The Honorable Audrey B. Collins ’77, who was recently appointed by Governor Brown to the Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four, was honored in June at the Third Annual Alfred Jenkins Scholarship Awards Dinner by the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles (BPLA) for her lifetime commitment to protecting the integrity of the criminal justice system. Justice Collins, who was appointed to the bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton and served as chief judge of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, has received numerous awards for her distinguished career in public service, including the 2012 Joan Dempsey Klein Distinguished Jurist Award for her longstanding service to the women lawyers of California.
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Kathleen L. Dunham ’78 of Callahan & Blaine was selected for inclusion on the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s list of the Top 100 Women Lawyers, which recognizes the achievements of women leading the legal community in California. She was recognized for her work representing newspaper carriers in a class action suit alleging that their employers misclassified them as independent contractors.
John Krattli ’78, Los Angeles County’s top attorney, has retired from leading the county counsel’s office, a position to which he was appointed in 2012, succeeding Andrea Ordin ’65. Krattli had served in the county counsel’s office for 35 years, starting in the general litigation division soon after passing the bar exam in 1978. His career was recently profiled in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Scott Roth ’78, executive director of the Art Directors Guild (ADG), has been granted a three-year extension to his contract by the guild’s Board of Directors. Roth has served the ADG for 17 years. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans as well as the Western Region Council of the Actors Fund. Roth served as associate general counsel of the Directors Guild of America from 1983 to 1988.
Nancy L. Abell ’79 was named one of California’s leading labor and employment attorneys by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
NANCY ABELL
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Richard Burdge ’79 was appointed to a judgeship on the Los Angeles Superior Court by Governor Brown.
RICHARD BURDGE
Barbara C. Greenstein ’79, former deputy city attorney of Santa Monica, was named one of this year’s California Lawyer of the Year Award (“CLAY Award”) recipients for her work in successfully arguing Harris v. City of Santa Monica, a significant employment discrimination suit, before the California Supreme Court in 2013.
Gary Stiffelman ’79 of Ziffren, Brittenham LLP was named one of the top entertainment lawyers in the country by The Hollywood Reporter in the magazine’s 2014 listing.
GARY STIFFELMAN
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