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Running in Neutral Spring 2010 Conquering conflict wIth ADR { Contents } Briefings

02 | From the Dean

03 | For the Record Professor John Diamond is remembered fondly by the classes of ‘84 through ‘09 for his unparalleled teaching style.

04 | Sidebars News and notes from the Hastings community, including a look at Professor Robin Feldman’s acclaimed new book; Barbara Banke ’78, who thrives in the winner’s circle; and the Moot Court program that’s sweeping national competitions. In Depth

08 | Tribute A heartfelt thanks to board member James Mahoney ’66 for 24 years of service and friendship to the Hastings community.

32 | Student Organizations The Hastings Negotiation Team gains life experience through global competition.

56 | Closing Statement Yadira Rios ‘01 advises students to network, network, network. Running in Neutral

Alumni IN ACTIOn In a world rife with conflict, these eight alumni are committed to problem solving. As negotiators and neutrals, 14 they have resolved disputes involving world events, Hollywood celebs, climate change, and more. Inspired and inspiring, they are doing their part to create a more collaborative world.

FOCUS ON Faculty Director Grande Lum, Faculty Chair Melissa Nelken, and 10 Professor Clark Freshman are three of the cutting-edge thought leaders at the revolutionary Hastings Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. Year by Year 34 | Class Notes What’s new with your Hastings colleagues and classmates. { FROM THE DEAN }

Dear Alumni and Friends, Hastings

Assistant Dean | Jacqueline Ervin Have you noticed how much time you spend negotiat- Writers | Nicole Sadler ing? It is common practice when you’re considering an DCP offer by opposing counsel or an internal assignment Photographer | Jim Block with a law firm partner, but you may also find yourself Design | DCP negotiating with your child over bedtime or the bank Board of Directors over a late fee. The fact of the matter is that conflict Donald Bradley ‘68 resolution forms not just the bedrock of the courtroom, it Tina Combs ‘88 also finds a way into our daily lives. Maureen Corcoran ‘79 Marci Dragun ‘86 In this issue of Hastings, we look at the various forms of Carin Fujisaki ‘85 alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Hastings is proud Thomas Gede ’81 Claes Lewenhaupt ‘89 to offer one of the nation’s premier ADR programs at our Brian Monaghan ‘70 Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, which is committed to delivering world- Bruce Simon ‘80 class education and cutting-edge scholarship. The center’s renowned faculty inspires Contact Us students to understand the different problem-solving tools at their disposal as well as Alumni Center the psychological dynamics that affect the negotiation process. What may surprise you University of California is how similar the fundamental dynamics of high-level legal and business negotiations Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street are to more personal ones. San Francisco, CA 94102 415.565.4615 We are also pleased to spotlight eight alumni who are making long-lasting contributions www.uchastings.edu to the practice of ADR. From negotiating record-setting Hollywood deals to mediating Send change of address to insurance claims after 9/11, these high achievers use the legal foundation they received [email protected] at UC Hastings to solve seemingly intractable conflicts. And they are only a few of the Send class notes to many talented Hastings alumni making their mark on today’s ADR landscape. [email protected]

Hastings is published by the Alumni We hope you enjoy this celebration of lively give-and-take, the exquisite art of the deal, Center, University of California, and the importance of reaching agreement. As always, we invite you to share your Hastings College of the Law. ©2010 stories and let us know how you have negotiated your own way in the world of law. All rights reserved.

Leo Martinez ’78 Acting Chancellor and Dean

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Logic on Fire Students in every decade vividly recall their law school professors. Certainly today, Professor John Diamond exemplifies the teaching at Hastings— passionate, principled, and engaged. It’s {no wonder he’s a favorite among students.

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Interested in seeing more photos of Professor Diamond in action? Visit magazine.uchastings.edu for a slideshow from his torts class.

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hot off the press

Robin Feldman’s acclaimed new book explores the connection between law and science.

lready a beloved professor and rescue for difficult legal decisions. In addition to her scholarly A nationally renowned expert on Unfortunately, the results are }achievements, Feldman was law and science, Professor Robin frequently disappointing.” honored with this year’s Rutter Feldman adds a new accolade to Arguing that problems at the Award for Excellence in Teaching. her distinguished résumé—critically intersection of law and science She also is working on a second acclaimed author. flow from the changing nature book, Rethinking Patent Law, Feldman says, “The allure of of law rather than the chang- which is forthcoming from Harvard science captivates members of ing nature of science, Feldman’s University Press. the legal profession. It offers the new book is a “treasure-house of promise of endowing law with the practical suggestions for rais- respect and reverence from society ing the value of science for law that lawyers crave. I wrote The by clarifying—and lowering—our  WebExtra Role of Science in Law to analyze expectations of what science can Interested in reading more? Visit and explain why both the bench do for law,” says Yale Law School magazine.uchastings.edu for an and the Bar look to science as a Professor Robert Gordon. excerpt from The Role of Science in Law.

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n today’s challeng- can be much more selec- I ing legal market, law tive in hiring criteria. It is graduates are scrambling imperative that Hastings to adapt to the changing remains a step ahead as realities of the profession. firms change their recruit- Rather than sit idly by and ing methods, so that we wait for the dust to settle, remain competitive in the Hastings Office of the private-sector legal Career and Professional market.” Development is brain- With partners at small, storming innovative ways mid-size, and large firms students and alumni can and leaders in the legal respond to the roller- market, the board ana- coaster of changes, and, lyzes trends in the job A Step Ahead of to that end, has recently market to best position formed a legal recruitment Hastings and its students. Recruitment Trends advisory board. “We want to enhance job “The idea arose from prospects for students New advisory panel helps the reality that firms are graduating from Hastings students beat the odds in severely cutting back and remain the school of on hiring,” says Sari first choice for hiring law- today’s job market. Zimmerman, director of yers and business leaders,” the Career Office. “It’s a says Zimmerman. buyer’s market, and firms

LLM Success stories Peru’s Carmen Hare is one of the many foreign students who thrive at Hastings

he LLM program brings lawyers from The intense approach and style of American all over the globe to Hastings to learn law school is different from her previous experience. the American legal system. In classes “In Peru, the JD program lasts six to seven years, alongside JD candidates, they enrich the so you have more time to cover all of the subjects,” classroomT exchange by sharing their she says. “Professors do not expect stu- knowledge of their countries’ legal sys- dents to apply the law to fact patterns, tems and their experience as lawyers. so the need to be fully engaged in class The desire to work as a lawyer is new for me.” in the U.S. brought Carmen Hare to These are welcome challenges, Hastings. She holds a law degree from however. “Participating in class discus- the Universidad de Lima in her native sions has helped me develop greater Peru and previously interned at Peru’s critical-thinking skills,” Hare says. “It is Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since coming to the hard to study law in your second language, but the U.S. three years ago, Hare has volunteered at the support from my professors, the Associate Dean for International Institute of the East Bay, helping vic- International and Graduate Programs Joel Paul, and tims of domestic violence with visa applications, and fellow LLM candidates is unsurpassed, making this worked at an immigrant defense firm in Oakland. an experience I will always treasure.”

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Teaching Constitutional Literacy Hastings students inspire a new generation of advocates

o young people today the program to reverse Two recent graduates, Idin Kashefipour '11, Dknow what the Fourth this disengagement Jonathan Heller '09 and who taught at International Amendment protects? Or because understanding the Jordan Coleman '09, are Studies Academy in San that they have a right to Constitution is empower- the assistant directors for Francisco’s Potrero Hill legal counsel if they are ing for young people.” the program. Heller says, neighborhood, says, accused of a crime? A The program places “The initiative energizes “This program benefits new program at Hastings Hastings students in young people to be advo- both groups—high school makes sure they do. public high schools in cates, and our teaching students get role models, Founded by Professor at-risk communities in San fellows get the oppor- and the teaching fellows Beth Hillman, the California Francisco and the East tunity to become more get to witness those ‘aha!' Constitutional Literacy Bay. Hastings students engaged with their local moments, when some- Initiative is rooted in the teach high school students communities.” thing clicks for a student.” belief that students and about the Constitution, communities profit from a the rights and responsi-  WebExtra better-informed young citi- bilities it creates, and the zenry. “I see a disconnect importance of citizens’ Visit magazine.uchastings.edu for a video of between citizens and poli- involvement in local, state, Professor Hillman and Jonathan Heller ’09 discussing tics,” Hillman says. “I began and federal government. this groundbreaking program.

horse sense!

arbara Banke ’78 and her husband, Jess Jackson, sure can pick ’em. Their thorough- bred stallion, Curlin, was named Horse of the Year in both 2007 and 2008, and took home Bmultiple trophies, including the Preakness Stakes, Breeders’ Cup Classic, and Dubai World Cup. Now, their young filly, Rachel Alexandra, has also captured the hearts of racing enthusiasts. She soared to fame in May, when she became the first filly in 85 years to win the Preakness Stakes. The three-year-old horse, named the 2009 Horse of the Year, claimed victory in each of the eight races she competed in, breaking records for time or margin in three separate events. It will be exciting to see what this year holds for Rachel Alexandra, and you can bet Banke will be by her side in the winner’s circle.

6 spring 2010 A banner year for Moot court

From left: Student coach Jennifer Lynch '10, Kyong Kim '10, Heather Corini '10, Meghan Covert '10

Hastings' Moot Court program shines in a series of rigorous national competitions.

astings’ Moot Court program round. A school can only send one In addition, Moot Court has Hhas smashed the competition team to the National Moot Court expanded its advocacy opportuni- thus far in the 2009–2010{ academic Competition, so only the first-place ties by partnering with the Ninth year. Perhaps most impressive Hastings squad can advance.” That Circuit Pro Bono Project. As part is Moot Court’s showing at the team also won Best Brief and an oral of the Hastings Appellate Project, regional rounds of the prestigious advocacy award. directed by Adjunct Professor Gary National Moot Court Competition, Meisel continues, “While we all Watt ’97, third-year students rep- which Hastings and the Ninth Circuit know how strong the Hastings Moot resent appellants before the Ninth Court of Appeals hosted. Sixteen Court program is, this showing in Circuit. Students provide legal teams from eight schools competed such a prominent competition solidi- representation to low-income for two spots in the national rounds fies Hastings’ status as one of the plaintiffs in their immigration and in New York. premier programs in the country.” civil rights appeals. Moot Court Dan Meisel ’94, a Moot Court Hastings also nabbed first Director Toni Young ’76 says, “This is alumnus who is active with the place at the Thomas Tang National yet another exciting way Moot Court program, says, “Hastings sent Championship in Boston and provides opportunities for Hastings two teams, both of which claimed finished as quarterfinalists at the students to interact with the broader the top spots and competed John Marshall Technology & Privacy legal community.” against each other in the final Competition.

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A Friend, Indeed

For nearly a quarter century, James Mahoney ’66 has conducted the business of Hastings during its greatest period of growth.

Few people have contributed to UC Hastings as tire- lessly and generously as James Mahoney ’66. Initially { appointed to the Board of Directors by Governor George Deukmejian in 1985, Mahoney has served the law school in a leadership capacity for 24 years. His visionary efforts enhanced the Hastings community in many ways, ensuring the law school’s continued growth and high standards of academic excellence. His accomplishments include:

• Serving as chair and vice chair of the board for three separate terms

• Twice chairing Dean Search Committees and Academic Dean Selection Committees

• Initiating fundraising efforts, engaging broader community outreach including the formation of the Blue Ribbon Committee, which beneficially resolved conflicts with the community on land use issues, and growing the law school's endowment through careful planning and stewardship

• Revitalizing the Hastings campus, including major upgrades to all facilities; promoting the development of a parking facility with ground- floor retail space; and collaborating with the YMCA of San Francisco on joint projects

Director Mahoney consistently maintained high standards and expectations for financial controls, accountability, and transparency. His efforts were generously supported by his firm, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones.

Thank you, Jim, for your many years of commitment, support, and friendship!

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UC HASTINGS 9 “It’s important to emphasize that collaboration, cooperation, and peacemaking are possible.” RLeadersesoConfThoughlultiction tin

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At the Hastings Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, cutting-edge thinkers educate, mentor, and inspire the next generation of ADR experts. RLeadersesoConfThoughThought Leadersl inu Confllticti ctResoion luttinion Director Grande Lum, faculty chair Melissa Nelken, and Professor Clark Freshman explain why the Center is a vital resource for law students.

