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Title Sponsor Gold Sponsors Bronze Sponsor Page A22 www.sdbj.com AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL June 29, 2015 Letter From The San Diego Business Journal elcome to our 3rd annual General Counsel Awards supplement. University of San Diego; Randy Frisch, National University; Shaka Johnson, San Diego boasts an amazing array of legal expertise both in Sony Electronics Inc.; Bernie Porter, YMCA of San Diego County; and Brad our judiciary and our eld of practicing attorneys. Key to our Young, Panasonic Corporation of North America — for their time and diligent region’s thriving businesses are a group of professionals who evaluations of all the nominees. Whave dedicated their careers to representing speci c organizations in their often Our sponsors are an essential part of this program. We would like to thank our complex negotiations, growth and development. These are San Diego’s in-house title sponsor Robert Half Legal, and our gold sponsors Abacus Data Systems and attorneys. Ogletree Deakins, along with our bronze sponsor Sughrue Mion PLLC. These in-house counsels carry a myriad of responsibilities from innovative product introductions to restructurings and mergers to vigorous protection of intellectual property. They also support our government infrastructure, educational, health care and community organizations. In the following pages we pay tribute to this distinguished group who has dedicated their careers to the diligent oversight of our economic community. Armon Mills The top honorees were acknowledged in a special event on Thursday, June 18, at Balboa Park’s Hall of Champions with outstanding attorneys chosen in President & Publisher ve categories: nonpro t, rising star, government, privately-held and publicly- traded companies. Our sincere thanks go to our panel of judges — Kelly Douglas, 2015 General Counsel Judges Kelly Capen Douglas She is an active member of the National Association of College and General Counsel University Attorneys serving on their board of directors from 2011- University of San Diego 2014. An active volunteer in the San Diego community, Douglas is a board member and vice chair of Goodwill Industries of San Diego and Kelly Capen Douglas became the general counsel at the University Imperial Counties. She has received honors through the San Diego of San Diego in 2005. She oversees all legal a airs for the university. Business Journal’s General Counsel Awards (winner 2014) and the San Douglas serves as the primary legal advisor to the board of trustees Diego Daily Transcript’s Power of Attorneys programs. In 2014, her and is responsible for the management and oversight of the institu- o ce was recognized with the Powerful Partnership Award, in recog- tion’s outside legal service providers. Prior to joining USD, Douglas nition of outstanding collaboration with USD’s Student A airs team to was a partner at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP, where she enhance the quality of the student experience. served as the leader of the labor and employment law practice group.

Randy Frisch was CFO of the San Diego Union-Tribune, and vice president of oper- Vice Chancellor, Business and Administration ations and business development. Frisch has been a reporter, editor and National University publisher of daily newspapers in Utah, Nevada, Washington state and Idaho. He was the editor of the editorial page of the Salt Lake Tribune, Randy Frisch is the vice chancellor for Business and Administra- editor and publisher of The Daily News in Moscow, Idaho, and editor tion with National University where he serves as both CFO and gen- and publisher of the Daily Sparks Tribune. He was a report at The eral counsel. Prior to that, he served as president and publisher of the Lewiston Morning Tribune. Frisch is a graduate of Thomas Je erson San Diego Business Journal. Previously, Frisch was an attorney prac- School of Law. He is a member of the board of directors of the San ticing contract and employment law. He is a member of the California, Diego County United Way, American Red Cross, Downtown Rotary, Nevada and Idaho bars. Prior to establishing his law practice, Frisch Habitat for Humanity, and the San Diego County YMCA.

