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ou won’t be surprised that my theme for this
issue of Pacific Law is “leadership.” What other
topic would be possible, given the remarkable
leadership transitions occurring nationally, locally,
and here at the University of the Pacific where we welcome
a new University president, Dr. Pamela Eibeck, as outgoing
President Don DeRosa retires on June 30 after a remarkable
14 years of service to our University and the law school.
Each of these transitions is a story by itself. This edition
of Pacific Law focuses on the leadership here on the Pacific
McGeorge campus and among our alumni.
President Obama’s personal story shows how intertwined
law and leadership can be. And so they are at Pacific
McGeorge. After all, our mission is not just preparing the
finest lawyers of the next generation (which we do), but in
helping them to become the leaders we need as well. At its
best, legal education is preparation for leadership.
At today’s Pacific McGeorge we offer tomorrow’s
leaders special preparation with a special emphasis. To our
traditionally rigorous academic preparation, something
new has been added: “global competence.” We do this,
thanks to our faculty’s leadership in preparing materials to
“globalize” the traditional law school curriculum, not just at
Pacific McGeorge, but at all law schools. This series has been
described as revolutionizing American legal education.
I think of it as academic leadership at its best.
In contrast, the special focus of our curriculum continues
to be ethics—not a new emphasis for Pacific McGeorge, but
one which is now enhanced by two exciting new initiatives
that expand and deepen student appreciation for legal
ethics. Thanks to our highly regarded, decade-long annual
workshop series, “Ethics Across the Professions,” funded
by the Sierra Health Foundation, Pacific McGeorge is
establishing a distinctive reputation for a commitment to
ethics. This year’s annual conference explored government
ethical challenges when private individuals exploit public
service for personal gain. Students joined a faculty of national
experts, under the leadership of Director and Professor Paul
Paton, in exploring some of the most timely leadership
issues of our day. Then, two weeks later, Professors Jay Leach
and Cary Bricker organized our Fourth Annual National
Ethics Trial Competition—a program unique in the nation.
Eighteen of the nation’s finest law schools participated
in cases in Sacramento’s beautiful Robert T. Matsui U.S.
Courthouse. Imagine my pleasure (and I hope yours)
when the Pacific McGeorge team again received the “Most
Professional” award. Events like these expose our students to
“real world” ethics and prepare them not only to lead, but to
do so ethically, committed to the broader community, not
just their own personal advantage.
Our students, supported by the faculty, demonstrate ethical
leadership in countless ways. One recent example arose in
the context of our successful student advocacy competitions,
both at home, and across the country. Preston Morgan and
Allysia Holland surprised us all when, as the first Pacific
McGeorge team ever to enter the Saul Lefkowitz intellectual
property competition, they won the regionals and then went
on to win the national championship. What explained their
triumph? The answer: the tireless support of Professor Mike
Mireles who, without fanfare and despite the arrival of a new
baby, accompanied the team every step of their way, from San
Francisco to Washington, D.C., acting as coach and mentor.
Such leadership defies easy characterization. Preston described
Professor Mireles’ contribution in these words. “My experience
with him this semester ranks as one of the best academic
experiences in law school.”
Leadership that matters: contributing to the success
of others, never asking for acknowledgment, recognition
or reward. Thank you, Professor Mireles, and thank you,
Preston and Allysia, for reminding us that leadership is about
recognizing and thanking others, as well as doing a superb
job ourselves! It is a lesson about which I am reminded
almost daily at Pacific McGeorge.
With warm regards,
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
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“Whiskey’s for drinking,
water’s for fighting about.”
— Mark Twain
More people may be fighting over water this century than over oil –
that’s the dire prediction of scientists worldwide. In California and the
rest of the United States, the battles are fought in legislative hearings,
administrative meetings, and state and federal courtrooms. Pacific
McGeorge faculty and alumni figure prominently in those battles as
you’ll read on the pages that follow. In much of the rest of the world,
Twain’s quaint admonition literally means war. Professor Stephen
McCaffrey’s tireless international mediation efforts are the subject of a
third part of this story, available only at go.mcgeorge.edu/pacificlaw.
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Professor
Craig Manson ’81
Former Assistant Secretary
Department of the Interior
Scott Slater ’84
General Counsel
Cadiz, Inc.
Professor
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Counselor
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Stuart Somach ’79
Principal
Somach Simmons & Dunn
Daniel Hentschke ’77
General Counsel
San Diego Water Authority
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Thomas Birmingham ’83
General Manager,
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Westlands Water District
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California Crisis:
From the Delta to
San Diego, State Faces
Critical Decisions
By Robert T. Wazeka
Gripped by its third consecutive year of
drought, California is casting anxious eyes
on Australia, which is suffering through
its 10th straight year of drought. “There
have been profound changes in Australia,”
California’s state drought coordinator
Wendy Martin said recently. “Everyone
there is now aware of the water supply
problem, and communities are setting
tough conservation goals that people are
rushing out to implement.”
In California, the realization is dawning that what
is happening in Australia could also happen here. Most
reservoirs in the state are currently well below capacity,
some as low as 35 percent. In addition, drastically
reduced water supplies from the Owens River and
a prolonged drought in the Colorado River Basin
are threatening both the immediate and long-term
water supplies in Southern California, which is highly
dependent on these two sources as well as on water
from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Finally, on
February 27, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared
a statewide water emergency and asked for 20 percent
reductions of demand across the board.
The current drought aside, the challenge of how to
deliver sufficient water to the fast-growing southern
half of the state remains unanswered. Meanwhile, the
nation’s economic crisis, combined with the effects of
the drought, is threatening the well-being of the state’s
nearly $35 billion agriculture industry. Some experts are
warning that California agriculture has already seen its
best days and that it faces a slow downhill slide in the
decades to come. Whether as a result of global warming
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or of a cyclical change in weather patterns — or a
combination of both — the current drought could
represent California’s new normal.
Faced with a bewildering set of variables, planners and
policy makers must nonetheless make critical decisions
soon about the state’s water future, and no area is more
important in this calculus than the Bay-Delta region.
Here the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers join tidal
waters emanating from San Francisco Bay, and here is
where one-half of all the state’s surface water is captured,
most of it from the Sierra Nevada snow pack.
Two-thirds of Californians depend upon the Delta
for their water. In addition, the Delta irrigates millions
of acres of Central Valley farmland and provides habitat
for millions of migratory birds. About the size of Rhode
Island, the Delta includes 750 plant and animal species;
130 fish species, nine of which are near extinction; and 70
islands, many of which are inhabited and economically
productive. More than 1,066 miles of aging, earthquakevulnerable levees protect these islands from the area’s
frequent flooding.
Four Pacific McGeorge alumni are intimately involved
on a daily basis in devising and implementing laws and
policies that will affect both the Delta and California’s
water future. They include: Thomas Birmingham, ’83,
general manager and general counsel for the Westlands
Water District in Fresno and King Counties;
Daniel Hentschke, ’77, general counsel for the San
Diego Water Authority;
Scott Slater, ’84, general counsel for Cadiz, Inc. and
shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, a
law firm with an extensive practice in natural resources;
and Stuart Somach, ’79, founding shareholder and
partner of Somach Simmons & Dunn, a Sacramentobased law firm specializing in water rights, water quality,
reclamation law and other natural resource issues.
In addition, Pacific McGeorge professors Craig Manson,
Steve McCaffrey, and Gregory Weber are teaching,
conducting research, and participating in public and
private efforts that affect water law and policy, not only in
California, but across the United States and globally.
For Birmingham, who represents the largest irrigation
district in the country, getting through this year won’t be
easy. “Most of our land will lie fallow,” he says, “but we’ll
be out looking for alternative water supplies. No cotton
at all will be grown here this year.” In the drought years
of 1991-92, when the Bureau of Reclamation allocation
fell to its previous low of 27 percent, the district
compensated by pumping 600,000 acre-feet of ground
water. This year, with 100,000 fewer acres planted
as compared to ’91-’92, Birmingham predicts about
400,000 acre-feet of ground water will be pumped.
Once the domain of large, water-intensive corporate
cotton farms, the Westlands District now grows 60
different crops on 700 family farms. “There is no
corporate farming here any more,” Birmingham says.
“Every one of our farms is a family farm in the truest
sense of the word, and the average size for one is only 850
acres.” To reinforce the sense of family and community,
he meets with groups of farmers from the district once a
week at a 7:00 a.m. “eggs and issues breakfast” to discuss
current problems.
Regarding the much-debated possibility of
constructing a peripheral canal, Birmingham says it
would solve many of the problems in both the Delta
and the Central Valley. If the canal were to begin near
the town of Hood, he says, almost 90 percent of the
salinity in the water Westlands currently receives would
be reduced. The District faces ongoing problems with
salinity, which, over time, can accumulate in the soil and
render it sterile.
Birmingham maintains that the politics surrounding
a peripheral canal have changed drastically since 1982
when Californians soundly rejected the notion, with
only eight out of 58 counties voting for it. He dismisses
the idea that there won’t be money to pay for it: “It’s
wrong to say that the canal can’t be paid for. All the
agencies involved, north and south, support the canal
and will raise revenue bonds to pay for it.”
Birmingham has an ally in Stuart Somach, who has
often represented Westlands in legal proceedings. “The
peripheral canal could be a very good thing,” he says,
“though the devil is in the details. You can’t ever divorce
the peripheral canal itself from the possibility of redirected and collateral problems.”
In fact, several different routes for a peripheral canal
have been proposed, some running east of the Delta,
some west of it, some right through it, and others
combining two or more different routes. The most
widely accepted proposal envisions a single, extremely
wide canal originating near the town of Elk Grove and
moving a distance of 40 miles to the existing pumping
facilities near Tracy, where it can easily be transferred to
the metropolitan Water District of Southern California,
which serves 23 million customers. As Weber points out,
gates could be placed at strategic points, such as streams
and rivers, along the canal. By turning these gates on and
off, water could periodically be released into the Delta to
reduce or remove salinity and therefore benefit fisheries.
Weber foresees that one of the biggest problems to be
overcome is deciding who will control the taps. When
and where water is turned on and off can benefit some
users and some environmental values while damaging
others. Yet Weber and many others believe that such
considerations are beside the point: “There’s no political
will to make this happen,” he says. “Opposition and
litigation are inevitable. Approval would be a long,
contentious process lasting more than a decade.” >
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The Delta, Sacramento River
The likelihood, however, is that the issue will
be considered in the next session of the California
legislature. Both the Delta Vision plan adopted by
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Blue Ribbon Task Force and
a 2008 report from the influential Public Policy Institute
of California (“Comparing Futures for the SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta”) have endorsed it. Finally, the
state Department of Water Resources has completed
a programmatic environmental review and design
study for a peripheral canal. This work, which cost
$140 million, was paid for by irrigation districts in the
California Water Project and the Central Valley Project.
Located at the opposite end of the water supply system
from the Westlands Water District is the San Diego Water
Authority, a large urban public agency that supplies water
to 24 different retail agencies. These agencies supply 3
million people with water in an area that boasts a $171
billion economy. By any standard, the Authority has
made remarkable progress in maintaining a constant level
of water consumption by implementing what’s considered
to be one of the finest conservation programs in the state.
Since 1992, total urban water use in the San Diego service
area has remained essentially unchanged even though the
population has jumped by 450,000.
Hentschke, the authority’s general counsel, says that
San Diego’s conservation program has had great success,
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but that there’s still room for improvement. “We haven’t
yet met our goal of 10 percent per capita reduction
in our “20-Gallon Challenge,” he says. The challenge
calls upon users to reduce their water consumption by
20 gallons per person per day. The authority has held
a conservation summit, worked to emphasize outdoor
as well as indoor conservation, and maintained active
conservation demonstration projects.
Still, the need to increase water supplies is great, and
Hentschke sees increased supplies from the Delta as a
necessity. “The challenges we face,” he says, “are global
warming, environmental regulations and the conveyance
of water south from the Delta to Southern California.
We’re supporting activities designed to restore the Delta
and to provide ‘alternative conveyance facilities’ — a
term the Authority prefers to “a peripheral canal.”
Hentschke frequently negotiates temporary transfers
of water from districts north of the Delta. “It’s likely,” he
says, “that in doing so I’ll be talking to Stuart Somach,
who represents seller agencies. And it’s not just him.
There are lots of other McGeorge graduates up there
representing water entities.”
Significant changes are being projected in the San
Diego Water Authority’s water supply portfolio between
now and 2020. The amount of water imported from
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
is expected to drop from a current level of 79 percent
to only 21 percent. Correspondingly, transfers from the
Imperial Irrigation District in Imperial Valley will rise
to 22 percent from a current level of just over 5 percent.
Local supplies will increase from 29 percent to 49
percent, with conservation assuming 11 percent of the
local supply total, seawater desalinization 10 percent,
local surface water 7 percent, groundwater 6 percent and
recycled water 6 percent.
Despite such progress and the new effort to build
a peripheral canal, leading figures in California water
policy feel that significant action is unlikely very soon
and that both buyer and seller agencies need to look
for pragmatic interim solutions. “Nothing major is
going to happen in the Delta in the next ten years,”
says Slater, reflecting a common view among this group.
Slater has recently been traveling around the state on
a fact-finding tour promoting a cap-and-trade system
for California water similar to the one used in Europe
and the one proposed by the Obama administration to
reduce CO2 emissions in the United States. Slater says
a cap-and-trade system in water could be used two ways
– to promote water conservation and to augment water
supply. Both public and private agencies could make
investments, share resources, and buy or sell credits.
Such a system could be set up locally in a city such as
Sacramento, or regionally in a larger complex such as
the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
“Water utility systems have been viewed parochially
and rarely considered as parts of an integrated system,”
Slater writes of his proposal. “Public and private service
territories are protected public monopolies and this status
is probably necessary to protect historical investments.
But there is no good reason why highly regulated and
contractually allocated supplies like the Colorado River
and the State Water Project in California can’t provide a
resource and shared infrastructure grid to trade against.”
Local projects involving local stakeholders, Slater says,
are more likely to be completed, and completed more
quickly, than large, statewide projects. Local projects can
also bring immediate and tangible community benefits.
He envisions a three-part strategy for putting a cap-andtrade system into operation: (1) identify opportunities
for conservation and water augmentation; (2) allow
local entities such as contractors, member agencies
or distributors to examine a list of qualified, available
projects in which to invest; and (3) identify and assign a
“traffic cop” to supervise the process.
Slater offers an example of how a system might work:
“Let’s say a business like a movie studio wants to expand
its back lot. For that, it needs a water permit, and that’s
something that can take as long as 20 years. Instead, a
movie company could invest in a recharge basin and pay
into a fund to gain access to the water the expanded facility
requires. The savings could be qualified and a grant could be
issued to the movie company for the expanded back lot.”
The two principal goals of Slater’s proposal — conservation and supply augmentation — are what
McCaffrey considers to be two of the three most
important factors that need to be addressed in resolving
the present water crisis, the third being more efficient
use of water by the agriculture industry. “The Sierra
snow pack is no longer a reservoir in the way it used to
be,” McCaffrey says. “With global warming, the snow is
melting earlier in the spring and filling the rivers before
we need water for the growing season. A portion of that
surface water needs to be captured and stored off-stream
for later use. We also need to increase our groundwater
storage capability by searching for geological formations
that can store large volumes of water.”
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Whether a new peripheral canal proposal can take
root or whether a series of pragmatic, smaller-scale
interim measures will work better, there’s a consensus
that Governor Schwarzenegger’s Delta Vision is the
place to re-kindle the discussion. In a recent statement,
Timothy Quinn, executive director of the Association
of California Water Agencies, said, “It becomes
more urgent every day that we move immediately to
implement a long-term solution that works for the
environment and the economy. If we had already made
the investments in infrastructure recommended by Delta
Vision, we would be having a very different conversation
today. We could have significantly more water in storage
south of the Delta, a more resilient system to deal with
current drought conditions, and a much better outlook
for the environment and our ability to reduce or avoid
the dire economic consequences that California will
experience in 2009.”
“Unless we solve our water supply problem,” says
Birmingham, “agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley
is not sustainable. We need to use all the tools at our
disposal — recycling, conservation, desalinization, new
conveyances and new storage faculties.”
Somach agrees: “Quite frankly, we can’t afford not to
do it all.”
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West’s Water Battles
Will Likely Heat Up
By Robert T. Wazeka
Anyone taking a cross-country flight by
day and not staring at a BlackBerry screen
can’t help but look out the window and
notice dramatic differences between the
East and the West of the United States.
The East is more populated, much busier
and considerably greener. The West is
more dramatic in its landscape, but it’s also
emptier, drier, and much less populated.
The crucial difference between the two halves of
the country is their total annual rainfall. The average
yearly rainfall in Alabama is 57 inches. In Connecticut,
Indiana, New Jersey, and Arkansas, it’s 44, 39, 42, and 50
inches respectively.
Compare this to the West, where California gets
only 17 inches a year, Montana 11 inches, New Mexico
9, Nevada 8, and Arizona 7. Even rainy Seattle gets a
Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River.
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fairly modest 36 inches a year. The Pacific Northwest’s
renowned precipitation in reality occurs only along a
relatively narrow strip west of the mountains. Spokane,
in dry eastern Washington, gets 19 inches a year.
Historically, water issues in the East have revolved
around navigability, canals and dam-building for
electric power. Today, the region’s main water concerns
are the pollution of surface water and the chemical
contamination of groundwater. In the West, the overriding concern about water in the past has been its
scarcity; scarcity is still the major concern today.
As global warming takes hold, the fierce battles over
water in the West are likely to get worse. “Meeting the
future supply for water in the West is going to be a highly
controversial process,” says Daniel Hentschke, ’77, the
general counsel for the San Diego Water Authority. “There
are likely to be numerous legal and political battles. At the
same time, we’re going to have to have greater collaboration
and greater cooperation than ever before.”
There are those who believe that the battles over
transferring water from one major river basin to another
ended in 1968 when Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson of
Washington amended the Colorado River Project Act
of 1968 to prevent California and the Central Arizona
Project from diverting river water from the Columbia to
the Southwest. But, as Pacific McGeorge Professor Steve
McCaffrey says, “They might be surprised to learn that
inter-basin transfers are back on the table. They’re by no
means dead in the water. Things will begin to change a
lot as climate change takes hold.”
Stuart Somach, ’79, a Sacramento water and natural
resources lawyer who has represented both the Central
Arizona Project and the State of Arizona, says that the
South Nevada Water Authority, acting on behalf of
seven states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — is currently
exploring the possibility of transferring Mississippi River
water to the Colorado River basin via a new system of
canals. “If completed,” Somach says, “the project would
drain only 1 percent of the Mississippi River water.
Water would be dropped off along the way to various
states, cities, and municipalities.”
As an ongoing example, Somach points to the
Arkansas River, which has been transferring water to
the North Platte in Colorado. In addition, a number of
influential political figures in Alaska have approached
water agencies in the West to explore the possibility of
exporting river water.
Somach also notes that some drought-ridden
Southeastern states are now staging their own water
battles. Disputes over water distribution in the
Everglades parallel those over California’s Bay-Delta
water, with Lake Okeechobee standing in for the Delta;
the Florida sugar industry paralleling Central Valley
agriculture; and the water-needy Everglades paralleling
the needs of Southern California for more water.
Meanwhile, the drought-ridden states of Alabama,
Florida and Georgia are fighting over the disposition of
water from the Chattahoochee River.
Another major factor gaining traction in water politics is
desalinization. Many people don’t realize the extent to which
desalinization is already a reality in supplying water to endusers around the world. There are now more than 21,000
desalinization plants operating in 120 countries worldwide.
Together these plants produce over 3.5 billion gallons of
potable water per day. Desalinization now accounts for 70
percent of Saudi Arabia’s drinking water. One of the largest
desalinization plants in the world sits in Yuma, Arizona.
Completed in 1992, it was designed to remove salt from
the Colorado River so that the United States could meet its
treaty obligations to deliver fresh water to Mexico. Flood
damage and other factors closed the plant after only eight
months, but efforts are now underway to re-start it.
“Meeting the future supply
for water in the West is going
to be a highly controversial
process. There are likely to be
numerous legal and political
battles. At the same time, we’re
going to have to have greater
collaboration and greater
cooperation than ever before.”
— Daniel Hentschke, ’77 | general counsel | San Diego Water Authority
In San Diego, where reverse osmosis technology was
developed by General Atomics in the 1960s and where
35 desalinization-related companies are in operation, the
San Diego Water Authority expects to more than double
the percentage of desalinated water it uses to 10 percent
by 2020.
“It’s true that considerable energy is required to
produce water from desalinization,” Hentschke notes,
“but traditional water sources also require large outputs
of energy from pumping and delivery across tens or
hundreds of miles.”
Other problems need to be worked out with
desalinization, such as what to do with the resultant salt
and how to mitigate any impact from draining large
volumes of ocean water from coastal sites. Research into
new desalinization technology will need to be increased,
as will research in such areas as off-stream storage,
underground storage, conservation and more efficient
use of water.
“The private sector also has an important role to play
in water management and policy,” notes Professor Craig
Manson ’81, who served as Assistant Secretary for Fish
and Wildlife and Parks in the Department of the Interior
from 2002 to 2006. Manson currently serves on the private
industry-oriented Water Policy Council chaired by ex-New
Jersey Governor and former Director of the Environmental
Protection Agency Christie Todd Whitman.
To read the rest of the water laws story, visit
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Special
Web Only Content
Clearing Legal Logjams
on Global Waterways
By Robert T. Wazeka
Sacramento lawyer Stuart Somach, ’79, who represents
clients in water litigation cases across the West, says that
former Pacific McGeorge professor Frank Trelease was
“one the three great pioneers in western water law.” Scott
Slater, ’84, an experienced California water lawyer, says
that Trelease, who taught at Pacific McGeorge from 1977
to 1986, was a great mentor for him and helped jump-start
his career. Now McGeorge Professor Steve McCaffrey is
emerging as a similarly seminal figure in global water law.
A colleague, Professor Craig Manson, formerly an assistant
secretary of the Interior, calls McCaffrey “the 800-pound
gorilla in international water law.”
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Highlights of McCaffrey’s multi-faceted work in
global water systems include:
• Acting as special rapporteur for the prestigious UN
International Law Commission (ILC) in preparation
of its draft articles on the law of the non-navigational
uses of international watercourses, and advising the Nile
River Basin Negotiating Committee;
• Writing The Law of International Watercourses:
Non-Navigational Uses (Oxford Press, 2001) and
International Environmental Law and Policy (Aspen,
1998 with Brown Weiss, Lutz, Magraw and Szasz);
• Co-authoring, with Pacific McGeorge Professor Gregory
Weber, a handbook to help guide individual nations in
drafting national water laws (funded and published by
the United Nations Development Program);
• Helping Kyrgyzstan draft its national water law.
McCaffrey points out that up to 70 percent of
the world’s nations have watercourses that cross
international boundaries. Water, of course, doesn’t
pay attention to national boundaries, but people do.
According to the United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP), there are 263 different rivers that either cross
the borders or demarcate the boundaries of two or
more countries. Moreover, these figures represent only
surface water. Underground water flows are less welldocumented, but they definitely factor into the water
policies of individual nations as well as into cooperative
multilateral agreements.
Moreover, national boundaries don’t ever remain the
same. New nations are born out of old ones, former
nations such as the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia are
broken up into smaller ones, and formerly divided
nations, such as Germany and Yemen, are unified or
re-unified.
As of the end of 2008, only 16 of the required 35
countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Law
of Non-Navigation Uses of International Watercourses.
“Nonetheless,” says McCaffrey, “the document already
marks an important step towards institutionalizing
an international law governing water.” Particularly
important, he says, is Article 7, which contains an
injunction “not to cause significant harm” against other
watercourse states.
When ratified, this agreement, which applies to
both surface and groundwater, would require each
nation to report on conditions and planned uses of
their waterways — a major step forward, according to
McCaffrey. “We’ve now reached a point,” he says, where
three common principles — the equitable and reasonable
use of water resources; the prevention of harm to other
countries’ water resources; and the prior notification of
planned projects — are now widely accepted by nearly
all nations.
The most common type of dispute between two
countries, McCaffrey says, arises in a situation in which
an upstream country considers developing an irrigation
or hydroelectric project that could dramatically reduce
the flow of water to a downstream country. “Water can
be a zero-sum game,” he says. “Right now, for instance,
Egypt is getting very nervous about Ethiopia’s need for
power and water. Egypt is dependent upon the Nile for
many reasons. The Blue Nile, which has its origins in
Ethiopia, produces twice as much water for Egypt as
does the White Nile, so any large-scale diversion of Blue
Nile water could have a great impact upon Egypt.”
This is the sort of situation in which a Nile River Basin
Treaty might provide guidelines and mediation. This treaty,
which McCaffrey says is “all but completed,” has set up
a permanent commission to coordinate transboundary
water resources and to produce a framework for final
agreement. An executive committee will eventually be
seated and empowered to take action for the member
states — Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania
Uganda. (Senegal is not yet a full member, and Eritrea is
the only affected country not a member.)
Groundwater wasn’t ignored in the ILC’s 1994
deliberations. The commission also adopted a resolution
on confined transboundary groundwater that said
states should be guided by the same principles as those
pertaining to surface water. Later, it also addressed
“unconfined transboundary water,” or aquifers,
concluding that each state should be sovereign over that
portion of an aquifer underneath its borders, a decision
that has had relevance in the negotiations between Israel
and Palestine over water rights.
Given the relative poverty of developing countries,
it is important that private institutions work in concert
with multilateral governmental and non-governmental
organizations to protect and develop water resources.
Both private money and privatization should play a role
in this process, McCaffrey says. “The World Bank is
an important force in determining which projects are
worthy, but it’s dependent upon private money to help
carry them out.”
Privatization, by contrast, has had a negative track
“Water can be a zero-sum game.
Right now, for instance, Egypt
is getting very nervous about
Ethiopia’s need for power and
water. Egypt is dependent upon
the Nile for many reasons. The
Blue Nile, which has its origins
in Ethiopia, produces twice as
much water for Egypt as does
the White Nile, so any largescale diversion of Blue Nile
water could have a great impact
upon Egypt.”
— Steve McCaffrey | Professor
record so far, at least based on its experiences in Bolivia
and Tanzania. “We haven’t figured out the best way
to do privatization,” McCaffrey says. “It has a bad
name now. Privatization shouldn’t mean that a private
company actually owns the water. Rather the private
company should provide overall supervision and should
manage the delivery systems. We have a long way to go
before it takes hold.”
In the developing world, the water issues that face
rainy, forested countries often differ radically from
those facing dry, unforested countries. Yet conflicts arise
regularly in both kinds of countries between energy
use and water use. This nexus will be addressed in a
conference to be held May 20–21 in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada under the auspices of Professor Gregory Weber,
director of Pacific McGeorge’s Institute for Sustainable
Development, and University of Calgary Professor
Alastair R. Lucas. McCaffrey will be one the presenters
at the conference, presenting a paper titled “Energy, Law
and the Nile Basin Negotiations.”
You can expect that a lot of people will stop and
listen when he delivers it.
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DeRosa Retires After
Highly Successful Tenure
president established closer bonds
with law school while guiding the
university into national spotlight
By Jan Ferris Heenan
Dr. Donald V. DeRosa brought integrity, fiscal responsibility,
and national attention to the University of the Pacific and
its professional schools during his 14-year presidency, which
comes to a close when he retires at the end of June.
DeRosa will continue to consult at the university, but
is looking forward to spending more time with his adult
children and four grandchildren, who are spread between
the east and west coasts. He will be succeeded by Dr. Pamela
Eibeck, currently dean of the engineering college at Texas
Tech and the first woman to be named president at Pacific.
The Stockton-based University of the Pacific has gained
national attention as an innovator and “best value” school
during DeRosa’s reign, and Pacific McGeorge has benefited
greatly from his steadfast support.
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judiciary,” he says. “This law school is recognized as a major
“Dr. DeRosa has done a remarkable job, and he has
resource to the state of California, and its quality is being
been generous in his support of the law school,” says Pacific
recognized more nationally and internationally.”
McGeorge Professor and former Dean Gerald Caplan, who
DeRosa, in turn, has been largely responsible for creating
served on DeRosa’s hiring committee during his nine-year
a stable financial environment that has allowed Pacific
tenure as the law school dean.
McGeorge to thrive. He has secured state bond monies for
Pacific McGeorge Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
the law school and the school’s endowment has gone from
agrees. “[DeRosa] has taken the time to understand what
“modest” to robust the past 14 years, Caplan notes.
the law school can be and then he has let it be that,” she
When a $1.5 million donation from the Hugh & Hazel
says. “He has been extremely supportive of our Educational
Darling Foundation was in the works for Pacific McGeorge’s
Pipeline Initiative [for underrepresented Sacramento area
large-scale remodel and expansion of the Gordon D. Schaber
youth], our international work and our efforts to build a
Law Library, DeRosa went to Los
more visible brand.”
