Golden Gate University School of Law GGU Law Digital Commons Golden Gate Lawyer Other Law School Publications 2008 Golden Gate Lawyer, Fall/Winter 2008 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulawyer Recommended Citation "Golden Gate Lawyer, Fall/Winter 2008" (2008). Golden Gate Lawyer. Paper 3. http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulawyer/3 This Newsletter or Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by the Other Law School Publications at GGU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Golden Gate Lawyer by an authorized administrator of GGU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 24617_GGU_lawyer.indd FAALLLL/W/WININTET R 20200808 Golden Golden page AT APPELLATE TO PREPARED 1 1 10 GOLDEN PERSUADE GATE ADVOCACY Gate Gate LAWYER LAWYER LAW THE MAGAZINE OF GOLDEN GATE 2008 2007-08 UNIVERSITY PROFILE NEW LLM KAREN CELEBRATES SUPER IP TAX LAW HONOR OF SCHOOL L. OF PROGRAM LAWYERS HAWKINS ALUMNA DONORS CENTER 30 OF ROLL YEARS LAW 11/25/08 1:20:11 1:20:11 PM PM Due popular to demand, the deadline been has extended. Reserve your space The before now the wall Centennial fills up. Wall The Centennial Wall is a tribute to those who have had a significant financial impact on the university since its opening. It will feature the names of those who have given $100,000 or more to the university from 1901 through the end of The Centennial Campaign for GGU on Dec. 31, 2008. The Centennial Wall is a commemoration and an inspiration honoring those who have given in the past and inspiring those who will give in the future. It will have a prominent and permanent position in the lobby of the university’s main building at 536 Mission St. The Centennial Wall is a one-time opportunity to be a part of this historic moment in the life of Golden Gate University. For more information about The Centennial Wall, please contact Elizabeth Brady, vice president of university advancement, at 415-442-7813 or [email protected]. 24617_GGU_lawyer.indd 2 11/25/08 1:20:15 PM Appellate Advocacy at GGU LLM Tax Director Kim Stanley Karen L. Hawkins (JD 79, MBA 81) Moot Court for Practicing Lawyers Golden Gate University School of Law FEATURES Dean’s Advisory Board 10 POWER OF PERSUASION CHAIR: HON. LEE D. BAXTER JD 74, LLD 08* (Retired) Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco Golden Gate’s Appellate Advocacy Program provides a rigorous and MARK S. ANDERSON JD 89* practical approach to writing legal briefs and making oral arguments. Vice President and General Counsel, Dolby Laboratories 2008 13 MOOT COURT FOR PRACTICING LAWYERS J. LANI BADER GGU School of Law Dean Emeritus Innovative program lets student watch as attorneys rehearse their oral MARK E. BURTON JR. JD 95* arguments on campus before trying them on appeal. Partner, Hersh & Hersh 19 GGU’S LATEST SUPER LAWYERS CAMERON M. CARLSON JD 90* President, Pacifi c Advisory Group Th e list of Golden Gate Law alumni in Northern California selected for the annual survey keeps growing. ROBERT E. CARTWRIGHT JD 82 President, Cartwright Law Firm 20 LLM IN TAXATION PROGRAM CELEBRATES 30 YEARS CHARLES “CHIP” CONRADI JD 78, MBA 81* Over 120 alumni, faculty, students, and friends celebrate program’s rich Vice President and Treasurer, Th e Clorox Co. history and growth and honor its founder. SIMONA FARRISE JD 93 Founder, Th e Farrise Law Firm Fall/Winter DEPARTMENTS BERNARD GUTOW JD 97, LLM 98 Law Offi ces of Bernard Gutow 3 Faculty News KAREN L. HAWKINS JD 79, MBA 81 6 Golden Gate Briefs Attorney, Taggart and Hawkins 14 Honor Roll of Donors JUDITH G. MCKELVEY GGU School of Law Dean Emeritus 22 Advancement News: The Centennial Campaign for GGU PAMELA E. PIERSON JD 75 Centennial Wall Profi le: Karen L. Hawkins (JD 79, MBA-Taxation 81) Partner, Pierson Coats & Palash LLP MARJORIE RANDOLPH JD 77 24 Alumni News Senior Vice President, HR and Administration, Profi le of Mohamed Nasralla (JD 87, LLM 03) Walt Disney Studios Profi le of Laurie Hanson (JD 84) ALLAN H. RAPPAPORT JD 85 Class Notes Chairman and CEO, NES Holdings Inc. In Memoriam KATHRYN E. RINGGOLD JD 70 © 2008 Golden Gate University School of Law MITCHELL SHAPSON JD 86, LLM 03 Editor and Writer: Jill Goetz Attorney, California Public Utilities Commission Contributing Writers: William Gallagher, Lenore McDonald RICHARD I. SHERMAN JD 74 Class Notes Editor: Deanna Bruton Attorney, DeGoff and Sherman Editorial Assistant: Sandra Derian *GGU Board of Trustees Design and Production: Jung Design Printing: Madison Street Press Golden Gate University School of Law On the Cover: Outside the California State Offi ce Building in San Francisco’s Civic Center are, from left: 2L 536 Mission Street • San Francisco, CA • 94105-2968 Damien Jovel, Associate Professor and Director Leslie Rose (JD 83, LLM 01), Adjunct Professor Victor Morse, PHONE: 415-442-6600 • FAX: 415-442-6609 3L Pamela Ataii, Adjunct Professor Kelly Cronin (JD 05), and Assistant Professor Th omas Schaaf. Photo by [email protected] • www.ggu.edu/law Perry Bleecker Design Golden Gate University is fully accredited by the American Bar Association, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Recycled Paper TM IL, 60654, 1-800-285-2221, and is a member in good standing of the Association of American Law Schools. 