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Supreme Court, should a seat be vacated during President Obama’s second term. Watford was appointed by the President to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2012. Keith Jaasma ’95 has been elected as a managing principal of Ewing & Jones, PLLC, in Houston, Texas. His practice areas include intellectual property litigation and advising, general commercial litigation and employment litigation. Thomas Kaufman ’95 of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Los Angeles was named among California’s Top Labor and Employment Lawyers by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Melissa McCormick ’95 has been appointed to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. McCormick has been a partner at Irell & Manella LLP since 2004, where she was an associate from 1997 to 2003. Prior to joining the firm, McCormick served as a law clerk for the Honorable Emilio M. Garza of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for the Honorable Judith N. Keep of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Andrei Iancu ’96 of Irell & Manella LLP has been named a Leading Intellectual Property Attorney for 2015 by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Julia H. Mass ’96, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, was
SUPER LAWYERS (continued) Michael A.K. Dan ’69 Peter A. Davidson ’77 Jeffrey D. Davine ’85 Karl de Costa ’96 Linda N. Deitch ’00 Robert L. Dell Angelo ’92 William F. Delvac ’84 Patrick W. Dennis ’82 Paul B. Derby ’00 V. James DeSimone ’85 Richard K. Diamond ’76 Roger J. Diamond ’67 Kirk D. Dillman ’83 Bruce E. Dizenfeld ’78 William P. Donovan, Jr. ’91 Steven G. Drapkin ’76 Kathleen H. Drummy ’77 David J. Duchrow ’82 Thomas P. Dunlap ’74 Patrick M. Dunlevy ’92 Aaron S. Dyer ’92 John D. Early ’93 Donald S. Eisenberg ’75 Dennis M. Elber ’76 Gregory R. Ellis ’85 Michael W. Emmick ’78 Alan J. Epstein ’87 Kathleen M. Erskine ’02 Richard W. Esterkin ’76 Peter Q. Ezzell ’72 Thomas W. Falvey ’75 Gregory C. Fant ’76 Gregg A. Farley ’84 Denise G. Fellers ’02 James R. Felton ’88 Marc A. Fenster ’95 Henry R. Fenton ’69 Michael D. Fernhoff ’78 Donald C. Fesler ’73 David A. Fidler ’97 William Finestone ’69 Sam Fischer ’82 Mary-Lynne Fisher ’76 Robert L. Fisher ’72 Ruth E. Fisher ’80 Chad R. Fitzgerald ’01 Michelle L. Flores ’93 James P. Fogelman ’92 John T. Frankenheimer ’73 Manley Freid ’62 Gary N. Frischling ’87 David R. Gabor ’89
Barbara R. Gadbois ’85 Paul L. Gale ’75 Dale K. Galipo ’84 Robert G. 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 James L. Goldman ’73 John B. Golper ’75 Marlene D. Goodfried ’79 Eric B. Gordon ’90 Dmitry Gorin ’95 Joseph G. Gorman, Jr. ’66 William D. Gould ’63 Richard J. Grabowski ’86 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 David M. Guess ’05 Laurel N. Haag ’00 Michael Hackman ’67 Barbara E. Hadsell ’78 Timi A. Hallem ’72 James I. Ham ’81 Barbara Hammers ’97 Jan L. Handzlik ’70 Patrick D. Harder ’86 Suzanne Harris ’77 Wilmer J. Harris ’90 Richard W. Havel ’71 Susan J. Hazard ’78 Tiffany R. Hedgpeth ’94 Paul J. Hedlund ’73 Steven A. Heimberg ’83 Gregory D. Helmer ’90 Leslie H. Helmer ’90 Darrel J. Hieber ’80 Lynard C. Hinojosa ’67 Rachel E. Hobbs ’96 Paul G. Hoffman ’76 Steven Holguin ’83
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