Angeles to lobby for it in person.
DeRosa came to the
“Their trustee [at the
Stockton campus in 1995
foundation] made clear they
from the University of North
only wanted to support us if the
Carolina system. He arrived
law school had the support of
at a time of tumult within the
the university. (DeRosa) made
Stockton undergraduate school,
that a priority,” Parker says.
recalls Hayne R. Moyer, ’75,
The top university
a Sacramento attorney and
administrator has further thrown
University of the Pacific regent.
his support behind the law
“During Don’s first few
school’s Educational Pipeline
years, he brought together a
Initiative. This “absolute gem
fractured university by using his
of a program,” as he calls it,
communication skills to convince
provides academic assistance
the university community
and enrichment, mentoring and
we have one common
guidance to disadvantaged k-12
goal — provide a superior
students, with an emphasis on
student-centered education at
steering them to college.
Pacific,” Moyer says.
“[DeRosa] immediately
DeRosa has clearly
understands where these
accomplished that goal. He has
University of the Pacific President Don DeRosa
commitments are. And he’s never
brought the university and law
said no when we’ve asked him for
school closer together, and is
help,” Parker says. “That just matters, having the president here
clearly proud of the strengthened relationship between the
on campus, willing to roll up his sleeves.” He has even attended
two. The recently instituted Pacific Legal Scholars Program
a class or two at Pacific McGeorge over the years, she says, in an
is just one example of that firmer bond, he believes. The
effort to experience the law school firsthand.
accelerated honors program — launched in fall 2008 — helps
DeRosa has worked well with Parker and Caplan, her
Pacific undergraduates gain a clearer understanding of the
predecessor. He has high praise for both deans. Caplan
legal profession and prepares them for law school.
“advanced and enhanced the quality of the law school and
DeRosa is proud of Pacific McGeorge’s three “Centers of
student body,” DeRosa says. “Since Dean Parker has arrived,”
Distinction,” the Capital Center for Public Law & Policy,
he continued, “the stature of the law school has been
the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, and the
elevated.... Now we’re consistently ranked in the top 100.”
Global Center for Business and Development. He also
It helps that the law school’s initiatives and goals are more
points to the school’s award-winning trial advocacy and
closely aligned than ever with those of the university, DeRosa
international law programs.
and Parker agree. Renaming the law school “Pacific McGeorge”
DeRosa has witnessed an overall growth in Pacific
was an external symbol of the strengthened linkage.
McGeorge applicants. He is pleased that their credentials
“There’s a synergy that has to happen, and I think we can
have “increased markedly.”
celebrate Don DeRosa for being clear about that,” Parker says.
“The alumni have distinguished themselves in the nation’s
Owens Takes Down O.J.
13 years later, las vegas prosecutor puts celebrity defendant away
Christopher “Chris” Owens, ’81, was
attending a prosecutors’ conference in San
Francisco last year when he checked his
e-mail one night at his hotel. A message
from his boss consisted of a single, cryptic
line: “Call me regarding Juice.”
Owens, a deputy district attorney
for Clark County, Nevada, discovered
the e-mail’s significance at breakfast
the following day. A fellow attendee
approached Owens, waved the front
page of that morning’s USA Today and
said, “I see you are prosecuting O. J.
Simpson!” By David Graulich
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prosecuted some 30 murder cases. The future D.A. arrived
In the weeks that followed, Chris Owens was at the center
at Pacific McGeorge from Brigham Young University with
of a case that evoked memories of the famous 1995 double
the intention of pursuing a legal career as a tax lawyer. The
homicide trial in Los Angeles, when Simpson was acquitted.
reality of law school final exams led to a change in plans.
This time, the former Buffalo Bills football star faced 12
“I still remember walking across the McGeorge quad right
charges of kidnapping, robbery, burglary, conspiracy and
after taking my Tax I exam,” Owens says. “I walked right
assault, all stemming from an armed robbery at a Las Vegas
into the Registrar’s office and dropped Tax II.”
casino hotel room.
After parting ways with tax law, Owens did well in
In October, a Clark County jury returned guilty verdicts
Evidence and Criminal Procedure classes. He also had a
on all 12 counts. Simpson, 61, was sentenced to a minimum
variety of internships and clerkships, including a stint with
of 7.5 years in prison. He is currently serving time in
the Nevada State Attorney General, where he helped draft
Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center.
legislation that revised
Lester Munson, a
Nevada’s gaming codes.
Chicago lawyer who
Owens says that
covered the Nevada
the two most difficult
trial for sports Web
areas for a young
site espn.com, praises
prosecutor are voir dire
what he called the
and cross-examination
District Attorneys’
of expert witnesses or
“dream team,” which
defendants. “These
consisted of Owens
parts of the trial are
and Clark County
so free form, you can
District Attorney
really only learn them
David Roger. “The
through experience,”
preparation and
he says.
presentation of
An effective
prosecutors Roger
prosecutor “has to
and Owens, including
Clark County prosecutor Chris Owens delivers his opening argument.
develop his or her own
22 witnesses and
style,” Owens says.
84 exhibits, were
“You find your strong points. The jury can tell when you
exquisite. They studied and examined more than 12 hours
are faking it. I try to talk to the person in the street, basic
of audiotape and videotape of Simpson’s preparation for
communication, very personal.” In most cases, he says, “a
the robbery, the robbery itself and conversations among
prosecutor can express righteous indignation about what has
Simpson’s crew after the robbery. They dug out compelling
happened to the victim,” but when the victims themselves
and persuasive details which they wove together seamlessly,
are unsympathetic, “you have to focus all the attention on
erasing any doubt about what happened. Patiently and
the defendant and what the defendant did.”
methodically, and with dazzling technology, they presented
Owens said he recalls feeling reasonably optimistic while
their material to the jury. Then, in masterly final arguments,
the Simpson jury was deliberating, but was still pleasantly
Roger and Owens put it all together in a way that frequently
surprised to prevail on all 12 charges. He says that the
surprised Simpson’s lawyers and left no escape for Simpson.”
toughest part of his job is when the jury has returned and is
Munson cited Owens’ closing argument: “After describing
about to announce its findings: “That’s the hardest time of
Simpson as the leader and ‘mastermind’ of the robbery, Owens
the whole trial — it’s a gut-wrenching few moments.”
went straight into the lives of jurors who think of Las Vegas
Owens says that he is not superstitious when prosecuting
as home and as a fine place for their families.” When Owens
a crime — no lucky neckties or favorite foods. However,
finished, Munson comments, “There was an eerie silence in
observers at the Las Vegas trial noted that the jury’s guilty
the courtroom, and you knew Simpson was in violation of the
verdicts were returned on October 3, 2008 – 13 years to the
peace and dignity of the jurors’ home, and in real trouble.”
day that Simpson was acquitted in Los Angeles.
Owens is a 27-year veteran of the Clark County D.A.’s
office. He is no stranger to high-profile trials, having
A New Vision…
Pacific McGeorge’s Legal Studies Center
Will Energize Next-Generation Attorneys
Photography: Steve Yeater
“Today’s legal profession employs a diverse mix of traditional
and high-tech tools, putting new demands on legal education
for flexibility and responsiveness to ensure students benefit
from the right balance of resources. The new Legal Studies
Center will strike that balance and play to our strengths —
preparing Pacific McGeorge students and alumni for success.”
Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
By Cynthia Kincaid
Look for Groundbreaking Ceremonies Fall 2009
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The renovation will deliver:
R
• More individual and group study
spaces
• Improved access to librarians
campus quad directly into the library,
Renovation of the Gordon D. Schaber
and legal information resources
and serve as the hub for all the library’s
Law Library, centerpiece of the new
•
Natural
light
into
library
study
service functions. The avenue of
Pacific McGeorge Legal Studies
spaces and public service areas
light will provide direct access to the
Center (LSC), is firmly under way.
•
New
spaces
for
campus
renovated California reading room
Made possible, in part, by a $1.5
gatherings and academic
– transforming it into the Darling
million commitment from the Hugh
colloquia
Foundation’s grand new space –
and Hazel Darling Foundation, the
• Coherent organization of the
available for important campus events,
$10 million capital improvement
library’s growing book collection
academic programs, and community
project will transform the library,
• State-of-the-art classroom and
meetings. The central walkways leading
providing enhanced study and legal
instructional labs dedicated
from the library’s atrium foyer will take
research facilities within the existing
to computer-assisted legal
students to library reference service
campus footprint.
instruction
areas, the Information Commons and
“Never has there been a better
• Updated use of library
classrooms dedicated to computer-based
time for students, alumni, faculty,
technologies
instruction, a plethora of individual and
and the community to get involved in
• Greater access to databases and
group study spaces, or to the library’s
supporting the Darling Foundation’s
digital information resources
sizeable collection of domestic, foreign
lead and this transformational
• Additional faculty offices,
and international legal materials.
project,” says Charlene Mattison, ’06,
located on the new second story
“We had to achieve many goals in
assistant dean for Advancement.
of the center
this project,” says Matthew Downs,
“The Legal Studies Center will be
the new assistant dean for Library
the most significant facilities addition to
and Research Services. “Most fundamental, our goal in
Pacific McGeorge in almost three decades.”
redesigning, renovating, and expanding the law library
The new LSC renovation plan will bring a freshness and
was to provide community spaces, but spaces intended for
vitality to the library, conferring a more modern aesthetic
scholarship and serious study. We know that students study
appeal to the academic structures and to the entire campus.
in a variety of ways — in public spaces, in small groups, and
The project is an important milestone in the achievement
in quiet hidden corners. And we know that legal information
of the master campus plan, placing the Legal Studies Center
is retrieved from databases, from knowledgeable professional
and the law library at the heart of the campus.
librarians, and from print sources. This renovation project >
A soaring, two-story atrium entrance will lead from the
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accomplishes each of these
goals exceedingly well.”
The project will
complete the renovation
and expansion of the
library begun in 2005 with
the multi-million-dollar
modernization of the
two stacks floors on the
southeast side of the library.
That section of the library
now includes compact firstfloor shelving, remodeled
Matthew Downs, Assistant Dean,
Library and Research Services
study rooms, and a
classroom for seminars and
presentations. The final phase design will blend seamlessly
into that vibrant research area.
McGeorge currently operates the third smallest library
among California law schools at 30,290 square feet. The
renovation project adds thousands of square feet, but more
importantly its innovative design greatly enhances access to
the collection, library staff and services. The library’s book
collection will continue to grow, but at a slower pace than in
previous years because of greater reliance on databases and
digital collections. Dated, less frequently used materials will
continue to be removed to less costly storage areas serving as
a library annex. Through judicious collection development
and shelf maintenance, it is anticipated that the library will
continue to grow by approximately 10,000 volumes annually.
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We want you to be a part of this exciting time at McGeorge.
We want to ask you to participate in raising funds for this
project, and be a part of a lasting legacy on this campus
that will inspire generations of students to come.
We already have major donors committed to the future
of this project, and there are many more opportunities
to become involved. Alumni, in particular, can have a
significant impact by naming an area, a wall, a chair,
and/or a shelving unit. You can even join a group – your
classmates or your student group – of contributors who
are supporting an area such as the outside terrace.
This is the chance to join in this transformational
event and significantly improve the feel and heart of the
Pacific McGeorge campus. It is a chance to change the
educational experience for future students by leaving a
legacy that will inspire students, alumni, and our campus
community for years to come.
Please contact the Pacific McGeorge Advancement
Office at 916-739-7300 or [email protected] to
become involved. And look for future informational mailings
this summer.
We will break ground in the fall of 2009 and complete the project
in Spring 2011. You can make a major impact on this project
through the naming opportunities that are still available:
• First-Floor Reading Room A primary
• Legal Research Training Room This
“highlight” in the LSC, with study and reading
areas that feature beautiful views of the Quad,
the campus, and campus life
• Foyer The main entry to the LSC, with a
two-story space that is both beautiful and
functional
• Event Rotunda The law school’s original
classroom, where McGeorge classes were first
taught — including classes taught by Justice
Kennedy — is at the prominent corner of fifth
Avenue and 33rd Street
• Terrace An open-air reading area located next
to the large study lounge will be among the
most popular campus study and social sites
• Second-Floor Reading Room Another
“highlight” of the LSC, with open views of
the Quad and a variety of study spaces for
individuals and small groups
• International Room A beautifully designed
space for research and study, this room will
be devoted to the collection of foreign law
works related to the McGeorge International
Programs, including the China Program
space will have an open design to welcome
students and train them in legal research
and advocacy
• Legal Studies Classroom Coined the
“best-small classroom on campus,” this
wired “smart” classroom will be well
used by Legal Process professors and as
a conference room and for communityoriented presentations
• Oak Tree Court A beautiful contemplative
spot, it holds a living oak tree that can be
seen by all as they pass through and use the
LSC
• Individual and Group Floor Study Areas
Study rooms are in high demand and receive
full-time use as group discussion and study
areas, or by students looking for a quiet space.
• Administration Conference Room This space
will be used for administrative, faculty and
student-faculty meetings and seminars
• Archives and Microfiche Area A special collections
area will feature archival and primary source
materials, as well as electronic resources
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School News
The Lefkowitz team with their coaches, Professor Mike Mireles, left, and Professor Ed Telfeyan
Holland, Morgan
Win National Title
Two Pacific McGeorge
students capped off an
improbable victory march
and walked off with the
national title in the school’s
first appearance in the Saul
Lefkowitz Moot Court
Competition, one of the
leading intellectual property
law moot court events.
Allysia Holland, ’09, and
Preston Morgan, ’09,
scored a stunning triumph
in a February regional,
then defeated three other
regional winners in the
national championship
the following month in
Washington, D.C.
“It is absolutely amazing
that Allysia and Preston, both
of whom have never taken
an intellectual property law
course, did so well with a
very difficult problem that
presented some of the most
complex and challenging
issues in trademark law,” says
Professor Mike Mireles, ’98,
one of the team’s coaches.
The Pacific McGeorge
team won several awards
and cash prizes in defeating
the University of Tennessee,
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Widener University and the
University of Akron in the
national championship. In
the earlier San Francisco
regional, Holland and
Morgan emerged from a
powerful field that included
defending national champion
UC Hastings, UC Berkeley,
Santa Clara and USC.
It was a very successful
spring season for Pacific
McGeorge’s intercollegiate
teams. One qualified for
the national finals of the
most prestigious mock trial
tournament for the second
year in a row and third
time in the last four years.
Jeff Schaff, ’09, and Alan
Donato, ’09, advanced to
the Texas Young Lawyers
National Trial Competition
championship in late March
with a final-round victory
over UC Davis at a TYLA
regional in San Francisco. A
Stanford team also emerged
from the four-team finals,
but only after slipping past
a second Pacific McGeorge
entry that included Meredith
Cammisa, ’09, Robert Rice,
’10, and Sally Noma, ’09.
“Considering the strength
of the field, getting two
teams into the finals was an
outstanding performance,”
Professor Cary Bricker says.
“The students worked hard
and their coaches deserve great
credit.” Meghan Baker, ’05,
and Jason Schaff, ’06, coached
the winning team while Leland
Washington, ’01, and Brandon
Takahashi, ’06, coached the
other finalists.
Another Pacific
McGeorge squad finished
second in a 20-team field
and walked off with several
awards at the Niagara
International Moot Court
Competition in Toronto,
Canada. Miranda Carroll,
’09, Devi Kumar, ’09,
Sandeep Vishwa, ’09
and Yury Kolesnikov,
’09, comprised Professor
Mary-Beth Moylan’s team.
In addition to the semifinalist award, the Pacific
McGeorge team was cited
for second place in both the
applicant’s memorial and the
respondent’s memorial.
Ethics Conference
Hits a Home Run
Sometimes timing is
everything — as long as it’s
combined with detailed
organization. That proved
to be the case in early March
as Pacific McGeorge staged
one of its most successful
symposia ever, “Ethics in
Government — Ethical
Cultures, Falls from Grace,
and the Way Ahead.”
Capitalizing on recent
scandals such as the
impeachment of Illinois
Governor Rod Blagojevich,
the tax difficulties of several
Obama administration
appointments, and the Jack
Abramoff lobbying payoffs
that still reverberate in
Congress, the event brought
together governmental
experts from around the
nation for lively discussion.
The luncheon keynote
speaker, former Assembly
Speaker and San Francisco
Mayor Willie Brown, who
was known as the ultimate
insider during his political
career, provided personal
reflections on the dance
lawmakers perform around
critical ethical issues.
Professor Paul Paton, the
director of the law school’s
Ethics Across the Professions
Initiative, and Professor Leslie
Jacobs, director of the newly
renamed Capital Center
for Public Law & Policy,
organized the conference. The
McGeorge Law Review will
publish a special symposium
issue on the talks next year.
The event was the third in
a 10-year conference series
sponsored by the Sierra Health
Foundation.
WLS Honors Parker
With Carr Award
The Women Lawyers of
Sacramento honored Dean
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
with its Frances Newell Carr
Award in December.
The award goes annually
to a Sacramento legal
community member whose
professional achievements,
commitment to furthering
legal opportunities for
women in the law, and
contribution to the lives of
women and children are of
the highest distinction.
The Frances Newell
Carr Award was established
by WLS in 1994 to honor
the late appellate justice.
In 1975, Carr became the
first female to serve on
Sacramento County Superior
Draper Leads Laptop
Students Over Bar
Taking the bar exam is still
the same arduous, threeday grind it has always
been, but these days it’s
mostly done using laptop
computers. A Pacific
McGeorge staff member
has been at the forefront of
that change.
Sally Draper, the director
of the faculty support
department, is a nationally
recognized expert on the
software program now used
by 33 state bar jurisdictions
and 85 percent of Pacific
McGeorge students.
Pacific McGeorge has
Photography: Steve Yeater
Willie Brown was the conference keynote speaker.
Court bench. In 1980, she
was appointed to the Third
District Court of Appeal,
where she served until her
death in 1992. She was also
a long-time member of the
McGeorge School of Law
Advisory Board.
WLS president June
Coleman, ’97, a senior partner
at Ellis Coleman Poirier La
Voie & Steinheimer, presented
the award to Dean Parker
at a luncheon reception.
Parker, the eighth dean in the
history of Pacific McGeorge,
is an outspoken advocate
of increased minority and
female opportunity in the
legal profession. She has
been active in the Oak Park
community that surrounds
the law school. The former
CIA and National Security
Agency general counsel also
continues her service to the
federal government, having
been reappointed to the Public
Interest Declassification Board
by President Bush last fall.
Sally Draper
been ahead of the curve on
this new approach to examtaking. “Nine years ago, the
faculty and administration
wanted our students to
experiment with laptop
exam-taking since that was
the direction the California
State Bar was headed,” she
said. Pacific McGeorge started
a pilot implementation of the
software program. Around the
same time, Draper was asked
and encouraged to help with
the California State Bar site
in Sacramento. “By working
closely with the software
company and the California
State Bar, Draper was able
to make sure that Pacific
McGeorge replicated current
bar examination practices.
Draper now contracts
twice a year for the software
company as a technical
engineer for various bar
jurisdictions. So far, she has
helped California, Texas,
Oregon and Washington
states with troubleshooting
technical problems. The
software company is moving
into other graduate school
fields, including medical
school. Draper doesn’t know
yet whether she’ll be helping
future doctors overcome their
exam anxiety.
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Miriam Cherry
Linda Carter
Kelso Celebrates
last year they produced a
2,000-page treatise available
exclusively online.
An Indiana native,
Charles Kelso earned his
law degree at the University
of Chicago in record time
before serving as a law clerk
to a Supreme Court justice.
He was a member of the
Indiana University School
of Law, Indianapolis,
faculty until 1976 when he
was lured to Sacramento by
Dean Gordon Schaber.
members of the ALI.
Carter, a Pacific
McGeorge faculty member
since 1985, has focused her
scholarship on the death
penalty and international
criminal law. The coauthor of Understanding
Capital Punishment Law
(LexisNexis 2nd ed. 2008),
she has devoted much of
her recent research and
writing to international
criminal law with a focus
on war crimes tribunals.
Cherry has compiled
an impressive body of
scholarship since leaving
private practice in 2003.
Her areas of specialization
include labor and
employment law, business
associations, and contracts.
The co-author of Global
Issues in Employment Law
(Thomson/West 2008), she
is writing a series of articles
addressing the impact of
technology on traditional
labor and employment
law doctrines. She is also
completing a treatise on
mergers and acquisitions
law with Professor Frank
Gevurtz.
Career Milestone
In 1951, Charles Kelso was
the youngest law professor
in the country when he
started teaching at the
University of Indiana at
age 22. Fifty-eight years
later, he’s still going strong
at Pacific McGeorge as the
nation’s oldest full-time law
professor.
Kelso celebrated his 80th
birthday last fall and is on
course to complete his sixth
decade in legal education.
“It feels very strange to have
gone from the youngest
to one of the more mature
members of academia,”
Kelso says, “but I still enjoy
it immensely.”
A passion for teaching
and learning keeps Kelso
young. He carries a full
course load, teaching
Constitutional Law,
American Legal History,
and First Amendment
Law this academic year.
Outside of the classroom,
he pursues his legal writing
with his frequent co-author,
son Randall, a professor
at South Texas College of
Law in Houston, Texas.
Not content to merely write
for hard-copy law journals,
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Faculty News
Charles Kelso
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Carter, Cherry
Elected to ALI
Professors Linda Carter
and Miriam Cherry were
elected to the prestigious
American Law Institute in
October.
They are the sixth
and seventh active Pacific
McGeorge faculty members
in the elite Philadelphiabased organization of
judges, lawyers, and law
professors that drafts and
publishes legal reform
proposals in an effort to
improve and simplify
the law. Dean Elizabeth
Rindskopf Parker and
Professors Michael Vitiello,
Larry Levine, Julie Davies
and Thom Main are also
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Landers’ Patent Law
Book Published
Steve Paskey
Amy Landers
Paskey’s Work Cited
death by hanging. In 1993,
the conviction was reversed
after new information was
discovered in old Soviet
records.
He returned to the
United States and won an
appellate court decision
against his previous
conviction. The DOJ filed
new charges against him
six years later. In 2004,
Paskey became involved
and the 6th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled that
Demjanjuk could be
again stripped of his
citizenship. Paskey
continued to pursue the
necessary rulings from
Immigration Court. He
won again there and the
following year before the
Board of Immigration
Appeals. Late last year,
a German war crimes
investigator asked
prosecutors to extradite
Demjanjuk and charge him
with involvement in 29,000
murders.
On March 24, U.S.
immigration officials
requested German travel
documents be arranged
for the Ohio resident’s
departure.
In Demjanjuk Case
Professor Steve Paskey
received the Assistant
Attorney General’s Human
Rights Law Enforcement
Award in November for his
role as the lead attorney for
the U.S. Department of
Justice in the deportation
proceedings against John
Demjanjuk, a former guard
at a Nazi extermination
camp.
Paskey, who teaches Legal
Process, was honored for
his work between 2004 and
2007 on the Demjanjuk case,
one of the most notorious
in the aftermath of the
World War II. Demjanjuk
concealed his service at
three concentration camps
when he immigrated to the
United States in 1952. The
88-year-old retired auto
worker has been the subject
of international news stories
since 1977 when the DOJ
first submitted a request
to have his citizenship
revoked. Six years later, he
was extradited to Israel and
prosecuted as “Ivan the
Terrible” of the Treblinka
death camp. In 1988, he
was found guilty of mass
murder and sentenced to
Professor Amy Landers’
treatise, Understanding
Patent Law, has been
published by LexisNexis.
“Intellectual property
law is an exciting, dynamic
and important field,”
Landers says. “However, it
is difficult to overstate the
complexity that patent law
presents to those engaging
with the subject matter for
the first time. I wrote this
book with aspiring young
IP attorneys in mind.”
The 478-page book
features coverage of all
major topics in the field,
examples that illustrate
the application of the
most abstract and complex
doctrines, summaries of
major cases, and discussions
of the policy and historical
underpinnings of the
primary doctrines.
Landers practiced law
for ten years with Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe in
San Francisco, representing
major Fortune 500
companies, before joining
the faculty in the fall of
2004. She teaches Torts,
Patent Law, and Intellectual
Property and Unfair
Competition at Pacific
McGeorge.
Ryan’s Role Key in
Law School Growth
John Ryan, ’70, who
played a major role in
the emergence of Pacific
McGeorge as one of
California’s leading law
schools, died in October
2008 after a long illness.
Ryan, who graduated
with the school’s first Day
Division class, earned an
LL.M. at the University
of Illinois and returned
to teach Contracts the
following year. Dean
Gordon Schaber quickly
recognized Ryan’s
administrative talents and
named him assistant dean
of academic affairs in 1974.
The 1970s and 1980s
were periods of tremendous
growth at Pacific
McGeorge, both in terms
of student enrollment and
curriculum. Ryan served as
second-in-command at the
law school for both decades
and was also very active in
the ABA Section on Legal
Education.
When Schaber was
sidelined with health
problems in 1991, Ryan
served as acting dean. After
Gerald Caplan was selected
as Schaber’s successor, Ryan
became an executive vice
president at the University
of the Pacific in Stockton.
Perhaps the most
knowledgeable legal
educator in the country on
ABA accreditation, Ryan
was named dean at Roger
Williams University School
of Law in 1993. He led
Rhode Island’s only law
school to ABA accreditation
in record time. Years later,
he accomplished the same
feat at Atlanta’s John
Marshall Law School, one
of only four law schools in
Georgia and one of only
two offering part-time
evening education.
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Professor of Law
A.B., Georgetown University
J.D., Harvard Law School
Courses Taught
Constitutional Law, National
Security Law, International
Protection of Human Rights,
Professional Responsibility
Private Sector
Public Citizen Litigation Group,
Washington, D.C.
Recent Scholarship
“The Asymmetrical Nature of
the U.S. Treaty Processes and
the Challenges That Poses for
Human Rights,” Hamline J. Pub.
L. & Pol’y (forthcoming 2009)
Member
Union Internationale des Avocats
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Professor
John Cary Sims
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Taking Full Advantage of Academic Freedom to Air His Views
the pacific mcgeorge profile
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In 2007, then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited
law and human rights are not that different, Sims says.
Pacific McGeorge. Professor John Sims, a vocal critic of the
“Oftentimes you’re looking at issues of equal protection, due
Bush administration, didn’t hold back. Sims held a teach-in
process and freedom of speech, but in different contexts.”
outside the auditorium before the scheduled talk. Together
Before teaching at Pacific McGeorge, Sims spent 11 years
with his colleagues, students and members of the public,
in the private sector working for Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen
he talked about the administration’s policies on torture and
Litigation Group in Washington, D.C. It was an ideal job,
Guantanamo. Then he gave audience members a list of eight
allowing Sims to represent the consumer, rather than protect the
provocative questions they could ask Gonzales.
status quo. The position gave him great autonomy, responsibility
Sims’ freedom to speak publicly on issues, whether on
and variety. He argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court,
or off campus, is one element he loves about his job — a
courts of appeals, state supreme courts, during trials and before
freedom he would not necessarily enjoy in the private sector.
agencies. He worked on cases that have had a lasting and wide“Your boss can invite the attorney general to come and
ranging impact on consumers and law students, with some cases
speak, and you can get out there and say the policies that he’s
ending up in law school textbooks, he says. In one case, Nader
defending are immoral and horrible and destructive for the
v. Allegheny Airlines Inc., Nader sued the company after he was
United States,” Sims says. “There aren’t too many jobs where
bumped off a plane. Although the case was won at the Supreme
you can do that.”
Court level, Sims ultimately lost in the lower courts. Yet it still
Sims’ favorite topics to teach
resulted in significant changes in
include civil liberties issues in the
the airline industry. Airlines have
context of national security, such
improved consumer protections,
as the prohibition against torture
now overbooking fewer seats and
and due process. He watched the
asking passengers to volunteer to
previous administration punch
relinquish their seats in exchange
holes in the Constitution during
for a free ticket, instead of forcing
a crisis and says that shouldn’t
them to give up their seat without
have happened. “It would be
compensation.
even better if we could identify
Working for Nader, Sims says,
these problems while they’re still
was a “very unusual opportunity
Professor John Sims meets the media.
going on and prevent them from
to litigate at the highest level
happening.”
of intellectual demand, but
As a professor, he says his role is to “sound the alarm on
also know you’re on the right side … as opposed to just
those violations before it’s too late.” He is co-founder of the
representing the most powerful institutions in society.”
four-year-old Journal of National Security Law & Policy, a
The oldest of five, Sims grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and
peer-reviewed publication on national defense issues.
became an avid Cleveland Indians fan. Every year he attends
Does he think his writings questioning the Bush
the NCAA Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
administration have made a difference? It’s hard to say, Sims
Sims was inspired to be a lawyer by his mother, who
says, as he was one of many protestors. But many of the policies
graduated from Fordham Law School in 1942. She worked
he criticized, he points out, have been abandoned. The debate
for the federal government during World War II, enforcing
underway now is about whether Bush administration officials
wage and price laws, and later for the U.S. Department
should be investigated or prosecuted for committing torture and
of Veterans Affairs. In between, she taught at his Roman
illegal wiretapping. “The good news is that the whole center of
Catholic grade school. His father was a furniture salesman.
the debate has shifted,” says Sims, who favors investigating the
He saw his mother commit her life to public service, showing
facts and then determining an “appropriate response” rather
him how law could help people.
than ignoring the past.
