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Calendar of EventsFor details on these and other events, please see the Alumni and News & Events sections on the Pacific McGeorge web sitewww.mcgeorge.edu or call ..

April 12, 2007San Diego Alumni Chapter ReceptionProcopio, Cory, Hargreares & Savitch, San Diego

April 17, 2007Southern Nevada Alumni Chapter ReceptionLas Vegas

April 19, 2007Northern Nevada Alumni Chapter ReceptionSiena Hotel, Reno

May 12, 2007CommencementSacramento Memorial Auditorium

May 21, 2007U.S. Supreme Court Swearing-In CeremonyD.C. Alumni Chapter Reception Washington, D.C.

May 31, 2007Arizona Alumni Chapter ReceptionPhoenix

June 5, 2007Summer Associate Research WorkshopPacific McGeorge

October 8, 2007Asian Pacific American Alumni Chapter Golf TournamentEmpire Ranch G.C., Folsom

October 13, 200730th Annual Women's Caucus Wine Tasting & Silent AuctionSacramento

November 2, 2007Alumni Reunion, Classes of 2002, 1997, 1992, 1982,1977, 1972, 1967Pacific McGeorge

November 3, 2007Third Annual Pacific McGeorge GalaSacramento Convention Center

Front Cover: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalesaddresses a Pacific McGeorge audience in March.

Spring P A C I F I C L A W 1

Central to the law school’s mission and core amongour values is our commitment to civil discussionof the most critical, often contentious, legal issuesof the day. In recent months we have welcomed

the former president of the Soviet Union, the first interna-tional war crimes prosecutor in modern times, a sittingSupreme Court Justice, and the president of the AmericanBar Association.

In early March, however, we took this tradition to a newlevel with three “back-to-back” campus events. First, we welcomed Ed Peck, a former Ambassador to Iraq highly critical of the Iraq War and then Judge Alberto Gonzales, theU.S. Attorney General, who defended the Administration’slegal response to terrorism even as protesters, led by ProfessorJohn Sims, held a “counter discussion” outside. Concludingthis trio of visits, John Bellinger, the legal adviser of theDepartment of State, led a discussion about careers in international law and the international law issues underlyingcurrent Administration policies. Events like these define agreat law school and show Pacific McGeorge at its best—alaw school committed to exposing our students to the legalsystem in action, not only in the classroom, but also throughpersonal experiences. Later in this magazine you’ll have achance to experience some of this excitement yourself.

Yet as meaningful as these talks and discussions have been,it was our students’ own discussion about their experiences intraveling to New Orleans on the “Restoring Justice” project,also described in this magazine, that has affected me mostprofoundly during the last few months—so much so, that Iwanted to share my own experience with you here. The ideafor the project originated with Associate Dean Glenn Fait,who urged Pacific McGeorge to respond to a call for assis-tance from two New Orleans law schools. They hoped thatvisiting law students might begin the process of reviewing thefiles of thousands of prisoners who had been languishing inLouisiana jails since before Hurricane Katrina. Glenn’s ideaimmediately produced tremendous support, a large numberof volunteers and considerable publicity. I myself appeared onseveral radio talk shows, accepting a check in support fromone. The Pacific McGeorge contingent did this over theirholiday break, and many paid their own way.

Obviously the project was worthwhile and important, yetits full meaning did not sink in for me until mid-January

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Message from The Dean

when I attended a debriefing session for students and facultywho had participated. It was a riveting experience.

Each student spoke powerfully and passionately of whathe or she had learned in trying to tackle so massive a problemwithin the legal system. The time in New Orleans had notgone as we expected. Organization of the volunteers was stillin a beginning stage and the Pacific McGeorge group wouldbe not only the first, but, at over volunteers, the largest torespond to the call for help. The organizers were over-whelmed and our students, faculty and other volunteers metfrustration upon frustration.

And they were forced to work within an underlying judi-cial system that had been challenged even before HurricaneKatrina. Nor were they uniformly welcomed by some in thejudicial system who saw their presence as a criticism.

In short, the students and their idealism came face to facewith a difficult reality. Despite this, they persevered and theirobservations during the debriefing session revealed a depth ofmaturity and decency, combined with a passion for improv-ing the legal system, that made me proud. As the session concluded, one faculty member reported that two studentshad successfully gathered evidence to cause charges carrying alife sentence to be dropped altogether against one individualconfined for more than two years.

Summing up the experience, another student approachedme after the session to say that it had been the most mean-ingful of his life.

I left with one regret—that the remarkable testimonialsgiven by our students during that two hours had not beenrecorded. That being so, you will have to take my word forthe fact that your law school, Pacific McGeorge, is producinga generation of young lawyers who will be leaders of our pro-fession, colleagues who will do meaningful things in theircareers and whom we will all be proud to call fellow alums.

With Warm Regards,

Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker

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It is the biggest political debate of the

past years: how does government

provide meaningful protection to its

citizens in an age of global terrorism

without eroding civil liberties?For one day in early March, Pacific McGeorge was the centerof that debate as the school hosted U.S. Attorney GeneralAlberto Gonzales, the point man for the government’s controversial policies to strengthen and expand national secu-rity powers.

“I’m grateful to this law school for doing so much in thefield of national security law,” said Gonzales. “The vitality ofthe debate going on in our country is a sign of the maturity ofour nation. Law school is an appropriate setting for thatdebate and I appreciate the opportunity to have that discus-sion with you here today.”

Finishing a three-day business trip to the West Coast,Gonzales received a warm reception from a lecture hall filledto capacity with faculty, students, visiting prospective stu-dents, judges and attorneys. He answered eight written ques-tions from the audience at the conclusion of his remarks.


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GonzalesVisits PacificMcGeorgeAG Argues ExpandedPresidential Powers Necessary to Defeat Terrorist AdversariesBy Michael Heenan

Outside, a few dozen protesters gathered to voice oppositionto Gonzales’ positions on civil liberties issues.

Among the protesters was constitutional law ProfessorJohn Sims, who said he helped rally students, colleagues andcommunity members in hopes of raising the questions heexpected the attorney general to avoid in his address. “Itseemed more educational to stimulate a discussion of theseissues, to raise the tough questions, rather than going in anddocilely listening to his speech and giving a polite clap,” Sims said.

In his speech, Gonzales acknowledged the protesters and the ongoing tension between his office’s obligation toprotect national security while safeguarding individual privacyand liberty.

Leading the attorney general’s office during this time inthe nation’s history, Gonzales said, required “making toughdecisions and, quite frankly, facing the criticism that comeswith them.”

Gonzales described preventing an attack on the UnitedStates similar to the September , strikes on New Yorkand Washington, D.C. as the Department of Justice’s top pri-ority. “It underlies all we do at the department,” he said. “Atthe same time, we are mindful that history will also judgehow we protect civil liberties.”

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Introducing his remarks on the security programs that havetouched off sometimes-bitter controversy in Congress and thenews media, Gonzales told the audience the fight against ter-rorism forced the government to identify new tools and toadapt or modernize traditional ones.

He described one such program, the National SecurityAgency’s use of warrantless surveillance on communications,as a logical extension of long-standing practices. DuringWorld War II, he said, President Franklin Roosevelt held thepower to intercept or examine every telegram into or out ofthe United States. “This has been a part of war as long asthere has been war,” Gonzales said.

Recent challenges to the practice will require the Bushadministration to obtain authorization from the UnitedStates Foreign Surveillance Court, a move Gonzales grudgingly accepted as adding safeguards to domestic privacywhile still providing the “speed and agility” needed for intelligence gathering.

The attorney general cast a similar light on the March renewal and revision of the USA Patriot Act, as well asthe October enactment of the Military CommissionsAct. Each, he said, clarified the governing laws and addedimportant safeguards to civil liberties.

The attorney general devoted a significant portion of hisspeech to the role of habeus corpus—considered an underpin-ning of Constitutional protections—in the detention of sus-pected members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Gonzales and President Bush have drawn criticism inCongress and the legal community for their willingness to sus-pend habeas corpus protection for individuals determined tobe “unlawful enemy combatants” engaged in or supportinghostilities against the U.S.

There is an important distinction between theConstitutional guarantee of habeas corpus rights and the evo-lution of the “Great Writ” under statutory processes, Gonzalessaid. The administration’s efforts reflect an attempt to modifythe statutory rights to reflect the current security situationwhile leaving untouched the Constitutional protection.

Acknowledging Congressional discord on the question,Gonzales said the debate—and even the protest outside thelecture hall—underscored the importance of the issues facingthe nation and highlighted the unique role America plays onthe world stage.

“It’s a sign that all sides agree that achieving victory whileeroding our rights would not be a victory,” he said. “Our abil-ity to have this debate is one of the very things our enemyhates about our nation.”



Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker introduces the Attorney General


NEW ORLEANS

SAINTSStudent VolunteersAnswer Call for Helpin LouisianaBy Cynthia Scanlon

Dubbed “The Louisiana Justice Project”and coordinated with the help of TulaneUniversity, the law students’ primaryobjective was to interview and gatherinformation from incarcerated peoplewho had yet to have a hearing, and thenpresent their findings to the publicdefender’s office for review and action.The California volunteers each paid fortheir own trip expenses, portions ofwhich were reimbursed later thanks to aschool fundraising effort.


“I heard about the project proposalfrom someone at another law school,and it sounded like a wonderful oppor-tunity for our students to gain valuableeducational and real-life experience,”says Associate Dean Glenn Fait, ’,who organized the trip. “We jumped onit and I was thrilled at the responsefrom our students. We were the first lawschool in the country to answer the call.Others will follow our lead.” >

In an effort to assist the beleaguered New Orleanslegal system, Pacific McGeorge law students,faculty, staff and Sacramento-area attorneys volunteered to spend a week in late Decemberaiding a public defender’s office nearly destroyedby Hurricane Katrina.

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“The students weren’t attorneys, and the attorneys whowent to New Orleans weren’t practicing attorneys inLouisiana,” says Rick Heyer, ’, a senior staff attorney withthe Institute for Administrative Justice’s California ParoleAdvocacy Program. Their role was to interview the accusedand gather facts. Then students wrote up memos to deliver toattorneys at Tulane University and the New Orleans publicdefender’s office. “Once we turned over the file, we would geta new file and start the process all over again,” says Heyer.

In all, Pacific McGeorge students helped people in cus-tody receive faster due process in a city whose legal system hascome apart at the seams. Always one of the country’s mostcrime-ridden urban areas, New Orleans counted eight mur-ders in the first week of January , sparking a city-wideprotest and promises from elected officials for reform.


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There was plenty of paper work to fill out once the Pacific McGeorge contingent got to New Orleans.

“Personally, I don't know that I ever really appreciated thedevastation that Katrina let loose on New Orleans,” saysHeyer. “Parts of New Orleans are still devastated today, as ifthe waters just receded yesterday.”

Professor Cary Bricker traveled with the students andechoed the sentiment. “Some parts of New Orleans are intactand other parts are completely destroyed. You walk down thestreet and there are still high water marks on the houses, shesays. “New Orleans is a city in great pain.”

During the August hurricane, the public defender’soffices were destroyed, along with files and proceedings per-taining to cases. Not surprisingly, there was widespread con-fusion with people held month after month withoutresolution to their cases. “The public defender’s office wasfunded through parking fines,” says Heyer. “When there is

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no one to issue tickets or collect money for traffic violations,then there is no money for the public defender’s office, so awhole reshuffling of the public defender’s office took placepost-Katrina.”

The majority of people seen by law students were pre-Katrina parolees,some of whom havebeen locked up formonths withouthaving talked toanyone, their legalrecords destroyed,according to Heyer.“They were so thank-ful that someone gottheir story and con-cerns down on paper,and then relayed thatinformation to anattorney that couldhandle the case incourt,” he says.

Fait agrees. “Inmany cases, our stu-dents were the veryfirst ones to meetwith, listen to, andget information fromthese people,” he says.“Afterward, the clientsthanked the studentsprofusely for helpingthem.”

As a result ofKatrina’s devastation,says Heyer, there hasbeen a reorganizationof the publicdefender’s office intoa permanent depart-ment, which wasn’tthe case before the storm.

The visit wasn’t without its challenges. During their week-long stay, Pacific McGeorge students and faculty had to con-tend with a lack of space, power outages, a shortage ofworking elevators, and constant problems with telephones andemail. As might be expected, the law students found ways toovercome obstacles and serve their desperate clients. “It wasvery primitive,” says Fait. “We had to climb seven flights ofstairs to get to the public defender’s office. Students had to go

outside the building and onto the sidewalks to send an email.” Students took it in stride as they worked through their caseloads.

Other obstacles also had to be overcome. Before Katrina,people in custody were brought through a tunnel that con-

nected the jail and thecourthouse. The tunnelwas destroyed in theflood, so only a fewinmates at a time wereallowed to be broughtto court. “TheMagistrates Court washeld in the lineuproom, and they wouldbring in to

inmates at a time, withonly one publicdefender to helpthem,” says Fait. “Sowe sent our studentsover to interview thepeople to try and findout what they werecharged with andwhether they couldmake bail. The publicdefenders appreciatedthat because they hadlittle resources withwhich to help theseclients.”

Heyer believes thatone of the most valu-able things that stu-dents gleaned from theentire experience was aclearer career objective.“Some people discov-ered they had an inter-est in criminal law and

criminal defense,” he says. “Some learned they didn’t want topractice criminal defense law at all.”

He adds, “It was eye-opening for a majority of the studentsto sit across from a person who has been charged with verybad conduct and find that there was humanity in that personand something compelling about his story. You can’t get thatexperience out of a classroom.”

Fait agrees. “I watched all the stereotypes that people haveabout inmates and criminals just crumble as the students had


The majority of people seen by law

students were pre-Katrina parolees, some

of whom have been locked up for months

without having talked to anyone, their

legal records destroyed. They were so

thankful that someone got their story and

concerns down on paper, and then relayed

that information to an attorney that could

handle the case in court. —Rick Heyer

Professor Ruth Jones, right, works with her team in cramped quarters.

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an opportunity to talk to these individuals. I told many of themmany times, ‘You are going to come away realizing that thereisn’t much difference between the best of us and the worst ofus,’” says Fait. “And I think that happened. Our students cameaway from those interviews wanting desperately to help.”

Bricker says that while the students found the experiencerewarding, evening moving, they also found it difficult. “Theysaw how the underrepresented don’t get what people withmoney get,” she says. “They saw the incredible importance ofadvocacy, of having a lawyer, of having your day in court, andthey saw that in the extreme.”

The trip was funded solely through donations or at theindividual volunteer’s expense. Students who could not godonated money to those who could. A family foundationdonated $,. Law firms and a local radio station alsodonated money. “The dean used some of her discretionarymoney and decided to forego sending out her annualChristmas card to help pay for the trip,” says Fait.

Overall, what impressed Heyer the most was the responsefrom students in agreeing to participate in such a challenging,and somewhat dangerous, mission to help those in need.“Seventy-nine people from our community got on an airplaneand went to New Orleans; most of them had no connectionto New Orleans,” he says. “I think it says a lot about our lawstudents, and the local bar in Sacramento, that so manypeople were willing to do that.”

Bricker concurs. “The trip was hard and challenging inthousands of ways,” she says. “But it was very important wewere there. So many law students showed up, and I think thecity of New Orleans noticed that.”

As for the future, Fait says Pacific McGeorge will haveongoing discussions about the impact of The Louisiana JusticeProject on law students and the school. “We will be discussingall of this,” he says. “It just might lead to a new form of legaleducation.”


Students had to pour over reams of files before seeing their clients, then navigate detours and pass through strict security.

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“We had a very big file, a police narrative that was builtaround an eyewitness ID,” says Leete. “But the guy wasadamant about not being anywhere near the homicide scene.”

“He had written his own narrative and pointed out lots ofquestions that poked holes in the case,” says Arnold. “Wetalked to him for a long time. He was very composed andthere was a genuine thank-you as we were leaving.”

The student-prepared documents were all handed over tothe public defender’s office for review. In the weeks after thestudents returned to California, Bricker received a call sayingthe public defender’s office had indeed investigated the case,and the prosecution ultimately dismissed the charges.

“I remember being in class on our first day back for thespring semester,” recalls Leete. “I got the email from ProfessorBricker and what a feeling. It’ll always remind me to be abetter lawyer when I get out there in the profession.”

“How lucky we are to have the opportunity to helppeople not as fortunate as us,” says Arnold. “We made a difference in someone’s life. It reminds me of the power oflaw as a tool of justice.”

One Case MakesAll the DifferenceBy Cynthia Scanlon

One of the best illustrations of

the impact Pacific McGeorge

law students had during their

trip to New Orleans involved a man

charged in a shooting homicide in front

of the Louisiana state courthouse. The

accused insisted he was innocent. “This man had been in custody just three months shy of

two years,” Professor Cary Bricker says. “Both Professor EmilyUhrig and I looked at the case and many police reports. Fromour experience as federal defenders, we both thought thisclient was most likely innocent.”

Believing that the accused man was facing possible life inprison, Bricker realized the case needed serious attention andthorough investigation. Two Pacific McGeorge students, TravisLeete d and Aimee Arnold e, set about ascertaining the factsin the case.

“They made two half-day trips to the jail and talked to theaccused for hours, then wrote up the case beautifully,” saysBricker. “They even added an addendum of effective ways toinvestigate the case.”

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One of the nation’s leaders in elder lawand policy has

officially stepped into theGordon D. Schaber Chair in Health Law and Policy at Pacific McGeorge, with a robust agenda centered onteaching, research and service.

Spurgeon Named InauguralSchaber ChairholderNational Leader in Elder Law and Policy Has Big Plans to Move Pacific McGeorge into the Forefront in Health Law and Elder LawBy Jan Ferris Heenan


Distinguished Visiting Professor Ned Spurgeon

The Gordon D. Schaber Chair, the first such posi-

tion at Pacific McGeorge, was created in memory

of Dean Schaber, who oversaw the law school

from 1957 to 1991. The late dean overcame the

disabling effects of polio to carve out his own

distinguished career. He astutely predicted an

increased need for legal structure surrounding the

American health-care system in the 21st century.


At a February reception introducing him at the SierraHealth Foundation, Edward “Ned” Spurgeon summed up his role in the inaugural post as that of both “entrepreneurand trustee.”

“As entrepreneur, with the help of others, I hope to use thecapital invested creatively and intelligently to build PacificMcGeorge’s programs and resources devoted to health law andpolicy and elder law and policy,” Spurgeon explained.

“As trustee, I owe a fiduciary duty to Gordon and ... to themultiple institutional and individual chair beneficiaries,”Spurgeon said, defining Pacific McGeorge students and fac-ulty, as well as policy-makers and legal professionals, among

the intended beneficiaries.The Gordon D. Schaber Chair, the first such

position at Pacific McGeorge, was created inmemory of Dean Schaber, who oversaw the lawschool from to . The late dean overcamethe disabling effects of polio to carve out his own

distinguished career. He astutely predicted anincreased need for legal structure surrounding the

American health-care system in the st century.Spurgeon first met Schaber in the early s while serv-

ing as dean of the University of Utah’sCollege of Law. Spurgeon had great

respect and admiration for hissenior colleague, calling him a

“leader among leaders”whose presence filled theroom “and commanded ourcollective attention and

respect” when the nation’s lawdeans would convene.

“I am honored to be asked to hold the chair, both becauseof my respect for Gordon Schaber and because I know whathe means to—and did for—his institution,” Spurgeon said.

Spurgeon brings his own weighty credentials to the three-year appointment:• An undergraduate degree in English from Princeton

University, a law degree from Stanford University LawSchool, and a Master of Laws degree from New YorkUniversity Law School;

• Fifteen years in private practice, a dozen of those as an asso-ciate and partner with the law firm of Paul, Hastings,Janofsky & Walker in Los Angeles;

• Extensive teaching experience at top-flight law schools andstints as Dean of the University of Utah College of Law(-) and Dean of the University of Georgia Schoolof Law (-); and

• High-profile leadership roles in the field of elder law,including creation of a Center on Law and Aging for a

national foundation, past president (and current boardmember) of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and aspecial advisor to the American Bar Association'sCommission on Law and Aging.

Charles Sabatino, staff director of the ABA commission,has worked with Spurgeon for several years on a Partnershipsin Law and Aging mini-grants program, and on national symposia on the latest elder-law policy topics.

Sabatino calls Spurgeon “a catalyst for cutting-edge researchand analysis.” Elder-law attorney Mary Jane Ciccarello, aformer student and now a colleague in Utah, says thatSpurgeon has been “an incredible source of knowledge,wisdom and leadership” for the National Senior Citizens LawCenter, the ABA and other organizations.

“What is truly remarkable about Ned is his ability to provide guidance and support without overwhelming theperson or program,” says Ciccarello, who has co-authored articles and taught courses with Spurgeon. “He wants to helpindividuals and organizations be the best.”

As a private-practice attorney, Spurgeon’s years of specializ-ing in estate planning, trusts and estates ultimately led him toview and embrace elder law as a holistic array of programs andservices—from job discrimination and housing issues to financial planning, disability and health concerns.

Further focusing on health law was a natural extension ofhis work, Spurgeon says, given the prevalent and complexlegal and policy questions surrounding Medicare, long-termcare, insurance and a multitude of other issues facing olderAmericans and their families—not to mention the swell ofaging Baby Boomers, which multiplies the depth and extentof legal needs.

On a personal note, Spurgeon has had a lifelong interest inmedicine: his paternal grandfather, a doctor, made house callson horseback in rural Missouri; his father was a Harvard-trained surgeon who practiced for years in New Jersey andSpurgeon's younger son is a physician. >


The legal terrain was largely untrodden in academic andprofessional arenas when Spurgeon became one of the first toteach about elder-law issues to law school students in the earlys. The field has since grown and become better organized,but he believes there is still a “crying need” for well-trainedlawyers and advocates.

Spurgeon, who first served as a distinguished visiting pro-fessor of law at Pacific McGeorge in , will strive to fur-ther stimulate interest in the fields of health and elder law asthe Schaber chair. To that end, he has laid out three areas ofemphasis for his term of stay at Pacific McGeorge: teaching,research and service.

Teaching has always been Spurgeon’s passion and studentspraise his classroom skills and demeanor. “He’s a wonderfulteacher because he’s able to pull together law and policy seamlessly,” says Charlene Mattison, ’. “He really has aknack for helping students understand the more difficultpoints of that subject.”

“One of the neatest things about Professor Spurgeon ishis commitment to serving the public by volunteering at theSenior Legal Hotline,” says Libby Jacobson, ‘. “The students in our Wills and Trusts class benefited from hispractical experience with estate planning issues that face theelderly members of our community because that enabledhim to provide helpful insight during our classroom discussions. I feel like I came away from his class with a verypractical and realistic approach to these issues, and it wasalso one of the subjects I felt most confident about duringthe California Bar Exam essays.”

Several changes are already under way in instruction,including the expansion of core courses in health and elderlaw from two to three credit hours apiece. As Spurgeon, whois teaching Health Law this semester, detailed in his remarksat the February reception in his honor, these courses nowcombine theory and policy with substance and skills neededin practice.

He hopes Pacific McGeorge will add a public health lawcourse next year and, in subsequent years, offer a course onbioethics. Pacific McGeorge is working on a collaborationwith the medical school at the University of California, Davisto develop a six-week course for medical and law students onhealth-care decision making, he says.

And Spurgeon is helping to expand clinical placements inhealth and aging both on and off campus for law studentswho will go into that field.

Also on Spurgeon’s plate over the course of the next threeyears is the development of a research program on health and aging. Spurgeon envisions that this endeavor will bringPacific McGeorge faculty and students together on currentissues, and allow their independent, legal analyses to help

Symposium Explores Aging Voter ConcernsBy Jan Ferris Heenan

Some 60 legal specialists, key state and federal fig-ures, psychiatrists, geriatricians, voting technologyexperts and other authorities convened at Pacific

McGeorge in March to address a looming policy ques-tion: How to facilitate voting among older Americanswho are cognitively impaired yet still legally competent?

The symposium was one in a series thatDistinguished Visiting Professor Edward “Ned” Spurgeon,the inaugural holder of the Gordon D. Schaber Chair inHealth Law and Policy, has helped organize around thecountry since 1993 to shed light on issues affecting thecountry’s increasingly aging population.

The first three symposia addressed the legal andethical aspects of dementia, conservatorship lawreform and special ethical issues for lawyers represent-ing clients with diminished capacity. “Our goal hasbeen to identify and explore areas that need improvedpublic policy,” Spurgeon explains.

The latest issue is of particular concern in light ofnew voting technologies and an increase in absenteevoting. Such changes raise the question of how toassure cognitively impaired adults’ right to vote, yetkeep them from falling prey to fraud or coercion.

The seven papers delivered at the conference—as well as attendees' recommendations—will be pub-lished in the McGeorge Law Review this summer. Thesymposium was co-sponsored by the American BarAssociation Commission on Law and Aging, and theBorchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging andPacific McGeorge.

The legal terrain was largely untrodden

in academic and professional arenas

when Spurgeon became one of the first

to teach about elder-law issues to law

school students in the early 1990s. The

field has since grown and become better

organized, but he believes there is still a

“crying need” for well-trained lawyers

and advocates.

shape policy-making on critical issues such as long-term care reform.

“It is my hope and my intention to develop a sustainableprogram that can then be further developed by others, and Ialso hope during my time I can enlist the involvement of stu-dents, other faculty and the community,” Spurgeon says. “I don’t want this to be a solo enterprise.”

The third area of focus is on service—partnering with localnon-profit organizations who serve the elderly, either throughhealth care or legal aid.

Spurgeon’s interest in the community is personal as wellas professional. His wife, Carol, is a Sacramento native whograduated from McClatchy High School and has closefriends in the area. The couple’s older son and his familyalso live here, which allows Spurgeon to spend time with hisgrandchildren.

The way Ciccarello sees it, Spurgeon is carving out his ownlegacy that will serve generations to come.

“Without Ned, the world of law and aging would be amuch poorer, less dynamic place. He has helped shape thefield in this country over the past two decades,” she says. “Andhe has done so with grace, compassion, intelligence andextraordinary energy.”

And Pacific McGeorge has already begun to benefit fromthat energy.


Philip N. Gilbertson, Provost of the University of the Pacific, left, and Clark Kelso, Director of the Capital Center for Government Law & Policy, wereon hand to introduce Professor Ned Spurgeon to the Sacramento community at a February reception.


By Michael Spurgeon

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But while most of us tuned in to gawk in disbelief as Richardbared more than his derrière or to cringe as Sue delivered herruthless “rats and snakes” rant or to witness any of the othercountless “real moment” outrages as castaways tried toscheme, play, manipulate, betray and plot their way to the bigmoney prize, Sprankling, who specializes in property law, wasstudying the more profound legal and sociological implica-tions of the show. And what he saw led to his writing of“Property and Television,” the first scholarly article to explorethe relationship between television and property rights.

In the article, soon to be published by the Rutgers LawReview, Sprankling convincingly posits that property rights arelargely based on societal expectations and that the powerfulinfluence of television helps shape those expectations. He fur-ther suggests that because reality TV presents ordinary peopleperforming in unscripted situations, audiences might view themorals, customs and mores of the players as being real andrepresentative of our culture. His article explores how thebehavior of the Survivor castaways both mirrors and contra-dicts in key ways the modern trends in society’s expectationsof property rights and usage.

Sprankling notes, “Property may be broadly defined asrights among people that concern things. Under this defini-tion, three ‘things’ are the subject of property rights onSurvivor.” He identifies these three types of property as thephysical territory the castaways inhabit and use for their bene-fit; the personal property individual members obtain from theenvironment or program staff; and the potential property ofthe million-dollar prize.

With regards to the use of physical territory, Spranklingobserves that the castaways seem to pay no regard to ecologi-cal concerns for the area they occupy. Instead, the natural


In the year , fat naked guy,

treemail and pagonging entered the

nation’s water cooler lexicon as up

to million television viewers tuned in

each week to see who would be voted

out of the tribe and who would be one

step closer to the $,, prize in

the first season of CBS’s wildly success-

ful reality show, Survivor. While not the

first reality show, Survivor remade the

television industry and left an indelible

impression on American popular cul-

ture. It seemed the whole country was

watching and talking about Survivor.