Grande Lum The View From the Top

rande Lum is a man on Why I’m proud of the Neutral skill sets Great On the horizon for ADR Ga mission. As direc- center More than 500 stu- mediators teach here at and ADR programs There’s tor of the thriving Hastings dents enrolled in courses at Hastings. We can serve as a lot of rethinking going on Center for Negotiation and the Center for Negotiation neutral parties in public sec- in legal work because of Dispute Resolution, and and Dispute Resolution this tor negotiations—whether the phenomenon called the clinical professor since 2008, past year, certainly one of in environmental disputes, “disappearing trial.” So few he’s intent on bolstering the the highest ADR (alterna- land-use disputes, or help- cases end up in litigation: In teaching and application tive dispute resolution) ing a city determine how to Northern California federal of dispute resolution, with enrollments in the country. build an airport. courts, fewer than 1 percent a special interest in public It’s a great chance for us to — ended up in trial in 2008; policy and international influence lawyering and to International initiatives across the country in federal conflict resolution. The San help lawyers become better Problem solving internation- courts, it’s 1.5 to 2 percent. Francisco native worked problem solvers. ally is important because we Clients are rethinking law with pioneering Harvard law Our students master live in a smaller world and firms’ hourly billing rates and professor and Getting to skills outside the classroom there is so much negativity how they approach litigation. Yes coauthor Roger Fisher through the center’s in international diplomacy. ADR is the way of the future. at Conflict Management Inc. Mediation Clinic, its We are building more So, there’s a bigger role Lum went on to become Externship Program, and bridges with law schools ADR can play, and Hastings cofounder and principal of its award-winning, world- and ADR centers around is well-positioned to play a ThoughtBridge, a media- class Negotiation and the world, particularly in leading role in this arena. tion firm, and later, founder Mediation Team. We also the Pacific Rim and Latin and managing director of train state agencies in America. It’s important to Accordence, a dispute reso- negotiation and mediation, emphasize that collaboration, lution training company. Lum and present ADR symposia, cooperation, and peace- earned his JD from Harvard conferences, and workshops making are possible. Law School and BA in psy- to scholars and practitioners chology from UC Berkeley. in the field.

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Melissa Nelken Terms of Entrapment

hen one of Melissa What makes the center “The more self-observant you are, the W Nelken’s students unique The fact that we better job you’ll do with clients.” told her, “If I’d wanted are located near the courts to learn about feelings, I means students can readily wouldn’t have gone to law get real-life experience. school,” Nelken was deter- Plus, San Francisco has mined to show the student always been a center for how self-awareness is alternative dispute resolu- an asset for any lawyer. tion. And it is why we have As cofounder and fac- a fabulous stable of adjunct ulty chair of the Hastings professors who are experi- Center for Negotiation and enced practitioners. Dispute Resolution, Nelken — explores the relationship My research I am interested between psychology and in cognitive traps. These negotiation both in the are things that trip us up in classroom and in her many everyday life. They have to published works. Nelken, do with how our brains are who has spent 20 years as hardwired, so they are not a psychoanalyst, received like habits you can break. her MA from Harvard The most common cogni- University and her JD from tive trap in negotiations is the University of Michigan. “anchoring.” An anchor is — usually a number that has Courses I teach Negotiation no relevance to the situa- and mediation, and psychia- tion at hand, but the mere try in law. fact that it has been men- — tioned makes it important in Why self-awareness is people’s minds. important for lawyers The Another common trap more self-observant you is “reactive devaluation.” are, the better job you’ll do This occurs when people with clients. If you under- credit information that stand what motivates you, comes from an ally more you will better understand than information that what motivates them. comes from an opponent. — This is why mediation can The way I teach self- work. People can evaluate observance I like to have a situation more accurately students write reflective when an offer comes from a journals of their negoti- neutral source. ations—what went right — and wrong, strengths and My student’s reactions Not weaknesses. I also ask how every law student embraces they negotiated with their psychoanalytic ideas, but families when they were many do. They see that growing up. This helps by learning to be more them bring to the surface reflective, they’ll recognize what they already know. when they—and others—get caught in common traps. 12 spring 2010 RLeadersesoConfThoughlultiction tin  WebExtra

What does it mean when someone can’t look you in the eye? Visit magazine. uchastings.edu for the three most common misconceptions about lies, according to Clark Freshman.

Clark Freshman Don’t Lie to Him

lark Freshman is tuned taming negative emotion, small lies about their grades Cin to what’s going on and mastering the science or favorite foods. inside the heads of lawyers of nonverbal communication — and their clients. An expert brings better deals—and Why lie detection is useful in the impact of emotion on happier negotiators. for negotiators Lawyers can dispute resolution, Freshman — be taught to recognize emo- is also renowned for his abil- My extracurricular work tions in people, even when ity to identify lies—and liars. At the Center for the they are unconscious of them Working with Paul Ekman, Contemplative Mind in or are trying to hide them. the leading authority on lie Society, I research and pro- When you take a deposi- detection, Freshman trains mote awareness practices tion or talk with a client, if “In studies of résumés, lawyers and negotiators among law professionals. you notice certain emotions, somewhere between 35 in the art of reading emo- Research shows even eight whether it is contempt or dis- and 50 percent of the tions. He has been on the weeks of meditation classes tress or something else, ask time people lie.” Hastings faculty since 2007. increase the odds of better more questions. Freshman received his BA physical health, and brain — from Harvard University; his scans show changes associ- How I teach negotiation MA from University College, ated with more happiness. I have students negotiate Oxford; and his JD from — their cell phone plans, credit Stanford Law School. The prevalence of lying card bills, or cable rates in — People don’t want to my class. Right off the bat, My courses Civil procedure; believe someone is lying to everyone who tried got a negotiation and mediation; them, even though research better rate on their cable arbitration; emotion, mind- shows that people lie all service. One day, I was so fulness, and lie detection. the time. When strangers inspired by my students that — meet, they usually lie sev- I went home and negotiated My negotiation philosophy eral times within the first 15 with my cable provider—and Cultivating positive emotion, minutes. These are mostly saved $70 a month. RLeadersesoConfThoughlultiction tin UC HASTINGS 13 { RUNNING IN NEUTRAL: Alumni }

Gorsha Sur ’06 and Ruth Glick ’91 are two stellar lawyers bringing the rich experience of prior careers to their work in mediation and arbitration. Background Checks ature

orsha Sur ’06 arrived a legal education in Moscow of contractual and treaty y N G in his native Russia this due to the demands of his disputes in the former summer outfitted, like most athletic pursuits, Sur moved Soviet Union countries, lawyers, in a suit, tie, and to New York and, later, usually between private dress shoes. The idea that California, where he ulti- investors and the host state. he’d ever work in Moscow mately followed both paths. “By virtue of my language, again—especially in a tai- After a remarkable I gravitate to cases in the lored suit and tie—was, at career on the ice, in which former Soviet Union,” says one time, unfathomable. In he partnered with American Sur. “But the amazing 1990, when Sur defected ice dancer Renée Roca, thing about international from the then Soviet Union earned two national cham- arbitration is that you are at the age of 23, getting pionships in ice dancing, constantly dealing with dressed for work meant and performed in Stars new issues because of the putting on ice skates and a on Ice, Sur entered UC different cultures and legal glittery costume. Hastings in 2003. In his systems involved.” ur ’06 “Things have changed third year, he joined the Looking back, Sur drastically since I lived Hastings Negotiation and reflects on how his experi- there,” recalls Sur, who Mediation Team, and stud- ence as a skater gave him a frequently travels to ied with Professor Chris unique edge as a lawyer. “In Russia these days as an Knowlton. “She opened up skating, you negotiate every international arbitration the world of mediation for day. When you skate with lawyer. “I left at the onset of me,” he says, “and being a partner, you are always Perestroika [the reforms of on the team fit with my conflict managing; that’s

orsha S orsha the late 1980s that led to the personality because I am the nature of the beast. I Competitive b Competitive G end of Communist rule], for competitive by nature.” also had to fight some legal reasons of political, artis- After graduating, he battles while I was skat- tic, and financial freedom.” entered an LLM program ing because I was the first A champion figure skater at Stockholm University foreign skater and defector in Russia, Sur inherited an and joined Freshfields who wanted to compete interest in the law from Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris for the United States. So, a his mother, a transactional soon after. Currently, his career in law was the natural attorney. Unable to pursue focus is on the resolution next step for me.”

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“The amazing thing about international arbitration is that you are constantly dealing with new issues because of the different cultures and legal systems involved.” sse a nn serge ca { UC HASTINGS 15 “I was so busy with disputes in my first two careers that I had to become a lawyer as a way to resolve them.”}

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sk Ruth Glick ’91 is important to work things In 1994, Glick set up her A about her unusual out quickly.” shingle as a mediator and career path, and the If her experience in busi- arbitrator, focusing on busi- Burlingame-based media- ness gave her a foundation ness, labor, and employment tor and arbitrator breaks in the art of negotiation, disputes. She has handled into a warm laugh. “Law is her second career—as a such diverse cases as a class my third career,” she says. live TV-show host—honed action sexual harassment ime’s Charm the “I like to say that I was so her interpersonal skills as suit brought by female stock busy with disputes in my a neutral party. On her brokers at Smith Barney and first two careers that I had financial interview pro- a dispute over dividing the 91 91 to become a lawyer as a gram, a daily live half-hour proceeds from recovered way to resolve them.” show called The Market Holocaust art. Though she entered Basket, Glick proved to be Sought after for the hird T

c k ’ Hastings at an older age an evenhanded moderator skills and temperament she than most of her class- who built consensus among brings to the table, Glick li mates, Glick was always disparate guests, including is active in the alternative interested in law. She was business leaders and gov- dispute resolution com- accepted at Northwestern ernment officials. munity and was honored in Law School at a time when Realizing that dispute 2008 with an Outstanding few women attended law resolution was the com- Achievement in the Field school, but instead ended mon thread throughout of Mediation award by the uth G uth up trading on the Chicago her career choices, Glick Mediation Society of San R T Mercantile Exchange, where decided to pursue it Francisco. Her trajectory she became one of its full-time. She enrolled at has been far from the usual first female traders. At the UC Hastings, where she path, but it has served her— exchange, she learned effi- plunged into her course- and her clients—well. “The cient negotiation strategies, work. She went on to teach study of law gives you disci- often settling monetary arbitration law at Hastings pline in logical thinking and disputes that arose among as an adjunct professor fact gathering,” she says. traders. “With big money for 10 years and remains “But it takes life experience at stake, trading is rife with actively involved with the to develop good judgment.” conflict,” she says, “and it law school today. “ADR is one of many tools that lawyers should have,” she Dispute Resolution Conference Comes to San Francisco says, “and Hastings, with Ruth Glick is cochairing the 12th annual spring conference its extremely knowledge- of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution able faculty, has one of the Section, scheduled to take place April 7–10, 2010, at the premier ADR programs in Hyatt Embarcadero. the country.”

UC HASTINGS 17 vino venture

If you don’t catch Randall Wulff at the negotiating table, you might find him at one of the Wulff Vineyards, which produce Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon for his Lobo label. “Walking through the vineyards puts everything in perspective,” says Wulff. “It literally grounds you.”

18 spring 2010 { RUNNING IN NEUTRAL: alumni } Masters Ace mediator Randall Wulff ’74, who handled the massive insurance claims following 9/11, and his Oakland-based colleague, William Quinby ’67, of are the go-to guys for hugely complex disputes. Mediation

to be addressed. I was asked adjunct professor. “Hastings Randall Wulff ’74 to mediate and, if mediation was a watershed experience Resolution at Ground Zero failed, to act as arbitrator,” for me,” he says. he says. “We successfully Prior to becoming a mediated half a dozen issues, full-time mediator, Wulff hen a recent trip to each involving several hun- was a successful trial lawyer W New York brought dred million dollars. at Farella Braun + Martel. Randall Wulff ’74 to the “I felt it was extremely Since then, he has medi- World Trade Center (WTC) important that something ated more than 2,000 reconstruction site, he was be rebuilt at Ground Zero,” cases, including a $2.75 thrilled by the signs of recov- he adds. “A few months ago, billion agreement between ery from the September 11, I saw the Freedom Tower Discover, MasterCard, and 2001, tragedy—and exhila- coming out of the ground Visa. His numerous hon- rated by a sense of personal and the site buzzing with ors include being named achievement. activity. It felt great.” Mediator of the Year by the Wulff led the three- Before and after the Mediation Society in 2004. “I person panel that heard and WTC experience, Wulff have a high level of motiva- decided the huge insurance enjoyed a distinguished life tion to help people resolve claims that resulted from in the law. He was ranked conflicts,” he admits. “There the disaster—reconstruction first in his Hastings class in are few professions where costs and business interrup- 1972 and 1973, and served you can do the right thing tion claims were four times on the Hastings Law Journal. and prosper financially. greater than those for any He was also the school’s first Fortunately, I found one.” other incident in the indus- extern for the chief justice try’s history. “More than a of the California Supreme dozen enormous issues had Court and later served as an

“There are few professions where you can do the right thing and prosper financially. Fortunately, I found one.”

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ome 16 years ago, Over the course of his S William Quinby ’67 career, Quinby estimates William Quinby ’67 took a radical departure that he has been the media- The Wisdom of Solomon from his 26-year career tor or arbitrator in about as a business litigator at 1,000 domestic and inter- Crosby Heafy Roach & May national disputes, involving in Oakland, and decided to complex commercial and go neutral. “I was working interpersonal matters. He’s on one case with a team of especially enamored of the five lawyers for three years, rigors of arbitration. “I’m and in an unexpected way, not a ‘split the baby’ arbitra- the case settled. I woke up tor. Some arbitrators are one morning a litigator in a afraid to come down hard large firm with nothing on on one side or the other, my plate—not a great thing, even if it’s called for. That’s especially in the context not something I buy into.” of billable hours,” says Quinby also made time Quinby. “I used the time to for a few teaching stints go to a mediation seminar along the way, including put on by the American a negotiations class at “I’m not a ‘split the Bar Association and the Hastings in the late 1990s. American Arbitration It was a chance to pay back baby’ arbitrator. Association (AAA). I got in-kind the top-quality, well- bitten by the ADR bug.” rounded legal education he Some Arbitrators Quinby convinced received and still treasures. colleagues at Crosby “Hastings emphasized the are Afraid to to green-light his ADR practice of law as much as practice group. In 1996, he the learning of law,” says come down hard became a full-time neutral, the Oakland native, the part of a panel of arbitrators first in his family to go to on one side or the launched by the AAA. Since college. “The quality of 2001, he’s set up shop, teaching was superb.” other, even if it’s sharing office space and expenses with ADR stand- out and fellow Hastings called for. That’s grad Randall Wulff ’74, and ADR attorney Yarko not something I Sochynsky, at Wulff Quinby & Sochynsky in Oakland. buy into.”

