he conducts hearings on guardianships, estate administration, civil procedure, real estate, and adoptions. He previously worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as agency counsel to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hon. Paul Cole retired in 2009 after serving 20 years as a judge in Santa Clara County. Previously, he worked 13 years in the District Attorney’s Office. Robert Dryden retired in 2008 from Fluor Corporation as managing general counsel. During his 30 years there, he and his wife, Janet, and their two children lived in South Africa, Holland, South Carolina, and London, before settling in Newport Beach. Javed Ellahie is a partner at the San Jose law firm of Ellahie & Farooqui, which emphasizes bankruptcy, estate planning, and corporation set-ups. John Fukasawa practices family law, and is active in Kiwanis. He will be lieutenant governor of that group during 2010-2011. Hon. Nancy Hoffman retired as a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge in 2000. She travels frequently with her husband, Jacques. Luke McCarthy practices business law while managing a real estate investment and development company based in Pasadena. William McHugh has practiced law with his wife, Cammie, at McHugh & Chen, in San Jose for 18 years. He handles plaintiff ’s employment and personal injury, business litigation, and insurance bad faith work. Charles Naylor teaches admiralty and maritime law at Chapman University School of Law. He is the managing member of the Naylor Law Group, which specializes in maritime personal injury and Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claims. Hon. Knoel Owen retired from the Sonoma County bench after 23 years, and now serves as a visiting judge.
James Schiavenza has worked in the State Attorney General’s Office for 34 years, and is currently senior assistant attorney general for the tort and condemnation section. Susan Tanenbaum runs a consulting firm that advises businesses in human resources issues, teaches employment law, and enjoys her grandchildren. 3 5 - Y EAR
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75 James J. Egan is chief operating officer for Sucampo Pharmaceuticals. He has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Previously, he was chief business officer for ESBA Tech AG, a privately-held biotech company in Zurich, Switzerland, and was CEO of Neuronz Limited based in Auckland, New Zealand, and senior director of global licensing, business development, and mergers and acquisitions at G.D. Searle & Co. 78 Howard Peters and his wife, Sally, who are both chemists, received the Harry and Carol Mosher Award from the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the American Chemical Society. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Santa Clara Law. 79 Bill Abrams is a partner with Bingham McCutchen, and is managing partner of the Silicon Valley office, and co-chair of the IP practice. He is also a consulting professor at Stanford, where he teaches courses in technology law, children and the law, the death penalty, and policy. Kathryn Black is a partner in a private law firm of 35 attorneys in Alaska. Peter Brewer has his own firm of five lawyers in Palo Alto, which handles real estate law,
including defending real estate brokers, brokerages, agents, appraisers, and mortgage brokers. Leslie Burton directs an LL.M. program at Golden Gate University School of Law, and is a professor of legal writing. Previously, she was a prosecutor, a clerk to the chief judge of the bankruptcy court, and practiced law for almost 15 years. Valli Freeman is taking care of her mother in Oregon. Previously, she had her own creditor’s bankruptcy practice for 18 years. Sue Cohen Goldstein has worked as attorney for the Washington state legislature in the Code Reviser’s Office since 1982. Hon. Linda Marino Gemello recently retired from California’s First District Court of Appeal. She served as a judge there for six years. Previously, she was a Superior Court judge, and an attorney in San Mateo County. Ronald J. Gomes is an internet administrator for the United States Air Force Warfare Center in Las Vegas. He transitioned into the information technology field after 20
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