Everyone was hooked, even John

Sprankling, Distinguished Professor and

Scholar at the McGeorge School of

Law, whose teenage sons first intro-

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world apparently exists solely to serve the immediate needs ofthe show’s participants. The contestants never mention pre-serving or protecting the environment. Sprankling points outthat this approach to the environment as an infinite resourcethat need not be safeguarded is an antiquated view of human-ity’s relationship to the physical world and that contemporaryproperty laws increasingly emphasize stewardship of the land.He implies that if TV subconsciously can influence culturalmores and expectations regarding property, Survivor is athreat to the current and widely held notion that property usemust be balanced with ecological preservation. The influenceof Survivor, Sprankling worries, may make its audience lessconcerned with environmental protection.

Another clear distinction between the castaways’ treatmentof property and the current and pervasive U.S. cultural andlegal view of property centers on ownership. While privateownership is the foundation of the American economicmodel, Sprankling identifies an effective system of communalownership on Survivor. Tribal members share equally theirrights to the geographical area they inhabit and the shelter inwhich they reside. Even more material property is shared. AsSprankling writes, “Food, water, firewood and other tangibleitems gathered from the environment by tribe members areheld as communal property, regardless of who gathers them.”He likens this communal property arrangement to that ofsuccessful hunter-gather societies but recognizes such arrange-ments have failed in more complex societies. Still, he con-tends “Unmarried cohabitants who watch shows like Survivormay indeed expect that the same communal propertyarrangements they see on television will be applied to theirown relationships.”

Finally, Sprankling examines how the behavior of the castaways in pursuit of the potential million-dollar prizesimultaneously conforms to and contradicts long-establishedand accepted practices of legitimately obtaining property. To begin with, each episode presents participants with an“immunity challenge” that has groups or individuals compet-ing for protection from being voted off the show during thatepisode. Competitions include physical and mental challenges, and individuals and teams are judged exclusivelyon their personal or collective ability. In this way, Spranklingexplains, the show seeks to create an egalitarian competitionthat reflects the American cultural concept that the person orgroup that works hardest will succeed and be justly rewardedregardless of social status. For contestants, the immunity chal-lenge is equivalent to Americans “pulling themselves up bythe bootstraps.” While the immunity challenges reinforce thecultural notion that besting the competition on a level play-ing field deserves and provides tangible rewards, he observesanother trend in the castaways’ behavior that flies in the face

of accepted practices for legally obtaining property. To put itsimply, successful castaways are liars.

As contestants strategize by making and breaking allianceswith other castaways as a means to stay in the game and winthe ultimate million-dollar prize, deception, dishonesty andduplicity become the primary means by which players hopeto avoid elimination. As Richard Hatch, the first Survivorwinner, has said, “Outright lying is absolutely essential.” Andcastaways who don’t heed Mr. Hatch’s advice seldom make itfar in the contest. For Sprankling, it is this practice of reward-ing trickery with economic compensation that presents themost dramatic and disturbing way Survivor might influencethe audience’s expectation of property. As a culture, we havelong valued truth-telling, and “truth” is central to our legal,governmental and economic institutions. In fact, fraud andperjury are serious violations of the law and carry serious legalconsequences. But as Sprankling writes, “By repeatedly show-ing people lying in ‘real world’ situations, Survivor impliesthat this is a socially acceptable method of obtaining property.It is the first ‘real life’ program in the history of television tolegitimize betrayal and deceit.”

“Property and Television” offers a remarkably insightfulanalysis of the variety of ways “reality” television in generaland Survivor in particular may be shaping the relationshipsbetween people and their views on property. Given the impli-cations of those relationships, Sprankling’s article may be thefirst of its kind, but there can be little doubt it will not be thelast. Just as Survivor launched reality television into primetime, so to it seems Professor John Sprankling’s article is likelyto have revealed a whole new angle to property law. Andnone too soon. While “Property and Television” doesn’t makemoral judgments, a reader can’t help but come away thinkingthat, as CBS prepares to launch the fourteenth installment ofSurvivor, what makes for compelling television might beundermining our culture’s values of honesty and fair play.

“Unmarried cohabitants who

watch shows like Survivor may

indeed expect that the same

communal property arrange-

ments they see on television

will be applied to their own

relationships.”—Sprankling


Can Professionals Sharea Common Ethic?Pacific McGeorge Leads Effort to CreateInterdisciplinary Framework

Names such as Kant, Aristotle,

Sartre and Nietzsche wafted

through the warm summer

air last August at the Sierra Health

Foundation headquarters in Sacramento.

But most of the people assembled

weren’t philosophers; they were simply

law professors and lawyers. The occasion

was the first of a scheduled series of ten

annual workshops sponsored by Pacific

McGeorge on the topic of “Ethics

Across the Professions.” Professor George Harris, who is spearheading the program forPacific McGeorge through the Center for Legal Advocacy andDispute Resolution, sees concrete outcomes for the teachingof ethics: “The workshops can answer questions such ashow we train our students, particularly sinceeventually they’ll be working together witha variety of different professionals on thejob or working in a corporate settingwhere organizational behavior becomes asignificant factor.” In addition, he says,the workshops can help each profession andeach university enrich its own educational ormentoring process. They could lead to professionalorganizations adopting new ethical standards; or, at the outside, they could trigger new legislation at the state or federal level.

The intent behind the opening session was “to explore the ethical principles that apply to all public service professionals.”

That this is worth doing was underscored by the keynotespeaker, Deborah Rhode, the founding director of Stanford’s

Center on Ethics and theformer head of theStanford Law School’sKeck Center on LegalEthics and the LegalProfession. “Evidencesuggests,” she stated,“that when [ethical]codes of conduct arewell-enforced,

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consultation with employees, without being overly platitudi-nous, vague or legalistic, they can play some kind of con-structive role. The same is true for ethics training,whistleblower protections and related compliance structures.”

The workshop’s attempts to define such basic terms as“ethical” and profession” proved to be somewhat elusive.Ethics can take the form of either top-down, idealized generalprinciples or of pragmatic, bottom-up behavioral codes thatprofessionals evolve, consciously or unconsciously, in reactionto specific, real-life cases and conflicts. The workshop’s con-clusion was that most professions and most professionals do alittle of both.

Michael Davis, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Studyof Ethics in the Professions and professor of philosophy,Illinois Institute of Technology, provided a sense of whatethics across the professions might mean. “Profession-genericethics,” he said, “refers to professions in general, not to anyparticular profession . . . [they] apply to most or all profes-sions: professionals ought to be competent and honest (bothtruthful and trustworthy), respect client autonomy, maintainconfidentiality, obtain informed consent for services, avoidconflicts of interest, and loyally serve both clients andemployers. Examples of generic issues . . . include when professionals should be permitted or required to ‘whistleblow’on wrongdoing by colleagues and companies, when conflictsof interest in professions are permissible if acknowledgedopenly, and how to prevent professionals from engaging insexual harassment.”

Ethical dilemmas faced by professionals often involve con-flicts between serving the client and serving the public good.Harris, who served as conflicts and ethics counsel at the firmof Morrison & Foerster and once taught legal ethics at theUniversity of Utah, illustrates the point with a present-dayexample: “Ethical questions posed by / and its aftermathhave implications across the professions. One of our upcom-ing workshops may address questions such as government surveillance and torture.”

Mike W. Martin, professor of philosophy at ChapmanUniversity, added that “The issue of humane treatment ofprisoners in the ‘war on terrorism’ concerns the professionalethics of the military, attorneys, physicians, counselors and clergy.”

Martin lists assisted suicide as another issue that involvessimilar ethical challenges for several different professions,including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, attorneys, coun-selors, clergy and others. Here and elsewhere the desire of theprofessions for self-regulation and autonomy may conflictwith actions taken by the government and may, in fact, forcethe professions to challenge the government.

The August workshop gave considerable attention to theprecise definition of “profession.” The workshop used as apoint of departure the American Bar Association’sCommission on Professionalism definition of “profession” as“a group . . . pursuing a learned art as a common calling inthe spirit of public service”; and one that is “organized in sucha way as to assure the public and the courts that its members

Profession“a group … pursuing alearned art as a commoncalling in the spirit ofpublic service”

are competent, do not violate their client’s trust, and tran-scend their own self-interest.”

No one doubts that law and medicine are legitimate profes-sions, but whether the term should also apply also to business,academia, librarianship, nursing, engineering, teaching andother occupations was left unsettled. Martin even challengedthe idea that MBAs graduating from business schools weretruly professional given that their ultimate goal is “the welfareof corporations” rather than the social welfare. Various com-ponents of the MBA program, he noted, such as accounting,banking and finance, could be themselves be considered asseparate professions. Others pointed out that, broadly speak-ing, even such activities as prostitution and gambling mighttheoretically be treated as professions.

Harris predicts that the participants in future workshopswill leave the definition of “profession” open-ended. However,as invitations go out to professionals to appear on panels or tomake other kinds of contributions, some “professions” will berepresented while others, inevitably, will not.

The goal of each workshop is to produce a written reportor document under the auspices of the Capital Center, buthow these reports might be used and disseminated is stillunder consideration. In a study of law graduates over the pastfive years, the American Bar Foundation found that studentsranked ethics classes at the bottom in terms of contribution totheir current practice of law. When it’s taught in law schools


Stanford University’s Deborah Rhode, left, is one of the nation’s leadingscholars in the fields of legal ethics and professional responsibility.Above, many professions were represented in the audience.

at all, ethics is primarily given as a separate course. However,a number of law schools encourage their professors to raiseethical issues and questions in all, or nearly all, of theirclasses. Rhode, one of the leading figures nationally in ethicsinstruction, advocates a “pervasive method” in which both ofthese are done.

Future workshops will generally consist of panels devotedto particular themes, and the workshops will increasinglyinvolve the general public. The public’s awareness of ethicalissues has been heightened dramatically over the past severalyears by a number of converging factors—a succession of corporate scandals; new threats to privacy and security arisingfrom the war on terror; scientific advances in such controver-sial fields as stem-cell research, nanotechnology, robotics andbioengineering; and a crisis in health care. Each of these factors is making new demands on the professions, and members of the professions are increasingly realizing that theycan’t work in isolation from one another. Reaching some consensus on common ethical issues and challenges could bean important step forward for all of them.


Law school presents a rigorous individual challenge, even in a supportive legal education community such asPacific McGeorge, with student study groups, open facultydoors, and financial aid and career advisors.

But sometimes it’s nice to know that there’s someone out there besides mom and

dad who thinks I’m special. Named memorial scholarships that honor past law

school graduates, faculty members and supporters carry on that tradition each year

to a new group of law students.

Pacific McGeorge is fortunate to have nearly named scholarships for

continuing students who have excelled in the classroom. The availability of

scholarship funds is crucial to their pursuit of a legal education. In their

thank-you letters to donors, you’ll often read: “I hope to do for someone else

some day what you’ve done for me.”

Names such as Jerome Curtis, Loren Dahl, Anna Rose Fischer, Brian Hintz,

Amy Olson and Robert Stark reward and inspire each year. Each represents a

former student, faculty member or friend of the law school whose legacy lives on

at Pacific McGeorge.

Here are some of the many current students who have benefited from the

thoughtful contributions of graduates who have gone before them, students who are

hard-working, focused, mature—and very likely to make their supporters proud in

the years ahead.

By Michael Heenan; Photography Bill Mahon

Fresh Faces,Going Places…...



ElhahmMackani

Undergraduate:

UCLA;International Economics

Graduation:

May, 2006Awarded:

Kamal RamseySadek

Scholarship

Elhahm Mackanigrew up with an

awareness of the wideworld around her. Born in

the U.S. to parents whoemigrated from Iran,

Elhahm developed an ear for languages and an

interest in other cultures.

At UCLA, she studied internationalbusiness and minored in French and

Near-East languages and culture.Following graduation, she spent nine

months in France teaching English and soaking upGallic culture.

It’s little surprise, then, that Mackani finds herself focusingon international law as her legal education moves forward.“I’ve always enjoyed learning other languages, experiencingother cultures,” she says, “and I’ve tried to incorporate thatinterest into my education. I hope to incorporate it into mycareer as well.”

After law school, Mackani plans to pursue a career in inter-national business law, perhaps working with U.S. companieswith overseas investments or with foreign companies establish-ing a U.S. presence. “For now, it’s good to be close to homeand my family,” Mackani says. “But, at some point, if not right away, I expect I’ll be working abroad or at least inanother U.S. city.”

Kim Slater jokes that her decision tobecome a lawyer stems from siblingdefense. “Having two sisters, you alwaysfind yourself arguing your way into andout of things,” says Slater. “All of my teachers and family members thought[becoming an attorney] was a natural fit.”

Slater has made the most of Pacific McGeorge, from pre-siding over the Governmental Affairs Student Association tobelonging to the Vis International Commercial ArbitrationMoot Team. This year, she is the Student Bar Association’s rep-resentative at large and belongs to the Anthony M. KennedyAmerican Inn of Court.

Slater has also gained invaluable practical experience. Lastsummer, she worked at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. This spring, she is interning with theU.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and NaturalResources Division.

Slater has long had a passion for government. But after spendingChristmas in New Orleans—takingpart in the “Hurricane KatrinaProject” through the publicdefender’s office—she says herinterests have broadened.

After Slater takes the barexam, she hopes to workbriefly as a recruiter forPacific McGeorge. “Thequality people here havemade this just a great environment that I’ll havefun representing.”

Kim Slater

Undergraduate:

University of California,Santa Barbara;Political ScienceGraduation:

May, 2006Awarded:

A.F. ZangerleScholarship


For Mary Dougherty, it’s the experiencesoutside the classroom that make herMcGeorge experience unique.

“What I really like about Pacific McGeorge is the sense ofcommunity,” Dougherty says, “the sense of importance ofgiving back to everyone coming behind you. Everyone hereeither has already gone through what you are experiencing orthey will after you… It makes for a very strong sense of community.”

For Dougherty, being a part of that community meansrolling up her sleeves and getting to work. The third-year stu-dent is active in the Student Bar Association, serving as thegroup’s orientation chair and organizing the broad array ofactivities, volunteers and efforts that welcome new students.She also is the president of the Women’s Caucus, leading thegroup’s agenda of service and fundraising.

Dougherty plans to return to her native Oregon followinggraduation and will take the Oregon bar in July. She plans topractice business law, focusing on businesstransactions and taxes.

MaryDougherty

Undergraduate:

Oregon StateUniversity;Political ScienceGraduation:

May, 2006Awarded:

Raymond H.Biele IIScholarship

Laura Ward

Undergraduate:

StanfordUniversity; EnglishGraduation:

May, 2006Awarded:

R.T. StrattonBook Award

For Laura Ward,May brings gradua-tion and a return toher hometown. Thedaughter of a Fresnoattorney practicinghealth law, Laura haschosen the same spe-cialty and plans tojoin a local firm.

Through her work aspresident of the McGeorgeHealth Law Association,Laura has boosted under-standing of the still-youngfield of health law oncampus. The associationbrought a series of speakersto school to discuss the challenges and opportunities affordedby health care reform efforts in Massachusetts, California andWashington, D.C.

With regulations covering public health-care and managedcare destined for overhaul in the years ahead, Ward is excitedto be stepping into an active, high-profile arena.

“These are exciting times in health law. The level ofchange is amazing, and the field itself has really emerged inthe past years or so,” Laura says.

And, should Laura and her father decide to discuss theirtrade in the family home, they’ll have company. Laura’syounger sister and brother both are first-year law students.“It’s kind of the family business,” Ward says.

Mark Grisby came to McGeorge with animpressive resume in public administration.He served as a presidential managementfellow with the U.S. Department ofTransportation and the White House Officeof Science and Technology Policy, in addi-tion to a stint with Governor Gray Davis.

As he moved deeper into the world of public policy, Grisbyencountered one reality time and time again: understandingthe law was vital to success in the public realm. “The firstquestion in any policy discussion is always, ‘can we legally door achieve this for the benefit of citizens?’ ” Grisby says.“Only then do you move to the questions of whether there isthe budget or the political support to achieve it.”

That discovery led Grisby to PacificMcGeorge where, you might say, a funnything happened on the way to a career inpublic administration. “McGeorge gave me the opportunity to explore the law…to experience different areas of thelaw and try new things,” hesays. “I found out I reallyenjoy litigation.”

After graduation,Grisby plans to work as adeputy district attorney,indulging his newfound loveof the courtroom and, he says,putting his background inpublic policy to work withinthe criminal justice system.

Mark Grisby

Undergraduate:

Cal State Northridge;Political ScienceGraduate Degree:

MPA, USCGraduation:

May, 2006Awarded:

William K.MorganScholarship

Marshall Cook

Undergraduate:

WestminsterCollege;

MarketingGraduation:

May, 2007Awarded:

AlumniEndowed

Scholarship

Like nearly all evening students, MarshallCook finds his days are pretty full.

“The thing with evening school is that as soon as you’redone working, you’re working again, almost immediately,”Cook says.

Cook leaves home in the morning to clerk at a Sacramentotransactional firm, works a full day and then begins a fullevening schedule of classes at Pacific McGeorge. On mostdays, he finishes well after p.m., a full hours or moreafter starting work.

Three years after the imploding tech sector prompted himto leave investment banking, Cook now sees “light at the endof the tunnel,” and is firming up plans for life after law school.He will work as a summer associate this year for McDonoughHolland & Allen, where he expects to sample a variety ofpotential specialty areas. He’s intrigued by health-care law, butplans to get a look at real estate and business law as well.

Cook is under no delusions that life after law school will beeasy, but he has allowed himself to think about one benefit ofno longer having two full-time occupations—the return of abeloved hobby. “I love to make hardwood furniture,” he says,“but I just don’t have time for that now.”



Georgetown HostsPacific McGeorgeGlobalizing WorkshopPacific McGeorge sponsoreda workshop on “Globalizingthe Law SchoolCurriculum” for legal educators on January atthe Georgetown UniversityLaw Center in Washington, D.C.

The seminar, designed toprovide law professors fromaround the country with thetools needed to introduceinternational, transnationaland comparative law issuesinto traditional core courses,was held in conjunctionwith the annual Associationof American Law SchoolsConvention.

Professor SteveMcCaffrey and ProfessorMathias Reimann from theUniversity of Michigan presented an overview ofinternational and compara-tive law. Following the

morning session, there was a discussion of alternativecurricular approaches,including special coursesand integration of materialsinto traditional core courses.Several Pacific McGeorgeprofessors who have written,or are writing, books for theThomson-West “GlobalIssues” series on individuallegal education subjects participated in afternoonbreakout sessions on thosesubjects.

Corruption ConferenceDraws Big NamesProfessors Omar Dajani,Frank Gevurtz, MichaelMalloy and SabineSchlemmer-Schulte werethe joint organizers of ahighly successful interna-tional symposium inOctober that attracted alarge audience to the Centerfor Global Business andDevelopment.

All four were also partici-pants as panelists and moderators in the forum,“Rethinking Corruption:An Interdisciplinary Look ata Fundamental Problem,”that brought legal expertsfrom around the world tocampus.

The all-day conferencefeatured a keynote luncheonaddress by Dr. SalamFayyad, a PalestinianLegislative Council memberand former Minister ofFinance of the PalestinianAuthority. Other panelistsincluded noted Boalt Hallcriminal law professorFranklin Zimring, DanielKaufmann of the WorldBank Institute, FederalReserve Bank counselRichard Charlton, MalawiUN resident representativeMichael Keating and WelbyLeaman of the NationalSecurity Council.

Library Offers AidTo Summer AssociatesThe Gordon D. SchaberLaw Library and the UCDavis School of Law’sMabie Law Library are co-sponsoring a workshop forall summer associates andlaw clerks in the Sacramentoarea on Tuesday, June .

Law firms employingsummer associates fromPacific McGeorge, UCDavis and other law schoolsare invited to send theirprospective employees to the all-day conference,“Research in the RealWorld,” which will focus onresearch methods not taughtin law school.

School New

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Dr. Salam Fayyad, former Palestinian Minster of Finance, speaks atthe Global Center corruption conference.


Mentoring ProgramContinues to ExpandPacific McGeorge’s involve-ment in pipeline and men-toring programs that reachout to disadvantaged highschool and undergraduatestudents to inspire legalcareers continues to expand.

A new mentoring pro-gram begun in the fallmoved to campus thissemester. Each Wednesday,two busloads of childrenfrom three area schoolsarrive on campus for“Mentoring Day” activitieswith Pacific McGeorge stu-dents and faculty. The visi-tors, grades through ,take part in mock lawclasses, campus tours andstudy sessions.

A thank-you letter DeanElizabeth Rindskopf Parkerreceived from one elemen-tary school principal captured the flavor of theactivities. “I have to tell youthat yesterday was evenbetter than I could haveever imagined. I work withthese children every day andsee their struggles. Takingthem to Pacific McGeorgegave them a sense of beingout of their daily lives. Theend of our visit was the partthat really got me. As wewere leaving one boy said tome ‘This is the most fun Ihave had since I went to SixFlags and Disneyland.’ Theidea that he would evencompare it to those tripswas exciting. When I toldthe students they got to goback to the campus once aweek they went nuts.”

The program will focuson efficient and cost-effec-tive legal research tech-niques and strategies forgeneral and specializedresearch projects, using printand electronic mediaresources.

Private attorneys andstate and federal agencycounsels interested in theprogram for their summerassociates and law clerksmay contact MonicaSharum, electronic serviceslibrarian, at () -

or [email protected].

Golf TournamentEarns an EncoreSeventy-five golfers partici-pated in the inauguralPacific McGeorge BenefitGolf Tournament sponsoredby the Pacific McGeorgeAsian Pacific AlumniAssociation on October at the Empire Ranch GolfClub in Folsom.

Students, alums andmany members of theSacramento area judiciaryenjoyed an -hole best ballscramble event that, com-bined with a raffle andsilent auction, raised morethan $, in scholarshipfunds.

Among the judges inattendance were JusticesTani Cantil-Sakauye andFred Morrison of theCalifornia Court of Appeal,Third Appellate District,and administrative lawjudges Kalei Fong, ’,Robert Tronvig, ’, andPlauche Villere, ’.Attorney Sean Wong, ’,played a key role in organiz-

ing the event and formerassistant dean Ruthe Ashley,’, helped coordinate stu-dent and staff support.

The Asian PacificAlumni Association hasalready scheduled Monday,October for its ndAnnual Pacific McGeorgeBenefit Golf Tournament atthe same Empire Ranchcourse.

Law School PlansReturn to LondonPacific McGeorge’s Centerfor Global Business andDevelopment will co-spon-sor a new summer programin London this year. It willmark the first time since that the law school hasoffered a program there.

The London SummerProgram on European LegalStudies offers internationaland comparative law coursesfocused upon Europeancommercial law in atransnational context. It is athree-week program offered

during the first three fullweeks of June at QueenMary University of London.The program is open to allstudents and graduates ofABA-approved or state-accredited law schools andfully-accredited foreign lawschools.

Internationally promi-nent Queen MaryUniversity is one of onlyeight United Kingdom lawschools that was awarded afive-star grading for researchof international excellencein the British government’slast research assessmentexercise. QMUL is one ofthe largest multi-faculty colleges of the University ofLondon. A campus-baseduniversity, it is just fifteenminutes from centralLondon. It has more than, UK, European andinternational students studying in four faculties, inaddition to medical colleges.Pacific McGeorge also spon-sors a Summer SalzburgProgram (July -July )and is a co-sponsor ofanother program in St. Petersburg, Russia (July -July ).


Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye of theCalifornia Court of Appeal, ThirdAppellate District, was happywith where her iron shot endedup at the Pacific McGeorgeBenefit Golf Tournament.


So many books, so manystudy sessions, so many classes,so many part-time jobs. Such isthe regimen for most law

school students, who seem tohave little time for play. But

Pacific McGeorge’s Victor Plata andChristian Wellisch have found away to combine school and outsideinterests to help pay for theirintended lives as barristers.

They are student-athletes, butthey are not on athletic scholar-ship; both are better known out-side their native United States inplaces like Europe, Japan, NewZealand and Brazil where theirsports are revered. In pursuit oftheir paying pursuits, they’vetraveled the world on otherpeople’s money.

Plata, , is a -foot, -pound triathlete fromMinnesota via Santa Cruz who

yearns for a final Olympichurrah in in Beijing. Aformer runner at Cal Poly

San Luis Obispo, Plata’s previous aspiration was to break thefour-minute mile, a goal he never achieved. He took up

swimming as afifth-year seniorand a triathlete wasborn. Wellisch, ,is a -foot-, -pound ultimatefighter fromMonterey who competes in a ring, also known as the “cage”or “octagon,” where the full-contact fighter’s pre-competitionpreparation is simple: “I don’t waste energy on getting psy-ched; instead I try to relax and look at a fight as a sparringsession with a paycheck,” he said in an interview with the“Critical Bench” Web site this year.

Save a strained calf that was wiped out by a massage thera-pist working pro per, Plata has never been injured. Wellisch,who became known as the “Hungarian Nightmare” whilewrestling in high school, was a two-time All-American atWest Valley College and continued wrestling at San FranciscoState. That career was derailed by a dislocated shoulder. Butnow, competing as a heavyweight in the Ultimate FightingChallenge, he is -. He won his most recent bout on achampionship fight card last December in Las Vegas, wherethe gate was $. million.

A second-year student, Plata lifts weights only if he cannotfind a place to swim. Typically, he swims at the SacramentoYMCA, runs on the Pacific McGeorge treadmill or on nearbyWilliam Land Park’s grass, and cycles in his bedroom whilelistening to evidence on tape, hooking up his bike to a metalstand with a resistance unit that presses against the rear wheel.

By Steve Kennedy; Photography Bill Mahon


World-Class Athletes Plata and WellischFind It Pays to Be the Best in Their Sports

Law School Not the Ultimate Rush for These Guys

Victor Plata –Triathlete

His training inNovember consistedof to hours aweek and units ofschool. For eightyears, he has beenchasing the Olympicdream; he was analternate in ,attending the Gamesin Sydney, then

made the team in . His federation prohibited the U.S.triathletes from walking in the opening ceremonies, a deci-sion that still rankles him; instead, the triathletes continuedtraining in Florida, endured Hurricane Charlie and went toAthens several days later. He finished th.

He had his best year in , when he was ranked fourthin the world, but by then he had committed to law school.He continued training and, in the World Cup, finished th,the No. American. And the Olympic dream resurfaced. “Ithought, ‘Why not?’” Plata said. “Why not one more time?”

So on he trains, preparing for the Olympic triathlonwhere, if he qualifies, he will swim , meters, bike kilometers and run kilometers. His primary focus is onApril in Honolulu, where the top U.S. finisher qualifiesfor the Beijing Olympics. “I’ve seen a lot,” Plata says of histenure in the sport. “It’s been a gift.”

Wellisch, too, has seen quite a bit, competing in Mexico,Australia and Japan. But he won’t fight for a while, as he’s ona competitive sabbatical while finishing law school andpreparing for the bar exam in July. His itinerary after major-ing in philosophy at San Francisco State began with fleetingwork in the high-tech industry. “Companies I was workingfor kept going out of business,” Wellisch says. “I got tired ofit. I figured I would go to law school and that it would leadto something more permanent. Working in technology isfine, but as soon at the technology is obsolete, so are you.”

He missed competing athletically, so during his high-techstint he began training in mixed martial arts at the AmericanKickboxing Academy in San Jose, learning skills that pushedhim toward becoming an ultimate fighter in the heavyweight

division, beginning in . “I lovedit,” he says of his first bout. “It was ahuge adrenaline rush.” Wellischdoesn’t plan to work for a firmthat requires -hour weeks;he needs a job that allowshim to train, which hecurrently does by teach-ing three days a weekat the UltimateFitness gym inSacramento.

Wellisch says ultimatefighting has improved dramatically since state athleticcommissions began regulatingit in recent years. “It’s a sportnow, not a spectacle,” hesays. “Now it’s safer thanboxing, and it’s more exciting.” Usually an ultimate bout consists ofthree five-minute rounds;judges award points to thewinner of each round, and alesser number, usually nine points,to the loser. Fighters wear finger-less four-ounce gloves that reducethe chance of major damageto the head and lessen thechance of permanentdamage, Wellisch says.Ideally, he would have aboutfour bouts a year, set up by a manager.