20 spring 2010 A Firm Is Born

William Quinby recalls the chain of events that led to the founding of Wulff Quinby & Sochynsky: “In 2001, Randy phoned me and said, ‘I’m considering going out on my own. Would you be interested in sharing office space?’ For me, it was like being a rookie on a baseball team, and Willie Mays says, ‘Hey, you want to play ball?’ It was a no-brainer, considering Randy is one of the country’s top mediators. It’s been a fabulous opportunity.”

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STAR Working with A-list clients from film, TV, POWERHOUSES and pro sports, entertainment lawyer Peter Nelson ’79 and arbitrator Fred Peter Nelson ’79 Ring Leader

Horowitz ’75 t was blockbuster news released. The case involved with Roger Traynor, retired deftly handle Iwhen Peter Nelson ’79 “chasing a portion of the chief justice of the California settled the lawsuit brought profits that Jackson was Supreme Court, and Arthur headline-making by his client, Hollywood entitled to and that the stu- Goldberg, retired U.S. disputes. heavyweight Peter Jackson, dio failed to pay him,” says Supreme Court justice. “I against New Line Cinema, Nelson, who also fashioned owe my legal mind largely to the Time Warner subsid- the groundbreaking deal Hastings’ wonderful profes- iary that financed and that green-lighted Jackson sors,” he says. distributed the director’s to co-write, direct, and pro- In addition to negotiat- Oscar-winning Lord of the duce the three movies. ing Jackson’s deals for the Rings films. The world of entertain- Lord of the Rings trilogy, “It was a high-profile ment has held lifelong Nelson also facilitated case because the Lord of appeal for Nelson. “I was director Andrew Adamson’s the Rings films are three the kid in the neighborhood deal for The Chronicles of the most successful of who would invite other of Narnia, actor David all time. The movies are so kids over to have a show,” Duchovny’s X-Files and beloved and generated so he says, “and I was always Californication pacts, and WebExtra much revenue that the case the master of ceremonies.” many more. “I am fasci-  stirred a lot of public atten- His love for show business nated by what I get to do To learn why the tion,” says Nelson, who in resurfaced at Hastings, every day,” says Nelson. saga of Peter 2008 hung out a shingle where in addition to ranking “My clients are some of the Nelson’s work for with George Davis and among the top five per- smartest and most enter- director Peter Mark Wetzstein at Nelson cent of his class after his taining people in the world. Jackson could Davis Wetzstein, a Santa first year and serving as a It’s a pleasure to contribute be subtitled “The Monica firm that repre- Hastings Law Journal editor, my legal and business train- Never-Ending Story,” sents the upper echelon of he twice was emcee of The ing to their success.” visit magazine. Hollywood talent. Hastings Law Revue, the law uchastings.edu. Terms of the 2007 school’s talent show. Nelson settlement have not been still fondly recalls seminars

22 spring 2010 “It was a high-profile case because the Lord of the Rings films are three of the most successful of all time. The movies are so beloved and generated so much revenue that the case stirred a lot of public attention.” Lovato imagesLovato { UC HASTINGS 23 “We’re in an odd profession,” muses Horowitz, whose calendar is always booked well in advance. “We tick people off for a living and then hope they’ll hire {us again.” Lovato imagesLovato

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fred horowitz ’75 gag rule

f you can take one lesson Horowitz. “When you deal Ifrom the prolific career with an employee’s or a of Fred Horowitz ’75, it’s company’s problems, you this—dead men and busy can get your hands around arbitrators tell roughly the the issues,” he says. “And in same number of tales. this field, you can make a Operating out of big difference as a lawyer.” his Santa Monica office, One of Horowitz’s Horowitz has heard cases of highest-profile cases disputes between baseball was 2006’s bitter dis- players and their teams, and pute between pilots and ✪ The Right Hollywood directors and Delta Airlines. Nine days Stuff their guild, and has trav- of proceedings filled the eled to Toronto to settle an ballrooms of the Marriott Fred Horowitz has NHL contract dispute in 48 and Grand Hyatt hotels in settled labor disputes hours. But if you’re looking Washington, D.C. Yet when- involving top athletes for names to go along with ever members of the media and Hollywood bigwigs, these anecdotes, you’re out sought comment from among others. Here’s his of luck. the arbitration panel, they scouting report on what “Fred Horowitz isn’t were stonewalled. For an makes a good arbitrator. even my real name,” jokes experienced arbitrator like Open-mindedness the ever-discreet Horowitz, Horowitz, talking publicly “Leave your preconcep- who has more than three about hard-fought disputes tions at the door, and be decades of labor and is simply not an option. open to whatever you’re employment law experi- “We’re in an odd pro- about to hear.” ence, including the past 21 fession,” muses Horowitz, years as a full-time arbitra- whose calendar is always Respect tor and mediator. booked well in advance. “Show respect for every- Horowitz traces his “We tick people off for a one in the room, from the career back to the class living and then hope they’ll owner of the company to on labor law he took at hire us again.” the grievant.” Hastings with Professor Joseph Grodin. The subject Skepticism matter instantly sparked for “Don’t take anything at face value.”

Empathy “Fully understand each party’s position.”

Fortitude “Have the courage to stand by your decision, even if it’s unpopular.”

UC HASTINGS 25 Jennifer O’Connor ’84 light jeffrey luke photography

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“There were Native even years ago, when may not work for fish SJennifer O’Connor ’84 spawning.” Americans, the Army was asked to join Washing- With O’Connor’s deft ton State’s largest utility, abilities as a negotiator, a Corps of Engineers, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), settlement was reached in environmentalists, she wasn’t sure if it would 2004. Part of the resolution be enough of a challenge involved PSE’s installing a fish people, bird people, for her. “My first reaction $50 million “fish survival canoeing enthusiasts…” was, How hard can it be to mechanism”—an appara- keep the lights on?” tus that safely transports O’Connor sighs. “A case It didn’t take long in her fish around the plant. “This like this can go on for new position as PSE’s vice project is a showcase for president and general coun- positive collaboration,” years because there are sel, however, to realize she’d says O’Connor. “And with so many moving parts. misjudged it. “It has flab- so many people affected bergasted me how complex by PSE on a daily basis, And what might work this job is,” says O’Connor. our reputation for integrity well for, say, flood On behalf of PSE, and fair-mindedness goes a O’Connor handles multilay- long way.” control may not work ered negotiations that call Although O’Connor has for fish spawning.” for patience, skill, empa- years of experience with thy, and creative thinking. litigation, alternative dispute Because major utilities such resolution remains her first as PSE have far-reaching choice whenever possible. public policy implications, Upon graduating from A Savvy Solution the number of stakeholders Hastings, O’Connor worked “When I first got to PSE, there was a massive litigation with distinct viewpoints can as a litigator in private relating to outstanding debts from PSE’s power sales to be staggering. practice. She went in-house California during the energy crisis. We wanted to work Case in point—PSE in 1995, first with Honda out a mutually beneficial arrangement and proposed that wanted to obtain a license and then with Starbucks, California’s utilities buy renewable energy credits from for a hydroelectric plant in and was impressed by both PSE’s wind farm as a way to resolve the issue. It took Washington’s Baker River, companies’ interest in cre- some out-of-the-box thinking, but everyone approved and O’Connor needed to ative problem solving—as the idea. And everybody is pleased. I feel lucky to work bring the interested parties well as their commitment to in a field with such creative minds.” to the table. She vividly bettering the environment. remembers walking into a “At Honda, we were on room in which 30 people the leading edge of electric were discussing the power cars, and Starbucks is an plant’s impact. “There were environmentally sensitive Native Americans, the company. At PSE, it is grati- Army Corps of Engineers, fying to work in a business environmentalists, fish where the environmental people, bird people, canoe- footprint matters so much. ing enthusiasts…” O’Connor And I have the opportunity sighs. “A case like this can to move the dial in a really go on for years because meaningful way.” there are so many moving parts. And what might work well for, say, flood control

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laude Ames ’77 the dual nature of his work, clinic in Monterey, attended C remembers the young each component of which Monterey Peninsula woman distinctly, even draws on different skills. “As Community College, and though he spoke with her a mediator, you bring the eventually was accepted decades ago. She was parties together and try to at UC Berkeley, where he a ward at the California nudge them toward a reso- received his BS degree. Youth Authority who had lution. As an arbitrator—the At Hastings, two men- filed multiple emergency decision maker—you switch tors steered him toward a grievances about her treat- to another hat.” career in arbitration: the ment, which necessitated Ames sits on numerous late David Concepcion and alternative dispute resolu- arbitration and mediation Joseph Grodin, who taught tion. Ames, newly hired by panels related to employ- employment and labor law, the American Arbitration ment and labor issues. He’s and is a former California Association, traveled to a member of the National Supreme Court justice. Camarillo to meet with her. Academy of Arbitrators “My career has been “They brought her out of as well as chairman of the a fascinating adventure,” solitary confinement,” he Northern California Regional says Ames, who lauds the recalls. “We sat in the rec Academy of Arbitrators. way that Hastings prepared room, and I bought her a Ames is also a former board him for it. “It’s important Bankruptcy soda.” Ames inquired about member of the California for alumni to stay involved Bigwig her grievance. Her answer— Dispute Resolution Council. because we have to main- The busy attorney also “I was lonely.” At one point in his tain opportunities for wears another hat, prac- He spent about a half life, Ames leaned toward today’s students to get ticing bankruptcy law in hour with the troubled becoming a veterinarian. But the great education that I the U.S. District Court’s woman. “She was satisfied. that changed when he went received.” Northern California She was happy the system to Montgomery, Alabama, District. Ames represents worked—her complaint was in 1968—the height of the debtors and creditors heard, and someone was Civil Rights movement. “I in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 listening to her.” met Malcolm X. I met Martin bankruptcies, and has In his three decades Luther King. I met Stokely been a panel member of practicing arbitration Carmichael,” he recalls. of the U.S. Bankruptcy and mediation, Ames has “That’s when I started to Court Dispute Resolution done plenty of listening. rethink my career choice.” Program for the Northern He estimates he’s handled Inspired by these lead- District of California for up to 1,800 arbitration or ers, Ames realized he, too, the past 11 years. mediation cases. He relishes wanted to make a profound difference in people’s lives. Then came an 18-month tour of duty in Vietnam, after which he was stationed at Fort Ord. He launched a free medical The CLAUDE AMES ’77 Listener

28 spring 2010 “I met Malcolm X. I met Martin Luther King. I met Stokely Carmichael,” Ames recalls. “That’s when I started to rethink {my career choice.”

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Notable Alumni Leaders in the ADR Community

Attorney Michael McNamara ’82 has found himself at the bargaining table on more than a few occasions. A litigation partner in Steptoe & Johnson’s Century City office, McNamara often serves as lead trial counsel in arbitrations. His victories include securing a $40 million award for a client in the real estate industry and defending the former director of an international investment banking firm from claims brought by a competing firm that the client had poached business. McNamara’s 27 years of experience make him an often sought-after counsel.

John Nordin ’69 (left, with Kenneth Starr), an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, has served as an arbitrator, settlement attorney, or mediator in over 100 mediation and arbitration proceedings. A member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Sections and the L.A. County Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Associates, Nordin is an across- the-board ADR expert.

30 spring 2010 Alumni Adjuncts With the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Fred Butler ’86 Karl Christiansen ’96 Stanley Witkow ’73 established alterna- John Dean ’79 knows dispute resolu- tive dispute resolution Jonathan Gross ’85 tion. His company, systems. Stiles is a Dispute Resolution senior partner with Howard Herman ’83 Resources, analyzes Bakersfield’s Chain Lucia Kanter ’98 disputes to help clients Cohn & Stiles, and is Ed Moldavsky ’05 understand their adver- frequently appointed Sheila Purcell ’86 saries’ positions and as an arbitrator by the Amy Slater ’81 effectively strategize court and occasionally Sandro Tuzzo ’00 for resolution. Knowing retained as a private Clint Waasted ’04 the other side’s “must mediator. haves” enables his clients to develop win- Based in Honolulu, win strategies, helping Michael O’Connor ’71 both sides achieve their is a shareholder with Save the Date! key needs and leading Ogawa Lau Nakamura to faster, more eco- & Jew. Active with Mastering the Difficult nomical, and stronger the Hawai`i court, Negotiation: resolutions. O’Connor is an arbi- The Strategic Advantage trator with the Court A prominent litiga- Annexed Arbitration A new Hastings CLE Course tor in California’s Program and Mediation May 20 & 27, June 3 & 10 at UC Hastings Law Central Valley, David Specialists of Hawai`i. Stiles ’76 knows • Extensive in-class practice how to avoid costly • Four weekly classes to maximize litigation. As a mem- personal feedback and integrate ber of the Kern County Skills into practice Bar Association’s • Techniques to manage tactics and Mediation Program bad behavior Committee, he evalu- • Limited enrollment ated the “Fast Track” scheduling system • Fulfills 24 hours of CLE requirements, including ethics and elimination for court cases and of bias

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Clockwise from center: The Hastings Kathryn Eary ’11 (in pink), Megan O’Sullivan ’10, Gabriela Bischof ’10, Yaeri Kim ’11, Jennifer Takehana ’12, Valicia Saucedo ’12, Mark Brown ’12, Caitlin Daniel ’12, Ariane Moham- adi ’10, Mara Boundy ’12, Charles Hunter ’12, Christ- offer Lee ’11, Timothy Crawley ’11, Kevin Budner ’12, Kelsey Quaranto ’12, Wesley Sheffield ’12, Lee Lam ’10, Lisa Hathaway ’10, Henry Steinberg ’12, Sean Gentry ’10 and Josh Horowitz ’10.