“She was able to carry that out with a tenacity that very
Sims began working at Pacific McGeorge in 1986. He first
few people really achieve,” Sims says. “I try to live up to that
taught constitutional rights and consumer protection issues,
example.”
topics he focused on in the private sector. Over the years his
This is the eleventh in a series of Pacific Law articles on members
research interests have broadened. He still writes and teaches
of
the
Pacific McGeorge faculty who pursue excellence inside and
about the First Amendment, but he also focuses on domestic
outside the classroom.
and international human rights, including racial equality
and discrimination against gays and lesbians. Constitutional
Message from
The Alumni Board
President
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Dear Fellow Alumni & Friends,
This is my first opportunity to
greet you on behalf of the Pacific
McGeorge Alumni Association
Board of Directors. Over my few
years on this 36-member board,
it has become increasingly active,
as well as increasingly diverse in
geography, practice areas, ethnic and racial makeup, graduation
eras and interests — in short, more fully representative of the
interests and the makeup of Pacific McGeorge’s nearly 13,000
alumni. The board is committed to its strategic plans to provide
meaningful support to the law school, and to engage alumni
with one another and with the school.
Some of these efforts are ones you would expect — to
help raise charitable funds so the law school can continue
to attract excellent students, faculty and staff, to update its
facilities to ensure they meet the needs of today’s students,
and to ensure that students have good career opportunities
once they graduate. However, others may be less obvious.
The board has been building the alumni network by helping
to establish a more robust network of alumni chapters
around the nation. We have also focused on helping to
improve students’ experience while at the law school and to
help build their “soft skills” in professional networking — the
kind of real-world skills that can be imparted particularly
effectively by alumni.
In short, the alumni board sees its role as a partnership with the
law school, as well as with the students who are now in the seats
where we once sat, and those who will sit there in the future.
In candor, it has been some time since I have been in those
seats, but I still benefit from the high-quality, demanding
education I received at Pacific McGeorge and, as the proud
father of a recent alumna, I know that the same rigor and
outstanding preparation continues at the law school.
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Beyond high-quality legal preparation, Pacific McGeorge
is also increasingly recognized as a leader in legal education.
Many know of the law school’s leadership of a national
initiative to “Globalize Legal Education,” including playing
a central role in producing a 15-book series enhancing every
core course with international content and perspectives.
The law school is also in the third year of a USAID-funded
initiative to teach young Chinese law professors about how
to bring American-style advocacy and clinical programs to
China. These efforts, and others, have played a role in Pacific
McGeorge’s international law programs being ranked at #16
in US News & World Report (tied with Stanford).
This is one of several marks of distinction the law school
has earned. Others distinctions of note:
• Commitment to ethics as manifested in Pacific
McGeorge’s annual “Ethics Across the Professions”
symposium, as well as hosting of the National Ethics
Trial Competition, the nation’s only trial competition
where ethics is central to the trial as well as to the
performance of the participating teams
• Commitment to an advocacy program frequently
listed in the Top 20 by US News & World Report and
likely to rise as its new “Global Lawyering” program
earns recognition
• Continued commitment to outstanding faculty
who invest their energies in being effective and
approachable teachers, as well as excellent scholars
I hope these achievements give you the same sense of pride
in being an alum of Pacific McGeorge as they do me. As I begin
service as the alumni board president, stepping into the sizable
shoes of my predecessor Bill Harn, I encourage you to offer me
your comments and suggestions. I truly look forward to hearing
from you and to representing your interests as an alum.
With best regards,
Jim Day ’73
Pacific
McGeorge
Alumni
Board of
Directors
2009
Executive Committee
James M. Day, Jr. ’73
President
Shanti R. Halter ’01
Vice President of Development
Erin M. Dunston ’99
Vice President of Planning
Bruce M. Timm ’98
Vice President of Student
Relations Alumni Programs
William Davis Harn ’93
Past President
By Michael Curran
The Pacific McGeorge Alumni Association
has launched two new programs within the
past year that should appeal to two distinct
groups of graduates.
The Young Alumni Program targets
graduates who are less than 10 years out of
law school with the intent of helping them
to reconnect with their classmates and other
young attorneys. Last fall, more than 70
young barristers gathered for a wine-tasting
event to kick off the program.
“It turned out to be a hit with everyone,”
said Nirav Desai, ’04, a member of the
Pacific McGeorge Alumni Board who helped
to start the fledgling group. “Young alums
have much in common. We don’t have a lot
of money, but we can contribute to the law
school in others ways — and have fun at the
same time.”
A follow-up event is planned for early
May, and the group hopes to expand outside
the greater Sacramento area with events that
bring law school friends together.
A “McGenerations” program has also
been launched, playing off the many family
connections among Pacific McGeorge
alumni. There are 58 current students who
have a father, mother, or at least one other
relative who graduated from the law school.
A March on-campus meeting brought some
of these families together, and the Alumni
Office will research alumni family ties to
expand the group.
Photography: Ronda Churchill
Directors
Erika C. Aljens ’01
Ric Asfar ’06
Eric L. Barnum ’94
Mike K. Brisbin ’93
Hector deAvila Gonzalez LL.M. ’03
Kathryn M. Davis ’99
Kimberly K. Delfino ’93
Nirav Desai ’04
Larry K. Dunn ’84
L. Kalei Fong ’79
Rex Frazier ’00
Brian K. Harris ’00
Scott M. Hervey ’95
Daniel L. Hitzke ’00
Debra Kazanjian ’79
Ronald H. Kolber ’88
Michael J. Kuzmich ’00
Gayle J. Lau ’74
Robert C. MacKichan ’76
John R. Masterman ’78
Dennis J. Olmstead ’84
Johnnie B. Rawlinson ’79
Jeffrey W. Reisig ’96
Diana K. Rodgers ’94
Spencer C. Skeen ’95
Evan D. Smiley ’92
Dawn C. Sweatt ’05
Thomas J. Tarkoff ’92
Andrew P. Tauriainen ’01
Vida Thomas ’93
Marianne L. Waterstradt ’03
Jeremy West ’09
Alumni Launch Two New Programs
The Pacific McGeorge Alumni Association Board of Directors staged its annual meeting in February in
Las Vegas, Nevada. In attendance, from left, Margaret Shedd, Diana Rodgers, Kathryn Davis, Robert MacKichan,
Erin Dunston, Daniel Hitzke, Brian Harris, Debra Kazanjian, Judge Johnnie Rawlinson, Nirav Desai, Michael
Kuzmich, Jeff Reisig, Dawn Sweatt, Scott Hervey, Jim Day, Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Andrew Tauriainen,
Bill Harn, Larry Dunn, Jeremy West, Vida Thomas, John Masterman, Spencer Skeen, Evan Smiley, Bruce Timm,
Hector deAvila Gonzalez, Gayle Lau, Kim Delfino, and Shanti Halter.
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Alumni News
1935-1959 1960s
Chester W. Janus, ’51
Ernest Winters, ’66
Janus died on November 19, 2008,
Winters died on January 30, 2009,
at the age of 89 in Orangevale. An Air
at the age of 69 of cancer in Dublin,
Force veteran of World War II, Korea
Ireland, where he had lived since
and Vietnam, he never practiced law but
the mid-1990s. He was a longtime
owned a successful realty business in
Sacramento criminal defense attorney.
Placerville for many years. He also taught
at Cosumnes River College.
Tom Muraki, ’53
Muraki died on August 20, 2008,
at the age of 84 in Sacramento.
Believed to be the first JapaneseAmerican to receive a McGeorge
degree, he worked for the state
Franchise Tax Board for 30 years,
serving as chief counsel for
legislation and in other capacities
until his retirement in 1983.
William Lyons, ’68
Sacramento attorneys Daniel
E. Wilcoxen, ’72, and William M
Lyons resolved a personal injury
lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los
Angeles for a near-record $9 million
settlement. The lawsuit arose out
of a March 2006 single-vehicle
accident when the vehicle driven
by a 17-year-old girl collided with
a previously damaged guardrail on
Murphy died on December 3, 2008,
Interstate 10 in Los Angeles County.
in Danville at the age of 80 following
The guardrail speared the vehicle
a long period of multiple illnesses. He
by penetrating the driver side
was the public defender for Contra
door resulting in the amputation
Costa County until his retirement in
of both of the driver’s lower legs.
1988. He began his legal career in
The lawsuit alleged a dangerous
Sacramento, first as a clerk in the
condition of public property against
California Assembly, then later as
Caltrans. The matter was scheduled
an attorney in private practice and
to commence trial in January 2008,
a deputy in the Sacramento Public
but a settlement was reached.
Defender’s Office.
(Sacramento)
Robert E. McCarthy, ’58
Dick Osen, ’68
McCarthy died on November 2, 2008,
Osen was named “Distinguished
at the age of 86 in Reno. He served
Attorney of the Year” by the
in the U.S. Army in World War II and
Sacramento County Bar
the Korean War. He had a long career
Association. The long-time
with the Bureau of Land Management,
managing general partner and
retiring in 1976 as chief, Land and
current general counsel of
Mineral Resources Division. In 1976,
McDonough Holland & Allen PC was
he joined the Reno law firm of Hill,
honored for his professionalism,
Cassas and DeLipkau where he
philanthropy, and community
specialized in public lands and minerals
service. He is a former winner of
law until his second retirement in 1990.
the association’s Humanitarian
Peter L. Townsend, ’58
Townsend died on October 28, 2008,
at the age of 82 in Greenbrae after a
long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
of the Year Award and recipient
of the Pacific McGeorge Alumni
Association President’s Award for
Distinguished Service. (Sacramento)
I turned 70 years old and became
a great grandfather for the second
time. I also have 14 grandchildren.
My attorney wife and I own a home in
Tuscany, Italy, where we spend most
of our vacations. (La Mesa, CA)
Nancy S. Salzman, ’69
I retired as an administrative law
judge in Oakland and San Francisco.
(Albany, CA)
A. Irving Scott, ’69
I still play hardball in Men’s Senior
Baseball League and National Adult
Baseball Association. I have won
eight world championship rings, five
tournament championships and was
recently inducted into Sacramento
Men’s Senior Baseball Hall of Fame.
I’m still very happily married after
43 years. We are proud of three
sons — Chris (41), Brian (37) and
Matt (25). Matt and Brian will join
me in the 2008 Father Son Baseball
World Series in Phoenix, Arizona.
(Sacramento)
1970
Class Representatives
Raul A. Ramirez
Terence B. Smith
John Ryan
Ryan died on October 23, 2008,
of pancreatic cancer at the age
of 71 in Napa. He was a long-time
member of the Pacific McGeorge
faculty, serving as Associate Dean
for Academic Affairs from 1973 to
1991 and as Acting Dean, 1991-92.
He later served as dean at Roger
Williams University School of Law
in Rhode Island and John Marshall
Law School in Atlanta, leading both
to ABA accreditation. See article on
page 23.
After a 10-year career in the U.S. Army,
James L. Mikacich, ’69
he practiced law for 40 years, first
I’m still working, trying to retire,
1971
as an assistant D.A. in San Joaquin
looking for an attorney to take over
County, then as counsel with Western
practice. My activities include golf,
Class Representative
Title Insurance, and finally as a solo
hiking, fishing, traveling, and visiting
practitioner in Marin County. His solo
six grandsons. (Roseville, CA)
land claims, and wetlands issues.
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I retired in 1986. (Roseville, CA)
Patrick Murphy, ’53
practice specialized in real estate, Indian
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Frederick H. Budrow, Jr. ’67
Peter H. Pickslay, ’69
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Phil Hiroshima
Wayne Hinsdale
Hinsdale died on January 26, 2009,
at the age of 67 in Yuba City after
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a long illness. He started his legal
career as a public defender before
going into private practice, where
he was a specialist in real estate law
as a principal in the Law Offices of
Wayne E. Hinsdale. A 1991 winner of
the State Bar president’s Pro Bono
1973
Wallace, died January 7, 2008, at the
James F. Geary
age of 89. Jack had a distinguished
Geary has joined Hanson Bridgett
Air Force career. He became a second
in its Sacramento office. Previously
lieutenant in November 1941. He
with Hunter Richey & Eisenbeis
ultimately was the captain of a B29
LLP, the veteran litigator will be
named “The Spirit of Ft. Worth.” He was
counsel in the San Francisco-based
Ronald D. MacGregor
known as “Fuji Jack” for almost colliding
firm’s healthcare department.
(Sacramento)
Class Representatives
Rudy Nolen
George F. Wolcott
Our office collects and displays any
with Mt. Fuji on his first bombing run
and teacher at the Cal Northern
and all autographs and photographs
over Japan. He completed 25 bombing
School of Law in Chico.
of the 110 United States Supreme
missions over Japan. He had numerous
Court Justices. (Newport Beach, CA)
assignments throughout the world. In
Service Award, he was a founder
John F. Scoles
I have been practicing in Fillmore
David P. Mastagni
since 1972 and my general practice
Mastagni was co-counsel for the
includes business planning, estate
victorious plaintiffs, a group of San
planning, and elder law. We have
Francisco Sheriff’s Department
one daughter living in Sacramento. I
employees, who reached a
run 16 miles a week. (Fillmore, CA)
$13,000 per-person settlement
in U.S. District Court, Northern
1972
District of California, in a wage
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Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen &
Gordon P. Adelman
Uhrhammer. (Sacramento)
and hour case. He is a principal in
the Sacramento firm of Mastagni,
John A. DeRonde, Jr.
Rudy Nolen
I received a published opinion in
Nolen was part of a defense team that
the case of TAVARS (2007) 151
successfully represented several clients
CA 4th 620, involving retroactive
in a nine-week San Joaquin Superior
modification of child care portion
Court trial in which the plaintiff’s attorneys
of the child support payments. I
demanded $22.5 million for a seriously
lost, but the DCSS attorneys were
injured truck driver. The plaintiff charged
gleeful. (Fairfield, CA)
product liability design defect against the
Steven Kosach
Kosach sentenced a former Washoe
County Water Resources Division
engineer to 30 years in prison for
embezzling $2.2 million in agency
funds to support a gambling habit.
He has served as a judge of the
Cuba, he made a one-engine landing in
a B29. During the Vietnam War, Jack
was at Tan Son Nhut Air Base from
which he commanded all USAF missions
Jonathan. I will retire in one year after
20 years on the bench. (Tracy, CA)
Henke died on December 28, 2008,
pilots behind enemy lines. He retired
of cancer at the age of 61 in Galt.
in 1969 and entered law school. His
He was a judge of the Sacramento
first wife, Lillian, died of cancer that
Superior and Municipal courts for 30
year. After graduation, Jack moved to
years before his retirement last year.
Monterey, met and married Susan Davis
He heard cases in Elk Grove, Isleton
and they commenced a law practice.
and Walnut Grove before moving to
Jack practiced law until his mid 80s and
the Gordon D. Schaber Courthouse
later wrote about his flying exploits. He
in downtown Sacramento in 2003
was always an enjoyable classmate in
following court consolidation.
law school. I also had some enjoyable
contacts with him afterwards. Rest in
peace, Jack. (Richland, WA)
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a better windshield) in a case in which
Gay L. Vinson
(Sacramento)
married and we have one grandson,
James Henke
a truck manufacturer (for failure to design
a principal in firm of Nolen & Owens.
teaching. Both of our kids are
rescue missions for downed American
state (for failure to build a high fence) and
onto a passing vehicle on I-5. He is
My wife, Sharalyn, retired from
into North Vietnam. He also directed all
1974
a minor threw a large piece of concrete
Thomas M. Harrington
D. Geno Menchetti
Menchetti was the subject of a
feature story in the Tahoe Bonanza.
He recently celebrated the 30th
anniversary of his private practice
in Incline Village, where he has been
a long-time community leader with
involvement on numerous area boards
and charities. (Incline Village, NV)
Peter Durney
Durney won a $1.63 million award
for a woman whose botched
Arthur Scotland
Scotland was appointed by President
Bush to fill the remainder of a three-
colonoscopy was allegedly
year term on the board of directors
Second Judicial District Court in
Stephen A. Sillman
performed by an unqualified
Reno since 1991. (Reno, NV)
Sillman officially retired after more
physician. A Douglas County jury
than 25 years on the Monterey
returned the verdict after nine
Superior Court bench. But he will
hours of deliberation following a
remain as the assigned judge for the
three-week trial. Durney, a senior
upcoming jury trial of a Carmel Valley
partner in the Reno firm of Durney
man accused of fatally shooting two
& Brennan Ltd, is one of the leading
neighbors. (Salinas, CA)
personal injury attorneys in the
Jerry Spolter
state of Nevada. (Reno, NV)
Spolter was named one of the Top
Kenneth Yegan
Yegan wrote an opinion for the
Court of Appeal, Second Appellate
District, which allows a mentally
disabled girl raped on school
grounds to sue the Los Angeles
Unified School District. “This case
George H. Soares
illustrates the unique vulnerability
In June 2008, I was awarded an
Thomas Fisher
of such a child and the unique
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
Fisher won a $60,000 settlement in
responsibility of a school district to
from the trustees of the California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District
such a child,” he wrote. Yegan has
State University on recommendation
of California, for the relatives of
served as an appellate court justice
of California Polytechnic State
a Susanville man who was shot
since 1991. (Ventura, CA)
University, San Luis Obispo.
and killed in a 2005 SWAT team
(Sacramento)
incident. He is a principal in the Law
George F. Wolcott
Our classmate, Jackson Stevenson
of the State Justice Institute, which
awards grants to improve state court
systems and the federal courts. He is
the presiding justice of the California
Court of Appeal, Third Appellate
District. (Sacramento)
40 California Neutrals of 2008 by the
Office of Thomas James Fisher.
Los Angeles Daily Journal. A founding
partner in the San Francisco firm of
Spolter, McDonald & Mannion, he
specializes in mediation involving
catastrophic injury, employment,
maritime and aviation law. (San
Francisco, CA)
(Redding, CA)
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Stephen L. Taber
A partner at Holland & Knight
LLP, I continue to practice public
finance law, serving public agencies
and nonprofit corporations. I also
serve as general counsel for
the Sacramento Bee. A land-use
written ruling that rejected Tesoro
Mike McGowan
attorney, former El Dorado County
Corp.’s request for a preliminary
McGowan received the 2009
supervisor, and current adjunct
injunction to stop enforcement of a
West Sacramento Man of the Year
professor at Pacific McGeorge, he
California gasoline standard scheduled
award from the West Sacramento
was a delegate for John McCain at
to take effect next year. (Sacramento)
Chamber of Commerce. He was
the Republican National Convention.
(Sacramento)
Presbyterian Church agencies in
Don E. Green
I’m celebrating 12/28/08 10 years
elected to the City Council in 1987
and served as the city’s first mayor.
He was elected to the Yolo County
Northern California, including some
William J. Thomas, Jr.
as probate commissioner of Contra
ecclesiastical litigation. My wife,
I continue to practice in the
Costa Superior Court and 31 years
Sarah, and I are building a new home
agricultural and national resource
of marriage to my sweet spouse,
on Russian Hill. (San Francisco, CA)
area, often representing ranchers
Laurel Gaiser, ’78. We recently
and state and national cattlemen’s
rafted the Grand Canyon — fabulous!
Robert C. MacKichan, Jr.
1975
organizations when not engulfed in
Add that to your bucket list. Greg
MacKichan was made partner at
my own cattle operations. Thomas
Caskey recently moved to my
Holland & Knight, one of the largest
is presently vice president of the
little town, and we’ve enjoy skiing
and most prestigious law firms
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California Cattlemen’s Association.
several times each winter with Ernie
in the country. A specialist in real
Ervin A. DeSmet, Jr.
(Sacramento)
Baumberger, ’76. (Martinez, CA)
estate law who was listed in the
Robert Tronvig, Jr.
Donna K. Hyatt
Tod Fogarty
Beth and I are grandparents for the
Hyatt died on November 12, 2008, of
Fogarty was recognized for appellate
first time. Riley S. Tronvig was born
Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 70.
law work in the 2009 edition of The
in March 2008. His mom (Nikki)
She was one of the first single moms to
Helen Sarett Stockdale
Best Lawyers in America. He is a
and our son (Erik) are wonderful
complete the Evening Division program
I have limited my practice to
shareholder at McDonough Holland &
parents. (Gold River, CA)
while working full-time and taking
mediation, collaborative divorce,
care of three children at home. She
and consulting. I do not miss the
1976
spent her legal career at the California
courtroom. (Sacramento)
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to take early retirement in 1997 when
Ira Rubinoff
Allen PC. (Sacramento)
James W. Hardesty
Hardesty was elevated to chief
justice of the Nevada Supreme
Court on January 2, 2009. A former
Department of Health Services, rising
to assistant chief counsel before having
R. Steven Corbitt
her illness began.
in Washoe County, Hardesty was
Gregory M. Caskey
John Janofsky
elected to the state Supreme Court
From January 2007 to June 2008, I
in November 2004 and was sworn
served as director of education and
in to the high court on January 3,
training for Contra Costa Superior
2005. (Carson City, NV)
Court. I have returned to the
Second Judicial District Court judge
assigned judge program, working
John W. Hawkins
primarily with the Contra Costa
I have retired. My term as a Nevada
Superior Court. (Martinez, CA)
Supreme Court settlement judge
expired on December 31, 2008. I did
Kevin Culhane
not apply for re-appointment. (Reno, NV)
Culhane won uncontested
election to the Superior Court of
Christopher Kaempfer
Sacramento. He is a senior partner
Kaempfer was cited in the 11th
in the firm of Hansen Culhane Kohls
edition of The Best Lawyers in
America. He is a senior partner at
Kummer Kaempfer. (Las Vegas, NV)
Jones & Sommer. A former member
of the State Bar of California
board of directors, he has taught
Janofsky has been elevated to
partner in the Los Angeles office of
Waters, Kraus & Paul LLP. He has
expansive experience in consumer
and pharmaceutical products
liability, as well as commercial,
insurance and labor litigation. (Los
Angeles, CA)
Robert Koligian, Jr.
Board of Supervisors in 1992 and
reelected to his fifth term last year.
(West Sacramento, CA)
2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America, he was formerly a senior
counsel. (Washington, D.C.)
J. Richard Sokol
I’m married with four kids. (Cameron
Park, CA)
Dean M. Weiner
Weiner died on February 14, 2008,
of complications from a brain tumor
at the age of 60 in Los Angeles.
An LL.M. graduate of the Harvard
Law School, he was a long-time tax
partner at O’Melveny & Myers. He
also served as an adjunct professor
at Loyola Los Angeles and was a fulltime distinguished lecturer at that law
school from 2006 until his death.
Since buying a place in Florence
(Italy) eight years ago, I manage to
while trying to justify a $32.50
1977
hourly client charge to pay for
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spend three months there annually,
my time away. Seriously, though,
somehow it has worked and I am
R. Marilyn Lee
Bruce A. Kilday
Insurance Law, Advanced Torts,
Our little firm, Angelo, Kilday &
and Professional Responsibility
Kilduff, has grown to 10 lawyers — as an adjunct professor at Pacific
who would have ever guessed?
McGeorge for nearly 30 years.
Elisabeth is working at the
(Sacramento)
go with so little notice? I miss the
Timothy Frawley
McGeorge youth! (Fresno, CA)
surprised to learn that Bert Levy
Nicholas K. Lowe
course on how to field-dress a
Smithsonian and Patrick is in med
school. Again, who’d have guessed?
(Sacramento)
Frawley ruled in favor of the state
attorney general’s wording of the
Robert Laurie
November ballot initiative banning gay
Laurie was the subject of a feature
marriage. The Sacramento Superior
story on September 3, 2008, in
Court judge’s ruling also issued a
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moving toward retirement, whatever
that means, in a few more years.
How did our 30th reunion come and
new perceived hallelujah days of our
I’ve worked as a full-time
mediator for the last three years.
(Sacramento)
Gary F. Zilaff
John C. Donegan
I have become concerned about the
effects of this season’s presidential
race on my classmates. First, I was
has been taking a correspondence
moose, and that animated movie
star “Bullwinkle” is now seeking
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a restraining order. Then, I was
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alarmed when Chris Melonakis was
seen in a Denver-area Safeway
applying lipstick to a canned ham
while simultaneously being berated
by the store manager and recruited
by a Mary Kay representative. Finally,
I was appalled to see Occidental
Petroleum’s Harley Pinson testifying
before Congress and advocating
By Gail Maiorana
opening up the McGeorge campus to
oil drilling and running a petroleum
pipeline through the Courtroom of the
Future. (Palo Alto, CA)
J. Charles Dyer
I retired, but enjoy photography,
walking, and travel. (Jacksonville, FL)
Philip W. Kell
After 15 years in private practice
as a litigator in Sacramento, I have
now completed 16 years working in
the religious nonprofit arena. Fresno
is a great place to live. I have a
2 year-old grandson and another
on the way. Life is good! I am very
involved in the Proposition 8 battle.
(Fresno, CA)
Steven G. McGuire
McGuire has retired from the
position of Nevada State Public
Defender after 12 years as head of
the department. The state public
defender represents indigents
charged with crimes in counties
that don’t have their own public
defenders. McGuire was involved in
many high-profile felony cases during
his career. (Carson City, NV)
Timothy E. Naccarato
I have worked at Pacific McGeorge
(principal assistant dean, Academics
and Student Life) for six years and
watched the school transform itself
in many areas. I have the pleasure of
working with three other alumni who
are assistant deans, Mary McGuire,
’83, David James, ’84, and Charlene
Mattison, ’06. Dean Parker, now in
her seventh year, has continued to
renovate and redecorate the campus.
The orange seats and carpets are
gone! If you have not visited campus
recently, drop by. You will be pleased
with the changes. In July 2008,
Professor Eric McElwain and I were
co-directors of the Salzburg Summer
Law school was a great
experience for John
C. Taylor, but it just
didn’t prepare him for
accompanying a grieving
family to a high-profile,
celebrity criminal trial.
Taylor, ’77, had worked in the Sacramento
County public defender’s office as a third-year
Pacific McGeorge student. Later, he built
a career in complex civil litigation. Now,
he accompanies the relatives of late actress
Lana Clarkson to a downtown Los Angeles
courthouse to watch wealthy music producer
Phil Spector’s retrial on a murder charge.
Clarkson was found dead of a gunshot
wound in Spector’s mansion on February 3,
2003. Spector’s first trial ended in a mistrial
in 2007, with a jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor
of conviction. The case generated massive
media attention, in part because of Spector’s
fame and flamboyant persona.
Taylor represents the actor’s mother,
Donna Clarkson, in a wrongful death lawsuit,
but they must wait — again — through a
criminal trial. A guilty verdict would mean
the only thing at stake in the civil suit would
be the amount of damages.
“The D.A. has been extremely good to
us, as far as telling us about the staging of
witnesses,” Taylor says. “It helped us make
the decision that the family wouldn’t be
present when the coroner testified.”
Alan Parachini, the Superior Court’s
public information officer, says civil trials
generally are less of a draw than criminal
trials of equal complexity or equally lurid
details. The journalist herd from the first
trial already has thinned out, possibly
because no new evidence is being presented
at the retrial, Parachini says.
Taylor keeps showing up, though. “I’ve
been there 90 percent of the time in the first
trial and 50 percent of the retrial,” he says.
“When I go, we drive [the relatives] there.”
Taylor attributes his start in civil
litigation to the timing of his law school
graduation. Proposition 13, a property tax
measure, went into effect in California
around the time he was job hunting. As the
flow of dollars to counties slowed, public
defender jobs became scarce. Even though
Taylor looked all over the state for a public
defender job, he wound up taking a job
doing insurance law. After forming his own
firm, he and his colleagues at Taylor and
Ring LLP have racked up dozens of
$1 million-plus awards in clients’ favor.
One aviation insurance case brought in a
$50 million award.
“Not getting a job [as a public defender]
certainly changed my life,” he wryly notes.