24617_GGU_lawyer.indd 3 11/25/08 1:20:18 PM DEAN’S MESSAGE hough I can’t take credit, I do take pride in the exciting developments occurring under my watch as acting dean of Golden Gate Law. On October 20, our renovated Law Library opened its doors on the main fl oor of the Law School, and I encourage you to stop by to Tsee our attractive new reading room and reference area. You’ll be hearing about Law Library opening celebrations early in 2009, after our expansion and renovation project is offi cially completed. Early next year we also will celebrate the successful completion of Th e Centennial Campaign for GGU, which exceeded its goal, dramatically helping us in our eff orts to off er fi rst-rate academic programs and resources for students and ensure a bright future for our institution. You will be receiving invitations for the offi cial Centennial Campaign Completion Celebration scheduled for March 12, 2009, and I hope you will join us in celebrating the generosity of our alumni and friends who made this major achievement possible. If you would like to restrict your future gifts to be used specifi cally for the Law School, please be sure to note that preference when making your gift to GGU by mail or online. Speaking of giving, I wish to extend a heartfelt thank-you to Karen L. Hawkins (JD 79, MBA 81), a member of our Law Dean’s Advisory Board, who recently made a generous cash gift to the University and for whom our Law Library’s tax collection will be named. Karen was present at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of our LLM in Taxation Program at the Campton Place Hotel on November 6 (see page 20) to celebrate the program’s growth and success and to honor her partner, Bill Taggart, the program’s founder. You can read more about Karen’s distinguished career as a tax attorney and her strong ties to GGU Law on page 22 of this issue. ACTING DEAN ALAN RAMO Elsewhere in this magazine you will learn about our new Intellectual Property Law Center, two recent victories by our Environmental Law and Justice and Women’s Employment Rights clinics, Join the Alumni Association our Appellate Advocacy and Moot Court programs, and the awarding of the 2008 Golden Gate Board of Directors University Distinguished Service Award to Law Library Assistant Director Mohamed Nasralla Consider joining the GGU Alumni (below, left), who received both his JD and LLM from the Law School and who has had an impact on Association Board of Directors! the lives and careers of so many of our alumni. By the time you read this issue of the magazine, we will have a new US president-elect, and by Th is volunteer board includes an the time you read the following issue, we will likely have identifi ed a new Law School dean. Th ese accomplished group of alumni are exciting if uncertain, times. My sincere hope is that, whatever the coming months bring, you will from our law school and other thrive in your careers and make progress in pursuit of your dreams. I wish you all a happy and healthy GGU schools, who meet quarterly holiday season. to recommend priorities for the university’s alumni program Regards, and build upon our diverse and engaged community of legal and other professionals. For more Acting Dean Alan Ramo information, contact JoAnn Lucero at [email protected]. ▲ Mohamed Nasralla (JD 87, LLM 03) with Acting Dean Alan Ramo and Nasralla’s GGU Distinguished Service Award at the University’s 2008 Awards Luncheon. 2 GOLDEN GATE LAWYER • FALL/WINTER 2008 24617_GGU_lawyer.indd 4 11/25/08 1:20:23 PM FACULTY NEWS DEBORAH BEHLES Receives Department of Justice John Marshall Award for Litigation Team Work Deborah Behles, a visiting assistant professor in the School of Law and former trial attorney at the US Department of Justice, received the 2008 Justice Department’s prestigious John Marshall Award in Support of Litigation for her team work in a Justice Department Clean Air Act New Source Review case against the American Electric Power Company. Her team’s work resulted in a settlement with injunctive relief worth $4.6 billion and required pollution controls that will reduce air pollution by 813,000 tons annually.