USD School of Law Donor Impact Report 2019-2021

years in review 2019-2021

The Impact of YoUr Philanthropy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Dean’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What a Year! – Snapshot of Annual Giving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Student Bar Association President’s Message — Robert Ponce ’21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Impact Stories Clinics

Message From Bob Muth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 50th Anniversary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Women’s Legal Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Price Grant-Housing Rights Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tax Clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Your Gifts at Work, Firm Giving Higgs Fletcher & Mack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Michael Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Keith Parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Kimberly Koro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Diversity Giving Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Higgs Fletcher & Mack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Horizon Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 LGBTQ Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Procopio Scholarship and Internship Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Raymond Joaquin Mercado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Student In Need Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Susanne Stanford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Milestone Reunions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Listing of New and Renewed Privately Funded Scholarships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Student Thank Yous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The BIG GIVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Annual Maudsley Fellow Society Honor Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Thankful for Great People

Three years ago, COVID-19 disrupted the lives of many and it wreaked havoc on our opinions of “normal.”

Nonetheless, USD School of Law, like so many in the legal community, persevered. Students studied, bar-takers passed in record numbers, and we all continued to serve the San Diego community in new and inventive ways. The Legal Clinics, for example, never missed a beat. Addressing the legal needs of pro bono clients through virtual intake interviews, Zoom conferences, and remote hearings, the Clinics logged hours representing clients and addressing cases despite the challenges of remote practice. Faculty and students worked together to ensure that the caliber of legal education excelled –thanks to online instruction, smart boards, and innovative course adaptations.

All the while, alumni, donors, and friends of the law school extended themselves to help in ways great and significant.

Beginning with the “Student In Need Fund” providing students with the resources that they needed to find new homes, acquire the technology to sustain their learning in ways no one could have predicted—and continuing to support the mission and vision of the law school throughout the global pandemic.

We thank you for enabling USD School of Law to make good on our promise: to provide the very best in legal education, academic scholarship, and service to society, while continuing to fulfill the aspirations of a diverse student body.

We express our gratitude for the generosity of contributors who bring to our table their unique philanthropic support and genuine interest in the success of USD School of Law. We are thankful to all of you, for your many talents and for the value you bring to your law school.

With sincere appreciation,

Robert A. Schapiro Dean and C. Hugh Friedman Professor of Law

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“We are thankful for those of you who enable USD School of Law... to provide the very best...”

2020-2021

2019-2020

Total Number of Gifts for FY2020= 1,947 Number of First-Time Donors for FY2020= 160 Scholarship Dollars Raised= $728,021.50 Raised Through the Big Give FY14-FY20= $1,900,817 Number of Allocations Supported= 110 Number of Maudsley Gifts (Over $1500)= 271 Number of Gifts Under $1500= 1,822 Raised Through Torero Tuesday FY20= $150,292

Total Number of Gifts for FY2021= 1959 Number of First-Time Donors for FY2021= 74 Scholarship Dollars Raised= $1,306,253 Raised Through the Big Give FY14-FY21= $2,270,009 Number of Allocations Supported= 100 Number of Maudsley Gifts (Over $1500)= 275 Number of Gifts Under $1500= 1,764 Raised Through Torero Tuesday FY21= $277,403

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Student Bar Association President’s Message­­

Your contributions to the Law Students in Need Fund, as well as the establishment of the Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law and the Latinx Scholarship funds evidence just a few examples of how you boldly stood beside our USD School of Law student community.

During a year that was as burdensome as it was unprecedented, USD Law students were never more grateful for the generous support of our alumni donors.

As the 2021 president of the Student Bar Association, I had the immense privilege of witnessing firsthand how the brilliant and talented law students within our community turned obstacles into opportunities. While there is no doubt that we tackled our studies and professional goals with hardheadedness and courage, we also wrestled with physical, emotional, and economic burdens and often leaned on one another for support and encouragement. However, at each twist and turn that this past year offered, your financial contributions to our educational experiences at USD School of Law inspired our persistence. Thank you for standing in our corner, and for your continued investments in our legal education.

For the last decade, I have been dead set on one day attending law school and pursuing a career as a civil rights litigator. Before I ever set foot into Warren Hall, I hoped to land within a law school community that would invest in my successes and surround me with the support

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resources that could bolster my ambitions. However, the financial cost of a legal education was a daunting impediment that made me consider if a legal career was a financially feasible or realistic future.

When I received my scholarship offer to join USD School of Law’s dynamic and diverse community, I was both thrilled and relieved. Since I received my first scholarship offer from USD Law, the generosity of USD Law’s alumni donors allowed me to focus on my studies, get involved in student leadership, and volunteer at the pro bono legal clinics without facing substantial financial worry.

I still vividly recall the nerves I felt on the first morning of my 1L year at our law school. As I sat in my car outside Warren Hall anxiously flipping through my Civil Procedure book, I wondered whether my early positive impressions of the USD Law community would be preserved during the stressful few years ahead of me. Though I could not have appreciated it at the time, I was in for the most rewarding three-year experience of my educational career. In what seems like an instant during my 1L year, I built fulfilling relationships with like-minded and well-intentioned peers who supported me through long nights of exam preparation and tight internship work deadlines.

During my 2L year, USD Law’s Office of Career and Professional Development flew me across the country so I could interview for my dream internship at the Equal Justice Works Conference — an opportunity that led first to a summer internship and then to a postgraduate employment offer.

As a 3L student who was in the home stretch of my legal education, I felt better equipped and more motivated than ever to leave my mark on our legal profession.

Equally as exciting as the prospect of walking across a graduation stage in May was the fact that I would soon be an alumnus of USD School of Law. Though I used to perceive USD Law’s alumni status as a postgraduate destination, I now recognize that becoming an alumnus is instead a new journey with plenty of exciting opportunities for former students to contribute to the vibrance and subsistence of our community.

Robert Ponce ’21 When I look back on my three years at USD School of Law, I will fondly reminisce about the relationships I built with alumni mentors in classrooms and networking events who encouraged me and my peers to dream bigger and work harder to attain our goals.

Our USD Law alumni base continues to move mountains for our current law students. Humbled by the abundant support our alumni donors have offered me throughout my law school journey, I will enthusiastically accept the responsibility to financially invest in future generations of USD Law Students for decades to come.

During a time when countless members of our USD School of Law community weathered the storms of the COVID-19 pandemic and a tumultuous sociopolitical climate, our law student body counted on alumni support more than ever. Your contributions to the Law Students In Need Fund, as well as the establishment of the Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law and the Latinx Scholarship funds evidence just a few examples of how you boldly stood beside our USD School of Law student community.

Your thoughtful support and financial contributions helped us take pride and find joy in advancing our passions during an immeasurably difficult time. Because of your generosity, our community remains stronger and more vibrant than ever.