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Program, which features Justice
Central court involving neighborhood
practice. The former chair of Heller
Noel Ferris
Kennedy. Recent changes include:
disputes. He also represented the
Ehrman’s tax department, he has
Ferris won a $120,870 jury verdict
semesters are now 14 weeks long
owners of a Century City mall in a
nearly 30 years of experience as a
in Sutter Superior Court in a
instead of 15; lap-toppers and writers
premises liability trip and fall case
tax attorney. (New York, NY)
medical malpractice case involving
take exams together (only 15 percent
in Los Angeles Superior Court. A
of students hand write exams now);
principal in the Long Beach firm
and all students are required to have
of Demler, Armstrong & Rowland,
health insurance. (Sacramento)
he was able to settle the case for
$40,000 after the plaintiff’s attorney
Richard Papst
originally demanded $275,000.
Papst won an arbitrator’s ruling
(Long Beach, CA)
for more than $200,000 for a
claimant in an employment law
Steven A. Block
sexual harassment retaliation case
I continue enjoying the practice,
against Edward D. Jones & Co., LP.
but prefer time with family including
He is a principal in the Law Office of
my wife, Teri, ’89, of 33 years,
Richard J. Papst. (Bakersfield, CA)
three adult sons and our 14 yearold sons at home. I’m involved in
John H. Sullivan
a band, backpacking and, more
Sullivan wrote an op-ed, “Getting
Back in Business,” that appeared
in the San Francisco Daily Journal.
He is the president of the Civil
recently, amateur radio. I play
guitar, harmonica, ukulele, sing and
am thinking about taking up the
bagpipes. (Sacramento)
Justice Association of California,
an association that represents
Bruce W. Busch
businesses, professionals and local
I took two trips to Alaska to fly-fish
governments. (Sacramento)
for rainbows (Copper River) and coho
salmon on the Tsiu River, 150 miles
Charles Trainor
from Cordova. I caught and released
Trainor received the Commercial
Real Estate Women Sacramento’s
a lot of big fish. (Sequim, WA)
Danny Haukedalen
Haukedalen has been named of
a botched gallbladder operation.
(Sacramento)
counsel at Cohen Durrett LLP in
Denise Fischer
Sacramento. A civil litigator, he
Fischer was co-counsel for a
has been a solo practitioner for 20
plaintiff restaurant against an
years and maintains a practice at the
insurance company in a bad-faith
Law Office of Danny L. Haukedalen.
case in Los Angeles Superior
(Sacramento)
Central involving a kitchen fire. She
Maureen Higgins
Higgins, the managing partner
is a principal in the Law Offices of
Denise J. Fischer. (Davis, CA)
of one of Sacramento’s leading
Cris Holbrook
lobbying firms, Sloat, Jensen,
Holbrook died on January 18,
Higgins & Associates, has added
2009, at the age of 56 in Cameron
several major league clients — the
Park after a long battle with
San Jose Sharks, Golden State
leukemia. A certified State Bar of
Warriors, and Oakland Athletics.
California specialist in worker’s
(Sacramento)
compensation law, he was a partner
Patrick Marlette
Marlette sentenced a man to
in the Sacramento law firm of Rahn
Holbrook & Murphy LLP.
more than 17 years in prison on
Jeffry Jones
four counts of gross vehicular
Jones was listed in the 2009 edition
manslaughter in a high-profile case.
of The Best Lawyers in America
The Sacramento Superior Court
as outstanding in the field of real
judge also issued a key decision
estate law. He is a shareholder at
FAME Award at the organization’s
David M. Danny
in the California budget battle
McDonough Holland & Allen PC.
annual luncheon honoring individuals
I left my firm of 17 years and opened
when he ruled that the governor
(Sacramento)
who have made important
up my own shop in October 2008.
has the authority to furlough tens
contributions to the profession.
I’m still married to the same great
of thousands of state workers.
Recognized as one of the leading
girl I met in law school. We have two
(Sacramento)
commercial estate attorneys in
wonderful sons, 11 and 14. (Long
northern California and the recipient
Beach, CA)
of numerous community service
honors, he is a principal in the firm
of Trainor Fairbrook. (Sacramento)
Rick DeCosky
DeCosky died on July 25, 2008 at
the age of 61 in Cleveland, Ohio.
39-day Sacramento Superior Court
trial that involved a 2001 fire at a
(Monterey, CA)
construction site that resulted in the
James M. Tuthill
I am retired from law and it is great!
My practice is limited to social
from New York University, he was a
security disability and SSI claims.
long-time tax attorney and principal
Robert Zimmerman
I continue to serve as an adjunct
in Richard L. DeCosky Co., LPA.
Zimmerman won a defense verdict
School of Law, Humphreys College,
and as a San Joaquin County Superior
Court arbitrator. (Stockton, CA)
which the plaintiff children of the
deceased sought more than $2
million in damages. He is a principal
in the Law Offices of Robert J.
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Drabant. (Sacramento)
Thomas O. Freeburger
Michael Faber
Peggy Chater-Turner
Faber has joined Wilson, Sonsini
Robert W. Armstrong
Armstrong won two anti-SLAPP bench
decisions in Los Angeles Superior
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wrongful death van accident for
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Goodrich & Rosati as a new partner
in the Palo Alto-based firm’s law
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a victorious defense team in a
I’m old! We graduated 30 years ago!
After obtaining his LL.M. in Taxation
Robert Drabant
Linkert was the lead counsel for
Gail Morton
Terrence D. Williams
professor of law at Laurence Drivon
Richard Linkert
(W. Palm Beach, FL)
in Stanislaus Superior Court in a
medical malpractice case. He is a
founding partner of the Sacramento
general contractor suing the maker
of lamellas. (Sacramento)
J. Michael Memeo
Memeo retained his seat on the
Fourth Judicial District Court
in a close contest against the
Elko County chief deputy district
attorney. (Elko, NV)
firm of Schuering Zimmerman Scully
Kathleen M. McCade
Tweedy & Doyle LLP. (Sacramento)
My husband and I are both retired
and loving it. We travel extensively
1979
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Barbara L. Haukedalen
Judith A. Smith
and continue to enjoy camping,
hiking and skiing. (Gold River, CA)
Allan J. Owen
I’m still practicing in Sacramento
whenever I can pull myself away
from golf. And I’m still dreaming of
retiring in Hawaii. (Sacramento)
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Tamara J. Pierson
defense with AAA. I continue
Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
of every party. My solo practice is
I retired in December 2005, but
fundraising at a Catholic girls high
for her work as a community
doing extremely well and I’m lucky
still do some hearings for the
school on the peninsula. We have
prosecutor for the Sacramento
to still be playing basketball as I
State Personnel Board and the
a 22-year-old competing in muay
County District Attorney’s Office.
approach 54. (San Diego, CA)
Unemployment Insurance Appeals
thai martial arts, and a 19-year-old
Assigned to the downtown business
Board. The biggest news is that I just
at University of Southern California.
district, she works with community
became a grandma for the first time.
(San Francisco, CA)
groups and the city of Sacramento
That baby I had during our last year
of law school has just had a baby of
her own! (West Sacramento, CA)
Stephen S. Kent
I’m a partner at Woodburn &
to improve the quality of life for
indigent residents. (Sacramento)
Tommy F. Deaver
Deaver, a founding partner
of Deaver & Associates, has
joined Resolute Systems, LLC,
a mediation, arbitration & ADR
Wedge. We have one child gainfully
Sim von Kalinowski
Mark M. Williams
employed and two still in college.
On July 21, 2008, I was appointed as
Williams was co-counsel for Keanu
I’m still working hard in a mostly
a Superior Court judge in San Diego
Reeves and won a defense verdict
civil trial practice. I received a
County. I left the San Diego City
in Los Angeles Superior Central
$1 million verdict in April 2008 after
Attorney’s Office after more than 27
against a paparazzo who sought
an 11-day jury trial. We try to spend
years, the last few as a chief deputy.
$640,000 in damages, claiming the
as much time at Tahoe as we can.
I’m happily married with four adult
actor ran over him with a car as he
(Reno, NV)
children. (San Diego, CA)
Sharon Lueras
William Yee
pace and spoiling the grandchildren.
Lueras was the subject of a feature
Yee was appointed commissioner
(Temecula, CA)
story in the September/October
of the Sacramento County Superior
edition of Sacramento Lawyer
Court by its judges. He previously
magazine. She is a Superior Court
served as a senior research
judge. (Sacramento)
attorney for the court. (Sacramento)
J. David Petrie
Cynthia Z’Berg
her Evening Division class, she
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Petrie won a $350,000 jury award
I just retired from 23 years as a
practiced law for more than 20
Richard A. Harris
in Fresno Superior for a former
senior attorney with the State of
years with the Modesto law firm
Paul Richardson
county investigator who claimed
California EDD. My husband retired
of Green and Azevedo until her
she was passed over four times
from the Superior Court in Yolo
retirement in 2006.
for promotion based on her sex,
County and we moved to the desert.
then retaliated against for lodging
Our daughter, Sarah, is a probation
a complaint. He is a senior partner
officer for Butte County in Chico. Life
in the firm of Petrie, Dortmeier &
is good! (Palm Desert, CA)
was taking pictures in a cul-de-sac.
He is a partner with LaFollette,
Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames.
(Los Angeles, CA)
1980
Jonathan L. Andrews
Laureen and I retired in 2006. I
work part-time as a Supreme Court
settlement judge. We spent a month
in New Zealand last year and will
be in Greece for a month this year.
(Reno, NV)
David S. Broussard
Our division is responsible for
establishing paternity, setting
child support, modifying and
enforcing child support. Trying to
get noncustodial parents to make
their child support payments is
Paul K. Richardson
I had the good fortune and honor
to be appointed to the Superior
Court in May 2008. I enjoy the work
very much. My current assignment
is juvenile delinquency and juvenile
dependencies. My best to all.
(Sacramento)
a challenge. Sad cases some,
deadbeat many others. I have
Scully is a senior partner in the
traveled up and down Nevada and
currency litigation practice group
California, hauling stuff to my two
at Clark Hill PLC at PLC, one of the
beautiful daughters who now live in
most prominent law firms in the
LA. (Richland, WA)
Midwest with additional offices in
Our new firm is growing and going
great. (Sacramento)
Arizona and Washington, D.C. He
has tried cases to verdict in 16
states and has published opinions in
the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Andrea Charlton Feeney
Circuits. (Detroit, MI)
Tom Feeney, ’75, and I recently
Rita Spillane
celebrated our 25th wedding
anniversary. He practices insurance
Spillane received the St. Thomas
More Award from the Roman
Janice M. Fallman
After 27 years of practice in the
public sector, the last 16 of which I
was an administrative law judge for
the California Department of Social
Services, I retired in August 2008.
I am looking forward to a slower
Janice Marple King
King died on December 30, 2008,
at the age of 73 of pancreatic
cancer. The valedictorian of
Donald Lattin
Lattin won a $263,877 verdict in
Carson City County District Court
for the shareholders of a company
Morris. (Fresno, CA)
Daniel J. Scully, Jr.
Mark A. Campbell
consulting firm. (Las Vegas, NV)
who claimed an ousted CEO
1981
improperly converted company
funds. He is a partner with Maupin,
Cox & LeGoy APC. (Reno, NV)
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Fritz-Howard R. Clapp
Dan G. McKinney
Jennifer J. Tachera
I finally completed my transition to
Oregon from Southern California —
Joseph Clapp
Roseburg is a great place to live
Clapp was co-counsel for the
and work. (Roseburg, OR)
plaintiff linehaul drivers who
obtained a $3 million settlement
John Pentecost
for owed compensation from
Pentecost was co-counsel for a
UPS Ground Freight Inc. in U.S.
plaintiff who won a $747,500 verdict
District Court, Northern District
in Orange Superior Court in a real
of California. He is a partner in
property nuisance trespass case.
the Sonoma law firm of Herron &
He is a partner in the Santa Ana
Herron. (Sonoma, CA)
law firm of Hart, King & Coldren,
which specializes in mobile home
Rocky K. Copley
The twins, Erin and Caitlin, started
their senior year at the University
and manufactured housing litigation.
(Santa Ana, CA)
of Arizona. My son loves his job at
Patricia Tweedy
Qualcomm Corporation. Patty is
Tweedy was honored for her service
busy with friends and family and is
as president of the Association
still as pretty as ever and the life
of Defense Counsel of Northern
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California and Nevada at the
subrogation, the representation of
Pierre Hascheff
Paul F. Ready
organization’s annual meeting. Only
uninsured employers in workers’
Hascheff won reelection to the
I’m just taking a little break from
the second woman to serve as ADC
compensation cases, the defense
Reno City Council for a fifth and
dusting off the Colliers bankruptcy
president, she is a partner in the
of 132a, and a wide variety of other
final term. A CPA and practicing
treatises in the library. Hello to all!
firm of Schuering Zimmerman Scully
litigation matters. (Sacramento)
attorney, he was first elected to the
I’ve seen quite a few of my old law
council in June 1993. (Reno, NV)
school friends this year, including
Tweedy & Doyle LLP and is also a
professional mediator. (Sacramento)
Pamela Cogan
Cogan was co-counsel for the
Steve Littman
Phil Urie
defense, which won a bench
Littman died suddenly at the age of
Urie won a hard-fought campaign
decision in U.S. District Court,
51 on September 7, 2008, in San
for a seat on the Superior Court of
Central District of California, in an
Francisco. A real estate attorney, he
San Joaquin with a 52-48 percent
ADA employment law case in which
was a principal in the Law Office of
victory over his opponent. He is a
the plaintiff alleged ERISA violations.
Steven E. Littman in San Francisco.
San Joaquin County deputy district
She is a partner in the Redwood
attorney. (San Joaquin, CA)
City office of Ropers, Majeski, Kohn
& Bentley, PC. (Redwood City, CA)
Tom Fraysse, Tom Janzen, Larry
Nokes, Randy Harr, Jay Ward and
even (that rascal) Keith Wisbaum, all
of whom joined me at our annual BBQ
for Jack’s Helping Hand, (a charity
that my wife Bridget and I founded
following the death of our youngest
Kent Maher
son, Jack Ready, in 2004). If you’re
Maher finished second in a five-
interested in seeing what JHH is all
person race for a seat on the
about, check out: jackshelpinghand.
Wilson defeated classmate Noel
Carleton R. Cramer
Nevada Sixth Judicial District bench.
org. If you’re in need of a good excuse
Waters ’81, by a 54-46 percent
I currently serve as manager for the
He is a general practitioner in
to come to Avila Beach, or San Luis
margin in a race for an open seat
Comprehensive Security Responses
Humboldt County. (Winnemucca, NV)
Obispo, mark July 18, 2009, on your
on the Nevada First Judicial Court.
to Terrorism Program. My recent
He is a principal in the Carson City
work has taken me to Kuala Lumpur,
Law Office of Jim Wilson. (Carson
Malaysia and Dili, Timorheste.
City, NV)
(Mililani, HI)
Jim Wilson
1982
Class Representative
Debra Steel Sturmer
Scott Bartel
Bartel represents “Hell’s Kitchen”
TV celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
Karen McHugh
Hello friends: As you know, because
of MS, I have been unable to
practice law for the past 20 years
calendar and plan on a wonderful
barbeque and evening under the stars
at the Santa Margarita Ranch, one of
the last California ranches. (San Luis
Obispo, CA)
Neil Gerstner
but continue to stay active locally
Gerstner was co-counsel for a
with friends and the community. I
Maureen F. Thomas
group of long-line Foster Poultry
serve as VP of a small mutual water
Thomas was co-counsel for a
Farms drivers who won a
company and am also responsible
defense team that won a summary
$1.5 million settlement in a wage
for the family upkeep and one aging
judgment in U.S. District Court,
and hour employment law case in
sheep dog. Send me an email!
Central District of California, for
U.S. District Court, Eastern District
(Grand Terrace, CA)
the County of Los Angeles in an
of California. He is a principal in
the firm of Davenport, Gerstner &
Carl McMahan
McMahan had three major case
excessive-force unlawful arrest case.
She is a senior partner in the firm of
Thomas and Thomas. (Glendale, CA)
and handled the legal work on the
McClure. (Walnut Creek, CA)
TV host’s opening of the Gordon
William Hahesy
a San Bernardino Superior Court, a
Robert Vagge
Hahesy was co-counsel for a
medical malpractice birth injury case
Vagge won a $544,000 award
successful defense team in a FEHA
in which the minor’s total structured
for a client in an arbitration forum
Civil Rights Act Title VII case in U.S.
guaranteed payout will be $4.312
medical malpractice case against
District Court, Eastern District of
million. He also settled a slip and fall
a Kaiser Foundation Hospital. He
California. The plaintiffs claimed that
for $550,000 and another birth injury
is a principal in the Law Offices of
a job-related English proficiency test
case for $775,000 in Los Angeles
Robert F. Vaage. (San Diego, CA)
that led to their layoffs was illegal.
Superior Court. He is a principal in
He is a principal in the Law Offices
the Law Offices of Carl A. McMahan.
of William C. Hahesy. (Fresno CA)
(Los Angeles, CA)
Bridget G. Hammerquist
Carol A. Rader
a partner. My practice focuses on
I retired after 23 years in medical
After three years in Arkansas, we
gaming law, regulatory compliance
negligence litigation. After leaving
put in a pool this summer and are
and government relations. My
McGeorge, I enjoyed positions with
remodeling the kitchen and great
daughter, Laura, is a fashion designer
two Sacramento firms — Bowley
room of our log home. Besides
in Los Angeles. My son, David, is a
& Kmeto and Wilcox, Callahan &
playing grandma, I am a master
senior at Lynn University in Florida.
Montgomery. In 1984, I opened
gardener, Red Hatter and go to water
(Las Vegas, NV)
my own practice and did trials all
aerobics. We travel a lot. I went to
over the state. I lost my share but,
China last year. We are farming 63
fortunately, won many. (Koloa, HI)
acres of hay, have four dogs, four
Ramsay at The London restaurant in
West Hollywood. Bartel is a partner
at the office of Bullivant Houser
Bailey PC. (Sacramento)
Paul L. Brimberry
Shiela and I celebrated our 25th
wedding anniversary in August
2008. (Sacramento)
Stephen R. Chew
Steven Kaiser, ’82, joined my firm in
April 2008. We are practicing under
the name of Kaiser and Chew, LLP.
His practice has emphasized the
representation of employers in labor
and employment law cases, as well
as a wide variety of administrative
law matters, most recently with the
state Attorney General’s office for
eight years. In addition to Steve’s
settlements, one for $900,000 in
new areas of expertise, the firm
cats and two goats. My husband still
will continue to practice workers’
sells antique Dodge parts. We are not
compensation and other types of
bored yet. (Batesville, AR)
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Glenn E. Wichinsky
I joined the national law firm of
Howard and Howard last year as
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Class Representatives
Paula G. Tripp
Susan H. Hollingshead
Kathleen Amos
Amos was elected to the Galt Union
High School District School Board
with the most votes of any of the four
candidates for two seats. A former
chairwoman of the Galt Parks and
Recreation Commission, she is a
family law attorney. (Galt, CA)
George L. de la Flor
I was named a Southern California
Super Lawyer again in 2008 and
named a Top 10 San Diego County
Employment Attorney for the third
consecutive year. I also received
an Outstanding Trial Lawyer award
from Consumer Attorneys of San
Diego in October 2008 for the
verdict in Collet v. City of San
Marcos. (San Diego, CA)
Mariel E. Dennis
I recently moved from Sacramento
to a new suburban development.
We traveled to the UK in May to
meet my husband Ian’s “mum” and
hope to return next year. Hello to
old friends! (Rancho Cordova, CA)
Patricia J. Hartman
I joined Trainor Fairbrook as a
shareholder in October 2008.
(Sacramento)
Jose Hermocillo
Hermocillo has been named to
the board of directors of Umpqua
Holdings Corporation, parent company
of Portland-based Umpqua Bank. He is
a senior vice president and managing
director of the Sacramento office
of APCO Worldwide, a public affairs
and strategic communications firm.
Gregory P. Matzen
Come on down to the Virgin
Sturgeon. Tony Perez is running
a tab that’s in the thousands of
Scott Slater
J. Michael McGuire
Alison E. Aleman
general counsel for Cadiz, Inc., a
I’m in private practice. (Elk Grove, CA)
publicly held land, organic farming
counsel at Archer Norris in Walnut
Ken Cooley
and sustainable water resource
Creek. The Sacramento-based law
partner provides legal counsel to
construction industry professionals,
particularly in the area of mechanics’
lien claims. (Sacramento)
Mary C. McGuire
Come visit me on campus. Our fine
school has really changed for the
better and I would be pleased to
show you around. (Sacramento)
Cordova City Council. He is an
in-house counsel for State Farm
Insurance. (Sacramento)
Francisco Superior real property
nuisance trial in which the plaintiffs
sought $4 – 6 million in damages. He
is a principal in the Nevin Law Firm.
(San Francisco, CA)
Harriet Steiner
vote to remain on the Wyoming
District Court. He is a former
Wyoming state legislator and Cody
been on the bench for more than
20 years. A senior judge and past
president of the Nevada Judges
Association, he was first elected in
Margaret S. Evans
Serge Tomassian
attend classes with me, is now a
flight surgeon with the U.S. Navy
deployed to Afghanistan. (Carson
City, NV)
group of plaintiffs who each won
Roger A. Grad
homebuilder in a San Diego Superior
Court construction defects, breach
of implied warranty of merchantability
case. He is a partner in the firm
of Throckmorton, Beckstrom &
Tomasssian. (Irvine, CA)
William Gordon Walker III
I have retired from the Nevada
moved. I’m now in private practice
appeals, juvenile law, and family law
litigation. (Grass Valley, CA)
Maureen Lenihan
City of Oakland Public Ethics
In 2008, I became chair of the
Commission. (San Francisco, CA)
1985
Class Representative
real property litigation, including
development, construction,
commercial lease, title, broker,
fraud, community association and
related disputes. In my free time, I
scuba dive, play tennis and run after
my two kids. (Costa Mesa, CA)
My daughter, Bridget, who used to
Tomassian was co-counsel for a
a $30,000 settlement from a
the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber
My practice continues to emphasize
uncontested race. Dilworth has
edition of The Best Lawyers in
Allen PC shareholder. (Sacramento)
County. He is a senior partner with
Thomas P. Aplin
the Reno Municipal Court in an
1987. (Reno, NV)
law. She is a McDonough Holland &
resources in eastern San Bernardino
Cheryl L. Van Steenwyk
Dilworth retained his seat on
Steiner was cited in the 2009
America for her work in municipal
acres of land with substantial water
Schreck. (Santa Barbara, CA)
Cranfill easily won his first retention
Jay Dilworth
homeowners’ association in a San
development firm that owns 45,000
Steven Cranfill
Nevin won a defense verdict for a
Andrew R. Wiener
Eisenbeis LLP. (Sacramento)
and was reelected to the Rancho
city attorney. (Basin, WY)
(Fredericksburg, TX)
was previously with Hunter Richey &
Cooley was the leading vote-getter
Jeffrey Nevin
specializing in criminal defense and
Lenihan joined Trainor Fairbrook. She
Slater has been named to serve as
McGuire has been elevated to special
Dudley Kiefer
in animal rescue organizations.
(Fairfield, CA)
Class Representative
Patricia A. Day
(Sacramento)
and loving it. I also volunteer
to my duties as an elected official.
dollars. I like it! (Sacramento)
County Public Defender’s Office and
I’m ranching in Texas Hill Country
1984
community issues, I look forward
Charlotte M. Bible
I am assistant general counsel
to the Las Vegas Metro PD. I am
president of the Southern Nevada
Association of Women Attorneys. I
am involved in my church. We have
a puppy that keeps my husband and
I finally got Mark Ziemba to join
me in shape keeping up with him.
my law firm. Rachel 5, Sammy 2,
(Henderson, NV)
Sophia 2, Andy 17 and Justin 25
John D. Bradshaw
and my wife, Jule, are all doing well.
Les Kaufman, David Hunt, Ziemba
and I go to lunch once a month.
(San Juan Capistrano, CA)
JDBPC is a 25-person firm
specializing in contract litigation,
landlord-tenant and creditors work
involving contractual claims. I am
the proud father of Taylor, 13,
Ernest J. Krtil
and Jackson, 8. I get to be a Little
I was recently made managing
partner of the firm. Michael Dolis,
League coach and a Cub Scout
’94, was made finance/facilities
leader. (Kalamazoo, MI)
partner. (Sacramento)
Ellen Corbett
Linda J. Seifert
Corbett was named the Outstanding
Legislator of 2008 by the California
In June 2008, I defeated a
three-term incumbent for a seat
on the Solano County Board of
Supervisors. I received 63 percent
of the vote. After nearly five
years of retirement and writing on
State Sheriff’s Association and the
California Congress of Seniors.
She represents District 10 in
the California State Senate. She
was also named one of the most
influential attorneys in the state by
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the San Francisco Daily Journal.
Jean Rumiano
in my court. He is doing great
counsel for First Data Resources,
The Democratic Assemblywoman
Hi, folks. I finally got fed up and
handling many-high profile criminal
a multinational company that
chairs the State Senate Judiciary
retired in December 2007. I’m still
defense cases. (Santa Rosa, CA)
processes credit-card transactions.
Committee and authored a bill
doing some juvenile court work
later signed into law to improve
on a part-time basis, but starting
compliance with the ADA. (San
to enjoy life without all the stress.
Leandro, CA)
(Willows, CA)
Jennifer Elliott
Daniel Smith
(Omaha, NE)
Smith won a defense verdict in
Doris E. Hawks
Sacramento Superior Court in a
I’m beginning a third year as an
neighbor dispute involving parking
adjunct teaching elder law at Santa
Dana Sabraw
rights in a Folsom subdivision. He
Clara University. A partner in Hawks
Elliott captured 74 percent of the
Sabraw issued a summary
is a principal in the Law Offices of
and Comfort, LLP, I’m active in the
vote in retaining her position on
judgment for SkyWest Airlines in an
Daniel W. Smith. (Sacramento)
National Academy of Elder Law
Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District
employment law case that would
Court, Family Division. Before
have had major ramifications for all
election to the bench in 2002, the
airlines had the case proceeded.
licensed Las Vegas marriage and
A judge for the U.S. District Court,
family therapist was the owner and
Southern District of California, he
president of PeaceTalk Conflict
denied an airline ground worker’s
Resolution and Counseling Services,
claims that she was deprived of
Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)
her state-mandated meal and rest
breaks. He ruled that state law
Susan Johnson
disputes are preempted by the
Johnson won reelection easily to
Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District
Court, taking 82 percent of the
vote in her Clark County race. She
practiced law for more than 21
years in Las Vegas before first being
elected in 2002. (Las Vegas, NV)
Bill Spencer
Spencer has taken over as
managing partner of Potomac
Attorneys. I’m hoping to cut back to
less than full-time work now that I
am an elder. (Los Altos, CA)
Strategic Development Co., a
Jeffrey S. Leon
Washington, D.C., lobbying firm.
I live in the town of Ross and have
He was previously vice president of
four children — Parker, Connor,
government affairs for Associated
Cole and Paige. I am a partner in
Builders and Contractors.
a shopping center development
(Washington, D.C.)
company. I serve on the board of
trustees at a local school and am
1926 Railway Labor Act. He also
Timothy Staffel
awarded a summary dismissal to
Staffel was profiled in a feature
San Diego County in a fatal airport
story in the Los Angeles Daily
accident case that could have
Journal. He is a judge of the
resulted in a $50 million judgment
Superior Court of Santa Barbara.
Bill Lockyer
against the county. A judge on
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Lockyer was chosen as one of two
involved in fundraising activities for
several non-profit organizations.
(San Francisco CA)
the U.S. District Court, Southern
winners of the 2009 Legacy Award
Beau Nokes
District of California for the past
five years, he was featured in a
for a plaintiff in a medical
Los Angeles Daily Journal profile on
1986
bestowed by the California State
Nokes won a $180,000 settlement
malpractice negligent surgery
October 21. (San Diego, CA)
Class Representative
legal challenge he launched as state
Michael V. Sexton
Andrea C. Nelson
attorney general to prevent a toll
I’m an attorney, at the Minasian
Thomas Cregger
State Beach. (Sacramento)
case in U.S. District Court, Central
District of California. He is a
principal in the firm of Nokes &
Law Firm. I semi-retired last year to
Nokes. (Newport Beach, CA)
have more time for golf and travel.
Regards to all. (Oroville, CA)
Thomas R. Parker
I recently attended the September
2008 welcome back for students
event on campus and it was very
County Counsel litigation award from
the County Counsels’ Association of
California (my third) in April 2008.
I co-wrote an amicus brief for the
California State Association of
Counties before the 29 DCA and the
state Supreme Court in a property
tax case. (Folsom, CA)
Edward T. “Ned” Reed
Reed has opened a general law
worked 15 years with the Nevada
Office of the Attorney General
vehicle accident case in which
Humboldt County District Attorney’s
in a U.S. District Court, Eastern
District of California, in one
case involving the alleged use
of excessive force and another
alleging false arrest by Sacramento
County sheriffs. He is a partner in
the firm of Randolph, Cregger &
one insurance company sought
Chalfant LLP. (Sacramento)
subrogation in the amount of
Kathleen Drakulich
$153,000 from another insurance
company. He is a senior partner
with Toschi, Sidran Collins & Doyle.