“With a few more fights, I might be ableto pay off my student loans,” he says. “You needto make a lot of money now because you’re notgoing to make a long career in it. I want to make enoughnow to retire.”


imate Rush for These Guys

Christian Wellisch –Ultimate Fighter


Magazine LaudsKelso’s State WorkProfessor Clark Kelso,director of theGovernmental AffairsProgram, has been namedto Computerworld maga-zine’s “Premier ITLeaders ,” the indus-try's most prestigious award.

Kelso was selected for hiswork as chief informationofficer of the state ofCalifornia. Computerworld isthe country’s leading ITtrade publication. Its“Premier ” recognizesthe top leaders fromboth the private and publicsector who have “displayedexceptional technology lead-ership in their organizations,fostered ideas and creativework environments, envi-sioned innovativeapproaches to businessproblems and effectivelymanaged IT strategies.”

In Kelso’s case, the awardis primarily for havingbrought, for the first time,enterprise-wide strategicplanning to California’s uti-lization of technology insupport of governmentoperations and programs.His achievements came

notwithstanding the factthat he occupies a non-statutory position that hasno legal authority, nobudget, no control overprocurement, and only ahandful of employees borrowed from otherdepartments.

This is the secondnational award ProfessorKelso has received for hisIT work for the state. Twoyears ago, GovernmentTechnology, a national ITtrade publication thatfocuses on public sector IT,recognized him as one ofits “Top Dreamers,Doers and Drivers.”

Kelso was selected byformer Governor GrayDavis to serve as the state’schief CIO in May inthe wake of a major pro-curement scandal. He hascontinued his service in theSchwarzenegger adminis-tration. Kelso’s high-levelstate service also includes astint as Acting InsuranceCommissioner in .

Yelpaala ExaminesInvestment in AfricaProfessor Kojo Yelpaalatraveled to Tunisia in latefall to speak at a meeting ofthe African DevelopmentBank meeting in Tunis.

He delivered a paper,“In Search of a ModelInvestment Law,” thatexamines investment lawsin Africa from a compara-tive and historical perspec-tive. The article appears inthe inaugural issue of theorganization’s Law forDevelopment Review. It

argues for a fresh approachto stimulate investmentthat includes: ) breakingthe continent’s vulnerabilitydependence on raw materi-als that only attracts “scoopand ship” operations; ) reaching and empower-ing the “guts” (small- tomedium-size enterprises) ofthe economy; and ) target-ing high-value investment.

The United NationsConference on Trade andDevelopment recentlyissued a report on foreigndirect investment in Africathat raises several of theissues discussed in Yelpaala’sarticle. “More specifically, itconcluded that conven-tional analysis cannot adequately answer the ques-tions and explain thedismal underperformanceof the continent in invest-ment,” he says. “This is thesame conclusion I arrivedat years earlier.”

A native of Ghana,Yelpaala has taught numerous internationalcourses at PacificMcGeorge since joining thefaculty in . Highlyregarded for his academicresearch in African

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Professor Kojo Yelpaala

University (Cardozo), andthe University ofCalifornia, Davis. In July,Main will be teaching atthe Pacific McGeorgeSummer Program inInternational Studies inSalzburg, Austria.

A productive youngscholar, his numerous pub-lications include CivilProcedure: Doctrine,Practice, and Context, aleading casebook in thefield that is now in itssecond edition. His GlobalIssues in Civil Procedure isone in a series of books byPacific McGeorge profes-sors that are used inAmerican law schools tointroduce internationalconcepts in requiredcourses. In addition, he isco-writing a book withProfessor StephenMcCaffrey, TransnationalLitigation in ComparativePerspective, which will bepublished this year byOxford University Press.

Main was elected tomembership in theInternational Association ofProcedural Law earlier inthe year.


economic developmentissues, he is often called onby African governments towork as an economic con-sultant. He is also a found-ing member of the AfricanLaw Institute, an organiza-tion founded in 2001 dedi-cated to the harmonizationof the key laws in Africa.

ALI RecognizesMain's ScholarshipProfessor Thom Mainbecame the sixth facultymember elected to the pres-tigious American LawInstitute on October .Dean Elizabeth RindskopfParker and ProfessorsMichael Vitiello, LarryLevine, Julie Davies andJan Rein are members ofthe ALI, an elite organiza-tion of judges, lawyers, andlaw professors that draftsand publishes legal reformproposals in an effort toimprove and simplify the law.

Main has taught CivilProcedure and several other courses at PacificMcGeorge since , andhas also taught as a visitinglaw professor at FloridaState University, Yeshiva

Manson EnjoysDiverse HonorsProfessor Craig Manson,’, was honored for hisservice in the Departmentof the Interior by theFoundation forEnvironmental andEconomic Progress onSeptember at YosemiteNational Park.

The Washington, D.C.-based group is a coalitionof land development com-panies with land holdingsin states that seeks tomake the Section wet-lands program and theEndangered Species Actoperational protocols lessstringent. Manson wasknown for his balancedapproach to those lawsduring his three-year stintas the Assistant Secretaryfor Fish and Wildlife andParks, making him an allyof property-rights groupsbut a target of many envi-ronmentalists.

Manson also received anunusual honor, appearingin a nationally syndicatedcartoon strip on the pagesof more than AmericanSunday newspapers in

November. Acclaimed car-toonist Morrie Turnerselected Manson to appearin his “Wee Pals” strip thatfeatures minority persons ofnational statute who havecontributed much to soci-ety. The “soul corner sec-tion” of Turner’s cartoonfeatures a mini-resume ofManson’s impressive career.

Manson has been muchin demand as a speakersince his return to PacificMcGeorge. He spoke aboutthe Endangered Species Actand federal naturalresources law and its effectson rural California countiesto the Regional Council ofRural Counties last fall inSquaw Valley.

Manson also spokeabout endangered specieslegislation at a meeting ofthe Conference of WesternAttorneys General inAnchorage, Alaska. He toldthe group that the prospectfor new federal legislation isdead for the foreseeablefuture. He said that, like-wise, any regulatory reformby the Bush administrationnow seems unlikely as well.

Professor Thom Main

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decided to bring the fran-chise back from LosAngeles.

Even that Raider tri-umph was viewed by mostlegal observers as a defensewin because the award wasfar less than the $ mil-lion to $ million soughtby the team. Harris, whowas in private practice at thetime with Morrison &Foerster, raised the renegoti-ation issue throughout thetrial that was held inSacramento, but to no availat the time. He also workedon several briefs for theappeal.

Three weeks after theywere sacked by the appellatecourt, the Raidersannounced that they willnot challenge the ruling. Indeciding not to seek furtherlegal remedies, the Raidersforfeited their right to seekan opinion from the stateSupreme Court and anychance of winning back thejury’s original verdict. Inexchange, the Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumAuthority agreed not to seekroughly $, in courtcosts associated with the trial.

Malloy CautionsUse of SanctionsProfessor Michael Malloy,one of the foremost authori-ties on economic sanctions,published a new report in November that mayinfluence future Americanpolicymakers.

His study, commissionedby the National ForeignTrade Council, is particu-larly timely in light of thecurrent international crisisinvolving Iran’s nuclearweapons ambitions.

Malloy chronicles therising incidence and com-plex effects of Americanunilateral sanctions between and June . Theanalysis catalogs newunilateral sanctions against countries. During thesame period, U.S. sanctionswere lifted in whole or inpart in states. In addition,the study shows that duringthat period, the Republican-controlled Congressimposed new sanctions at arate more frequent than thepresident.

The British Parliamentalso sought Malloy’s adviceon the same subject last falland his written testimony

for the House of Lordsincluded this caveat. “It is afundamental mistake, bothin terms of cost and effec-tiveness, to initiate sanctionsas a rhetorical response to acrisis, in an effort to appearto be proactive. Sanctionsundertaken for domesticpolitical effect subvert theappropriate role of sanctionsas instruments of foreignpolicy.”

Malloy’s career in federalgovernment prior to enter-ing academia included astint as attorney-advisorwith the U.S. Treasury’sOffice of Foreign AssetsControl, where he was recognized for his effortsduring the Iran hostagecrisis.

Harris Had a HandIn One Raider LossIn the midst of an NFL-worst - season, theOakland Raiders sufferedanother setback inNovember when an appel-late court threw them for a$. million loss. AndProfessor George Harris hadmore than a passing interestin that one.

The Third District Courtof Appeal overturned theteam’s trial court awardin a case in which Harrisco-chaired a defense teamthat represented the city ofOakland, Alameda Countyand Oakland-AlamedaCounty Coliseum officials.

The appellate court con-cluded that the Raiderswaived their right to laterclaim damages from fraudu-lent inducement by renego-tiating their agreement.That was a principal argument brought by thedefense three years earlierwhen a SacramentoSuperior Court jury sidedwith the team, finding thatstadium officials misled theteam with exaggeratedclaims of pre-sold seasontickets when the club

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T he law school lost one of its most beloved figures onJanuary , , when former Associate Dean JaneKelso died at the age of in Sacramento.

The wife of Pacific McGeorge Professor Charles Kelsoand mother of Professor Clark Kelso, Dean Kelso helpedthousands of students navigate the rigorous straits of lawschool as an academic counselor and confidante. She servedas Dean of Students and Director of Admissions at PacificMcGeorge from until . She amazed her law facultyand staff colleagues with her capacity for work, her deskalways neatly piled high with stacks of folders on currentstudents and prospective ones—stacks she could siftthrough effortlessly, pluck the proper folder, and advise thestudent seated in front of her on problem-solving options.

“Working closely with Jane was one of the great pleasuresof being Dean. It was a learning experience, at times a pro-found one,” says Professor Gerald Caplan, who dependedheavily on Kelso’s talents when he served as the law school’sDean from to .

Gaining the services of Dean Kelso was a bonus for thelate Dean Gordon Schaber when he persuaded CharlesKelso to join the Pacific McGeorge faculty from theUniversity of Indiana Law School in the late s. At atime when women were virtually unrepresented in the legalprofession, she had earned her J.D. from Indiana in ,graduating at the top of her class and practiced law in herhome state. Always drawn back to education, she latertaught for years at an elementary school in Indianapolis.

Dean Kelso proved a perfect fit for Pacific McGeorge asan admissions and academic counselor. She was a leader, notonly at the law school but in the Association of AmericanLaw Schools and the ABA Section on Legal Education.

A memorial service on January in the PacificMcGeorge lecture hall brought forth a flood of heart-

warming stories from former students who had profitedfrom Dean Kelso’s wise counsel. There was a line of attor-neys who had overcome illnesses, divorces and financialproblems to make their way through law school.

Not all got a chance to tell their story that day andemails poured in over the next month. One seemed to sumup all sentiments. Joyce Eckrem, ’, wrote, “In the roughand tumble world of law school, Jane Kelso was an island ofcaring, compassion and concern.”

Law SchoolCommunityMourns PassingOf Dean Kelso

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What Others Are Saying

“I can honestly say that if it wasn’t for Jane Kelso, Idon’t know if I would have made it through law school.”Shana Faber, ’83

“I have never stopped thinking of that chance meetingwith her, her patience and true kindness, and how shemade a real difference in my life.”Michael P. Durkee, ’84

“In my mind, Dean Kelso was a wonderful person and agreat dean.”Bradford H. Lee, ’91, MD

“I am very saddened to hear of the loss of such a brilliant and compassionate woman.”Amanda S. Day, ’01

Professor Fred GalvesStaying Ahead of the Legal Technology Learning Curve

By Jonathan Kalstrom

Professor of LawB.A., Colorado CollegeJ.D., Harvard University

Courses Taught Civil Procedure, Computer-Assisted Litigation,Street Law International, Evidence

Private SectorAssociate, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colorado

Visiting ProfessorUniversity of California, Davis, School of Law;Fordham University School of Law;University of Denver College of Law;Southwestern University School of Law

Recent Scholarship“Objection! Irrelevant and Unrealistic: It’s Time for Evidence Exams to Evolve,” 50 St. Louis U. L.J. 1223 (2006)

“The Admissibility of 3-D ComputerAnimations under the Federal Rules ofEvidence and the California Evidence Code,”Sw. U. L. Rev. (forthcoming, 2007)

Web sitewww.fredgalves.com




Professor Fred Galves is an innovator. Consider

that he started using technology in teaching more than years ago—and has lectured and written for many years aboutits use in the practice of law. His articles have been cited bystate supreme courts and in evidence casebooks. And Galveswrote the first law review article with an accompanying CD-ROM with full-animation video footnotes, titled appropriately: “Where the Not So Wild Things Are:Computers in the Courtroom, the Federal Rules of Evidence,and the Need for Institutional Reform and More JudicialAcceptance,” Harv. J.L. & Tech. ().

Now Professor Galves is at the forefront of innovationagain: He is teaching a “street law” class, but with a noveltwist that follows Pacific McGeorge’s own initiative to globalize its curriculum: the class is calledStreet Law International.

Street law is an established course atmany U.S. law schools in which law students first learn about substantive legalareas and then deepen that understandingby teaching those areas to non-lawyers,usually high school students. But Galves’law students in the course not only teachtraditional areas of U.S. law, but arecharged with the responsibility of integrating international law topics.

“For instance, in addition to constitu-tional rights, we consider internationalhuman rights,” Galves explains. “In criminal law, they addressinternational extradition law.” The law students also teachsuch legal subjects as civil rights law, torts, contracts and theinternational counterparts in each area. It is the first yearStreet Law International has been offered, and it is the firsttime any American law professor has taken this approach witha street law program. Galves’ students carry out their teachingresponsibility at Sacramento High School, now a charterschool that has been part of a neighborhood revitalizationproject by former NBA star Kevin Johnson, who grew up inSacramento’s Oak Park.

The course ties into the law school’s prominent role in the nationwide Pipeline Initiative, a program that inspiresminority urban youth to consider the legal profession. “Thisgrows out of a concern that fewer minority college studentsare applying to law school,” he explains.

Through repeated preparation, study, actual teaching andhandling the high school students’ questions, the law studentsincrease their knowledge of the law and lawyering skills,strengthen their analytical abilities, and serve as mentors androle models. Galves is impressed with the law students’ teach-ing skills and abilities to present legally complex information

in an interesting and understandable way, and notes that theyare highly accomplished and talented future lawyers.

The high school students benefit as well. They have mentors to help them develop good study habits and analytical skills. “The expectations are high, so the [highschool] students learn how to pay careful attention to makingand supporting their arguments,” Galves says. “They learnsubstantive law, they learn the importance of the rule of law,and they learn how to use the law.”

Galves and his wife are strong supporters of public education. Christine Galves, ’, has served as director of theOffice of the Education Master Plan, and in the educationoffice of former Governor Gray Davis. Professor Galves isclearly passionate about the subject.

“I have a very similar background tomany of the Sac High students and canrelate to their challenges,” he says. If itwasn’t for Galves’ high school coachesencouraging him to play college footballand run track in college, he wouldn’t haveeven thought about attending college.Galves has established a scholarship fund athis undergraduate alma mater, ColoradoCollege, in the name of one of thosecoaches.

Galves, who received his J.D. fromHarvard University, first served as a judiciallaw clerk for a year for U.S. District Judge

John L. Kane, then practiced law as a litigation associate atHolland & Hart in Denver, Colorado, before joining PacificMcGeorge in . He also taught Principles of Economics atHarvard and Political Science at Colorado College beforebecoming a law professor.

Galves is highly sought as a visiting professor by other lawschools to teach several courses, including Computer-AssistedLitigation. He has taught and lectured in Europe and SouthAmerica and will teach in China this summer with otherPacific McGeorge professors in a special USAID-funded advocacy program designed for Chinese law professors. AndGalves is involved in teaching another new course at PacificMcGeorge with Professor Cary Bricker that takes an inte-grated approach between evidence and trial advocacy. “Thatway, law students can practice applying evidentiary conceptsin the trial advocacy portion of the course,” he says. On thehorizon, he is under contract to write a book on the use ofelectronic discovery and computer technology in the court-room. It’s all part of Galves’ innovative spirit and energy.

This is the seventh in a series of Pacific Law articles on membersof the Pacific McGeorge faculty who pursue excellence inside andoutside the classroom.

Professor Fred Galves in class



Anne BloomThe Regulation of SexualIdentity in Tort Litigation,in T CF TL (D. Engel, M.McCann, eds.) (forthcom-ing )

From Justice to Global Peace:A (Brief ) Genealogy of theClass Action Crisis, L. L.A. L. R. ()

“Milking the Cash Cow” and Other Stories: Media Coverage of theTransnational Workers’Rights Litigation, V. L. R. ()

Linda E. CarterG I C L (Thomson-West ) (with others)

Miriam A. CherryTiresias and the Justices:Using Information Marketsto Predict Supreme CourtDecisions, NW. U.L. R. () (withR. L. Rogers)

Markets for Markets: Originsand Subjects of InformationMarkets, R L.R. () (with R. L.Rogers)

Decentering the Corporation:Using the Limited LiabilityCompany to Organize LowWage Immigrant Workers, U.C. D L. R. ()

Raymond R. ColettaG I P L (Thomson-West ) (with J.Sprankling, M.C. Mirow)

W E F I(West, forthcoming )

Omar M. DajaniShadow or Shade: The Rolesof Law in Palestinian-IsraeliPeace Talks, Y J. I’ L. ___()

Julie A. DaviesG I T(Thomson-West, forthcoming )

Reforming the Tort ReformAgenda, W. U. J.L.& P. ___ (forthcoming )

Marjorie FlorestalTerror on the High Seas: TheTrade and DevelopmentImplications of U.S.National Security Measures, B L. R. ___(forthcoming )

George C. HarrisG I LE (Thomson-West,forthcoming ) (with J. Moliterno)

Leslie Gielow JacobsG I C L(Thomson-West,forthcoming ) (with B. Landsberg)

Charles D. KelsoT P C L(forthcoming) (with coauthor)

Amy L. LandersLet the Games Begin:Incentives to Innovation inthe New Economy ofIntellectual Property Law, S C L. REV.307 ()

Brian K. LandsbergA O VR A (Kansas, forthcoming )

G I C L(Thomson-West,forthcoming )

(with L. Jacobs)

Technical Assistance Post-Doha: Is There Any Hope ofIntegrating DevelopingCountries into the GlobalTrading Systems?, ___A I’ L.J. ___(forthcoming )

Fred GalvesObjection! Irrelevant andUnrealistic: It’s Time forEvidence Exams to Evolve, S. L U. L.J. ()

The Admissibility of 3-DComputer Animations underthe Federal Rules of Evidenceand the California EvidenceCode, ___ S U.L. R.___ (forthcoming )

Franklin A. GevurtzU M A (Lexis,forthcoming )

G I C L(Thomson-West )

Report Regarding the PacificMcGeorge Workshop onGlobalizing the Law SchoolCurriculum, P.MG G B. D. L.J. ()(with others)

The University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

faculty not only excel in the classroom, they render

public service to the university and the profession.

Our faculty also engage in research and scholarship to

further The Rule of Law. Below is a listing of selected

- Pacific McGeorge faculty publications.

PacificMcGeorge Faculty Research & Scholarship


Report on the PacificMcGeorge Workshop onGlobalizing the Law SchoolCurriculum, P.MG G B. D. L.J. ()(with others)

Lawrence C. LevineT L P(rd ed., LexisNexis )(with others)

Thomas O. MainTL C P (Oxford, forthcoming) (with S. McCaffrey)

G I CP (Thomson-West )

Judicial Discretion toCondition, ___ T. L. R. ___ (forthcoming )

Michael P. MalloyG I C L(Thomson-West, )(with others)

B L R(Aspen, , CumulativeSupplement No. )

I B:C, M P (CarolinaAcademic Press -Supplement)

B FS L(Carolina Academic Press- Supplement)

B T-F C (CarolinaAcademic Pressforthcoming )

I T I(Kluwer Law International) (with others)

Christine ManolakasTax Discrimination and Tradein Services Between Canadaand the United States:Deciphering the Landscape, inT V T (Irwin,forthcoming ) (with C. Brown)

The Presumption of UndueInfluence Resurrected: HeSaid/She Said is Back, MG L. R. ()

Stephen C. McCaffreyT L CP (Oxford, forthcoming )(with T. Main)

UI L (LexisNexis, )

Of Paradoxes, Precedents andProgeny: The Trail SmelterArbitration 65 Years Later, inI L:L TS A ,(Bratspies & Miller eds.)()

John E.B.MyersM E C, D, E A C(Aspen, )

C P A: P P F (Oxford )

Gregory C. PingreeRhetorical Holy War:Polygamy, Homosexuality, andthe Paradox of Communityand Autonomy, A. U. J.G, S. P’, & L ()

Claude D. RohwerC N (th ed., West, ) (with A. Skrocki)

Rachael SalcidoDoctrinal Divisions andIssues in EnvironmentalLaw, in E L S:A GP (forthcoming ) (with S. McCaffrey)

John Cary SimsWhat the NSA is Doing …and Why It’s Illegal, H C. L.Q. ()

John G. SpranklingProperty and Television, R L. R. ___(forthcoming )

T L HW TS N (nd ed., Thomson-West,forthcoming )(with G. Weber)

UP L (nd ed.,LexisNexis, )

G I P L (Thomson-West, ) (with R. Coletta, M.C.Mirow)

Joseph E. TaylorS v, B:P C F(nd ed., NITA )

Michael VitielloTeaching Effective OralArgument Skills: ForgetAbout the Drama Coach, M. L.J. 869 ()

Introduction, Symposium onSentencing Guidelines andPractice in a Post-Booker World, MG L. R. ()

P W O A T A C(nd ed., Aspen )(with M. Fontham and DavidMiller)

Gregory S.WeberT L HW TS N(nd ed., Thomson-West,forthcoming )(with J. Sprankling)

Initial Steps Toward anAssessment of the Potential for aCollaborative Approach toColorado Delta EcosystemRestoration, P. MGG B. D. L.J. ()

Jarrod WongUmbrella Clauses in BilateralInvestment Treaties: Of Breachesof Contract, Treaty Violationsand the Divide BetweenDeveloping and DevelopedCountries in Foreign InvestmentDisputes, G M L.R ()

Kojo YelpaalaIn Search of a Model InvestmentLaw for Africa, L. D. R. ___ (forthcoming )

Dear Fellow Alumni & Friends,

If by reconnecting and givingback to the law school in someway we could help increase ourlaw school’s strength and accel-erate its growing reputation,wouldn’t that be a valuablereturn on investment in our

legal education? I write to tell you about some of our fellowalumni who have made that very commitment to enhancethat return and to build a legacy for those who will join ourgreat profession.

For many of us, today’s Pacific McGeorge couldn’t bemore different from the school we recall. Thanks to the inde-fatigable leadership of Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker andthe equally extensive commitment of faculty and administra-tion, Pacific McGeorge has reinvented itself, and in so doingis also reinventing legal education.

However, you may not yet be aware of just how prolificand active our alumni association has become in contributingto the success of the school, its continuing student enroll-ment and fellow alumni. Under the strong leadership ofBrian Putler, immediate past President of the Alumni Board,our Board of Directors, and many fellow alumni, we haveachieved the following:• Built thriving chapters around the country, including

several in the West, as well as New York and Washington, DC;

• Participated in pro bono endeavors, including a student/faculty/alumni trip to New Orleans to provide legal servicesdesperately needed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina;

Created an Alumni Association-sponsored Welcome/Welcome Back BBQ for alumni and students at the start ofthe school year;

• Working with students, created a “Dine with Alumni” program facilitating student interaction with alumni professionals in their areas of practice interest;

• Developed new awards recognizing outstanding alumniachievement (to be awarded at our Gala on November );

• Worked with the Career Development Office to improvepotential alumni and student professional placements;

• Sponsored outstanding MCLE programs in both Northernand Southern California on those hard-to-get ethics, elimi-nation of bias and prevention of substance abuse credits;

• Awarded almost $, in alumni scholarships to deserving students; and

• Through a concerted personal letter-writing campaign,increased alumni giving by percent over the prior year,pushing our alumni giving rate overall beyond percentfor the first time in years. Though still too low, this was nosmall feat, and we have aspirations for percent by !

Yet the Alumni Board can’t do it alone. Alumni support tothe school is essential and as noted above can take manyimportant forms—guidance to students or prospective stu-dents, hiring young alums, service on a committee or partici-pating in an alumni chapter and, of course, by providingcharitable support. While the law school’s rate of ascent isfueled by alumni engagement—and many are engaged—westill need to do more! Your guidance, insights and especiallyyour financial support are absolutely vital.

You should know just what kind of difference your finan-cial commitment has made in one individual’s life. One ofthe Alumni Association scholarships provided this past yearwas a full final semester’s tuition awarded to an evening stu-dent who had endured several extreme personal and familialhardships before coming to Pacific McGeorge. Armed withlittle more than an indomitable spirit to succeed againstdaunting odds, she has made the most of a lifetime opportu-nity for education and professional accomplishment; all whilesingle-handedly raising four children and working full time.

Without alumni financial support, dreams like hers, andthe dreams of other Pacific McGeorge alumni who precededher, would never come to fruition. If you’re already on boardas a donor, thank you. We all owe you thanks and look for-ward to your continued financial support. If you have not yetmade a gift, there’s an envelope in the magazine. The amountis much less important than your taking the step. Just do it.

As a masterpiece work in progress, there are many reasonsfor us to be proud to call ourselves Pacific McGeorge alumni.I hope you are proud, and if you’re not, I hope you will tellme why! If ever you have comments, concerns, or suggestion—for any reason—please contact me [email protected]. I look forward to serving and workingwith you in helping make a great Pacific McGeorge evengreater! In the meantime, may you enjoy continued profes-sional success and personal fulfillment.

Best regards,

Bill Harn ’93

Message fromThe Alumni BoardPresident


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PacificMcGeorgeAlumniBoard ofDirectorsExecutive Committee

William D. Harn ’93President

James M. Day, Jr. ’73Vice President ofDevelopment

Diana K. Rodgers ’94Vice President of Planning

John R. Masterman ’73Vice President of AlumniPrograms

DirectorsTerm Expires 2007Eric L. Barnum ’94James M. Day, Jr. ’73Richard A. Harris ’80John R. Masterman ’73Dennis J. Olmstead ’84Michael G. Polis ’94Diana K. Rodgers ’94Diana P. Scott ’78Margaret S. Shedd ’75Douglas R. Thompson ’79Term Expires 2008Ric Asfar ’06Erin M. Dunston ’99L. Kalei Fong ’79William D. Harn ’93Daniel L. Hitzke ’00Robert C. MacKichan ’76Geralynn Patellaro ’93J. Brian Putler ’85Evan D. Smiley ’92Achia Y. Swift ’95Andrew P. Tauriainen ’01Vida L. Thomas ’93Term Expires 2009Erika C. Aljens ’01Shanti R. Halter ’01Ronald H. Kolber ’88Michael J. Kuzmich ’00Gayle J. Lau ’74Marianne L. Waterstradt ’03Spencer C. Skeen ’95Bruce M. Timm ’98

Harn Takes Alumni Board Helm

Brian Putler, ’85, Pacific McGeorge Alumni Board immediate past president, holds an award plaque for hisservice after passing the gavel to Bill Harn, ’93.

Bill Harn, ’, takes over as president of the Pacific McGeorge Alumni Board this year with aspirations to continue the organization's momentum gained under the three-year guidance of immediate pastpresident Brian Putler, ’.

“Even if you have currently have no connection with the law school other thanreading of its many new accomplishments in this magazine, you cannot fail to beimpressed with the extraordinary steps Pacific McGeorge has taken in recent years,” Harn says.

“Our law school’s reputation continues tovault upward and it now attracts studentswith substantially higher credentials andgreater diversity than in years past,” saysHarn, a senior counsel with SouthernCalifornia Edison. “This increase in reputa-tion and academic excellence and excellenceonly increases the value of the legal education we received.”

