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From left, Chris Creech ’13, Taylor Young ’13, Andrea Shaheen ’01, Mark Punzalen ’06, Emily Andrews ’07, Pamela Glazner ’06, and Albert Harnois ’09 enjoyed each other’s company at the Fall Law Alumni Board Networking Event at the City Pub in Redwood City. e lle n ly nch
Alumni 1964 Don Eaton B.S. ’59 brought California Gov. Jerry Brown to SCU in October 2012 for a World Presidents’ Organization event regarding Brown’s goals for California.
1972 Daniel Selmi was
a recipient of a California Lawyer magazine’s Attorneys of the Year Award for 2013, for environmental law. He was on a team representing the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which defended its strict pollutionreduction paint-coating rule at the California Supreme Court. Peter Ventura is president of the Rotary Club of Clearlake, Calif. He worked in the wine industry for 30 years, retiring with his wife, Pinky, to Hidden Valley Lake in 2007.
1973 Clark “Gus” Guinan has retired after 39 years of practicing law, the last four years as the city attorney of Burlingame. He and his wife, Signe, live in Berkeley.
the Maui Chapter of the Sierra Club for his work. Bob Vogt was coproducer of BottleRock at Napa Expo in May, the biggest rock festival ever held in the Napa Valley.
1974 Julie Brooks was
1976 Curren Price is a
named one of the 100 “Women of Influence” by Silicon Valley Business Journal. As the executive VP, general counsel, chief compliance officer, and corporate secretary at Conceptus, Brooks oversees legal and compliance issues. Conceptus is a health care service company that focuses on women’s health. Brooks has been president and director of the Silicon Valley Association of General Counsel since 2010. Mark Hyde formed a nonprofit organization to challenge what was proposed to be the largest shopping center in Maui County, Hawaii, and prevailed before the Hawaii Land Use Commission in January 2013. He received the 2013 Malama Ka Aina award from
Los Angeles city councilman, representing a district that includes downtown Los Angeles. Previously, he served in the California State Senate and the California State Assembly. Lynne YatesCarter B.A. ’72 is a litigator and also serves as an expert witness on family law issues.
1977 Antonio Reyes
has been appointed to be a judge on the Tulare County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown. Previously, Reyes was an attorney in private practice since 1990. He was a partner at Duarte and Reyes from 1985 to 1990, at Orduno and Reyes from 1983 to 1984, and at Valdez Silva Orduno Candelaria and Reyes in 1983. Reyes was
an attorney at Nunez Silva and Orduno from 1982 to 1983, and was at the Legal Services Program for San Gabriel Valley from 1978 to 1982. Reyes fills a seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Gerald F. Sevier ’71.
1978 Steve Bennett has
joined the Portland, Ore., law firm Farleigh Wada Witt (FWW). He was a partner of the Portland law firm Powers, McCulloch & Bennett, LLP, which merged with FWW in January. He continues to focus in the areas of business and estate planning. Mario Cordero is the chairman of the nation’s most powerful maritime governing body, the Federal Maritime Commission, after being appointed by President Barack Obama in April. A former Long Beach harbor commissioner, Cordero has practiced law for 30 years, including as a workers’ compensation defense attorney. He was on the Long Beach Board of Harbor Com-
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