(Oakland, CA)
Drakulich was cited in the 11th
edition of The Best Lawyers in
America. A well-known energy law
expert, she is a partner at Kummer
state treasurer was selected for the
road from going through San Onofre
Gilbert Smith Jr.
Smith won a seat on Florida’s 12th
Judicial Circuit Court with a narrow
victory over one primary election
opponent. A business and family
law attorney, he will take a seat on
the bench following the upcoming
retirement of a current judge.
(Bradenton, FL)
H. Neal Wells, IV
I’m married with two children. In 2008,
I became a named senior partner in a
law firm. I’ve been involved for about
Dana B. Simonds
Kaempfer. (Reno, NV)
10 years with the State Bar executive
I’ve just completed my first year
Pamela Griffin
I also enjoy refereeing AYSO soccer
husband and I have two children,
ages 13 and 16. We run around the
countryside from soccer field to
following a three-year stint in the
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workers’ compensation motor
on the bench. It’s a great job. My
practice in Reno. He previously
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Sidran won a defense verdict
in Alameda Superior Court in a
enjoyable. I received a statewide
office. (Reno, NV)
Davis Sidran
Cregger won two defense verdicts
Parks Foundation. The California
soccer field for year-round soccer.
Good thing we like the teammates’
parents. Joe Stogner, ’85, appears
Spring 2009
Griffin was the subject of a lengthy,
three-part series that ran in the Los
Angeles Times. The story focused
on her 25-year marriage to a lifer
in the California prison system
and her unsuccessful struggle
to win his parole. She is a senior
committee on workers’ compensation.
games, when knees allow. (Thousand
Oaks, CA)
Lisa D. Wills
Life is great. I married Woody
Russell in 2007 with our kids and
closest family with us. My son will
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have his bar mitzvah in November
Judicial Robes
Run in the Family
For Miller Sloan
2008. Hope all classmates are well
and happy. (Pleasanton, CA)
1987
Class Representative
Megan Halvonik
Hagop Bedoyan
By Gail Maiorana
Bedoyan has joined the new
Fresno office of Bakersfield-based
Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper,
Rosenlieb and Kimball as a partner.
The first attorney in Fresno County
to be certified as a specialist in
bankruptcy by the State Bar, he
represents debtors, creditors,
trustees and creditors’ committees
in bankruptcy and reorganization
proceedings. (Fresno, CA)
Timothy F. Freer
I was appointed to the Riverside
County Superior Court bench in
June 2007. My wife, Alina, a former
prosecutor, and I have two children
-- Alejandra, 15 and David, 11.
(Temecula, CA)
Tamara J. Gabel
The Law Offices of Tamara Gabel
opened in 2007 with an emphasis
and focus on the redevelopment
of contaminated projects. The firm
represents buyers, sellers and
long-term lessees to manage risks.
Leisure-time activities include travel,
wine making and raising money for
charities. (San Jose, CA)
Jack A. Gould
I recently settled two enforcement
cases. The civil penalties totaled
$196,043. (Washington, DC)
Mark Hood
Hood easily won a runoff election
for a seat on the Monterey County
bench, replacing a retired jurist. The
Pacific Grove resident has been a
Santa Clara County prosecutor for
19 years, most recently handling
major cases including murder,
kidnapping and gang crimes.
(Monterey, CA)
W. David Herbert
Herbert ran unsuccessfully as the
Libertarian Party candidate for a
Robin Miller Sloan, ’86,
made history when she
was appointed to Los
Angeles County Superior
Court in 2003.
When then-Governor Gray Davis named her
to the bench, Miller Sloan became the first
linear, third-generation judge in California
history, following her father and grandfather.
Now she handles juvenile cases as diverse as
burglary and attempted murder in a scaleddown courtroom a few minutes east of
downtown Los Angeles.
“There are times I think I need more
space,” she says. “Families are right there.”
Sometimes the lack of physical distance
requires her to make more effort to create
emotional distance,” she says.
On the other hand, the room is that
way for a reason. “When my daughter saw
it, she said, ‘If I came here, it wouldn’t be
that scary,’ ” Miller Sloan says. In addition,
the layout helps her to detect the potential
for rehabilitation. “I’ve seen some beautiful
spirits here.”
Her father, Loren Miller Jr., is retired
from the Los Angeles Superior Court bench.
Her grandfather, Loren Miller, was a Los
Angeles Municipal Court judge from 1964
until his death in 1967, and before that,
he was a prominent journalist-turned-
civil rights lawyer who focused — in both
roles — on housing discrimination against
African Americans. He filed a brief in Brown
v. Board of Education.
The State Bar of California recognizes
Loren Miller’s intensity and accomplishment
by giving an annual Loren Miller Legal Services
Award to a lawyer who has demonstrated
long-term commitment to legal services and
who personally has done significant work in
extending legal services to the poor.
Miller Sloan chose to attend Pacific
McGeorge in part because of her family
history of having a career before law school.
She liked the idea that the Sacramento school
sought out students with existing careers and
diverse responsibilities. After she graduated
from UCLA, she earned a teaching credential
and also worked in an art gallery. “I wasn’t
going to just fall into law,” she says. “I had to
cross other things off my list.”
While she doesn’t regret the teaching
path, she figured out it wasn’t “proactive”
enough for her. “It wasn’t going fulfill my
need to dream big,” she says.
In the years between graduating from
Pacific McGeorge and becoming a judge,
Miller Sloan worked as a Los Angeles deputy
city attorney and then in both the criminal
and civil divisions of the Attorney General’s
office.
Miller Sloan’s husband is an attorney and
a former high school classmate. They have
two daughters.
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House of Representatives seat. A
been coaching the Alhambra High
bench decision dismissal in an
crimes against children and Internet
medical doctor, he has practiced as
School mock trial team for 10 years,
employment law class-action case
predators. She also has been at
a podiatrist for more than 20 years.
and the team consistently places in
in which the plaintiffs challenged a
the forefront of Sacramento-area
(Riverton, WY)
the top four in Contra Costa County.
Longs Drug Stores’ employment
efforts to educate children against
(Martinez, CA)
application that asked the applicant
cyberspace dangers. (Sacramento)
Tom Hiltachk
Hiltachk has signed on as legal
Jeanne Scherer
counsel for the 2010 Meg Whitman
Scherer was part of a defense
for Governor campaign. He is
team that won a major victory for
the managing partner of Bell,
the state in San Joaquin Superior
McAndrews & Hiltachk, one of the
Court. In the auto accident/general
leading political law firms in the
state. (Sacramento)
Lori-Ann C. Jones
Jones lost her race for a seat on
Los Angeles Superior Court bench.
She was a deputy district attorney
for 16 years before being appointed
as a court commissioner in 2006.
(Los Angeles, CA)
if he or she had been convicted
of a crime involving illegal drugs.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP.
1989
(Sacramento)
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negligence case, an injured plaintiff
Sharon Pogue Ranasinghe
William W. Palmer
sought more than $5 million in
I recently returned from six years
damages on the theory that part of
in Saudi Arabia and traveling the
State Route 12 was a dangerous
world. (Sacramento)
condition of property when used
with reasonable care by the general
motoring public. She is a senior
counsel with Caltrans. (Sacramento)
He is a partner with the firm of
Robert G. Schlegel
I was appointed as a Chapter 7
bankruptcy trustee, Southern District of
Iowa, in March 2005. (Washington, IA)
Kumli was the subject of the feature
1988
Samantha S. Spangler
story on February 9, 2009, in the
Class Representative
working as a lawyer, but hope
San Francisco Daily Journal. He is a
Lisa A. Specchio
to teach yoga and do massage.
Kurt Kumli
Santa Clara County Superior Court
judge. (Santa Clara, CA)
Jim Clarke
Clarke was among the McDonough
Retirement is a few years in the
future, but one should be ready.
(Sacramento)
a bronze medal as a crew member
The Best Lawyers in America. He
I provide legal services to my
at the World Outrigger Canoe Sprint
was cited in the tax law category.
husband’s company, Garner
Championships held on Lake Natoma in
(Sacramento)
Products, which manufactures
and writing as an adjunct professor.
son, Nick, who as a child assisted
Also, I recently became a judge
me (and put up with me) through
pro temp for Santa Clara County
three years of law school, has
Superior Court and I continue to
recently received his private
volunteer as a senior-assisted legal
investigations license and opened
advocate. (Santa Clara, CA)
his own firm, Investigative Services
United. (Fairfield, CA)
Lance Daniel
I do a weekly radio show on News
Robin Perkins
1410 KMYC Saturdays 1-3 p.m.
Perkins won a summary
I’ve been doing it for one and a half
judgment defense verdict in
years and love it! The show is called
Sacramento Superior Court in a
‘Talk About AM with Lance Daniel.’
wrongful termination pregnancy
(Sacramento)
discrimination case. He is a senior
partner in the firm of Palmer,
Kazanjian, Wohl & Perkins LLP.
(Sacramento)
Benjamin K. Helfman
erase information contained on
hard drives and physically destroy
hard drives. We have two teenage
children and are enjoying our lives
immensely. (Roseville, CA)
shareholders named Clarke in the
2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America. Clarke was cited in the tax
law category. (Sacramento)
Pat Lundvall
Lundvall was inducted into the
Litigation Counsel of America at the
organization’s annual conference.
A partner at McDonald Carano
Wilson LLP in Reno, she was the first
attorney in Nevada to be certified
by the Nevada State Bar as a civil
trial advocacy specialist. She has
successfully represented clients
Molly Stuart
in numerous courts, including the
I have to concede I’m a gardener
Nevada Supreme Court, U.S. Ninth
above all else, tilling my acre and
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the
providing community-supported
Supreme Court of the United States.
agriculture. I also like the chaos
(Reno, NV)
of organizations going through
massive “change,” so about
every two years, I am somewhere
completely different, learning
something completely new.
Lynn Marcus-Wyner
Marcus-Wyner has been named
intellectual property vice president
of Codexis, Inc. She was previously
senior director, intellectual assets
the U.S. patent department of its
White was named the recipient of
Genencor division. Redwood City-
the 2008 FBI Director’s Community
based Codexis is a leading developer
Leadership Award. A federal
of proprietary biocatalysts used
prosecutor for 19 years, the
in chemical-based manufacturing
assistant U.S. attorney has focused
processes in a variety of industries.
her work the past nine years on
(Redwood City, CA)
paperless offices and the WCAB’s
a public defender. I have handled
paperless system. (Millville, CA)
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The McDonough Holland & Allen PC
Laurel White
I recently celebrated 20 years as
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Jim Clarke
Shasta Chapter of California
In September I will be speaking on
train misdemeanor attorneys. I have
asbestosis by using a stucco
(Sacramento)
Dawn M. Polvorosa
years and currently supervise and
claimed that he had contacted
I am currently president of the
Applicants’ Attorneys Association;
many high-profile cases over the
case in which a plaintiff plasterer
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Michelle M. Stofan
I am proud to announce that my
defense team in a product liability
partner in the firm of Archer Norris.
named to the 2009 edition of
I’m teaching advanced legal analysis
successful Orange Superior Court
massage. I do not plan to continue
Litchfield won two silver medals and
Leonard E. Oldwin, Jr.
Blackard was co-counsel for a
manufacturer’s products. He is a
Holland & Allen PC shareholders
Lori J. Costanzo
Eugene Blackard
As I near retirement, I am studying
Letty Litchfield
Sacramento. (Sacramento)
Billie B. Line, Jr.
Timothy Long
Long won a San Diego Superior
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R. Scott Owens
case, an injured plaintiff sought more
Rebecca Westmore
Penn State University since 1996,
Owens has announced his candidacy
than $5 million in damages on the
Westmore was sworn in as a
most recently as the John & Ann
for the Placer County District
theory that part of State Route 12
state administrative law judge in
Curley Professor of First Amendment
Attorney position that will open
was a dangerous condition of property
Sacramento. She was previously
Studies. (Gainesville, FL)
when the current DA retires in 2010.
when used with reasonable care by the
staff counsel for the California
Owens is a senior deputy district
general motoring public. He is a senior
State Department of Insurance.
attorney whose career highlights
counsel with Caltrans. (Sacramento)
(Sacramento)
include the first prosecution of a
three strikes case in the county and a
1998 “Prosecutor of the Year” award.
(Roseville, CA)
Gregory Redmond
Redmond won a $1.24 million
verdict for a former flight attendant
in a U.S. District Court, Northern
District of California, employment
law ADA case. He is a principal
in the Law Offices of Gregory S.
Redmond. (Pittsburg, CA)
Jeffrey Starsky
Starsky was the leading vote-getter
and won easy reelection to the
Folsom City Council, of which he
has been a member since 2000.
He is a Gold River attorney. (Gold
River, CA)
Melissa A. Korber
I am professor of English and Mass
Communications at Las Positas
College. (Oakland, CA)
Low won a defense verdict in
Mark J. Reichel
San Joaquin Superior Court for a
doctor in a medical malpractice trial
involving failure to diagnose a heart
attack. The plaintiff had asked for
$300,000. Low is a senior partner
at the firm of Low, McKinley, Baleria
case in Sacramento Superior Court.
He also won a $625,000 mediation
settlement for an uninsured motorist
claim involving a plaintiff injured in
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Gregg S. Garfinkel
an auto accident. He is a principal
in the firm of Sevey, Donahue &
Talcott LLP. Jerry Spolter, ’74,
served as the mediator in the latter
John V. Airola
My wife, Tuesday Airola, joined the
case. (Granite Bay, CA)
practice, as she was sworn in to
Robert J. Kearney
the Bar on 12/24/07. Our four
children, ages 8-15, are doing
& Salenko, LLP. (Sacramento)
well. I even found time to run two
Mark McDonald
well with each and every one of the
McDonald is defending a man in a
91’rs. (Sacramento)
Riverside Superior Court trial who is
charged with the arson deaths of five
U.S. Forest Service firefighters who died
in a 2006 conflagration. He is a principal
marathons last year! I hope all is
Appell won a $650,000 settlement
in Riverside Superior Court for a
plaintiff injured in a 2005 rear-end
Woodward was involved in an
McDonald. (San Bernardino, CA)
collision. Three months later, he
Casey W. Norris
a Los Angeles Superior Central
I’m in the same job and with the
Court sexual harassment wrongful
same wife. I play few sports now,
termination suit. He is a principal in
but get to watch my sons play
the Law Offices of Marc J. Appell.
instead. I hope everyone is doing
(Woodland Hills, CA)
a foster child who played for the
Placer High football team should not
have been ruled eligible, resulting
in the forfeiture of games that
kept the team out of the California
well. Seriously, we all still look the
obtained a $68,250 verdict in
Cynthia Baldwin-Thanos
Joaquin Section playoffs. His claim,
Jean M. Penberthy
later carried forward by a national
do volunteer service. I was director
I married for the second time in
youth law public interest group, led
of social action, missions and
2001. I have two daughters, ages
to a last-minute postponement of
philanthropy for the Greek Orthodox
12 and 13 (Michelle and Maria), and
a first-round playoff game and the
Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and
a stepson, 14 years old (R.J.). I am
eventual reinstatement of Placer in
South America for three years;
a member of Vourhees Rotary and
the playoffs. He is a partner with
and had one year of neurological
enjoy snow skiing, golf and tennis.
Downey Brand LLP. (Sacramento)
occupational therapy in the U.S.
(Marlton, NJ)
(post a minor stroke) in 2007. I am
1990
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Derek R. Longstaff
John R. Brownlee
Lisa Samuelson Vermillion
I have been a court referee for
15 years, serving in the Informal
Schwarzenegger on July 25, 2008, in
San Diego County. (San Marcos, CA)
Senator Dianne Feinstein to serve
on one of four bipartisan California
Federal Judicial Nomination
Advisory Committees that will
recommend nominees for federal
judges, U.S. attorneys and marshals
to President Barack Obama. She
is the general counsel to California
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass.
(Sacramento)
Jeremy Olsan
same, right? (Sacramento)
Interscholastic Federation’s Sac-
Superior Court judge by Governor
McGee has been selected by
Marc Appell
in the Law Office of Mary Raymond
Superior Court upheld a claim that
I was appointed to the position of
Fredericka McGee
Arthur G. Woodward
unusual pro bono case when a
Donahue won a $135,000 verdict
for a plaintiff in an auto collision
1991
Donna W. Low
Matthew Donahue
I am retired and glad to be free to
now at home in Davis once again,
Olsan represented the Sonoma
Land Trust in its purchase of the
5,630-acre Jenner Headlands from
two property partnerships. The
$36 million sale was the single
largest conservation land acquisition
in the history of Sonoma County.
He is a partner in the firm of
Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller &
Moskowitz. (Santa Rosa, CA)
trimming my hedges and “making
Craig C. Page
my garden grow.” (Davis, CA)
As VP and counsel of CLTA, I run the
trade association for title insurance
Juvenile and Traffic Court. It is busy
Richard J. Burton
and fun. I have been married for
I have been married for 11 years
nearly 15 years to an L.A. County
and have two children. I enjoy old
Herbert J. Santos, Jr.
Fire Captain. We live in Palos Verdes
cars and bikes. (Rocklin, CA)
I became co-owner of Reno’s new
Thomas Fellenz
and have two lovely children, ages
Fellenz was part of a defense team
5 and 8. Also, I am newly on the
that won a major victory for the state
Board of Directors for the California
in San Joaquin Superior Court. In the
Court Commissioners Association.
auto accident/general negligence
(Redondo Beach, CA)
industry in California. (Sacramento)
NBA D-league basketball team, the
Clay Calvert
Calvert has joined the faculty at
the University of Florida College of
Journalism and Communications in
Gainesville, Florida. He has taught at
Reno Bighorns. The team is affiliated
with the Sacramento Kings and the
New York Knicks. Although I am busy
with this new adventure, I continue
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to practice law and am getting ready
Degree Black Belts, and my 15-year
She regularly produces and
Greg Aghazarian
to celebrate the 10th anniversary
old daughter is a 3rd Degree Black
presents training programs for
Aghazarian was appointed to the
of starting my law firm. Kim and the
Belt. We are all living well in Las
employers. (Los Angeles, CA)
state Workers’ Compensation
kids are doing great. (Reno, NV)
Vegas. (Las Vegas, NV)
Ernest Sawtelle
Ferdinando P. Cavese
I left private practice 09/07 and
Sawtelle was appointed a
I retired from the Air Force on 1 Oct
became the lead human resources
judge of the Superior Court of
08 after 20.5 years of active duty
attorney at Paramount Pictures. I
Sacramento by Governor Arnold
service. I’m now working on lowering
do lots of interesting work. Jake is
Schwarzenegger. A 17-year
my golf handicap. (Belleville, IL)
now 8 and Shane 51/2. I spend what
veteran of the Sacramento County
District Attorney’s office, he fills the
vacancy created by a resignation.
(Sacramento)
1992
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Sharon Conway Wible
I have been working for the Shea
Family of companies for 10 years.
I am executive director, Building
Harrison, 10, and Liam, 8. We live
Bridges (elder abuse prevention);
in Willow Glen, San Jose, CA. (San
chair Triad Task Force, action arm
Jose, CA)
Yolo County commission on Aging
Demas and a colleague negotiated
an $830,000 settlement for a
Aid Association of California. She
was honored in February 2009 at
the LAAC’s annual conference in
San Francisco. She also received
the 2008 James P. Preovolos
award for outstanding services in
Sacramento Superior Court plaintiff
who suffered severe head injuries
when he stuck his head out of the
window of a moving car because his
hat had blown off and made contact
with a SMUD utility pole as the car
jumped a curb. He is a principal in
Demas & Rosenthal. (Sacramento)
family law from the Bar Association
Steve E. Evenson
of San Francisco, and the 2008
I am married with five great kids,
outstanding volunteer in public
including a set of twin girls, who are
service certificate from VLSP. (San
1. I practice all over rural Nevada. I
Rafael, CA)
enjoy racing cars with my kids, and
coaching football and soccer with
George Appel
them as well. I have an awesome
Appel finished first in a three-way
wife. Life is like racing, to finish first
race for a Snohomish County
you must first finish. (Lovelock, NV)
Superior Court seat, then won a
November runoff election. He has
Michael B. Knotek
served as a deputy prosecutor in
I was named partner in 2008 at
the Everett, Washington county seat
Schuitmaker et al. (Paw Paw, MI)
since 1994, most recently handling
Angeles, CA)
for 15 years and have two boys,
Lt. Col. Fred Cavese
Family Law Award from the Legal
baseball and soccer teams. (Los
Elaine A. Musser
John Demas
Ani was the 2009 recipient of the
free time I have coaching the boys’
I have been married to John Wible
David M. Miller
Jennifer (Smuck) Ani
Andrew S. Levey
and Assault Service; vice chair
Davis Senior Citizens Commission;
volunteer attorney, Senior Legal
Appeals Board. From 2002 to
2008, the Stockton attorney
and businessman represented
the 26th District in the California
State Assembly. He lost his bid for
election to the California Senate,
5th Senate District, in November.
(Stockton, CA)
Sherrie L. Lowenstein
I was part of Governor
Schwarzenegger’s Healthcare
Reform Team and drafted all of the
managed care and PPO provisions
of the Governor’s Health Reform
Package. Although it failed, it was
a historic effort at real healthcare
reform in California. (Sacramento)
Hotline and Yolo County Legal Clinic.
Ross Petty
I gave training to volunteer attorneys
Petty joined the international law
in elder law, I am scheduled to give
firm Nixon Peabody LLP as a
an elder abuse seminar at UC Davis
partner following the breakup of
in October 2008, and I am bringing
Thelen LLP. He is a specialist in
transit mobility training to Yolo
the products litigation group at
County senior citizens. (Davis, CA)
the firm’s West Coast office. (San
Steve Schultz
Francisco, CA)
Schultz and a colleague negotiated
Jean Schaefer
an $830,000 settlement for a
Schaefer reached a $26,250
Sacramento Superior Court plaintiff
settlement in U.S. District Court,
who suffered severe head injuries
Eastern District of California, for
when he stuck his head out of the
a former federal employee who
window of a moving car because his
charged gender discrimination after
hat had blown off and made contact
being refused a transfer. She is a
with a SMUD utility pole as the car
principal in the Law Office of Jean
jumped a curb. He is a principal in
Schaefer. (Sacramento)
Demas & Rosenthal. (Sacramento)
Angel Stewart
Stewart died on October 14, 2008, in
her sleep at the age of 45 at her home
1994
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Rob Kramer
in American Canyon. She worked as a
I live in West Sacramento with my
research attorney for the Napa County
Gary G. Branton
wife Stacey and daughter Katie.
Superior Court briefly after passing
Guy E. Ortoleva
I am managing partner of Branton
Happily I am not practicing law,
the bar before embarking on a career
and I am an owner of a large risk
as a special education teacher, most
John Boggs
& Sullivan — Soon to be: Branton,
Hand, Page & Sullivan. I won a
management consulting firm in
recently in Vallejo.
million-dollar verdict in an attorney
Sacramento. (West Sacramento, CA)
major felonies. (Everett, WA)
malpractice case last year. I
Kristine Kwong
still primarily work in labor and
Kwong delivered a 90-minute
employment law representing
audio conference seminar, “The
management. I now am a 4th
Administrative Exemption: How
Degree Black Belt in tae kwondo
and four-time world champion (three
in weapons and one in forms). My
wife and 10-year old twins are 2nd
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Mistakes,” to hundreds of
1993
Captain Laura H. Heller
Boggs was co-counsel for a
paper company’s outside sales
representatives in a U.S. District
Court, Northern District of California,
wage and hour class-action case
that settled for $8.5 million. He is a
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partner in the firm of Fine, Boggs &
Violet R. Radosta
Perkins, LLP. (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Traci F. Lee
Mark Cibula
employers. She is a partner in the
Cibula served as an elector in the
office of Hinshaw & Cuilbertson.
Electoral College and cast one of
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California’s 55 votes in favor of
Steve J. Oshins
are the same age. It was great to
Another alum from McGeorge works
Barack Obama. A former Redding
Oshins co-wrote an article, “Drafting
catch up. (Paris, France)
at my small firm. (New York, NY)
City Council member (1998–2005)
a Trust for Maximum Creditor and
and current member of the Shasta
Divorce Protection,” which appears in
Teresa Stanley
Gary M. Gelfman
County Board of Supervisors, he
the November issue of Communique,
Stanley received the second-most
Gelfman has been named vice
is a principal in the Law Offices of
the Clark County Bar Association’s
votes of all candidates and was
president of economic development
Mark H. Cibula PC. (Redding, CA)
monthly magazine. He is a principal
reelected to the Folsom Cordova
for the South Montgomery County
Unified School District Board. She
Woodlands Chamber of Commerce.
is a principal in the Law & Mediation
He is the managing partner of a law
Office of Teresa Stanley. (Folsom, CA)
firm, Gelfman & Associates, P.L.L.C.
Thomas J. Donaldson
I am happy to be back in my
in the Law Offices of Oshins &
Associates, LLC. (Las Vegas, NV)
hometown, Carson City, raising my
John B. Palley
12-year-old twins. I am also enjoying
I am a State Bar of California
practicing law throughout Nevada
certified specialist in EP, trustee
representing teachers, firefighters,
and probate law. (Sacramento)
peace officers and other public
employees. (Carson City, NV)
(The Woodlands, TX)
Timothy K. Talbot
After 13 years with Carroll, Burdick
Susan E. Green
and McDonough, I left the firm as
Green was appointed to a judgeship
a partner to open my own office
in the Sutter County Superior Court
Deborah L. Raymond
in Davis, CA. I still practice labor
by California Governor Arnold
The recent credit and housing crisis
law and represent public and
Schwarzenegger. She has worked for
Robin M. Estes
has made my practice extremely
private-sector clients. My practice
the Sutter County District Attorney’s
I am a certified family law specialist.
busy, not only with bankruptcy
is now national and I negotiate
Office as a supervising deputy district
My husband (of 23 years) and I are
issues but in pursuing lender liability
labor contracts in seven states
attorney since 2007 and previously
enjoying watching our boys (12 and
and helping people save their
and litigation across the country.
served as a deputy district attorney
10) grow. I love practicing family law,
homes from foreclosure. I hope
(Davis, CA)
from 1995 to 2007. (Yuba City, CA)
most days! I am also an art docent
all is well, in these times, with my
for their school and enjoy teaching
fellow alumni. (Del Mar, CA)
Jennifer Lynn Weck
Scott Hervey
Weck died of cancer at the age of
Hervey wrote a column on a
Carol Salvigione
42 on November 8, 2008, in San
trademark dispute involving the TV
Michael Henderson
My husband, Mark Rogers, ’94,
Diego. She worked as a legislative
show American Idol in The Daily
Henderson won a $1.75 million
and I were vacationing in Paris. We
assistant in Washington, D.C., and
Recorder. He is an entertainment/
settlement through private mediation
have two children, Jack (age 6) and
for AIDS Project Los Angeles before
new media attorney at Weintraub
in a Sonoma Superior Court case for
daughter Quinn (age 8), both of
coming to law school. She joined
Genshlea Chediak. (Sacramento)
the children of a motorcyclist fatally
whom go to the French American
the California Department of Justice
injured in an August 2006 accident
International School in SF. We went
after graduation and worked in
on the Old Redwood Highway. He
to visit our best friends from the
Sacramento and San Diego as a
is a partner in the firm of Teal &
school. They are living in Paris for the
deputy attorney general.
Montgomery. (Santa Rosa, CA)
year. I have my own practice in San
very much. (Santa Rosa, CA)
John K. Lee
Lee has been named vice president
and senior counsel at Union Bank of
California, N.A. in Los Angeles. He
previously practiced with Pillsbury
Winthrop LLP. (Los Angeles, CA)
W. Daniel McCord
I began teaching French full time
last year at the high school level.
I’m also practicing law part time
from a home office. My wife and
I reached a milestone this year
when our oldest graduated from
high school and left for BYU-Hawaii.