Shaka Johnson charitable causes within the San Diego community. He currently chairs Legal Director the Pro Bono Committee within the Sony legal department, and has Sony Electronics Inc. been on the board of directors for the Associations of Corporate Coun- Shaka Johnson was born and raised in San Diego and currently sel – San Diego Chapter since 2013. He also has served as a director serves as a director level attorney at Sony Electronics Inc. where he is with the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association, the SDCBA-ACC Diversity the lead attorney in the U.S. for direct sales, as well as the corporate Fellowship Program, and the Jackie Robinson YMCA board of manag- security, facilities, and procurement groups, while also serving as the ers in San Diego. He is a recipient of the San Diego Business Journal’s lead attorney for Sony Creative Software. He also manages litigation General Counsel Award as a Rising Star in 2013. He also was honored and product liability matters nationwide. Before his arrival at Sony, as one of the Top 10 30-Somethings by the Association of Corporate he served as corporate counsel at SANYO North America Corpora- Counsel in 2014. tion and Gateway, Inc. He is involved in numerous organizations and

Bernie Porter critical roles at the Y, including interim executive director, head of human Senior Vice President, Business Administration and General Counsel resources, and board liaison. Porter’s contributions have helped establish YMCA of San Diego County procedures that have insured the organization’s integrity and viability. San Diego is the birthplace of one of the city’s most dynamic legal Outside of his YMCA duties, he is active in his church and is an active minds whose 38 years of practice has encompassed nancial institutions, member of the San Diego County Bar Association. Porter also volunteers high pro le law rms, and religious and civic organizations. Bernie as a group tness instructor for indoor cycling at the La Jolla YMCA. Porter serves his community as the vice president of risk management He received the San Diego Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement and assistant general counsel for the YMCA of San Diego County. Award at the 2013 General Counsel Awards. Prior to working with the Y, Porter was a San Diego Superior Court research attorney, an associate at Seltzer Caplan Wilkins & McMahon and legal counsel at Great American Bank. He has assumed numerous

Brad Young management of legal a airs, transaction law; corporate records; em- Assistant General Counsel ployment law; risk and litigation management; commercial real estate; Panasonic Corporation of North America and mergers and acquisitions. Young has generously donated his time Brad Young is a member of the Panasonic legal department, pro- as pro bono general counsel at the Magic Johnson Foundation since viding legal services to the West Coast Panasonic companies and divi- 2001 where he is responsible for evaluating and negotiating all trans- sions. Prior to the recent acquisition of SANYO by Panasonic, Young action agreements and providing general legal and corporate advice served as SANYO’s legal director and corporate secretary and had to the executive o cers of the Foundation and its board of directors. been with the organization since 1998. In that role he was respon- He is a member of the boards of directors for the nonpro t educational sible for strategic planning and management of legal a airs and risk organization LearningPlunge, Inc. and Association of Corporate Coun- management for all North American Group companies and divisions sel - San Diego Chapter. He was a winner at the 2013 General Counsel of SANYO North America Corporation. Young’s specialties include Awards program. June 29, 2015 AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL www.sdbj.com Page A23 Page A24 www.sdbj.com AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL June 29, 2015

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er safety for commercial vehicles, delivering life-saving Privately-Held SMALL TIE in-cab video technology combined with data analytics to prevent collisions, reduce injuries and save lives. As a re- SMALL TIE Tom Lofaro sult of her e orts, the industry has experienced a shift Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate garnering the support of transportation lawyers who Robert Bello Secretary were previously skeptical of the impact of video-based General Counsel Ledcor Construction Inc safety solutions. With her oversight, Lytx has entered Hughes Marino Tom Lofaro joined Ledcor in into stock nancings with signi cant investors; restruc- tured its capital stock; and completed a tender o er pro- When a professional baseball 2006 and currently serves as senior vice president, legal and corporate secretary where he viding liquidity for many investors. She has steered the player, a real estate professional and company’s intellectual property strategy and managed an attorney are a single individual, manages and oversees all U.S. legal responsibilities for this multi-faceted international construction rm. The an important intellectual property litigation matter, you have a pretty powerful team of one. Robert Bello, who where she guided the company to a successful resolution. played professional baseball in Italy, now serves as gener- company holds a vast array of interests including commercial building, pipeline, civil, mining, infrastructure, She also was instrumental in Lytx’s acquisition of RAIR al counsel for Hughes Marino and is responsible for the Technologies, LLC, a move that expanded the company’s legal a airs of the company as well as tenant representa- technical