MOMENTUM
DANIEL OLIVAS
John S. Battenfeld ’85 was named one of California’s leading labor and employment attorneys by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
SHERI BLUEBOND
The Honorable Sheri Bluebond ’85 was appointed chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. Bluebond was also recently named Judge of the Year by the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys’ Association. She will be honored at the association’s annual Calvin Ashland Awards Dinner in November 2014 in Los Angeles.
V. James DeSimone ’85 of Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman was named one of this year’s California Lawyer of the Year Award (“CLAY Award”) recipients in the civil rights category. A verdict he obtained against the United States, after 13 years of work on behalf of two Chinese refugees, was cited by the publication. He was also named one of California’s leading labor and employment attorneys by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Karen K. Narasaki ’85 has been appointed by President Obama to a six-year term as commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Narasaki is an independent civil and human rights consultant. She was previously the president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center. Narasaki is currently the chair of the Asian American Diversity Advisory Council for Comcast/NBCU and co-chair of the Asian American Advisory Council for Nielsen. She also manages the Shelby Response Fund for Public Interest Projects.
Mark Baute ’86 of Baute, Crochetiere & Gilford was named one of the top entertainment lawyers in the country by The Hollywood Reporter in the magazine’s 2014 listing.
Michelle Lee Flores ’93 James P. Fogelman ’92 Janice Fogg ’89 John T. Frankenheimer ’73 Barry V. Freeman ’62 Manley Freid ’62 Gary N. Frischling ’87 David R. Gabor ’89 Barbara R. Gadbois ’85 Paul L. Gale ’75 Dale K. Galipo ’84 Jon J. Gallo ’67 Robert Garrett ’75 Kenneth C. Gibbs ’74 J. Paul Gignac ’86 Gary L. Gilbert ’71 Andrew M. Gilford ’89 David I. Gindler ’84 Ginetta L. Giovinco ’03 Alexander C. Giza ’00 Jack C. Glantz ’61 Steven Glickman ’82 Frida P. Glucoft ’78 Charles Goldberg ’67 Robert S. Goldberg ’63 James L. Goldman ’73 John B. Golper ’75 Marlene D. Goodfried ’79 Eric B. Gordon ’90 Dmitry Gorin ’95 Joseph G. Gorman, Jr. ’66 Brian G. Gough ’74 William D. Gould ’63 Richard J. Grabowski ’86 Cindy Joy Weinstein Graff ’79 Bruce J. Graham ’83 Norman H. Green ’79 Arthur N. Greenberg ’52 Irving H. Greines ’66 Brian Grossman ’93 Joel M. Grossman ’79 Susan Grueneberg ’79 Laurel N. Haag ’00 Michael Hackman ’67 Barbara Enloe Hadsell ’78 Guy N. Halgren ’84 Timi Anyon Hallem ’72 James I. Ham ’81 Barbara Hammers ’97 Jan L. Handzlik ’70 Patrick D. Harder ’86 Sean T. Hargaden ’87 Suzanne Harris ’77 Wilmer J. Harris ’90 Derek R. Havel ’97 Richard W. Havel ’71 Susan J. Hazard ’78 Yakub Hazzard ’90 Paul J. Hedlund ’73 Steven A. Heimberg ’83 Gregory D. Helmer ’90 Leslie Hecht Helmer ’90 Darrel J. Hieber ’80 Lynard C. Hinojosa ’67 Rachel E. Hobbs ’96 Paul Gordon Hoffman ’76
Steven Holguin ’83 Kristin L. Holland ’96 Michael A. Hood ’76 Michael T. Hornak ’78 Susan T. House ’75 Roger H. Howard ’71 Boyd D. Hudson ’78 Laurence L. Hummer ’80 Richard A. Hutton ’70 Andrei Iancu ’96 Samuel D. Ingham III ’75 Mark Israel ’86 Samuel Israel ’81 Mark A. Ivener ’67 Jeffery S. Jacobson ’96 Lawrence H. Jacobson ’64 Keith A. Jacoby ’90 Daniel J. Jaffe ’62 John M. Jameson ’85 Alan R. Jampol ’72 Jay Jeffcoat ’70 E. George Joseph ’83 Jules L. Kabat ’71 Ronald M. Kabrins ’60 Jonathan S. Kagan ’93 Robert L. Kahan ’69 Michael S. Kalt ’91 Wynn C. Kaneshiro ’92 John C. Kappos ’94 Kathryn E. Karcher ’86 Nancy Kardon ’91 David S. Karton ’71 Gail Diane Kass ’75 Robert L. Kaufman ’75 Thomas R. Kaufman ’95 Ron O. Kaye ’83 Ira D. Kharasch ’82 George David Kieffer ’73 Michael J. Kiely ’89 Christopher Kim ’78 Seong H. Kim ’93 Diane L. Kimberlin ’76 Howard E. King ’77 Dale F. Kinsella ’74 Alexander W. Kirkpatrick ’74 Dean J. Kitchens ’78 David L. Klatsky ’90 Gerald A. Klein ’82 Howard S. Klein ’61 Kenneth A. Kleinberg ’67 Howard M. Knee ’72 Bruce Kokozian ’97 Howard Kollitz ’73 Ronald R. Kollitz ’74 Lawrence Kouns ’80 Glen E. Kraemer ’87 Frederick H. ("Rick") Kranz, Jr. ’72 Kenneth L. Kraus ’71 Jeffrey C. Krause ’80 Richard M. Kreisler ’74 Thomas R. Kreller ’92 Howard D. Krepack ’72 Linda Guthmann Krieger ’90 Joel D. Kuperberg ’79 Mette H. Kurth ’96 Andrew A. Kurz ’74
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Daniel A. Olivas ’84 explores Latino/a literature at the dawn of the 21st century in his new book, Things We Do Not Talk About, available from San Diego State University Press. The book is a wide-ranging collection of personal essays and interviews.