(Sacramento)
Francisco (Hedani, Choy, Spalding
& Salvagione, LLP). I practice family
law and am a certified family law
specialist. I do collaborative cases
and am a mediator as well. Mark is
an in-house employment law attorney
at Safeway. (San Francisco, CA)
Schwarzenegger. Since 2006, she
The older I get the busier I get! We
has served as a labor relations
relocated to the hills of El Dorado
counsel at the California Department
County this year. My wife Christa
of Personnel Administration.
has returned to college part time to
Previously, she served the California
finish the R.N. program. We just built
Union of Safety Employees as staff
a house on acreage. We spend our
counsel and senior staff counsel from
weekends building dirt bike tracks,
1997 to 2006. (Sacramento)
My French architect husband and I
classes for Francesca and Cub
made a permanent move to Paris in
Scouts for Michael. (Sacramento)
2001 with our daughters. Currently,
(private equity fund of funds) where
I am responsible for fundraising and
investor relations within Europe (Yes,
Jacqueline Mittelstadt
I commute to Amsterdam for two
Mittelstadt has joined the partnership
days per week and then in Paris and
at Del Mar Law Group in its
advisor for the Public Employment
Relations Board by Governor Arnold
riding, shooting and enjoying ballet
director for Wilshire Private Markets
Kelly has been appointed legal
Michael J. Wise
Erin Sarret
I work out of Amsterdam as a
Linda Kelly
Michael Kuman Lee
I’m working as a senior associate at
the Vietnam office of Mayer Brown
JSM. (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
1995
Daniel P. O’Donnell
O’Donnell was co-counsel for the
state, which won a $7.5 million
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settlement from Edward D. Jones &
Ryan J. Raftery
Christopher J. Kaeser
Co. in a Sacramento Superior Court
London for meetings on a “normal”
Leigh R. Bass
week). Classmates Carol Salvigione
I was made partner last year and
assistant attorney general with the
environmental practice group. She
possesses 14 years’ experience
and Mark Rogers were over here on
my family is great. I travel three
in environmental, governmental
vacation and we made a point to get
to four times a year to Brazil for
relations, land use, and real estate
together at the Pompidou center.
work. I still haven’t been back to
law. (Del Mar, CA)
Their daughter Quinn and my Lucy
Sacramento since graduation.
securities fraud case. He is an
California Department of Justice.
(Sacramento)
Maura Troy Ridder
I founded, host and produce
Moms the Word Radio Show. It
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airs live globally each Wednesday
from 10-11 a.m. MST on www.
castlerockradio.com. Please check
out our Web site and shoot me a
blog. www.momsthewordshow.com.
(Castle Rock, CO)
tion program. She was representing
Stacie M. Castro
the California Board of Equalization
I’ve been married since 2001 and
as a state deputy attorney general.
have three kids — Joe (5) Hollie (3)
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(Sacramento)
and Lily (1). (San Francisco, CA)
Jane Greaves Sargent
Chris Ore
June D. Coleman
Ore won a first-degree murder
I was selected for the 2008 Super
conviction in Sacramento Superior
Lawyer List for Northern California
Court against a man who followed
by the Law and Politics magazine.
a total stranger home and gunned
(Sacramento)
1996
Theresa A. Dunham
Rachel C. Scott
Bernhard D. Baltaxe
I married a lovely man from
Germany and our two kids go to a
German school in Mountain View
CA. This year the 5-year-old started
kindergarten and the 2-year-old
started preschool. It’s time to get a
part-time job. (Mountain View, CA)
I recently ended my term as San Francisco chapter president of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association.
My practice specializes predominantly
in workers’ compensation. We try
Workers’ Comp Appeals Board and
Kristen Pico
daughter, Judith Miller Baltaxe. We live
general counsel for the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas.
in Oakland. (San Francisco, CA)
She previously was a commercial
Robert Hatem
attorney at Beckley Singleton, PLC.
(Las Vegas, NV)
I am still working for myself. Business has
picked up enough to hire an additional
attorney. It’s nice to have someone else
to bounce ideas around, and to do the
research. (Salt Lake City, UT)
PC’s office. He succeeds former
Margaret Toledo
two beautiful daughters. (Brentwood, CA)
firm. (Los Angeles, CA)
Kelly E. Sutter
Kate Hart
Michelle C. Jenni
I married Jerry Dankbar on
Hart has been reappointed to
Jenni won a $218,736 gross
September 5, 2008. (Sacramento)
the Central Valley Regional Water
verdict in San Francisco Superior
Dennis R. Wilkins
is a partner at the firm of Wilcoxen,
Callahan, Montgomery & Deacon.
Lafferty has been promoted to chief
the Superior Court of Yolo County by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
created by the conversion of a court
commissioner position. (Woodland, CA)
in the San Francisco Daily Journal. She
Molly Mosley
Mosley was co-counsel for a defense
team that won a bench verdict in a
Sacramento Superior Court case
involving the petroleum industry’s
attempt to recover regulatory fees
that fund a lead poisoning preven-
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Coren D. Wong
Villapudua was featured in a judicial profile
Court. (San Joaquin, CA)
born in late 2007. I volunteer yearly
at Trainor Robertson from 2004 to
and previously served as a supervis-
Shaw since 2004 and fills a vacancy
is a judge of the San Joaquin Superior
favorite Supreme Court justice) was
worked as an associate attorney
bench in Dallas County. My 5-year-old
He has been a partner at Seyfarth
Xapuri Villapudua
Marshall Wilkins (named after my
environmental law. She previously
prosecutor in Contra Costa County
MacAdam was appointed a judge of
Recorder. (Sacramento)
in 2006. Our second child, Brennan
since 2006, working in the area of
I am enjoying my second year on the
Samuel MacAdam
a monthly column for The Daily
Catherine Suzanne Wilkins, was born
attorney for Abbott and Kindermann
Bernardino, CA)
County. He began his career as a
practice concentrates on complex
appellate law specialist, she writes
LaLanog, soon. Our first child,
has served as a senior associate
Katherine Kolenberg Miracle
62 jury trials. (Riverside County, CA)
courts. A State Bar-certified
and will be adopting her son, Robert
Arnold Schwarzenegger. She
for county high schools. (San
Glassman & Stroud LLP. Her
civil litigation in federal and state
I married Christina Wilkins in 2005
Quality Control Board by Governor
to judge the mock trial competition
deputy district attorney in Riverside
ing deputy D.A. in Riverside handling
Toledo has joined Mennemeier,
(Burlingame, CA)
enjoying being a stay-at-home mom to
Sean Lafferty
Eng & Schroder. (Sacramento)
July, a son. Also have a 2 year-old.
LLP. (San Francisco, CA)
Boeck.’93, who is completing a
merger between Bullivant and Bartel
Our second child arrived in early
complex business litigation for the
(Sacramento)
firm three years ago as part of the
Steven A. Druskin
I am currently not practicing, and
shareholder-in-charge Tami
three-year term. Stiff joined the
hiring and supervision charge against
Wyant, ’96 (Rocklin, CA)
is a partner at Hassard Bonnington
she was standing in the aisle. She
partner of Bullivant Houser Bailey
perior Court trial involving a negligent
March, with another alumna, Lana
Kellianne Fedio
when the bus lurched forward while
Stiff has been named managing
defense team in a San Francisco Su-
I opened up my own law practice in
to be a victim of sexual battery. She
Hatem was elected a shareholder
Court for a bus passenger who fell
Eric Stiff
Pico was co-counsel for a successful
Lena L. Dalby
a hospital where the plaintiff claimed
at Klinedinst PC and practices
Linda D. Smith
attorney for Sacramento County.
(Sacramento)
My wife Scotia and I recently had a
Simon-Kohl has been named
robbery. He is a deputy district
cases before the San Francisco
before the California Court of Appeals.
Judith Simon-Kohl
him down in the course of a 2006
Spring 2009
Wong has been named a principal
in the firm of Freeman, D’Aiuto,
triplets just stated kindergarten and I
will be celebrating my ninth wedding
anniversary in October 2008. (Allen, TX)
Pierce, Gurev, Keeling & Wolf. His
Deborah L. McKinley
practice areas include business
I am a member of the California and
and real estate litigation, eminent
Georgia bars — (GA, 2008) (CA,
domain/condemnation, and appellate
1998). (Alpharetta, GA)
advocacy. He has also served as a
board member of the Sacramento
Chinese Community Service Center.
(Stockton, CA)
1997
Class Representatives
Molly J. Mrowka
Katherine J. Hart
Gary S. Winuk
Michael Paiva
Paiva has been named by Farmers
Insurance Group as its director
of governmental affairs. He will
oversee legislative and regulatory
matters in California. Previously,
he worked for Anthem Blue Cross
after working as a lobbyist for the
Personal Insurance Federation of
California. (Fresno, CA)
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Elderly, Disabled,
Sick Find Courtroom
Champion in Evans
I continue to serve as a JAG with the
California Air National Guard, and
have three great kids, Garrett and
Marielle, age 3 and Cody, age 2. (Elk
Grove, CA)
1998
By Jonathan Kalstrom
Class Representatives
Kara L. La Bella-Parker
Emily L. Randon
Thomas Amick
Amick was named in the 11th
edition of The Best Lawyers in
America. Amick is a land use and
zoning law specialist in the office of
Kummer Kaempfer. (Las Vegas, NV)
Stephanie E. Barbata
I have a daughter, Samantha Erin
Story, born Oct 6, 2006. (Temple
City, CA)
Maureen Bono Hall
I married Jeff Hall, ’97, and have two
kids — one boy, one girl. My hobby
is marathon running. I have had 52
trials (20 felonies, three life cases/
trials — two life sentences). (Ladera
Ranch, CA)
Lance Coburn
Coburn has joined Christensen,
Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro.
He was previously with Lionel,
Sawyer & Collins. (Las Vegas, NV)
Michelle L. Duarte
I work for the in-house staff counsel
for Travelers Insurance Co. (Walnut
Creek, CA)
Peter Hirsig
Hirsig won a defense verdict in
Solano Superior Court in a rear-end
collision case and a defense verdict in
Sacramento Superior Court for man
involved a 2002 parking lot accident
in which the plaintiff claimed almost
$150,000 in damages. He is a partner
with the firm of McNamara, Dodge,
Ney, Beatty, Slattery, Pfalzer, Borges &
Brothers. (Walnut Creek, CA)
Kara La Bella Parker
I won the 2007 Masters Club
Award — Sacramento Association of
Realtors. (Sacramento)
Listen to Ingrid Evans, and
you’ll hear an attorney with
a cause. As she puts it: “My
career has been dedicated to
representing injured people,
especially those types of
people who cannot represent
themselves — the elderly, the
disabled, the sick.”
Evans, ’95, who recently opened the San
Francisco office of Waters, Kraus & Paul, LLP
as of counsel, enjoys the adrenaline of the
courtroom — and has always been someone
who wanted to fight for the underdog.
In some of her class-action cases, she’ll get
hundreds of calls from people.
In the area of financial elder abuse, Evans
says she has represented many widows
who found themselves grieving for their
husbands and penalized financially as well.
“They thought they were financially sound,
then realize because of these corporations
taking advantage of them, that they are not
financially sound,” Evans says.
Evans has represented people in a range
of financial abuses, from insurance schemes
to predatory lending. “We’re all hurt, but
the seniors are the people who don’t have
the ability and the time to make up the
difference in what they’ve lost,” she notes.
Evans served as lead counsel on a certified
class of 750 senior victims that settled for
$4.8 million, while working at Renne Sloan
Holtzman & Sakai, LLP, in San Francisco.
Before serving there, she worked as a deputy
city attorney at the San Francisco City
Attorney’s Office. She was lead trial attorney
on various class-action cases involving
consumer protection. She completed 12 civil
trials at that office, and was undefeated in
jury trials.
Evans also has presented and written
numerous speeches and papers on product
liability gun cases. In fact, she penned
a book published by West Publications
(July 2002), Litigating Against the Firearm
Industry. And she served as chair of the
Firearms and Ammunition Litigation Group
(1999–2000) of the American Association
for Justice (formerly ATLA).
Professional associations have played an
important role in Evans’ career. As chair
of the Women’s Caucus of Consumer
Attorneys of California, Evans has worked
toward the goal of getting more women to
be trial attorneys.
Evans came to Pacific McGeorge because
of the law school’s high-quality trial
advocacy program. She always knew she
wanted to be a trial attorney. Clearly, she has
found her calling.
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Bryan Lamb
environmental issues related to
Ranbir Ahdan
Catherine H. Jones
Lamb was co-counsel for the plaintiff
proposed new school sites. (Los
Ahdan has joined Trainor Fairbrook
I am a National Process Audit Team
in a San Francisco Superior case that
Angeles, CA)
as an associate from Richey &
Manager. (Newark, CA)
resulted in a $1.46 million verdict. The
case involved an auto-motorcycle left-
Sarah K. Holt
Eisenbeis LLP. (Sacramento)
Lisa Kaplan
I had a beautiful baby on March
Joshua B. Clark
Kaplan joined the LaPena Law
2, 2008. Her name is Alexandra
I recently purchased a practice from
Corporation as an associate
Noelle St. Wecker and she was born
David W Byers, the Law Offices of
attorney. A board member of the
Jessica Poyner
in San Francisco. Dania Kanafani
David W. Byers. (Sacramento)
Natomas Unified School District,
Poyner and her father, Roger, were
and I still work together here at the
the subject of a feature story in San
Department of Labor and we send
Jose Magazine. Partners in the firm
our regards. Let’s have a 10-year
of Poyner & Poyner, they are State
reunion. (San Francisco, CA)
turn collision. He is a partner at The
Dolan Law Firm. (San Francisco, CA)
Bar-certified specialists in estate
planning, trust, and probate law.
(Los Gatos, CA)
1999
complex insurance case in San Diego
Superior Court. He is the insurance
coverage and bad faith group chair at
the firm of McCormick Barstow LLP.
(Fresno, CA)
California State Senator Jack Scott
Alison L. Stewart
where I will litigate matters involving
for the past two years. (Sacramento)
I have completed a Ph.D. in Spanish
Lafferty was part of a defense team
that successfully represented several
clients in a nine-week San Joaquin
Superior trial in which the plaintiff’s
attorneys demanded $22.5 million
for a seriously injured truck driver.
The plaintiff charged product liability
design defect against the state (for
failure to build a high fence) and a
Calvin J. Clements, III
Margaret C. Felts
I am now registered with the
Washington State Bar Association.
(Sacramento)
Andrew Grundman
Grundman was appointed
to the board of directors of
Sterling Mining, an Idaho-based
publicly traded mineral resource
development and exploration
company. He is a sole practitioner
who specializes in natural resources
law. (Walnut Grove, CA)
truck manufacturer (for failure to
Mark J. Jacobs
design a better windshield) in a case
Jacobs has been elected to partner
in which a minor threw a large piece
at Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national
of concrete onto a passing vehicle
labor and employment law firm. He
on I-5. She is a partner with the firm
focuses his practice on defending
of Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry &
employment-related lawsuits
stepson, Stephen, and 4 year-old twins,
Christopherson. (Stockton, CA)
and administrative complaints
Calvin and Christopher. (Elk Grove, CA)
Beth K. Rautiola
Craig E. Deutsch
I was the 2008 recipient of Lawyers
I currently run the Sacramento
area office of a statewide law firm,
specializing in landlord tenant law,
fair housing, real estate litigation/
transactions and collections. I am
happily married to Jennifer, have a
Braeden James Deutsch, the first
son for Stephanie and me, was
born September 1, 2008, at Sutter
Memorial. (Sacramento)
Magazine Rising Star Award for
top young lawyers in Southern
California. (Irvine, CA)
David D. Wade
On July 1, 2008, we formed Duncan
Jana Du Bois
I am a State Bar Public Law Executive
Linn and Wade, a business and
Committee member. (Sacramento)
estate planning firm located in
K. Ryan Hiete
www.dlelawcorp.com. (Roseville, CA)
Roseville, CA. Check us out at
Hiete has been named one of Los
Angeles’ leading environmental
2000
attorneys by the Los Angeles
Business Journal. A partner in
the law firm of Musick, Peeler &
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Garrett LLP, he represents one
Samantha Tali
of the largest school districts in
southern California in dealing with
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three different Assembly members.
Belicove, LLP in Pasadena, CA.
Allison C. Lafferty
successful plaintiff-in-intervention in a
prior to that handled legislation for
served as field representative for
(Pasadena, CA)
Christofferson was co-counsel for a
relations department as director,
for Capitol Strategies Group and
I recently joined the firm Yee &
other insurance defense matters.
Jay Christofferson
Grocers Association government
staffer who most recently lobbied
local government relations. He
litigation, personal injury, and
Kathryn M. Davis
Dodson has joined the California
she is a former lobbyist and capitol
Alex P. Katofsky
professional malpractice, business
Class Representative
Matthew Dodson
James S. Overman
Spring 2009
on a variety of issues, including
harassment, retaliation, and
discrimination from the firm’s Irvine
office. (Irvine, CA)
(Sacramento)
at UCLA, was admitted to the
California Bar December 2007,
and hope to utilize Spanish skills in
practice of law. (Los Angeles, CA)
Mark Stewart
I left the Navy JAG Corps after nearly
eight years of service in July 2008.
In August 2008, I joined the Office
of Air Force General Counsel at the
Pentagon where I currently work as
an associate general counsel in the
National Security/Military Affairs
Division. (Arlington, VA)
Ruthe Wynne
In May of 2007, I was appointed
GC of Sacramento A-1 Door and
Building Solutions. They are the
largest door manufacturer and
supplier on the West Coast and in
the top five nationwide. I recently
served on the negotiating and
drafting team for Assembly Bill
2738 to reform construction
litigation defense and WRAP
insurance. It has passed both
Douglas L. Johnson
houses and is waiting for signature
I was appointed head counsel
from the governor. (Sacramento)
on certified class action against
its members. We have since settled
2001
the case for millions of dollars. We
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brought similar class actions against
Lisa V. Ryan
the Directors Guild of America and
Raijunder Rai-Nielsen
Writers Guild of America (WGA) for
nonpayment of foreign royalties to
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and
have settled those cases as well
for millions of dollars for the class
members. To read articles on all of
these class actions, go to
www.jjllplaw.com. (Beverly Hills, CA)
Rachel A. Bouman
My husband Mike and I welcomed
our beautiful baby girl, Anna Bella,
into our lives on January 26, 2008.
(Silver Spring, MD)
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Mario P. Fenu
Adams, Bolls on
the Same Channel
Since Law School
I am licensed to practice in Illinois
and I am sitting for the Nevada Bar
in February 2009. (Las Vegas, NV)
Amy P. Maclear
Matthew Maclear (2000) and Amy
Maclear (after 2001) welcomed
their first child, Charlotte, in January
of 2007 and are expecting their
second child in February of 2009.
By Cynthia Kincaid
Matthew works as an environmental
prosecutor and Amy is senior
counsel with Gordon and Rees in
San Francisco. (San Francisco, CA)
Matthew Stall
Stall won a $247,500 settlement in
San Mateo Superior Court for a plaintiff
whose Daly City home was doused
with 300,000 gallons of water from a
powerful geyser that erupted after a
semitruck hopped a curb and flattened
a hydrant. Judge George Miram, ’82,
presided over the final mandatory
settlement conference in the unusual
water damage negligence case. Stall is
a principal in the Law Office of Matthew
R. Stall. (Oakland, CA)
Andrew Tauriainen
Tauriainen joined Kronick Moskovitz
Tiedemann & Girard as an associate
in the Sacramento firm’s resources
department. He was previously an
associate at Diepenbrock Harrison.
(Sacramento)
Mark C. Thomas
Thomas won a $17,522 verdict in
San Francisco Superior Court for a
pedestrian plaintiff slightly injured
by a streetcar. He is a partner in the
firm of Brownstein & Thomas, LLP.
(San Francisco, CA)
Yolanda V. Torres
In November 2007, I officially became
a certified Family Law Specialist. Six
months later, I opened my own law
office in Orange County. I also took the
time to catch up with fellow alumnae
last summer, spending time on the
beach with Tiffany Sharp, ’02, and
Pamela Gourley, ’01. Pamela also
enjoyed traveling to Hawaii, on vacation
with my family. (Costa Mesa, CA).
Kristopher S. Young
Young was elected to serve on
When 1996 classmates
Lloyd Bryan Adams and
David Bolls met on the
first day of orientation,
neither knew that it would
be the start of a lifelong
personal and professional
relationship.
“On the first day [of orientation], you look
for allies right away,” says Lloyd Bryan
Adams, CEO for Tenacity Entertainment,
LLC. “You’re hoping you find someone
who will help you make it through, and
David was one of those guys that made it
pleasurable to be in law school.”
“Lloyd became like a brother and a
respected family member,” says Bolls,
assistant general counsel and assistant
secretary for the Outdoor Channel. “My
mother loves him like a son.”
When the two graduated, Bolls went to
work for Arthur Andersen in San Francisco
and then to the Schinner Law Group in San
Francisco, and Adams became a television
producer, starting his own company,
Tenacity Entertainment. Adams hired Bolls
as outside counsel.
Adams moved to Outdoor Channel as
head of programming and production. The
company provides programming designed
to educate and entertain sportsmen of all
levels. When a position opened up for an
assistant general counsel, Adams thought
immediately of Bolls. “The outdoors is a
passion for me, and there was an opening
that was unique,” says Bolls. “They were
looking for someone with experience similar
to what I had.”
The two have now been working together
for more than a year, and both credit
their experiences and education at Pacific
McGeorge for setting them on the path
to friendship and professional success. “I
started out producing television and wanted
to go to law school to get to the next level of
being an executive producer,” says Adams.
“I was an entrepreneur before I went to law
school; I came out a practical entrepreneur.”
Pacific McGeorge also gave Bolls the
grounding in practicality that he was
looking for. “McGeorge gave me the skills
to actually get out and practice law, which is
what I wanted to do,” he says.
The friendship has continued to
strengthen through the years. “When you are
in a company, you want to surround yourself
not only with good people, but with people
you know and trust,” says Adams. “Being in
law school with David for years formed that
bond of trust.”
the San Diego Downtown YMCA’s
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board of directors. A former judge
Carlo Pedrioli
Sacramento. I got engaged to Andrew
Darrin Lim
advocate in the United States
Pedrioli has joined the faculty of
D. Walker, ’04, in February 2008.
I continue to work as an associate
Marine Corps, he practices in
Barry University School of Law
(Sacramento)
with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinelo
the areas of bankruptcy and
as an assistant professor. He has
reorganization, business litigation
served as in-house counsel for
and criminal law for one of San
California Rural Legal Assistance in
Diego’s largest law firms, Higgs
Modesto. (Orlando, FL)
Fletcher & Mack. (San Diego, CA)
2002
Class Representatives
Andre Batson
Rambarran was elected
shareholders at Klinedinst PC.
Rambarran represents developers
Michelle L. Stowell
and contractors in large building
I am a board member of Families
projects and also practices
for Early Autism Treatment.
intellectual property law. (Los
(Sacramento)
Angeles, CA)
2003
Lan Li
Ian Rambarran
Kenneth A. Avelino
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I was the 2007 convention chair
Kristin A. Odom
of the Organization of Chinese
Shawn M. Krogh
Mueller & Naylor, LLP. I advise
Fortune 500 companies on state
and federal campaign finance, lobby,
and gift compliance-related matters.
Most recently, I have been very busy
speaking at various conferences and
seminars including the Practicing
Law Institute’s Washington, D.C.,
conference on “Corporate Political
Kimberly S. Sullivan
Activities,” the Association of
I have changed my license to
Canadian General Counsel’s Spring
inactive and no longer practice
Conference, and the Hearthland
law — it was the best decision I’ve
Ethics Conference. (Tiburon, CA)
made. (Modesto, CA)
Chad A. Miller
I recently started my own firm and it
Tyrus Cobb
Bergin has been elected a partner
2004
Cobb, an attorney, won easy
at AndersonTuell, LLP, a law firm
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I am currently a 2009 LL.M.
reelection to the Nevada State
specializing in federal Indian law.
Carolyn Kubish
candidate with the University of
Assembly, 26th District, garnering
Exclusively representing American
Ryan E. Fillmore
Oregon in their Environment and
57 percent of the vote to his
Indian tribes, his practice includes
nearest rival’s 37 percent total.
legislative advocacy. Prior to joining
(Reno, NV)
AndersonTuell in 2007, he practiced
Americans. (El Dorado Hills, CA)
Patrick R. Bergin
as a lobbyist and attorney on behalf
Jennifer McGeorge
of Indian tribes for Monteau &
McGeorge joined the public law
Peebles, LLP. (Washington, DC)
practice group at McDonough
Byron Beebe
Beebe has joined the Silicon Valley
office of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
as an associate in the firm’s patent
litigation group. He previously
served as a law clerk to Judge
Holland & Allen. She previously
Shareen Golbahar
Johnnie Rawlinson, ’79, of the U.S.
served as a deputy city attorney.
I married Clinton D. Beerley on
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Las
(Sacramento)
July 4, 2008, in Sacramento.
Vegas. (Silicon Valley, CA)
(Sacramento)
Alexis Michaud
Jodi R. Bohr
Michaud wrote an article, “Year-End
Brian Haddix
Bohr was featured in The Arizona
Estate & Gift Tax Planning,” which
Haddix opened his own firm,
Republic in an “Ask The Experts”
appears in the November issue of
Haddix Law Firm. A U.S. Army
column, in which she advised a reader
Communique, the Clark County Bar
veteran who previously practiced
to bring inappropriate workplace
Association’s monthly magazine.
in San Francisco, he specializes
conduct to the attention of a company’s
She is a senior associate at
in contract, business litigation and
human resources department. She is an
Kummer Kaempfer who specializes
bankruptcy issues. (Modesto, CA)
associate at Ballard Spahr. (Phoenix, AZ)
Scott Huber
Katie Goodin
Carrie L. Nocella
Huber won 55 percent of the votes in
Goodin joined Murphy Austin Adams
I began working at the Disneyland
a two-person race and was reelected
Schoenfeld LLP as an associate.
Resort in early 2007. I manage the
to the Roseville Joint Union High
(Sacramento)
government relations department
School District board. An associate
and interact with elected officials,
with Cota, Duncan & Cole in Roseville,
monitor, lobby and shape legislation
he previously served on the city
for the benefit of the company,
school district board. (Roseville, CA)
in tax issues. (Las Vegas, NV)
and ensure compliance with FPPC
rules and regulations. Additionally,
I am an adjunct professor at
Chapman University School of Law.
I also have a 2-year-old daughter,
Samantha. (Anaheim, CA)
story in the Sacramento Bee. He
is a rookie patrolman with the
Natural Resource Law program.
(Eugene, OR)
2005
Class Representatives
Sarah M. Lightbody
Michal Meciar
Jennifer Alves
In October 2008, I began my new
position as assistant city attorney of
the City of Elk Grove. It’s an honor
to work with such a wonderful city
with a population of more than
140,000. (Elk Grove, CA)
Talia Delanoy
Delanoy has joined Prout LeVangie
as an associate in the law firm’s civil
litigation practice. (Sacramento)
Nicole C. Dominguez
I got married in Spring 2007
and my husband, William, and I
welcomed our son, Timothy Everett,
on March 1, 2008. He weighed in
at 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces and was
Sacramento Police Department
I started my own practice on
who made the unusual career move
05/06/2006 and got married on
of going from a prosecutor with
Meredith Felde
02/16/07. (Las Vegas, NV)
the Sacramento County District
Felde has joined the real estate
Attorney’s Office to life as a
practice group at McDonough
policeman. (Sacramento)
Holland & Allen PC. She previously
Reina G. Minoya
Francisco, to Klinedinst PC in
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Christine S. Phillips
Erica Milne
I moved from Wilson Elger in San
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Andy Hall
is going great. (Rocklin, CA)
Spring 2009
19.5 inches long. (Sacramento)
served as a law clerk to Judge
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a Young Attorney
District Court, Eastern District of
California, and was a real estate
litigation associate at Downey Brand
LLP. (Sacramento)
Ryan K. Kobayashi
I am the director of compliance
for Pacific Resource Partnership.
(Honolulu, HI)
By Michael Heenan
Stephanie C. Lai
I was elected to Asian Pacific
American Bar Association, and the
Board of Governors in 2008. South
American travel. (Downey, CA)
William Lapcevic
Lapcevic was co-counsel for a
defense team that held a net verdict
to under $20,000 where the plaintiff
sought in excess of $500,000. The
Stanislaus Superior case involved
a woman who broke her foot falling
on a Turlock city street. He is an
associate with the firm of Curtis &
Arata. (Modesto, CA)
Amy B. Lindsey-Doyle
My son, Dax Christopher, was born
on September 5, 2007. (Spokane
Valley, WA)
Brian Plummer
Plummer won a defense verdict in
a Stanislaus County Superior Court
railroad crossing case in which the
injured plaintiff claimed permanent
orthopedic injuries and brain damage.
He is in-house counsel with Union
Pacific Railroad. (Roseville, California)
Heather L. Rae
I have two children, Coda Stephen
Rae, born October 6, 2005, and
Jenner Mason Rae, born May 27,
2008. (San Bruno, CA)
Lori M. Sandoval
I got married in April 2007 and
had a daughter in July 2008. (Elk
Grove, CA)
Quyen Tu
Tu wrote an article, “Law in Translation,”
which appears on the back page of
the November 2008 issue of California
Lawyer magazine. She is a staff
attorney at the Public Law Center in
Santa Ana who works with Spanish,
Vietnamese, and Cantonese-speaking
clients. (Santa Ana, CA)
Long before Karen
Bettencourt, ’04, graduated
from Pacific McGeorge, even
before she entered law school,
she knew she would put her
legal training to use serving
those in the greatest need.