The Law School Celebrated the 50th Anniversary of The Legal Clinics

Invaluable opportunities have allowed students to apply and hone their advocacy skills in service of some of the most vulnerable members of our society. This would not be possible without such generous philanthropic support. Notwithstanding the unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic, the past few years our clinic faculty, staff and students met the moment and ensured that we continued to provide excellent legal training for our students and high-quality legal services to those most in need in our community. Our many student and client successes over the past few years would not have been possible without the generous assistance provided by our alumni, community supporters and charitable foundations. In January 2020, we launched the USD Women’s Legal Clinic. This clinic was founded with a primary initial focus on supporting the family law needs of survivors of human trafficking. The clinic was made possible through a significant contribution arranged by Una Davis and alumnus Jack McGrory, ’81 (JD) through an anonymous donation from a charitable estate making gifts in Southern California.

Despite opening just shortly before the pandemic began to impact San Diego, the clinic has already secured several life-changing successes for clients while providing students with an invaluable opportunity to develop practical legal skills. Just as lawyers throughout the state have had to adapt to new hybrid or remote work environments, so too have our law students. In addition to conducting client intakes, witness interviews and legal team meetings by Zoom, our Women’s Legal Clinic law students had the opportunity to successfully try a case in a family law matter through remote means. These invaluable opportunities which have allowed students to apply and hone their advocacy skills in service of some of the most vulnerable members of our society would not be possible without such generous philanthropic support. While nearly everyone has been impacted in some way by the pandemic, those who were already struggling to make ends meet have often faced the greatest financial adversity.

For persons dealing with the lingering mental and physical effects of combat, including homeless veterans and those on the cusp of experiencing homelessness, the pandemic imposed an intolerable toll for many.

Recognizing the challenges that far too many veterans face, Kevin Ruddy ’73 (BA) ’77 (JD), generously funded the Janet Marie Kane Memorial Fellow for the Veterans Legal Clinic in honor of his mother. The Fellow has provided invaluable assistance to those veterans in the most need.

For example, after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) erroneously determined that a Korea War veteran in an assisted living facility owed the VA more than $160,000 and no longer was eligible for his veteran’s pension, his family struggled to challenge the determination on their own before seeking the assistance of our clinic. Our Janet Marie Kane Memorial Fellow expertly challenged the VA’s decision and was successful in removing the entire debt, reinstating the veteran’s pension, and securing backpay to the veteran for the months his pension was withheld. In the best of times, these types of client successes would be life-changing, but while so many continue to struggle with acute financial stress related to the pandemic, the impact of such generous contributions to our clinics to change lives is magnified. Philanthropic contributions to the Legal Clinics make possible a powerful combination of practical skills training for law students and service to those in the greatest need in our community. Such generous support not only makes a positive impact for those in need today, but also helps develop the next generation of legal advocates who will serve their communities long after graduation.

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The Legal Clinics Turned 50

As the Clinical Education Program Celebrated its 50th Anniversary, the Law School Thanks the Many Supporters Who Contributed to its Success USD School of Law proudly marked a major milestone: the 50th anniversary of its gamechanging Legal Clinics. A nationally recognized leader in clinical education, this influential program has long provided free legal services to a wide range of underserved clients throughout the greater San Diego community while also giving generations of students unparalleled hands-on experience in the practice of lawyering. Today, the clinical program has grown to include 11 robust client-serving clinics that aid everyone

from veterans and immigrants to victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. The law school wants to thank the many donors and funders who have been instrumental in ensuring the Legal Clinics’ ongoing success. And while there have been more dedicated supporters over the years than can be included here, the following are a few significant recent gifts for which the law school is deeply grateful.

$1 Million Gift to Launch Women’s Clinic

Funding for State-of-the-Art Technology

In 2019, the law school received $1 million to establish a Women’s Legal Clinic to focus on serving family law needs, including domestic violence restraining orders, child custody and guardianship matters, and dissolution cases. The gift, an anonymous donation from a charitable estate in Southern California, was facilitated by Una Davis and her husband, alumnus Jack McGrory ’81 (JD), who serves on the law school’s Board of Visitors and is a longtime supporter of USD Law’s Veterans Clinic. Davis is actively engaged with various community organizations such as GenerationHope, a San Diego-based nonprofit that aids victims of sex trafficking. Her work with GenerationHope, she has said, helped her identify the need for a legal clinic that could help underserved, abused and at-risk women. “Una Davis’ vision and generosity have allowed us to make a difference in this critical area of the law,” explained Meredith Levin, professor of practice at the Women’s Legal Clinic, which was launched in January 2020, on the cusp of the shelterin-place orders. “The gift was especially important at this time when the lockdown saw an increase in the incidence of domestic violence. But thanks to our clinical staff, students, and supporters, we operated remotely and delivered crucial legal services to our clients.”

USD’s Legal Clinics continued to operate seamlessly during the pandemic because they were well prepared to provide remote services, due to the support of Kevin Ruddy ’77 (JD). Ruddy funded a highly efficient cloudbased case management system that was already up and running when the global pandemic hit. Ruddy, a committed supporter of the Veterans Clinic, wanted to enhance the clinics’ ability to meet remotely with clients, especially those who faced barriers to meeting in person.

To that end, Ruddy funded the case management system as well as teleconferencing equipment and furnishings so that legal services could be provided remotely during the 2019-2020 academic year. Kevin has continued to support improved technology for the legal clinics through his subsequent philanthropic support, which enabled the clinics to revamp computer hardware, inspiring his classmate and long friend, Gary Schons ’73 (BA), ’76 (JD) to join him in his effort to outfit the clinics with updated office equipment—in the fall of 2021. “The timing for Zoom capability and the case management system could not have been better,” said Legal Clinics Director Robert Muth. “Thanks to Kevin’s contributions and foresight, the clinics were able to continue operating throughout the pandemic and the restrictions imposed on face-to-face meetings. We were able to keep the clinics running at full speed despite everything going remote.”

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In addition, Ruddy established the Janet Marie Kane Memorial Fellow Program, named to honor his mother’s service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. The fellowship supports a USD Law graduate in a full-time role with the Veterans Clinic; the position is currently held by Deva Robbins ’14 (JD). “Kevin’s fellowship funding allowed us to have a dedicated person helping homeless veterans, which has been critical in the pandemic,” Muth said. “The Janet Marie Kane Memorial Fellowship is a great opportunity to help vets and give students and recent grads the kind of practical, real-world experience they need to jump-start their careers.”

Other Foundation Support Other recent gifts to the clinical program were granted by the May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust, the Croul Family Foundation, the Weaver Charitable Foundation and the McGrory Family Fund. The law school would also like to thank the many donors who wish to remain anonymous for their generous support.

State and Federal Grants In addition to the philanthropic support of foundations and individual donors, the clinics are the grateful beneficiaries of several state and federal grants. Among the most significant of these are U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) grants, which fund the law school’s Federal Tax Clinic and State Tax Clinics; the State Bar of California, which supports the clinics through its Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program and its Equal Access Fund (EAF) grant-making program; and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), which helps fund clinics that offer victim services and assistance for those affected by disasters.

