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Members of the legal community crowded into the downtown Los Angeles Millenni-um Biltmore Hotel on Sept. 21 for Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles an-nual awards and installation dinner where

board member Tanya L. Forsheit of InfoLawGroup LLP was sworn in as the organization’s president. WLALA also honored JAMS neutral and retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Diane Wayne for encouraging women in the legal profession to excel and for exemplify-ing excellence and dedication to the cause of justice. The group awarded Amgen Inc. for its commitment to diversity and past WLALA president Kathleen McDowell, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, for bringing Food from the Bar— a campaign in which law firms compete to raise funds, donate food and volunteer at food banks— to Los Angeles and other legal communities.

— Susan McRae

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles hosts installation gala

Daily Journal / Susan McRae

Left to right are WLALA president-elect Ruth Kahn, of Steptoe & Johnson LLP; David Axelrad, of Horvitz & Levy LLP.

Daily Journal / Susan McRae

New WLALA BOARD Jennifer Romano, Crowell & Moring LLP; president-elect Ruth Kahn, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; 2011-12 President Tanya Forsheit, InfoLawGroup LLP; Stacy Horth-Neubert, Skadden LLP; Anne Tremblay, LA assistant city attorney; Kimberly Arnal, Black Compean Hall & Eli LLP.

Association of Legal Administrators hosts charity ‘Justice Jog’

On Oct. 2, over 600 attendees gathered to raise funds and aware-ness for an LA County children’s support program during the Justice Jog 5k, hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Associa-tion of Legal Administrators.

The Association raised over $10,000 during the run to ben-efit CASA of Los Angeles, a non-profit organization that supports court appointed special advocates for children in the child welfare system. Thirty representatives from CASA of Los Angeles attended.

The event also united various sectors of the legal community, including major LA-based law firms, businesses, athletes, families and members for a common cause. The event was also part of GLA ALA’s Community Challenge Weekend, a community service initiative that encourages the legal commu-nity to work together for a local community cause.

Photo courtesy of Greater Los Angeles Association of Legal Administrators

Allen Matkins team (:L-R) Pamela Kuckelman, David Hoffman, Attorney Stephanie Yahn, Attorney Julia Hoffman, Attorney Sarah Dreisbach, Partner Michael McFadden, Shawn Washington, Shaun Morrison and George Lopez.

Photo courtesy of Greater Los Angeles Association of Legal Administrators

2011 Justice Jog participants

Association of Business Trial Lawyers learns ‘How to Tell a Liar’

Daily Journal / Robert Levins

Judge Margaret Morrow, left, Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Los Angeles past President Patrick A. Cathart, and L.A. Superior Court Presiding Judge Lee Smalley Edmon.

Daily Journal / Robert Levins

L.A. Superior Court Judges Ralph Hofer, left, Stephanie Bowick, and Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Los Angeles Board Member Robert Broadbelt III.

On Sept. 27, the Los Angeles chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers hosted How to Tell a Liar, featuring Phillip Maltin of Gordon & Rees LLP. Maltin, a prominent employment lawyer and expert on detecting deception, regularly lectures on the science and techniques for exposing a liar.

LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 07, 2011 • PAGE 9COMMUNITY NEWS

Tuesday Roybal “A”Quinn Emanuel 3 0 6Langston Lakers 2 0 4Sheppard Mullin 1 1 2Latham & Watkins 0 2 0Morrison & Foerster 0 3 -1

Wednesday University High “A/B”Stroock & Stroock 2 0 4Milstein Adelman (B) 2 0 4Irell & Manella 1 1 2Robins Kaplan (B) 1 1 2Nemecek & Cole 0 2 0Gibbs Giden 0 2 0

Monday Roybal “B”White & Case 2 0 4Paul Hastings 2 1 4O’Melveny & Myers 1 1 2Orrick Herrington 1 2 2Holland & Knight 0 2 0

Tuesday Roybal “B” Mayer Brown 2 0 4MPP - Morris Polich 2 0 4Lewis Brisbois 1 2 2Sidley Austin 1 1 2Murchison & Cumming 0 3 0

Monday Roybal “C”Yukevich Calfo 3 0 6Lee Hong 2 1 4Free Agents/Pillsbury 2 1 4Allen Matkins 1 2 2Federal Defenders 1 2 2Gordon & Rees 0 3 0

Sports LANDAU LAWYERS LEAGUE

2011 FALL SOFTBALL STANDINGS2011 FALL BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Almuhtada Smith of Langston Lakers, 33 pts.Jerry Tennison of Langston Lakers, 33 pts.Eric O’Connor of Morrison & Foerster, 30 pts.Dave Dworsky of Sheppard Mullin, 16 pts.Jeremiah Webb of Quinn Emanuel, 17 pts.Chris Ng and Anthony Pessino of Gibbs Giden, 8 pts.Andrew Hang of Milstein Adelman, 17 pts.Vincent Loh of Robins Kaplan, 23 pts.Joshua Gonzalez of Holland & Knight, 10 pts.Lee Linderman of Paul Hastings, 28 pts.Jack Bazerkanian of White & Case, 34 pts.Duane Beasley of Orrick Herrington, 10 pts.Ron Martinez of Sidley Austin, 17 pts.Raffi Ohanian of Murchison & Cumming, 13 pts.Frank Sosa of Morris Polich, 15 pts.Leo Bautists of Lewis Brisbois, 10 pts.Bryan Leifer of Free Agents, 17 pts.Marc Holmquist of Gordon & Rees, 25 pts.Sevan Savsa of Lee Hong, 15 pts.Jeremiah Webb of Yukevich Calfo, 21 pts.Dominic Quiller of Federal Defenders, 14 pts.

