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features 12 Capital Gains The Capital Center for Law & Policy, a longtime cornerstone of the law school’s academic offerings, has become a major thought leader in California’s capital city.

16 Mentors at Work McGeorge’s Alumni Mentor Network helps students make valuable connections and gain professional insights—and gives alumni the opportunity to give back.

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A variety of on- and off-campus events brought members of the McGeorge community together this year.

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6 News Briefs

Michael Hunter Schwartz named the law school’s 10th dean, advocacy teams win big, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy returns to McGeorge’s summer program in Austria, and more.

20 Class Action

News and notes about your classmates and friends.

26 Honor Roll of Donors

McGeorge is deeply grateful to these individuals and organizations for their generous support.

30 The Last Word

International commercial arbitrator Paul Dassenko, ’82, discusses the importance of understanding the rule of law in our society.

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[Discover y] Alumni in Action The Alumni Night of Community Service at the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, the McGeorge Legacy Gala, the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Holiday Party and the International Alumni Reunion are just a few of the ways our alumni community came together this year. #McGeorgeGivesBack

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Law Review Symposium Examines Marijuana Regulations

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Jacobs, director of the McGeorge Capital Center. Sam Kamin, Vicente Sederberg Professor of Marijuana Law and Policy at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, presented the keynote talk on “What California Can Learn from Marijuana Regulation in Colorado.” Professor Karrigan Börk moderated a panel on “Marijuana and Health Policy,” with Professor Emily Parento, Gordon D. Schaber Health Law Scholar at the McGeorge School of Law, among the panelists. The final panel focused on “Marijuana Regulation & the Environment: Will California Lead the Way?” and was moderated by Professor Jennifer Harder and featured Maria Milanés-Murcia, ’13 J.S.D., among the panelists.

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n March 3, the McGeorge Global Center and The University of the Pacific Law Review co-sponsored a symposium on the topic of marijuana that delved into the health, business, environmental and international aspects of advancing regulations. Distinguished Professor of Law Michael Vitiello organized the all-day symposium and gave opening remarks. Professor Emily Garcia Uhrig moderated a panel on “An International Perspective.” A panel on “The Business of Marijuana: Costs and Benefits” was moderated by Professor Rachael Salcido, with presentations by Dr. Jeff Michael, director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific; Dean Francis J. Mootz III; and Professor Leslie Gielow

[News Briefs] McGeorge Ranked High The National Jurist magazine once again included McGeorge in its 2017 honor roll for practical training, ranking the school No. 18 in the nation with an A grade. McGeorge appeared in the top 25 with an A- grade when the list debuted two years ago. The 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools guide ranked the trial advocacy program as No. 10 in the nation (up from No. 12 last year). McGeorge rose in the overall rankings to 142, the international program was ranked No. 24 (from No. 25 last year), and the part-time program was ranked No. 34 (up from No. 38 last year).

Michael Hunter Schwartz Named New Dean

fter a national search, Michael Hunter Schwartz was appointed McGeorge’s 10th dean and will begin his role on July 1, 2017. Schwartz has served as dean and professor of law in the William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, since 2013. Previously, he served on the faculties at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas; Charleston School of Law in Charleston, South Carolina; and Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. Schwartz will succeed Dean Francis J. Mootz III. When Dean Mootz concludes his five-year contract in June, he will have a sabbatical leave in the fall and then return to the faculty in the spring. Schwartz has steadily climbed the National Jurist’s list of the 25 Most Influential People in Legal Education since 2015; this year he was ranked ninth by the magazine.

“I am excited that I will be working with the McGeorge faculty and staff and with everyone across Pacific to make McGeorge the law school everyone looks to for the brightest legal minds in the country,” says incoming dean Michael Hunter Schwartz.

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Competition Teams garner big wins

McGeorge’s trial and appellate advocacy teams have a banner year

Heather Phillips and Nicole Low, traveled to Los Angeles to compete in the National Civil Trial Competition and made an impressive showing in the semifinal round. Professor Bricker attributes the success of the mock trial teams and their recent No. 10 ranking in trial advocacy in U.S. News & World Report, to the commitment of the students and the invaluable coaching from highly experienced trial attorneys in the greater Sacramento region. The coaches this year included Keith Hill, ’96; Thien Ho, ’98; Jason Schaff, ’06; Alan Donato, ’09; Jeff Schaff, ’09; Jesse Saucedo, ’11; David Norton, ’13; Teal Ericson, ’13; and Courtney Martin, ’13. In spring McGeorge participated in several competitions, including the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Regional in which McGeorge advanced to the Nationals in Cleveland. McGeorge also hosted its 11th National Ethics Trial Competition (NETC) in March. The NETC

The 2016–2017 McGeorge mock trial team.

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Mock Trial Team: Strong Season The McGeorge mock trial teams sprinted out of the gate in the fall semester with all three traveling teams earning national recognition, including championship round appearances and best advocate awards. Professor Cary Bricker, program director, stated that this is one of the strongest fall tournament showings for the McGeorge mock trial program in over 10 years. In October, Michelle Ahronovitz, Brittany Berzin, Alex Smith and Nia Traylor advanced to the championship round of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in San Francisco. Traylor received the Best Advocate Award. Mike Jones, Gage Marchini, Albert Mendoza and Leslie Shergil advanced to the championship round at the Buffalo Niagara Competition, out of an original group of 36 teams from around the country. The third team, consisting of Josh Hudson, Ashley Pane,

[News Briefs] The 2016–2017 McGeorge moot court team and honors board.