Thanks to the supporters of the clinical program, the law school’s 11 direct-client-serving clinics were able to continue providing high-quality legal services during the pandemic. In fact, for the 12-month period from March 16, 2020, to March 16, 2021, 248 law students contributed more than 18,000 hours of free legal services to low-income and underserved clients in the San Diego community, obtaining numerous victories and favorable outcomes for clients.

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“Our many student and client successes over the past year would not have been possible without the generous assistance provided by our alumni, community supporters and charitable foundations,” Muth said. “Their generosity helps to ensure that our clinical education program will thrive and grow, even during the most challenging circumstances.”

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USD School of Law Legal Clinics Awarded Price Grant to Establish New Housing Rights Project The University of San Diego School of Law Legal Clinics received notice of a $230,000 grant award from Price Philanthropies to establish a new Housing Rights Project as a program of the Civil Clinic that will become an integral part of USD’s Legal Clinics. The new Housing Rights Project will focus on providing education, outreach, and direct client representation to serve the legal needs of low-income and undocumented tenants facing housing instability and homelessness. According to Faculty Director of the Legal Clinics, Robert Muth, USD’s new Housing Rights Project will fill a vital unmet need in the San Diego community for tenant-related legal services while providing USD law students an opportunity to gain further practical experiential training. The grant award provided by Price Philanthropies provides critical initial funding for the Housing Rights Project in its first

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year of operation. USD School of Law will work closely with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, the Eviction Prevention Collaborative, City Heights Community Development Corporation, private philanthropic funders, and the County of San Diego to ensure the Housing Rights Project continues to meet the legal needs of underserved community members as they seek access to legal remedies related to their housing problems.

Alysson Snow started her role at USD School of Law Legal Clinics as a professor in residence in charge of the law school’s Housing Rights Project. Alysson was formerly an attorney with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego where she has demonstrated her commitment to the cause of fair housing in San Diego. Price Philanthropies is a private family foundation dedicated to improving life opportunities for youth and families.

Tax Clinics University of San Diego law students, alongside Professor Richard Carpenter and staff attorney Christopher Kozun, at USD’s Federal Tax Clinic were able to persuade Internal Revenue Service (IRS) attorneys to concede three pending cases in U.S. Tax Court, saving three local residents more than $300,000 through their hard work.

These are the largest savings to local residents that the USD Federal Tax Clinic has had in consecutive wins in its 21-year history as a free legal resource for San Diego residents.

“The results that were achieved in these three cases were outstanding and all due to the hard work of everyone involved at the tax clinic. These three women can now go on with their lives without having those very large financial burdens to the IRS,” according to Professor Carpenter.

Students enrolled in the federal tax clinic advocate on behalf of low-income taxpayers who have ongoing disputes with the IRS. Students conduct client interviews, identify federal tax issues in dispute and represent clients in negotiations with the IRS and in U.S. Tax Court.

Cortney Harrington was a student in the tax clinic who worked on one of the cases.

“I was assigned one of the three cases shortly after beginning my schoolwork for the Tax Clinic. The experience, while difficult, was very rewarding, especially when we received such a favorable outcome for our client," she said. "My supervising attorneys, Richard and Chris, and I felt all along that based upon the case facts our client deserved to be awarded Innocent Spouse Relief. It is such a great feeling to know that all our hard work paid off and that the taxpayer was eventually treated fairly by the IRS." In these three recent cases, all three San Diego women won their cases with the IRS based on a tax doctrine called Innocent Spouse Relief. After learning of their

win, the women responded to the USD Federal Tax Clinic with gratitude and relief.

One client replied to the news: “I just got home from work and read this email and literally started crying (tears of joy, of course). I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Thank you and your team so much for your assistance in this matter! I couldn’t have accomplished this outcome by myself.”

Another said: “I had to reread the email a few times before I could wrap my brain around this news. I’m emotional and very thankful this is over — it’s been a long four years.”

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Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HFM) Celebrates 10 Years of Diversity Scholarship Support

For more than ten years, Higgs Fletcher & Mack (HMF) has been dedicating their philanthropic Law Firm Challenge support to fund diversity scholarships at USD School of Law. With the passing of Craig Higgs, the firm chose to commemorate his life and his iconic legal career by adding his name to their diversity scholarship. After a decade dedicated to supporting diverse law students, HFM has decided to permanently endow their Higgs Fletcher & Mack Diversity Scholarship Honoring Craig Higgs.

Managing Partner, Steve Cologne ’84 (JD) presented a proposal to endow their scholarship to firm partnership during their November partnership meeting. Just in time for Thanksgiving, HFM received notice that their generous endowment would be matched by the University of San Diego’s Board of Trustees Horizon Project. The firm’s $50,000 endowed investment will be multiplied by this match, thereby increasing the level of annual scholarship support that will be generated by the endowment.

Higgs Fletcher & Mack attorneys have championed diversity and inclusion efforts as part of their commitment to creating a law firm that is representative of their clients and their San Diego community. The law firm is currently participating in Mansfield Rule Certification through Diversity Law. Joining with 70 firms nationwide, the Mansfield Rule certification process was created to ensure that participating law firms are deliberate in their diversity hiring. The process is designed to “boost the representation of historically underrepresented lawyers in law firm leadership by broadening the pool of candidates considered for these opportunities.” The HFM Endowed Diversity Scholarship Fund is one way that this 82-year-old law firm is confirming its legacy in the legal profession as a strong supporter of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

USD School of Law is fortunate to partner with law firms like Higgs Fletcher & Mack to educate law students from all walks of life, including those who have been historically underrepresented in the legal profession. If you would like more information about how you or your law firm can endow scholarships for law students at USD, please contact Debbie Rider, Director of Development at USD School of Law: djrider@sandiego.edu or (619) 260-5955.

Michael Kaplan ’72 (JD) honors his late parents by building on their generous legacy Following His North Star When Michael Kaplan ’72 (JD), reflects on the many facets of his successful career — as an attorney, entrepreneur, real estate developer and philanthropist — he does so with characteristic gratitude. “I grew up with the idea that there are no limitations,” he said. “That comes from my parents, who did many things and were successful at all of them. My parents were my North Star, and I’m grateful to them in more ways than I can say.”

Michael is the son of the late Arthur and Rosalie Kaplan, who left a lasting legacy in both the business world and the philanthropic community. Arthur was president and co-founder of KB Management, a leading Los Angeles real estate development firm; he and Rosalie were also generous supporters of many charities, notably City of Hope, which has a pavilion named in honor of its benefactors. The Kaplans were also longtime supporters of scholarships at USD School of Law, a tradition that Michael carries forward today.

“My parents grew up poor and worked very hard,” recalled Michael, who today is co-owner, with his two siblings, of the family business, ARKA Properties Group.

“My dad did everything from running a pickle business to manufacturing tires to working in real estate. He was smart but didn’t have much education, so when I earned a law degree from USD, he was very proud and wanted to do something for the school in return.”