services, and real estate investment. Lofaro’s primary responsibilities include general oversight of all business o erings into the U.S. Department of Trans- tion. Since joining the rm, he has been instrumental in portation compliance area. Bennett is actively involved helping to protect clients’ interests. In addition to review- company litigation, negotiating and managing construction contracts and commercial transactions as well as in her community supporting many nonpro ts. She is a ing leases and purchase agreements to ensure clients ful- member of the Ocean Air Elementary PTA and Del Mar ly understand their legal obligations; he also has overseen advising the executive management and boards of the U.S. companies in the strategizing and implementation of Schools Education Foundation. She also functions as the all legal issues associated with Hughes Marino’s contin- Dartmouth College District enrollment director for the ued growth in California, including new o ces in Los business solutions. In 2014, Lofaro worked to manage the legal issues arising from Ledcor’s continued construction San Diego area. She has been particularly focused on em- Angeles, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley. Over the past powering women and was instrumental in developing year, he has worked with CEO Jason Hughes on Hughes growth throughout the Western United States. In the community, Lofaro is a board member of the Century DAFNI - DriveCam Association for Female Networking Marino’s sponsorship of SB 1171, a bill that requires con- and Initiatives. ict disclosures for commercial real estate brokers in the Club of San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital Foun- state of California. The legislation, which went into e ect dation. He also volunteers his time as a temporary judge on January 1, 2015, made brokers legally bound to inform and settlement conference o cer for the San Diego Su- LARGE clients if they are acting as dual agents. Bello is involved perior Court. in a number of legal and community organizations. He Wade Poulson has served multiple terms on the board of directors with MEDIUM General Counsel the Thomas Je erson School of Law Alumni Association, Bob Baker Enterprises, Inc. and is currently a member of the Association of Corpo- Shelley Bennett Wade Poulson can be said to rate Counsel, The St. Thomas More Society, and the Ital- Senior Vice President, Legal A airs be the driving force behind the ian American Lawyers Association. Bello Rob holds dual Lytx, Inc. sustainability of one of San Di- citizenship in Italy and the United States. Safety has become one of the ego’s most well-known family businesses – Bob Baker driving tenants of Shelley Ben- Enterprises. Poulson leads legal activities on a number nett’s legal career. As senior vice of levels. He has led a team that defeated multiple indi- president, legal a airs for Lytx, she has help steer the vidual consumer lawsuits and oversaw outside counsel in company to become a global leader in video-based driv- obtaining the con dential resolution (on the eve of trial) continued on page A25

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recent $75 million M&A of a Seattle-area homebuilder MEDIUM (TIE) into the Horton family. Mayer was instrumental in im- Government plementing D.R. Horton’s owner-controlled insurance Steven Spector program, which is a critical aspect of the company’s risk Thomas Russell General Counsel management program and he is intimately involved in General Counsel Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. the development of the company’s strategy, not only as San Diego Unified Port District it concerns strictly legal matters, but also business opera- Steven Spector is a member of Thomas Russell was sworn in Arena’s six-person executive com- tions and market growth. Mayer also is active in the San Diego and has served on the board of trustees of the San as general counsel to the San Di- mittee and responsible for provid- ego Unified Port District (Port) in ing oversight to research and development progress, Diego Museum of Man since 2009, including as chairman from 2011-2013. He is on the board of directors of November 2012. Prior to his ap- alliance management and strategic decisions. As legal pointment he served for a decade as representative of one of the country’s growing pharma North Park Little League, and serves as a little league manager and coach. general counsel to the Port of Los companies, Spector’s responsibilities delve into complex Angeles, the busiest seaport in the U.S. Over the last two issues of new drug development and process to market. and one-half years Russell has applied the skill, training He has overseen new collaborative agreements with and experience he received in Los Angeles to the benefit pharmaceutical companies regarding both Arena’s drug Rising Star of the Port. Russell has managed the Port’s legal team approved for marketing in the U.S. and other clinical through a number of highly pivotal issues for San Diego. programs. He has overseen additional financing to allow Under his direction, the Port played a lead role in settling continued advancement of drug candidates in the compa- (TIE) over a decade-long litigation before the Regional Water ny’s pipeline. He has successful oversight of litigation. He Quality Control Board and in federal court regarding the also supported contract and compliance requirements in $75 million clean-up of San Diego Bay to remediate more conducting clinical trials ranging from new indications Alexandra Albro than 90 years of contamination, while minimizing liabili- for Arena’s approved drug to novel drug candidates for General