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32 spring 2010 negotiation team seals the deal Student negotiators learn valuable skills in a series of global competitions.

ust like produc- coach and a member of Some of the team Oregon School of Law ing a fine wine, the original team. members have already and the Negotiation getting to yes in Membership and competed in the Challenge in Leipzig, a negotiation is interest in the team American Bar Associa- Germany. Ja delicate and involved have soared—today, tion Representation in Students gain process. The deal has there are 29 members, Negotiation Competi- valuable experience to be put together just nearly three times as tion at Brigham Young through participation right, or the end product many as there were in University Law School in these competitions. could sour. Luckily for its formative years, and in Utah, the Govern- “The Negotiation Team Hastings students, they students must compete ment Contracts and is preparing me for life get a leg up on the art in a rigorous three- Programs National after law school,” says of the deal by partici- week tryout process Negotiation Competi- Leah Sykes ’10. “Most pating in the Negotia- to secure one of the tion at Liberty Univer- important are the tion Team run by the team’s coveted spots. sity School of Law in essential communica- Center for Negotiation A hefty competi- Virginia, and the Inter- tion skills I have built and Dispute Resolution. tion schedule has made national Chamber of through practice, which “A respected it a busy year for team Commerce Commercial I know will be valuable player in the negotia- members. Participat- Mediation Competition early in my career.” tion circuit, the team ing in eight tourna- in Paris. Ahead of them Waasted adds, promotes advocacy ments this year, three are five more tourna- “The focus on and in dispute settlement of which are interna- ments, including the benefit of the ‘team’ and creates thoughtful tional, team members American Bar Associa- element cannot be problem solvers,” says are literally jet-setting tion Representation in overlooked. It provides Clint Waasted ’04, around the world to get Mediation Competition a sense of community the Negotiation Team’s the deal done. at the University of and belonging.”

UC HASTINGS 33 toward a fairer, safer, and class notes more just tomorrow.” Kelly Corcoran is an News about your classmates and colleagues associate with Kerr08 & Wagstaffe. ~ A civil litigation attorney with Laquer Urban Clifford & Hodge, a transactional and litigation Rester John Nonato ~ to support this worthy vacationed in Turkey.” firm in Pasadena, Matthew writes, “I am an 09associate program.” ~ Niki Roman Jon Salmon is employed Bechtel focuses his practice Matt director at Ernst and Young (nee Anderson) and at McCormick Kidman on employee benefit law, Roman Philippines, where I prac- were married in & Behrens, an Orange business litigation, and tice tax and corporate law.” Auburn, California. The County firm specializing general employment law. ~ ~ Kristopher Nelson is in two met their first year at in water and public agency Matthew Visick earned the ~ the History of Science PhD Hastings and got engaged law. “I am a Justice Fel- U.S. Green Building Coun- program at UC San Diego, before their third year. They low at the San Francisco cil’s Leadership in Energy

where he focuses on law currently live in Lafayette. District Attorney’s Office, and Environmental Design ~ and technology, especially As a staff attorney at where I volunteered as Accredited Professional sta- ~ intellectual property. “I the AIDS Legal Referral an intern throughout law tus. He practices public law Ted Panel in San Francisco, school, and where I hope with McDonough Holland Garey specializes in hous- to become employed after & Allen’s Oakland office. ~ ing, disability, and immi- bar results are released,” As an associate at Boorna- Arthur Meirson gration law for individuals writes . zian Jensen & Garthe in ~ with HIV and AIDS. “In my spare time, I am Oakland, Donnelly Gillen Jessica Juarez is work- active in several local com- specializes in construction ing for the World Health munity and political orga- defect litigation. ~ Arielle Organization on a forth- nizations and am striving Harris is an associate in coming 2010 publication addressing sexual health rights in Europe. She says, “Analyzing European juris- prudence and legislation is helping me become a better human rights advocate Jessica Juarez ’09 here at home. I am happily living in San Francisco and am an associate director of searching for a permanent the California Constitu- position in employment tional Literacy Initiative law, civil liberties, or at Hastings and will be an constitutional law.” ~ “I am adjunct professor at the deferred and waiting to see law school in the spring,” if I will be an associate at writes Jonathan Heller. “I Morrison & Foerster’s Palo would love to speak with Alto office this spring,” says any Hastings alum who is Paul Findley. “Meanwhile, Tim Phillips ’08 serving as a legal observer at an anti-war protest in Berkeley interested in learning more my wife and I recently

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Joseph Azam practices Silicon Valley office, Julia mittee on Housing and white-collar criminal Riechert works in the Community Opportunity litigation and investiga- firm’s employment group. ~ in Washington, D.C., Keo tions, with a focus on the Anne Bradley is enjoying Chea focuses on mortgage Foreign Corrupt Practices her practice as an associ- reform and fair lending Act, SEC compliance, ate at Christie Parker & laws. ~ Mukund Sharma and enforcement matters. Hale in Internet law and Joseph also maintains a intellectual property. “I steady flow of pro bono finally married Chris Chen work, mainly in the form last September,” she says. of immigration cases and ~ “While I enjoy my work indigent criminal defense. as a patent attorney, it was thrilling to bike in the Alps Joseph Azam ’08 where France, Switzerland, Jason Yoo Nema Milaninia writes, and Italy meet,” McDonough Holland & 07 says. “I met people from “I authored an op-ed on Allen’s Oakland office and the Iranian judiciary titled other parts of the globe and practices in the public law ‘One Larijani Who Won’t enjoyed the scenery.” group. Last September, Bring Change’ for haaretz she and Adam Fishman .com. My article ‘Sanctions were married in Geyser- Stifle Iranian Lawyers’ Grace Lee is a litigation ~ ville, California. “I’ve Access to U.S. Support,’ associate in the06 construc- been working as a deputy discussing post-election tion practice group of Stephanie Blair ’06 and her district attorney in Sacra- violence in Iran, was Archer Norris in Walnut husband, Ken mento since passing the bar published in the American Creek. She also serves on Brad Ng last fall,” writes . Lawyer, the Recorder, and the board of the Asian recently left the Federal Brittany Yang ‘09 “ and I the New York Law Journal.” Pacific Bar Association. ~ Public Defender’s Office. ~ recently got engaged.” ~ As an associate at Orrick As counsel for the House “Though the hearings Tim Phillips co-counsels on Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Financial Services Subcom- and high-security work plaintiff-side employment were exciting,” he says, and civil rights cases with “I decided it was time to Jason Erlich ‘99 at the switch gears. I took the Erlich Law Firm. Tim is a patent bar and am doing member of the legal team electrical patent prosecu- defending the AETA 4, tion work for a boutique four animal rights activ- intellectual property firm ists facing federal charges near family and friends under a new law targeting in Orange County.” ~ “I constitutionally protected joined Holme Roberts protest activities. In his & Owen’s San Francisco free time, Tim fights office, where I specialize citations given to home- in media law and intel- less people, as a volunteer lectual property,” says Leila attorney with the Law- Knox. She is expecting her yers’ Committee for Civil second child in January. ~ Rights. ~ As an associate Helen Liu is an associate at at Willkie Farr & Gal- Jason Yoo ’07 Pope Berger & Williams lagher in New York City, in San Diego, practicing

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employment law. She and writes. ~ Julie Moss- Hillel Adesnik were mar- Lewis is deputy county ried last September and counsel and the child happily spend their free protective services attorney time with their puggle, for Calaveras County and Lucy Liu Adesnik. ~ “I lives in San Andreas. She am entering my third year was married 2.8 miles up as an estate planning and the Mount Whitney Trail administration attorney at in August. Botto Law Group,” writes Lauren Cappelloni. “I am also excited about recently Lauren Greenberg becoming involved with Wanderman 04 is an associate Hastings’ alumni mentor at Canter•Moorhead Fam- ~ Stephanie program.” ily Law in San Mateo. Her Blair (nee Coogler) and practice includes collab- Ken Blair were married last orative practice, mediation, October. She is an associate and litigation. She was at Anderson Zeigler Disha- the president of the San roon Gallagher & Gray in Mateo County Barristers Santa Rosa. Association in 2009. ~ “My partner, April Silas, and I Kairos Imagine, daughter of Carolyn Reyes ’04 would like to announce the A solo practitioner in New arrival of Kairos Imagine York City, Zoe Dolan05 last October. She just cel- Group. The firm recently Jackson David, last April.” concentrates her practice expanded from its Beverly ~ Brittany Novotny is ebrated her first birthday!” Carolyn Reyes ~ on criminal defense and Hills office to a larger working as counsel with says . Emily Levin litigation, with a focus on office in Century City. the American Federation opened the national security matters ~ Cambridge Who’s Who of Government Employees firm Amini Levin & Fey ~ and death penalty cases. recognized Little Fawn Local 916 and running to in Los Angeles. The firm’s Pejman "P.J." Javaheri is Boland, a partner with represent House District practice consists of busi- a partner with Juris Law Rosette & Associates, 84 in the Oklahoma ness, corporate and real for showing dedication, legislature. Brittany says, leadership, and excellence “The campaign is off to a in all aspects of Indian great start, as we work to law and tribal representa- build a brighter future in tion. ~ Annie Chu and Oklahoma through jobs, her beau, Michael Chung, education, and transpor- were married in Kona, tation.” ~ “My husband, Hawaii, in 2008. They Chris Walton, and I live in Orange County moved to Denver last with their daughter, year. I am an associate in Madeleine Ashley, and the employment group at their two dogs. ~ David Davis Graham & Stubbs, Colella writes, “My wife, and Chris is an attorney Kristi Brittany Novotny ’05 Sarah, and I celebrated at Simplicity Law,” Audrey Louise, daughter of Emily Walton the birth of our first child, (nee Nguyen) Schmid ’04

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public law. She is taking Michigan State Law a sabbatical in Cambodia School, I went on to earn this spring to work with an LLM in labor and the tribunal that prosecutes employment law from the Khmer Rouge, teach Wayne State University about democratic rights, Law School last May. I was and prevent human traf- married in 2005 and have ficking. ~ Emily Schmid two children.” (nee Richdale) is proud to announce the birth of Audrey Louise Schmid last Lisa Tan was named a Ris- July. She says, “My hus- ing Star by Super03 Lawyers Jason Holder ’04 and Shilpa Kumbhani at their wedding band and I are doing great and voted “Top Lawyer” and enjoying maternity by her peers in Pasadena ~ estate law, and business His daughter is nine-years- leave together!” Writes Magazine. ~ The State Bar’s ~ Saraphoena Koffron litigation. The Barristers old and is the California , “I Taxation Section appointed Club of the Bar Asso- State Champion for Spar- won my first case as lead Bradley Marsh to its Exec- ~ ciation of San Francisco ring in Taekwondo. A counsel in front of the utive Committee. ~ Harris Avin Sharma elected its senior associate at Meyers Michigan Supreme Court Mark Madnick says, “Our ~ Jason Holder Inga president. Nave in Oakland, this July, Hunter v. Hunter. son, Logan James, was Lintvedt and Shilpa Kumbhani were is specializing in After having transferred to born last October.” ~ Super married last September. Lawyers magazine named Jason practices land use Katharine Altemus a and environmental law in Northern California Rising Sacramento while Shilpa Star. ~ Genevieve Evarts is finishing her radiology is an attorney with Folger ~ residency at UCSF. “My Levin, where she prac- children Lorenzo (4) and tices employment law. The Margaret (2) still keep firm’s practice also includes me pretty busy, but I have corporate, litigation, and started working a few days estate planning work. ~ As a week at a small insurance an in-house legal consul- defense firm named Sim- tant with HCL America, oncini & Associates in San Hemalatha Karveti does Una Ravaglia Jose,” writes . information technology “So far, we are all adjusting and outsourcing contract well to ‘supermomness.’ negotiation, drafting, and Hope all of my classmates review. She lives with her ~ are happy and healthy!” family in Milpitas and has James Fox runs the Fox a three-year-old son and a Law Firm in Southern four-month-old baby boy. California, which focuses ~ Arturo Sandoval was on criminal defense and named a Northern Cali- family law. He is also on fornia Rising Star by Super the faculty of Cal State Lawyers magazine. Fullerton as a part-time professor of political sci- Hemalatha Karveti ’03 with her family ence and criminal justice.