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was established in 2006 by Professor Thomas Leach to promote ethical and civility awareness through the mock trial competition format. It is a one-of-a-kind event where students are assessed both on their trial skills and their professionalism in the courtroom. Moot Court Team: Best in California The fall season began with the Thomas Tang Western Regional, where KC Souza-Jenkins and Melissa Bocanegra won second-best brief. The strong season continued when students Andia Farzaneh, Melissa Currier and Lilliana Udang advanced to sixth place in the New York National Moot Court Final Rounds. McGeorge has sent a team to the NY final competition for four of the past six years. “We finished ahead of all the other California teams,” says Professor Ed Telfeyan, director of the Moot Court Program, “strengthening our claim to have the best moot court program in the state.” Two McGeorge teams competed in the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition finals in April. One team was Udang, Anna Curry and Rainey Jacobson. The other team was Rosemary Deck and Michael Taney. Udang was named the Top Oralist of the regional competition. This is the second straight year—and

“Our moot court team advanced to the New York National Moot Court Competition quarterfinals and finished sixth overall in the competition (out of 185 teams from 120 law schools). We finished ahead of all the other California teams, strengthening our claim to have the best moot court program in the state.” —Professor Ed Telfeyan, Director of the moot Court Program

the fourth year of the past seven—that McGeorge has placed both of its teams in the national finals. The team of students Daniel Pickolick and Kyle Owen won the National Cultural Heritage Moot Court Competition. A second team of Bocanegra and Tania Dominguez advanced to the quarter-final rounds. The second Best Oralist award was given to Bocanegra. This is the second year in a row that a McGeorge team won the competition. The McGeorge team won the 2017 Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition for the second straight year, and fourth in the last six. This year’s competition was hosted by McGeorge in April. Students José Parra, Conor Harkins and Souza-Jenkins won the overall competition and received the Witkin Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy. Alumni coaches this season included Brad Coutinho, ’12; Gil Vega, ’10; Leo Moniz, ’12; Etan Zaitsu, ’11; Andrea Moon, ’13; and Corrie Erickson Manning, ’11.

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[News Briefs] MCCAFFREY WINS PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE

Professors in Law Journals Distinguished Professor Emeritus Brian K. Landsberg authored the lead article in Volume 12, Number 1 of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, “Lee v. Macon County Board of Education: The Possibilities of Federal Enforcement of Equal Educational Opportunity.” Distinguished Professor of Law John G. Sprankling’s article “Property and the Roberts Court” was published in January as the lead article in Volume 65 of the Kansas Law Review. See the latest in McGeorge faculty scholarship at go.mcgeorge.edu/ faculty.

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Orientation Welcomed Students to New Programs McGeorge welcomed 228 new students at the fall orientation program in August and held a winter orientation for the first time in January 2017 for 30 new students. In the fall the school welcomed 134 day division J.D. students and 33 evening division J.D. students. The fall class also included 20 Master of Laws (LL.M.) students, 13 Master of Science in Law (M.S.L.) students, two J.S.D. students and seven J.D. exchange students. Additionally, the inaugural group of four Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) and 14 Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) students was welcomed to those new degree programs. In January, 11 M.P.A., two M.P.P., five LL.M. and 12 M.S.L. students started their degree programs.

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Professor Stephen McCaffrey

istinguished Professor Stephen McCaffrey was named 2017 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his unparalleled contribution to the evolution and progressive realization of international water law. On the McGeorge faculty since 1977, he is the single most respected authority on international water law, and his work continues to influence scholars, legal practitioners and policymakers and contribute to the sustainable and peaceful management of shared waters. The announcement was made on March 22 at the annual UN-Water official World Water Day event in Durban, South Africa. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who is the patron of the Stockholm Water Prize, will present the prize to McCaffrey at a Royal Award Ceremony on Aug. 30, during the 2017 World Water Week in Stockholm.

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Cases and Places: Environmental Law In Situ

Professor Karrigan Börk’s class at Mono Lake.

Professor Karrigan Börk’s new course, California Environmental Cases and Places, took a group of J.D., M.S.L. and LL.M students on a four-day camping trip to visit places that were the basis of important environmental law cases. Locations included Marshall Gold Discovery State Park, Mono Lake, Owen’s Valley, Death Valley, Ash Meadows and Yosemite National Park.

Fifty Years of the State Water Control Board

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The McGeorge Water and Environmental Law Program hosted a March 11 symposium titled “The State Water Resources Control Board Turns 50 (1967–2017): Integrating Water Quality & Quantity in the Golden State.” Alumnus Justice Ronald B. Robie, ’67, Third District Court of Appeal, was a keynote speaker. Justice Robie was appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board in 1969 as its seventh member. From 1969 to 1975, he served as attorney member and vice chair, until his appointment as director of the California Department of Water Resources in 1975.

Professor Jennifer Harder with McGeorge alumni and friends, including Associate Dean Dorothy Landsberg, ’87, and Justice Ronald B. Robie, ’67, Third District Court of Appeal.

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Law at the Local Level For the past two years, Capital Lawyering student Aoibheann Cline has clerked for the cities of Roseville, Sacramento and, currently, Elk Grove, all while maintaining a full course load and a 20-hour-a-week job at a private law firm. She is active in the Government Affairs Student Association and current president of the McGeorge chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Adjunct professor Chris Micheli, ’92, teaches Introduction to Capital Lawyering and Lawmaking in California, with California’s legislative counsel, Diane Boyer-Vine.

“What drew me to municipal law is that something new comes across your desk every day,” says Cline, “and it has a direct impact in the community.” She also has a municipal-law role model in the family: her father, Bruce Cline, is city attorney for Folsom. Cline clerks alongside alumni. “One of the unique things about

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McGeorge [is] how supportive the legal community is,” she says.

Capital Lawyering students experience real-work learning through government and nonprofit externships, and clinics where they train and serve as administrative law judges, or draft bills and lobby them through the California Legislature. In the past five years, Legislative and Public Policy Clinic students have researched and drafted some 20 pieces of legislation, the majority of which the governor has signed into law. Both McGeorge’s excellence in government law career preparation and the clinic have been recognized and ranked in recent editions of National Jurist’s PreLaw Magazine. “What has really amazed me is how much good work smart students can get done with a lot of effort and some solid strategic thinking,” says Rex Frazier, the clinic’s creator and supervising attorney. The clinic’s value can’t be overstated, agrees Tom Nussbaum, the former chancellor of the California community college system, who created and teaches Introduction to Capital Lawyering. “I don’t think you’re going to find very many law schools with a clinic where students are not only dreaming up the proposals, but drafting them and advocating for them. I think that’s very forward-looking.” Capital Lawyering expertise also powers the Capital Center Advisory Board, more than 50 high-profile McGeorge alumni—lobbyists, legislative staffers, private-practice and public-service attorneys—who offer advice on Center activities and outreach and serve as resources to students.

“McGeorge alumni are always willing to help.”