The Alumni Board Executive Committeehas been reorganized this year to includethree vice presidents with specified jurisdictions. They are James Day, ’, vice

president of development; Diana Rodgers,’, vice president of planning; and JohnMasterman, ’, vice president of alumniprograms.

Harn will lead an expanded board thatincludes four newcomers who came onboard late last year, Ric Asfar, ’, ErinDunston, ’, Kalei Fong, ’ and VidaThomas, ’.

Nine others who will serve the first yearof their three-year terms are Erika Aljens,’, Shanti Halter, ’, Ronald Kolber, ’,Michael Kuzmich, ’, Gayle Lau, ’,Marianne Waterstradt, ’, Ronald Kolber,’, Spencer Skeen, ’, and Bruce Timm, ’.

There are four chapter events scheduledfor April in the planning stages. Alumnigatherings are scheduled in San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno and Sacramento. For moredetails, contact Alumni Communications,Marketing and Events office at ..,email alumnimcgeorge.edu., or check themcgeorge.edu Web site www.mcgeorge.eduor call ...

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Paul L. Ross ’37Enjoying retirement in the Pacific

Northwest. Now in my 90’s with

fond law school and law practice

memories in state service.

(Lynden, WA)

Peter Franchi ’56Franchi died on November 5,

2006 at the age of 89 in Auburn.

He served in the Sacramento City

Prosecutor’s Office, which had

responsibility for misdemeanors in

the city before it was absorbed by

the Sacramento County District

Attorney’s Office. He was later a

general practitioner for many years

in West Sacramento before retiring

to Grass Valley and Auburn.

Willard L. Weddell ’60This year visited the Galapagos,

Sea of Cortez and the Marquesas

Islands. Spend most of my time on

the boat at Catalina Island. Love

retirement! (Bakersfield, CA)

Honorable Clarence

Walden ’65As a traveling officiant since 1960,

I have solemnized over 2500 mar-

riages. In 2006, I officiated at 65

weddings with more on calendar in

2007. My son Eric, ’77E, is a staff

attorney for the Court of Appeal,

Fifth Appellate District in Fresno.

(Woodland, CA)

Burl Waits ’66Waits is on the board of directors

of the Rwanda School Project, an

organization that seeks to help that

African country recover from geno-

cide and war through the growth of

secondary and continuing educa-

tion. The Process Learning Center

hosted its first video conference

between Rwanda and Sacramento

on September 9, 2006. The occa-

sion was a board meeting for a

secondary school under develop-

ment in Rwanda. Felix-Aimable

Majyambere, LL.M. ’06, a National

Raul Ramirez I’m finally moving back downtown

where I started 37-plus years ago.

The Wells Fargo Building is an

excellent atmosphere for mediation

work. Hopefully, this is the last

move. I’m still doing mediation

24/7 and can’t seem to retire like

Ray Ball.

Class Representative

Phil Hiroshima

H. Vincent JacobsBusy 2007 as Chair of Association

of Certified Family Law Specialists,

and Sacramento County Bar Family

Law Section. Developing practice

as private temporary judge for fam-

ily law trials, settlement confer-

ences and law and motion, all held

in Hiroshima Jacobs Roth & Lewis

office. Trying to work half time.

(Carmichael, CA)

David MalnickMalnick died suddenly at the age

of 62 on January 1, 2007 on a

family trip to the Galapagos Islands

and South America. He was a

prominent San Jose personal injury

attorney who served as a judge pro

tem, arbitrator and mediator for

the Santa Clara County Superior

Court.

Archibald M. Mull IIIMull died at the age of 71 on

September 22, 2006 from compli-

cations from a major stroke suf-

fered eight years earlier. He was a

well-known Sacramento attorney

who represented small investors

hurt by fraudulent business prac-

tices of stock brokerage firms.

(Sacramento, CA)

Class Representatives

Gordon P. Adelman

Darrel W. LewisA retired Sacramento County

Superior Court judge, Lewis was

University of Rwanda law profes-

sor, is working with him to encour-

age the use of video conferencing

in Rwanda. The two lawyers also

plan to establish a network of ten

to twelve executives from Rwanda

and America to meet regularly via

video conference.

Stuart Brody, ’68Dr. Brody died of pancreatic cancer

at the age of 72 in Sacramento.

He served as an adjunct professor

and assistant dean at the law

school in the 1970’s. He also

counseled students as a psycholo-

gist and was the announcer at

commencement ceremonies

through 2004.

Joseph Cooper ’69President, Joseph Cooper Law

Corporation. Specialize in personal

injury, wrongful death, professional

negligence. (Sacramento, CA)

Peter Pickslay ’69On September 26, 2006, Peter

Pickslay was presented the award

of Pro Bono Attorney of the Year in

recognition of his outstanding con-

tribution to the indigent community

on behalf of the San Diego

Volunteer Lawyer program.

(La Mesa, CA)


Raul A. Ramirez

Terence B. Smith

Robert ShumanShuman retired from the

Sacramento Superior Court bench.

Prior to joining the court as a judge

in 2001, he was Governor Gray

Davis’ chief deputy legal affairs

secretary following a lengthy career

with the state Controller’s Office

during which he served as chief

counsel. (Sacramento, CA)

Breton K. LobnerGeneral counsel, San Diego

International Airport (Manhattan

Beach, CA)

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Best-selling AuthorMartini Still

Relies On Legal Background

by Cynthia Scanlon

“All of my books have a

legal basis. It would be

very difficult to write

those books without my

legal background and

the education I received

from McGeorge,” says

bestselling writer Steve

Martini, ’. “Having

been a lawyer was

pivotal for what I write.”Martini long ago established himself as oneof the leading popular fiction writers in thecountry. In fact, two of his legal-thriller genrenovels were made into TV mini-series thatbrought his works to the attention of millions more readers.

Martini attended law school at night,while working as a journalist by day. “Iworked for the Sacramento bureau of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a legal newspaperthat circulates statewide,” says Martini.“Shortly after I graduated, I went to work fora small law firm in Sacramento and practicedlaw in that area for years.”

As a reporter, Martini covered some high-profile cases, including the Charles Mansontrial. “I interviewed lawyers who were steepedin the law and at the cutting edge of veryprominent cases,” he says. “You can’t helpbut be impressed, and I still draw on thoserecollections from time-to-time.”

In his early forties, Martini decided totake a crack at writing his first novel, aneffort that took four years and resulted inThe Simeon Chamber. “The thought ofbeing a novelist was in the back of my mind,even when I was going to law school,” saysMartini. “I wrote at night and on weekendsand managed to sell that story to a smallpublisher in New York. That’s how I brokeinto the business.”

Martini moved to Bellingham,Washington in and has now published adozen novels. He writes every day, usually inthe morning. When approaching a deadline,he will write to hours a day. “Some ofmy best writing is done in that compressedtimeframe,” he says. “Once I get started, I trynot to get away from it because you can losethe thread of the story.”

The full-time novelist finds writing to berewarding, but admits that it never gets anyeasier. “You have to go back to the well everytime, and every time you go back, you con-front the concept of transforming an idea intoa story,” he says. “It’s like climbing a moun-tain. It’s just as hard on the tenth, twelfth orfourteenth book as it was on the first.”

But Martini’s loyal readers will be happyto know he’s at it again, working on a novelthat will be published later this year.


recently the subject of a feature

story in the Los Angeles Daily

Journal. He has been a successful

independent mediator since retiring

from the bench in 1999.

(Sacramento, CA)


Rudy Nolen

George F. Wolcott

David W. AbbottThe Sacramento Superior Court

judge granted final approval to a

$275 million settlement involving

allegations that Sutter Health over-

charged uninsured hospital

patients. The settlement, which

was first announced in August,

stipulates that the hospital chain

forgive debt originally owed to it by

the uninsured patients and does

not involved a large monetary

exchange. (Sacramento, CA)

Jim DayThe former managing partner at

Downey Brand LLP has opened his

new law firm, Day Carter &

Murphy LLP. The prominent oil and

gas attorney’s new partners include

Ann Trowbridge, ’93, also formerly

of Downey Brand.

Patricia LynchLynch won election as a justice of

the peace in the Reno-Verdi district.

She has served as the Reno city

attorney for 20 years. (Reno, NV)

Gary ReynoldsSince retirement I travel, pursue

investments, and spend time with

family and friends. I didn’t expect

to be so busy but do recommend it

to those of my classmates still

“suiting up” each day.

(Sacramento, CA)

Marshall SilberbergSilberberg won a $1.83 million

verdict in Alameda Superior Court

in a medical malpractice birth

injury case for an 8-year-old who

suffered brain damage in a 1998

delivery at Summit Medical Center

in Oakland. He was co-counsel in

a medical malpractice case in Los

Angeles Superior Court that result-

ed in a $3.625 million settlement

for a minor plaintiff severely injured

in childbirth. (Newport Beach, CA)

Wade ThompsonThompson died at the age of 59

on October 13, 2006 in

Sacramento. He was a prominent

personal injury attorney, a name

partner in Friedman, Collard,

Poswall & Thompson and the

founder of the firm that has

evolved into Dreyer, Babich,

Buccola & Callaham. He had

retired from the practice of law in

1991 and owned a cattle ranch in

Oregon.


Gary L. Vinson

Ronald HavenHaven was defense co-counsel in a

13-day U.S. District Court, Eastern

District of California product liabili-

ty trial where a plaintiff sued Home

Depot and a ladder manufacturer

for injuries suffered in a fall. The

plaintiff demanded $3 million, but

the jury reached a defense verdict.

(Sacramento, CA)

John JamisonJamison died at the age of 58 on

September 29, 2006 in a tragic

auto accident outside Bend,

Oregon that also took the lives of

his two sons as the three were on

the way to play in a golf tourna-

ment. He was a successful real

estate attorney and developer in

the Madera County town of

Oakhurst.

Frank LaBellaLaBella died suddenly at the age of

75 on August 25, 2006 in

Sacramento. A former state inheri-

tance tax appraiser, he enjoyed a

prominent career in real estate. He

established the Frank and Joann

LaBella Scholarship at Pacific

McGeorge in 1981.

(Sacramento, CA)

James Todd RussellRussell was appointed as a judge

on the Nevada First District Court

bench by Governor Kenny Guinn.

Russell, a partner in the Carson City

firm of Allison, MacKenzie, Pavlakis

Wright & Fagan, will serve in the

district that includes Carson City

and Storey County. He is the son of

the late Charles Russell, who served

as governor of Nevada in the

1950’s. A former chairman of the

Nevada State Ethics Commission,

he joins William Maddox, ’77, as

the only other judge in the First

District. (Carson City, NV)

Patricia J. TiedemanTiedeman died at the age of 63 in

Reno. She was a retired public

defender from the Santa Clara

County Public Defender's Office.

(Reno, CA)


Ervin A. DeSmet, Jr.

Ira Rubinoff

John HawkinsI am enjoying retirement and keep-

ing active to some extent with ADA

assignments. Fishing, hunting and

traveling! (Reno, NV)

Ronald S. MatthewNeighborhood Enhancement

Program Coordinator, City of

Bellevue, WA. (Bellevue, WA)

David S. RichmondJudge, Superior Court, County of

Amador. Divorced, remarried in

October 2005. Hiked the Andes in

Peru last year. Five kids and seven

grand kids form our blended family.

Doing well on life’s journey.

(Jackson, CA)

Michael J. SchneiderTried cases in 2006 with mixed

results. Al Friedlauder and his wife,

Wendy, were in Anchorage last

summer. We caught red salmon,

viewed brown bear, and did some

flying—great fun. I got a new right

hip in November. Doing well.

(Anchorage, AK)


R. Marilyn Lee

Gary F. Zilaff

David N. BeaverBeaver died at the age of 55 on

October 9, 2006 in Davis after a

lengthy illness. He was a senior

counsel with the California Housing

Finance Agency, which he joined in

1988 after being in private prac-

tice for 10 years.

Stephen F. ClaytonSenior director, Anti-Corruption

Compliance, Sun Microsystems,

Inc. I have been specializing in

international anti-corruption law for

more than a year now. It’s a grow-

ing field under the Bush adminis-

tration, which views corrupt foreign

officials as complicit with terrorists.

My older daughter, Elizabeth, grad-

uated from Mills College and

younger daughter, Allie, is a fresh-

man at University of the Pacific.

(Piedmont, CA)

Lyman F. McConnellMcConnell was honored for his 22

years of service as project manager

for the Truckee-Carson Irrigation

District at his retirement party. The

district is a political subdivision of

the State of Nevada, which oper-

ates three dams as well as 380

miles of canals and drains in sup-

port of agriculture in Lyon and

Churchill counties. (Fallon, NV)

Timothy NaccaratoOne of my most pleasant duties is

to oversee our academic support

programs, which provide help

starting with first-year students and

not ending until each has passed

the bar. (Elk Grove, CA)

Sal RussoPresident, Russo Marsh + Rogers,

Inc. Our firm represents the

Kurdistan Regional Government in

Iraq through the Kurdistan

Development Corporation. The KDC

chairman, Bayan Rami Abdul

Rachman, recently came to Pacific

McGeorge and spoke at the World

Affairs Council meeting on campus

Malcolm S. SwiftSwift has been named vice presi-

dent and assistant general counsel

for mergers and acquisitions of

Northrop Grumman Corporation.

He joined the huge defense con-

tractor company in 1982 as a sen-

ior staff counsel and most recently

was responsible for delivery of all

mergers, acquisitions and antitrust

legal services to the corporation.

(Los Angeles, CA)


R. Steven Corbitt

Richard H. HalladayPatty and I will celebrate 30 years

of marriage in 2007. Ricky gradu-

ated Napa Valley College Police

Academy, Heather getting her

Masters degree in Human

Resources, Justin is attending col-

lege, and Taylor is doing great in

pre-school. (Sacramento, CA)

John JanofskyJanofsky was co-counsel for the

plaintiff and helped secure a

$15.25 million verdict in a Los

Angeles Superior Court toxic tort

asbestos exposure case. He is a

partner in the El Segundo firm of

Wates & Kraus LLP.

(El Segundo, CA)

Dan PhillipsRetired effective Dec. 31, 2006

after 30 years with the court.

(Sacramento, CA)

William P. WoodI’ve had two novels published, The

Bride set in Sacramento, and Stay

of Execution (May 2007) in Los

Angeles. Both are legal thrillers.

(Sacramento, CA)



about their success at building a

peaceful, democratic, secular and

prosperous free market autonomous

region in the northern area of Iraq.

In November, I spent 10 days in

two of the northern provinces and

saw for myself the dramatic growth

and building boom. Americans are

loved and appreciated for liberating

their country and sparing the Kurds

the continuation of the genocidal

campaign against them by Saddam

Hussein. American investment and

tourism are welcomed and encour-

aged. The Kurds hosted me and

seven gold star family members,

who lost a son in the war, during

our visit that included meetings

with the top-level government lead-

ers. We had the opportunity to

meet with the few U.S. troops in

the region and offer our good wish-

es. I also had the opportunity to

meet with the higher education offi-

cials about developing a permanent

relationship with Pacific McGeorge.

(Sacramento, CA)


Thomas O. Freeburger

Peggy Chater-Turner

Bruce BeesleyBeesley joined the Reno office of

Beckley Singleton following its

merger with his firm, Beesley

Mattteoni. He began his term as

vice president of the State Bar of

Nevada after election to that posi-

tion earlier in the year. (Reno, NV)

Michael MargosianTwo grandchildren born in 06 and

moving to a new house have kept

Carla and me very busy this year—

but we love it! Restaurant company

I work for doing great—many new

Cool Hand Luke Steak Houses com-

ing to your area soon!! (Fresno, CA)

Andrew M. RudnickiI oversee Farmers Insurance’s 37

staff counsel offices nationwide.

Married with two daughters, ages

10 and 6. (Thousand Oaks, CA)

The steady political riseof Ellen Corbett, ’,continued in November, when the formerCalifornia Assemblymember was elected astate senator for the thDistrict. Today she chairsthe powerful SenateJudiciary Committee,joining John Burton asthe only freshman sena-tor ever entrusted withthat responsibility. Corbett is following in the footsteps ofanother Pacific McGeorge graduate, StateTreasurer Bill Lockyer, ’, who representedthe same East Bay area in the senate andalso chaired the judiciary committee.Corbett's ascension to the CaliforniaLegislature’s higher chamber was actuallyassured in June because of Democraticdominance in the district.

In a highly charged and expensive pri-mary campaign, the San Leandro attorneygarnered . percent of the vote againstAssemblyman Johan Klehs (. percent) andex-Assemblyman John Dutra (.).

According to the San Francisco Chronicle,nearly $ million in independent expenditureswere raised to oppose Corbett and to supportDutra, who was pro-business during hisSacramento tenure. Corbett won endorse-ments from firefighters, teachers and environ-mental groups. She told the Chronicle: “Ithink the grassroots support really did makethe difference.” She phoned some voters her-self and overcame some major hit pieces.

The November victory over RepublicanSan Leandro businessman Lou Filipovichwasn’t close, with Corbett winning . per-cent of the vote. Corbett replaced LizFigueroa, D-Fremont, who was termed out.

Corbett earned her B.S. in political sciencefrom UC Davis in and initially workedfor Assemblyman Elihu Harris from to. She also has taught at two communitycolleges and worked in the law firm her fatherestablished from to .

Her political career began as a San Leandrocouncil member from to , then esca-lated to San Leandro mayor from to. During her San Leandro stint, shehelped revitalize the city's downtown. She wasan Assembly member for the th Districtfrom to , a tenure that included leg-islation to reduce prescription costs, restorewetlands along the San Francisco Bay, protectconsumer rights, increase penalties for peoplewho discriminate against the disabled and reinin education costs for college students.

“Times are tough for students, especially inthe Bay Area where living costs are high,”Corbett told the Oakland Tribune in January.“I don’t want to balance the budget on thebacks of our students. I am opposed to thatand will fight the increases.”

Corbett ClimbsPolitical Ladder

In California

by Steve Kennedy

the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally rather

than “trailering.” I got the whole

experience of riding in the rain,

getting bugs in my teeth, and being

buffeted by semi tractor and trail-

ers. Also had some beautiful

weather, got to see some beautiful

country and experienced great

camaraderie with my riding bud-

dies. I wish everyone a happy,

healthy and prosperous new year.

(Carson City, NV)

LaVar ChristensenChristensen was the unsuccessful

Republican candidate for Congress

in the Utah’s 2nd District. The

state legislator was a big underdog

in the race against Democratic

incumbent Jim Matheson, a

three-term representative and the

son of a popular late governor.

(Draper, UT)

Christian M. KeinerMy article “Preaching From the

State’s Podium: What Speech is

Proselytizing Prohibited by the

Establishment Clause?” has been

published in the Spring 2007 issue

of the Brigham Young University

Journal of Public Law. The article

is based upon my defense of public

schools in church-state disputes.

(Sacramento, CA)

Paul RichardsonRichardson was appointed a com-

missioner on the Yolo County

Superior Court where he will over-

see adult and juvenile drug courts,

as well as the domestic violence

review calendar. The former Pacific

McGeorge Alumni Board president

has served as an assistant district

attorney in Yolo County since

2002. His legal career includes a

term as the Placer County district

attorney and service as general

counsel for the Agricultural Labor

Relations Board. (Woodland, CA)

Stephen S. KentShareholder, Woodburn and

Wedge. (Reno, NV)


Barbara L. Haukedalen

Judith A. Smith

Gary H. GaleMortgage consultant, Golden Bear

Mortgage Company. Our company

changed from corporation to com-

pany. We became a net branch of

American Pacific Mortgage

Corporation, which gets us pre-

ferred status with many wholesale

lenders. We moved our office

December 18, 2006. I’m looking

forward to a great 2007 (one main

challenge is getting my son’s grades

up so I can get him out of the

house for college). (Folsom, CA)

Mark A. JenkinSame wife I had when starting law

school in 1976. Still working solo

since 1984. (Henderson, NV)

Albert J. LenziMarked 25 years of living and

practicing in Chico this past Labor

Day. It’s been great! Boy time flies!

(Chico, CA)

Kathleen M. McCadeHappily Retired! (Gold River, CA)

Allan J. OwenLinda and I continue the fight to

bring democracy to America. We

held fundraisers this year for Phil

Angelides, Deborah Ortiz, Dave

Jones and others. We host the

Spring Fling for a local trial lawyers

group; this year we raised $7,500

for the Sacramento Food Bank. Be

sure to drop by the Owen-Whitney

Cathouse, if you are in town.

(Sacramento, CA)

Tamara PiersonRetired in December 2005 Life is

good! (Maple Valley, WA)

Daniel WongChief Solicitor General, Nevada

Attorney General’s Office. The

Litigation Division of the Nevada

Attorney General’s Office continues

to be very busy and accordingly I

am very busy! However, I still get

out on the Harley as much as pos-

sible. This year I rode to and from


Claire Priesley-LefloreAfter 21 years of working part-

time, I’m back to full-time and

litigation in the Attorney General’s

office as of last January. My three

daughters are getting older—11,

15 and 22—and I’m focusing more

on my career. It’s fun to be back in

litigation and finding out my court-

room skills are coming back.

(Davis, CA)

Patrick ScottI continue to teach a week a year

in a small northern France universi-

ty. Soon I expect to close my office

doors to bicycle, sail, paint and

travel and teach. (Mather, CA)

Daniel J. ScullyIn 2005, I was elevated to diplo-

mat, American Board of Trial

Advocates. I’m currently a member

of the National Board of ABOTA,

and also a fellow, American College

of Trial Lawyers, and fellow,

International Academy of Trial

Lawyers. In 2007, I will be direc-

tor of the International Association

of Defense Counsel’s Trial Academy

at the Stanford Law School.

(Detroit, MI)

James StoneStill with the National City Bank

LFC. It’s been nine years since I

left the bench and the practice. I

miss it, but life is good anyhow.

(Reno, NV)

Christopher W. WaddellAfter more than eight years at the

California State Teachers’

Retirement System (CalSTRS) and

23 years with the state, I joined

the San Diego pension retirement

system in November 2006. I am

doing the “Southwest shuffle”

between Sacramento and San

Diego on a weekly basis for now.

The new job is great and Mime

and the kids are wonderful.

(Sacramento, CA)


Fritz-Howard R. Clapp

Jennifer J. Tachera

Theodore R. AldrichI’m spending most of my free time

on small sailboats in the Pacific

Ocean. Recently sailed from Cabo

San Lucas to Newport Beach. Cell

phones don’t work out there. Nice.

(Martinez, CA)

Rocky K. CopleyI left Borton, Petrini & Conron in

August 2005 to start a solo prac-

tice, the Law Office of Rocky K.

Copley. The practice is going very

well. I’m handling principally per-

sonal injury, insurance bad-faith

plaintiff cases and business litiga-

tion. I am still working too hard

but I hope to slow down after the

next few months. My son, Patrick,

graduated from San Diego State

University and is working at a

national environmental engineering

and consulting firm as a research

assistant. Our twin daughters, Erin

and Caitlin, are in their sophomore

year and are doing great at

University of Arizona. Patty is still

the love of my life and is busy now

with the Christmas holidays and

other activities. I bumped into Bill

Chopak about a month ago and it

was fun catching up on news

about him and other friends from

Pacific McGeorge. I see Dan Mitz

every now and then. Terry Cassidy

and his family visit San Diego

every August and we party it up a

night or two while he is in town. I

would love to see some of my

classmates at one of our reunions.

(San Diego, CA)

Noreen EvansEvans ran unopposed in the

California 7th Assembly District

general election. The Santa Rosa

attorney will serve her second

term. (Santa Rosa, CA)

John GerrardGerrard was one of three finalists

considered for the position of chief

justice of the Nebraska Supreme


Court. The governor of Nebraska

named the U.S. Attorney for that

state as the chief justice in

September. Justice Gerrard has

served on the state’s high court

since 1995. (Lincoln, NE)

Krista J. KastanosReached a milestone in September

of 2006—25 years with the

Sacramento County D.A.’s office.

Currently handling white-collar

crimes trial caseload. Recent family

vacations include the Bahamas

and Mexico. Both of my kids are

teenagers now. (Sacramento, CA)

Ronald R. LambOf counsel, Wilke Fleury Hoffelt,

Gould & Birney (Sacramento, CA)


Debra Steel Sturmer

Lieutenant Colonel

William G. Anderson, Jr.Staying more than busy, as we try

to reduce poverty through economic

growth. The President’s signature

foreign policy initiative is important,

challenging, and fun. Best ’07 to

all! (Fairfax Station, VA)

Paul L. BrimberryAlthough limiting my practice to

family law, I endeavor to expand

more into mediation and collabora-

tive areas rather than litigation. I

recently hired Ben Ramsey as an

associate. This school year, both

twins graduate from college and

move on into their careers. I just

learned I'm to be a grandfather for

the third time. Shiela and I just

celebrated our 23rd anniversary. If

you're in the neighborhood of

Northrop and Howe, think about

stopping by to say hello. I wish

more alumni would share where

they are and what they’re up to.

(Sacramento, CA)

Captain Carleton R. CramerI continue to work at Asia-Pacific

Center for Security Studies in the

counter terrorism arena. Work

closely with security practitioners

from more than 40 Asia Pacific

countries. (Mililani, HI)

William R. Durr Jr.Durr died at the age of 74 on

September 23, 2006 at his home

in Chula Vista, California after a

long illness. He served 26 years in

the United States Air Force and

then practiced as an appellate

lawyer for fourteen years in

California.

Mary Jo GravesGraves has been appointed chief

attorney general of the state

Attorney General’s criminal law

division by California Attorney

General Bill Lockyer, ’86. In her

new post, she will direct a division

with 400 attorneys, 37 legal ana-

lysts and a $103 million budget.

Graves has spent 16 years with

the Department of Justice as a line

attorney, supervisor and manager.

Since June 2001, she has served

as senior assistant attorney general

in charge of the Sacramento/Fresno

region of the appeals.

(Sacramento, CA)

Carl McMahanMcMahan won a $1.22 million

verdict in Los Angeles Superior

Court in a medical malpractice

birth injury case. In a structured

settlement for the child, the

expected life payout will be $4.12

million. He was co-counsel in a

medical malpractice case in Los

Angeles Superior Court that result-

ed in a $3.625 million settlement

for a minor plaintiff severely injured

in childbirth. (Los Angeles, CA)

Ric OttaianoOttaiano won a defense verdict for

the Montebello Unified School

District in a Los Angeles Superior

Court case where a 6-year-old

plaintiff’s parents sought $1 mil-

lion in damages for an injury suf-

fered when a classmate poked

their son in the eye with a pencil.

(Orange, CA)

Scott RandRand died on July 31, 2006 in

San Diego at the age of 50 from a

pulmonary embolism following

back surgery. He served as a pub-

lic defender for twelve years and

was involved in high-profile cases

representing people with mental

and developmental disabilities. He

opened his own firm in 1998, rep-

resenting indigent defendants at

the trial and appellate court levels,

along with more affluent clients.

(San Diego, CA)

Maureen F. ThomasThomas won a defense verdict as

co-counsel for the County of Los

Angeles Department of Health

Services in a Superior Court trial in

which a former employee charged

the agency with retaliation and

gender and race discrimination.

(Los Angeles, CA)

Robert VaageVaage secured a $900,000 award

from an arbitrator in a medical

malpractice case involving a

botched lumbar fusion surgery. He

is a San Diego solo practitioner

who specializes in medical mal-

practice. (San Diego, CA)

Robert WadeWade accepted a position with the

San Francisco County D.A.’s office.

He is leaving his post as a Napa

County prosecutor after winning a

first-degree murder conviction

against a prominent dentist last fall

in the 1996 shooting death of the

latter’s wife. Wade had tried nine

murder cases in eighteen years as

a deputy D.A. in Humboldt County.

Glenn WichinskyI have re-entered private practice

specializing in gaming law and

consulting, regulatory compliance

and government relations. (Las

Vegas, NV)


Paula G. Tripp

Susan H. Hollingshead

Mark AmodeiAmodei won re-election to the

Nevada Senate in the Capital

District. He served one term in the

Assembly before moving to the upper

house in 2000. (Carson City, NV)

Robert AuerAuer took office as Lyon County

District Attorney after leaving his

post as a senior deputy attorney

general in the Nevada AG’s civil divi-

sion. He won election to the DA’s

office in November.