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districts. In total, Sophie has worked on 15 percent of the state’s public agency solar projects over the past few years. She also serves as general counsel to the Ramona Municipal Water District. ~ Josefina Jimenez lives in London and serves on the Executive Committee of Democrats Abroad United Kingdom. ~ Liz Doherty married Elizabeth Roberts at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in the Berkshires with several A Very Hastings Christmas! Hastings alumni and a Swede she met in Leiden Cindy Chiang ’02 hosted a Hastings Christmas party in Los Angeles. Front row, present. The “Elizabeths” from left: Christine Gonong ’02, Esmeralda Alfaro ’02. Back row, from left: Minh live in Cambridge, where Nguyen ’02, with his two children; Corinne Orquiola ‘03, with her son; Cindy Chiang; Liz works in-house at Aka- Tim Laske ’02; Heather Hua ’02; Sherwin Chen ’02; and John Auyong ’02. mai Technologies.

Super Lawyers magazine Jessica Smith Bobadilla Sandro00 Tuzzo “I am environmental coun- her practice focuses on recognized 02 brand protection issues and as a Northern California sel to Senator Whitehouse says, “I recently opened01 a of Rhode Island and an second office in San Fran- trademark and copyright Rising Star. Sandro has his amateur beekeeper,” writes cisco for my immigration portfolio management. ~ own family law practice Kate Konschnik. ~ Alyson practice, the Law Office of David Kaiser, who is com- in San Francisco and is Cabrera was selected by Jessica Smith Bobadilla. ing up on his fourth year as an adjunct professor at ~ Susie Salmon Super Lawyers magazine The other office is located a judicial staff attorney with Hastings. as a Northern California in Fresno. The firm handles the Supreme Court of Cali- is the assistant director of Rising Star. ~ The Impe- all areas of immigration fornia, has just published an legal writing and an asso- rial County Bar Asso- law with a special emphasis article on law and interpre- ciate clinical professor at ciation awarded Benjamin on removal defense includ- tation, “Entering onto the the University of Arizona, Salorio the 2008–2009 ing asylum, and we serve Path of Inference: Textual- James E. Rogers College of Trial Attorney of the Year immigrants from every ism and Contextualism in Law. She was recognized Award. The award is voted continent and throughout the Bruton Trilogy,” in the as one of Tucson’s “40 on by all practicing lawyers the United States.” ~ The University of San Francisco Under 40” by the Arizona and judges in Imperial International Trademark Law Review. ~ Best Best & Daily Star. Susie previously County. ~ Amy Rose was Association gave Kelly Krieger promoted Sophie spent nine years as a civil chosen as a Northern Cali- McCarthy the 2009 Volun- Akins to partner. She works litigator, first at O’Melveny fornia Rising Star by Super teer Service Award for the in the firm’s San Diego & Myers in Los Angeles Lawyers magazine. Advancement of the Asso- office on solar projects, and and then at Quarles & ciation. She is a partner at her clients include several Brady in Tucson. Sideman & Bancroft, where school campuses and water

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Tom Duann is an adminis- cipal with Ernst & Young 99 ~ trative law judge with the in San Francisco. “I Social Security Admin- opened a law office special- istration in its Office of izing in estate planning,” Disability Adjudication writes Sandy Chun. She is and Review in Norfolk, based in Torrance, Califor- Virginia. ~ “I relocated to nia, and provides services Salt Lake City after get- related to wills, trusts, ting engaged,” writes Talar probate, guardianship, and Herculian. She was recently conservatorship. ~ Regina sworn into the Utah State Walton writes, “I have Bar. ~ Karen Tang Milli- successfully avoided legal gan and her husband, Rob- practice since graduation. Arthur Liu ’98 is the proud dad of triplets Julia, Joshua, and Justin ert, have a son named Jack. I moved to South Korea to ~ “After almost nine years teach university-level Eng- practicing dependency law, lish in 2000 with the plan my own social media man- Consortium on Law, Sci- I accepted a position as a to come back after a year agement business.” ence and Health Policy. senior staff counsel at the or two but ended up living, Prior to joining Hastings, Office of Legal Affairs for working, and studying she served as the law and the California Department abroad for eight years. I’m Arthur Liu and his wife, policy adviser at UCSF’s of Corrections and Reha- back in the U.S. now and Mary, had triplets98 named Advancing New Standards bilitation,” says Christine live in New York City. I’m Julia, Joshua, and Justin last in Reproductive Health. Harris Reysner. “I live in teaching computer skills October. ~ Jennifer Dunn Jennifer teaches Women’s Sacramento and have two to seniors for a nonprofit, is the executive director Health and the Law at UC sons, Ethan (7) and Adam Older Adults Technology Berkeley Law and brings ~ Ali Vahdat of the UCSF/Hastings (4).” is a prin- Services, and have started her experience with reproductive health and justice to Hastings students. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Ian, and two boys, Alex and Colin. ~ As a director at the law firm of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in Honolulu, Michelle Shin practices business and real estate law. She was selected as one of Pacific Business News’ “Forty Under 40” awardees in 2009, who are selected for their leadership in the business community and community service. ~ Shannon Dunne is the acting deputy director of the Office of Legislation for the Karen Tang Milligan ’99 with her husband, Robert, and son, Jack U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health

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Nancy Solomon97 gave birth attend inauguration events to her second daughter, in Washington, D.C.,” says Sasha, with husband Alex Emmie Reed. “The morn- DeGood. She opened her ing of the inauguration, law offices one year ago I volunteered by writing and practices employment letters and making care law in Los Angeles. ~ “My packages for our overseas wife, Monique, and I were troops at Robert F. Ken- married last October,” nedy Memorial Stadium. I writes Jean-Pierre Francil- was also fortunate enough lette. They have a daughter to attend the inaugura- named Xayla. ~ Anne tion parade.” ~ Jennie Shelby-Ramberg recently Clark has her own civil Lesley Grossblatt ’95 and her joined Clearwire Com- and criminal litigation daughter, Sarah Rachel Emmie Reed ’97 at President munications in Kirkland, practice, which has one Obama’s inaugural parade Washington. As senior associate attorney and two corporate counsel, she legal assistants. ~ Susanne Resources and Services oversees litigation and risk Meyer Brown earned Administration. She says, management. ~ A partner the U.S. Green Building “I can’t believe it, but I’m at Silverman Decaria & Council’s Leadership in I am a partner at Richards Mike Kibbe & Orbe, a96 mid-size actually a soccer mom. I Kattleman in Reno, Energy and Environmen- have two active boys— Kattelman was the 2009 tal Design Accredited New York firm specializing five- and seven-years- treasurer of the Washoe Professional status. She in complex commercial old—who keep me on my County Bar Association. practices in McDonough litigation and SEC/FINRA ~ toes!” The Department Mike will become president Holland & Allen’s Oakland regulatory work,” writes Lisa Patricia O’Prey of Justice presented of the association’s executive office, where she advises on . “I am Scanlon with its highest board in 2012. ~ Khaldoun transactional matters in real thrilled to announce that I honor, the John Marshall Baghdadi is a Northern estate, redevelopment, land am a trustee of the Hastings Award, for participation in California Rising Star. ~ use, and public contract- 1066 Foundation (please antitrust litigation involv- “While completing my ing for public agencies and support our alma mater!) and ing the National Associa- master’s degree in account- private entities. that I welcomed my second tion of Realtors. Lisa has ing in Boston, I decided to daughter, Lilly, last July.” ~ Steve Coopersmith worked at the Antitrust Division since graduating opened the Coopersmith from Hastings. ~ Robert Law Firm in the fall of Liskey and Kate Hertel ‘99 2008. He practices busi- were married in 2001 and ness litigation, including recently welcomed their contract, financial fraud, first child, daughter Chloe employment, and securities ~ Lake Liskey. They live in disputes. Super Lawyers Pilar Los Angeles, where Kate magazine recognized Morin is a business litigator with , a partner at Liebert Jones Day, and Rob prac- Cassidy Whitmore, as a tices health-care litigation Southern California Rising with Tyler & Wilson. Star in the area of employment and labor law. ~ Anne Schwartz Marx works in Jean-Pierre Francillette ’97 and his wife, Monique the Court Interpreters

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the 35th House District covering Fairfax County, Virginia,” says Mark Keam. This was my first run for public office, and I won as a Democrat in an open seat. I am the first Korean American to serve in the Virginia General Assem- bly.” ~ Robin Perry has a law practice in Long Beach, specializing in white-collar criminal defense, admin- Mike Fabiano ’93 istrative law, and police misconduct litigation. He is an elected member of ~ the Los Angeles County ing a revenue stream!” Democratic Central Com- The J. Paul Getty Trust Kimberly Wong mittee. He is married and appointed the father of two children. assistant general counsel. He previously worked as She oversees legal matters Virginia delegate Mark Keam ’95 with his family on election day a deputy district attorney, including contract, labor, ~ litigating cases ranging and employment issues. Otto Lee from DUIs to homicide. , a Navy Reserve Program at the California his practice on elder law logistician, is serving at the Administrative Office of and probate. He says, Headquarters of Multi- the Courts. She says, “I “Aside from my own Cindy Elizabeth Oakes National Forces Iraq at have given a press confer- practice, I am of counsel to 94 Camp Victory, Baghdad, as ence with Chief Justice the Law Offices of Caren opened a solo practice chief of Theater Material Ronald George, been on Nielsen. We had a second that focuses on the legal Disposition Authorities in television, and get to be child, Chloe Mari Chilin- needs of employees. She support of the Responsible creative. It is the best fit girian, and bought a house says, “I am enjoying the Drawdown of U.S. forces. I’ve found in 15 years. I in Porter Ranch in Los freedom of solo practice He writes, “Aside from recruit interpreters and Angeles.” ~ “My husband, and the agony of grow- trying to stay away from work on American Sign David, and I are the proud IEDs and mortar attacks, Language issues. I am on parents of Sarah Rachel my daily duties include extended maternity leave Grossblatt,” writes Lesley obtaining legal authori- after the early arrival of Kim Grossblatt. “We live ties from the Pentagon to Eitan Andre in June. Big in San Francisco, and I am support equipping the Iraqi brother Joshua Lassen is the senior product manager security forces and the very sweet and both are at Intuit, makers of Quick- drawdown of U.S. forces glad I work for the state.” Books and TurboTax.” ~ and equipment, based Kelly Reagan is board cer- on the president’s time- tified in business litigation line.” ~ The State Bar of Neal Chilingirian law by the Florida Bar. ~ “I moved Texas elected Leslie Sara 95 was elected a new mem- Hyman his office from Encino to , a Cox Smith Mat- ber of the Virginia House Warner Center at Wood- thews shareholder, chair of of Delegates to represent Eva Guo ’94 land Hills and concentrates its Antitrust and Business

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Litigation Section. ~ Eva of California’s Department Guo submitted a video to a of Corporations as a senior Crunch Gym video contest corporations counsel. promoting its gyms. She Based in the San Fran- writes, “I have opened my cisco office, Gillian is the own full-service law firm department’s acting general with offices in Berkeley, San counsel and also practices Francisco, and Las Vegas. securities and franchise My practice areas include regulation. corporate transactions, civil litigation, estate planning, trusts, personal injuries, and Pamela Fulmer is a partner criminal defense.” 91 in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices of Jones Day, where she liti- Mike Fabiano is the chair gates intellectual property of the Litigation93 Section of and other complex com- the State Bar of California mercial disputes as well as for the 2009–2010 term. domestic and international He is a partner at Maz- arbitrations. ~ “I practice zarella Caldarelli in San with a law firm in Lake Diego, where he practices Oswego, just south of Michelle patent, trademark, and Michelene Insalaco ‘92 with her children, Cole and Lila Portland,” writes business litigation. ~ “I was Lentzner. “I continue to appointed to the San Ber- concentrate my practice in certification program in nardino County bench two employment law, business the area of criminal law. ~ years ago and am happily Nina Haller litigation, and intellectual Michelene Insalaco is the direc- presiding over a felony trial property. I also recently became a member92 of the tor of major gifts at Beit calendar in Victorville,” became admitted in Wash- T’Shuvah in Los Angeles. writes Miriam Morton. Executive Committee ington (love reciprocity). ~ “I introduced Profes- When I’m not working, of the California State My son tells people I’m sor Joseph Grodin and I spend my time with my Bar’s Family Law Section Judge Alex Kozinski of wonderful husband, kids, and was appointed to the the Ninth Circuit Court of and extended family. I’m Board of the Association Appeals for their consti- also on Facebook now and of Family Law Specialists tutional law presentation even check it a couple of (Director North Elect). at the Trial Court Judicial times a week—would love She has two children, ages ~ Attorneys Institute,” writes to reconnect with some four and seven. The State Randall Stoner. “I was classmates!” ~ Kristine Bar Board of Governors Vu Trinh given this honor due to my Enea is working for Axiom appointed to membership on the Trial Legal on an engagement at the California State Bar’s Court Judicial Attorneys’ Apple and is running for Criminal Law Advisory Education Committee of San Francisco supervisor in Commission. A California the Administrative Office District 10 in 2010. Bar certified specialist in criminal law, Vu advises of the Court’s Committee and assists the California for Judicial Education and Research.” ~ Gillian Small Laura Weinstock ’91 and her Board of Legal Specializa- daughter, Talya Pray-Weinstock tion in administering the is employed with the State