Alumni Spotlight Brandon Bjerke, ’16, grew up in a politically

involved family. His father was a Bay Area planning commissioner and city council member. As an undergrad at Saint Mary’s College of California, Bjerke interned with several state legislators and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and completed a double major in politics and history. As Bjerke began researching law schools, the Capital Center for Law & Policy and its J.D. Capital Lawyering Concentration emerged as a no-brainer choice. “Very few other programs focus on public policy, and none has the proximity to the Capitol that McGeorge has,” he says. The Legislative and Public Policy Clinic was a capstone experience during Bjerke’s third year, he says, and led to his first post-graduate job in “The Building”—the state Capitol—as a legislative aide to Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks). Bjerke’s clinic project also led to passage of a statewide powdered alcohol ban, AB 1554, carried by Irwin and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 28, 2016. “We saw that it was a worthwhile issue and a huge public safety concern,” Bjerke explains. “It was such an interesting bill that we got two offers. While some of our classmates were struggling to find one author, we were trying to figure out which author to choose.”

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Class Action News and notes about your McGeorge classmates and friends 1973

1986

Judge David Abbott of the Sacramento Superior Court has been recognized by the Sacramento Bar Association as Judge of the Year 2016.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes has been appointed to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California.

1975 Judge Connie M. Callahan received the 2017 University of the Pacific Distinguished Public Service Alumni Award.

1980 Ned Pillersdorf received the 2017 Kentucky Bar pro bono lawyer of the year award. | Paul Richardson has been elected to serve as assistant presiding judge for Yolo Superior Court.

1985 Sharon K. Sandeen, professor of law and director of Mitchell Hamline’s Intellectual Property Institute, has been awarded the first-ever Robins Kaplan LLP Distinguished Professorship in Intellectual Property Law.

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1987 Donne Brownsey has been appointed to the California Coastal Commission. | Matthew Karanian received the Service to Humanity Award from Bucknell University.

1989 Judge JoAnn Bicego has been appointed to the Siskiyou County Superior Court. | Virginia Jo Dunlap was appointed general counsel of the California Student Aid Commission.

1992 Judge David M. Jones was appointed to Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Court.

1993 Janie Siess has been appointed

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assistant chief counsel of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Advocacy and Prosecution Team.

1994 Mara Elliott was elected to the seat of San Diego city attorney. California state Assemblyman Todd Gloria named Elliott as the 2017 Woman of the Year for the 78th Assembly District. | Judge Kevin Rosenberg has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. | John W. Lawrence has been appointed to the position of court commissioner for the Siskiyou County Superior Court.

1996 Theodore G. Bryant has been hired as executive vice president and chief legal officer of SUNZ

[Clas s Action] Holdings in Florida. | Johnathan Hobbs has moved in-house with the city of Elk Grove where he will continue to serve as city attorney, having been appointed by the city Council in 2011.

1999 Marc Koenigsberg has joined the California Department of Justice as a deputy attorney general in the

Employment & Administrative Mandate Section after 10 years with the international law firm Greenberg Traurig.

2000 Nathan O’Malley has joined the firm of Musick Peeler & Garrett as a partner and chair of the International Arbitration & Litigation Practice. | Thomas Woods has been appointed

2001 Miranda Barber has been accepted as a new member of the American Law Society board of directors. | Mark Leonard has been promoted to general counsel for Jelly Belly Candy Company. Prior he served as intellectual property counsel.

Focused Decisions Andrew Walker, ’04, provides litigation consulting and opens doors for law students By Vanessa Errecarte

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hen Andrew Walker, ’04, visited the McGeorge campus, something “clicked” and he knew he had found his law school home. “I visited McGeorge and saw professors eating lunch with students. It made my decision easy.” As a McGeorge student, Walker came to law school ready to work hard and make contacts. He cites the internships and externships that he had as a student as vital to earning a staff position at the Institute for Administrative Justice on the McGeorge campus. “I immediately started managing several attorneys and realized that I was not only prepared for trial,” he says, “but also prepared to manage a law office, which was extremely important.” At first, he worked with other attorneys to protect the legal rights of parolees. Several years later, he advanced to director of the Institute and managed over 100 attorneys. In 2012, Walker helped to launch Focused Decisions where attorneys and students offer mock juries, focus groups and other litigation consultation services. “The cases that run through Focused Decisions are multimilliondollar cases that students would not otherwise experience until well into their career. The advocacy skills students learn in civil trials really stand out on a resume.” As for his future plans, Walker states, “The more I am at McGeorge, the more I want to stay. I want to keep bringing students innovative programs and opportunities that make a difference in their lives and careers. I am excited to see what we can build together next.”

a partner at Stoel Rives in its Sacramento office.

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[Clas s Action] 2004 Neil Forester has been elected board chairperson of the Sacramento nonprofit Weave.

2005 Annie Amaral was named a 2017 Young Leader by Comstock’s magazine. She is a litigation partner at Downey Brand. | Venus Johnson has been named Oakland’s new director of public safety.

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2002 Jessica Adams Robison has been appointed to the board of directors for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento.

2003 Ryan Marcroft has been appointed assistant chief counsel at the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Prior he served as deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. | Anthony McClaren has joined ADLI Law Group as senior counsel. | Reina G. Minoya has been named assistant general counsel of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. She joins CalSTRS after more than eight years with Klinedinst PC.

Nathan Barankin has been named chief of staff for California Sen. Kamala Harris. | Leslie Walker has been promoted to shareholder at Kronick Moskovitz.

2007 Jennifer Chapman has been promoted to senior manager in Ernest & Young’s Private Client Services Tax Group.

We Want to Hear From You! Please let us know your latest updates at go.mcgeorge.edu/alumni update. We look forward to sharing your stories!

2010 Lauren D. Layne has been named partner at Baker, Manock & Jensen PC in Fresno. | Anthony Luna has been invited to become a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 program for California in 2016. | Jeremy Merz has joined the American Insurance Association as vice president of

2008 Kevin Koligan has been promoted to shareholder at Littler Mendelson in the firm’s Fresno office. | Megan Moore has been named partner at Young Minney & Corr.

2009 Melissa Meth has joined the California Department of Justice as a deputy district attorney.

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[Clas s Action] state affairs, Western region. | Seaton Tsai has joined the State Compensation Insurance Fund as attorney III in the corporate legal department.

California Chamber of Commerce to serve as a policy advocate for environmental policy, housing and land use, and product regulation issues.