Counsel ty to the Port. This is the biggest remediation of San Di- autoimmune diseases, pain, pulmonary arterial hyperten- ESET North America ego Bay in its history. He has guided the Port through the sion and thrombotic diseases. Spector is involved with A world traveler and fluent in critical Integrated Planning project since it was launched industry and community efforts including the executive in 2013, providing new visions, strategies and projects for committee of BIO’s General Counsels Committee, board three languages, Alexandra Al- bro’s experience includes work and the Port. Russell is a life-long Eagle Scout and continues of directors of Association Corporate Counsel, San Di- to give back to his community by volunteering his time ego, and nonprofit organizations seeking cures for ALS/ studies in several countries including the United Arab Emirates, France, Canada and Italy. She received her to Boy Scouts learning to appreciate camping, hiking and Crohn’s disease. Spector also is an adjunct professor at a love of nature. He is a member of the San Diego County University of San Diego’s School of Law. MA in law from the University of Trnava, in Slovakia and worked for a firm there before coming to San Diego Bar Association, the San Diego County City Attorneys’ to intern with Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch Association, the American Association of Port Authori- LARGE and earning her LLM degree in law from the Universi- ties, and the Maritime Law Association. ty of San Diego. Today, Albro represents ESET North Keven Lippert America as their general counsel and is a trusted leader of Executive Vice President, General Counsel the company. Her responsiveness and attention to detail Nonprofit and Secretary along with a hands-on management style has made her ViaSat, Inc. an integral part of the ESET team. She is thoughtful in all matters and provides composed, strategic and mean- Andra Donovan Keven Lippert is a force for General Counsel excellence at ViaSat. As executive ingful advice. She also has demonstrated a firm commit- vice president, general counsel and secretary for this bur- ment to supporting ESET’s philanthropic values in the San Diego Unified School District geoning telecom company, he has a big picture view that community. She has focused on ESET’s engagement in a The legal aspects of public ed- ensures the legal team is aligned with the goals and mis- multitude of cultural, art, charitable, community, educa- ucation are considered some of the sion of the company. Lippert has led a successful patent tional and professional organizations and has been on the most multilayered and complex in litigation that resulted in the largest award in California board of directors for Securing Our eCity Foundation for the field. With more than nineteen — $283 million. His victory was an extremely signifi- the last three years. years of experience in the practice cant event for the company and the satellite industry as a of law, Andra Donovan brings the whole. He has spearheaded adding strategic systems and right combination of talents to her role as general counsel technologies through several acquisitions and complet- (TIE) at San Diego Unified School District to address this. She ed a first-of-its-kind agreement to enable joint roaming has been challenged with negotiating the best structures access between ViaSat high-capacity satellite coverage Karin Sherr for an educational system that strives to bring the best in North America and similar capacity owned by Eute- General Counsel quality teaching on more and more restrictive budgets. lsat in Europe. Additionally he led negotiations to com- Thomas Jefferson School of Law She has negotiated agreements for the operation of sever- plete a $275 million lease of capacity on the company’s al joint use facilities that leverage the combined resources next-generation ViaSat-2 satellite to Canada’s Explornet When Karin Sherr was just 2 of the District and its partners. Donovan oversaw a series Communications. years old, a doctor suggested she of agreements with the Ocean Discovery Institute for Lippert is an excellent judge of talent and has creat- take up ice skating to correct her pi- the joint development and operation of the Living Lab, ed a strong department with a variety of subject matter geon-toed feet. That suggestion led the 1996 Poway High a state-of-the-art marine science educational facility. She expertise. He looks for people who he believes can one graduate down a path to Miami University where she be- also brokered a joint use agreement with Peninsula Fam- day replace him, and he lets them know that. Lippert is came the first synchronized skater in the school’s history ily YMCA for the construction and operation of athlet- well respected and well known in the community. Among to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Sherr has taken that ic and recreational facilities on the Pacific Beach Middle his many contributions he has served as director for the drive and determination into her legal career, taking on School campus. Additionally, she provided legal counsel San Diego EDC and on the board of directors for the Old major challenges that would have turned away someone for the development of a real estate utilization strategy as Globe and San Diego Bar Association. less passionate. Sherr is general counsel for Thomas Jef- a partial solution to the District’s deficit, generating $157 ferson School of Law and has led the school through its million from the sale of multiple properties enabling the MEGA most difficult time. She spearheaded a $127 million debt District to preserve lowered class sizes and avoid employ- restructuring