Values instilled by her mother — who died when
Bettencourt was just 12 — led her to search for
opportunities to work abroad, aiding political
and war refugees seeking asylum.
“I always wanted to do something like that.
I didn’t have a specific image of what the work
would be, but I knew I wanted to do volunteer
legal work abroad,” Bettencourt says.
In 2008, she left a coveted position as clerk to
U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell Jr. and spent
most of the year in Thailand. There, she provided
counsel and guidance to a stream of refugees
fleeing violence and persecution in Sri Lanka,
China, Somalia, Côte d’Ivoire and Congo.
While the decision came as no surprise
to those who knew her, Thailand held some
very big surprises.
“One of the biggest shocks came from
seeing that these people are coming from
truly horrific circumstances,” she says. “Like
anyone, I was aware that refugees suffered,
but to really see it first-hand and hear their
stories — to see someone with the scars on
his wrists from torture, and to see the raw
emotions — that changed me.”
The second great surprise was learning just
how much help a young lawyer could bring
to people who fled terror but now faced an
overwhelming sea of challenges and confusion.
Bettencourt’s clients had made their way to
the United Nations office in Bangkok, where
they began a complicated process of interviews
and applications to become recognized as
refugees and to seek resettlement.
“Many of these people had been persecuted
for years,” Bettencourt says. “They were scared.
They were in a horrible situation. They didn’t
know what to expect or how best to convey their
story.” Bettencourt and her colleagues provided
a range of services, but none more valuable or
appreciated than helping refugees understand
their new circumstances.
“People were so lost. To be able to be there
as someone they could turn to, to listen to
them — I was amazed at how appreciative they
were for that simple service.” There were big
successes too — refugee families on the brink of
collapse now resettled and living in the West.
Now back at U.S. District Court in
Sacramento, Bettencourt says her Thailand
experience was not a one-time experience.
“It instilled in me a need to do this kind of
work,” she says. “Whether that’s continuously or by
periodically taking off time to do it. But there is so
much to be done that we, as lawyers, can provide.
I feel I would be neglecting my obligations as an
attorney and as a human being if I didn’t try to
continue doing these types of things.”
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Steven Williamson
driving and receive a 30-day
Kara L. Thiel
Office after briefly practicing in
Williamson joined Wilke Fleury,
sentence after gaining a mistrial to
I am licensed in both California and
Montana (Carson City, NV)
Hoffelt, Gould & Birney LLP as an
a charge of misdemeanor vehicular
Nevada. (Zephyr Cove, NV)
associate. A health-care defense
manslaughter. She is a Sacramento
specialist, he previously practiced
County deputy public defender.
in Stockton with Kroloff, Belcher,
(Sacramento)
Smart, Perry & Christopherson.
Dina L. Cataldo
(Sacramento)
I joined the board of directors of
2007
Wellisch lost a split decision on the
undercard of UFC 94, a mixed-
(erigirls.org), which develops and
Michelle Laidlaw
practice group at McDonough
implements programs and service for at-
Holland & Allen PC. He formerly
risk girls ages 8 to 18. These programs
James Cotter
served as a legal research attorney
help develop girls’ self-confidence,
for the Sacramento Superior Court
promote personal responsibility and help
and as a litigation associate at
guide them through their adolescent
Downey Brand. (Sacramento)
years. (Sacramento)
Class Representatives
LLP as an associate. His practice
will focus on class actions,
legal malpractice defense,
and employment law litigation.
(Sacramento)
David L. Cullen
Medical Centers in Fresno, the
largest health system in the San
Diane Landry Anderson
Poirier, La Voie & Steinheimer
Holland & Allen PC as an associate
assistant legal officer at Community
Channone Marie Smith
Cotter has joined Ellis, Coleman,
Compton has joined McDonough
group. She previously was an
Richard N. Asfar
associate. (Sacramento)
Amyann Rupp
Zanotto has joined the real estate
in the firm’s health-care practice
Adams Schoenfeld LLP as an
Christian Wellisch
Empowering Relationships, Inc.
2006
Sung has joined Murphy Austin
Class Representatives
Kenneth Zanotto
Lara D. Compton
River Sung
martial arts battle that attracted
14,885 to the MGM Grand Las
Vegas and drew more than
1 million pay-per-view customers.
The heavyweight fighter trains at
the American Academy Kickboxing
Academy. (San Jose, CA)
I am the deputy district attorney for
2008
the San Joaquin District Attorney’s
Class Representatives
Office (Sacramento)
Kimberly L. Kakavas
Jared B. Gaynor
John P. Oglesby
It has been a very busy year with
Joaquin Valley. (Sacramento)
Gaynor has filed a statement of intent
Erin Barmby
both my daughters now in college.
Jenny Esquivel
to run for the California Assembly
Barmby won a defense verdict in
in 2010 in either the 5th or 9th
Sacramento Superior Court in an
Assembly Districts. The current
insurance coverage case involving
holders of those seats will be termed
a construction site accident and
out in that year. He is currently a law
workers’ compensation liability.
clerk at the law office of Younger &
She is an associate in the firm
of Jacobson Markham, LLP.
I can focus my attention on my
legal practice. I have gone beyond
court-appointed dependency cases
and now have a variety of cases
Esquivel has joined Murphy Austin
Adams Schoenfeld LLP as an
associate. (Sacramento)
from wills and trusts to family law
Connie K. Lew
to bankruptcy. And I bought a home
I got married in May 2008. (San
Hennecke, LLP. (Sacramento)
this year — life is good! (Ione, CA)
Francisco, CA)
Jessica A. Hardy
Christy A. Carlisle
Hunter Murphy
I am counsel for Isola Law Group,
Garrett Brandenburger
I am now at Carlisle & Gray,
Murphy is engaged to marry Kellie
LLC in Lodi, CA. My son, Daniel
Brandenburger has joined the firm
Attorneys at Law (Roseville, CA)
Doggett on May 16, 2009, in
Joaquin Hardy, was born on
of Farmer, Smith & Lane LLP as an
Manteca. He is an attorney with
12/09/07. (Lodi, CA)
associate. His practice will focus
Ridneour and Murphy P.A. (Sylva, NC)
Richard E. Harrold
general counsel for the Resources
Glenn N. Powell
I handle jury trials involving DUI and
Agency by Governor Arnold
My son, John Powell, is a first-year
resisting arrest. (Bakersfield, CA)
Schwarzenegger. She has worked as a
day division student at McGeorge.
litigation and natural resources attorney
(Sacramento)
Patrick Holstine
Heather C. Baugh
Baugh has been appointed assistant
at Best, Best and Krieger since 2006.
Prior to that, Baugh worked as a legal
intern for the Human Rights and Fair
Housing Commission for the city and
county of Sacramento from 2004 to
2005. (Sacramento)
Catherine Gunderson
Reichenberg
I married Jeremy Reichenberg in
May 2007 in Mexico. We recently
traveled to Tahiti, Australia and New
Zealand, where we base-jumped off
Julia E. Blair
the tallest building in the Southern
I had a baby boy, Joseph Howard,
hemisphere and dove with sharks.
born May 21, 2008. (Davis, CA)
(Reno, NV)
Deanna Lynn Bogdan
Brandon M. Schindelheim
Bogdan allowed her Army National
I have been elected to GHSNC as
Guard soldier client to plead guilty
an at-large member of the Board.
to a single charge of reckless
(Granada Hills, CA)
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I recently took a position as an
associate attorney with Anwyl,
Scoffield & Stepp, LLP in Rancho
(Sacramento)
on insurance coverage analysis and
civil litigation. (Sacramento)
Marshall Cook
Cook has joined McDonough
Holland & Allen PC as an associate
where his practice focuses on real
estate. (Sacramento)
Cordova. I will be doing mostly
Dan Croxall
litigation work, with an emphasis
Croxall has joined Stevens, O’Connell
on construction defects. I am also
& Jacobs LLP as an associate and
co-chair of the SacLEGAL Board
will represent business clients in
of Directors for 2009, and I am
complex civil litigation, governmental
continuing as the SacLEGAL affiliate
investigations, and internal corporate
representative to the Sacramento
investigations. (Sacramento)
County Bar Association Board of
Directors for 2009.
Ryan Davis
Davis has joined the Tracy Unified
Juliane Lore
School District as assistant
Lore is now a public defense attorney
superintendent of human resources.
at the Nevada Public Defender’s
He had been interim director of
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Melissa Meth
James B. Eckerson ’89
Avila Law Firm offers mediation,
employees in the Grant Joint Union
I am clerking for Judge Dana
Eckerson died on September 26,
interpretation and transaction
High School District. (Sacramento)
Sabraw, ’85, in the U.S. District
2008, at the age of 65 in Monterey.
services. The firm was founded
Court, Southern District of California
He served three terms as the
by Hector de Avila, LL.M. ’03.
(San Diego, CA)
elected district attorney of Mariposa
(Sacramento)
David Garner
Garner was sworn into office as a
member of the Gridley City Council.
Megan Moore
An attorney with the California
Moore has joined Best Best &
Department of Justice, he won
Krieger as a first-year associate in
election to the office in a contested
its San Diego office. Previously with
November election. (Gridley, CA)
Parent Tutor Corp, she will focus
Mira Guertin
Guertin has joined the American
her practice on school law and
litigation. (San Diego, CA)
Electronics Association, as manager
Alissa Pleau-Fuller
and counsel for technology policy
Pleau-Fuller has joined Archer
in its Sacramento office. She will
Norris as an associate in the Walnut
be the issue manager for emerging
Creek firm’s litigation and insurance
technologies across the states and
litigation practice. (Walnut Creek, CA)
work on e-commerce issues such
as children’s online safety and the
organization’s “green tech” initiative
for 2009. (Sacramento)
Matthew Hooper
Hooper has joined Bullivant Houser
Bailey PC as an associate in the
litigation and intellectual property
group of its Sacramento office. He
currently serves as vice president
of the Court-Appointed Special
Advocates of Sacramento, a group
Scott Rooker
Rooker has joined Kroloff, Belcher,
County and headed up the narcotics
and homicide divisions in the Fresno
County District Attorney’s Office
before pursuing a master’s degree
IN MEMORIAM
The University of the Pacific
in taxation at Pacific McGeorge.
McGeorge School of Law expresses
A partner in a land development
sympathy to the families and friends
company, he practiced law part-
of the following law school alumni:
time after retiring to the Monterey
Peninsula, California, in 1998.
Chester W. Janus, ’51
November 19, 2008
LL.M.
Tom Muraki, ’53
August 20, 2008
BUSINESS &
TAXATION
Patrick Murphy, ’53
December 3, 2008
Robert E. McCarthy, ’58
Smart, Perry and Christopherson as
Katherine A.
an associate. (Stockton, CA)
Rojo del Busto ’89
November 2, 2008
I have joined the Division of Research
Peter L. Townsend, ’58
Spencer Short
Short won re-election to the Lincoln
City Council, of which he has been
a member for eight years. He is
serving again as mayor pro tempore.
He is a real estate broker and land
use consultant. (Lincoln, CA)
and Graduate Studies as associate
vice president for administration and
legal affairs. In this new role, I report
October 28, 2008
Ernest Winters, ‘66
directly to the vice president for
January 30, 2009
research and support the mission of
John Ryan, ’70
Texas A&M by providing divisionwide assistance and oversight on a
October 23, 2008
that helps abused and neglected
Michael Stitcher
broad range of administrative and
Wayne Hinsdale, ’71
foster children. (Sacramento)
Stitcher has joined McDonough
legal matters involving the university
January 26, 2009
Holland & Allen PC as an associate
research enterprise and intellectual
in the firm’s health-care group.
property management functions.
(Sacramento)
(College Station, TX)
Ian Hunter
Hunter has joined Kershaw, Cutter &
Ratinoff LLP as an associate and is
awaiting the July bar exam results.
Melissa Van Ruiten
(Sacramento)
Van Ruiten has joined the Stockton
Matthew Johnson
Johnson has joined Roni Lynn
Deutch, A Professional Tax
Corporation, as an associate.
(Sacramento)
John Klotsche
law firm of Neumiller & Beardslee
as an associate. Her areas of
practice include trusts, probate,
estate planning, local agency law,
agricultural law, real property
law and general business law.
(Stockton, CA)
Klotsche has joined McDonough
Holland & Allen PC as an associate
specializing in construction matters.
(Sacramento)
Courtney G. Lee
Lee has been named director
of academic success at Pacific
McGeorge. In her new role, Lee will
oversee the Practical & Persuasive
Legal Writing elective that prepares
seniors for the bar exam and
co-teach the Principles of Agency
elective. (Sacramento)
LL.M.
James Henke, ’74
December 28, 2008
Donna K. Hyatt, ’76
November 12, 2008
LL.M.
Dean M. Weiner, ’76
TRANSNATIONAL
BUSINESS
PRACTICE
February 14, 2008
Rick DeCosky, ’78
July 25, 2008
Cris Holbrook, ’79
Dustin Walton ’03
Walton and Lindsey Malloy were
January 18, 2009
married at St. John’s United Methodist
Janice Marple King, ’81
Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
December 30, 2008
He is an in-house counsel for HOK
Steve Littman, ’82
Taxation
Sport Venue Event, an internationally
Jim Clarke ’89
(Kansas City, MO)
Angel Stewart, ’92
Ivan G. Bermudez ’08
October 14, 2008
Bermudez recently joined de Avila
Jennifer Lynn Weck, ’94
Clarke was among the McDonough
Holland & Allen PC shareholders
named to the 2009 edition of
The Best Lawyers in America. He
was cited in the tax law category.
(Sacramento)
recognized architectural design firm.
Law Firm, which specializes in
November 8, 2008
Mexican law advice for private
individuals and enterprises setting
up businesses in Mexico. De
September 7, 2008
James B. Eckerson, LLM. ’89
September 26, 2008
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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
The following lists recognize individuals and organizations that have made current gifts,
pledges and estate or planned gifts to Pacific McGeorge in excess of $20,000.
LIFETIME
INVESTORS
Individuals
$1,000,000+
Dona K. Buckingham
$500,000+
Hayne R. Moyer
$250,000+
James & Dorothy Adams
Anonymous
Irving H. Biele
Raymond Burr
Roberta & Carl Kierney
Betty Knudson
Enlow & Melena Ose
Gordon D. Schaber
Angelo K. Tsakopoulos
$100,000+
Rosalie S. Asher
Robert F. Butler
Sam Gordon
Genshiro Kawamoto
Daniel D. Richard, Jr.
$50,000+
Daniel E. Angius
Thomas & Suzanne Bales
Robert A. Buccola
Benjamin D. Frantz
Sherrill Halbert
Katherine Henderson
Pamela Henderson
Kenneth E. Olson
Anthony J. Scalora
Elvin F. Sheehy
Robert & Doris Stark
$35,000+
Walter & Janet Alexander
Fred Anderson
Anonymous
Leighton D. Armstrong
Gilles S. Attia
Michael D. Belote
Glenn A. Fait
Doris Gross
Ken & Bonnie Jean Kwong
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Albert J. & Mae Lee
James R. Lewis
Thomas J. Long
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
& Robert A. Parker
Claude & Lynn Rohwer
Hardie G. Setzer
Scott S. Slater
$25,000+
David & Lexis Allen
David & Carol Cairns
Charles B. Coyne
Helen Harney Crittenden
Loren S. Dahl
Anna Rose Fischer
Morton L. Friedman
Emil Gumpert
Daniel L. Hitzke
Anthony M. Kennedy
Frank LaBella, Jr.
Gregory Ogrod
C. Roman Rector
Marc & Mona Roberts
Annie M. Rogaski
Donald & Dorothy Steed
Edward J. Tiedemann
Charles W. Trainor
Sunny Von Bulow
Daniel E. Wilcoxen
Alba Witkin
Bernard E. Witkin
$20,000+
Thadd A. Blizzard
Edgar A. Boyles, Jr.
John Q. Brown
Samuel Chicos
K. C. Fan
Richard A. Harris
Mark Hefner
Pauline Johnson
David J. Kristjanson
John R. Masterman
Timothy & Linda Naccarato
Perry Potiris
Robert L. Roush
Elaine & Edward Samans
Tom Sinetos
Philip H. Wile
Spring 2009
Corporations/Organizations
$1,000,000+
Hugh & Hazel Darling
Foundation
The Max C. Fleischmann
Foundation
$500,000+
Arata Bros. Trust
The Fletcher Jones Foundation
$250,000+
The James Irvine Foundation
George H. Sandy Foundation
The Sierra Health Foundation
$100,000+
The Ahmanson Foundation
Anonymous
C.L.E.P.R.
E.L. Cord Foundation
Gannett Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. William D.
James Foundation
John A. McCarthy Foundation
Public Legal Service Society
The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Estate Planning
Council
$50,000+
The Dana Foundation
Margaret Deterding Fund
Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP
Dreyer, Babich, Buccola &
Callaham, LLP
Hefner, Stark & Marois, LLP
Red River Shipping Corporation
Sacramento Region Community
Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The Telfeyan Evangelical Fund,
Inc.
E.L. Weigand Foundation
$35,000+
California NBR Settlement Fund
Carpenters Local Union 586
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann
& Girard
$25,000+
American Association of Retired
Persons
Kaweah Lemon Company
Medpac
Sierra Oaks Mortgage
US Bank
$20,000+
Brian L. Hintz Memorial
Golf Tournament
McDonough, Holland & Allen,
PC
Pfund Family Foundation
William C-B Foundation
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
The following lists recognize individuals and organizations that have made
gifts to Pacific McGeorge during the 2008 calendar year.
Dean’s
Council
Member (various levels)
Counselor ($25,000+)
Anonymous
Kathleen C. Henderson
Pamela M. Henderson
Thomas J. Feeney****
Shareholder ($10,000+)
Thomas R. Bales, DDS
Amador & Rosalie Bustos
Francis B. Dillon***
Scott S. Slater*
Cabinet Member ($7,500+)
Michael D. Belote*
The Olmstead Family
Daniel D. Richard, Jr.
Patron ($5,000+)
Daniel E. Angius***
Gilles S. Attia*
Katharine O. Biele Howze
David & Carol Cairns
Glenn A. Fait**
Daniel L. Hitzke
James R. Lewis****
John R. Masterman**
Hayne & Susan Moyer****
Rev. John R. Parker
C. Roman Rector
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
& Robert A. Parker*
Advocate ($2,500+)
Walter & Janet Alexander
Connie M. Callahan*
James M. Day, Jr.
H. Rex Feller
Joy F. Harn*
William Davis Harn*
Kevin T. Hennessy*
Brian K. Landsberg*
Dorothy S. Landsberg*
David P. Mastagni***
Timothy E. Naccarato*
Gregory Ogrod**
Brian J. Sacks*
Diana P. Scott
Richard J. Yrulegui
Alfred E. Yudes, Jr.*
*5+ years of membership ****20+ years of membership
David W. Abbott**
Michael G. Abrate
Bashar Ahmad
David Allen****
Lexis M. Allen**
Amanda G. Alley
Lila Y. Al-Marhoon
David F. Anderson*
William G. Anderson, Jr.
Robert W. Armstrong**
Jeffery L. Arnold
Laura E. Arnold
Philip A. Arnold
Ruthe C. Ashley*
Richard N. Asfar
Antonia A. Badway
Jonette T. Banzon
Eric L. Barnum*
Adam Barrett*
Amanda J. Barrett
William C. Bartels
Laurel V. Bell-Cahill**
Michael A. Berch*
Clifford P. Berg*
D. James Bjorkman
Thadd A. Blizzard*
Steven A. Block*
Teri Block*
Ronald E. Blubaugh*
Kirsten A. Brown
Robert A. Buccola
Geoffrey Burroughs**
Natalie S. Bustamante
Timothy F. Cahill**
Clay Calvert
Scott N. Cameron*
Gerald M. Caplan**
Sarah M. Carlson
Zelia M. Cebreros*
Shelleyanne L. Chang
Carlos A. Chavarria, Jr.
Alberta C. Chew*
Dr. Louise L. Chiu***
Daniel S. Cho
Matthew F. Christy
Bradley L. Clark
John D. Clark
John L. Clark
Raymond R. Coletta*
Rocky K. Copley
**10+ years of membership *****30+ years of membership
John L. Cosgrove, Sr.
Charles B. Coyne***
Kathleen T. Coyne
Helen Harney Crittenden**
Daniel P. Custodio
Walter R. Dahl
Julie A. Davies*
Kathryn M. Davis*
Ellen P. DeMaio
Nirav K. Desai
Richard K. Dickson, II*
Elizabeth R. Dietzen
Hilary A. Dinkelspiel
Mark A. Doughty
Paul E. Dress
Mark S. Drobny*
Erin M. Dunston
Sean A. Dunston
Jason P. Ebert
Patricia L. Eichar
Morrison England, Jr.*
Loura Ninveh Erickson
Dan Escamilla
Theresa R. Esquerra
Dr. Viva Ettin
Melissa A. Faber
Margaret C. Felts
Nöel M. Ferris**
Michele Finerty*
Jeff A. Fishkin
L. Kalei Fong
Donica L. Forensich
James J. Franco
Rex D. Frazier
Jason J. Galek
Faith Geoghegan**
Gary A. Geren
Randolph H. Getz*
Judith Gilson*
Barbara L. Goldberg
Kevin J. Gonzalez*
Harry K. Grafe
Carole Johnson Gray
Susan Greene
Ivan V. Griswold
George A. Guthrie
J. Michelle Hahn
Roger G. Halfhide*
Joshua R. Harris
Bryan C. Hartnell*
Doreen Spears Hartwell
***15+ years of membership
John W. Hawkins**
Vinton J. Hawkins*
Jennifer Ann Hemmer
Stephen R. Holden*
Lindsey C. Hulse
Carol J. Hunter*
Christina M. Hunter
John M. Hunter*
C. Christian Jacobson*
Mark S. Jennings
Dustin D. Johnson
Kalin M. Johnson
Mark R. Johnson
James S. Joiner
Warren A. Jones****
Mary G. Jordan
Kimberly L. Kakavas
Debra J. Kazanjian*
Rosemary Kelley*
Donald P. Kennedy
Christian P. Kerry
Daniel A. King
Matisse M. Knight
David J. Kristjanson***
Mary Lou Lackey
Ronald R. Lamb
David M. Lambertson*
David R. Lane*
Marsha M. Lang*
Paul Lannus*
Nicholas A. LaPlaca*
Mark H. LaRocque
Roberta L. Larson*
Gayle J. Lau**
Thomas J. Leach*
Charmaine Y. Lee
Courtney G. Lee
R. Marilyn Lee*
Ralph C. Lee
Anthony L. Leggio*
Daniel A. Levin
Lawrence C. Levine*
Elisa A. Levy
Sara M. Litchney
Robert C. MacKichan, Jr.
Catherine C. MacMillan*
Thomas O. Main*
James W. Mallonee*
Patricia S. Mar
Gregory A. Mathes
Gustavo E. Matheus
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Melissa M. Mathews
Evelyn M. Matteucci
David M. Matthew
Charlene A. Mattison
James D. Mayol
Steve C. McCaffey*
Corey D. McCarthy
Douglas W. McGeorge**
John P. McGill*
Mary C. McGuire
Patricia A. McVerry*
Michal Meciar
David W. Miller*
James M. Mize***
Andrew M. Molasky
Megan M. Moore
Preston L. Morgan
Barbara D. Morris
Fred K. Morrison*
Jared S. Mueller
Alice J. Murray
Mary T. Muse*
Marie A. Nakamura
Marcell P. Neri
Ramon E. Nunez
Robert E. Oakes
John P. Oglesby
Kenneth E. Olson*
Lance H. Olson**
Dale Orthner
Rizaldy T. Ortiz
Tracy M. Owens
Geralynn Patellaro*
Scott H. Park*
Paul D. Paton
Jennifer L. Plescia
Patricia Ellis Poilé*
Christina E. Poley
David M. Poore
Jennifer M. Protas
J. Brian Putler*
Will A. Ramey
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Benjamin W. Reynolds
Kari L. Ricci
Paul K. Richardson
Bernard Richter*
Ronald Robie
Claude D. Rohwer**
Lynn L. Rohwer**
Robert D. Roth
Marcia M. Ruf
Christopher L. Russell*
Ronald M. Sabraw
Bruce A. Scheidt
Andrew E. Schouten
Arthur G. Scotland
Glendalee Scully*
Jed Scully*
Rama Sethi-Gulati
Margaret S. Shedd
Michael I. Sidley
Justin J. Simpson
John C. Sims
Robin L. Singer
Anthony & Patricia Skrocki*
Carsen P. Smith
Morgan C. Smith*
Michael A. Sollazzo*
Rebecca L. Sommers
John G. Sprankling*
Margaret C. Stark-Roberts
Donald & Dorothy Steed***
Kara B. Stein
Tami Huber Stoller*
Anthony G. Symmes
Edward H. Telfeyan****
Barbara Thomas*
Kelly O’Rourke Thomas
Julie A. McGrath Throop
Edward J. Tiedemann****
Ann L. Trowbridge
Colleen D. Truden
Mary E. Tryon
Darren J. Van Blois
Colleen Van Egmond-Avila
Melissa C. Van Ruiten
Michael Vitiello**
Michelle L. Ward
Sharon J. Waters
Barrett F. Watson
Borden D. Webb*
Thomas J. Welsh*
Joseph J. Weninger*
Philip H. Wile****
Jennifer L. Williams
Michael A. Yee
William P. Yee
Thomas J. Yerbich*
Yasushige Robert W. Yoshii
Mario U. Zamora
Mari K. Zang
Victor Zonana
CORPORATE
COUNCIL
Greater Newport Physicians
HealthCare Partners
Hollister Law Corporation
Horan, Lloyd, Karachale, Dyer,
Schwartz, Law & Cook, Inc.
Intercommunity Health
Associates
Jones Day
Kaweah Lemon Company
Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann
& Girard
Madison Abstract
Medpac
Mequity, LLC
Microsoft Corporation
Monarch HealthCare
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe,
LLP
Palmer, Kazanjian, Wohl &
Perkins, LLP
Pioneer Medical Group, Inc.
Political Solutions, Inc.
Ramsell Holding Corporation
Randolph, Cregger & Chalfant,
LLP
Remy, Thomas, Moore and
Manley, LLP
Sacramento Estate Planning
Council
Sacramento Public Library
Authority
Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy
Forum
Sharp Community Medical
Group
Sutter Connect
The Attorney-CPA Tax Clinic
Trainor Fairbrook
United Way California Capital
Region
University of Virginia
WD-40 Company
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak
Wine Country Helicopters
Pamela E. Cogan
William W. Davis
Ross E. de Lipkau
Jerone J. English
Anne Fadenrecht
Gail R. Fadenrecht
Daniel F. Fitzgerald
Randy C. Haight
Scott M. Hervey
Thomas W. Hiltachk
George C. Hollister
David R. Isola
Lisa F. Isola
Larry M. Kazanjian
Douglas H. Kraft
Bryan A. Lowe
Katharine A. Martin
Sherril McLeod
John B. Mulligan
Vigo G. Nielsen
Susan L. Oldham
David M. Parker
Businesses, Corporations,
Law Firms & Organizations
Alta Bates Medical Group
American Board of Trial
Advocates, Sacramento
Valley Chapter
American Portfolios Investment
Corporation
Brown & Towland
California Advocates, Inc.
Capitol City Trial Lawyers
Association
Delegata Corp.
Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP
GenCorp Foundation, Inc.
Grainger, WW, Inc.
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Allan D. Jensen, Jr.
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James H. Haag
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Arnulfo Hernandez, Jr.
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Philip W. Kell
Janice N. Keller
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Thomas F. Klumper
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Amy B. Lindsey
Miki R. Liviakis
Anna L. Locke
James P. Logan, Jr.
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Robert L. Lopez
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Eric G. Masamori
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Linda Sebben Mathes
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Lawrence M. Smith
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Brian H. Charter
Carlos A. Chavarria, Jr.
Alberta C. Chew
Christopher R. Clark
Michael D. Coughlan
Thomas A. Cregger
Stephen A. Critzer
John A. Don
Edward L. Douma
Birgit A. Fladager
Keith P. Gibson
Camille A. Goulet
Lark P. Granger
Carl A. Hakenen, Jr.
Sylvia B. Halkousis Coyle
Susan R. Hamlin
Edgar W. Hawkyard
Karen L. Jacobsen
Rodney J. Key
Jacques J. Kirch
William H. Kochenderfer
Jerry Kuperstein
Kent M. Luckey
Geoffrey J. McConnell
Julie A. Milligan
Kenneth R. Mott
Daniel T. Nelson
Abelardo A. Nevarez
Scott H. Park
Frances L. Pearson
Keith B. Petersen
Kristen K. Preston
Genaro C. Ramirez
Jennifer Rosenfeld
Brian J. Sacks
Justin N. Tierney, Jr.