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Niki E. Cunningham was promoted to partner at McCormick Barstow, LLP in Fresno, where she focuses on civil litigation. | Louinda Lacey has joined the

David Bass has joined the California Department of Justice as a deputy attorney general in the department’s Financial Fraud and Special Prosecutions Unit.

| Alison Hughes has joined the California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee as a consultant. | Philip Williams has been promoted to general counsel at Westlands Water District.

2014 Marisa Shea has joined the California state Senate as counsel to the Judiciary Committee. | Blair Swadley has joined Flesher

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Sosan Madanat, ’14, wants Californians to better understand state government By Joanna Corman

osan Madanat, ’14, is on a mission to teach Californians about how state government works. Madanat is executive director of the Foundation for Democracy and Justice, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that promotes awareness about democracy and government through education. The foundation, which launched in 2013, recognizes there is a need to better understand all three government branches, especially the judicial branch, says Madanat, who joined the organization in 2015. The foundation’s goal is to get more people to be active in state government. That means being an informed and active voter, understanding local and statewide current events, attending city council meetings, contacting elected representatives, and understanding how judges are elected and how the court system works. It also means that serving on a jury is both a responsibility and a privilege. At McGeorge, Madanat’s internship with then-state Sen. Noreen Evans set her up for a career in policy. During her internship with Evans, who then was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Madanat researched the impact budget cuts were having on the courts and the ripple effects on Californians statewide. It’s why her mission is to educate people about the importance of the court system. “It was heartbreaking to hear some of the judges talking about the long lines people were facing to pay fines or to file for divorce,” she says. “A lot of self-help centers were closed. A lot of courthouses closed. People were having to drive unimaginable (distances) to try to resolve a dispute or problem, or file a temporary restraining order.”

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[Clas s Action] Schaff & Schroeder as an associate attorney in Rocklin.

Family’ Exception” has been quoted by the Washington Supreme Court. | Chelsea Tibbs has joined Ellis Buehler Makus, LLP as an attorney investigator.

2015 Mariam Aboudamous has won a seat on the American Canyon City Council. | Adam Borchard has been promoted to regulatory advocate one at the Association of California Water Agencies. | Shawn Murphy’s article “The Supreme Court’s Revitalization of the Dying ‘Existing Indian

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2016 Meryl Balalis has joined the Sacramento Kings as a staff attorney. | Michele Conte has joined Rucellai & Raffaelli in the firm’s Milan office. | Tim Davis has

Jacob Flesher, ’00, reflects on the trial advocacy program By Vanessa Errecarte

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been promoted to commissioner of the Sacramento Community Police Commission. | Max Vargas has been hired as a senior policy adviser to Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs.

acob Flesher, ’00, was encouraged to go to law school by his future wife—she sensed that he would be better suited at working in law than with his two hands on his grandfather’s farm. She was right. In 2000, he graduated from McGeorge with a Juris Doctor degree with an emphasis in advocacy. For his first job, he worked as a deputy district attorney for Ventura County. Flesher has immense gratitude for McGeorge’s trial advocacy program. “Because of McGeorge’s trial advocacy program, I got my first two jobs and have a network of terrific lawyers who are also lifelong friends.” In 2001, Flesher returned to Sacramento to join his McGeorge trial advocacy team coach, Bill Barry, at a civil trial firm. Now he serves as a civil trial lawyer at Flesher Schaff & Schroeder, Inc. Flesher has represented railroad companies, property owners, small businesses, professional athletes, nonprofits and insurance carriers. Much of his work has revolved around employment and accident lawsuits involving transportation companies and railways. Flesher and colleague Jeremy Schroeder achieved a winning verdict for their client Union Pacific Railroad Company in a wrongful death trial that concluded in February. The trial was featured on Lexis Nexis as its national document of the week. “I really enjoy trying cases. It’s the closest adrenaline rush I could ever hope to find in a career short of being a professional athlete, which was never going to happen.” Flesher’s advice to the next generation of McGeorge students: “Find good mentors who are going to help you in and out of law school.” A former adjunct faculty member at McGeorge, he is wellequipped to mentor future students thanks to his alma matter.

[Clas s Action] in memoriam Alumni Thomas Sapunor, ’61, died at the age of 89 on Oct. 20, 2016, in Sacramento. A former deputy district attorney and private practitioner, he served as a state administrative law judge for more than 20 years. Benjamin Diaz, ’66, died at the age of 83 on Nov. 28, 2016, in Sacramento. After an appointment to the Sacramento Municipal Court, he was elevated to the Superior Court, becoming the first Mexican-American to serve at that level in Northern California. Jim Lane, ’69, died at the age of 80 on Nov. 18, 2016, in Danville. He was a senior vice president of policy and planning for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland for many years and also active in the San Ramon Valley community.

Dennis Taplin, ’75, died at the age of 72 on Nov. 18, 2016, in Carmichael. A practicing attorney for nearly 20 years, he was also an active real estate investor and broker. Robert Schaldach, ’78, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 72 on Oct. 28, 2016, in Carmichael. He was in private practice, primarily specializing in family law, for 37 years in the Sacramento area. Roberta Kierney, ‘79, died at the age of 75 on Sept. 7, 2016 in Seattle. A former Grass Valley family law attorney, she and her husband created the Kierney Family Scholarship, which benefits a continuing married student or a single parent raising a family. Patricia Hart Jorgensen, ’81, died of cancer on Dec. 2, 2016, in Sacramento. She worked for several state agencies, including the Office of Legislative Counsel, over 27 years in law.

Clinton Higbe, ’70, died at the age of 84 on Nov. 24, 2016, in Sacramento. He practiced estate planning and real estate law for more than 40 years.

John Garcia, ’84, died suddenly at the age of 60 on Dec. 27, 2016, in Carmichael. He practiced real estate law in the Sierra foothill area for 30 years.

Michael Specchio, ’70, died at the age of 74 on Dec. 31, 2016, in Reno. A former Washoe County public defender, he served as a juvenile master after moving into private practice. He was a Sparks Justice Court pro tem judge in retirement.

Jim Prichason, ’84, died of cancer at the age of 69 on Oct. 5, 2016, in San Francisco. An insurance law practitioner, he operated the Law Office of James S. Prichason for many years in the Bay Area.

