T. Hale Boggs ’86 was recognized as one of the most influential digital media lawyers in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Boggs, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Corporate & Finance and Venture Capital practices, launched Manatt Digital Media in 2013. T. HALE BOGGS
James M. Burns ’86 has been appointed chair of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law’s Legislation Committee, effective August 2014. The ABA Section of Antitrust Law is the leading professional organization for antitrust and competition law, trade regulation, consumer protection and economics. Burns, an attorney with Dickinson Wright PLLC, is recognized as a leader in his field by Legal Leaders and Martindale Hubbell. He is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Robert Sacks ’86, a partner at Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise, was recognized as Best Lawyers’ 2014 Los Angeles Litigation – Trust & Estates “Lawyer of the Year.”
Katherine M. Basile ’87 has been named to Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s 2014 list of “IP Stars.” Basile is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP.
Andrea J. Schoeneman ’87 has been chosen to lead the new Conflict Defender’s Office in Ontario County, New York. She was previously an assistant county attorney. The Conflict Defender’s Office will handle all conflict-of-interest matters in criminal and family courts.
Carlos Goodman ’88, a partner at Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman, LLP, was named one of the top entertainment lawyers in the country by The Hollywood Reporter in the magazine’s 2014 listing.
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Eric Jensen ’88 of Cooley LLP was named by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the Top Emerging Companies Lawyers. He was also recognized in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law.
Jason Sloane ’88 of Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern was named one of the top entertainment lawyers in the country by The Hollywood Reporter in the magazine’s 2014 listing.
Amy H. Wells ’88, a partner at Cox Castle & Nicholson, 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. Wells, who represents some of the largest public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds in the United States, was recognized for her representation of institutional investors in their real estate and private equity transactions.
Steven Berliner ’89 was named one of California’s leading labor and employment attorneys by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. David Gabor ’89 and his wife Rebecca are pleased to announce the birth of identical twin baby girls, Ava and Ella, on March 14, 2014. David says "hi" to all the other old dads.
Steven Wood ’87 is now of counsel in the Redwood City office of Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, P.C. Wood has joined the firm’s Real Estate, Litigation and Appellate practice areas. Wood’s litigation docket regularly includes cases involving developers’ disputes, easements, landlord/tenant disputes and bankruptcy issues.
Jim Batchelder ’88 was named the managing partner of Ropes & Gray’s Silicon Valley office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s technology practice group. Batchelder is a trial lawyer representing information technology companies in intellectual property disputes.
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