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licensed in Washgonia.” Shield of New Mexico. ~ environmental matters. She Orange County Divi- ~ Laura Weinstock is “After graduation, I moved previously served as deputy sion of the Office of the a screenplay consultant, to Sacramento to work at general counsel for Envi- United States Attorney. ~ writer, and script doctor in the District Attorney’s ronment and Nuclear Pro- Matthew Coe left Hyatt Los Angeles. “Check out Office,” writesLouis grams at the U.S. Depart- Hotels in 2008. He says, my website at weinstock Gonzalez. “I went to work ment of Energy. ~ As the “I am living in Barcelona scripts.com and blog at for the Weintraub law firm director of the Air Pollu- and establishing a busi- weinstockscripts.blogspot 16 years ago and now chair tion Control Division for ness and legal advisory .com,” she says. ~ “After its litigation section.” ~ the State of Colorado, Paul firm with a focus on hotel practicing in Fresno for 17 Domenic Lombardo has a Tourangeau is responsible development in Europe and years, my husband and I San Diego-based solo prac- for all aspects of air quality Latin America.” ~ The Los moved to Pismo Beach and tice defending individuals in the state. Previously, Angeles County Bar Foun- founded Mediation Cen- accused of crimes through- he was general counsel of dation, the charitable arm tral, resolving disputes from out California. environment, health, and of the Los Angeles County the Central Valley to the safety for Duke Energy Bar Association, named Central Coast,” says Laurie Corporation, a national Brian Condon its president. Quigley Saldana . “I am on Renee Korn was appointed integrated energy com- A partner in Arnold & the Board of Directors of to the Los Angeles90 County pany. Paul lives in Denver Porter’s Los Angeles office, the San Luis Obispo Food Superior Court bench. with his wife, Kristen, Brian has served on the Bank Coalition and serve as ~ A partner at the Las and their two daughters, foundation’s board for the ~ Gregory a volunteer mediator with Vegas office of Wilson Perrin (15) and Eva (13). past 10 years. ~ Silvia Argueta Abrams a local nonprofit mediation Elser Moskowitz Edelman serves as is a partner with ~ group.” The article “Tak- & Dicker, David Kahn the executive director of the Pacific West Law Group. ing Death off the Table in focuses his practice on the Legal Aid Foundation of the Land of Enchantment: areas of complex litigation Los Angeles. Lessons on Repeal from and large loss claims, com- Suzanne Schiller, a Spector the Legal and Grassroots mercial disputes, product Gadon & Rosen87 member, Communities” appeared in liability, and the defense Gloria Fangon-Hitz is is an auxiliary member of the Champion, the pub- of design professionals. ~ a real estate broker88 and the National Ski Patrol lication of the National Frederick Acomb cowrote principal at UrbanSpace and a volunteer patroller Association of Criminal the Michigan Chapter in Real Estate Services in at Jack Frost Mountain in Defense Lawyers, and was Getting the Deal Through— Oakland. The company is the Poconos. “I wanted to Shari Lynn cowritten by Dispute Resolution 2009 expanding its services to try something completely Allison . She is a research handbook. He is a princi- include the exhibition, leas- different, so I signed up and writing specialist with pal in the Detroit office of ing, and sales of American to be a candidate for the the Federal Defender’s Miller Canfield, handling and European modern patrol,” Suzanne explains. Office in Las Cruces, New complex commercial and contemporary art. ~ To become a patrol mem- ~ Brian Charlton Mexico. litigation and international As a litigation shareholder ber, candidates must take a lives in Chicago and is arbitration matters. in Greenberg Traurig’s three-month course in out- the divisional senior vice Orange County office, door emergency care and president for Corporate Wayne Gross focuses on complete additional on-the- Legal Services of Health Mary Bridget Neumayr is complex civil litigation, hill training every weekend Care Service Corpora- a counsel to the 89Commit- class action defense, trade- during the ski season. tion. An attorney with the tee on Energy and Com- mark infringement cases, Suzanne is also qualified corporation since 2001, he merce in the U.S. House and white-collar criminal as a first responder in Penn- most recently served as vice of Representatives, where defense. He previously sylvania, the basic level of president and general coun- she works on energy and was a partner at Snell & emergency medical service sel of Blue Cross and Blue Wilmer and chief of the practitioners. “It’s a new

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is cochair of Paul Hast- ings Janofsky & Walker’s global intellectual property practice. He is based in the firm’s Palo Alto and Washington, D.C., offices. ~ Brandt Law Group, Michael Brandt’s Seattle law firm, celebrated its 10th anniversary in January. ~ Beverly Narayan says, “I recently became the managing attorney of Narayan & Hudson, the San Francisco Staff Legal Office of Zurich Insurance, North America. I’m married to a great guy who is stepfather to my two fantastic daughters, Sasha, a junior at Cal (go Bears!) Ayers Rocks! and Kaiya, a junior at “My shaped canvas work, con(tour), was selected by Philip Brookman, chief curator Burlingame High School.” ~ and head of research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., for the The 2010 Insurance Cov- show “A Sense of Place 2009” at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta, erage and Claims Institute appointed Lane Finch pro- Georgia,” writes Ken Ayers ’86. gram chair. He is an attorney with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, where he way to experience a sport was named to the Best law experience. Wish me maintains a diversified civil ~ Victoria Powers that I love and to improve Lawyers in America 2010 by luck!” , a litigation practice. ~ ~ my skiing ability. I’m his peers. “After 22 years, partner with Schottenstein Barbara Snider writes, enjoying every minute of I am still at Musick Peeler Zox & Dunn’s Columbus, “After practicing many years ~ it,” Suzanne says. “I lead & Garrett, representing Ohio, office, was named in San Francisco, primarily the global risk and inves- clients in environmental to the 2010 edition of the with Cooper White & Coo- tigations practice in Los matters and providing Best Lawyers in America per, I left two years ago to Angeles for an international general business and litiga- in the field of bankruptcy focus full time on our family Steve litigation and business tion advice,” says and creditor-debtor rights business, Fortress Vine- Elie ~ consulting firm,” writes . “I have thrown my hat law. “I remain happily yards. We have been grape David Vaughn . “I assisted in the ring for a political married to my law school growers for over 20 years the receivers and trustees office, using my time as girlfriend, am the proud but are now seriously in the in the Bernard Madoff, R. ASH president as a guiding father of a senior at UC wine business. Our wines Allen Stanford, and Marc experience, and am run- Santa Cruz and a U.S. are receiving high scores, Dreier Ponzi scheme cases, ning for the Inland Empire Marine, and recently left which is gratifying.” in addition to working on Utilities Agency Board of private practice to accept a highly publicized theft of Directors. It is a great way an appointment as an trade secrets case.” ~ Eric to couple my interest in administrative law judge,” Cary Calderone still prac- Uhl, of Fisher & Philips’s serving the public with my says Eric Wildgrube. “Life 86 tices law in San Francisco environmental and water ~ Jeff Randall Portland, Maine, office, is good!” but spends more time

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consulting and blogging States Trustee appointed television series he created am now disabled and retired about document retention Richard Yanagi a Chapter on criminal defense work. from the practice of law. I and eDiscovery at 7 panel trustee. A solo Robert previously served as spent 15 years as a litigator DredLaw.com. ~ “I have practitioner in commer- the deputy public defender in private practice, in San been practicing family law cial law, collections, and at the Santa Clara County Francisco and San Diego, in the Seattle area for over landlord-tenant litigation, Public and Alternate then moved to the public 20 years,” says Michael Richard is based in Hono- Defender Offices. sector for seven years at Fancher. “My practice lulu. ~ Peter Engstrom County Counsel, where I focuses on collaborative is the North American did enforcement work for family law, in which I help managing partner for A partner in the San Fran- the Air Pollution Control Baker & McKenzie and cisco office of84 Philadelphia- District. I was rear-ended sits on the firm’s global based Schnader Harrison, six times and had three Executive Committee. Scott Tate says, “I practice back and neck surgeries. I When not traveling, he is commercial, business, never recovered from the resident in the firm’s San products, and construction last one, so I no longer ~ ~ Dan Rose Francisco office. “My litigation. I married a fellow work.” medi- law firm, Makoffs, hired Bronson litigator, Lauren, ates personal injury cases three Hastings graduates who is a UC Davis gradu- in addition to his plaintiffs’ as associates and a third- ate. Our daughter, Clara, personal injury practice at year Hastings student as a attends Mount Holyoke the Law Office of Daniel Jeffrey law clerk,” writes College in Massachusetts. H. Rose in San Francisco. Makoff . “We have offices I planned on attending last in San Francisco and year’s reunion but visited Walnut Creek and handle Clara for her birthday. I The American Bar Associa- Rachelle Chong ’84 complex business litigation hope everyone enjoyed tion gave Winston83 Peters, and related transactions.” the reunion!” ~ Rachelle the assistant Los Angeles ~ Robert Phelps gradu- Chong is a commissioner County public defender, the clients resolve their divorce ated from the Screenwrit- of the California Public Livingston Hall Juvenile issues in a less adversarial ing Master of Fine Arts Utilities Commission in Justice Award for his and more constructive Program at UCLA’s School San Francisco. She was advocacy and commitment ~ Jess Yanez manner.” ’s of Theater, Film and Tele- appointed by Governor to children in the field of trial practice, Visse-Yanez, vision. He is negotiating Schwarzenegger in Janu- juvenile justice. Winston handles business and an option agreement for a ary 2006. Given her prior is also a member of the personal injury litigation service as a Commissioner MacArthur Foundation’s across California. The firm of the Federal Communica- Juvenile Indigent Defense is located in San Francisco. tions Commission from Action Network in Califor- 1994–1997, she says she is a nia. ~ Kate Hunt Rundle is “serial regulator.” Rachelle the executive vice president Lynette Kelly writes, “I spends much of her time and general counsel of returned to the Bay85 Area working on broadband, Oclaro, a Nasdaq-traded last year after many years smart grid, renewable company that makes lasers at Shearman & Sterling energy, electric vehicles, and related components for in New York. I am now a and telehealth matters. ~ telecommunications and trial attorney with the U.S. “I live in San Diego with other industries. Oclaro is Department of Justice, as my husband of 25 years and her second public company part of the U.S. Trustee our two beautiful Russian as a general counsel. ~ Laurie Program in Oakland.” Dan Rose ’84 Blue cats,” writes The Office of the United Orange. “Unfortunately, I

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very interesting given that abuse, and other mat- I live in one of the most ters.”~ Nathan Sult and conservative counties in the Beth Tarter, friends since U.S.” ~ Laurence Brown high school, married each Smith says, “I am truly other in Honolulu. “When having fun again, consulting we aren’t being Boy Scout on issues I find interesting.” leaders or parenting our ~ As a senior disability corgi, Charlie, I am senior rights lawyer and a supervis- vice president and legal ing attorney for the special division manager for Bank education unit at Disability of Hawai`i, and Beth is Rights Montana, Alexandra the Equal Employment S. L. Volkerts is working Office and Americans with to secure special education Disabilities officer for the services and support for Hawai`i Judiciary,” Nathan students with disabilities. says. ~ The managing She also obtains appropri- partner of Bassi Edlin ate community treatment Huie & Blum, a 28-attor- for children with autism, ney law firm with offices in developmental disabilities, downtown San Francisco and serious emotional and Los Angeles, Noel disturbance through Edlin continues to litigate Medicaid and other and try environmental and government-sponsored product defect cases. ~ health insurance programs. Michael Ornstil has been

Nathan Sult ’82 with his wife, Beth Tarter Alexandra says, “During a mediator and arbitrator the last 12 years, I have with JAMS for 15 years. taken a half-dozen cases He says, “I am one of wonderful woman who is to the Montana Supreme the owners of JAMS and not a lawyer, and we have Court in the areas of serve on the IRS Board of Allen Bromberger lives 82 two girls, ages six and four.” guardianship, commit- Directors. For fun, I coach and practices law in New ~ “My paper-pushing path ment standards, financial youth competitive soccer York City. He says, “After is currently in round three teams and just completed many years as a public of the small business own- my term as president of the interest lawyer, I joined a Carol ership phase,” writes Bay Oaks Soccer Club.” small firm as partner. My Peterson Hennekens. practice has grown steadily “My husband and I were for the past five years and named the U.S. Dealer of Ed Case focuses on businesses with writes, “Hast- the Year for Arctic Spas, 81 a social mission. I represent ings alumni gathered at a Canadian-based hot entrepreneurs involved the Los Angeles home of tub manufacturer, for the Peter Nelson ’79 in organic and natural to help second time in three years. Brian Strange consumer goods, develop- celebrate I’m also caring for my ment of alternative energy, his ascent of the last of the 88-year-old mom, fighting climate mitigation, health Seven Summits, Mount fibromyalgia, and am active ~ care and biotechnology, Everest.” “I am thrilled in my Unitarian Universal- and community investing. to be a new member of the ist Church and the local Debra Fink Bogaards ’81 and her I am happily married to a Hastings 1066 Founda- Democratic Party, which is husband, Pieter tion Board; it’s a sheer