Monday Penmar/University “C”O’Melveny & Myers 3 0 6Greenberg Traurig 2 1 4Blakely Sokoloff 2 1 4Mitchell Silberberg 1 1 2MSK Mitchell Silberberg 1 1 2Liebert Cassidy 1 2 2Baker & Hostetler 1 2 2McDermott Will 1 2 1DLA Piper 0 2 0

Wednesday Fairfax “C”Buchalter Nemer 1 0 2Free Agents 1 0 2The Plaintiff’s Bar 0 1 0Bingham McCutchen 0 1 -1

Wednesday Palisades Rec “C”Irell & Manella 2 0 4Bryan Cave 1 1 2McGuire Woods 1 1 2Green Broillet 0 2 0

TEAM W L PTS.

The Landau Lawyers League is a sports league for attorneys and law firm personnel in Los Angeles County. Games and tournaments

are officiated by certified referees and umpires. The Daily Journal prints weekly

score updates during the league’s softball, basketball and volleyball seasons.

For more information visit:

www.landaulawyersleague.com

Cheviot HillsLewisville Sluggers 2 0 4McKenna Long 2 0 4Free Agents 0 2 0Hinshaw & Culbertson 0 2 0

MVP:Matt Taylor of Lewis BrisboisAugustin Orozco of McKenna Long

HR Hitters:Lewis Brisbois - Matt Taylor (3)Lewis Brisbois - Adam Turner (2)Lewis Brisbois - Colby ClintonLewis Brisbois - Arturo MartinezMcKenna Long - Agustin Orozco

Stoner Park “COED”Allen Matkins 3 0 6Robie & Matthai 3 0 6Winston & Strawn 3 1 6Sedgwick - LA 2 2 4Hooper Lundy 1 3 2Manning & Kass 0 2 0Sidley Austin 0 4 -2

MVP:Jason Hamilton of Winston & StrawnKyle Hoshide of Allen Matkins

HR Hitters:Winston & Strawn - Greg MartinWinston & Strawn - Jason Hamilton (2)Hooper Lundy - Khalil MackHooper Lundy - Mike GonzalezHooper Lundy - David HatchManning & Kass - Jesse BernalAllen Matkins - Kyle HoshideAllen Matkins - Brian MichelAllen Matkins - Ryan Waggoner

Law firms participate in YMCA Stair Climb

On Sept. 23, the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA hosted its 18th Annual Stair Climb for Los Angeles.The event featured a 75-floor climb up the stairs of the U.S. Bank Tower, the tallest building West of the Mississippi River, and was partici-

pated in by everyone from lawyers to athletes to average Angelenos.“We love Stair Climb because it perfectly exemplifies what we do every day, which is bring together people from totally disparate commu-

nities to work toward better health and a stronger, healthier community,” said Laurie Goganzer, executive director of Ketchum-Downtown YMCA.

Approximately 3,000 climbers raced for the benefit of thousands of inner-city children and their families in Los Angeles, including representatives from various law firms.

Among the participants were four lawyers from Steptoe & Johnson LLP, who climbed 1,500 steps of the Tower in less than 24 minutes. Their finish times ranged for the four ranged from 20:20 to 23:27. Other participating law firms included Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, Alston & Bird LLP, Arent Fox LLP, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

— David McAfee

Photo courtesy of Steptoe & Johnson

Left to right are participants from Steptoe & Johnson Patrick Foley, Lisa Petrovsky, John Swenson, Noah Butler and Ruth Kahn.

Margaret Grover to chair Conference of the California Bar Associations

L abor and employment attorney Margaret Grover of Kronick Mos-kovitz Tiedemann & Girard’s Walnut Creek office was sworn in on Sept. 17 as the 2011-12 chair of the Conference of California Bar Associations. According to Grover, she has been involved with CCBA for 21 years, and a board member for six. The association

unites attorney volunteers from across the state to “seek, debate and pro-mote creative, non-partisan solutions to law-related issues.”

Grover said she hopes that, under her leadership, the association can con-tinue making a positive difference through legislation, and reach out to non-involved bar associations, more diverse groups and younger lawyers. “For the last couple of years, we have had a substantial number of our resolutions enacted into law,” she said. “We hope to keep that trend going.”

— David McAfee

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