Roger BerlinerBerliner won election to Maryland’s

Montgomery County Council in the

First District. A former attorney with

Manatt Phelps & Philips, he is the

president of Berliner Law PLLC.

(Potomac, MD)

Robert BrumfieldBrunfield was appointed a principal

attorney at Kronick Moskovitz

Tiedemann & Girard.

(Sacramento, CA)

Mariel E. DennisHave reconnected with Pacific

McGeorge through the new alumni

chapter for government employees

and hope to see classmates Les

Kaufman and Mark Ziemba over the

holidays. Survived a major home

remodeling project and go to share

war stories with Mark Remis who

will shortly be doing same. Lots of

changes at work that remain unset-

tled—hopeful 2007 will be better!

(Sacramento, CA)

Kathleen DrakulichDrakulich has been elected to the

board of directors of Kummer

Kaempfer Bonner Renshaw. She has

practiced in the Las Vegas firm’s

Reno office since joining the firm in

2004. Previously, Drakulich served

as associate general counsel for

Nevada’s two largest utility compa-

nies. (Reno, NV)

Lisa K. HightowerI have been at California Department

of Social Services almost seventeen

years, and I see a few of our class-

mates fairly regularly. Madeline is

about to turn 10. Stephan is still an

official court reporter in Sacramento

County. I don’t know what I was

thinking, but I am president of the St.

Ignatius School Parent Club, and still

a Girl Scout leader. (Sacramento, CA)

teammates and friends are doing

well. (Danville, CA)

Luis P. SanchezAssociate Dean of Business, Sierra

College (El Dorado Hills, CA)

Brian D. SteinStein died unexpectedly at the age

of 47 on October 14, 2006 at his

home in Castro Valley. A lawyer by

profession, he most recently

worked as the accounting manager

for the Bay Area law firm of Clapp,

Moroney, Bellagamba and

Vucinich.

Margaret J. VickAs a JSD candidate and associate

of Pacific McGeorge’s Institute for

Sustainable Development, I recent-

ly represented the law school at a

Nile Basin Initiative workshop in

Mombassa, Kenya. The two-day

workshop included five attorneys

and one representative of the for-

eign ministry from the Nile Basin

states of Burundi, D.R. Congo,

Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,

Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. I

also participated in the workshop

discussions to identify legal imped-

iments and next steps to imple-

ment transboundary projects within

the Nile Basin. (Sacramento, CA)


Patricia A. Day

Steven CranfillCranfill has been appointed by

Wyoming Governor Dave

Freudenthal to fill a vacancy on the

5th Judicial District bench in Park

County. After first practicing law in

California, he has lived in Park

County for more than 20 years,

including running his own law

practice in Cody since 1997. He

also has been Cody's city attorney

since 2001. (Cody, WY)

Janice KellerI retired from the Santa Barbara

County Public Defender’s Office in

January 2005 and from the

Lompoc City Council in December

2006. I now plan to travel exten-

sively, including a trip to Europe in

June with Mindy Caplan-Kidd

(‘84D). Also, I enjoy volunteer

“job” as a judge pro tem.

(Lompoc, CA)

Ramon NunezI am now Senior Vice President

and General Counsel of Landmark

Aviation, one of North America’s

largest providers of comprehensive

services for the business aviation

industry. I find your on-line article

about the new Pacific McGeorge

USAID China program very inter-

esting. From 1997-2002, I was

the attorney for GE Aircraft Engines

who build an aircraft engine over-

haul facility in Xiamen, China. I

was responsible for coordinating

the import and export licenses into

and out of China. Once we started

operation, I was responsible for

writing and negotiating the services

agreements with the Chinese air-

lines and writing the contracts so

that the Bank of China would allow

us to move dollars out of China. I

still have a copy of the Contract

Law of the People’s Republic of

China on my bookcase. By the

way, Linh Nguyen, now a third-

year student at McGeorge, worked

as legal intern for me this past

summer. If all of your students are

like her, McGeorge continues to do

great work and teaching.

(Tempe, AZ)

Andrea C. ThompsonDeputy District Attorney,

Los Angeles County. She recently

prosecuted the capital case of the

People v. Julian Beltran in the Van

Nuys Superior Court. She success-

fully argued to jurors that the death

penalty was appropriate for the

brutal 2002 murders of Beltran’s

long-time girlfriend and two young

daughters, ages 1 and 6. After

three hours, the jury returned a

verdict of death for the Orange

County man. (Van Nuys, CA)

David TyraTyra was promoted to shareholder

at Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann &

Girard. (Sacramento, CA)

David WootenAppointed county counsel for San

Joaquin County, effective February

2007. (Stockton, CA)


Cheryl L. Van Steenwyk

Anne FadenrechtMy dad and I still keep our small

town law practice going, although

neither of us works too hard. My

dad’s excuse is he is 87, while I

just prefer to have more time for

my family and don’t feel compelled

to earn a lot of money. I can’t

believe my son is 21 years old.

(I was pregnant when I graduated

from McGeorge), and he is taking a

break from school and working at a

ski resort in Mt. Hood Oregon! It

has also been over 20 years that I,

my sister Gail, Greg Foster, Gary

Fuller and Paul Hoskins have met

annually to decide on the recipient

for the Tracy H…. Memorial

Scholarship at McGeorge. We enjoy

our get-togethers and you are wel-

come to join us! I’m proud to say

John and I are still playing soccer

in coed recreational leagues, both

indoor and outdoor, but it’s getting

harder! (Fresno, CA)

Susan H. JohnsonJohnson won a newly created

judgeship in Nevada’s 8th District

Court. The Las Vegas attorney gar-

nered 55 percent of the vote.

(Las Vegas, NV)

Joshua OttenbergOttenberg was named acting prose-

cutor of Camden County, New

Jersey by that state’s attorney gen-

eral. An 18-year veteran of the

office, he has been deputy first

assistant prosecutor in Camden

since July 2004. (Camden, NJ)

Dana SimondsMy son, Daniel, started high

school, and daughter Michelle is in

5th grade. I’m hoping for an

appointment to the Sonoma County

Superior Court—so far all inter-

views have gone well. The kids are

Leslie KaufmanKaufman won a $933,000 media-

tion settlement for a client who

contended that his disability insur-

ance policies covered his inability

to perform the acts necessary to

his occupation. He is a partner in

the Santa Ana firm of Kaufman &

Kaufman. (Santa Ana, CA)

Dudley KieferI retired in 2005 and moved my

family to a small ranch in the

Texas Hill Country. Loving each day

of retirement! (Fredericksburg, TX)

Jeffrey NevinNevin won a $5.35 million verdict

in Alameda Superior Court for a

Silicon Valley computer school that

claimed that a rival had breached a

prior mutual settlement agreement.

The verdict included nearly $1.7

million in punitive damages. Nevin is

a partner with the San Rafael firm of

Freitas, McCarthy, MacMahon &

Keating. (San Rafael, CA)

David ReedReed was appointed a referee on

the Yolo County Superior Court

where he will preside over traffic

court, small claims matters and

unlawful detainer cases. He is a vet-

eran criminal defense attorney who

also has much experience in general

civil practice. (Woodland, CA)

Daryl RobertsRoberts was one of the lead plaintiff

attorneys who won a $1 million set-

tlement in Napa Superior Court for

the state of California in an unfair

business practices, false advertising

suit against a company that market-

ed a weight-loss product. He is an

assistant district attorney in Napa

County. (Napa, CA)

Christopher P. RugaardMy wife Sharon and I will celebrate

20 years of marriage in May. Our

twin boys, Connor and Devin, will

be 14 and heading to high school

next year. Retired from little lea-

guer managing after 7 years, and

won’t know what to do in the

spring. It has been a tough year. I

lost my Mom in August and am

hoping for much better things in

2007. I hope all of my old softball


on the soccer circuit so all of our

free time is taken up by driving

from field to field. We’re raising

Labrador puppies for Canine

Companions for Independence

(CCI) and loving it. Life is great!

(Santa Rosa, CA)

Cory WoodwardWoodward was appointed by

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

as Kern County Superior Court’s

newest judge. Woodward, a court

commissioner since 2003, will

serve courts in Mojave, Ridgecrest

and Lake Isabella. (Mojave, CA)


Andrea C. Nelson

So, we had our 20th class reunion

last fall. We had a great time

catching up… all eight of us! OK. I

tried. I really did. I wrote a note for

last fall’s class notes reminding

people of the event. But, as fate

would have it, something went

wrong in the production depart-

ment, and the magazine didn’t get

mailed until too late for most to

make it. Anyhow, we missed you.

Oh, heck, we probably talked

about you behind your back—all

good though! Debbie and Tom

Cregger, Debbie Bain, Andy Wolf,

Reid Kingsury, David Frank and I

were the ’86D reunion attendees.

It was a fun little group, and I was

sorry to have to rush off after-

wards. I would have enjoyed

extending the reminiscing. Next

time we’ll do some kind of post-

party. I’m happy to report that the

Debbies, Tom, Andy, Dave and

Reid are thriving. Reid enjoys

working on his new home. His law

practice includes negotiating politi-

cal asylum issues for the Hmong

people. Profound cultural differ-

ences make representing this group

an unusual challenge. Dave, who

works and lives in the foothills,

brought pictures of his beautiful

children. Andy still practices in

Tahoe so he can pass the ski-bum

culture on to his son. I’m disap-

pointed, though, Andy did not wear


Some careers move in astraight line; advancingsteadily toward a fixedpoint through college,law school and into theprofessional world.Frayda Burton’s lawcareer took a longer,more scenic route—curv-ing and bending alongthe way like a sculpturein an artist’s studio.“I never knew what I wanted to be when Igrew up,” says Burton, ’, now one ofCalifornia’s most accomplished and respectedpractitioners of trust, estate and probate law.“For a while, I tried not growing up, butthat didn’t really work out.”

After completing an education that at firsthad focused on psychology, New Jersey-bornBurton headed to California and spent adecade crafting metal sculptures in studiosalong the Russian River and Lake Tahoe.

When an economic downturn ravaged theregion’s art business, Burton’s road curved

again. She worked three jobs while attendingPacific McGeorge in the evening and went towork as a civil litigator. But after all that work,it wasn’t a match.

Rather than leave law altogether, Burtonmade an adjustment. In , she earned anLL.M. in Pacific McGeorge’s tax program andwent to work for an estate/probate firm. This time, the practice held her interest, butlife in a big firm still wasn’t a fit. She put asideconcerns for the risks and ventured out on her own.

“I figured if I was going to starve, I coulddo it on my own rather than at somebodyelse’s firm,” she says.

Burton not only avoided starvation, shebuilt a practice that is consistently recognizedas a leader in the state’s legal community.Today she is a fellow of the American Collegeof Trust and Estate Council, and is repeatedlynamed as a Northern California Super Lawyer,a distinction bestowed on fewer than percentof the region’s attorneys.

For all the turns on the path she’s taken,Burton says today she’s very near to where shestarted—a student of psychology. A successfulestate lawyer has to understand that casesaren’t merely about tax laws, but aboutpeople—people she encounters as they grapplewith emotionally charged questions of illnessand death, family and money.

“One of the qualities that is too often over-looked in this practice is a sensitivity topeople,” Burton says. “The longer I’m in thisprofession, the more I appreciate that.”

Burton’s Stellar Careerin Estate Planning

Needed Sculpturing

by Michael Heenan

Photography:

SteveYeater

his Sorrels to the reunion. A true

powder dog wears them to even

the posh cocktail hour events.

Debbie Cregger has not aged at all.

Her career with the state is still

going strong and she still looks 26.

Not fair. Tom, whose name deco-

rates the letterhead of a successful

Sacramento firm, enjoys spending

get-away weekends at his Donner

Lake cabin with his age-defying

wife. As for my very dear, most

treasured friend Debbie Bain, she’s

still a successful career woman,

but the light of her life is her

family, Pete Thompson and darling,

3-year old Trevan, who is as bright

and funny and charismatic as kids

come. Same old stuff for me. I do

pro bono photography for non-prof-

its, advocate and volunteer for our

local animal shelter and sit by ice

rinks near and far while my 9-year

old daughter, Alexandra, continues

to move up the ranks of competi-

tive figure skating. She has now

mastered her axel and has just

landed her first double jump. I’ve

become an expert at writing

checks to coaches.Debbie Cregger

and I plan to co-organize some-

thing for the 25th reunion. There

are lots of you we’d love to see

again. We’ll try to get everyone’s

e-mail addresses from Pacific

McGeorge so you’ll have plenty of

notice. In fact, let’s start now: the

25th reunion will take place five

years from last fall. Mark your

calendars. Now, no one can say

they didn’t get enough notice!

Scott BonzellBonzell was one of the lead attor-

neys who earned a defense verdict

in San Mateo Superior Court for a

realtor in a failure to disclose toxic

mold and dry rot case in which the

plaintiff claimed damages totaling

more than $1 million. (Redwood

City, CA)

Keith BrayBray was promoted to shareholder

at Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann &

Girard. (Sacramento, CA)

Bill LockyerHe won election to the State

Treasurer’s office. The former state

Attorney General received more

votes (3.6 million) than any other

candidate for the seven principal

statewide offices. Prior to his elec-

tion as Attorney General in 1998,

Lockyer served for 25 years in the

California Legislature, culminating

his capital career with a stint as

Senate President Pro Temp.

(Sacramento, CA)

Robert F. Miller, Jr.Going green after nearly a decade

in the oil business by accepting a

position as V.P. & G.C. of a biofuels

company. Enjoyed a year of the

carefree life on the lecture/seminar

circuit in China, Indonesia,

Malaysia and Singapore. Looking

forward to more boys’ ski trip

reunions with Bob Ehrenreich

‘86D and Andy Wolf ‘86D.

(Los Angeles, CA)

Julie A. MilliganHave left the practice of family law

and the field of Outdoor Design to

engage full-time in more global

interests, i.e. genocide, poverty

reduction through microfinance,

etc. (Santa Monica, CA)

Russell C. MixCEO, Prolific. Happily continuing

my career taking start-up technolo-

gy companies through their paces;

bringing cool new products to mar-

ket and wealth and success to the

creative talent. (Burbank, CA)

Gary NelsonJones, Cochrane, Hollenback,

Nelson & Zumwalt

I received Applicant’s Attorney of

the Year from the State Bar at the

State Bar Convention in Monterey

in October 2006. Appointed to the

Executive Committee for the

Workers’ Compensation Section of

the State Bar. Active with

Stanislaus County Make-A-Wish

Foundation, and was honored as

Wishmaker of the Year in 2005,

along with wife Sharilyn. Children:

Ali, 18, and Max, 16.

(Modesto, CA)

David A. WolfWolf has joined the business serv-

ices and public law practice

groups at McDonough Holland &


Allen PC as a shareholder. He pre-

viously served as system director of

labor relations at Providence

Health Systems in Seattle and an

assistant general counsel for labor

and employee relations with Sutter

Health in Sacramento.

(Sacramento, CA)


Megan Halvonik

Frank Shaw BacikBacik has been named vice presi-

dent and general counsel at The

Pacific Lumber Co. He was former-

ly a partner in the Ukiah law firm

of Carter, Oglesby, Momsen &

Bacik where his practice focused

on natural resource management

and regulatory issues. (Scotia, CA)

Victoria L. KalmanAttorney-Mediator, Law Office of

Victoria L. Kalman. Never too old

to take on something new! After

several years of working as in-

house counsel here in beautiful

Kailua Kona, Hawaii, I am opening

a new law practice. Call when you

are in Kona. Never too busy for

golf or diving! (Kailua Kona, HI)

David McHaleI was elected Vice President and

Associate General Counsel for

Nationwide Insurance in August.

(Buffalo Grove, IL)

Kenneth W. RalidisStill best friends with the Walkers

(Brian ’87) and the Emersons

(Everett ’87). (Los Angeles, CA)

Gina RattoRatto was appointed deputy gener-

al counsel of the California Public

Employees Retirement System. She

joined the CalPERS legal staff in

December 2004 after serving as a

deputy attorney general in the

California Attorney General’s office.

She will manage the CalPERS legal

office and report to general counsel

Peter Mixon, ’84. (Sacramento, CA)


Lisa A. Specchio

Ruthe AshleyAshley was named the California

Public Employees Retirement

System’s first Diversity Officer,

External Relations. She has served

the past three years as Assistant

Dean, Career and Professional

Development, Pacific McGeorge.

(Sacramento, CA)

Michael BowmanBowman won a not-guilty verdict

on murder and manslaughter

charges for a former high school

football player in a Sacramento

Superior Court trial. The co-defen-

dant was charged with being the

driver on a drive-by shooting that

killed a bystander at a party in

2003. (Sacramento, CA)

Benjamin K. HelfmanPresident, Shasta Chapter of

California Applicants’ Attorneys

Association. (Millville, CA)

Carolyn M. Kramer HoySenior Crown Counsel, Ministry of

Attorney General (Chilliwack, BC

Canada)

Steve MaloneMalone won election to the San

Bernardino Superior Court in

November, then took office a

month early following an appoint-

ment by Governor Arnold

Schwarzenegger to a vacancy on

the bench. (San Bernardino, CA)


William W. Palmer

Billie B. Line, Jr.

John GezeliusLaw Offices of John Gerelius.

(Orange, CA)

Hank GreenblattGreenblatt obtained a $1 million

settlement in Fresno Superior Court

from a liquor store that sold


alcohol to an intoxicated driver

who hit and seriously injured the

plaintiff. The previous day,

Greenblatt and Catia Saraiva, ’04,

had obtained a $400,000 settle-

ment from the U.S. Postal Service

in a U.S. District Court case that

involved the wrongful death of a

minor driver involved in collision

with a postal vehicle. Greenblatt is

a partner and Saraiva is an associ-

ate with the Sacramento firm of

Dreyer, Babich, Buccola &

Callaham. (Fresno, CA)

Andrew McCluskeyMoved from Elk Grove to Sonora

(Sierra Foothills). I work at the

local prison and wife, Kerri, teach-

es 6th grade. Kids are 2, 6 and 9

(two girls, one boy). Trying to max-

imize camping. Building new

house. (Sonora, CA)

Michele Nelson BassLaw Offices of Michele Nelson

Bass Aspen, Colorado. Of counsel,

Lesser & Associates, P.C. I am

back to work doing sports litigation

here in Colorado (skiing personal

injury: negligent chairlift/run main-

tenance and race course set up). I

won a unanimous Colorado

Supreme Court decision invalidat-

ing pre-injury liability releases

signed by parents involving minors

in Cooper v. Aspen Ski Company a

few years ago. My practice in

Hawaii and California involves rep-

resenting the scuba diving industry

(defense of equipment manufactur-

ers Aqua Lung, U.S. Divers, Scuba

Pro; dive vessels and resorts). I’m

working on a case defending a div-

ing tour company, The Aggressor

Fleet. This lawsuit will involve dep-

ositions in Galapagos and Equador

in August 2007 so I am looking

forward to diving with hammer-

head sharks and seeing the Darwin

tortoises while “working” on this

case. My law partner, Rick Lesser,

and I won one of the 10 largest

defense verdicts in California in

2003 for Aqua Lung, involving

claims of permanent brain injury

and seeking $10 million in dam-

ages. Bolour v. Aqua Lung. I’m just

putting this in now because I’ve

been in a time warp for the last

few years with a new baby and

sick husband. Husband is doing

well after medical crisis. He is an

owner of Aspen Land & Homes

Sotheby's Real Estate and is back

to work. Our two boys, Max and

Andy, are darling, 2 and 5 years

old. Looking forward to a healthy

and happy 2007. I would love to

help plan a 20-year reunion in

2009. (Aspen, CO)


Derek R. Longstaff

John R. Brownlee

Lindy YokanovichI am starting a non-profit online

resource for cancer patients who

have questions about legal issues

(landlord/tenant, wills, contracts,

etc.) I secured grants and other

funding and been to Austin, Texas

as part of Lance Armstrong's big

cancer support network. I can

contact her if you'd like, or if you

want to e-mail her address is

[email protected]. I'm too

boring for words, unless you want

a blow-by-blow of my remodel and

the excruciating research that goes

into choosing new roofing materials

50-year composite? Replace the

shake? (St. Paul, MN)


Gregg S. Garfinkel

Mark J. Reichel

Diane BalmaBalma has been promoted to vice

president of public policy at the

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer

Foundation, which is based in

Dallas, Texas. Balma has served

as senior counsel and director of

public policy since 1998 as the

foundation has grown to a major

international organization with a

network of more than 75,000

volunteers that has raised more

than $780 million for medical

research, education and screening

programs. (Dallas, TX)

Dean CavalettoStill practicing family law in

Arizona. I pro tem on a regular

basis and also act as a special ral

estate commissioner when the

court needs to appoint someone to

sell property in dispute. Recently

hung my Realtor license with for-

mer Suns’ great Tom Chambers, at

Tom Chambers Properties. If you’re

in Arizona and changing houses or

spouses, give me a call! (Peoria, AZ)

Anthony GarafolaIn October, I opened my new law

office, a general civil practice with

an emphasis on small businesses

and their owners. If I can be of

any assistance to you, or if you just

have a moment to chat, please

contact me at agarafola@sacbusi-

nesslaw.com or (916) 481-7777.

(Sacramento, CA)

Kevin IamsIams died of lung cancer at the age

of 42 on November 18, 2006. A

Davis resident, he was a share-

holder with Weintraub Genshlea &

Sproul before opening his own

Sacramento law firm, Watson,

Khachadourian & Iams, with a

handful of friends, including two

who had served with him on the

law review at Pacific McGeorge.

Brian MomsenMomsen has formed a new law

firm, Carter, Vannucci & Momsen.

He was with Leech & English in

the Bay Area for eight years before

moving to Ukiah to continue his

real estate and land use practice.

(Ukiah, CA)

Craig PagePage was named executive vice

president of the California Land

Title Association. He previously

served as that Sacramento-based

trade association’s legislative

counsel. (Sacramento, CA)

Joann M. RemkeRemke was named presiding judge

of the State Bar of California Court

by the California Supreme Court.

She has served as a hearing judge

of the court for the last few years.

As presiding judge, she will head

the review department of the State

Bar Court, which is the court’s

three-judge appellate panel.

(San Francisco, CA)


David M. Miller

Lieutenant Colonel

Fernando Cavese

Maureen AplinIn 2006, two of the four legal

thrillers that I’ve written were pub-

lished, Pandemic Predator, and

Powder River Poison. The latter is

a legal thriller that features a

young female attorney as the pro-

tagonist in the Wyoming setting

where the author grew up. See

www.maureenaplin.com for online

ordering links to amazon.com and

bn.com. My children (Chase, 9,

and Ally, 8) are doing great and

keep me busy and smiling!

(Laguna Niguel, CA)

Steve E. EvensonMarried, three children, fourth on

the way—due in May. We have

two offices, five employees, and

many cases. Racing cars as a

hobby; I even win races every now

and then. If you are ever traveling

through Nevada on I-80, drop in

and say hello. (Lovelock, NV)

GayLynn Kirn ConantConant co-chaired a defense team

that won a defense verdict in

Alameda Superior Court in a labor

code violation case where a former

University of California manager

sued the UC regents and two for-

mer co-workers for alleged whistle-

blower retaliation. Conant is a part-

ner at Lombardi, Loper & Conant,

LLP. (Oakland, CA)

Ross LeeAfter 15 years with Curtis & Arata

in Modesto, in January 2007, I

opened Ross W. Lee, Inc., A

Professional Law Corporation.

(Modesto, CA)


Elaine A. MusserTaught MCLE elder law seminar for

new Yolo County Legal Clinic;

Published article in Summer 2006

issue of AARP Legal Hotline

Quarterly; Won first prize in the

State Bar of California’s 54th

Annual Bench & Bar Art Exhibit;

volunteer attorney, Senior Legal

Hotline; Chair Davis Senior Citizens

Commission; Commissioner—Yolo

County Commission of Aging; Chair

Triad Task Force; co-executive

director, Building Bridges (elder

abuse prevention). (Davis, CA)

Frank M. PachecoAttorney, general practice. Law

Office of Frank Pacheco

(Stockton, CA)

Janusz PorembskiPorembski died at the age of 48 on

January 16, 2007 in Sacramento

as the result of injuries suffered in

an auto accident. He was a sole

practitioner who handled family law,

immigration and business matters.

Maria SwiatekSwiatek joined Morgan Lewis as a

partner in its Palo Alto office. She

previously was a partner and head

of the patent group at Dorsey &

Whitney. She began her legal

career as senior IP counsel for a

Silicon Valley company and later

practiced with Flehr Hohbach Test

Albritton & Herbert. (Palo Alto, CA)


Violet R. Radosta

Traci F. Lee

Greg AghazarianAghazarian was re-elected to the

Assembly. A Republican lawmaker,

he got 58 percent of the vote in

the 26th District race.

(Stockton, CA)

Mark D. BeckerAfter 10 years with the Mack

Development Company, I recently

left to start my own and am loving

every minute of it so far.

(Paradise Valley, AZ)

Jason CurlianoCurliano co-chaired a defense team

that won a defense verdict in

Alameda Superior Court in a labor

code violation case where a former

University of California manager

sued the UC regents and two for-

mer co-workers for alleged whistle-

blower retaliation. Curliano is a

partner with Buty & Curliano.

(Oakland, CA)

Kimberley W. DelfinoChris and I continue the crazy

schedule of juggling two careers

and two wonderful children,

Samantha (6) and Ben (3). I con-

tinue to work on a number of inter-

esting environmental issues,

including the Salton Sea, rangeland

conservation and vernal pool pro-

tection. Life is certainly not dull.

(Sacramento, CA)

Daren HengesbachHengesbach won a defense verdict

in U.S. District Court, Central

District of California for Riverside

County’s Department of Public

Services in a child custody case

where the plaintiff parents, who

demanded $10 million, charged

fraud in a foster care adoption.

Hengesbach is a partner with

Middlebrook Kaiser & Popka. (San

Bernardino, CA)

Commander

Shelby L. HladonI am currently getting a masters

degree in National Security and

Strategic Studies at the Naval War

College in Newport, RI. In July

2007 we will be moving to Seattle,

WA and I will be the executive

officer of the Region Legal Services

office in Bremerton, WA. John is

flying for FedEx out of Anchorage

Alaska and loves it! Lucky Seattle

isn’t too far from Anchorage!

(Seattle, WA)

Scott E. JennyJenny represented the defendant in

an eminent domain action initiated

by the Sacramento City

Redevelopment Agency that result-

ed in a $492,500 verdict for his

clients. He is condemnation spe-

cialist and partner in the law firm

of Jenny, Jenny & Jenny.

(Martinez, CA)

Joseph C. McGowanI opened the San Francisco office

of our firm three years ago, and we

now have eight attorney’s handling

litigation of construction claims.

My wife, Toni, had our third child,

Natalia, in September 2006. We

live in San Ramon, and bicycle to

the BART station.

(San Ramon, CA)

Ann TrowbridgeA former Downey Brand partner,

Trowbridge left to join a new firm,

Day Carter & Murphy LLP.

(Sacramento, CA)

Thomas WeathersI practice Indian law in Berkeley. I

was named a Northern California

Super Lawyer for 2006. Melina

and I are often tired chasing a 3

year old and a 1 year old around

the house. Life is good! (San

Rafael, CA)


Captain Laura H. Heller

Guy E. Ortoleva

Fernando AcostaCoordinator, Employee Support

Services; Los Angeles County

Office of Education. Bob Varma,

’94D, and I have submitted an

article, “A Comparative Analysis of

India and Phillipines Labor Laws:

The Lingering Effects of Colonial

Rule” to the International Journal

of Comparative Labour Law and

Industrial Relations. (Downey, CA)

Michelle CannonCannon was appointed a principal

attorney at Kronick Moskovitz

Tiedemann & Girard.

(Sacramento, CA)

Marion HackHack was co-counsel for the plain-

tiff, helping construction giant M.A.