Dana Anderson, ’71, died at the age of 71 on Oct. 6, 2016, in Fresno. He was a general practitioner for a quarter-century in the Central Valley. Chris Beecroft, ’74, died at the age of 67 on Dec. 26, 2016, in Las Vegas. He was the longtime ADR commissioner of Clark County’s Eighth Judicial District Court and its short trial program administrator. Roger Bennett, ’74, died at the age of 72 on Aug. 22, 2016, in Fair Oaks. The Pennsylvania native was a prominent tax attorney who broadcast his own radio tax-advice program for a number of years in the Sacramento area.

Jack Laufenberg, ’93, died at the age of 60 on Nov. 2, 2016, in Sacramento. He practiced family and criminal law for more than two decades and served as a president of the Sacramento County Bar Association. Carolyn Miller Cooper, LL.M., ’94, died at the age of 51 on Dec. 30, 2016, in Louisville, Kentucky. The executive director of the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission, she was inducted into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2014. Diane Strickland, LL.M., ’95, died at the age of 57 on Nov. 5, 2016, in Palm City, Florida. She practiced tax law and estate planning in Monterey and continued to provide elder law services after moving to the East Coast.

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university of the pacific Mcgeorge school of law Lifetime Investors The following lists recognize individuals and organizations that have made gifts, pledges, and estate or planned gifts to McGeorge in excess of $20,000.

Individuals $1,000,000+

Dona K. Buckingham Richard L. Stack $500,000+

Steve L. Ellyson Hayne R. & Susan F. Moyer $250,000+

James & Dorothy Adams Irving H. & Katherine O. Biele John Brownston Raymond Burr Roberta C. & Carl Kierney Betty Knudson Lawrence C. Levine Enlow & Melena Ose Judge Gordon D. Schaber Angelo K. Tsakopoulos $100,000+

Daniel E. & Jacqueline F. Anguis Anonymous Rosalie S. Asher Michael D. & Jacqueline S. Belote Robert A. Buccola Robert F. Butler Francis B. Dillon NoŃ&#x2018;l M. Ferris Sam Gordon

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Kathleen C. Henderson Pamela M. Henderson Genshiro Kawamoto Jeanette Powell Daniel D. Richard Claude D. & Lynn L. Rohwer Scott S. Slater Edward & Carol Spurgeon Steve Weiss R. Parker White $50,000+

Giles S. & Cynthia Attia Joseph J. Babich Thomas R. & Suzanne Bales Katharine O. Biele Melissa C. Brown Paul E. Dassenko Benjamin D. Frantz Donald W. Fraulob Sherill Halbert William D. & Joy M. Harn Charles D. Kelso Mark W. Knobel Brian K. & Dorothy S. Landsberg James R. Lewis Timothy E. Naccarato Gregory D. & Nancy A. Ogrod Kenneth E. & Linda K. Olson Elizabeth Rindskopf & Robert Parker Anthony J. Scalora Elvin F. & Pauline C. Sheehy Michael & Wendy Sidley Robert N. & Doris Stark Edward H. Telfeyan & Jerry Paik Barbara Thomas Margaret J. Vick Mark K. White

$35,000+

Walter F. & Janet K. Alexander Jr. David & Lexis M. Allen Fred Anderson Leighton D. Armstrong Ronald E. & Carola C. Blubaugh David & Carl Cairns Glenn A. Fait Doris Gross Ben E. Johnson J. David & Margaret Kristjanson Ken & Bonnie Jean Kwong John Lonergan Thomas J. Long John R. & Peggy Masterman Francis J. Mootz III & Leticia M. Saucedo Hardie G. & Cheryl Setzer Donald R. & Dorothy A. Steed Winfried van den Muijsenbergh Daniel E. Wilcoxen $25,000+

Laurel V. Bell-Cahill & Timothy F. Cahill Douglas R. Benson John Q. & Phyllis Brown Gerald M. & Deborah B. Caplan Frank J. Christy Jr. Charles B. & Kathleen T. Coyne Helen H. & Bradford M. Crittenden Loren S. Dahl Sean A. & Erin M. Dunston Sharon G. Fait Anna Rose Fischer Morton L. & Marcine Friedman Emil Gumpert Michael A. & Lisa Hackard Richard A. & Karen Harris John W. Hawkins Anthony M. Kennedy Frank & JoAnn LaBella Jr. Marilyn R. Lee & Harvey A. Schneider

Catherine C. MacMillan & Reza Moftakar David P. & Kathleen R. Mastagni Eugene W. McGeorge Marc D. & Mona Roberts Annie M. & Chris Rogaski Edward J. & Marian M. Tiedemann Charles W. & Paulette Trainor Michael J. & Eileen Van Zandt Sunny Von Bulow Borden D. & Kathleen Webb Alba Witkin Bernard E. Witkin Alfred E. Yudes Jr. $20,000+

David F. Anderson Thadd A. & Elaine M. Blizzard Edgar A. Boyles Samuel Chicos Louise L. & Thomas A. Chiu K. C. Fan Faith Geoghegan Roger G. Halfhide & Patricia A. McVerry Allison L. Harvey Mark Hefner Pauline Johnson Warren A. Jones Darrel W. & Kathleen Lewis Charlene Stratton Matteson James M. & Rita M. Mize Chester A. Newland Perry & Sophia Potiris Robert L. Roush Elaine Samans Tom Sinetos Michael & Erie P. Vitiello Philip H. & JoAnne S. Wile William P. & Judy Yee

Corporations & Businesses

The Max C. Fleischmann Foundation $500,000+

Arata Bros. Trust The Fletcher Jones Foundation The James Irvine Foundation The Sierra Health Foundation $250,000+

Albert & Elaine Borchard Foundation The Ahmanson Foundation C.L.E.P.R. Downey Brand Attorneys, LLP E.L. Cord Foundation Gannett Foundation George H. Sandy Foundation Gervase Flick Trust Gordon D. Schaber 1996 Charitable Remainder Unitrust John A. McCarthy Foundation John Brownston Charitable Remainder Trust John Stauffer Charitable Trust Margaret Deteerding Foundation Public Legal Service Society Sacramento Bee Sacramento Estate Planning Council Sacramento Region Community Foundation The William D. James Foundation $100,000+

The ABC Pharmacy The Michael Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Onofrio & Bonnie Slosson Family Trust $50,000+

$1,000,000+

Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The Dana Foundation

[D onors] Winfried van den Muijsenbergh Margaret J. Vick Patrons ($5,000+)

Longtime donors Hayne R. and Susan F. Moyer were honored at the 2016 McGeorge Legacy Gala.

Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora LLP E.L. Weigand Foundation The Jonelle Beck & Chad Leigh Living Trust Red River Shipping Corporation The Telfeyan Evangelical Fund, Inc. The Thomas P. & Thelma B. Hart Foundation United States Department of State Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP Trustee $35,000+

Albert J. and Mae Lee Memorial Trust AYCO Charitable Foundation California NBR Settlement Fund Carpenters Local Union 586 Hefner, Stark & Marois, LLP Kaweah Lemon Company Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard Law Office of Noël M. Ferris Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Pfund Family Foundation

$25,000+

Brian L. Hintz Memorial Golf Tournament Medpac of the CA Assn. of Physician Groups Russian-United States Legal Foundation Sierra Oaks Mortgage UN Environment Programme Trust University of Phoenix Foundation US Bank $20,000+

Aerojet General American Board of Trial Advocates McDonough, Holland & Allen PC William C-B Foundation

2016 Dean’s Council Individuals The following lists recognize individuals and organizations that made gifts to McGeorge during the 2016 calendar year. Counselors ($25,000+)

Joseph J. Babich Melissa C. Brown & Donald William Fraulob Steve Ellyson Mark W. Knobel Brian K. & Dorothy S. Landsberg*** Claude D. Rohwer**** R. Parker White & Noël M. Ferris*** Shareholders ($10,000+)

Michael D. & Jacqueline Belote** Paul E. Dassenko Chester “Chet” A. Newland

Daniel E. & Jacqueline F. Anguis*** Katharine O. Biele** Ronald E. & Carola Blubaugh*** Jeffrey G. Huron Catherine C. MacMillan & Reza Moftakar** Hayne R. & Susan F. Moyer**** Michael J. & Eileen Van Zandt* Advocates ($2,500+)

Sean A. & Erin M. Dunston** William Davis & Joy F. Harn** Richard K. Lee* Douglas E. Love Richard L. Montarbo Andrea S. Moon Megan M. Moore* Francis J. Mootz III & Leticia M. Saucedo* Gregory D. & Nancy A. Ogrod Bruce A. Scheidt & Sheila Greathead** Andrew E. Schouten* Arthur G. & Susan E. Scotland** Michael I. Sidley** Alfred E. Yudes Jr. MeMbers (various levels)

David W. & Susan H. Abbott*** Walter F. & Janet K. Alexander Jr. Francis P. Alling* David F. Anderson** William G. & Lisa Anderson* Asukwo M. Archibong David J. Bader

William C. Bartels** Bennett L. Bearden Richard S. & Victoria Z. Broome Connie Callahan and Randy Haight** Gerald M. & Deborah B. Caplan**** Amy E. Carlson Zelia M. Cebreros* Alberta C. Chew** John L. Cosgrove Andrew M. & Laura Cummings* Omar M. Dajani Julie Davies & Thomas A. Busch** Nirav K. Desai** Richard K. & Donna L. Dickson II** Ginny M. Ellis Morrison C. England Jr.** Michael R. & Ann E. Faber Gail R. Fadenrecht & Walter Flom Ernesto O. Falcon Casandra J. Fernandez* Timothy M. Frawley Courtney Hoyland Gamez Jenifer N. Gee Randolph H. Getz** Daniel Griffin Roger Halfhide & Patricia McVerry Sheila A. Hard* Judith A. Harper* Timothy M. Harris Kevin T. Hennessy & Mark McKay** Scott M. & Andrea Hervey* Nicholas J. Horton David R. & Lisa Isola* Karen L. Jacobsen Warren A. Jones Debra J. Kazanjian** Christian M. Keiner Amanda C. Kelly Randall E. Kessler** John J. Kirlin David R. & Judith V. Lane** Mark H. LaRocque* Lauren D. Layne* Jenith E. Lee Lawrence C. Levine** Mike & Elisa Levy* pac ific l aw

[D onors] James R. & Cheryl A. Lewis**** Darrel W. Lewis* Ryan C. Mallory-Jones Patricia S. Mar** Gustavo E. & Talia Matheus* Charlene Stratton Matteson** Melissa A. Meth Mike S. Mireles Jr. Rachel K. Miller James Mize Ivan M. Morales Preston L. Morgan* Vallerye A. Mosquera Timothy E. & Linda Naccarato** Marie A. Nakamura & Tammy Lynn Samsel* Vigo G. Nielsen* Blake C. Nordahl Lance H. Olson** Geralynn Patellaro** Jeffrey N. & Terry Paule** Svetlana Vita Petroff J. Brian Putler** Mark C. Raskoff James M. Ratzer Ronald B. Robie* Anne Schmitz Richard D. Silvestri John C. Simms Chelsey A. Smith Morgan C. & Sarah Lavender Smith** Ronald S. Smith** John G. Sprankling** Edward D. Spurgeon William J. Staack* Howard J. Stagg IV Colette Stone Carlson* Brandon A. Takahashi Edward H. Telfeyan & Jeri Paik**** Kayla L. Thayer Barbara Thomas*** Tim N. Treichelt Ann L. Trowbridge* Sim & Judy von Kalinowski Borden D. & Kathleen Webb**

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Joseph J. & Lynne Weninger** Stacey M. Westerlund Emily A. Wieser Jarrod L. P. Wong William P. & Judy Yee*** ****20+ Years of Membership ***15+ Years of Membership **10+ Years of Membership *5+ Years of Membership

Corporate Council Businesses, Corporations, Law Firms & Organizations Bernard E. & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation California Health Advocates Cook Brown LLP Deborah & Alfred E. Yudes Jr. Fund Doug Love Charitable Gift Fund George H. Sandy Foundation Halfhide & McVerry Charitable Fund Lowenstein & Weatherwax, LLP Naleo Educational Fund Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Porter Scott Sacramento County Bar Association Sacramento Estate Planning Council SEIU Local 2015 Stone & Associates The James Irvine Foundation The Kolikowski Law Firm The Law Office of Brigit G. Alvarez The Law Office of Howard J. Stagg IV

Professor Emeritus and McGeorge “founding father” Claude D. Rohwer recently pledged an additional $70,000 to the Professor Claude D. Rohwer Vietnam Endowed Award.

