oscar espino-padron ’11, a staff attorney at the Wage Justice Center, is working on a class action lawsuit on behalf of port truck drivers who were misclassified as independent contractors and denied labor protections. The case was featured in a Daily Journal article on July 29, 2013. parham hendifar ’11 has joined Goldberg Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP as an associate. His practice includes patent litigation and reexaminations, business litigation and aviation law. julie A. krogh ’12, an associate at the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, was recently appointed to the advisory board of the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP). Using her previous experience as a teacher in an underserved public school, Krogh will provide strategic guidance to support KIPP staff and plan KIPP events. Allison schall ’12, an associate at Latham & Watkins, took part in the annual Law Rocks! battle of the bands charity event, playing in front of a sold-out crowd at the Whisky a Go-Go. In all, more than $100,000 was raised for charity.
in memoriam Arthur Alef ’52 William Cantrell ’76 Nancy Cunningham ’65 David Durchfort ’83 Buddy Howard Epstein ’74 Robin Fairbairn ’62 The Honorable Nicholas Kasimatis, Jr. ’54 Rebecca Keene ’80 John Kerr ’69 Allan Lasher ’60 Ronald Lebetsamer ’73 Leonard Leibow ’62 Fred Mautner ’57 David Medvedoff ’57 Mathew Mezciems ’13 Marshall Miles ’54 Edwin Miller, Jr. ’57 Ronald Polk ’80 Vernon Putnam, Jr. ’72 Jay Robinson ’71 John Rogan II ’69 Bennett Rolfe ’65 Lawrence Schwartz ’66 Anthony Shafton ’66 Stacy Shartin ’73 Frank Stagen ’59 Scott Weis ’94
In Memoriam
Sadath Garcia 1982 – 2013
Sadath Garcia ’14, a much beloved member of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest
Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies Program, passed away unexpectedly on January 9, 2013. Born on April 3, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois, he was a 2004 graduate of the University of Redlands,
with a B.A. in Media Studies and History. Following college, Sadath helped launch Cause & Affect, a consulting and management firm that leverages innovative media-based platforms to bring
about high-impact social change. He also served on the board of FAIR, a non-profit organization
of young leaders working to create a tangible shift in our country’s marriage equality movement.
Professionally, Sadath helped create the social action campaigns for films such as An Inconvenient
Truth and The Visitor and served as a researcher for Arianna Huffington. During the summer of 2012, he interned in the White House
Communications Office, where he was involved in the announcement of President Obama’s shift in policy regarding DREAM Act
immigrants. He took a leave from law school in fall 2012 to serve as a policy advisor on the successful campaign of Elizabeth Warren
for election to the United States Senate. Sadath was posthumously awarded a 2013 Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Law School Scholarship for his commitment to advancing the civil rights of the Latino community. He was an extraordinary human being, son, brother, friend, colleague and advocate.
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