Mortenson and other subcontrac-

tors secure a $17.8 million settle-

ment from Walt Disney Concert

Hall in a complex litigation suit in

Los Angeles Superior Court. A part-

ner in Gibbs, Giden Locher &

Turner LLP, he has been named a

rising star in Southern California

legal circles the past three years by

Los Angeles magazine.

(Los Angeles, CA)

Captain Laura H. HellerAttorney-Advisor, Office of

Disability Adjudication & review,

Social Security Administration.

(Seattle, WA)

John K. LeeLee joined Pircher, Nichols &

Meeks, a national real estate law

firm, as a real estate associate. He

is based in the firm’s Los Angeles

office. Previously, he was a senior

litigation associate of Pillsbury

Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in

Orange County. (Los Angeles, CA)

Ronald PoirierPoirier joined a new firm, Ellis,

Coleman, Poirier, La Voie &

Steinheimer LLP, which specializes

in malpractice defense, class-

action litigation after leaving

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney

in September. (Sacramento, CA)

Robert RoskophServe on the Board for Family and

Children’s Services, as well as the

Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.

Our third child, Shayna Rae, was

born in September 2005.

(Palo Alto, CA)

William J. StaackSenior Staff Counsel, California

Energy Commission.

(Sacramento, CA)

Timothy TalbotLeft Carroll, Burdick & McDonough

after 12 years and 6 years as a

partner. Established own law prac-

tice specializing in the representa-

tion of public and private sector

labor organizations and employees.

(Davis, CA)

Philip VannucciVannucci formed a new law firm,

Carter, Vannucci & Momsen, in

Ukiah. He has been practicing law

for 13 years there with an expert-

ise in estate planning, probate and

family law. (Ukiah, CA)


Rob VasquezJudge Advocate, US Army

Hello from Fort Leavenworth,

Kansas. (No, I’m not writing from

prison.) I left the 1st Armored

Division in Wiesbaden, Germany,

last June and moved here for one

year to attend the US Army’s

Intermediate Level Education and

Advanced Operations Warfighting

Course (ILE/AOWC) at the US Army

Command and General Staff College.

My classmates include fellow Army

JAGs, Army officers, officers of our

sister services (Navy, Marine Corps,

and Air Force), and officers from

over 60 countries worldwide. I am

enjoying my studies, and particularly

talking about history, politics, cul-

ture, sports, the profession of arms,

and the profession of law with the

great people I’ve met here, who will

no doubt be lifelong friends. I have

even managed to hone my barbecue

skills, thanks to some tips from the

locals. After graduating in June, I

will be assigned to the United States

Northern Command (USNORTH-

COM) in Colorado, where I will serve

as the operational law judge advo-

cate. My duties will include provid-

ing advice on the lawful use and

conduct of military forces within the

continental United States, Alaska,

Canada, and Mexico in support of

homeland defense and military sup-

port to civil authorities. I look for-

ward to the challenge. Have a happy

and healthy 2007, folks. Hope all is

well. (Ft. Leavenworth, KS)

Michael J. WisePartner; Brennan Wise Law Group,

LLP (Sacramento, CA)


Ryan J. Raftery

Christopher J. Kaeser

Robert Lawrence S. AngresI continue to do criminal appellate

work, and I also represent parolees

before the Board of Parole

Hearings. Things are going well,

both professionally and personally.

(Clovis, CA)

The journey that led

Craig Barbarosh to the

top of his profession

began with a short walk

across campus. Spring break was approaching and Barbarosh,finishing his first year at Pacific McGeorge,hadn’t lined up a job for summer break.Holding an undergraduate degree in econom-ics, he had hoped to find a position that would start him on his way in the still-hotworld of corporate securities. But with spring at hand and no such job having presenteditself, Barbarosh decided to visit the school’scareer office.

There, he found a letter from the office ofU.S. Bankruptcy Judge James N. Barr. Thejudge was seeking a clerk—a recent graduateand would-be specialist in bankruptcy law.Barbarosh, who was neither of these, sent aletter asking to be considered for a summerextern position.

The bold move was rewarded. By summer’send, he had accumulated years’ worth of experience in bankruptcy law. The patientJudge Barr had included Barbarosh in discus-sions and decisions, imparting volumes ofwisdom. More importantly, bankruptcy lawhad captured the young student’s attention.

“I just loved it,” he says today. “Chapter

reorganization is the closest thing there is inlaw to business. You have to figure out how torestructure the business, how to make it workagain, considering both the financial and oper-ational challenges. It’s an incredibly diversepractice.”

A good corporate insolvency attorney mustbe ready to perform a variety of tasks withexpertise. Since every reorganization is at itsessence a negotiated outcome, the attorneymust be highly skilled at the bargaining table.And, he must be ready to show his strength asa litigator when negotiations find their limit.He needs a solid grounding in corporate andfinance law, and be able to understand theunderlying business issues.

It is a profession in which Barbarosh hasexcelled and he is quick to credit his time atPacific McGeorge as having prepared him tosucceed. “I had a great experience atMcGeorge,” he said. “I received a great educa-tion. The faculty was first-rate and GordonSchaeber was a visionary for the school. I havenothing but fond memories of my years there.”

As a senior partner in Pillsbury WinthropShaw Pittman LLP, he has built one of thefirm’s most successful practices in financialrestructuring and insolvency proceedings. He isa recent recipient of the California Lawyer’sCLAY Award, recognizing him as one of thebest lawyers of the year in the state. He’s beenhonored by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as oneof the “Top Lawyers Under ” and byTurnarounds and Workouts magazine as an“Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Lawyer.”

Bankruptcy SpecialistBarbarosh Excels atPutting Businesses

Back Together

by Michael Heenan


Angela BaderOn April 27, 2006, we welcomed

Nolan Jack Bader, our first son,

into our family. In June 2006, we

commenced construction on our

personal residence, which should

be completed in late Spring of

2007. (Reno, NV)

David W. EichmanEichman has joined the Winsor

Law Firm in Mesa, Arizona as a

partner. The former Contra Costa

Country assistant district attorney

practices commercial and real

estate litigation, and business torts.

(Mesa, AZ)

Marc FremedFremed died at the age of 34 of

non-Hodgkin lymphoma on

September 27, 2004 in Northridge,

California. He was a consultant for

non-profits, including several cancer

research organizations.

John MacKinnonSenior Deputy District Attorney,

Santa Barbara County District

Attorney’s Office, Santa Maria. I just

was promoted after completing a

three-year assignment that included

civil commitments of sexually vio-

lent predators to Atascadero State

Hospital. I also worked to obtain a

three-year grant from the California

Department of Insurance to prose-

cute workers’ comp insurance fraud.

I live in Santa Maria with my wife,

Michelle, and our two children,

Jacob (5) and Katrina (4). Also

serve as vice president of the

Northern Santa Barbara County Bar

Association and am on board of

directors of the local Boys and Girls

Club. (Santa Maria, CA)

Rich MosherMosher has been appointed gener-

al counsel of SNOCAP, a San

Francisco-based provider of digital

licensing, copyright management

services and artist distribution for

digital music. He previously served

for five years as the general coun-

sel of publicly traded Intellisync

Corporation. (San Francisco, CA)

Kenneth SwensonAfter five years at the California

Department of Justice as a deputy

attorney general, I have returned to

the private practice of law and

have opened offices in Yuba City,

California. I will continue to prac-

tice in the areas of civil litigation,

dispute resolution, and labor and

employment law, and will also offer

values-based estate planning and

wealth management services.

(Yuba City, CA)

Robert WarehamRobert B. Wareham, Esq. P.C. has

been renamed The Wareham

Group P.C. to reflect the growth of

the firm to eight attorneys and fif-

teen employees. The firm has also

opened its first satellite office in

Loveland, Colorado with plans for a

second satellite office in the east-

ern Denver metropolitan area in

2007. The firm continues to pro-

vide legal services to individuals

and families in the practice areas

of domestic relations, criminal

defense, civil litigation, estate plan-

ning and taxation, and bankruptcy.

(Lone Tree, CO)


Jane Greaves Sargent

Theresa A. Dunham

Darren J. BogieI have just finished my first year in

solo practice in Sacramento and

am loving it! (Sacramento, CA)

Allyson C. HallAppointed to the bench as a work-

ers’ compensation administrative

law judge on December 4, 2006

with the Department of Industrial

Relations, Division of Workers

Compensation after 10 years in

private practice. (Elk Grove, CA)

Laine LesterStaff Attorney, ODEN Insurance

Services, Inc. I’ve been elected as

an officer of the South Central

Chapter of the Association of

Insurance Compliance

Tara N. MorrisPartner, Cox, Castle & Nicholson,

LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Matt RexroadThe former mayor of Woodland,

Rexroad was elected to the Yolo

County Board of Supervisors in the

3rd District. (Woodland, CA)

Jesse SerafinSerafin died suddenly at the age of

35 on September 19, 2006 in

Roseville. A former prosecutor in the

Merced County District Attorney’s

office and former public defender,

he had recently established his own

criminal defense practice.

Anthony J. StanleyMoved in-house in March 06 to

handle content protection, technol-

ogy licensing and litigation, for the

Walt Disney Company, the studio,

networks and affiliates.

(Monrovia, CA)

Wendy G. TaylorAssociate Attorney, Friedberg &

Parker, LLP. Eric and I split up after

eight years together, but we left the

marriage with two beautiful boys,

Brennan and Carson, who are the

lights of my life. Still in

Sacramento, still practicing in

commercial litigation, still moving

right along. Onward and upward is

the mantra for 2007!

(Sacramento, CA)

Patrick D. TooleO’Toole co-chaired a defense team

that prevailed over a plaintiff who

sought seven-figure damages in a

breach of contract fraud suit in

Kern Superior Court. He is a part-

ner with Sagaser, Jones & Hahesy.

(Fresno, CA)

Kyriakos TsakopoulosTsakopoulos was named a trustee

of Columbia University, his under-

graduate alma mater. The presi-

dent of KT Communities, a large

Sacramento area development

company, he also serves on the

California State University Board of

Trustees. (Sacramento, CA)

Professionals. During the three-year

term, I will serve as vice president

(2007), president (2008) and past

president (2009). (Tulsa, OK)

Peter MalyshevMalyshev has made partner at the

Washington, D.C. office of

McDermott, Will & Emery LLP. He

is a member of the international

law firm’s energy and derivatives

markets practice group, where he

focuses his practice on transaction-

al and regulatory issues related to

commodities and financial and

derivates products related to ener-

gy trading. (Washington, D.C.)

Anne M. RogaskiPartner, Townshend and

Townshend & Crew, LLP

(Palo Alto, CA)


Molly J. Mrowka

Katherine J. Hart

Gary S. Winuk

Kelly BrinkmanI was made a partner with the law

firm of Goold Patterson Ales & Day,

effective January 1, 2007.

(Las Vegas, NV)

June D. ColemanPartner, Ellis Coleman Poirier

LaVoie & Steinheimer LLP. I joined

five of my fellow attorneys in leav-

ing Murphy Pearson Bradley &

Feeney to open our own law firm

in October 2006. Besides the six

partners, half of whom are women,

we also employ three associate

attorneys. Our new firm has been

featured in the Sacramento

Business Journal and The Daily

Recorder. Our new firm empha-

sizes civil litigation and trials, legal

and professional malpractice

defense, class actions, banking

law, real estate law, high-end per-

sonal injury plaintiffs’ cases, and

family law. (Sacramento, CA)

Michael A. GuilianaPartner, Knobbe, Martens, Olson &

Bear, LLP (Mission Viejo, CA)



Kara L. La Bella-Parker

Emily L. Randon

Alan BakerDeputy District Attorney, Contra

Costa District Attorney’s Office.

(Concord, CA)

Kenneth H. BrendelHaving a great time practicing law

in Northern Arizona! Sherri, Nicole

(7 in April) and Peyton (4 in

February) are doing great!

(Flagstaff, AZ)

Michelle E. BucknellI’m happily working part-time from

home now so I can raise my

daughter Miranda and her little

brother—due any day now.

(Sacramento, CA)

James M. EckelsHeather and I moved to Texas in

2005. We have three girls who

look like their mother, fortunately. I

went in-house recently, after eight

years with defense firms. The new

role is a great change. Give me a

call if you come to the Dallas/Fort

Worth area. (Lantana, TX)

James N. FincherCounty Counsel, County of Merced.

I am currently the county counsel

designee for the County of Merced.

I will officially become the County

Counsel on November 27, 2006.

My wife, Kelly (McClanahan)

Fincher, ’98, is a Deputy Attorney

General in the Appeals, Writs and

Trials Section of the California AG’s

office. (Merced, CA)

Kelly C. FincherIn June, our son James Edward

Thomas (“Jet”) was born. Our old-

est son, Michael, is now a junior in

high school and is driving. It is

hard to believe that Michael was 5

years old and in Kindergarten

when James and I started law

school. (Madera, CA)

Kara L. La Bella-ParkerAlden and I were blessed with our

second child (Morgan Blair Parker)

on February 17, 2006. We also

moved this year to East

Sacramento, and Alden opened his

own firm with a partner. Busy,

busy! (Sacramento, CA)

Todd JonesJones was elevated to partner at

Archer Norris’ Sacramento office,

which he manages. His general

civil litigation practice for the

Walnut Creek-based firm has a

special emphasis in construction

disputes, construction defect and

toxic mold cases. (Sacramento, CA)

Alden J. ParkerThis year I opened my own firm—

Basham Parker, LLP. Kara and I

also welcomed our daughter on

February 17th. (Sacramento, CA)

Henna RasulDeputy Attorney General, State of

Nevada. I have happily been work-

ing in the Reno office for the past

year. My commute has recently

increased since my move up to

Incline Village with my fiancé

Steve. (Incline Village, NV)


Kathryn M. Davis

William L. BrelsfordJenn and I are expecting our first

child (a boy) in February 2007!

(Elk Grove, CA)

Robert ChalfantChalfant was co-counsel for the

plaintiff in a Sacramento Superior

Court negligent supervision case

involving misuse of human remains

donated to the UC Davis Body

Donation Program that resulted in

a $1.1 million settlement for his

clients. (Sacramento, CA)

Dora A. CorbyOpened my own firm in New

Milford Connecticut and lovin’ it.

No kids yet but we did adopt two

parakeets. Took an awesome trip to

Hawaii. Any East Coast McG grad-

uates give me a call. I am going to

set up a summer BBQ.

(Danbury, CT)

Brian K. HarrisJust completed my second year in

private practice. In November, 2006

settled auto pedestrian case for

$2,200,000. Heather and I are

expecting our first child in February

2007. (Las Vegas, CA)

Katherine A. HrenA senior associate with Ballard,

Roseberg, Golper & Savitt, LLP.

Selected as a 2006 Southern

California “Rising Star” attorney by

the Los Angeles magazine and Law

& Politics. Only those age 40 or

younger or in practice for less than

10 years are eligible. (Westlake

Village, CA)

Christian P. KerryI was promoted to partner in

December 2006. Last year I bought

a house in Marin County conve-

niently close to my favorite moun-

tain bike trail. (Fairfax, CA)

Jefferson G. MeyerIn 2006, I expanded my practice to

include sports law. I currently repre-

sent and counsel professional mixed

martial arts fighters, including some

you may have seen on the UFC and

Pride. It’s an interesting business.

(Gold River, CA)

Monica MinerI am enjoying working for a union.

Tim, my husband, continues to

work for Lanset Communications.

Our daughter, Danielle, is now 4

years old. (Sacramento, CA)

Ovidio Oviedo, Jr.Oviedo was co-counsel for the plain-

tiff in a complex Fresno Superior

Court bad faith insurance case that

settled for $5.4 million. He is an

associate with Marderosian,

Runyon, Cercone, Lehman & Armo.

(Fresno, CA)

Kimberley H. SakaiOur son, Austin Kekoa Sakai, was

born on November 28, 2006.

(Irvine, CA)

Timothy J. SwickardSwickard joined Somach Simmons

& Dunn, a Sacramento-based

water and environmental law firm,

as a shareholder in August.

(Sacramento, CA)

Richard V. DeGruccioAssociate, Law Offices of Jeffry R.

Toff (Grass Valley, CA)

Brian K. DuffeyDuffey, a member of the Estates &

Trusts Practice Group at Hodgson

Russ, was recently named a part-

ner at the firm. His practice con-

centrates on estate planning, pro-

bate, and real estate. He has expe-

rience in the areas of probate

administration, family business

succession planning, buy-sell

agreements, Florida Homestead

and Elective Share disputes, prepa-

ration of Federal and Florida

estate, gift, and fiduciary tax

returns and has represented fiduci-

aries in trust and estate mediation

and litigation proceedings. He fold-

ed my practice into Hodgson Russ,

one of the 200 largest firms in the

U.S., in December 2003. Hodgson

Russ traces its origins to 1817.

(Boca Raton, FL)

Leland D. HoganElected to serve as Tooele County

attorney. Will start my first term on

January 2, 2007. (Stockton, CA)

Shane SinghAssociate, Kring & Chung, LLP

(Sacramento, CA)

Gregory T. TidwellEnjoyed the arrival of our second

child, a daughter, Bianca, in May

2006. (Sacramento, CA)


Samantha Tali

James S. Overman

Judith CarlsonAfter joining the Secretary of

State’s Office in September 2005,

I am continuing to learn and

expand my skills in the area of

California and Federal election

laws. I enjoy being in the service of

the public and helping to ensure

that California’s elections are run

as smoothly as possible.

(Sacramento, CA)


Wendy VierraVierra left Murphy, Pearson,

Bradley & Feeney in the fall to

form a new firm, as Ellis, Coleman,

Poirier, La Voie & Steinheimer LLP

that specializes in malpractice

defense and class-action litigation.

(Sacramento, CA)

Sandeep J. ShahIt has now been a year and a half

since we started Shah Sheth, LLP.

Business is doing well and I am

enjoying being my own boss. We

are growing and hope to expand to

3-4 attorneys within the next 1-2

years. (Irvine, CA)

Heidi L. WiehlStaff attorney for the Honorable

Magistrate Judge Edmund R.

Brennan, US District Court, Eastern

Dist. (Sacramento, CA)

Franco YaconelliI am an associate at Griffin and

Griffin specializing in defense work

for over a year. I got into “natural”

bodybuilding after law school

because I wanted a new challenge.

Natural means no steroids, no

growth hormones, no ephedra—

and we are drug-tested and take lie

detector tests prior to the shows.

Always being athletic, I wanted to

represent attorneys in the world of

bodybuilding. I have competed in

11 contests since 2002. Recently,

I won the overall title at the 2006

Folsom Fitness Extravaganza, win-

ning my Natural Gym Association

professional card in June.

(Woodland Hills, CA)


Lisa V. Ryan

Raijinder Rai-Nielsen

Claire CrowsonCrowson has joined Cuneo, Black,

Ward & Missler as an associate.

She previously practiced at the

Stockdale Law Firm in El Dorado

Hills. (Sacramento, CA)

Tricia DarbyDarby joined the Reno office of

Beckley Singleton Chtd., one of the

oldest and largest Nevada law

firms, following the merger of her

former firm, Beesley Mattteoni.

(Reno, NV)

Shanti R. HalterBill and I are so excited to share

that Lauren Renée Halter arrived

October 29, 2006, weighing 8

pounds, 15 ounces and measuring

20 1/4 inches long. She is incredi-

bly beautiful and we feel so

blessed. In addition, Bill was elect-

ed Lieutenant Governor of the state

of Arkansas in November. (Little

Rock, AR)

David KremenetskyKremenetsky was second chair for

the defense in an arbitration forum

that ruled against a plaintiff who

sought more than $1 million in

damages against Mony Life

Insurance Company in a fraud case

involving an irrevocable life insur-

ance trust, funded by a variable life

insurance policy. He is an associate

with Wilson Elser Moskowitz

Edelman & Dicker LLP.

(Los Angeles, CA)

Rhonda J. StineBirth of first child, Ian Blake

Meamber, on July 26, 2006.

(San Jose, CA)

Ellen YamshonYamshon co-authored an article,

“Comics Media in Conflict

Resolution Programs: Are They

Effective in Promoting and

Sustaining Peace?” that appears in

the Harvard Negotiation Law

Review, Volume 11 Spring 2006.

It is the second article in that jour-

nal co-written by the Sacramento

mediator/attorney and her

husband, Daniel. (Sacramento, CA)

Class Representatives=

Lan Li

Andre Batson

Erik R. BeauchampAttorney, Placer County Public

Defender. My firm got the contract

Paul SalingerSalinger has been named a partner

at the Woodruff O’Hair & Posner, a

prominent Sacramento family law

firm that will henceforth be known

as Woodruff O’Hair Posner &

Salinger Inc. (Sacramento, CA)

Marisa I. UrteagaStaff Counsel, Secretary of State of

California Business Programs

Division. I am engaged to be mar-

ried to Todd Watkins, ’02. We will

be married in Santa Rosa on

October 13, 2007. He is a staff

counsel at the California Franchise

Tax Board. Our wedding will be

filled with McGeorge Alumni guests

and attendants. (Sacramento, CA)

Michelle ViverosAssociate Attorney - Caroline L.

Dasovich & Associates. I am now

with Caroline L. Dasovich &

Associates in El Segundo, specializ-

ing in construction defect and insur-

ance defense litigation. In October

2007, I will be the maid of honor

in the wedding of classmates

Marisa Urteaga and Todd Watkins.

Also in the wedding party are Raul

Escatel, ’02, Kristi Fettig-Beckley,

’02, and Natalie Nelson-Keller,’02.

In attendance will be Megan Lewis,

’02, and Stacy Rubin, a former

McGeorge friend. We are all looking

forward to the upcoming nuptials

and the opportunity to reunite with

our fellow classmates.

(El Segundo, CA)


Kristin A. Odom

Shawn M. Krogh

Lindsay A. GouldingAssociate, Porter, Scott Weiberg, &

Delchant (Sacramento, CA)

Jennifer S. GregoryI recently joined the Sacramento

employment counseling and litiga-

tion firm Basham Parker LLP. I relo-

cated from Los Angeles where I was

previously with the civil litigation

firm Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch

& Lebovits LLP. (Sacramento, CA)

for the public defender’s office in

Placer County, so in October 2006

I gladly moved my wife, Dedra,

and children, Larissa, age 5, and

David, age 2, back to the

Sacramento area to handle a felony

case load at the Placer Office. I

handled a mix of felonies, misde-

meanors, delinquency, and depend-

ency cases in Madera County in

the prior two years. (Auburn, CA)

Patrick BerginMy wife, Christianne Klein, an ABC

News television anchor and corre-

spondent, and I live in New York

City now. But I work in Washington,

D.C. as an attorney and lobbyist for

AndersonTuell, LLP. On the eve of

law school graduation, she took a

job in Salt Lake City as an anchor

and reporter. I passed the Utah bar

and joined Anderson & Holland,

P.C., later establishing a successful

solo litigation and criminal defense

practice. His wife’s 2005 move to

the ABC affiliate in Washington,

D.C., led me to a job with Monteau

& Peebles, LLP, a national firm

specializing in Federal Indian law. A

year later, ABC National News

called and we moved to New York

City. Monteau & Peebles arranged

for me to commute, when Congress

was in session, to Washington, D.C.

as needed by the firm. That

arrangement works well for

AndersonTuell, LLP, a government

relations law firm that recruited me

in February 2007. We’re looking

forward to meeting alums in this

area. (New York, NY)

Ty CobbCobb won election to the Nevada

Assembly in District 26, which

covers part of Washoe County. The

30-year-old Reno Republican

received 64 percent of the vote.

(Reno, NV)

Kelly PfeifferMy husband, Tom, and I welcomed

our first child, Katelyn Ashley, into

the world on July 31, 2006.

(Aliso Viejo, CA)

Erin A. Riley (Quinlan)Erin married Jason R. Riley on

April 19, 2006. (Sacramento, CA)

There’s little mystery to

his mission: “Joseph

Hawkins Low IV is ded-

icated to fighting for the

rights of the people,”

says his web site. “He

has dedicated his legal

career to fighting against

the greed of corporate

America; oppression by

federal and state govern-

ment; and the constant

abuse by police and law

enforcement agencies.” Low, ‘, is an outstanding trial lawyer, oneof the finest to come out of the PacificMcGeorge Trial Advocacy program where heco-founded the first-year mock trial competi-tion. Giving him the most pleasure, theformer Marine says, is “standing up for peoplewho have no voice. The system is designed toallow attorneys to do all the talking and forthe people to shut up. That’s very unfair.”

In April , Low was part of the teamthat argued a Missouri case, United States v.Gonzales-Lopez, before the Supreme Court of the United States. Two months later, by a - vote, the court ruled defendants are enti-tled to new trials if their choice of attorneys iswrongly blocked by judges. The court decidedGonzales-Lopez had a constitutional right tothe attorney of his choice under the SixthAmendment’s guarantee of assistance of counsel. Low was the attorney a Missouri federal judge had tried to exclude.

Recently, Low, who lives in Palos Verdeswith his wife, Dr. Monica Nelsen, and theirthree black Labradors, traveled to Iraq andinsisted on joining a couple of combat mis-sions so he could better comprehend the caseof Marine Cpl. Marshall L. Magincalda. Thatclient and seven others from the rd Battalion,th Marine Regiment are accused of takingHashim Ibrahim Awad from his home inHamdaniya, Iraq, on April , , andshooting him, then trying to make it look as if he were planting a roadside bomb.

“I spend an enormous amount of timetrying to become the client,” Low says. “That’swhy I went to Iraq. You can’t get a feel for situa-tions like that in a police report or deposition.”

If it sounds like Low keeps busy, that’s theway he prefers it. “I don’t really have muchtime to sit down,” he says. … “When we goon vacation, after two or three days I startgoing crazy. I probably have ADD and don’tknow it.”

But he’s not too busy to take on anothercase, especially if the odds are stacked against him.

Low Livesto Fight

for Underdogin Courtroom

by Steve Kennedy


Corinne M. IsbernerAttorney, Combellack & Craig (El

Dorado Hills, CA)

Anthony McClarenMember, State Bar of New York. In

addition, I was married in 2006.

(Sacramento, CA)

David C. O’MaraI’ve joined the Law Office of

William M. O’Mara. Prior to joining

the firm, I worked as a law clerk

for Washoe County District Court

Judge Steven Kosach, ’72, served

as legal counsel for the Nevada

Republican Party during the 2002

presidential election, and worked

as a law clerk for a panel of senior

judges at the United States Federal

Court of Claims in the Washington

D.C. area. (Reno, NV)

Marianne L. WaterstradtI have been selected to serve on

the board of directors for the

McGeorge Alumni Association. I

have also been converted to Judge

England’s career law clerk. (Elk

Grove, CA)


Carolyn Kubish

Ryan E. Fillmore

William BishopIn January 2006, I joined Seyfarth

Shaw, a 650-attorney, full service,

international law firm. I represent

clients in all phases of complex

class-action employment litigation

involving wage and hour and feder-

al/state discrimination claims.

(Sacramento, CA)

John C. FowlerFowler was the second chair for a

defense team that successfully

fended off a retaliation, wrongful

termination suit against Save Mart

Supermarkets in Fresno Superior

Court. He is an associate with

Lang, Richert & Patch.

(Fresno, CA)

Emily FriesAssociate Attorney, McCarthy &

Rubright, LLP (Red Bluff, CA)

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J. Michelle HahnI joined Bartholomew & Wasznicky,

LLP family law firm in May 2006.

In addition to general family law

matters, I’ve been focusing on

building up our registered domestic

partner practice. (Davis, CA)

Patrick J. KeenanOwner, Law Office of Patrick J.

Keenan. (Rocklin, CA)

Lyn Amor M. MacaraegLyn Amor Macareag married

Joseph Soriano on September 16,

2006. (Los Angeles, CA)

Tania M. MoyronMoyron has joined Leven, Neal,

Bender, Rankin & Brill in Century

City as an associate. She previous-

ly clerked for Judge Christopher M.

Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

Eastern District of California.

(Century City, CA)

Dean OkimotoExecutive Director/Property

Manager, Locke Management

Association & Locke Foundation—

Historic town of Locke, Locke,

California; President, Health for All,

Inc. (Sacramento, CA)

Teri TownsendTownsend left the Gordon D.