From the moment Arthur chose to support the school, the family’s commitment to USD has never wavered. In addition to funding scholarships, Arthur served on the USD Board of Trustees; Michael has done the same (on two separate occasions) and also served on the law school’s Board of Visitors.

“I got so much out of my education at USD,” Michael says. “I use my lawyering knowledge every day.

Being a trained lawyer always was and continues to be invaluable. So I wanted to continue giving back, and one of my priorities is to support initiatives that keep the law school relevant in today’s world.”

To that end, Michael and his wife, Terri, have funded the Rose and Arthur Kaplan JD/MSRE Scholarship to support students interested in earning both a JD and a Master of Science in real estate. The innovative joint degree program, launched in 2018, prepares students for careers in the rapidly growing field of real estate law.

“Legal practice has become more specialized, and the real estate program is very strong for both the quality of the program and the connections you make,” said Stephen C. Ferruolo, who was dean of the law school when the joint degree program was launched. “I am so grateful to people like Mike Kaplan for stepping up and sharing this vision. He is in the highest ranks of people who have made the law school what it is today.”

Michael, who was honored for his service to USD with the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award in 2017, said that programs like the JD/MSRE give students increased options for using their lawyering skills. “Not everyone has to be a full-deck lawyer,” he said. “There are just so many possibilities. You can try all kinds of different things in life, and if you fail, you will have learned something. That’s what my dad would say, and that’s what I say too.”

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Class Action Law Forum Keith Park Scholarship Fund The 2022 Class Action Law Forum featured substantial programming on mass torts, one of the most impactful and growing areas in the field. The 2022 conference gave attendees a first look at Western Alliance Bank Settlement Services’ proprietary research, which debuted later in the year.

University of San Diego School of Law and Western Alliance Bank held its fourth annual Class Action Law Forum (CALF) March 16-18, 2022. The Class Action Law Forum was conducted in a hybrid manner, with both in-person and virtual options available for attendees.

All registration fees and sponsorship proceeds directly benefited the Keith F. Park Endowed Scholarship Fund at University of San Diego School of Law. The 2022 steering committee included new member Ellen Gusikoff Stewart, partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, who will be serving as plaintiffs’ co-chair. Other committee members included CaseyGerry Managing Partner David S. Casey, Jr. ’74 (JD) as judicial advisory chairman, Morrison Foerster Partner Erin M. Bosman ’94 (BA) ’99 (JD) as defense co-chair, CaseyGerry Partner Gayle M. Blatt as plaintiffs’ co-chair, Western Alliance Bank Senior Managing Director Francesca Castagnola as conference producer, Western Alliance Bank Senior Vice President Dana Rager as conference producer, USD Dean and C. Hugh Friedman Professor of Law of Robert A. Schapiro as conference co-host and USD School of Law Director of Development Debbie Rider as conference co-host.

“I was thrilled to be a member of the steering committee of such an important event for the legal industry,” Gusikoff Stewart said. “Keith Park was my mentor, my colleague, and my friend. This conference was especially meaningful, knowing that we worked to honor his legacy and his passion for helping promising law students. The Class Action Law Forum benefited not only those currently working in the

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legal industry, but through the endowed scholarship, it supported students looking to make a difference.”

The 2021 Class Action Law Forum facilitated discussions about COVID-19 business interruptions and related litigation, the intersection of class actions and multidistrict litigation, data breaches and emerging trends in class action appeals. Perspective from the judiciary also played a prominent role in the 2021 forum, with three separate panels focused on insights from 12 federal judges — four of whom are chief district court judges.

“We are confident the new programming on mass torts was extremely beneficial to our attendees, along with the many other key topics discussed by some of the brightest minds in the legal field,” said Castagnola. “I appreciated the critical conversations and insights that emerged from the 2022 conference.”

“We look forward to building on the success of the last two years of CALF and are excited to continue the important discussions on class actions and related issues,” said Schapiro.

In March 2024, an added feature of the Class Action Law Forum will include a half-day session on exploring recent trends and actions around mass torts.

Erin Bosman is the co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Class Actions and Mass Torts Practice Group and is a founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence Group.

“CALF provides an excellent opportunity for attorneys to stay on top of the key issues in class actions and mass torts,” said Bosman. “It provides a unique opportunity to hear the bench’s perspective on these issues. I love co-chairing CALF because it offers University of San Diego School of Law students the ability to attend the conference and for those that are interested, the ability to work directly with judges and attorneys in developing and preparing these interesting panels.”

Alumna Named USD Trustee — Kimberly M. Koro Kimberly “Kim” M. Koro ’86 (JD) applied to USD School of Law in the summer of 1983. That summer, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. Just a few months prior, President Ronald Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as Star Wars, which would rely on technology that had not yet been developed to intercept and prevent a nuclear missile attack on the U.S. by the Soviet Union. So, perhaps because of these two turning points in U.S. history — watershed moments for women and for technology that benefits all of humanity — the stars were aligned for Koro.

Koro says the first 30 years at Qualcomm were filled with rapid innovation.

“This company is made up of brilliant engineers, scientists, strategists, and lawyers,” she says.

“It is in our DNA to take mountain-sized problems and solve with our innovation at a pace and scale that can’t be matched.”

Koro says graduating from USD’s School of law was one of the top-five things that happened in her life.

"When you’re young and starting your journey in grad school, you’re exposed to so many people who are interested in different fields and dedications and causes and are all following different paths,” Koro says. “That 1L experience is life-changing.”

So, what’s the next mountain Qualcomm plans to climb? “We solve unsolvable problems,” Koro says. “At Qualcomm, we created the backbone of the cellular world. Now, we are poised to see how that applies to other industries as they go mobile with things like driverless cars. We will continue to drive the innovation, so all other verticals can move in that direction.”

Koro has seen staggering technological advances in her Koro received her juris doctor degree, cum laude, from more than three decades with Qualcomm. She started USD in 1986 and worked at the law firm formerly known as a legal advisor and as Gray, Cary, Ames and contracts manager for Frye, now DLA Piper, the Qualcomm Wireless with classmate Steve Funding a Scholarship Ensures the Top Business Solutions Altman ’86 (JD). Altman division and later oversaw left to start Qualcomm Talent Can Attend USD School of Law division legal matters, and Koro soon followed. international programs By then, she had given and business development. birth to her daughter In 1995, she was named vice president of operations and was looking for work-life balance. Koro has been and division counsel for Qualcomm’s CommSystems with Qualcomm for 32 of its 36 years and earned an Division and assumed increasing levels of responsibility on-the-job honorary degree in technology. “Steve is the and leadership, including being named senior vice reason I came to Qualcomm,” says Koro. “We clerked at president and general manager of Government the same law firm and then worked at the same law firm, Systems and Digital Cinema. Today, she has top-secret doing business law. Steve was impressive and smart and clearance and is the senior vice president and general strategic. At Qualcomm, everyone was brilliant; I felt manager of Qualcomm Government Technologies a sense of camaraderie and the office was six minutes (QGOV), a division of Qualcomm Incorporated. away from my house. Everything fell into place.”

