ALUMNI :: CLASS NOTES
Katya Mezek ’09 has joined Structure Law Group, LLP in San Jose, Ca. Closely connected to her home country of Slovenia, Mezek has given talks to the U.S. Embassy's Summer Student Programs in Slovenia on doing business in the U.S. and has worked closely with Slovenian companies expanding to the U.S. Reiko Okazaki ’09, who is admitted as an attorney in New York and Australia, became a barrister in October 2015 and represented the Victorian Bar at the Opening of the Legal Year on February 1, 2016. Jeffrey Stephens ’09 is a partner at Gaw Van Male in Napa, Ca. Stephens practices estate planning and trust and probate administration. Jordan Woods ’09 accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Arkansas School of Law.
2010 to 2016 Jesse French ’11 is now practicing at Akiva Niamehr LLP in Los Angeles. Samuel M. Kidder ’11 has joined Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck LLP in the firm’s Denver office. Kidder is a litigator in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group.
Samuel Siegel ’12 was selected for the Earl Warren Fellowship in the Office of the Solicitor General with the California Attorney General's Office. Evan Lee ’13 has joined the Silicon Valley office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as an associate in the Corporate & Securities–Technology practice section. Arienna Grody ’14 was honored in April by her undergraduate alma mater, Goucher College, with an award as a distinguished alumna. Grody is a Gideon’s Promise Fellow who has worked at the Jefferson County Public Defender in Birmingham, Ala., and was the youngest of the alumni and alumnae honored at Goucher College’s 2016 ceremony. Matt Joseph ’14, founder and CEO of Locent, was included in the LA Business Journal “20 in their 20s” feature on young entrepreneurs. Sean Mosman ’14 has joined the Salt Lake City office of Snell & Wilmer. Mosman focuses on business litigation, and previously worked at the firm’s Los Angeles office. David M. Gao ’15 is an associate in the San Diego office of real estate law firm Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP. Ben Leonard ’15 has joined Fennemore Craig in Denver, Colorado. Previously, Leonard was editor-in-chief of the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.
In Memoriam George S. Aaron ’76
Kenneth A. Black ’74 Peter J. Bowers ’91
Michael E. Calligan ’88
Algerdas N. Cheleden Jr. ’62 John J. Corrigan ’55 Terrill F. Cox ’58
J. Michael Crowe ’68
Edmund Edelman ’58
Sanford M. Ehrmann ’55 Kevin A. Frankel ’86 John U. Gall ’53
Max F. Gruenberg Jr. ’70
Hon. Richard J. Hanscom ’58 Richard P. Hemar ’69 Don Holt Jr. ’53
Bernadette M. Kennedy ’84 Roger King ’70
James R. Kostoff ’57
Paul L. Krentzman ’59 Howard Krepack ’72 Jay V. Lake ’66
Thomas P. Lambert ’71 Byron J. Lawler ’64 G. Michael Lee ’72
Benjamin P. Liu ’04 Harry J. Loberg ’66
Phillip S. Lyddon ’57
Wesley H. Mathews ’55 Sol Meller ’72
Jon J. Mercant ’75
Steven C. Mitchell ’86
Philippe J. R. M. Monet ’66 Mary F. Palley ’80
George M. Perrochet ’57 Gerald L. Polone ’56
Victor Rosenblatt ’63 Paul F. Sowa ’72
Susan M. Spelletich ’78 Robert Von Esch Jr. ’55
Andrew V. Von Sonn ’70 Jimmie D. White ’76 James H. Wigle ’72
Michael E. Wine ’73
William R. ’Wolanow ’62
Hon. Harry E. Woolpert ’62
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