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delight to reconnect with Allen’s real estate practice He and his wife, Nancy so many alumni,” writes group, Thomas Mouzes Rogers, are expecting their Debra Fink Bogaards. complements the bank- second son in February. ~ “As managing partner of ing, finance, and distressed The Association of Media Pave & Bogaards, a San assets practice. Thomas and Entertainment Coun- Francisco law firm of five previously managed his sel bestowed Santiago trial lawyers, I practice in own firm, Hauser & Fernandez the Sports the areas of personal injury, Mouzes. ~ Susan Freya Counsel Award. He is the elder abuse, American Dis- Swift says, “My 13th novel, senior vice president and abilities Act–related issues, Puckheads, a romantic general counsel of the Los and neighbor disputes. In suspense set in the exciting Angeles Dodgers. ~ Mark my free time, I still enjoy world of professional ice Gearheart continues to rowing in a single shell hockey, was released in represent injured workers Alan Schulkin ’80 with the Open Water October. I am currently in the Bay Area and serves Rowing Center under the teaching English in China. on the Board of Directors Golden Gate Bridge. This Please feel free to visit my of the California Appli- a verdict in the amount year, my husband, Pieter, blog, http://susanoverseas. cant’s Attorneys Asso- of $16,577,118 on behalf and I celebrated our 25th weebly.com.” ciation. He was named of the heirs of Jennifer anniversary in Holland.” a Northern California Strange in the Sacramento ~ Richard Newman was Super Lawyer for the sixth County Superior Court appointed as presiding Michael Schley celebrated consecutive year. Mark also case of Strange v. Entercom Joseph workers’ compensation 15 years since the80 founding teaches legal specializa- Sacramento,” says Babich judge in the San Francisco of his private practice in tion and MCLE classes . “Ms. Strange died district office of the Work- Santa Barbara, now Schley in workers’ compensa- of water intoxication fol- ~ ers’ Compensation Appeals Look Guthrie & Locker. tion law. “I’m proud to lowing her participation in ~ Board. As a shareholder He works in financial, cor- announce that my partner a promotional water drink- Roger Dreyer in McDonough Holland & porate, and tax exempt law. obtained ing contest sponsored by a local radio station. After four weeks of trial and eight days of deliberation, the jury reached its verdict on October 29, 2009.” ~ Bradley Levin, a shareholder in the Denver-based insurance recovery law firm Roberts Levin Rosenberg, was named to the 2010 edition of the Best Lawyers in America for his work in insurance law, bad faith, appellate law, personal injury, and plaintiff’s litigation. ~ “I have had a solo banking law practice since leaving Bank of America 11 years ago,” writes Alan From left: Brian Strange ’81, Ed Case '81, Peter Nelson '79, Adam Englund '79, Valerie Fontaine '79, Schulkin. “I am the 2010 Dana Cole '79, Mike Yancey '79, Bob Bierig '79 chairman of the board

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Into the Wild Four members of the Class of ’79 celebrate 30 years of annual adventures

whiskey became the official sacred land with bullets drink of their adventures whizzing over their heads. through the years. Bob, In 2008, their fourth excur- Adam, and Mike had grown sion, the friends climbed up camping, but not Peter, the highest monument, who says, “These guys held a ceremony celebrat- introduced me to a whole ing Kayenta’s life (she died new world.” in 2004) and their accom- They made their first plishments together, and big trip the next year to scattered her ashes. Monument Valley at the Other adventures have Arizona/Utah border, included watching the which was so amazing that sunrise from atop Mount the four friends decided Haleakela on Maui; climb- to repeat the journey ing Mount Whitney; cross- Peter Nelson, Adam Englund, Mike Yancey, and Bob Bierig every 10 years. When they country skiing up Mount returned in 1988, they Lassen; backpacking in lass reunion weekend first year at Hastings. They were adopted by a stray Yosemite; exploring New C last September was all lived in a rundown Ten- dog. The weather was Zealand; hiking to caves in tame for four graduates derloin apartment build- freezing, so they invited Copper Canyon, Mexico; of the class of ’79 when ing, affectionately known her into their tent. Over and journeying over the compared to their 30-year as “Hastings House.” the next few days, the Continental Divide from tradition of annual wilder- During Thanksgiving dog led them on hikes and Aspen to Crested Butte. ness adventures, spanning break of their first year, climbs. They named her Last year, they climbed from the Sierras to the they decided to get away Kayenta, after the neigh- into the Grand Canyon and wilds of New Zealand. and camp on the beach in boring town, and flew her back—5,000 feet eleva- Bob Bierig ’79, a Santa Santa Cruz. Mike knew the to L.A., where she lived tion loss and gain—in one Barbara real estate inves- territory and had access with Peter. For 16 years, day, although many who tor; Adam Englund ’79, a to his dad’s jeep. Bob had she accompanied them on attempt the feat are heli- San Diego “floating city” recently read something their adventures. coptered out on stretchers. developer; Mike Yancey about rye whiskey and By their third visit to They have also had their ’79, a San Francisco real didn’t know what it was, Monument Valley in 1998, share of misadventures. estate investor and mort- so he suggested they the Navajo Nation required Once, backpacking in the gage banker; and Peter pick up some on the way. visitors to hire guides, Sierras, they awoke to three Nelson ’79, a Santa Mon- Although they all thought which the foursome feet of snow that covered ica entertainment law firm it tasted awful, they pre- thought unnecessary— all trail markings. Mike says, partner, met in 1976, their tended to like it, and rye until they were chased off “It was like Hansel and

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Gretel, without the bread One morning on a campfire in Death Valley, how many of the gorgeous crumbs.” Unprepared, trip in Kings Canyon, they the guys spotted a fox locales would be “perfect they hiked up a mountain awoke to see shadows of advancing. They soon were for condominiums,” they through a whiteout without mosquitoes lining the tent surrounded by several treasure the meditative snowshoes, trying to follow roof, preparing for attack. more and couldn’t scare environment. As Mike puts their map. They reached a When Adam could no lon- them away. Eventually, they it, when you get away from pass and celebrated briefly, ger wait to answer the call devised a system of throw- the trappings of success then promptly got lost of nature, he took off run- ing pieces of chicken for to live by your wits in the again. They camped over- ning. The other three could the foxes to eat as far as wilderness, “we are all cre- night in the snow and won- see the mosquitoes peel possible, and bolting down ated equal.” dered how long they might off like squadrons of fighter as much as they could Adam agrees that there wander, especially since planes, and moments later before the foxes returned, is a sense of simplicity they hadn’t told anyone heard yelps as they found repeating the process until and independence when where they were going. their target. Thus, the men dinner was finished by both you carry everything on Luckily, the next morning learned to plan around man and beast. your back. By the end of a 79dawned clear. Bob hiked up mosquito season. These annual trips have recent trip, all they had left the closest ridge, and they Another year, while become a priority in each was one tea bag and a hot found their way out. roasting chickens over a of their lives. They call it pepper. Adam says, “As a “the one percent solution,” group, we have developed referring to those three an almost intuitive sense to four days together in of taking care of ourselves the wilderness out of the and each other.” Each 365-day year. After more brings something of value: than 30 years, they have Peter is the instigator; gotten to know each other Mike is up for anything; very well and have become Adam is the scout; and “bedrock friends,” accord- Bob is the navigator. Who- ing to Peter. It has given ever has the most energy them continuity and the at the moment takes the opportunity to get regular, lead and inspires the oth- nonjudgmental reality ers. They take turns. checks, as their real-world As the friends age, relationships and business there are increasing periods ventures have ebbed and of pain and recovery, but, flowed over time. Peter says, “It’s the price As city boys, they we pay for these modest appreciate the oppor- accomplishments, which tunity to get as far from we value a lot.” Bob vows, their urban environment “There is no doubt we will as possible. Despite that continue doing this for the Mike and Bob, the two real rest of our lives.” Top: Bob, Mike, Kayenta, Adam, and Peter; below: Adam, Mike, Bob, and Peter estate developers, joke —Valerie Fontaine ’79

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Columbia, South Carolina, and serves as president Randall Pacheco to the office, where her practice of the California District Los Angeles County Supe- includes complex business Attorneys Association. rior Court bench. ~ Scott and securities litigation, Baker was elected as the class action defense, and Northern California repre- pharmaceutical and product Jennifer Keller was named sentative on Reed Smith’s liability defense. to the Los Angeles78 and San Executive Committee. He Francisco Daily Journal’s is also the firmwide leader annual list of “The Top of the Intellectual Property Susan Chapman writes, 100 Lawyers in California.” Department. “I am moving back79 to San ~ Reed Smith reelected Jose, California, after Kurt Peterson as the living in Arizona.” ~ Paul Southern California repre- Alvin Sherron continues Rosenlund Napa County District Attorney , a partner in his 25 years in private77 prac- Gary Lieberstein ’79 the trial practice group of tice with an emphasis on Duane Morris’s San Fran- tax controversy, business, of trustees for the Puget cisco office, heads up the and real estate litigation. Sound Blood Center, a Legal Task Force for the He has offices in down- leading research institution Sporting Goods Manu- town Los Angeles and in addition to its primary facturing Association. Palm Springs. ~ The Daily role as the blood and tissue During a conference call Journal and the Recorder bank for Western Wash- sponsored by the associa- named Christopher ington. I swam 2.5 miles tion, Paul examined and Whelan as one of the “Top across Lake Washington as discussed the impact of the 10 Plaintiff’s Employment part of a fundraiser for the Consumer Product Safety Lawyers” in California. Blood Center that attracted Improvement Act on the He argued the case Roby 250 swimmers. I’m also sporting goods industry. ~ v. McKesson before the thrilled to still be around An immigration lawyer in Jennifer Keller ’78 California Supreme Court nine years after cancer San Francisco, Jim Bach after almost nine years of ~ Pamela treatments.” helps write and grade the litigation and more than Roberts is a partner in immigration specialty sentative on its Executive five years postverdict. Bowman and Brooke’s exam as a commissioner Committee. Located in the ~ Robert Farrell was with the California firm’s Century City office, appointed chief financial State Bar Board of Legal Kurt’s practice focuses officer of the Institute Specialization. He enjoys on legal malpractice and for OneWorld Health, a mountain biking and hik- complex business disputes. U.S.-based nonprofit phar- ing and running in Briones He serves on the Board maceutical company that Park in Lafayette. ~ Jon of Directors of the Music develops drugs for people Eisenberg was named Center of Los Angeles with neglected, infectious a Super Lawyer for the County and TechnoServe, diseases in the developing fourth consecutive year. a nonprofit seeking busi- world. ~ Chambers USA: ~ “I retired in 2008, after ness solutions to poverty in America’s Leading Lawyers over 27 years as a deputy the poorest regions of the for Business honored Phil public defender in both world. ~ Stephen Pulido Matthews as a top lawyer Tulare and Orange coun- is the new presiding judge in the field of insurance ties,” says Stephen Biskar. of family law in Alameda law. He is a partner in Jim Bach ’79 ~ Gary Lieberstein is Napa County. ~ Governor the San Francisco office County’s district attorney Schwarzenegger appointed of Duane Morris. ~

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Top Honors for Michael Kelly ’76 Michael Kelly ’76 was selected by a poll of attorney-readers of the Recorder legal newspaper as the “Best Personal Injury Attorney” in San Francisco. He is the first attorney to be selected for this award. He was also featured on the cover of the 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, and named to the “Northern Califor- nia Top List” for the 12th consecutive year by Best Lawyers in America. Michael’s practice is limited to catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death. He is the president of the San Francisco chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Robert Gonella is a part- in Action for Conflict Center for Understanding ner in Wendel Rosen Black Professionals, a program in Conflict, and Norman & Dean’s real estate prac- “I am the team leader in the that works on recognizing Fisher, poet, author, and Social Security Adminis76- tice. He was a senior cor- how our internal reality former abbot of the San porate counsel with Target tration’s Regional Public impacts the work that we Francisco Zen Center.” ~ Corporation before joining Affairs Office’s Critical/ do. The program is lead by Chambers USA: America’s Wendel Rosen. ~ Nossa- Congressional Unit,” writes Gary Friedmand, of the Leading Lawyers for Business John Larimore man added Fonda Karelitz , “where I as a senior attorney in the facilitate communication firm’s health-care practice, to resolve concerns raised where she focuses on trans- by claimants, beneficiaries, actional work, complex attorneys, congressional litigation, and regulatory staff, Social Security matters. She previously managers and supervisors, served as senior counsel at other government agencies, Kaiser Foundation Health and the public. I find the ~ Ronald Plan. ~ Sharon Garrett is work rewarding!” Ward a partner at Klein DeNatale was honored with Goldner Cooper Rosenlieb the Washington Associa- & Kimball in Bakersfield. tion for Justice 2009 Carl She says, “This is part of an Maxey Diversity Award for effort to reduce the time I his “unwavering vision, elo- am working and eventu- quence, and gentle persis- ally retire by training other tence in inspiring and moti- attorneys to work in my vating us to do everything practice area, which is pub- possible to achieve diversity lic benefits planning. I pri- within our organization.” marily arrange for clients to qualify for assistance by the state Medi-Cal program for Joel Rubin says, “I am par- their long-term care costs ticipating in Self-Reflection75 Larry Sage ’75 and Colonel Tom Umberg ’80 in nursing homes.”