The Law Office of Paras B. Barnett, PLLC The Sierra Health Foundation The Telfeyan Evangelical Fund, Inc. The Thomas P. & Thelma B. Hart Foundation William D. James Trust

James M. Ratzer Lee W. Salter Anne Schmitz Margaret C. Stark-Roberts Hong Tang Tim N. Treichelt R. Hillary Willett David L. Winter Marlene Q. F. Young

Alumni & Friends

Amicus Lex Circle ($250+)

Individuals Barristers Circle ($500+)

Gordon P. Adelman Brigit G. Alvarez Andrew S. Bernick Ronald W. Brown Lee & Barbara Colwell Ross E. & Sally de Lipkau Leslie A. Dunsworth Brian C. Hartnell Gordian N. Hasselblatt Adam J. & Patricia Krolikowski Kenneth Kuchman & Carolyn Muir Anthony L. & Dayna Leggio David P. & Kathleen R. Mastagni Gregory P. & Sheryl L. Matzen Brigitte M. Mayo John P. McGill Shakira Pleasant Michael G. Polis William E. & Libbie D. Rainey III

Anonymous Mark E. Berry Martin R. Boersma John R. Brydon George D. Cato Clyde Doheney Kimberly Kakavas Garner William E. Gasbarro Randal W. Graves Eugene T. Gualco Bradley R. Hansen Christina A. & Brian P. Hickey Glenn A. Howard Dustin D. Johnson Christina H. Jones Janssen Victoria L. Kalman Michael C. & Barbara A. Kronlund Jared W. Leavitt Brian W. Maas Robert A. Maddock Mike H. Madokoro Stephen C. McCaffrey Anthony K. McClaren Fredericka Moore McGee W. Kearse McGill James E. McGlamery Crystal H. McMurtry Michael B. Mount

John S. Nitao Robert J. O’Hair Rizaldy T. Ortiz Coby T. Page Scott H. Park Thomas A. Pedreira Sidney I. & Jane M. Picker Joseph W. Scalia Val G. Stephens John H. Tiernan Mary E. Tryon Phillip R. & Peggy S. Urie Michael & Erie P. Vitiello Stephen A. Weiner Jennifer J. Wilke-Berry Richard E. Williamson donations

Mariam J. Aboudamous Leah Daughetee Adams Raquel E. Aldana Laura A. Allen Wil Ash Joseph N. Atkin Kenneth A. Avelino Narek Avetisyan William E. Baker Jr. Wilson Q. Bao Sally A. Beaudry Jonelle C. Beck & Chad L. Leigh Lawrence A. Bennett Anthony D. Bento Deborah A. Berry Kendra G. Bertschy Lindsey Blanchard Eduardo Blanco Robert J. Blandford Carleton E. Blankenburg Jocelyn N. Blinn Tia Boatman Patterson Julie Borina Driscoll

[D onors] Kim M. Bowman Jr. Nadia Mahallati Bowman Elizabeth Branch Veronica E. Bravo Hugh E. Brereton Daniel J. Breuer Albert W. Brodie Meredith Riley Brown Adrienne L. Brungess John W. Cadwalader Linda S. Campbell Malcolm R. Carling-Smith Mark A. Carroll Amanda Heiner Carruth Linda E. Carter Brandon J. Chaidez Kathleen L. Chambers Katie Richey Charleston R. Mony Chim Stephen S. Cody Sean R. Coletta Clifford G. Collard Brent P. Collinson William S. & Virginia D. Colwell Tiffany E. Conklin John H. Coward Thomas A. Coyne Donald J. Currier Dennis C. Cusick Margot P. Cutter Raihane A. Dalvi Mindy Danovaro Lori J. Darling Hector M. de Avila Gonzalez Julia C. DeVos Hilary A. Dinkelspiel Keegan Q. Doheney Timothy J. Donovan Kerry Campbell Doyle Daniel H. Drummy Jeremy P. Ehrlich Howard E. Engle Jr. Theresa R. Esquerra Ernesto O. Falcon Bryce Q. Fick James E. Fischer Matthew W. & Katherine A. Fleming Marjorie Florestal Laurel A. Gaiser & Don E. Green

Courtney Hoyland Gamez Franklin A. Gevurtz G. Anthony Gilly Michele R. Gish William B. Gould IV Pamela D. Gourley Paul L. Grimm Martin E. Grossman Linda Gunderson Lawrence B. Hagel Amy M. Hammond Peter P. Handy Stephen Hansen Jennifer L. Harder Stefanie U. Hardy William T. & Dana L. Harper Ronald I. Harrison AnnMichelle G. Hart Kayvan J. Hazemi J. Timothy Hegness Teresa Y. Hillery Kyle A. Hofmeister Andrea Dupray Huber A. Eugene Huguenin Jr. John S. Husser, Sr. Gabriel A. Jackson Leslie Gielow & Matthew G. Jacobs Carl P. Jacobs Marc L. & Kimberly Anable Jacuzzi Mark R. Jensen Marshall F. & Sarah B. Johnson Daniel P. Jordan Jr. Warren E. Kamm Jennifer B. Kaufman Joel E. Kautz Thomas J. Kearney Amanda C. Kelly Michael R. Kelly David M. Keyzer Bruce A. Kilday Rodney Kim Joseph F. Klatt Mark S. Klitgaard Thomas S. Knox Yury A. Kolesnikov Laszlo Komjathy Jr. Marla A. Kurtz Kristine E. Kwong Michelle Labi-Klonecke

Jeannene L. Lafarga Sarah Carlson Lambert Marsha M. Lang Gerald D. Latasa Jr. Thomas J. Leach & Cary A. Bricker Bo-Lin Lee Christopher B. Lee Courtney G. Lee Peter N. Lindquist Robert L. Litchfield Breton K. Lobner Jon S. Lucchese Patricia A. Lynch Neha K. Mac Donald B. MacDougall Jr. Douglass T. MacEllven S. Hether C. & Stephen M. Macfarlane Tara J. Macomber Ryan C. Mallory-Jones Stephanie Maroun Mark L. Mausert Michael N. McCallum Michael B. McDonald J. Douglas McGilvray Michael H. McGowan William A. McGrath Mary C. McGuire Caitriona A. McOsker Christine Mersten Rachel K. Miller John R. Morris Vallerye A. Mosquera Kari L. Mueller Daniel F. Mullin Karl F. Munz David S. Nelson Gary L. Nemetz John G. Neville Rachael M. Nhan Rebecca J. Olson Gordon A. Opel Tracey L. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly Teri A. Ostling Lori Lei K. Ozaki Gerardo Partida James W. Penrose Doronne S. Perras Peter H. Pickslay Joseph S. Pinkas Steven M. Polisar John C. Provost