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Meanwhile, Koro continues to create connections between Qualcomm and USD. The Qualcomm Foundation is a longtime supporter of the Qualcomm Intellectual Property/ STEM Scholarship Program at USD. Koro joined the law school’s Board of Visitors in 2017 and, in 2020, received a Distinguished Law Alumni Award. Koro and her husband Mark, who serves as Qualcomm’s senior vice president of government affairs, also established the Kim and Markus P. Koro Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund, which will be awarded to a law student who demonstrates financial need, recognized merit and outstanding moral character. “Being on the Board of Visitors, I saw the challenges of the business side of law school and the challenges students face when trying to afford a law school education,” Koro says. “We want the top talent at USD School of Law and scholarships make that possible. So, it was a no-brainer.” On July 1, 2021, Koro joined the University of San Diego’s Board of Trustees.

“To say that I’m honored is an understatement,” Koro says.

“I was excited after talking with Dr. Harris and with other trustees. And to see such a diverse board, with such a diverse breadth of thinking and a keen commitment to this university, was impressive. For me, it was another step in learning how I can contribute.” Koro is proud to be a USD alumna and to join the USD Board of Trustees, but what excites her most is her continuing title as a USD parent.

Her son, Ryan, a Phi Beta Kappa, graduated magna cum laude from USD with a bachelor’s degree in 2019 and began attending USD School of Law as a 1L in Fall 2021. “He was excited to return to the classroom,” Koro says. “He’s very independent, he’s a thought leader and loves being challenged intellectually."

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Diversity Giving

Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law—at USD Board of Visitors members and faculty:

On June 19, 2021, at USD School of Law’s annual Board of Visitors Retreat, new Board of Visitors member Kristin Rizzo ’06 (JD), of Rizzo Resolution, spoke passionately about engaging with members of the law school community to address the lack of representation in the legal profession and academia of African American lawyers.

Rizzo’s committee then met yesterday, at USD School of Law, starting Juneteenth, 2021. This was an opportunity to contribute to the Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law student scholarship fund. It also marked the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth — the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. "It has been my privilege as Dean to have worked with outstanding Black student leaders, like Joy Utomi Hartmann. This scholarship initiative recognizes how valuable such leadership is to the law school community and the Black community, as well as to the future of racial equality and justice in our country," said former Dean Stephen C. Ferruolo. "I also see this scholarship fund as a step, albeit a small one, towards removing the impediments to access to the legal profession that too many of our Black students continue to face."

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David Brennan ’03 (LLM), David S. Casey, Jr. ’74 (JD), Shaka Johnson ’03 (JD), Virginia C. Nelson ’79 (JD), Louisa S Porter ’77 (JD), Gary W. Schons ’73 (BA), ’76 (JD), Mike Rider ’83 (JD), Kristin Rizzo ’06 (JD), and Susanne Stanford ’75 (JD) were the first of many to join together to support the mission associated with the inaugural award of this scholarship. In the first 30 days of the scholarship being announced, the following people contributed to its success: Alex Lowder, ’09 (JD); Dylan Aste, ’11 (JD); Mike Chavez, School of Law Associate Director, JD Admissions and Diversity Initiatives; Megan Donohue ’09 (JD); Alan Brubaker, ’76 (JD); Robert Gleason, ’98 (JD); Ashley Hirano, ’09 (JD); Shari Baurle-Green, Director for Alumni Relations, School of Law; Maria Shih, ’08 (JD); Catherine Spray, Associate Director, Law School Communications; Briana Pendergrass, ’10 (JD); Jordan Ondatje, ’14 (BBA), ’17 (JD); Marissa Lyftogt, ’08 (JD); Bobby Foster, ’19 (JD); Katie Gonzalez, ’98 (BA), Assistant Director, Public Interest Law; Molly Wescott, Assistant Dean, Law School Career and Professional Development, and Marti Worms, Law Careers, School of Law. “I, like many, have been moved by the Black Lives Matter movement, prompted by racial injustice and the tragic killings of so many Black people in our society,” said Rizzo. “In thinking about the prejudices, inequality, and social injustices plaguing our country now and throughout much of our history, reading through the many letters of solidarity and former Dean Ferruolo’s Message to Students, and desiring to stand up in support of real change, I wanted to create a scholarship for law school students,” continued Rizzo. “Debbie Rider, ’84 (JD), told me that Joy Utomi Hartmann, ’11 (JD), on the Law Alumni Board and co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, had also inquired similarly and so we were connected with a common goal in mind.”

“As a nation, we must realize that we are at a crossroads. We can choose to continue to be an intolerant and divided nation built upon the dehumanization of Black people, or we can choose to work together to dismantle the systemic racism and injustices that have plagued this nation for centuries,” said Hartmann.

“I choose the latter and I am overjoyed that this scholarship will support those law students who exemplify the leaders we need in our collective fight to rebuild a just society that values the humanity of every person, regardless of race.”

This new student scholarship is inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and based on the great need to support this historically underrepresented population in law school and in the legal community.

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On June 18, 2020, Law360 published an article titled "How Attys Hope To Prevent Recession-Era Diversity Mistakes Mistakes," which cites the following statistics: • "Between 2009 and 2019, the proportion of African American associates increased just from 4.66% to 4.76%, according to the National Association for Law Placement’s 2019 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms."

• "African American attorneys made up just under 2% of law firm partners in 2019, up from 1.77% in 2009, the report found. During that time, the proportion of Asian partners rose from 2.2% to 3.9%, and the proportion of Latino partners from 1.7% to 2.5%."

• "Between 2009 and 2019, the percentage of Black women who are law firm associates had actually fallen from 2.9% to 2.8%. Also, fewer than four of every 100 firm partners are women of color, and fewer than one of 100 are African American women."

The Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law student scholarship fund is for law students who have demonstrated support for and commitment to: • Equal access to justice and education for the Black population • Lifting Black voices and raising issues affecting black communities • Fighting against racism, racial injustice, and prejudices • Showing demonstrated leadership in and/ or for the Black community on these issues in the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) through internships/clinics/volunteer work, and/or in the broader community

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Rizzo and Hartmann worked with Jorge Garcia, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Diversity Initiatives and Financial Aid; Debbie Rider ’84 (JD), Director of Development; Jeanette Nichols, Assistant Director for School of Law Annual Giving; and Shari Baurle Green, Associate Director of Alumni Relations to establish the fund.

Simultaneously, USD School of Law Professors Roy Brooks and David Brennan have joined forces in similar efforts to fund student scholarships for students who support the movement to increase access for students who are actively engaged in advancing Black issues, and those who are involved in supporting equitability and fairness in the Black communities. Rizzo and Hartmann only just met, but their past and their future are already intertwined. Rizzo was the inaugural USD School of Law Rising Star Alumni Award recipient.

Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP Grants Diversity Scholarships to Two USD School of Law Students The 2019-2020 Higgs Fletcher & Mack Diversity Scholarship in honor of Craig Higgs has been awarded to Nicole Cohen, and the 2019-2020 Steven J. Cologne Annual Scholarship has been awarded to Carola Murguia San Roman. Both scholarship recipients are University of San Diego School of Law graduates who have earned their law degrees and have passed the California Bar Exam. HFM has been granting scholarships in support of diversity and inclusion efforts to local law students for several years. The diversity scholarship is funded by contributions from HFM’s attorneys and the firm itself.

The Steven J. Cologne Annual Scholarship is funded solely by HFM Managing Partner Steven Cologne.

“Our community and the legal profession flourish when we make diversity and inclusion a priority,” said Cologne. “HFM stands behind our commitment to diversity, and we are proud to support a future generation of lawyers who have already shown their commitment and support for diversity efforts.”

Cohen, who is fluent in both French and Spanish, served as the Membership Committee Law Student Chair for San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association and is a regular Project LEAD volunteer. She mentors a 14-year-old Latina girl through MANA de San Diego.

She served as Intern to Distinguished USD Professor Roy Brooks, as well as the Center for Public Interest Law at USD and Think Dignity. Cohen was also a law clerk with Casa Cornelia Law Center, which serves the immigrant and asylum-seeking communities.

San Roman first wanted to be a lawyer growing up watching her father, an attorney and public servant in Mexico. After serving in the United States Marine Corps for eight years, she began working towards becoming a lawyer. Her experience includes an externship with the Honorable Roger T. Benitez in U.S. District Court and a summer associate position with a private law firm where she focused on employment law. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the San Diego International Law Journal during her final year of law school.

About Higgs Fletcher & Mack Higgs Fletcher & Mack is a full-service law firm that serves diverse individuals and industries. For 80 years, the firm has worked tirelessly with companies and people that need legal counsel and representation in and out of the courtroom. Higgs Fletcher & Mack’s more than 75 attorneys have experience in multiple fields of law, and its internal network of legal professionals frequently coordinate in practice area groups that have multidisciplinary dimensions, helping clients make a more informed decision. The firm is actively recruiting partnerlevel talent in complimentary practice areas to provide legal expertise in the San Diego region and beyond.

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Horizon Project Provides Matching Funds for Law School Diversity Endowments Without knowing that the University’s Horizon Project would be offering to match endowed diversity scholarship funds, Denise Hickey sought out the opportunity to direct her scholarship funding to support diverse law students.

Denise’s decision stems from her experience in legal practice; she recognizes that Black and Latinx graduates are underrepresented in the legal profession and in the bio/life sciences. As the Vice President, Assistant General Counsel Innovation Law of Bristol Myers Squibb, Denise is also interested in encouraging diverse students with STEM degrees to apply to law school.

Hickey’s endowment will be the first in the law school to receive matching support from USD’s Horizon Project.

Class of 1975 alumna, Board of Visitor and USD Board of Trustee member, Susanne Stanford recently endowed a Diversity Scholarship at the law school.

Stanford’s generous scholarship will also be matched

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by the University’s Horizon Project. Realizing the University’s mission of “mov[ing] USD into the forefront of Catholic higher education by following Pope Frances’ guidance that as a Catholic community we must be more ‘open, expansive, and welcoming,’ the Horizon Project is ensuring that inclusive efforts are “woven into the fabric of our institution.”

The University has fully endorsed a $1 million matching gift program as part of the Horizon Project; the USD Board of Trustees Horizon Project Matching Gift Program will match donor contributions towards endowed funds that support the Horizon Project diversity goals. Contributions in support of student scholarships that focus on enhancing diversity — with gifts and pledges of $50,000 or more — may appreciate the benefit of a Horizon Project match.

The USD Wine Classic Benefits the LGBTQ Law Alumni Scholarship More than 500 registered guests from New York to Hawaii, virtually attended the 2020 USD Wine Classic, the signature annual fundraising event for the University of San Diego Alumni Association.

As guests paired their own wines with cheese and charcuterie from the comfort of their homes, the 2020 USD Wine Classic had one of its best-ever days of fun and raised more than $80,000 in net proceeds to support current-use scholarship funds for underrepresented USD students across campus.

Co-hosted by Charles Bass, USD’s Senior Director of Alumni Relations, and Clint Bell, a professional auctioneer, activities and content included CEG Interactive’s virtual photo booth, live and silent auctions, raffle, trivia, and special messages from USD Board of Trustee member Kim Busch and her family, USD President James T. Harris, and Alumni Association members. The house band, The B Sections, played during the pre-show and after the last live auction items were claimed.

“We had to do a little pivoting, but because of our amazing volunteers, our unbelievable sponsors, fantastic winery partners and more, we’ve gone over the $70,000 mark,” Bass said. “Thank you to everybody who has been a part of this.”

That figure jumped to $80,000 after the show ended, both Bass and Coreen Petti, Associate Vice President of University Events and Partnerships at USD, confirmed. The 2020 net proceeds amount pushed the total for scholarship funding to over $730,000 in the history of the Wine Classic.

Net proceeds were distributed to several scholarships throughout the university. The LBGTQ Law Alumni Scholarship benefited from this distribution, receiving $7,500. Law students who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing LBGTQ issues are selected to receive this scholarship every year.

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Janine Parchment, Inaugural Recipient of the Procopio Scholarship and Internship Awards Janine Parchment was the inaugural recipient of the Procopio Scholarship and Internship Awards. She served as the first year student representative of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), is a member of the Women's Law Caucus and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of the Student Bar Association and is currently President of BLSA. Parchment is a graduate of Georgia State University with a bachelor’s in business administration, and holds a paralegal certificate from USD. She has volunteered with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County in their Beyond School Walls (BSW) program since 2016.

"My beloved mother was an elementary school principal. She loved to say, ‘Catch a rabbit!’ Meaning, never give up!" said Parchment. "Pursue and achieve what might appear difficult or beyond your reach or means. This prestigious award helps me do just that, alleviating the financial burden and giving me the tools needed to succeed. Thank you, Procopio!"

This new annual program complements an extensive list of scholarships Procopio has either organized or sponsored with a focus on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession. "At Procopio, achieving greater diversity and inclusion is a vital part of our practice and culture," said Dave Deonarine, a partner with Procopio and chairperson of the law firm's Racial Equality Task Force.

"We are proud to offer these scholarships and look forward to helping these students succeed and reach their full potential."

Janine accepted Procopio's offer to join their Summer Internship Program during the summer of 2021, followed by her continued employment as an intern throughout her 2L year and 2L summer as well. Janine worked for several different departments at the firm, making her mark as an up-and-coming addition to the firm. Her hard work and dedication paid off when Janine was offered full-time employment as an associate at Procopio starting after she sits for the bar in July 2023.

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Congratulations, Janine, and thank you, Procopio, for having the foresight to establish this scholarship at USD School of Law. Also, congratulations to 2L Procopio Scholar, Banna Esaias, who will start working at the firm this summer along with the newly awarded IL Procopio Scholar, Andrew Jimenez.

