Michael Sweet ’96 has been reappointed as the Human Rights Commission Chair. He recently joined Fox Rothschild LLP in San Francisco, where he focuses his practice in the area of municipal debt restructuring and Chapter 9 filings.
michael SWeet
Halim Dhanidina ’97 has been appointed to a judgeship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Dhanidina served in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1998. According to the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Dhanidina will be the first Muslim-American judge ever appointed in California.
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Michelle A. Hernandez ’97 was recently elected president of the New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (NMDLA) for 2012. Hernandez is board certified in New Mexico as a health law specialist, and she currently practices at Modrall Sperling, where she specializes in the areas of healthcare, litigation, products liability, torts and personal injury.
Steven Kirby ’73
Suzanne Harris ’77
Alexander W. Kirkpatrick ’74
Tim Harris ’78
Dean J. Kitchens ’78
Wilmer J. Harris ’90
Gerald A. Klein ’82
Derek R. Havel ’97
Howard S. Klein '61
Richard W. Havel ’71
Kenneth A. Kleinberg ’67
Susan J. Hazard ’78
Howard M. Knee ’72
Yakub Hazzard ’90
Deborah P. Koeffler ’75
Paul J. Hedlund ’73
Howard Kollitz ’73
Steven A. Heimberg ’83
Ronald R. Kollitz ’74
Gregory D. Helmer ’90
Glen E. Kraemer ’87
Darrel J. Hieber ’80
Frederick H. ("Rick") Kranz, Jr. ’72
Lynard C. Hinojosa ’67
Kenneth L. Kraus ’71
Paul Gordon Hoffman ’76
Kenneth L. Krause ’80
Steven Holguin ’83
Richard M. Kreisler ’74
Kristin L. Holland ’96
Thomas R. Kreller ’92
Michael A. Hood ’76
Howard D. Krepack ’72
Michael T. Hornak ’78
Mette H. Kurth ’96
Susan T. House ’75
Thomas P. Lambert ’71
Roger H. Howard ’71
Laura Landesman ’82
Boyd D. Hudson ’78
Edward A. Landry ’64
Jeffrey S. Hurst ’88
Wendy E. Lane ’98
Richard A. Hutton ’70
Dudley M. Lang ’62
Andrei Iancu ’96
Timothy Lappen ’75
Samuel D. Ingham, III ’75
David A. Lash ’80
Mark Israel ’86
Amy B. Lawrence ’84
Mark A. Ivener ’67
Moses Lebovits ’75
Jeffery S. Jacobson ’96
Amy B. Leck ’70
Lawrence H. Jacobson ’67
Alexander M. Lee ’96
Keith A. Jacoby ’90
Gail E. Lees ’79
Daniel J. Jaffe ’62
Howard N. Lehman ’56
John M. Jameson ’85
Cary B. Lerman ’72
Kathleen C. Jeffries ’83
Harriet Beegun Leva ’80
Jules L. Kabat ’74
Leonard B. Levine ’71
Ronald M. Kabrins ’63
Sidney P. Levinson ’88
Jonathan S. Kagan ’93
Margaet Levy ’75
Robert L. Kahan ’69
Stanley W. Levy ’65
Murray O. Kane ’70
Joshua D. Lichtman ’94
John C. Kappos ’94
Jonathan Fraser Light ’81
Nancy Kardon ’91
Ethan Lipsig ’74
David S. Karton ’71
Barrett S. Litt ’69
Gail Diane Kass ’75
Margaret G. Lodise ’88
Thomas R. Kaufman ’95
David M. Luboff ’79
Ron O. Kaye ’89
Craig Lucas ’73
Barry D. Kellman ’95
Elwood Lui ’69
Michael J. Kiely ’89
Robert W. Lundy, Jr. ’75
Christopher Kim ’78
Philip S. Magaram ’61
Seong H. Kim ’93
Ralph D. Malmquist ’64
Diane L. Kimberlin ’76
S. Jerome Mandel ’71
Howard E. King ’77
Caroline H. Mankey ’96
Dale F. Kinsella ’74
Michael D. Marcus ’67
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Mette Kurth ’96, a bankruptcy and restructuring partner in Arent Fox’s Los Angeles office, has been named one of California’s Top Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal for the second year in a row. Mette was also included in The Best Lawyers in America, and she played a key role in developing the firm’s West Coast restructuring team. In addition, she was recognized by the M&A Advisor for her outstanding work in the Walking Company’s successful turnaround, and she has been honored as a Southern California Super Lawyer for the last seven years.
Barbara Hammers ’97