while also performing a complete revision ee layoffs. She is a board member of the oversight board of the employee handbook and related policies. In addi- William Mayer for the successor agency to San Diego Redevelopment tion, she worked with outside counsel to resolve several Agency and she is past chair of the Construction Law General Counsel - West Region lawsuits related to the school’s construction litigation. Section for the San Diego County Bar Association. D. R. Horton All of this was done within the first year and a half of her employment. At the same time, Sherr also oversaw and D.R. Horton has been the num- managed all legal affairs for the law school, including em- ber one homebuilder in the United ployment law matters, student issues, intellectual prop- States for the past 13 years in a erty matters, contract development and review, campus row and William Mayer has been one of the main forc- safety issues, and governmental regulations. The stability es behind the company’s expansion in the region. Under of the organization has been reestablished with a solid Mayer’s guidance and counsel over the last ten years, the plan for the future. Sherr also is dedicated to the success West Region has enjoyed great sales results through a of the next generation of attorneys. She was selected to tumultuous market. As regional GC for Horton’s West serve as a mentor in the San Diego County Bar Associa- Region, he is responsible for both major real estate trans- tion’s Career Development Program. actions and litigation. He also manages in-house and outside counsel for 10 division offices. In 2014, he assisted with almost $2 billion in acquisitions, including the continued on page A27 June 29, 2015 AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL www.sdbj.com Page A27 continued from page A26 2015 GENERAL COUNSEL AWARDS FINALISTS

David Barrett Sean Blixseth corporate governance and nancing mat- complex commercial litigation. Assistant General Counsel Senior Legal Counsel ters, including negotiating and closing Oksana Davis SDG&E Panasonic Corporation equity raises and nancings, negotiating General Counsel of North America and closing all bank nancings and credit David Barrett is re- facilities. He also is the lead on corporate WiMAX Forum/Power sponsible for advising Sean Blixseth was development opportunities, commercial Matters Alliance, Inc. senior management and a major component of and business development deal review and Oksana Davis has managing all real estate and environmen- SANYO’s recent transfer to Panasonic. negotiations, and all intellectual property tal, land use, and natural resource legal He managed, drafted, and executed agree- assisted in the structure management and lings, as well as over- and growth of Power Matters Alliance, matters for SDG&E. His role includes a ments, legal notices, and other legal tasks sees HR duties. wide range of real estate transactions, relating to the transfer of assets of all busi- an international standard industry orga- municipal franchise matters, operation- ness assets. For Panasonic’s new online Michael Dallo nization for wireless charging, comprised al and corporate compliance counseling, service he worked closely with Panasonic’s General Counsel of members including Duracell, AT&T, Starbucks, Flextronics and other large enforcement and complex litigation man- New Business Development innovation Dallo & Company, Inc. agement, infrastructure project planning, division in initiating negotiations with global technology companies. Davis has permitting and development, contaminat- major publishers and owners of famous Michael Dallo serves assisted in the development of a key certi- ed site investigation and remediation, en- copyrighted works for licensing of e-books, as general counsel for cation program with test facilities locat- vironmental management system design games, characters, and software licenses. Dallo & Company, Inc., a ed throughout the world. conglomerate of thirteen grocery stores and implementation, policy development, Frank Drummond and legislative and regulatory analysis. Lance Bridges in San Diego (Jonathan’s, Harvest Ranch General Counsel and Foodland markets) where he advises General Counsel David Berger Entropic on tax issues, contract and lease negoti- Knox Services General Counsel Communications, Inc. ations, and employment issues for over Since joining Knox eight-hundred employees. Dallo is a fre- Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. In 2014, as gener- Services in July 2014, quent lecturer in the area of taxation and Frank Drummond has As general counsel for Tandem Dia- al counsel for Entropic has published various articles on this area. betes Care, David Berger is a member of Communications, Lance Bridges dealt made an immediate impact in the legal, the executive management team for a rap- with crisis management involving a Darragh Davis organizational and sales arenas of the idly growing medical device manufactur- CEO’s criminal prosecution as well as General Counsel company. His legal accomplishments have er, and is responsible for management of helped plan and execute two major busi- come mostly in the debt enforcement and Petco Animal collection arena. Within a few months of global legal and commercial compliance ness restructurings as the organization Supplies, Inc. matters along with management of SEC reduced its worldwide employee base joining the company, he was able to recov- and NASDAQ governance and public from over 750 employees to less than 300 Darragh Davis has er approximately $50,000 in delinquent reporting requirements. Berger also has and shuttered many locations outside of substantial experience in account balances. oversight of the company’s global patent San Diego. the specialty retail, IT and construction portfolio and intellectual property strate- sectors. Davis brings those talents to Pet- gy, including negotiation of key collabora- Johnny Chen co Animal Supplies. She is particularly tive and licensing agreements. General Counsel experienced in mergers and acquisitions, SweetLabs Inc. corporate governance, ethics and compliance, regulatory matters, government Johnny Chen wears numerous hats at contracts, labor and employment, and SweetLabs, Inc. He coordinates all legal, continued on page A28