Schaber Law Library on December

1, 2006 to become a librarian

with Troutman Sanders LLP, a

multinational law firm in Atlanta.

She worked in the library at Pacific

McGeorge for more than four years,

first as a library student assistant

and then as a reference librarian.

(Atlanta, GA)

Alaina WichnerSo far, I still love being a JAG. I

was moved from Legal Assistance

back in April to a SAUSA slot and I

got word yesterday that I'll be mov-

ing again in Jan 07 to be the 31st

ADA Brigade and William

Beaumont Army Medical Center

trial counsel. We have a new SJA

who really supports his staff going

out to do “Army” things, which I'm

really excited about. He has given

his blessing to me going to Air

Assault school in March 07. (they

run the school here on Ft. Bliss.)

I'm so delighted he's going to let

me give it a try. Well, I have two

arraignments today so I better get

back to work. (El Paso, TX)

Lisa S. WuGetting married in June 2007!


Sarah M. Lightbody

Michael Meciar

Sanjiv ChopraChopra has formed a new compa-

ny, Chopra Spencer Real Estate.

He is also the president of Chopra

Development Investments, which

currently has 18 projects under

way. (Modesto, CA)

Amy B. Lindsey-DoyleAssociate, Rosingana & Associates.

I’m a mock trial coach for Rocklin

High School and expecting first

baby in August 2007. (Loomis, CA)

Alicia KennonAttorney, Andrada & Associates. I

accepted an adjunct professorship

at Eberhardt School of Business on

the University of the Pacific’s

Stockton campus to teach

Employment Law for the spring

semester. It’s a four-unit class

required for two concentrations

within that school. I really enjoyed

teaching elementary school so

hopefully this will be equally

rewarding and certainly more intel-

lectually stimulating. (Oakland, CA)

Amie C. McTavishDeputy District Attorney, El Dorado

County District Attorney

(Placerville, CA)

Reuben NocosIn September 2006, my wife and I

moved back to the Bay Area to

start a family. In February 2007,

we will welcome a baby boy! I

continue to practice civil litigation.

Currently, I am working on a num-

ber of construction cases and a few

medical malpractice cases with

Lynch Gilardi and Grummer.

(San Francisco, CA)

Dina L. CataldoDeputy District Attorney,

Sacramento County District

Attorney’s Office. (Sacramento, CA)

Katie DeWittAssociate, Orrick Herrington &

Sutcliffe (West Sacramento, CA)

Meredith FeldeFelde has joined Downey Brand,

Sacramento’s largest law firm, as

an associate attorney. She will

practice in the firm’s litigation

group. (Sacramento, CA)

Helen FongHammy Award—Kennedy Inn of

Court; Silver Key Award—ABA,

Law Student Division.

(Sacramento, CA)

Osama A. HussainIn-house counsel, Paravue

Corporation. (Sacramento, CA)

David M. KeyzerLaw clerk to the Honorable David

Folsom, United States District

Court for the eastern District of

Texas. Engaged to Melissa

Maradiegue (’07), wedding date is

March 17, 2007. (Fair Oaks, CA)

Janice LaiLai joined the litigation practice at

Downey Brand. (Sacramento, CA)

Alessio LarrabeeI’m currently working at the

Tehama County DA’s office in Red

Bluff and about to be promoted

from law clerk to deputy district

attorney after passing the bar. I

haven’t done a jury trial yet, but I

have one scheduled for November

30 that includes a couple of felony

charges. It’s a small office, and

they just throw you in. I want to

thank you all for the great educa-

tion I got at McGeorge. I was very

well-prepared for the bar exam and

for legal practice, thanks to the

excellent curriculum there, and I

couldn't have done it without all of

you! And if any of you are in con-

tact with Professor Miller, I hope

you will relay my thanks to him,

because Evidence is the bread and

butter of every prosecutor. (Red

Bluff, CA)

Rebecca OlsonAssociate Attorney, Olson, Hagel &

Fishburn, LLP. (Sacramento)

Yaron PartoviStaff counsel, Public Employment

Relations Board. (Sacramento, CA)

Amy N. PattersonDeputy District Attorney, Monterey

County District Attorney’s Office.

(Seaside, CA)

Joshua J. StevensStevens has joined the Stockton

law office of Kroloff, Belcher,

Smart, Perry & Christopherson as

an associate. (Stockton, CA)

Wendy StultzWendy Stultz now works for the

County of Tuolumne District

Attorney’s Office doing Domestic

Violence and Violence Against

Women Act prosecutions.

(Sonora, CA)

Colleen WarrenI have joined Lugar & Pohl, a small

law firm, as an associate attorney.

Our practice is concentrated in

family law. (San Diego, CA)

Erin Wintersteen SandsI was married to Nathan Sands in

September 2005. (Sacramento, CA)

Lindsay C. ZettelAssistant Public Defender, County

of Sacramento. (Sacramento, CA)


Richard N. Asfar

Channone Marie Smith

Jamie CarrieriOn September 17, 2006, I married

my best friend and love, Enrico

Carrieri, at Arden Hills Country

Club. (Sacramento, CA)

Carolyn J. CaforioLaw Clerk to the Honorable

Garland Burrell, U.S. District Court

for the Eastern District of

California. (Sacramento, CA)


Amanda LucasLucas has joined the Law Office of

Richard R. Johnson, a Sacramento

firm that specializes on family law

and criminal defense.

(Sacramento, CA)

Bridgette P. LongeroFPPC Counsel with Fair Political

Practices Commission.

(Sacramento, CA)

Charlotte I MartinezStaff Legal Counsel, California

Correctional Peace Officers

Association (CCPOA). (Folsom, CA)

James MaynardMaynard joined Downey Brand and

will practice in its employment and

benefits law group.

(Sacramento, CA)

Anne-Leith F. W. MatlockAssociate, Porter, Scott Weiberg &

Delehant (Sacramento, CA)

Kenneth B. MatlockPatent associate attorney,

Townsend, Townsend & Crew.

(Walnut Creek, CA)

Coby T. PageAssistant city prosecutor, City of

Glendale (Glendale, AZ)

Katie PettibonePettibone was inducted into the Port

Huron (Michigan) Sports Hall of

Fame. The yachtswoman is training

for her third America’s Cup, which

will be held off Valencia, Spain in

2007. (Port Huron, MI)

Kristianne SeargeantSeargeant has joined Kronick

Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard as

an associate where she will practice

in the area of employment law.

(Sacramento, CA)

Matthew R. SilverAssociate, Wesierski & Zurek, LLP

(Irvine, CA)

Hanspeter WalterWalter has joined Kronick Moskovitz

Tiedemann & Girard as an associate

where he will focus on environmen-

tal law. (Sacramento, CA)

LL.M.GOVERNMENT& PUBLICPOLICYKristina O. Dyson ’04Law Clerk, Small Business

Administration, Office of Disaster

Assistance (Sacramento, CA)

LL.M.TRANSNATIONALBUSINESSPRACTICENarasimhan Iyengar ’86Iyengar died on March 22, 2006

in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Las Vegas, NV)

Wafa Hobballah ’87Hobbalah was the subject of a fea-

ture story in the Los Angeles Daily

Journal. She is a sole practitioner

who works in the fields of interna-

tional business law and immigration

law and is very active in several

international community organiza-

tions. (Los Angeles, CA)

Phil Yorston, ’88Yorston was elected governor of the

Florida District of Kiwanis

International. He is the assistant

director of the Palm Beach County

Property Appraiser’s public service

support department. He was previ-

ously a county assistant state attor-

ney. (Palm Beach, FL)

Aphiwat Chirasirisophon

’98The Office of the Council of State,

Thailand. (Bangkok, Thailand)

Denis Gebhardt ’00As of January, 2007, I will join

Hoelter & Elsing as partner in the

Dusseldorf office (Dusseldorf,

Germany)

Hector M. De Avila

Gonzales ’03After opening De Avila Law Firm

and practicing Mexican Law in

California, the office is getting a sta-

ble business path. (Sacramento, CA)

INMEMORIAMThe University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law expresses

sympathy to the families and

friends of the following law school

alumni:

Peter Franchi ’56November 5, 2006

Stuart A. Brady, ’68October 19, 2006

David Malnick ’71January 1, 2007

Archibald M. Mull III ’71September 22, 2006

Wade Thompson ’73October 13, 2006

John Jamison ’74September 29, 2006

Frank LaBella ’74August 25, 2006

Patricia J. Tiedeman ’74October 27, 2006

David N. Beaver ’77October 9, 2006

William R. Durr Jr. ’82September 23, 2006

Scott Rand ’82July 31, 2006

Brian D. Stein ’83October 14, 2006

Kevin Iams ’91November 18, 2006

Janusz Porembski ’92January 16, 2007

Marc Fremed ’95September 27, 2004

Jesse Serafin ’97September 19, 2006

Nicole Tutt ’95January 22, 2007

Narasimhan Iyengar ’86

LL.M.March 22, 2006

Alejandro Navarro

Paustian ’03Manager, Allied Irish Banks, PLC.

After over three years working in

London as legal counsel and asso-

ciate director at Sempra Energy and

Bear Stearns, respectively, I decid-

ed to move to Dublin where I am

currently working as manager in

Legal Services at Allied Irish Banks.

I am still in contact with most

McGeorge colleagues and try (not

always successfully) to attend the

meetings the University organizes

in Europe. Finally, I would like to

add that I am really impressed by

the good work the Dean and every-

body is doing at the University.

(Dublin, Ireland)

Ludmilla Badicke ’04I started working as a corporate

attorney at Itron, a large multina-

tional company that products and

services for energy and water

providers around the world. After

months of search, I was able to

find exactly what I was looking for.

I am responsible for international

transactional work involving cus-

tomers in Europe, Middle East,

Africa, Central and South America.

I even went to Paris and

Amsterdam in June. (Spokane

Valley, WA)

Diplomaholder

Michael J. CostelloInternational Coordinator and

Adjunct Professor, University of

Missouri-St. Louis. I spent

September 11th delivering a

lecture from Gulf University for

Science & Technology in Kuwait via

televideo to the business school

students at the University of

Missouri, St. Louis, a top 10

ranked undergraduate international

business program in our first dual

enrollment course. The course per-

mits students at GUST and UMSL

to work together in a global envi-

ronment in which they experience

overcoming the time, distance, cul-

ture and language impediments to

global enterprise. I would like to

encourage leaders to focus on the

opportunities which bring us

together. (Kuwait City, Kuwait)


Erika Aljens ’01New York, NY

Richard Asfar ’06Stockton, CA

Eric Barnum ’94Atlanta, GA

Jim Day ’73Sacramento, CA

Erin Dunston ’99Washington, DC

L. Fong ’79Sacramento, CA

Rex Frazier ’00?

Shanti Halter ’01Little Rock, AR

William Harn ’93Seal Beach, CA

Richard Harris '80Las Vegas, NV

Scott Hervey ’95Sacramento, CA

Daniel Hitzke ’00Signal Hill, CA

Ron Kolbert ’88New York, NY

Michael Kuzmich ’00Sacramento, CA

Gayle Lau ’74Honolulu, HI

Robert MacKichan ’76Washington, DC

Catherine MacMillan ’94Sacramento, CA

John Masterman ’78Roseville, CA

Dennis Olmstead ’84Newport Beach, CA

Geralynn Patellaro ’93San Jose, CA

Michael Polis ’94Roseville, CA

J. Putler ’85Sacramento, CA

Diana Rodgers ’94Los Angeles, CA

Diana Scott ’78Santa Monica, CA

Margaret Shedd ’75Sacramento, CA

Alumni Board with National Reach

Spencer Skeen ’95San Diego, CA

Evan Smiley ’92Costa Mesa, CA

Achia Swift ’95Santa Clara, CA

Andrew Tauriainen ’01Carmichael, CA

Vida Thomas ’93Sacramento, CA

Douglas Thompson ’79Roswell, GA

Bruce Timm ’98Sacramento, CA

Marianne Waterstradt ’03Elk Grove, CA

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Ken & Bonnie Jean KwongAlbert J. & Mae LeeThomas J. LongClaude & Lynn Rohwer$,+Walter AlexanderDavid & Lexis AllenThomas R. BalesHelen H. CrittendenLoren S. DahlGlenn A. FaitAnna R. FischerMorton L. FriedmanDaniel L. HitzkeAnthony M. KennedyFrank La BellaJames R. LewisGregory D. OgrodElizabeth Rindskopf Parker

& Robert A. Parker Marc & Mona RobertsHardie G. SetzerScott S. SlaterDonald & Dorothy SteedDaniel E. WilcoxenAlba WitkinBernard E. Witkin$,+Michael D. BeloteThadd A. BlizzardEdgar A. BoylesJohn Q. BrownSamuel ChicosCharles B. CoyneKuang C. FanEmil Gumpert

Richard A. HarrisMark HefnerPauline JohnsonDavid J. KristjansonPerry PotirisRobert L. RoushElaine SamansTom SinetosEdward J. TiedemannCharles W. TrainorSunny Von BulowPhilip H. Wile

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FoundationThe Max C. Fleischmann

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Foundation$,+James Irvine FoundationSierra Health Foundation$,+The Ahmanson

FoundationC.L.E.P.R.E.L. Cord FoundationGannett FoundationMr. & Mrs. William D.

James FoundationJohn A. McCarthy

Foundation

Public Legal Service SocietySacramento Estate

Planning CouncilThe Sacramento BeeThe George H. Sandy

Foundation$,+The Dana FoundationDowney Brand, LLPDreyer, Babich, Buccola &

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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS


C. Roman RectorRichard J. Yrulegui

Member (various levels)Peter A. AckeretLenore L. AlbertDavid Allen***Lexis M. Allen**Jamie D. Allen CarrieriDavid F. AndersonSherri L. AndersonAnonymousRobert W. Armstrong*Nedda M. AsadiCharles M. AsburyRichard N. AsfarRuthe C. Ashley*Nelson E. BahlerTheodore M. BallmerJuanita C. BarrenaAdam Barrett*Amanda J. BarrettWilliam BartelsMark D. BeckerJanet E. BenderMichael A. Berch*Clifford P. Berg*Byron J. BergerThadd A. Blizzard*Ronald E. Blubaugh*John Q. Brown***Amelia F. BurroughsGeoffrey Burroughs*Connie M. CallahanScott N. CameronGerald Caplan**

Shareholder ($,+)Gilles S. Attia*Thomas R. BalesIrving H. Biele***Robert A. BuccolaRobert A. Parker*Elizabeth Rindskopf

Parker*

Patron ($,+)Daniel E. Angius**Glenn A. Fait**Hayne R. Moyer*****Anne M. RogaskiDiana P. ScottScott S. Slater*Daniel J. Yee*

Advocate ($,+)Dr & Mrs. Walter

AlexanderEric L. Barnum*Laurel V. Bell-Cahill**Michael D. Belote*Timothy F. Cahill**Helen H. Crittenden**Paul E. DassenkoRoger G. Halfhide*Richard A. Harris**David R. Lane*Roberta L. LarsonRussell E. LeatherbyJohn R. Masterman**Patricia A. McVerry*Timothy E. Naccarato*Gregory D. Ogrod*Raul A. Ramirez*

*+ years of membership **+ years of membership ***+ years of membership ****+ years of membership

*****+ years of membership

Oscar E. CardonaJudith A. CarlsonSarah M. CarlsonLaura L. Carrell-StephanAnthony J. CarusoAnthony T. CasoJoseph J. CatalanoZelia M. CebrerosAlberta C. ChewLouise L. Chiu**Isaac W. ChoyFrank J. Christy*Kimberley ClarkeJames M. ClaybarRaymond R. ColettaRocky K. CopleyDianna L. CordovaCarin N. CrainWalter R. DahlOmar M. DajaniJulie A. Davies*Kathryn M. Davis*Kendall M. DawsonJames M. DayHector M. de Avila

GonzalesNirav K. DesaiGerald J. DesmondKatie C. DeWittBenjamin A. DiazRichard K. DicksonLaurence P. Digesti*Dominic F. DiMareDavid P. DrakeThomas E. DrendelCharles D. DresowMark S. Drobny*

Erin J. du BoisJana Du BoisThomas M. DunipaceErin M. DunstonJack DuranBruce W. EbertMorrison C. England*Mathew D. Evans*Rex M. FellerMargaret C. FeltsKenneth C. FerryMichele FinertyJudy L. Ford*Kathleen T. Friedrich*Jason J. GalekFred T. GalvesThomas F. GedeFaith Geoghegan**David M. GerberKay GerjarusakRandolph H. GetzJ. Neil Gieleghem*L. Stephen GizziDana L. GlasselDeborah A. GlynnKevin J. GonzalesEdward J. Goodin*George R. GoreMatthew P. GuichardJulia M. HahnShanti R. HalterMichael L. HanksJoy F. Harn*William D. Harn*Bryan C. Hartnell*John W. Hawkins**Jennifer A. Hemmer

D’s CThe following lists recognize individuals and organizations that have made gifts toPacific McGeorge during the calendar year.

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Spring P A C I F I C L A W 61*+ years of membership **+ years of membership ***+ years of membership ****+ years of membership

Craig A. HendersonJames M. HendricksonKevin T. HennessyChristopher D. HirzDaniel L. HitzkeStephen R. HoldenJohn M. Hunter*Jacob M. HurleyJeffrey G. HuronDavid R. IsolaJamie JacksonH. Vincent JacobsCarroll C. Jacobson*Elizabeth G. JacobsonKerri A. JaffeKathleen L. JanssenMark S. JenningsKyron JohnsonSummer A. JohnsonJames S. JoinerWarren A. Jones***Mary G. JordanWilliam S. JueJan L. KahnFrancisca E. KammererDebra J. Kazanjian*Christian M. Keiner*Rosemary Kelley*Charles D. Kelso***Parker S. KennedyRandall E. KesslerAbdallah Khourdaji*Carl G. KnopkePatrick M. KolasinskiDouglas H. Kraft*Mark C. KrausseDavid J. Kristjanson***Mark H. La RocqueMary Lou LackeyFern M. LaethemRonald R. LambDavid M. LambertsonBrian K. LandsbergDorothy S. Landsberg*Marsha M. Lang*Paul-Erik LannusNick A. LaPlacaGayle J. Lau*Rick LawtonThomas J. LeachAnthony L. LeggioDavid F. Levi

Lawrence C. Levine*Elisa A. LevyDarrel W. LewisJames R. Lewis***Darrin LimTravis J. LindseyConstance LoganRobert W. LongJames L. LopesPatricia K. Lundvall*Catherine C. MacMillan*Thomas Main*Steven A. MalcounJames W. MalloneeDennis H. MangersChristine ManolakasHarold C. MansonJoseph A. MartinKatharine A. MartinCharlotte I. MartinezJustin MasonDavid P. Mastagni**Charlene Matteson*Charlene A. MattisonStephen C. McCaffrey*Douglas W. McGeorge*John P. McGillPatrick M. McGrathJohn McIntyre &

Francesca Negri*Scott S. MehlerMarshall M. MercerChristopher M. MicheliDavid W. Miller*Martin J. MillerJames M. Mize***Andrew M. MolaskyPreston L. MorganBarbara D. MorrisWilliam S. MorrisDouglas MuhlemanAlice J. MurrayJohn M. MurrayMary T. Muse*Marie A. NakamuraMy Linh NguyenMatthew K. NinkeJohn A. Norwood*Robert E. OakesDavid C. O'MaraMartha Opich*Wyatt B. Orsbon

Jere M. OwenBenjamin J. PackardRandy Paragary*Scott H. Park*Geralynn Patellaro*Jeffrey N. Paule*Peter W. PerkinsGary G. PerryKenneth P. PetruzzelliTrang-Anh T. PhanGregory C. PingreeMr. & Mrs. Harley F.

PinsonPatricia PoiléMichael G. PolisTod M. PritchettBrian Putler*Aaron S. RalphDavid J. RamirezEdward F. RandolphEmily L. RandonGary E. RansomNancy B. Reardan*Donna L. ReynoldsBernard RichterRonald B. RobieSuzanne E. RogersClaude D. Rohwer**Lynn L. Rohwer**Jaime R. RománMatina Romas-

Kolokotronis*Thomas E. RotticciBrian J. Sacks*Lee W. SalterChad M. SalzmanBruce A. ScheidtBrandon M. SchindelheimJeffrey C. SchneiderArthur G. ScotlandHardie G. Setzer***Donald E. ShaverMargaret S. SheddPerry ShoorJames SilerMatthew R. SilverSteven S. SilversJohn C. Sims*Evan D. SmileyChannone M. SmithMorgan C. Smith*R. Michael Smith

Ronald S. Smith**Karen L. SnellMarilyn SnellMichael A. SollazzoRichard R. SooyJohn G. Sprankling*Edward D. SpurgeonMargaret C. Stark-RobertsDonald & Dorothy

Steed***Tami S. Stoller*Thomas M. SwettMalcolm S. SwiftHong TangJoseph E. Taylor*Edward H. Telfeyan***Barbara Thomas*Edward J. Tiedemann****Kathryn J. TobiasTeri L. TownsendCharles W. Trainor***Allan F. TreffryRobert C. TronvigDarren J. Van BloisColleen F. Van EgmondMichael Vitiello*Christopher M.

Von MaackBurl W. Waits*Linda L. WaitsSharon J. WatersBorden D. Webb*Gregory Weber*Thomas J. WelshJoe WeningerRoy L. WestfallThomas C. WestleyDouglas P. WiitaPhilip H. Wile****Charles M. WilmerRobert M. WilsonAudrey B. WintersJennifer J. YamaneHerbert K. YeeWilliam P. Yee*Julie YoungMatthew R. YoungAlfred E. Yudes*Henry Zhang


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Inc.Diamond BroadcastingDowney Brand, LLP

Dreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham, LLP

Intel CorporationMcGeorge Southern

California Alumni Chapter

Microsoft CorporationOrrick, Herrington &

Sutcliffe, LLPPublic Legal ServiceSocietyRothschild, Wishek &

Sands

Sacramento Estate Planning Council

Snell & WilmerUnion Pacific CorporationUnited Way ofSacramentoWal-Mart Stores, Inc.WD-40 CompanyLaw Offices of Webb &

TapellaWeintraub, Genshlea,

Chediak & SproulWoodruff, O'Hair &

Posner, Inc.

FoundationsAlbert & Elaine Borchard

Foundation Center on Law & Aging

Allstate FoundationArata Bros. TrustThe Fletcher Jones

FoundationHugh & Hazel Darling

FoundationMr. & Mrs. William D.

James FoundationSierra Health FoundationThe Walker Foundation

DONORS–ALUMNI AND FRIENDSBarristers Circle$+ Robert M. AllenJames T. AnwylTimothy M. BlaineRobert M. BonnifieldStephen A.

BrandenburgerJohn R. BriggsThomas B. BrownWilliam W. DavisEllen DeMaioJames V. DeMeraMark DunlopSean A. DunstonAlma ErnstJack A. FullerCarole J. GrayThomas W. HiltachkSharlene A. HonnakaLisa IsolaDaniel W. KimBryan A. LoweMichael P. McCloskeyVigo G. NielsenRichard OpichBrian J. Plant

Gary P. ReynoldsDaniel D. RichardRichard A. RobynWilliam C. RustNancy J. SheehanJames W. ShewanMichael I. SidleyJack H. WuVictor F. Zonana

Amicus Lex Circle+ Barry L. AdamsGordon P. AdelmanRonald D. AllingWilliam G. AndersonRobert A. AronsonJacqueline E. BaileyWilliam E. BakerChristo D. BardisTodd S. BissellDaniel BreuerBradley A. BristowRonald W. BrownGary B. CallahanSally N. Callahan

Gary A. CardinalPerry M. ChappanoSteven CranfillRoss E. de LipkauLouis N. DesmondLauren R. DiefenbachFrancis B. DillonHilary M. DozerJanice M. FallmanJohn D. FeeneyGilbert B. FeiblemanThomas E. FlynnKurt A. FrankeKelli L. FullerGuy R. GibsonPeter E. GlickRoger A. GradHarry K. GrafeRandal W. GravesAshley S. HamidiCraig L. HarasekAllan D. HardcastleJames R. HastingsAllan C. HenriquesGeorge C. HollisterEric M. HoveJeffery T. Infelise

Karen L. JacobsenAllan J. JacobsonCatherine H. JonesChristina H. Jones

JanssenMyra M. KaichiWilliam J. KeeganStephen S. KentCarolee KilduffJeffrey KingPamela P. KingRussell W. LeeTodd R. LowellRobert C. MacKichanJames E. McGlameryPatrick J. McGrathJanet E. McKenzieJohn H. McKinleyMichael McPherrinPaul C. MileckAlison A. MillerJohn D. MontagueVirginia S. MuellerPhillip R. MuirKathleen M. MullarkeyMichelle R. NicholsBrian C. Pearcy


Thomas J. PolisJohn M. PoswallWilliam E. RaineyMark C. RaskoffRobin L. RivettMichael RothschildDouglas A. SearsLinda J. SeifertJohn L. ShadekJanet G. SherwoodThomas M. SherwoodGary E. SlaterRita-Jane M. SpillaneDonald W. UllrichBryan N. WagnerGregory J. WangJames K. WardKerrie D. WebbStephen A. WeinerR. Michael WestR. Hillary WillettWayne W. WongCrystal WrightSamuel A. WymanBill Yeates

McGeorge Circle+ Bernadine AdamsAdekunle M. AderonmuPatricia A. Agard-MorrisonSeif-Eddin AhmadAnn M. AlexanderBruce B. AlexanderJay S. AlexanderSteven S. AlmRichard C. AlpersDoreen R. AltmanThomas D. AmickGina L. AndersonSharon L. AndersonSeward L. AndrewsThomas W. AnthonyPatrick J. ArataPaul B. ArenasDavid A. AschR. Mark AsmundsonDavid J. BaderDavid T. BartelsNorman P. BarthJoan B. BechtelJonelle C. BeckBruce T. BeesleyRobert C. BellLawrence A. Bennett

Jeanne W. BenvenutiMichael BernardJanene D. BeronioMark E. BerryRobert K. BestClaude L. BiddleDonald H. BieleJill H. BischoffMartin R. BoersmaTerry M. BorchersKimberly BottAnnette Braddon-WalkerClarence L. BradfordJohn D. BradshawChristopher J. BreunigAndrew E. BrisenoPeter E. BrixieDonald E. BrodeurJames W. BrodyChristopher L. BrooksJonathan D. BrownJohn R. BrydonDavid BuchholzWilliam A. ByrdClay CalvertRuben CantuJohn J. CardileMalcolm R. Carling-SmithLynn M. CarlsonDonald L. CarperLinda E. CarterRoger A. CartozianMargaret L. CarvinRobert M. CavallaroBruce A. ChaplinBoren ChertkovF. Lavar ChristensenChristopher R. ClarkRichard M. ClarkRobert F. CochranJ. Michael CochraneClifford G. CollardRonald W. CollettRobert D. CollinsBrent P. CollinsonWilliam S. ColwellJohn M. ComboJames R. ConnerVincent A. ConsulDeena CoopermanRalph S. CoppolaDavid W. CoryLauren L. CraigDiane E. Crowell PowrieAndrew M. Cummings

Rochelle L. FrancoTimothy M. FrawleyGary H. GaleGregory C. GardnerJohn W. GarmanWilliam E. GasbarroDavid V. GeorgePhillip E. GibbonsEileen S. GillisG. Anthony GillyDaniel S. GlassThomas J. GodfreyGeorge K. GoiShannon C. GoldsteinFrederick GraebeGerald W. GrayGina M. GreerP. Michael GroffAndrew S. GrundmanEugene T. GualcoLori J. GualcoSalvatore C. GuginoMichael A. GuilianaLinda GundersonMark H. GundersonRobert C. HallLon D. HamburgerMitri HananiaRobert K. HannaThomas R. HannaRichard D. HardinRonald I. HarrisonPatricia E. HartDoreen M. HartwellRoy G. HaslamRobert A. HawleyJ. Chauncey HayesCharlotte M. HegleMartin HemingLawrence N. HensleyRobert C. HessMaureen P. HigginsThomas M. HigginsHoward K. HiraharaRobert T. HjelleShelby L. HladonB. Demar HooperGrant HouseRodney G. HughesGrant A. HurstRebeca L. HyndsWilliam D. IngersollRodger J. IsaacsonPhillip L. IsenbergValli K. Israels Mendlin

