UCLA Law - 2016, Vol. 39

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Laurie J. Hepler ’92 joined Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP to lead its new office in San Francisco. Hepler was formerly the chair of the appellate group at Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP. Bob Offer ’92 of Sloane Offer Weber & Dern in Beverly Hills was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Power Lawyer list recognizing the top 100 legal minds in Hollywood. Tony Rodriguez ’92 joined Kaiser Permanente as a senior counsel for litigation at its national headquarters in Oakland. In January 2015, Rodriguez moved to Donahue Fitzgerald in Oakland from Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, where he had been a partner for 14 years. James Witz ’92, shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C. in Chicago, has been appointed chair of the firm’s Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets practice. Witz has obtained multiple seven-figure trial verdicts in high-profile trade secret and restrictive covenant cases across several jurisdictions. Laurie Yoo ’92 has been reappointed to the California Commission on Disability Access, where she has served since 2014. Yoo has been associate general counsel at Westfield LLC since 2007. Robert E. Allen ’93 has joined McKool Smith as a principal in its Los Angeles office. Prior to joining McKool Smith, he headed his own law firm, which focused on entertainment-related IP disputes.

David Eisman ’93 of Skadden in Los Angeles was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Power Lawyer list recognizing the top 100 legal minds in Hollywood. Jeffrey Freedman ’93, general counsel at CAA, was named one of the Dealmakers of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter in the magazine’s annual Power Lawyer edition. Seong H. Kim ’93 joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in the Los Angeles office. Kim joins from Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Michael G. Morgan ’93 is now a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Los Angeles. Previously, Morgan was with Jones Day. Aide Ontiveros ’93 is now a partner at Adams Stirling, PLC. Ontiveros oversees litigation across the firm’s California offices. Oswald Cousins ’94 joined the Miller Law Group as partner in the San Francisco office. He comes from Nixon Peabody LLP.

Patrick Gibbs ’94 has joined Cooley as a partner in the Palo Alto office. Gibbs joins from Latham & Watkins, where he was co-chair of the securities litigation and professional liability practice.

Kevin D. Morris ’94 was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of Molycorp, Inc. Morris has served as executive vice president of administration and rare metals for Molycorp since February 2015. Robyn R. Polashuk ’94 of Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles was named one of the Top Women Lawyers of 2016 by Daily Journal. Jason G. Wilson ’94 was named President and COO of Equibase Company. Wilson was hired as The Jockey Club's vice president of business development in October 2010 and was later promoted to president of TJC Media Ventures. Hadar Harris ’95 was appointed executive director of Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University School of Law. Harris has an extensive history addressing criminal justice reform issues. Thomas Kaufman ’95 has been named a Top Labor & Employment Lawyer by Daily Journal. Kaufman specializes in employer wage-and-hour defense for Sheppard Mullin in Los Angeles. Angela J. Reddock-Wright ’95 has been appointed to serve on the County of Los Angeles Equity Oversight Panel. ReddockWright is the founding and managing partner of the Reddock Law Group, a Los Angeles boutique employment and labor law firm.

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