The Procopio Scholarship and Internship Award is available for law students who identify as diverse, with an initial emphasis on Black candidates and/or candidates who have made significant contributions to the Black community.

Procopio Scholars receive an initial award of $15,000 for the first year of law school; an internship at Procopio after their first and second years in law school, where the student is mentored and trained by Procopio partners, attorneys, and staff; and an additional $15,000 for each of the Procopio Scholar's remaining years in law school, with the goal of hiring the student following the successful completion of the California State Bar exam.

Procopio, the largest law firm in San Diego, was recently named a 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award winner by the San Diego Business Journal. It is rated a top law firm for diversity as rated by American Lawyer magazine (Am Law 200) and Law 360, achieved the Mansfield Rule Certification by Diversity Lab in 2020. In both 2021 and 2022 achieved the Mansfield Rule Certification Plus Recognition by Diversity Lab. Now in its third iteration, Mansfield certification measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30 percent women, attorneys of color, LGBTQ+, and lawyers with disabilities for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions, formal client pitch opportunities, and senior lateral positions. Only a few dozen law firms have achieved this recognition.

Class of 1975 Honors Raymond Joaquin Mercado On July 31, 2020, the Class of 1975 lost a good friend, a valued colleague and a treasured member of their class. Raymond Joaquin Mercado lost his 28-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Ray was a San Diego native. He grew up in Golden Hill, attended San Diego State University and served in the Army’s Old Guard, the official ceremonial unit and escort to the president of the United States, before earning his Juris Doctor degree from USD School of Law. Working as in-house counsel for Home Federal Savings and Loan until 1994, Ray was a trailblazer for underrepresented Latino attorneys in San Diego.

In August 2020, members of Ray’s class engaged in a collective Zoom call to share the wit and wisdom of their friend. He was described as an elegant dresser, gracious classmate and a generous friend, neighbor, father, and husband.

He was also known for his spontaneous wit, brilliant sense of humor, broad intellect, and eternal optimism — always believing that he would recover from Parkinson’s.

In honor of Ray Mercado, the Class of 1975 established a student scholarship at USD School of Law. The scholarship is named in memory of Raymond Mercado, a beloved member of the “Great Class of 1975.” The scholarship is for a Latinx USD law student who is in the top 99 percent of his/her/their class and who has financial need. Celebrating the humorous highspirited fun embodied by Ray Mercado, his friends add the following: “Applicants will receive extra points for certain qualities, including, but not limited to, love of family and friends, a genius for comedy coupled with a sense of irony, an ability to lampoon the absurd and treat others with courtesy and compassion, a love of language and repartee, the ability to converse with

wit and charm, dress with style and flair, have an abiding appreciation and respect for their Latinx heritage, an indomitable, optimistic, and courageous spirit, and commit to honorary membership in the Class of 1975.”

This important Latinx scholarship has been distributed to seven deserving students over the past three years and is expected to continue being funded for the next year.

Class of 1975 members Steve Hunsicker, Richard Aronson, John Kochis, John Little, Rob Hanna, Harry Elias, Jan Driscoll, Steve Toole, Linda Puentes, and Susanne Stanford, along with Gary Schons ’76 (JD) and Debbi Mercado—joined together to honor their friend Ray Mercado with the law school’s first Latinx scholarship. They welcome your support of Latinx law students, encouraging you to designate your philanthropic support to the Ray Mercado Scholarship.

Fund at USD School of Law. With appreciation!

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Student in Need Fund In response to the greatest disruption in legal education in a generation, USD School of Law established a Law Student In Need Fund in April 2020 to provide direct support for students who faced emergent circumstances that placed their students’ ability to complete their legal education at USD School of Law in jeopardy. The Law Student In Need Fund serves as a critical lifeline for students who are confronting the realities of being displaced, learning remotely, preparing for the bar exam, and looking for jobs and internships while facing economic uncertainty. Year-round, this fund is administered through the Office for Law Student Affairs and is used as emergency support for law students.

In April 2020, USD School of Law successfully applied for the AccessLex Law Student Emergency Relief Program and was awarded $25,000 from AccessLex Institute to support the Law Student in Need Fund.

Senior Director of Development Debbie Rider, ’84 (JD), acted quickly once learning about the program, and received news that the law school’s application had been approved the day after it was submitted, followed by the arrival of a check later that week.

"USD School of Law is moving swiftly to embrace the most urgent challenges facing students," said Rider. With the generous support of AccessLex, we are one step closer to funding students’ requests for emergency aid. I am proud to work with law students who are committed to finishing their degrees, despite the trials brought on by COVID-19."

In response to COVID-19 disruption, AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping aspiring lawyers find their path to professional success, created a $5 million Law Student Emergency Relief Fund to provide direct resources to law students during this unique time. Law schools can administer the funds in a manner consistent with the established criteria for emergency relief on their campuses.

293 donors make $92,208 in gifts to the Law Student in Need Fund to help law students adversely affected by the COVID-19 campus closure as well as affiliated economic turmoil.

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Long-Lasting Legacy of Diversity Support: USD School of Law Alumna Susanne Stanford ’75 (JD) Leads the Way Susanne Stanford is a graduate of the Class of 1975 from the USD School of Law. She graciously serves as a member of the USD Board of Trustees and USD School of Law’s Board of Visitors. In one of her earliest leadership roles, Stanford served on the USD School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors as past president and chair of the annual fund. Over the past six years, Stanford has also served as a member of USD’s Student Affairs Committee. This Committee of Trustees addresses critical issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, and they meet with student leaders of all the various diversity groups.

There is no doubt that Stanford has a real commitment to effectuating change as a member of the Board of Trustees — in addition to her financial support of diverse causes.

In 2006, Stanford was awarded the USD Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award as the law school’s nominee.

Trustee Committee members, they quadrupled funding for this scholarship and fully endowed the fund.

USD School of Law is honored to announce the Susanne Stanford Endowed Diversity Scholarship Fund, which will support Black and Latinx students at the law school, starting as early as fall of 2022.

Stanford’s lasting legacy at the law school will forever be entwined with the accomplishments of students who benefit more from her generous philanthropy.

Thank you, Susanne!

In keeping with her devotion to public service, Stanford has a well-established commitment to increasing cultural diversity at USD. Since contributing over three decades ago to the Delroy Richardson Scholarship Fund, in memory of her fellow Alumni Board member and leader in the Black legal community, Stanford has focused a considerable degree of her USD giving on diversity scholarships and organizations. Her dedication to student diversity includes her support of the LGBTQ Alumni Law Scholarship Fund, the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund, the Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law Fund, Hillel, and the Raymond Joaquin Mercado Memorial Latinx Scholarship Fund. The USD Black Alumni Scholarship has been a particularly meaningful experience for Stanford. Over the years, alumni raised $23,000 to support the scholarship, which falls short of the $50,000 required to fully fund an endowed scholarship.

