment Rights Clinic at GGU (Retired) Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco Law to establish Th e Elfenworks Center for Employment Justice. MARK S. ANDERSON JD 89* Executive Vice President and General Counsel 10 AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE Dolby Laboratories Th is year, GGU Law launched the International Women Judges Graduate Fellowship Program. Inaugural MARK E. BURTON JR. JD 95* Fellow Justice Gertrude Torkornoo takes time to share her experiences at GGU and at home. Partner, Hersh & Hersh 12 WOMEN CHIEFS: CHANGING THE FACE OF LAW CAMERON M. CARLSON JD 90* President, Pacifi c Advisory Group At this year’s Second Annual Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture, current and former women chief justices discussed the critical role of women in the judiciary. Th e event included a keynote ROBERT E. CARTWRIGHT JR. JD 82 address by Justice Dana Fabe of Alaska and a panel discussion moderated by Justice Joan Dempsey Klein. Partner, Cartwright and Alexander, LLP CHARLES “CHIP” CONRADI JD 78, MBA 81* 22 2010 NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPER LAWYERS Vice President-Tax and Treasurer, Th e Clorox Company 23 A STRONG START IN LITIGATION DANIEL DELL’OSSO JD 84 Attorney, Th e Brandi Law Firm GGU’s trial advocacy teams off to a running start this fall. SIMONA FARRISE JD 93 23 CALIFORNIA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM Founder, Th e Farrise Law Firm GGU Law hosts this student-led, ABA award-winning conference January 22, 2011. MARIE E. GALANTI JD 03 Law Offi ces of Marie Galanti 26 2010 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS BERNARD GUTOW JD 97, LLM 98 Law Offi ces of Bernard Gutow DEPARTMENTS KAREN L. HAWKINS JD 79, MBA 81 3 FACULTY NEWS Director, Offi ce of Professional Responsibility Internal Revenue Service 6 GOLDEN GATE BRIEFS M. HENRY HEINES JD 78 PROFILES Partner, Townsend & Townsend & Crew LLP 7 JUDGE KEITH D. DAVIS (JD 81) PAMELA E. PIERSON JD 75 GGU Alumnus Judge Davis discusses his career path to the judiciary and his newest role as President Partner, Pierson Coats Palash & Paul LLP of the California Judges Association. MARJORIE RANDOLPH JD 77 Senior Vice President of HR and Administration 8 HUMBLE ADVOCATE, PASSIONATE MENTOR Walt Disney Studios Professor Marci Seville discusses how the Women’s Employment Rights Clinic advocates on ALLAN H. RAPPAPORT JD 85 behalf of workers and the importance of mentoring the next generation of social justice lawyers. Chairman and CEO, NES Holdings Inc. 26 ALUMNI NEWS KATHRYN E. RINGGOLD JD 70 CLASS NOTES Law Offi ce of Kathryn E. Ringgold IN MEMORIAM MITCHELL SHAPSON JD 86, LLM 03 ALUMNI AWARDS LUNCHEON Attorney, California Public Utilities Commission RICHARD I. SHERMAN JD 74 © 2010 Golden Gate University School of Law Attorney, DeGoff and Sherman Writers and Editors: Lisa Lomba, Kristin Bender, Gina Gottsill, Susan Marchionna ARTHUR K. WACHTEL JD 78 Class Notes Editor: Deanna Bruton Law Offi ce of Arthur K. Wachtel Editorial Assistant: Sandra Derian Design and Production: Jung Design *GGU Board of Trustees Photography: Charlotte Fiorito Photography GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Printing: Madison Street Press 536 MISSION STREET • SAN FRANCISCO, CA • 94105-2968 On the Cover: Justice Dana Fabe, Justice Morgan Christen, Justice Joan Dempsey Klein, Chief Justice Christine Durham, PHONE: 415-442-6600 • FAX: 415-442-6609 Justice Janice Holder, Chief Justice Barbara Madsen, Leah Ward Sears [email protected] • WWW.GGU.EDU/LAW Recycled Golden Gate University School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL, 60654, 1-800-285-2221, and is TM Paper a member of the Association of American Law Schools. 25989_GGU_lawyer_fall10.indd 3 11/15/10 3:25 PM DEAN’S MESSAGE MESSAGE Elfenworks Center for Employment Justice at our Women’s Employment Rights Clinic. In this issue, we celebrate the Clinic’s Founder and Director, Professor Marci Seville, an exemplary leader at our law school and in our communities. Professor Seville’s tireless advocacy on behalf of vulnerable workers, mentoring and stewardship of students and her unwavering commitment to diversity are just a few key reasons why the Clinic has enjoyed such success and continues to gain tremendous support. Another remarkable woman, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, has joined our community from Accra, Ghana as the inaugural Fellow of our new International Women Judges Graduate Fellowship Program. Funded through the generosity of local legal titan Elizabeth Cabraser and former New York City Bar President Robert Kaufman, the Program represents a unique collaboration among GGU Law, the International Association of Women Judges and JAMS. In addition to providing an international woman judge with the opportunity to earn an LLM degree at the law school, the Program seeks to advance issues involving international women’s rights and the role of women in justice systems around the globe. As you will read in her interview, Justice Torkornoo’s personal and professional experiences, together with her eloquence as a public speaker and her collegial generosity and warmth, have already immeasurably enriched our community. t is my great honor to follow in the steps of Dean Emeritus Judy In addition to the remarkable women featured in this issue, we are most McKelvey as the second woman dean of Golden Gate University proud to celebrate and profi le our remarkable alumnus, San Bernardino School of Law. Th is is an especially exciting time to be at the helm County Superior Court Judge Keith D. Davis ( JD 78), who formally took of this outstanding law school, with our signature programs and new offi ce as the President of the California Judges Association at the 2010 initiatives on the move as never before. State Bar Convention in Monterey. We also feature the exciting work of In this issue, you will read about women changing the face of the law. our robust Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, and Litigation IIn October, we held the Second Annual Ronald M. George Distinguished programs, all of which have risen to new heights of accomplishment Lecture, which featured current and former women chief justices from this year – hosting conferences and lectures, authoring blogs and book across the country. At this year’s Lecture we celebrated Chief Justice reviews, and doubling the number of litigation competitions in which George’s 38 years of extraordinary service on the bench as he prepares to our students participate. retire in January. We also commemorated the impending historic fi rst of As we move to the close of the fall semester and the calendar year, I feel a female majority on the California Supreme Court when the Hon. Tani the greatest of pride in our students, faculty and staff , whose clear diligence, Cantil-Sakauye takes offi ce as Chief Justice in January 2011. Alaska Justice irrepressible energy, talent, commitment to justice and esprit de corps hold Dana Fabe’s keynote speech and our distinguished panel of women chiefs such great promise for our profession. provided inspiration, posed challenges and prompted laughter from the amassed crowd of law students, academics, judges and leaders of the legal With warm regards, community. Sponsored by Th omson Reuters and over 20 major law fi rms and corporations, the event was co-chaired by women leaders of law fi rms and corporations.