Tom Dono ’98 was named executive vice president– general counsel and secretary of Metaldyne Performance Group Inc., a provider of components for use in the global light, commercial and industrial vehicle markets. Nicole Duckett Fricke ’98 became the first AfricanAmerican female general counsel for an NBA team. Fricke is the general counsel and vice president of public and community affairs for the Los Angeles Clippers. Previously, Fricke served as general counsel at Real Assets LLC and as a commissioner with the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board. Samantha Grant ’98 of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP was named the new commissioner to the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession. Pauline Martin ’98 has joined Blank Rome LLP in Los Angeles, where she is of counsel in the family law practice. Martin joins Blank Rome from Phillips Lerner in Los Angeles. Martin previously founded Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency, LLC in Los Angeles, where she helped develop the patent-pending contract litigation insurance. Marie Mendoza ’98 has been appointed vice president and general counsel of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. in San Diego.
Danielle Sokol ’98 joined Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck LLP in Los Angeles as partner. Joshua Briones ’99 has joined the Litigation Practice at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C. Briones was previously a partner with Blank Rome LLP. Briones is a past president of the UCLA School of Law Alumni Board of Directors and an adjunct professor of law for the Universidad Panamericana and the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City. Jamie Brodsky ’99 has been elected to a threeyear term on the Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC Board of Directors. He chairs the firm's Corporate Finance & Lending practice. Shelly Heyduk ’99 is a new partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Heyduk is a member of the Capital Markets Practice in the Newport Beach office. Heather Moosnick ’99 was named to the list of Women in Music 2015: The 50 Most Powerful Executives in the Industry by Billboard Magazine. Paul Ohm ’99 was appointed by President Obama as a member to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policy Making. He is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and a faculty director for the Center on Privacy and Technology.
C. Dabney O’Riordan ’99, has been named co-chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit, which focuses on misconduct by investment advisers, investment companies, and private funds. Alexander Vellandi ’99 was chosen by real estate peer-to-peer marketplace Money360 Inc. to be its first general counsel. Previously, Vellandi was in-house counsel at real estate investment firms Sabal Financial Group LP and Triple Net Properties LLC.
2000 to 2009 Ryan Bradley ’00 was named managing attorney of the Santa Monica office of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Philip M. Kelly ’00 of Kendall Brill & Kelly was featured in the Variety 2016 Legal Impact Report.
Richard Chul Kim ’00 has been promoted to counsel in Latham & Watkins’ Tokyo office. Kim is a member of the Global Project Finance Department. Jonathan Levine ’00 joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in its Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group in New York. Levine was previously at Andrews Kurth LLP. Jennifer J. McGrath ’00 has joined Johnson & Johnson LLP as partner in Beverly Hills. Previously, McGrath was at Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP.
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