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new interests and hobbies.” & Rees, chair of its Drug & intellectual property group ~ Adamas Pharmaceuticals Medical Device Commit- of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard elected George Rehm to its tee. Jack previously served & Smith in Los Angeles for board of directors. He is a as the committee’s vice the past 11 years. He has managing partner of Aeris chair and continues to serve three children—Katherine, Capital AG in Switzerland, as a member of the Drug a lieutenant in the Navy a private equity firm, and is & Medical Device Steering and nurse stationed at also of counsel to the Ger- Committee. ~ Benjamin Camp Pendleton; Eliza- man law firm of Weitnauer Fisherow was a finalist beth, a nurse at Children’s Partners. ~ Larry Sage and for the Service to America Hospital in Boston; and Colonel Tom Umberg ’80 Medals, which is an awards John, a recent graduate celebrated their election as program organized by from Santa Clara who is president and vice president Partnership for Public looking for employment. Joel Rubin ’75 of the Wazir Akbar Khan Service that pays tribute to Thomas writes, “I spend (Afghanistan) Chapter America’s dedicated federal ‘free’ time as the junior var- honored Rick Seabolt as of the Hastings Alumni workforce, highlight- sity lacrosse coach for Loy- a top lawyer in the field of Association. “Our plans ing those who have made ola High School. Watching insurance law. He is a part- for next year include a significant contributions adolescent males hit each ner in the San Francisco vigorous recruitment drive, to the U.S. Benjamin is a other with sticks is excel- office of Duane Morris. to be capped off with a deputy section chief of the lent therapy.” ~ Charles ~ Brian Pennix writes, “I festive barbecue (BYOG). Environmental Enforce- McClain was a featured practiced tax and business Any Hastings alumni in ment Section for the speaker at the California law in Palo Alto and Bos- the greater Kabul area Environment and Natural Appellate Judicial Attor- ton until early retirement in are encouraged to join Resources Division in the neys Institute, which brings Truckee in 1994. My wife, this lively chapter,” writes Department of Justice. ~ together research attorneys Gail, passed away there Larry. ~ “I took a detour Delta Dental of California from all the California in 2002. Our daughter, from the legal field, return- appointed Charles Lamont appellate courts. He spoke Stephanie, is a litigator in ing to graduate school in its chief legal officer and on “The Phil Gibson Era Seattle. I married Camille 1994 and earning a doctor- executive vice president. He of the California Supreme Rosati in 2005, and we ate in psychology in 2000,” oversees the corporation’s Court: 1940–64.” Charles live in Danville, where writes Joseph "Mickey" legal, regulatory, and com- is vice chair of the Jurispru- I spend time managing Suozzo Jr. “I see clients pliance activities, as well as dence and Social Policy and ~ family investments.” and supervise doctoral human resources and public Legal Studies Programs at Manatt Phelps & Phillips interns at a medical clinic and government affairs. ~ UC Berkeley. He teaches added Stephen Gardner in Escondido. Psychology Kenneth "KC" Ward, a and writes in the field of as a partner in the energy, is a great fit for me, as I am partner in Archer Norris’s American legal history. environment, and natural fascinated by the work.” Walnut Creek office, was resources practice group. recognized as a Northern He is based in the firm’s California Super Lawyer “I still practice with Washington, D.C., office. Susan Orton for the third consecutive 73 is a can- Abramson Smith Wald- ~ Robin Wakshull retired didate for an LLM74 in year. He is also recog- smith in San Francisco and after more than 31 years Latin American law at the nized as a board-certified am very active with the in the Santa Clara County University of Texas, Austin. civil trial advocate by the American Board of Trial District Attorney’s Office. ~ The Defense Research National Board of Trial Advocates and its Civility She writes, “I am enjoying Institute appointed Jack Advocacy and a master Matters program,” writes the experience of being out- "Skip" McCowan, a part- in the American Inns of Bill Smith. “I am also ~ Thomas Kiddé doors during daylight hours ner with the drug and med- Court. involved in the American on weekdays and exploring ical device group of Gordon has been a partner in the College of Trial Lawyers,

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the International Academy bike, boat, and ski when we working for Cedar Sinai Aviva Bobb Advanced Pro- of Trial Lawyers, and the can. My 27-year-old son, Medical Center in charge bate Volunteer Panel Attor- International Society of Adam, is doing well with of its Sports Spectacular ney Training Symposium in Barristers. I was recently Eyewonder, an Internet annual fundraising event. Los Angeles.” ~ “In 2007, I asked to join the Barristers advertising company in San Laureen and I also have retired as an attorney with Society’s board, which is Francisco, and my 25-year- two younger daughters, the Department of Water a great honor. My wife, old daughter, Katie, is Mackenzie (16) and Bailey Resources to spend time Laureen, and I continue to living in West Los Angeles (13), living at home. They with my twins, Christopher are both good students and Emily, before they and athletes. Life is good!” went to college,” says Susan ~ Stephen English, a Weber. “Now that they shareholder with Bullivant are launched, I’m experi- Houser Bailey, was recog- menting to see what would nized in Chambers USA: be fun to do next. One America’s Leading Lawyers idea—teaching English as a for Business as a leader in second language.” ~ James the field of commercial Preston was appointed as litigation. He has also been a member of the State Bar named to Best Lawyers in of California’s Family Law America for four consecu- Executive Committee for tive years and as an Oregon a three-year term at the Super Lawyer for the past Annual State Bar Confer- four years. ence in San Diego.

Ernest Krause writes, “I Lee Shattuck says, “I am mostly retired72 in Sacra- have been retired71 for five mento with my long-term years after 31 years with friends, my birds, and my the San Joaquin County dog. Anyone who knew District Attorney’s Office. me, feel free to write!” ~ We split our time between The State Bar of California our house in San Francisco Board of Legal Specializa- and cabin at Tahoe. I ski tion Program recognized about 100 days a year and Denis Honeychurch for 30 bike, play tennis, golf, and years of continuous partici- motorcycle in the U.S. and pation as a board-certified Europe in warm weather. criminal law specialist. ~ I also practice yoga for Sharper Than Ever Clark Byam writes, “I am perspective.” ~ “I have one “After 35 years creating the Sharper Image, I thought now in my 37th year of eight-month-old grandson I was ready for a break,” says Richard Thalheimer ’74. practice, all of which has and another one on the been spent with the firm way and am happily living “But no—now I have a new company, RichardSolo Hahn & Hahn, located in just a few doors away,” .com. It has great customer service and interesting Pasadena. I spoke at the fall says Richard S. E. Johns. products. And my Hastings degree really helped meeting of the American “As part of my long-term throughout!” College of Trust and Estate plan to keep everyone well Counsel in Williamsburg, dressed, for the past nine Virginia, and also at the months I worked on saving

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at the firm. I play more golf and Guy Kornblum. We and occasionally shoot in try to get together at least the high 70s as I approach twice a year when Jus- 70 next month.” tice Baxter is in L.A. for hearings before the court.” Richard also served as Dennis Alexander retired president of the Interna- from the Houston67 City tional Academy of Trial Attorney’s Office after 10 Judges for 2009, and the years. He and his wife have group traveled to Ireland, relocated to their home Scotland, and England to on Tybee Island, Georgia, visit courts and law schools near Savannah. ~ Edward there. He says, “The high- Fanucchi was honored light of this year’s trip was a with the Alumnus of the visit to the newly estab- Year Award from the lished Supreme Court of Fresno Chapter. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Of Lee Shattuck ’71 greatest controversy, wigs have been ordered removed Richard Frazee writes, the Wilkes Bashford stores. not going to need to know 66 from the dress of the high “Several members of the I did my part; now you guys about gold in the near court judges in England.” class of ’66 and I met for do yours.” future, you also think the dinner at the Jonathan Club State of California is going in Los Angeles, including to increase financial sup- Harry Sheppard Justice Marvin Baxter of is a Robert Gebhardt port for Hastings.” 65 70 is a the California Supreme retired Alameda County partner in Wilson Elser Court; Judge Bob Jame- Superior Court judge. He Moskowitz Edelman & son; and attorneys Tom is a neutral with JAMS Dicker’s San Francisco “I retired in 200468 and Malcom, James Mahoney, and is based in the Walnut office. His practice focuses relocated from Truckee to on commercial litiga- Grass Valley,” writes Dale tion, product liability, and Wood. “My wife, Robin, professional liability. ~ and I have been together “Retired for the last two for 32 years. I still terrorize years, I have been living the local roadways on less in Paris and wintering in than four wheels but miss the Florida Keys,” says jousting with members Charles Schwartz. “So far, of the District Attorney’s I am enjoying life after my Office. Then again, peace career as a civil litigator.” and tranquility have a few ~ Michael McGowan left good things to say about the practice of law years them. We wish you all ago and became a financial well.” ~ John Haapala adviser. His second book, says, “I ‘retired’ in 2008 Financial Foghorn’s Guide from tort litigation practice to Gold, is available on at Haapala Thompson &

Amazon. Michael writes, Abern in Oakland but con- Dean Leo Martinez ’78 honors Edward Fanucchi ’67 “If you think lawyers are tinue to conduct mediations

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Creek Resolution Center. children and grandchildren. ~ Retired and living in My wife, Jean, and I spend Your Best Story St. Helena, John Kelly summers at our house on Do you have a story about a great experience writes, “I am enjoying Orcas Island.” retirement and am writing you had at Hastings? Maybe a favorite profes- a book about life’s learn- sor, or a great event or fond memory? Send it in ing process, in addition to Jerome Posell writes, “I to us. If we use it, we will send you a special gift traveling the world. I have 60 practiced solo law for 42 in appreciation. E-mail it to classnotes@uchastings. three children and four years and then got lucky edu or mail it to Class Notes Special Story, Alumni grandchildren and I am and got out. I now make Center, UC Hastings Law, 200 McAllister Street, happily married to Jean- some appearances for fun.” Marie. I enjoy playing San Francisco, CA 94102. tennis and skiing.”

Gerald Hill and his wife, Kathleen, published57 their Frederick Hill has prac- 64 29th book, Nolo’s Plain- program for a degree in “Life is good—I am feeling ticed law in Los Angeles English Law Dictionary. Gordon Betty46 Falk history,” says fine at 91,” says. since 1967. He studied law Other books include Ency- Phillips. “Most recently, “I enjoyed traveling to my at the University of Mexico clopedia of Federal Agencies I taught for four years in granddaughter’s law school after Hastings and special- and Commissions, People’s China, after serving one graduation and noted that izes in representing clients Law Dictionary, Real Life year as assistant city attor- there were far more women who do business in Mexico Dictionary of American Pol- ney of Santa Maria and graduating than when I was and Japanese clients who itics, and six Hill Guides to three terms as city attorney at Hastings. My California do business in the U.S. West Coast wine regions. of Redondo Beach.” public school education Frederick has written Gerald writes, “After 50 continues to serve me well. numerous publications on years of law practice, I My long-standing partici- Mexican law and is the co- went on the inactive list to John Knox writes, “I’m pation with the Hastings author of a primer on U.S. write full time. My wife pretty much retired.”52 1066 Foundation is gratify- law that was translated and and I are also adjunct pro- ing, and I am honored to be published in Japan. fessors at Sonoma State.” a trustee emerita.” ~ “I am currently enrolled Edwin Wilson in Sonoma State’s master’s writes, “I am in my 59th year of49 practice, “Life is good in Min- nesota,” writes Terry62 now primarily probate, Dempsey. “We are happy trusts, business, and real to be the grandparents of estate, but I’m in the process a new grandson, Ethan of winding down and Dempsey. As a retired devoting more time to our judge, I have the privilege investments and family. to work part time. Looking My wife, Jean, and I are in forward to seeing my class- reasonably good health. We mates at the next reunion!” celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary in October. We ~ John Burroughs writes, have three children—Steve, “I retired 10 years ago and Tom, and Susan—and eight moved to Bellingham, grandchildren. I am forever Washington, about four Frederick Hill ’64 grateful to Hastings and its years ago to be closer to my excellence.”

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What motivates you personally and professionally? My parents taught me that successful people do what unsuccessful people don’t want to do. Immigrants from Mexico, they came to the U.S. with the equivalent of a second-grade education. All six children worked the fields so we could make ends meet. When I feel down, I think about my parents and how they moved mountains with very little.

What lessons from Hastings have come in handy early in your career? Confidence is key. Clients need to know that you can handle whatever they throw your way.

What are the most pressing issues you face as an employment lawyer in this economy? Helping employers downsize the right way. The statutes and regulations are perplexing, and clients must abide by state and federal laws. Clients need an employment counsel who un- derstands the ramifications of failing to meet the requirements.

What advice would you give today’s students who face a challenging legal market? Pound the pavement, network, and let others know you are looking for a job. Even if you are not employed and are fresh out of law school, join the local bar organizations, go to events, and find out who is hiring, because you never know who you might meet. Don’t be afraid to Yadira Rios ’01  promote yourself. Network, network, network— people will see that you want to work, that you Associate, Littler Mendelson, Chicago are diligent, and they will want to hire you.

How do you unwind on the weekends? I cook a big breakfast and treat myself to long workouts. In the evening, I try a new restau- rant; there are so many in Chicago that you can try a different one every night for 10 years. Most importantly, I leave work at work or at least try to do that. DAN DRY

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