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Lewis Ensley Ebun Garner He has rebuilt the company’s forecasting on-going basis for a wide variety of issues Vice President-Legal, General Counsel model and has managed the company to including employment matters, contract West Region Alphatec Spine, Inc. cash flow positive for each of the four years issues, and general liability. Balfour Beatty he has been with the company. Hackett ne- Ebun Garner, gener- Martin Hochman Construction, LLC gotiates all of the deals with BrightScope’s al counsel for Alphatec enterprise clients and most recently nego- Assistant General Counsel Lewis Ensley pro- Spine has settled two tiated deals with BNY, Natixis, Prudential, Callaway Golf Company vides comprehensive legal services and unrelated major litigation matters, each and Franklin Templeton. strategic risk management oversight for of which had been occupying the compa- Martin Hochman reg- the West Region of Balfour Beatty. In ad- ny’s resources since 2010. He won a mo- Douglas Hageman ularly negotiates some dition to management and oversight of tion for summary judgment in connection Executive Vice President, of the largest and high- day-to-day legal and policy issues, Ensley with a patent infringement litigation filed General Counsel and Chief est profile endorsement and sponsorship also is actively involved in the prosecution against the company that caused the case Entitlement Officer agreements in the history of golf, includ- and oversight of all litigation. He provides to be dismissed by the judge; oversaw a ing contracts with Phil Mickelson, Arnold Newland Real Estate Palmer, and Justin Timberlake, for Calla- strategic, executive and project support in new $50 million credit agreement; and Group, LLC all phases of the business including proj- amended two license agreements on bet- way Golf Company. In 2014, he complet- ect dispute resolution, contract review, ter terms to enable the company to con- Douglas Hageman is executive vice ed agreements for Lydia Ko, the current negotiation and drafting. tinue sales of certain products. president, general counsel and chief en- world’s number one ranked woman’s titlement officer for Newland Real Estate golfer and Patrick Reed, a top 20 world Jared Flinn Vessela Garvey Group. With those numerous hats Hage- ranked player. He also was responsible for Vice President, General Counsel General Counsel man helps guide the organization through worldwide compliance training of Calla- Space Infrastructure CP Global the complexities of the current real estate way employees and other continuous im- ViaSat, Inc. market. He and his company are involved provements measures pertaining to the As the first and sole in many organizations in the real estate company’s global operations. Holding a critical attorney at CP Gobal, industry. He continually adds tremendous office in the space infra- Vessela Garvey has had value for his company in litigation and Pajman Jassim structure industry, Jared Flinn functions to do a lot of groundwork to establish the transactional matters. General Counsel in both the creation of space strategy as legal department, specially being a female Pajman Jassim be- well leading ViaSat’s team to translate member of the executive team in a very Eric Hart lieves in a client-centered that strategy in to actionable items. He heavily male-dominated industry. She General Counsel practice. In 2014 he pro- has led the capture of ViaSat’s satellite strives to serve as an example not just for Abacus Data vided general legal ser- launch provider for its new, state-of-the- women in the legal profession but also for Systems, Inc. vices for John Edwins art satellite; negotiated cross-border lease women in high-level positions in the re- and his company, Southwest Builders Inc. and distribution of satellite capacity; and cycling and waste management industries. As general counsel This included drafting legal correspon- engaged in multinational strategic team- for Abacus Data Systems, dence and assisting with lease documents ing and partnering relationships. Oscar Hackett Eric Hart has drafted and implemented for various holdings. An active member CFO and General Counsel new terms and conditions governing the of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, BrightScope Inc. different service lines offered by the com- Jassim participates in many of its events, pany. He has instituted best practices for and also serves on its Education Board. Oscar Hackett heads sales and service and provides the man- up legal and financial af- agement team with legal guidance on an fairs for BrightScope Inc. continued on page A29

THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW CONGRATULATES KARIN K. SHERR As General Counsel, Karin Sherr embodies the spirit of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Her diligence through our restructuring contributed to the emergence of a truly remarkable educational institution. Our students find Karin Sherr’s expertise valuable — and lucky for them — she’s always willing to share her knowledge.