Elaine V. Van Beveren
Francis B. Wagner, Jr.
Steven J. Weitzer
Deborah Urell Wesseln
Douglas P. Winter
Keith T. Yamanaka
class of 1987
Anonymous
Kim Rowbatham Arnold
Paul A. Bacigalupo
Tahnya E. Ballard
Michael D. Belote
Paul V. Bennett
Hema C. Bhamre
Brian T. Bonney
Colette Stone Carlson
Sandra L. Clark
Sharon V. Cooper
Kevin T. Dunbar
Carole Johnson Gray
Megan Halvonik
Craig L. Harasek
George E. Harper
Thomas W. Hiltachk
Mark E. Hood
Douglas W. Hudson
Tami A. Iskyan
Esther R. Jackson
Barbara M. Jacobson
Mark R. Jensen
Victoria L. Kalman
Stephen L. Kowalewski
Dorothy S. Landsberg
Katharine A. Martin
Jack T. Molodanof
Chet H. Olsen
Todd A. Picker
William L. Porter
Douglas E. Powell
Robert J. Rice
Michael C. Self
Bill E. Sheehan
Harold M. Thomas
Lorna A. Voboril
Joan C. Woodard
Charlene L. Woodward
Laurie E. Zmrzel
Frank T. Zumwalt
class of 1988
Lexis M. Allen
Ruthe C. Ashley
J. Stanton Bair, III
Leonard L. Broseker
Robert F. Campbell
Eric R. Carleson
James Clarke
Julius M. Engel
Daniel F. Fitzgerald
Kurt A. Franke
Gary A. Geren
Randal W. Graves
Vinton J. Hawkins
George C. Hollister
Thomas P. Infusino
Rosemary Kelley
Thomas F. Klumper
Victoria L. Knitter
Cynthia P. Kroeger
Mark W. Lally
Bruce M. Notareus
Michael L. Parker
Alan M. Penan
Susan E. Price
Kenneth W. Puckett
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Sharon Pogue Ranasinghe
Lynn L. Rohwer
Christopher L. Russell
Grace K. Sakaguchi-Lally
William C. Seiffert
Michael I. Sidley
Arthur A. Small
Mark J. Spencer
James G. Stanley
Patricia A. Teunisse
Chance L. Trimm
Elizabeth S. Trimm
Michael E. Vergara
Lowell A. Warwick
Henry P. Yorston
class of 1989
Monica A. Bennett
Julia D. Brynelson
Rex A. Cluff
Jessica Cole
Karen R. Forcum
Richard M. Glovin
Aaron M. Gumbinger
James H. Haag
Susan C. Hayden
Carolle R. Hudson
Vera E. Krug
Julie A. Michaelis
Robert E. Moss, Jr.
Beverly J. Myers
Kim A. Neistadt
Nancy S. Pierson
David H. Pollock
Valerie E. Quan
Curtis D. Rindlisbacher
Katherine A. Rojo del Busto
Mario Rojo del Busto
Robert E. Savage
Dean W. Schirmer
Peter C. Schreiber
Alice C. Sessamen
Jeffrey M. Starsky
Susan L. Stout
Michael D. Testerman
Timothy J. Tomlin
Truman H. Vance
Jean B. Wagoner
Thomas J. Welsh
Cynthia L. White
Susan M. Wright
Marlene Q.F. Young
class of 1990
Susan A. Allen
Richard M. Clark
Maria L. De Angelis
John P. Doering III
Terry L. Higham
Howard K. Hirahara
Thomas M. Hogan
Robert W. Hunt
David R. Isola
Lisa F. Isola
Matthew J. Long
Marilyn H. Macey
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William A. Muha
Thomas A. Neil
Robert E. Oakes
Barbara L. Ochsner
Mark A. O’Connor
James R. Palmer
James M. Ratzer
Mary S. Smiley
Carrie M. Stephens
Michael S. Walters
Alan J. Zacharin
class of 1991
Clay Calvert
Paul Cass
Kelly W. Ching
Dale C. Chipman
Frank J. Crum
Timothy P. Dailey
Audrey P. Damonte
Anthony J. Garafola
Douglas H. Kraft
John A. Lambeth
Gina Osburn Lee
Anna L. Locke
Bonnie R. MacFarlane
Kearse McGill
Camela J. McLaren
Kevin S. McMurray
Milton G. Mullanax
Brian J. O’Connor
David H. Parker
Michael W. Parks
Giovanni Peluso
Svetlana V. Petroff
Ronald V. Placet
Laura A. Raycraft
Brett E. Rosenthal
David L. Rowell
Bruce A. Scheidt
Timothy D. Schreck
Jeff Sevey
Michael A. Terhorst
Kellie L. Terrill
Karen Y. Uchiyama
Plauche F. Villere
class of 1992
Virginia D. Adams
Dave E. Blum
Gary G. Branton
Christopher J. Breunig
David P. Cusick
James M. Duncan
Angelo A. DuPlantier, III
Eric A. Elberg
Joy F. Harn
Gina Genova Hons
Rob Kramer
Ross W. Lee
Christopher M. Micheli
John J. Mitchell
Veena Rao Mitchell
Elaine A. Musser
Linda R. Parke
Spring 2009
Clark R. Plentzas
Frank M. Radoslovich
John J. Rank
Mark A. Redmond
Thomas A. Richard
Veronica S. Roberts
Janusz L. Seremak
Suzanne J. Shephard
Barry H. Spitzer
Trina L. Spivack
Melinda C. Stewart
Thomas J. Tarkoff
Mark A. Tikosh
Michael D. Trainer
class of 1993
Mary B. Acton
Jacqueline E. Bailey
Caglar M. Caglayan
Cory B. Chartrand
Christine J. Cusick
Melinda J. Davis Nokes
Michaelle DiGrazia-Rafferty
Luke A. Foster
Thomas H. Fowler
Shannon McDonald Goldstein
Elaine S. Guenaga
William Davis Harn
Thomas D. Hathaway
Shelby L. Hladon
Stephen R. Holden
Betty J. Jones
Michael F. Klein
Mark S. Klitgaard
William E. Kruse
Timothy J. Lopez
James P. Mayo
Joan M. Medeiros
Allen C. Ostergar, III
Martin D. Owens, Jr.
Geralynn Patellaro
John D. Rose
James E. Rothbart
Shawn Salehieh
Anne Schmitz
Janice R. Shaw
Morgan C. Smith
Vida L. Thomas
Ann L. Trowbridge
Steve R. Tuszynski
Ronn R. Uchihara
Sue Ann Van Dermyden
Catherine C. Vance
Thomas Weathers
Robert F. Whitworth
class of 1994
Michelle A. Ball
Eric L. Barnum
Christopher L. Brooks
Michael P. Bryant
Paul C. Clauss
Stephanie A. Clauss
Dori L. Dennis
Kristian E. Foy
Danielle M. Guard
Robert C. Hall
Kyle R. Hansen
Jonathan A. Hendricks
Darcy K. Houghton
Kimberly A. Jacuzzi
Marc L. Jacuzzi
Todd A. Juchau
Jima Ikegawa Kato
David A. Knoll
John K. Lee
Sheri L. Leonard
Peter N. Lindquist
Catherine C. MacMillan
Allen C. Massey
Brigitte M. Mayo
Valli Israels Mendlin
Mia Praisner Mosher
Guy E. Ortoleva
Teri A. Ostling
Michael K. Perkins
Michael G. Polis
Cyrece M. Puccio
Timothy D. Ragan
Michele Raley
Deborah L. Raymond
Kelly A. Ryan
Sanford M. Scott
William J. Staack
Stephen Z. Vegh
Jennifer A. Yates
James W. Walter
Timothy M. Weir
class of 1995
Robert L. S. Angres
Jodie Hardmeyer Brokowski
Michael B. Brown
Michael W. Crosson
Thomas E. Foran
Susan Nolan Green
Scott M. Hervey
Jason L. Hoffman
Carin C. Kaeser
Christopher J. Kaeser
Anna Kapetanakos
Mark H. LaRocque
Amy T. Lee
Matthew D. Marca
Terri A. McFarland
Andrew S. Mendlin
Richard C. Mosher
Cynthia S. Nilssen
Port J. Parker
Dean Pollack
William E. Rainey, III
John E. Reed
Stephen T. Reheuser
Steven M. Rotblatt
Stephen B. Rye
Andrew F. Sackheim
Jeffrey T. Santos
Linda D. Smith
Jason J. Sommer
Robert C. Strambi
Kenneth L. Swenson
Margaret Carew Toledo
Linda L. Unruh
class of 1996
Anonymous
Tina A. Bell
Darren J. Bogie
Jeffery A. Briggs
William W. Davis
Lauren R. Diefenbach
Jenny M. Fjeld
Mary Wood Greene
Amy E. Haupert
Kevin T. Hennessy
Kristen E. Hoberg
Jonathan P. Hobbs
Shirley I. Hodgson
Carol N. Juhasz
Adam I. Knowlton
Paul G. Lane
Latika M. Malkani
Gustavo E. Matheus
Steven A. McGee
Jennifer L. Pruski
Frank J. Regan
Jon K. Renge
Caitilin B. Riley
Amy Ruggles
Sarah Morgan Sabunas
Salvador Salgado
Steven L. Seebach
Michaela Stiehr
Charles C. Summerell
Damon M. Thurston
Kristin J. Triepke
Anthony H. Vessigault
Tracy Wilkison Vessigault
Vanessa W. Whang
class of 1997
Christopher P. Blake
Amy-Marie Costa
Tamara L. Dyer
Julie L. Harlan
Erik A. Hart
Robert C. Hess
Robert T. Iwama
Cynthia Lane
Paul Lannus
Roberta L. Larson
Paul K. Lee
Earl Lowery, Jr.
Darrell C. Martin
John P. McGill
Kevin V. Meier
Alison A. Miller
Timothy S. Naprawa
Michelle R. Nichols
Manolo H. Olaso
C. Braid Pezzaglia
David M. Poore
Mauricio A. Ramos
Matthew J. Rexroad
Todd D. Ruggiero
Reynaldo C. Santos
Jeffrey C. Schneider
Michelle M. Sheidenberger
Shawn D. Silva
Lyle D. Solomon
Anthony J. Stanley
Kathryn Schmalz Stengell
Tami Huber Stoller
R. Todd Vlaanderen
Kimberly D. Willy
Linda Yackzan
Leilani Yang
class of 1998
Brian Andritch
Susan G. Andritch
Alan P. Baker
Teri Block
Robert W. Brannen
Joseph W. Carroll
Sean A. Dunston
Jennifer Ferraivolo
Amanda Labrot Gilbert
Alex T. Goetze
Michelle Moore Goff
George A. Guthrie
David E. Haddock
Katherine C. Havener
Kristian J. Jacobsen
Nicky Jatana
Benson Lai
Kenneth D. Leppert, Jr.
Donald J. Maher
Caitlin Ross Manoogian
Jason A. Manoogian
Eric G. Masamori
Randal C. McClendon
Mike S. Mireles, Jr.
Thien T. Nguyen
Joe Paglieroni
Bruce A. Piland
Jessica J. Poyner
Carlos A. Privat
Emily L. Randon
Daniela R. Razawi
Peter J. Rho
Rama Sethi-Gulati
Laura E. Stewart
Sarah B. Telschow
Bruce M. Timm
Van T. Vu
Richard A. Wolf
class of 1999
Dennis K. Albiani
Janet E. Bender
Amy C. Boserup
Richard A. Chavez
Michael J. Daponde
Kathryn M. Davis
Erin M. Dunston
Justin M. Gingery
Jeffrey F. Gorell
Alex Gortinsky
Amanda L. Gould
Samantha R. Guild
Stefanie U. Hardy
Jason L. Jimenez
Marc B. Koenigsberg
Jason R. Lehfeldt
Gregory L. Maxim
Clinton M. McElfish
Amanda J. McKechnie
Brady D. McLeod
Glen R. Piper
Shalend S. Singh
Pamela A. Stone
Angela A. Trueblood
David D. Wade
Richard M. Wiesner
Mellonie Silver Yang
Zaida A. Zuraek
Martin J. Miller
Marie A. Nakamura
Rajinder K. Nielsen
Shannon D. Nordstrom
Michael D. Patrick
Kristi J. Powers
Erin J. Radekin
Michael J. Richardson
Eugenie H. Shea
Joseph M. Spector
Samuel G. Stamas
Melinda J. Steuer
Emma Suarez Pawlicki
class of 2000
class of 2002
Carlos M. Ambriz
Krista A. Anderson
Judith A. Carlson
Jenny L. Darlington-Person
Margaret C. Felts
Jeff A. Fishkin
Rex D. Frazier
Daniel P. Golla
Craig T. Gottwals
Timothy S. Hames
Lisa M. Hammond
Doreen Spears Hartwell
Daniel L. Hitzke
Gabriel Jack
Joshua Kaizuka
Christian P. Kerry
Perry C. Leonard
Patricia A. Lytal
Miranda L. Maison
Nicholas Maloof
Melissa A. McMillon
Jefferson G. Meyer
Monica M. Miner
Debi A. Nau
Jeri L. Pappone
Michael A. Pope
C. Roman Rector
Kristina M. Reed
Nina D. Santo
William F. Schuetz
Jennifer Keller Smith
Michael A. Sollazzo
Alison L. Stewart
Debra H. Stoll
Martin E. Tejeda
Michael R. Thomas
Kerrie D. Webb
Deborah A. Whitcomb
Julia M. Young
class of 2001
Darren M. Bevan
Amy H. Breitbart
M. R. Carrillo-Heian
Nilesh Choudhary
Diane R. Foos
Sharon A. Garske
Pamela D. Gourley
Daniel P. Jay
Kathleen M. Kerekes
Casey J. Le Clair
Amir F. Adil
Frances An
Nancy M. Barrera
Elisabeth A. De Bartolo
Jack Duran, Jr.
Maribel Herrera
Kurtiss A. Jacobs
Benjamin D. Kinne
Anissa P. Knox Stelle
Sapphira W. Kwa
Travis J. Lindsey
Amanda H. Martin
Carolynne J. Nocella
Jamie A. Pearson
Justin D. Peters
James C. Pettis
Katherine Bellotti Porter
Jessica T. Robison
George P. Rodarakis
Erica L. Rosasco
Karen Vassilian Sarkissian
Tiffani S. Sharp
Manuel C. Sison
Mark K. Slaughter
Karen S. Socher
Jerilyn A. Stanley
Michelle L. Stowell
Shawn M. Thompson
Jesus J. Torres
Michelle L. Viveros
Rodney C. Waterbury
Clara Yang
class of 2003
Scott N. Cameron
William S. Cameron
Kristy M. Chin
Julie Brown Cipolla
Harry M. Dasinger
Hector M. de Avila Gonzalez
Gregory L. Feitel
Shareen Golbahar
Teresa Y. Hillery
James W. Mallonee
Joseph J. Mandell
Reina G. Minoya
Courtney N. Nievergelt
David C. O’Mara
Joseph D. O’Neil
Dorothy B. Osuna
Matthew D. Pearson
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Ian A. Rambarran
Patricia R. Rich
Eric D. Rouen
Michelle Rubalcava
Beverly J. Shane
Lara R. Shapiro
Ryan D. Siemantel
Marianne L. Waterstradt
Jaeson D. White
Kenneth G. Zanotto
Evan E. Zelig
class of 2004
April C. Alexander
Gina L. Anderson
Adrian E. Arroyo
Mary F. Bressi
Jarrod J. Burch
Susan A. De Nardo
Nirav K. Desai
Rebcecca A. Dietzen
Jason P. Ebert
Jennifer C. Ehn
Jennifer L. Garman
Christine E. Garske
Jennifer V. Gore
Kelly W. Gulledge
J. Michelle Hahn
Valerie J. Higgins
Jonathan C. Huang
Dustin D. Johnson
Fran E. Kammerer
Patrick J. Keenan
Darrin Lim
Eunice C. Majam
Craig B. Mingay
Vanessa R. Montague
Kristi A. Morioka
Matthew J. Moye
Andrew S. Nahl
Anil Pai
Anthony V. Pane
Chastin H. Pierman
Aaron S. Ralph
David J. Ramirez
Jeffrey T. Reed
David T. Richards
Michael V. Riley
Julie D. Robbins
Anthony F. Roldan
Andrea C. Sexton
Melissa A. Smith
Colleen D. Truden
Darren J. Van Blois
Cori Sarno Villacres
Kelly J. Walls
Carleen M. Wood
class of 2005
Joshua L. Baker
Lisa I. Baker
Meghan M. Baker
David H. Bartholomew
Elizabeth A. Blair
Jason W. Burgess
Jennifer T. Campbell
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Bradley L. Clark
Matthew W. Darby
Erika A. Englund
Jason J. Galek
Joshua R. Harris
Charles M. Heintz
Julie E. Hitt
Dawn C. Houston
Kari Rawlings Hoyer
Matthew S. Keasling
Valeriya Kroshyna
Alejandro B. Leon
Amy B. Lindsey
Ted Lindstrom
Sara M. Litchney
Michal Meciar
Amber D. Pearce
Lynn H. Phan
Heather L. Rae
Katherine Economou Regan
Chris R. Robyn
Jennifer M. Wada Sardo
Brad A. Schultz
Roy G. Shannon
Jill H. Smith
Mary J. Stecklein
David M. Trent
Colleen Van Egmond-Avila
Mary L. Van Etten
Adam D. Vogt
John C. Whidden
Matthew R. Young
class of 2006
Peter A. Ackeret
Richard N. Asfar
Antonia A. Badway
Ted M. Ballmer
Jonette T. Banzon
Amanda J. Barrett
Alison Boutilier
Sukhdip K. Brar
Igor V. Buryak
Sarah M. Carlson
Peter A. Cress
Brenna M. Day Arceo
Donica L. Forensich
Heather E. Fox
Elizabeth J. Hall
Craig A. Henderson
Christopher D. Hirz
Shannon R. Hochstein
Stephen R. Isbell
John P. Jarrett
Summer A. Johnson
David J. King
Michelle C. Lau
Alice H. Lee
Christopher B. Lee
Freda Lin
Jon S. Lucchese
Albert P. Lundeen
Christy A. Mallory
Charlotte I. Martinez
Spring 2009
Charlene A. Mattison
Lee S. No
Chelsea R. Olson
Benjamin J. Packard
Glenn N. Powell
Joel D. Rapaport
Catherine Gunderson
Reichenberg
Stephanie D. Rice
Matthew A. Rives
Raymond A. Sardo
Brandon M. Schindelheim
Channone Smith Sheller
Hanspeter Walter
Daniel S. Wesp
Michelle L. Wiederhold
Crystal D. Wood
Alex Y. Wu
Jennifer J. Yamane
Diane M. Yapundich
Stephanie Moseman Young
class of 2007
Philip A. Arnold
Whitney E. Barazoto
Jonathan Chen
David L. Cullen
Daniel P. Custodio
Patricia L. Eichar
Ivan V. Griswold
Allison L. Harvey
Arkady I. Itkin
Pamela S. Jones
Donald P. Kennedy
Miki R. Liviakis
Robin L. McIver
Jinnifer D. Pitcher
Jennifer M. Protas
Kirupa Pushparaj
Justin J. Simpson
Robin L. Singer
Elizabeth A. Tanner
Zane P. Uribarri
Troy D. Vahidi
David S. Wall
Alison F. Wessel
class of 2008
Michael G. Abrate
Bashar Ahmad
Amanda G. Alley
Lila Y. Al-Marhoon
Aimee M. Arnold
D. James Bjorkman
Kirsten A. Brown
Natalie S. Bustamante
Daniel S. Cho
Matthew F. Christy
Trevor R. Covington
Abdul A. Darab
Elizabeth R. Dietzen
Hilary A. Dinkelspiel
Loura Ninveh Erickson
Theresa R. Esquerra
Melissa A. Faber
Caely E. Fallini
James J. Franco
Ognian A. Gavrilov
Paula Gluzman
Jessica M. Haymond
Jennifer Ann Hemmer
Lindsey C. Hulse
Christy L. Hunsberger
Christina M. Hunter
Kalin M. Johnson
Ryan A. Kahler
Kimberly L. Kakavas
Daniel A. King
Matisse M. Knight
Brian K. Lee
Charmaine Y. Lee
Courtney G. Lee
Ralph C. Lee
Melissa M. Mathews
David M. Matthew
Corey D. McCarthy
Megan M. Moore
Jared S. Mueller
Marcell P. Neri
John P. Oglesby
David Y. Oh
Daniel L. Olsen
Dale Orthner
Rizaldy T. Ortiz
Tracy M. Owens
Jennifer L. Plescia
Christina E. Poley
Ethan A. Quinn
Will A. Ramey
Benjamin W. Reynolds
Kari L. Ricci
Robert D. Roth
Marcia M. Ruf
Andrew E. Schouten
Carsen P. Smith
Rebecca L. Sommers
Shaun R. Spillane
Kara B. Stein
Kelly O’Rourke Thomas
Julie A. McGrath Throop
Ann A. Trombetta
Melissa C. Van Ruiten
Isauro Villarreal
Michelle L. Ward
James D. Watson
Jennifer L. Williams
Michael A. Yee
Mario U. Zamora
Mari K. Zang
GORDON D. SCHABER
L EGACY S OCIETY
M c G e o rg e S c h o o l o f L a w
The Gordon D. Schaber Legacy Society is made up of our
alumni and friends who have included, or have notified us of
their intention to include, Pacific McGeorge in their estate
planning or will. These families and individuals have made a
long-term commitment to the law school — they have planned
a legacy that will exist beyond their life and into perpetuity.
We would like to thank all of those who are listed on this page
for their gifts and commitment to the law school. We would also
like to thank our newest members who have informed us of their
intent over the past year.
Our Newest
Legacy
Members
Steve and Teri Block
Sheila Hard
Scott and Andrea Hervey
The Honorable Art Scotland
Become a Legacy Society
Member
If you have already included,
or are interested in including
Pacific McGeorge as part of
your estate plan, please contact
us and we will mail you
information about the Schaber
Legacy Society, its activities
and recognition efforts. We
also want to be sure that your
gift is used as you deem, so
communication will ensure we
understand your wishes.
A named charitable
endowment can be established
to support programs and
scholarships starting at
$25,000. A planned gift is a
great way to establish a lasting
legacy at Pacific McGeorge and
a meaningful way to support
students.
Visit our website for great
information, articles and
examples on:
Transfer of Wealth Issues
Setting up Annuities
Charitable Remainder Trusts
Life Insurance Gifts
IRA Rollover Gifts
Estate and Tax Law Updates
www.mcgeorgelegacy.org
SCHABER
SOCIETY
Includes individuals that have
included Pacific McGeorge in
their estate plan, and have either
made or will make a planned gift.
James Adams*
Rosalie S. Asher*
Katharine O. Biele*
Irving H. Biele*
John Brownston*
Dona Buckingham
Robert F. Butler*
Peggy Chater-Turner
Joseph Cooper
Helen H. Crittenden
Loren S. Dahl*
Margaret K. Distler
Mark S. Drobny
Robert O. Fort*
Louis F. Gianelli
Gregory Graves
Eleanor L. Hale
Phil Hiroshima
Ben E. Johnson
Frank La Bella*
Daniel R. Lang
R. Marilyn Lee and Harvey Schneider
James R. Lewis
Patricia K. Lundvall
Sharon L. McDonald*
Hayne R. Moyer
Ramon E. Nunez
Laraine C. Patching
Ronald G. Peck
Marc D. Roberts
Georgia A. Rose*
Anthony J. Scalora*
Edward D.(Ned) and Carol Spurgeon
Donald Steed
Sandra E. Stockman
Susan and Joe Taylor
Bradley S. Towne
* Indicates Deceased
SCHOLARSHIP
ENDOWMENTS
Pacific McGeorge Endowments
that support student
scholarships
Ken and Bonnie Jean Kwong
Scholarship
Frank and Joann LaBella
Scholarship
E.M. Manning Jr. Endowed
Fund for Single Parents
James and Dorothy Adams
Memorial Scolarship
Tom McNally Memorial Book
Award
Ahmanson Foundation
Scholarship
Carol J. Miller Memorial
Scholarship
Walter F. Alexander, III
Memorial Scholarship
Hon. William K. Morgan
Endowed Scholarship
Alumni Endowed Scholarship
John Morris Memorial
Scholarship
Robert, Aimee & Rosalie Asher
Scholarship
Asian-American Alumni
Scholarship
Nevada Alumni Endowed
Scholarship
Bales Family Endowment
Amy Olson Memorial
Scholarship
Raymond Henry Biele, II
Memorial Scholarship
Edwina V. Pfund Memorial
Scholarship
Raymond Burr Memorial
Scholarship
Jeffrey Poilé Memorial
Scholarship
Dean Gerald Caplan Endowed
Scholarship
Marc and Mona Roberts Labor
Law Scholarship
Carpenters’ Local Union 586
Scholarship
David C. Rust Memorial
Scholarship
Edmund & Zize Coyne
Scholarship
Sacramento Bee Legal Scholars
Program
Jerome J. Curtis Memorial
Scholarship
Sacramento Estate Planning
Council Scholarship
Honorable Loren S. Dahl
Award for Bankruptcy
Kamal Ramsey Sadek Memorial
Scholarship
Charles D. Driscoll Labor
Award
Anna Rose Fischer Scholarship
Annie M. Rogaski Scholarship
for Women in Science and
Law
Stanley B. Fowler Memorial
Scholarship
Susan J. Samans Memorial
Scholarship
B. Abbott Goldberg Memorial
Scholarship
Philomena Scalora Memorial
Scholarship
Sam Gordon Memorial
Scholarship
Gary V. Schaber Memorial
Scholarship
Martin Gross Scholarship
Judge Elvin F. & Pauline C.
Sheehy Scholarship
Hawaii Scholarship Fund
O. Robert Simons Memorial
Book Award
Tracy G. Helms Memorial
Scholarship
Robert N. and Doris Stark
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Scholarship
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Lewis Scholarship
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Constitutional Law
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ENTERTAINING
u.s. ninth circuit visits law school
Photography: Steve Yeater
The students, faculty and alumni who packed the lecture
hall on an October day for the Ninth Circuit’s first-ever
special sitting at Pacific McGeorge were not disappointed.
Thanks to the
appellant attorney
showmanship of Chief
Paul M. Smith
Judge Alex Kozinski,
were bombarded by
the session proved as
dagger-like questions
entertaining as any
from the judges.
television legal show
“Are you asking
as he and his fellow
this court to go
jurists, Judge Connie
where no court
Callahan, ’75,
has gone before?”
and Judge Sidney
Judge Callahan
Thomas, grilled
asked Morazzini.
appellate attorneys
“Is there anything
Judge Connie Callahan, ’75, asks a pointed question of an appellate attorney as an amused
on both sides of
out of limits for
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and their colleague, Judge Sidney Thomas, look on.
a case that holds
the Legislature to
national interest.
prohibit to minors?”
The three-judge
“What about games where people eat unhealthy foods and
panel heard the state of California’s appeal of a U.S. District
get fat?” chimed in Judge Kozinski. Judge Thomas pressed
Court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a state law
the young deputy AG with a hypothetical about whether
that sought to restrict retail sales and rentals of violent video
Homer’s The Iliad should be censored for violence were it
games to minors. Similar laws in other states have been shot
made into a video game.
down in federal venues.
To no one’s surprise that day, the court issued a
California Deputy Attorney General Zackery Morazzini,
unanimous ruling months later affirming the lower court
’99, LL.M. ’02, was in the unenviable position of defending
decision to strike down the law.
the law as appellant. He and entertainment software
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Calendar of Events
For details on these and other events, please see the Alumni
and News & Events sections on the Pacific McGeorge web site
www.mcgeorge.edu or call 916.739.7141
April 15, 2009
Capital Alumni Chapter Luncheon
Sutter Club, Sacramento
April 18, 2009
Law Day Open House
Pacific McGeorge
April 21, 2009
Northern Nevada Alumni Chapter Reception
Siena Hotel, Reno
April 30, 2009
Orange County Chapter Reception
Weiland Golden Smiley, et al, Costa Mesa
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May 16, 2009
85th Academic Year Commencement
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May 22, 2009
Research in the Real World Workshop
University of San Diego
May 29, 2009
Summer Associate Research Workshop
Pacific McGeorge
October 10, 2009
32nd Annual Women’s Caucus Wine Tasting & Silent Auction
Sacramento
October 16-17, 2009
Center for Global Business and Development Symposium
Global Federalism and the Financial Crisis
November 16, 2009
Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony
Washington, D.C.
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