Donald C. Pullen Ian A. Rambarran Genaro C. Ramirez Peter K. Renstrom Emily L. Reynolds Maribel Reynoso Blunt Cinthia I. Rivera Colin H. Roberts James F. Roberts Pauline Rodriguez Acosta Daniel M. Root Lawrence H. Root Douglas L. Ropel R. Mark Rose Leland S. Rosner Amy H. Ruggles Alexander C. Sabbadini Chelsea J. Sachau James P. & Megan A. Sammut Kelli Sarnowski Richard G. Schickele Peter C. Schreiber Jennifer A. Scott Marisa E. Shea Richard L. Shiffrin Genevieve A. Shiroma Richard D. Silvestri Christopher A. & Jennie U. Skelton Jennie Unger Skelton Joseph J. Smallhoover Chelsey A. Smith Gary N. Smith James C. Smith Roger A. & Barbara Smith Robert A. Sorokolit James C. Spurling Mark R. Stewart Robin L. Stewart Jennifer J. Tachera Kayla L. Thayer Conness A. Thompson D. Ron Thompson Antonio Torlai Mai To Trieu Chance L. & Elizabeth S. Trimm D. Scott Turner James M. Tuthill Paula Tripp Victor Charles Volpe

Christopher W. Waddell Clarence Walden Don Wallace Jr. Kelly J. Walls Frederick N. Wapner William J. Ward Kristin Weigle Roberts Richard B. Weisberg Daniel A. Weitzman & Jill R. Stetcher John W. Welch Stacey M. Westerlund Don P. White Jr. Glenn E. Wichinsky Emily A. Wieser Frederick G. Wiesner Richard M. Wilner Jimmie Wing Daniel Wong Jack J. & Nancy W. Wu Linda Yackzan Stanley J. Yates Matthew R. Young Michele Pai Yuen Etan Zaitsu Ophelia H. Zeff

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[The Last Word] The Art of Arbitration

Noted insurance executive and arbitrator Paul Dassenko, ’82, discusses the value of legal education today

hen Paul Dassenko, ’82, passed the bar exam, he already had years in the insurance industry on his resume. His legal degree gave him a better understanding of the business environment and led to the creation of Azure Advisors, Inc., an international commercial arbitration and mediation firm Dassenko established to pursue his varied interests. Throughout his career (including stints as CEO and president of Risk Transfer Underwriting, Inc. and Converium Reinsurance), Dassenko has benefited immensely from the legal education he received at McGeorge. In thanks, he has provided financial support to the school and served on the search committee that recommended the appointment of Michael Hunter Schwartz as the new dean of McGeorge. Dassenko was the 2017 McGeorge Commencement keynote speaker. What stands out as a highlight in your career? The cases we hear as international commercial arbitrators can have a tremendous amount at stake. One that stands out had $8.5 billion at stake and involved 75 lawyers. It was complex, challenging and absolutely fascinating.

“ We need to do everything we can to have our citizens understand that the rule of law is why we can live and work together as a country and hold deeply divergent views at the same time.”

spring/summer 2017

Why is it important to you to support legal education? It seems to me that some of the contentiousness we see in political discourse in this country shows a lack of understanding for the rule of law in our society. We need to do everything we can to have our citizens understand that the rule of law is why we can live and work together as a country and hold deeply divergent views at the same time. That’s one of the reasons I have an abiding interest in McGeorge and legal education in general. How can a legal education be helpful outside of traditional applications? There are extremely exciting ways to use your legal education in nontraditional areas. For example, medical care is a huge growth industry; there must be four or five departments in any hospital or hospital management company today that need to use lawyers. That can be translated into almost any industry experiencing greater regulation or more complex legal issues in the way they operate. You will always have an advantage if you understand how the law works and applies. What’s something people might be surprised to learn about you? I play the cello. I was lucky to be raised in a musical family. I’ve played in amateur symphonies, but my sister is the talented one; she’s the concertmaster for the San Luis Obispo Symphony.

Mcgeorge Alumni Board of Directors The McGeorge Alumni Board of Directors is a volunteer group of alumni dedicated to advancing the interests and promoting the welfare of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, by acting as the voice of more than 13,000 alumni. The board serves as a conduit between the law school and alumni interested in engaging with and furthering the activities and programs of the law school. McGeorge has the following active alumni chapters: Bay Area Alumni Chapter Fresno Alumni Chapter Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Orange County Alumni Chapter Reno Alumni Chapter Sacramento Alumni Chapter San Diego Alumni Chapter Washington, D.C., Alumni Chapter International Alumni Chapter .

2017 Alumni Board of Directors Megan Moore, ’08, President Scott Hervey, ’95, Past President Andrea Moon, ’13, Vice President Kimberly Garner, ’08, Vice President Patrick Blood, ’12 Kirsten Brown, ’08 Patrick Browning, ’16 Kerry Doyle, ’07 Theresa Esquerra, ’08 Pamela Gourley, ’01 Kevin Hennessy, ‘96 Jeff Huron, ’88 Dustin Johnson, ’04 Tiffany Johnson, ’11 Serena Kallas, ’14 Gerald Latasa, ‘13 Bradley LeDu, ’79 Jenith Lee, ’14 Sosan Madanat, ’14 Anthony McClaren, ’03 Andrew Meditz, ’09 Melissa Meth, ’09 Trevor Michels, ’11 Mhare Mouradian, ’03 Marie Nakamura, ’01

Coby Page, ’06 Shakira Pleasant, ’04 Jaclyn Powell, ’09 John Ramirez, ’98 Tamarra Rennick, ’91 Chris Rusby, ’08 James Sammut, ’11 Jennifer Scott, ’99 Brandon Takahashi, ’06 Hong Tang, ’05 Serge Tomassian, ’83 Richard Williamson, ’85

Above, members of the Alumni Board at the February 2017 Retreat in Las Vegas, at Eglet Prince where alumnus Robert T. Eglet, ’88, is a senior partner.

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