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Ab Jenkins Kara Mignanelli Dina Segal Angela Soldner General Counsel General Counsel Associate General Counsel General Counsel Cubic Transportation Global Strategic Renovate America, Inc. Coffman Systems, Inc. Management Institute During her short Specialties, Inc. Ab Jenkins’ entire le- Kara Mignanelli, time as associate gener- As general coun- gal career has been as an general counsel for al counsel at Renovate sel in a woman-owned in-house counsel. He was instrumental in Global Strategic Man- America Dina Segal has company, Coffman Spe- the resolution of three major projects for agement Institute has contributed to the taken the lead on several cutting edge cialties, Inc., Angela Soldner has become Cubic in different parts of the world for success of the business by negotiating projects with the company’s business not only a trusted legal advisor on compli- the last several years — Chicago, Sydney strategic partnerships resulting in more leaders, key commercial and municipal cated public works construction matters; and Vancouver. These are complex mul- than $1.5 million gross revenue in 2014. agreements and several marketing and but she also has become an integral part tiple year and multi-faceted projects with She also saved the organization $50,000 consumer protection initiatives. She works of the management team at the center of very complex contracts governing their by eliminating outsourced litigation and collaboratively with the various teams the success of the company. She has taken performance. Jenkins has been able to play corporate consultation services previously throughout the organization to make sure the lead in successfully prosecuting a $7 a major contributing role in resolving or obtained from outside legal firms. the company is protected, growing and million claim against Cal Trans while pre- seeking to reach a resolution for each one. succeeding. vailing against a substantial delay claim. Paul Najar She also prosecuted a bid dispute which Deepalie Milie Joshi General Counsel Kirsten Solberg resulted in the company landing a $64 General Counsel Gafcon, Inc. Regional Counsel million public works contract for LAX. Not Just Trivia J. F. Shea Co., Inc. In 2014, Paul Najar Dalton Sprinkle Deepalie Milie Joshi was a key member of the Kirsten Solberg General Counsel has been involved with Gafcon executive team heads up the legal team Not Just Trivia before that negotiated several for the Southern Cal- OneRoof Energy the company even started. She guides the key contracts, headed key risk manage- ifornia division of J.F, Group, Inc. company through each and every legal ment, and guided the company through a Shea. She oversees and manages legal OneRoof Energy step with great finesse. She has helped number of important legal issues. He has matters for the San Diego and Southern Group’s Dalton Sprin- improve the company’s communications played a key role in helping Gafcon be rec- California divisions of Shea Homes. Her kle has been a key part with clients and aids the company in stay- ognized as one of the 100 fastest-growing responsibilities include review, negotiat- of the company’s expansion in his role as ing compliant with the guidelines of the architectural, engineering & environmen- ing and managing documentation for land general counsel. He oversaw completion Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. tal consulting firms in the United States. acquisitions and dispositions for all Shea of the conversion of OneRoof from a pri- Homes divisions. In addition she counsels vate to a public company. Additionally, Karen Landers Matthew Onaitis and advises the community development, he negotiated and structured a complex General Counsel General Counsel sales, marketing, construction, design and cross border RTO and approximately $50 San Diego Metropolitan Ignyta, Inc. customer service teams on legal and risk million financing which allowed OneRoof Transit System Matthew Onaitis, management issues. to become a listed company on the Toron- As San Diego Met- general counsel for Ig- to Stock Exchange. ropolitan Transit Sys- nyta, Inc., has led the tem’s general counsel, process to evolve the Karen Landers represents the agency in company’s governance structure and continued on page A30 all legal matters. She provides oversight processes to NASDAQ standards. He has and high level strategic direction for de- taken a lead role in raising more than $70 fense of liability claims with approximate- million, including a public offering that re- ly 250 formal claims per year. In 2014 she sulted in the company up listing to NAS- monitored and enforced contract provi- DAQ. Additionally, he led the company’s sions for reconstruction and reactivation reincorporation in Delaware and concur- The Port of San Diego of the Desert Line freight railroad line, rent simplification of the company’s struc- fostering private investment in unused ture. public assets. Congratulates Tex Prows Emily Lough General Counsel Corporate Counsel and Chief Altman Specialty Compliance Officer Plants, Inc. Thomas A. Russell Maxwell Tex Prows has fa- Technologies, Inc. cilitated Altman Spe- As the top lawyer at cialty Plants transition Winner of the Maxwell, Emily Lough from an outdated management system has helped guide the company through to a state-of-the-art system that has en- San Diego Business Journal’s numerous transactions, managed mul- abled the company to operate much more tiple litigation matters and led the risk efficiently. He also has ensured legal and 2015 GENERAL management and compliance efforts of regulatory compliance issues are properly the company. She established procedures addressed allowing other management to COUNSEL AWARD for creating efficiencies and consistency in focus on developing the company in their in the government category the contracting process, including the im- respective roles and areas. plementation of a contract management system