Jeffrey W. CurcioJoseph CurtisJerry R. DagrellaMichael J. DapondeMaria V. DaquipaRyan P. DavisJoseph B. de IllyPaula C. de SousaMaria L. DeAngelisFred S. DeatherageDeborah M. DeBowJohn L. DefenbaughJohn J. Del PozzoSusan R. DeniousSheila DeyColleen A. DezielGary E. Di GraziaRebecca A. DietzenRobert W. DillonTroy K. DininKevin M. DollisonReuben J. DonigThalia DorwickDavid P. DrulinerArthur A. DugoniAngelo A. DuPlantierNancy O. DuvalGregory W. DwyerJohn D. DwyerTamara L. DyerEdwin A. EbisuiPenny EdgertDavid T. EgliMark L. EisenbergHoward E. EngleAaron B. EpsteinJoseph G. EuretigSam EvansSteve E. EvensonDiane L. EwingMargaret A. FainerMarc J. FeinsteinCandice L. FieldsJohn L. FieldsW. Russell FieldsPatrick L. FinleyKenneth H. FloodMarjorie FlorestalDavid A. Flores-WorkmanBrian D. FlynnBruce T. FlynnAlexis G. Foote-JonesGlenn R. FortRobert A. FosterThomas E. Francis


Leslie JacobsKaye A. JacuzziMarc L. JacuzziWilliam L. JaffeDavid C. JamesNicky JatanaJohn W. JayBruce S. JenkinsMark R. JensenDan T. JettRegina JettStephen H. JohansonCyrus A. JohnsonJanice C. JohnsonRichard D. JonesRobert M. JonesWillie JonesIrving B. JosephWilliam J. KadiFred W. KaiserJames F. KaneJoseph KanedaJessica J. KatzJennifer B. KaufmanMichael F. KeddyChristian P. KerryClark C. KingeryPatrick T. KinneyAdam I. KnowltonThomas S. KnoxMarc B. KoenigsbergLinzie KramerAdam J. KrolikowskiBarbara A. KronlundMichael C. KronlundSteven N. KurtzRobert W. KutzLeonard La CasseJeannene L. LafargaStanley A. LangfusRobert A. LaurieRosalie LazzarottoRoss W. LeeThomas C. LeeJohn E. LenkerAlbert J. LenziLaine R. LesterMichelle L. LesterNikos A. LeverenzAndrew S. LeveyElan S. LeveyDavid H. LevinJames F. LewisSteven LewisKirsty A. Lockhart

Carol R. LoewensteinRudolph E. LoewensteinAlan G. LoFasoChristine H. LongRonald LouieDonna W. LowRockne A. LuciaDavid A. LurkerJames W. LutherPatricia A. LynchBrian W. MaasHether MacfarlaneVirginia C. MaganJames R. MahleJoseph E. MaloneyPeter Y. MalyshevMichael J. MargosianMichael A. MarksSusan L. MarksJeff B. MarschnerErin B. MarstonEvelyn M. MatteucciMark L. MausertMichael MaydaSamuel T. McAdamJohn H. McCardleAnthony K. McClarenCraig R. McCollumGeoffrey J. McConnellRobert H. McConnellKelly L. McDoleRobert P. McElhanyJean C. McEvoyPamela L. McFarlaneThomas W. McGeeW. Kearse McGillJ. Douglas McGilvrayJoseph C. McGowanDan G. McKinneyH. Vincent McLaughlinKevin S. McMurrayCheryl D. McNultySteven R. MeeksJohn J. MeissnerJane MelansonMichael A. MelansonJ. Michael MemeoAndrew S. MendlinRobert M. MerrittRudolf H. MichaelsDavid A. Mickey SampsonJeffrey A. MitchellWilliam R. MitchellJanine MolgaardKenneth C. Moore

Robert E. RosenthalJohn W. RosskopfRobert B. RothAndrew M. RudnickiMollie RunnionJohn F. RyanSteven C. SabbadiniRonald M. SabrawMark H. SalyerDwight M. SamuelLeslie SandfordNina D. SantoRoger J. SatoWilliam L. SchanzAnne SchmitzRoger M. SchrimpJohn F. ScolesJill H. ScrivnerDaniel J. ScullyEllen M. SeaborneSteven L. SeebachPhilip S. SetrakianJeffrey C. SeveyKenneth L. ShaperoCristina M. SheaMaureen F. Sheppard-

GriswoldE. Paul SickertRichard A. SilbersteinRebecca S. SingletonMarnie S. SkeenSpencer C. SkeenAlan J. SmithBecky M. SmithJames C. SmithLinda D. SmithRalph C. SmithRoger A. SmithTimothy C. SmithWallace J. SmithTodd M. SpitlerJames C. SpurlingWilliam J. StaackHarriet A. SteinerKathryn E. StengellChristine M. StephensVal G. StephensMarsha L. StephensonMiles A. SternClifford W. StevensKaren StevensRobin L. StewartAdam L. StreltzerAlan E. SwerdlowWard A. Tabor

Virginia G. MooseIvan M. MoralesAnn MorganJessie MorrisJulie A. MosslerKim J. MuellerJames D. MullinDorothy Nash HolmesMary K. NebgenGary A. NelsonMichele Nelson BassJohn G. NevilleTimothy R. NiblerJohn S. NitaoWalter S. NomuraBruce M. NotareusKathleen A. O'ConnorPatrick J. O'ConnorRobert J. O'HairDavid OlsonM. Anthony OropezaThomas P. O'TooleAllan J. OwenMary Ann PadgettBarry D. ParkinsonLarry F. PeakeFrances L. PearsonMichael R. PerineMichael E. PetersenSvetlana V. PetroffGloria A. PetroniAnthony I. PiccianoConstance L. PiccianoPeter H. PickslayJames B. PierceCarolyn L. PirilloSteven M. PolisarThomas PondWilliam L. PorterDouglas B. PowrieDonald C. PullenScott RasmussenJames M. RatzerEdward T. ReedMatthew J. RexroadMark J. RiceThomas A. RichardDarrell S. RicheyCurtis D. RindlisbacherJoseph F. RingholzDiane E. RobbinsJay E. RobinsonKatherine A. Rojo del

BustoMario Rojo del Busto


Andrew A. TalleyKyle K. TamborniniMarilyn E. TaysDavid H. TennantMichael A. TerhorstJohn R. ThackerGregory L. ThompsonWade R. ThompsonWilliam L. ThompsonT. Emmet ThorntonJohn H. TiernanYolanda V. TorresSteven C. ToschiBradley S. TowneRobert E. TowneChance L. TrimmElizabeth S. TrimmShannan J. TruongJulia C. TsaiCharles V. TulleyWilliam J. TurpitJames M. TuthillCynda R. UngerJane L. UreGlen A. Van DykeLance R. Van LydegrafRobyn VarcoeFloyd V. VergaraMichael E. VergaraR. Todd VlaanderenCharles VolpeSim von KalinowskiChristopher W. WaddellJames R. WakefieldClarence WaldenM. Steven WangFrederick N. WapnerMichael C. WeedJohn W. WelchRichard T. WelshVanessa W. WhangRichard M. WiesnerPeter WilanderJennifer J. Wilke-BerryFrederick D. WilliamsTerrence D. WilliamsFrancis L. WilliamsonDavid S. WilsonNeal R. WinchellJimmie WingMichelle C. Winsett GibbsDavid L. WinterMichael M. WintringerAlbert S. WongRandy S. Wong

E. Terrence WoolfJ. Steven WorthleyRandolph C. WrightLinda YackzanEric S. YamagataLeilani YangAudrey L. YeeCameron YeeHenry P. YorstonMarlene Q. YoungOphelia H. ZeffJohn D. ZeleznyHarriet E. Zook

DonationsWendy K. AbkinJonathan D. AdamsRobert R. AguilarAlison E. AlemanJohn B. AllenCarolyn B. AltmanDavid D. AlvesRobert T. AndersenMarie C. AndersonNora J. AndersonJohn M. AngererRobert L. AngresChadney C. AnkeleAnonymousGeorge F. AppelCharles C. AsbillRoger AshbyGenevieve AtwoodGarth W. AubertPamela A. Babich-HartnellJ. Stanton BairPatricia B. BakstStephanie M. BambergerCharles R. BarrettNavtej S. BassiJeremy F. BeesonJohn A. BehnkeRaneene P. BelisleLaura B. BeloteDiana M. BennettMonica A. BennettRobert C. BergenEric BerlandDeborah A. BerryJacquelyn BlairCarleton E. BlankenburgNoah G. BlechmanSuzan E. Boatman

James L. DavisMelinda J. Davis NokesJ. Gordon DeanChristopher A. DelfinoKimberley W. DelfinoPaul M. DemerssemanLisa M. DeSanctisMelissa A. Devore-

McElheneyJoginder DhillonSanjeev K. DhingraMartin F. DingmanDenise L. DirksJoseph DitaZoette L. DobbertGary E. DoctormanJohn A. DonEzekiel R. DumkeEdward K. DunnMarie T. DurkeeRobin G. DvorkinChristopher W. EdwardsRichard D. EdwardsReyhaneh EghbaliStephen T. EmeryMarie M. EpplerMike FarrJennifer L. FerraiuoloJames FischerReed M. FlocksMichael T. FogartyAndrea FordHarold L. FordThomas K. FraserLeRoy B. FrentzPaul D. FullerLaurel A. GaiserBrian H. GentnerRichard S. GerdesJohn M. GerrardFranklin A. GevurtzMark W. GilbertRoger G. GilbertCasey D. GishRobert GoldGary E. GrayJoan L. Gray-FusonDon E. GreenDouglas C. GriebnerPaul L. GrimmRania HabibDale E. HaleyLori R. Hall

John BodnerCindy BogueBrian T. BonneyWilliam E. BoydWendy A. BreckonHugh E. BreretonGary R. BrickerAlbert W. BrodieJodie H. BrokowskiJean R. BrownMia S. BrownRosemary A. BrucknerJ. Scott BuchananDavid P. BurkettSteven R. BurlinghamBruce W. BuschEdward J. BusuttilEileen J. BuxtonCaglar M. CaglayanLonnie M. CarlsonJohn P. CarpenterJeffrey B. CarraJeffrey A. CarrikerGreg A. CasagrandeGeorge D. CatoJennifer A. CerriCory B. ChartrandChris C. ChinaThomas R. ClarkWalter M. ClarkPhilip R. ClarksonDale M. ClaytonEd M. CleofePatricia C. CoffeeGordon D. ColbyThomas A. CollinsCynthia A. CondosG. Patrick ConnorsSharon V. CooperDora A. CorbyArmando CoroMary L. CoteJohn H. CowardTerri D. CrosettiRobert C. CrossNorman CubanskiJames W. CummingsKevin B. CurranShannon CurryDennis C. CusickGregory T. DaleChristiana N. DarlingtonChris E. Davis


Shelley HallRichard H. HalladayLouis J. HansenVena L. HardestyMarc W. HardyPatricia P. HartmanRobert G. HarveyThomas J. HastertDouglas P. HaubertGeorge M. HendricksonAlice K. HerbolsheimerTerry L. HighamBrian J. HoffmanMark A. HoimePaul S. HokokianSusan H. HollingsheadMark E. HoodKenneth R. HowardDouglas W. HudsonMartin HuffDavid L. HuntMichael E. HussMark R. IrvineTamara B. Jacobs-OrrillOmar F. JamesChester W. JanusHoward L. JeskeRaymond JimenezMark A. JohnsonMarshall F. JohnsonSarah B. JohnsonVreeland O. JonesBlaine C. JuchauWarren E. KammFrancine T. KammeyerGloria D. KaplanKenneth J. KaplanBrian K. KauPhilip W. KellMichael R. KellyMichael A. KerrBruce A. KildayJenny J. KimJames R. KirbyDorothy B. KlishevichMark S. KlitgaardThomas F. KlumperWilliam H. KochenderferLaszlo KomjathySteven R. KosachKatharine W. LambJane L. LambornAmy L. Landers

Carol M. LangfordMegan A. LaurieBradford H. LeeDavid LeeJeannie S. LeeGayleen LentschKenneth D. LeppertLaine R. LesterAndrew S. LeveyElan S. LeveyDaniel A. LevinJay E. LevineHerbert I. LevyThomas R. LewandowskiRichard B. LewkowitzYabo LinLetty LitchfieldRobert LitchfieldSavka Ljuboje-GlisicBreton K. LobnerAnna L. LockeManuel E. LopesColin L. LoveAmanda LoweCharles LudingtonSteven H. LybbertKathleen C. LyonMike H. MadokoroLaura J. MaechtlenR. Print MaggardSandra M. MaguireLinda L. MahleGail MaioranaMichelle J. MandelDonald J. MarksteinerBryan G. MartinThomas W. MartinMarie Martin-KerrMarvin C. MarxGustavo E. MatheusAudrey G. MatthewsLauren S. MattiuzziElvin J. MattsonCraig R. MauslerRosalee L. MaySteve Mc CormackJoseph A. Mc IntoshThomas D. McCrackinMark R. McDonaldMichael B. McDonaldBrian J. McLaughlinJohn G. McLeanJennifer L. McQuarrie

Lesley PopeS. Elisabeth PoteatDavid D. PotterCarrie G. PrattR. Wesley PrattJohn C. ProvostGenaro C. RamirezKendra RamseyRoberta RanstromCameron L. ReevesMark J. ReichelJan E. ReinJennifer J. RhodeJennifer L. RiceWilliam D. RiceSteven D. RickCurtis E. RisleyPauline R. RodriguezMark S. RoelkeEugene L. RogersTodd RohloffKeith J. RohrboughLawrence H. RootElise S. RoseJohn D. RoseR. Mark RoseLisa R. RosenzweigRobert K. RoskophPaul L. RossKim M. RowbathamGreg B. RubinoffDino F. RufoNanette RufoAmy RugglesDavid M. RutzJanet B. RyanKelly A. RyanLisa V. RyanAnthony SabalaPaul K. SakaguchiShawn S. SalehiehJennifer H. SandenCharles W. SandersStephen L. SawyerBen C. ScheibleWesley H. SchermannEdward G. SchlossWilliam J. SchmidtRobert H. SchnabelRobin D. SchnellPeter C. SchreiberJohn SchroederTony Schwinghamer

Kelly C. McSpaddenPeter F. MelnicoeTerry R. MenefeeAnnemarie MeyerMark D. MillardChad A. MillerDouglas L. MillerDouglas C. MillerMonica M. MinerMatthew M. MoebiusArther R. MontandonDavid C. MoodyKevin S. MoranRandal R. MorrisonHoward E. MoseleyMia P. MosherRichard C. MosherMolly K. MosleyWilliam A. MuhaDavid L. MullerDaniel F. MullinRoman J. MunozKarl F. MunzCorinne L. MurphyPeggy L. NakamuraDaniel G. NaumanThomas A. NeilAndrea C. NelsonTimothy C. NelsonDanesha N. NicholsMartin R. NicholsRobert J. NielsonRobert M. NooneShannon D. NordstromCarol L. NoreenDennis P. O'ConnorRose M. OdomTom T. OkuboSteven A. OldhamSusan L. OldhamRobert J. OrnellasGerardo PartidaPaul J. PascuzziRuben PastranaDan C. PhillipsCody L. PhinneyAnthony I. PiccianoTodd A. PickerJennifer R. PierceMichael A. PinaJoe PinkasElmer B. PirtleCarl R. Poirot


Robert E. SelfJanusz L. SeremakR. Craig SettlemireJennifer M. SettlesBeverly J. ShaneBill E. SheehanGary W. ShinnersEdward A. ShuttieShawn D. SilvaWard D. SkinnerFred A. SlimpBryan D. SmithGary N. SmithHeman B. SmithStephen A. SmithSterling A. SmithKaren S. SocherStephanie M. Sogawa

RobisonOlaavi J. SolanderEric H. SonnenbergMichael T. SparksLisa A. SpecchioErik K. SpiessMax StammHeather J. StanleyJerilyn A. Stanley-ReederJill R. StecherPeter T. SteinbergRobert H. StemplerLawrence W. StevensLewis L. StoneLaurie A. SvitenkoAllan TangRosemary TarantinoG. Boyd TarinCraig S. TarpenningPaul TaylorRoger TeeslinkElleene K. TessierMichael D. TestermanHarold M. ThomasJonna M. ThomasVida L. ThomasDamon M. ThurstonKristen H. ThurstonRonald W. TochtermanGordon TomsicPamela L. TondreauAntonio TorlaiJ. Gordon TownleyPaula G. Tripp

Robert R. TrudgenMary E. TryonTodd L. TurociSteve R. TuszynskiJeffrey E. TuttlePatricia S. TweedyPhillip R. UrieRobert D. ValeMichelle C. Van De

HeetkampR.K. Van EveryKristy L. Van HerickStephen Z. VeghAlex N. VeylupekAngelo ViramontesElizabeth VitielloJoseph WaggershauserDavid A. WallisJames W. WalterWilliam J. WardJane E. WatkinsAbram M. WattsThomas WeathersAdam T. WeinerDavia I. WeinerRichard B. WeisbergCarrie G. WeitingerSteven J. WeitzerDaniel A. WeitzmanBradley E. WengerWilliam J. WessellJames C. WeydertNancy K. WhalenDon P. WhiteGeorge A. WielandBenjamin R. WienerKatherine WilliamsKent D. WilliamsKimberly D. WillyThomas C. WilmerMindy A. WolfeChadwick C. WooCharlene L. WoodwardEugene M. YamaneThomas R. YangerStanley J. YatesKathleen Yates BurdickMichael Y. YoshinoCharles E. YoungJames S. YoungZebulon J. YoungLorna Zink

Gifts in Honor orMemory of:James & Dorothy Adams Walter F. Alexander, IIIMuriel Jena BakerIrving Henry “Hank”

BieleRaymond H. BieleDr. Stuart BrodyBradford M. CrittendenJerome J. Curtis, Jr. Alma ErnstAnna Rose FischerGary V. SchaberB. Abbott GoldbergDean Gordon SchaberTracy G. HelmsJoe HermanBrian L. HintzMargaret H. HowardRichard JacintoMadeline McDonaldTom McNallyLuis S. MezaWilliam K. MorganJohn P. MorrisHayne MoyerJeffrey Poilé John M. PolisHilary RunnionKamal Ramsey SadekSusan J. SamansEsther B. Schulz VoosBill ShalagRuth J. Squire R.T. Stratton Kristen Hobert ThurstonBruce W. WalkerHelene Warner

Matching GiftsAllstate FoundationChevron Matching GiftsConverium Reinsurance,

Inc.Intel CorporationMicrosoft CorporationSnell & WilmerUnion Pacific

Corporation

To view Gifts made by classyear, please go to our website, www.McGeorge.edu.


The following list includes individuals and

families that have made a significant planned

gift to Pacific McGeorge by endowing a

scholarship or by including the law school in

their estate plan or will.

A gift to establish a charitable scholarship or

programmatic endowment makes a significant

impact at Pacific McGeorge. Such funds are

established to support: scholarships for special

groups of students;, ongoing symposia or

workshops in a specific field of law; or work

in a distinctive area of study by endowing a

professorship or chair.

Charitable endowments have a long term

impact at Pacific McGeorge, insuring there

will be funds to support the donor's priorities

in perpetuity. A charitable endowment in

your name, the name of a loved one, or your

family name, can be established with a gift

beginning at $,—this can be a current

gift or a pledge, and can be increased over

time. An endowment can also be established

through a planned gift or by remembering the

law school in your estate plan.

Please consider joining this group of people.

Your gift of an endowment can create a lasting

and meaningful program in perpetuity for

students at Pacific McGeorge.

Dona BuckinghamRaymond Burr*Peggy Chater-TurnerJoseph CooperHelen H. CrittendenLoren S. Dahl*Margaret K. DistlerMark S. DrobnyRobert O. Fort*Louis F. GianelliGregory GravesPhil HiroshimaBen E. JohnsonFrank La Bella*Daniel R. LangAlbert & Mae Lee*James R. LewisPatricia K. LundvallSharon L. McDonald*Hayne R. MoyerRamon E. NunezLaraine C. PatchingRonald G. PeckMarc D. RobertsGeorgia A. Rose*Anthony J. ScaloraGordon D. Schaber*John Stauffer*Donald SteedSandra E. StockmanBradley S. Towne

* Indicates Deceased

Every effort has been madeto ensure the accuracy of thislist, if you cannot find yourname or feel your listingmight be inaccurate, pleasecall our Advancement Officeat --.

LEAVING A LEGACYISE Includes those familiesand individuals whohave personally endoweda scholarship.

James & Dorothy AdamsDr. & Mrs. Walter

Alexander, Jr.AnonymousIrving H. Biele*Doris C. GrossCarl & Roberta C. KierneyBetty H. KnudsonKen & Bonnie Jean KwongFrank La BellaAlbert J. and Mae Lee

Memorial TrustDaniel D. RichardMr. & Mrs. Ramzi SadekDr. Elaine & Mr. Edward

SamansMrs. Anthony J. ScaloraPauline C. SheehyDoris Stark

SS Includes individuals thathave included PacificMcGeorge in their estateplan, and have eithermade or will make aplanned gift.

James Adams*Rosalie S. Asher*Irving H. Biele*Katharine O. Biele*John Brownston*


Those who havealready given for as ofFebruary are:

David AllenLexis M. AllenKatherine Antoff BennettRobert W. ArmstrongLaura E. ArnoldEric L. BarnumMichael D. BeloteKaren S. BenschClifford P. BergCarolyn J. CaforioConnie M. Callahan

Joseph CooperRocky K. CopleyNirav K. DesaiThomas M. DunipaceJason P. EbertL. Kalei FongFaith GeogheganJoseph C. George, Sr.Joseph C. George, Jr.Laura A. GuggenheimJoy F. HarnWilliam D. HarnBryan C. HartnellLori A. HuntCarol J. HunterJohn S. Husser

Building a Foundation of Support—The McGeorge Fund

Pacific McGeorge is strong and on the move. Our lawschool has a world-class faculty and research emphasis, outstanding educational programs, a beautiful campus facility,and one of the largest and most successful alumni groups inthe West, with more than , members. Yet, we still needto build the level of annual support from our alumni and the community.

Recently, we have made great strides to increase alumniparticipation in our annual fund. Alumni participation hasincreased from .% to .% in the last year. Thank you toall the donors listed before who made this growth possible!But still, we need your help. Our current goal is to increasealumni participation to %. This means we need all our current donors to renew their support, plus approximately new alumni to invest in Pacific McGeorge this year. Anongoing commitment to the McGeorge Fund, at any level, is important.

Beginning in , the McGeorge Fund will take the placeof the Dean’s Discretionary Fund at Pacific McGeorge as theprimary fund for annual gifts to the law school. In previous

years these funds have supported a variety of important, butunder-funded needs at Pacific McGeorge. These programshave ranged from special scholarships to visiting professor-ships (such as former Assistant Secretary of the Interior CraigManson, ’) to upgraded campus facilities. These funds aredesigned to give the Dean and the administration the flexi-bility to use gift dollars for the betterment of the school.They help transform a great legal institution into an excep-tional legal environment.

For those of you that have given to the Dean’sDiscretionary Fund, we thank you for your trust in PacificMcGeorge as an institution. We hope you will continue your annual support to the McGeorge Fund. If you haven’tgiven recently, please take a moment to go online, use theresponse envelope in this magazine, or call us to help yourlegal alma mater move from great to exceptional!

For more information please visit the law school web site at www.mcgeorge.edu, or contact Director ofAdvancement Charlene Mattison at () - or [email protected]. Thank you for your support.

D’s C MPhillip L. IsenbergWilliam L. JaffeDustin D. JohnsonEkin KayaStephen S. KentMark C. KrausseFern M. LaethemDorothy S. LandsbergMarsha M. LangChristopher B. LeeJames R. LewisPamela C. LoomisKenneth B. MatlockScott S. MehlerAlice J. MurrayRenee C. Nash

Reuben L. NocosRobert E. OakesDennis J. OlmsteadMartha OpichElizabeth Rindskopf ParkerJacklin R. RadRonald H. SargisGlendalee ScullyT. Jed "Skip" ScullyEvan D. SmileyR. Michael SmithHoward J. StaggLinda L. WaitsJohn J. WatersJennifer N. WenkerDavid A. Wolf


Reunions Fall Together

Class reunions were held in October with several groups gathering at the student centerto celebrate graduation milestones. Reunionsfor the Classes of , , , , ,

, and are scheduled for Friday,November here on campus. For more information pleasecontact the Office of Alumni, Communications, Marketingand Events at --, email [email protected] or go to the mcgeorge.edu web site.

Class of 1976 attendees included Connie Carey Jones, Charlie Coyne,Lucille Des Jardins, Richard Fleischer, Larry Kazanjian, RobertaMendonca, Kathleen O'Conner and Mark Raskoff.

Retired Judge Joseph Martin came all the way down fromWashington state to represent his class, the Class of 1956. He andhis wife, Mary Jo, received a warm greeting from Dean ElizabethRindskopf Parker and he spoke briefly to the attendees.

Class of 1996 attendees included, front row from left, Heather Gross,Glenn Gross and Aeky K. Summerell. Back row, Jose Borrego,Anthony Hall, Dave Neill, Jennifer N. Neill, Charles Summerell andAdrienne Brungess.

Class of 1981 attendees included, from left, Kathleen Friedrich, CraigManson, Ron Lamb, Katie Nitz Coyne, and Lee Schmelzer.

Class of 1986 attendees included, from left, Debbie Bain, AndreaNelson, Reid Kinsgbury, Tom Cregger, Andy Wolf, Debbie Cregger,Dave Frank, Hollie Rutkowski, Tim Blaine and Bernard Schwartz.

Class of 2001 attendees included David Barzaga, Nilesh Choudary,David Cory, Hendrick Crowell, Avi Gilkman, Pamela Gourley, AdamGrable, Jeanine Lewis, Justin Lynch, Brandy Nelson, Jonathan Paul,Matthew Stall, Yolanda Torres and Mindy Steuer.


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Accredited by

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the Committee of Bar Examiners,

State Bar of California

Editor Michael Curran

Editorial Committee

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Dean;

Christine Manolakas, Associate Dean;

John McIntyre, Assistant Dean for

Alumni & External Relations;

Barbara Thomas; Director, Alumni

Relations & Campus Events;

Charlene Mattison, Advancement;

David Alan Gibb, Consultant

Principal Photography

Bill Mahon, Steve Yeater, Sean Gardner

Acknowledgments

Kami Wong, Lovelle Harris,

Lori Hall, Sally Cebreros,

Megan Laurie, Casandra Fernandez

Printing

Citadel Communications

Design

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Calendar of EventsFor details on these and other events, please see the Alumni and News & Events sections on the Pacific McGeorge web sitewww.mcgeorge.edu or call ..

April 12, 2007San Diego Alumni Chapter ReceptionProcopio, Cory, Hargreares & Savitch, San Diego

April 17, 2007Southern Nevada Alumni Chapter ReceptionLas Vegas

April 19, 2007Northern Nevada Alumni Chapter ReceptionSiena Hotel, Reno

May 12, 2007CommencementSacramento Memorial Auditorium

May 21, 2007U.S. Supreme Court Swearing-In CeremonyD.C. Alumni Chapter Reception Washington, D.C.

May 31, 2007Arizona Alumni Chapter ReceptionPhoenix

June 5, 2007Summer Associate Research WorkshopPacific McGeorge

October 8, 2007Asian Pacific American Alumni Chapter Golf TournamentEmpire Ranch G.C., Folsom

October 13, 200730th Annual Women's Caucus Wine Tasting & Silent AuctionSacramento

November 2, 2007Alumni Reunion, Classes of 2002, 1997, 1992, 1982,1977, 1972, 1967Pacific McGeorge

November 3, 2007Third Annual Pacific McGeorge GalaSacramento Convention Center

Front Cover: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalesaddresses a Pacific McGeorge audience in March.

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