which drove reduction of external Elaine Reagan legal fees. Deputy CEO/Legal and Compliance Operations Tara Lusher San Diego City General Counsel Employees’ Retirement Medical Acquisitions System Company, Inc. Elaine Reagan has Tara Lusher has been with SDCERS since 2007 and be- helped Medical Acqui- came general counsel in 2009. She was sitions Company, Inc. promoted to deputy CEO and still heads through trying times. The company has SDCERS’ legal and compliance opera- undergone several changes due to the im- tions. As the head attorney, she protects plementation of the Affordable Care Act. more than 20,000 San Diego City, Port Lusher has helped implement those chang- and Airport employees. Under Reagan, for es and stay compliant with the new laws, the first time in 10 years, SDCERS is not while keeping the company on track. She involved in a lawsuit with the City of San has prevented the company from being Diego, one of SDCERS’ plan sponsors. sanctioned by the Attorney General’s office and has helped the company stay profitable. Page A30 www.sdbj.com AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL June 29, 2015 continued from page A29 GENERAL COUNSEL ON THE SCENE San Diego Business Journal Event AWARDS FINALISTS

Brian Sun General Counsel Awards Patent Counsel Hologic, Inc. Brian Sun has provided intellectual property counsel to Holog- ic, whose business is mainly dependent on the strength of its patents. He was recruited by Hologic, Top attorney’s from throughout San Inc., to serve as patent counsel to the Di- Diego’s legal community gathered to agnostic Solutions division. His current celebrate their own at the San Diego responsibilities include overseeing patent Business Journal’s third annual General prosecution and global portfolio manage- Counsel Awards on Thursday, June 18. ment, overseeing patent litigation and Balboa Park’s Hall of Champions hosted post-grant proceedings, and conducting nearly 250 professionals representing IP due diligence and freedom-to-operate organizations from local nonpro ts to activities. global corporations who acknowledged David Szekeres the outstanding accomplishments of General Counsel their peers. The program was supported Regulus by title sponsor Robert Half Legal, and Therapeutics Inc. gold sponsors Abacus Data Systems and Ogletree Deakins, along with bronze Reo Carr, Executive Editor, San Diego Business Journal; Ellen Gross and Rebecca Harrington, both with San Diego Uniﬁ ed Port District and Armon Mills, President and David Szekeres, sponsor Sughrue Mion PLLC. general counsel for Publisher, San Diego Business Journal Regulus Therapeutics closed the $15.8 billion sale of Life Tech- nologies to Thermo Fisher Scienti c, the largest sale of a company in San Diego history and one of the top 10 sales of a company in the world last year. Along with other senior management, he helped grow Regulus from a $300 million company to a $1 billion company in 2014. JT Taylor Senior Vice President , General Counsel and Secretary Gimbal, Inc. JT Taylor single- handedly established the legal department at Gimbal, a Qualcomm Jennifer Santa Maria, Spencer Skeen, Matthew Butler, Jesse Robert Robinson, Hickman & Robinson, LLP; Mahasti Kasheﬁ , spino . He is currently developing all Ferrantella, all with Gold Sponsor Ogletree Deakins Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP; and Eric Hart, aspects of the company’s legal functions Gold Sponsor Abacus Data Systems, Inc. including privacy, governance, transactional, and supply chain. By establishing processes, streamlining the negotiation process, and increasing the velocity on transactional agreements Taylor is helping the company operate more e ciently. Adam Wyll General Counsel American Assets Trust, Inc. As general counsel for American Assets Trust, Inc., Adam Wyll oversees the legal operations of a $3 billion real estate investment trust traded Nels Jensen, Editor-in-Chief, San Diego Business Winner Robert Bello, Hughes Marino, Winner Shelley Bennett, Lytx, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange. He has Inc. provided executive leadership and coun- Journal and Program Judge Bernie Porter, YMCA of San Diego County sel through an IPO process to establish American Assets Trust as a viable sea- soned company. Eden Yaege General Counsel Square One Development Corporation Eden Yaege is general counsel for Square One Development Corporation. This year Yaege has been able to negotiate favorable terms for the sale of a Carlsbad hotel and the re nancing of an industrial park. Both transactions were extremely complex and Yaege was able to close the deals on time. Paul Najar, Gafcon, Inc.; Kim Houston, Title Sponsor Robert Half Rita Pertzborn, Mint Cinema and Winner Alexandra Albro, ESET Legal; and Fred Plevin, Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP North America June 29, 2015 AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL www.sdbj.com Page A31 continued from page A30 San Diego Business Journal Event

Winner Wade Poulson and Lync Poulson, Bob Baker Enterprises, Inc. Camillie Lofaro and Winner Tom Lofaro, Ledcor Group of Winner Steven Spector, Arena Companies Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Program Judge Randy Frisch, National Winner Christian Waage, Receptos, Inc.; Julie Feller, Gold Sponsor Abacus Data Systems, Winner William Mayer, D. R. Horton University Inc. and John Scherling, Bronze Sponsor Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Kathryn Konzen, DTI and Program Judge Shaka Johnson, Sony Electronics Inc. Program Judge Brad Young, Panasonic Winner Andra Donovan, San Diego Corporation of North America Unified School District

Winner Karin Sherr, Thomas Jefferson Winner Keven Lippert, ViaSat, Inc. Winner Deborah Butera, Kratos Defense Winner Thomas Russell, San Diego School of Law & Security Solutions, Inc. Unified Port District Photos by Bob Thompson, Fotowerks. Additional photos from the event are at the following link: http://fotowerkssd.smugmug.com.