Spearheading a fundraising drive to support the Black Alumni Scholarship with her fellow Student Affairs

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Milestone Reunion GIVING

Milestone Reunions reconnect you with your classmates and the law school. Our reunions looked a little different in 2019 and 2020 but that did not stop our Reunion Classes from commemorating the anniversary of their graduation. Celebrated classes included: 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979,1980, 1989, 1990,1999, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015.

Each year, Reunion Classes join together to create a Reunion Class Gift leading up to their 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 45, and 50-year Reunions.

Reunion Classes are invited to make a lasting impact at USD School of Law by choosing a Class Gift that reflects the varied interests unique to the class. Every generation of USD law alumni remembers the experience of law school differently, influenced by the professors who taught at the law school, the politics of the day and the influential programs that shaped their legal practice.

Reunion Giving Committees set specific monetary and participation goals for their Reunion year giving. Each Committee may decide upon a specific purpose for their Class Gift, like the creation and naming of an endowed professorship or scholarship.

For example, the Class of 1975 established the Class of 1975 Professorship in 2000, and the Class of 1975 Scholarship in 2010. Reunion Classes may also create an annual named Class Scholarship in honor of their class or collectively support the program/initiative that influenced their legal careers.

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2019 & 2020 Reunion Class Gifts • C. Hugh Friedman Professorship • Center for Public Interest Law • Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) in Honor of SBA President William “Bill” Ota (1967-2003) • Fellowships • Harvey Levine Annual & Endowed Scholarship • Legal Clinics • Legal Clinics Case Management System • Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) • Merit Scholarships • Public Service Law Student Fellowships • Raymond Joaquin Mercado Scholarship • Ronald Maudsley Memorial Scholarship • Thomas F.L. McCauley Scholarship All gifts and pledges made during the calendar year of a Milestone Reunion (January 1 - December 31) are counted toward the Class Gift totals each year.

Your legal education helped shape the way you think, prepared you for the practice of law, or chosen career path, and provided opportunities that would not have been possible without your legal training. It also created connections to your classmates and to your law school that last a lifetime. Milestone Reunion Class Gifts ensure the legacy of excellence that you helped create is passed along to the next generation of USD law alumni.

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Scholarship Listing

Aberle Family Annual Scholarship

Delroy Richardson Endowed Law Scholarship

Advancing Black Leadership and Scholarship in the Law Fund

Distinguished Alumni Award Endowed Scholarship

Alan H. and Deb S. Barbanel Annual Scholarship

Donna Lee Arledge Memorial Scholarship Fund

Albert and Mae Lee Memorial Scholarship Alberta S. Casey Legacy Endowed Scholarship Alec Cory/Procopio Scholarship Baumgaertner Family Scholarship Blanchard, Krasner & French Legacy Endowed Scholarship Bruce D. and Laurie S. Poole Transactional Law Scholarship Businesslink Scholarship C. Hugh Friedman Endowed Scholarship About C. Hugh Friedman Carr Ferguson Graduate Tax Research Fellowship Christopher McCallister Memorial Scholarship Christopher P. Wesierski Trial Attorney Scholarship Class of 1975 Scholarship Class of 1976 Scholarship Class of 1979 Merit Scholarship Class of 1980 Scholarship Class of 1986 Scholarship Congresswoman Lynn Schenk Endowed Law Scholarship Darling Foundation Scholarship Darshan and Tejal Patel Scholarship David S. Casey Trial Advocacy Scholarship Honorable David Moon Jr. Memorial Scholarship Dean Donald Weckstein Memorial Scholarship

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DLA Piper Life Science and Technology Scholarship Employment and Labor Law Society Public Service Scholarship Faye D. Hunter Annual & Endowed Scholarship Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP Build California Scholarship Fiorenza and Hernando Courtright Endowed Scholarship Founders Endowed Scholarship Frank E. and Dimitra F. Rogozienski Scholarship Gerald and Donna McMahon Endowed Scholarship Gerson Law Firm APC Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Fund Grant Morris Endowed Scholarship Haida Massoud Mojdehi Scholarship Harvey Levine Annual & Endowed Scholarship Helen and Webster Kinnaird Law Scholarship Higgs, Fletcher, and Mack LLP Diversity Scholarship in honor of Craig Higgs Irvin and Eleanor B. Kahn Endowed Scholarship Jack R. McGrory Endowed Veterans Legal Clinic/Student Veteran Legal Scholarship Jackson Lewis Labor and Employment ScholarshipVincent A. Cino Scholarship Program James E. Spain Family Law School Student Aid Endowment James R. McCormick, Jr. — Delphi Law Group, LLP Annual Named Scholarship Jason Ohta First Generation Scholarship Jay and Rebekah Jurata Law Scholarship Jeffrey T. Thomas Annual Named Scholarship Jennifer Irvine Memorial Scholarship Jerry G. Gonick and Susan S. Gonick Student Scholarship Fund in Honor of Dean Stephen C. Ferruolo John P. Massucco, Jr. Scholarship

John Winters Memorial Fund

Scholarship Fund

Joyce Nagata Maguire Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Qualcomm IP Scholarship Program

Judge David Laro Scholarship

Raymond Joaquin Mercado Memorial LATINX Law Scholarship

Julianne D. Fellmeth Public Interest Law Scholarship

Reynard Family Scholarship

Julie M. Robinson Legacy Endowed Scholarship

RJS Law: A Tax Law Firm TCI Scholarship

Karen P. Hewitt Legacy Endowed Scholarship Keith F. Park Endowed Scholarship Kenneth & Thelma Doucette Legacy Scholarship Kevin and Bryan Briscoe Memorial Endowed Scholarship Kim and Markus P. Koro Endowed Scholarship LGBTQ Alumni Law Scholarship Law Alumni Board Scholarship Lawrence Mahlum Memorial Scholarship Professor Lou Kerig Endowed Scholarship The Honorable Louis M. Welsh Endowed Scholarship Mary and Alan Schulman Scholarship Michael & Karen Lurie Social Responsibility Law Scholarship Michael J. and Deborah J. Rider Scholarship Michael Konz Memorial Scholarship Michael Mohr Memorial Scholarships Michael T. Thorsnes Civil Advocacy Scholarship Middle Eastern Law Society 3L Bar Prep Scholarship Mike White Scholarship for Excellence in Litigation

Richard A. Bayer Endowed Scholarship Robert Brewer Student Veteran Scholarship Ronson J. Shamoun RJS Tax Law Scholarship Rose and Arthur Kaplan JD/MSRE Scholarship Rose and Arthur Kaplan Law Scholarship Roseann Gerold Hoffman Endowed Scholarship Sister Sally Furay Law Scholarship Sol G. Dubroof Memorial Scholarship Stacey Curry - CGS3 Diversity Scholarship Steven J. Cologne Annual Named Scholarship Thomas F.L. McCauley Scholarship Tim C. Rothans Public Service Scholarship Turner Diversity Scholarship Van Law Firm Scholarship in Honor of Natalie J. Hagen Vern D. Schooley Endowed Scholarship Fund VICAM Scholarship Virginia C. Nelson and Mark W. Andrews Legacy Endowed Scholarship Warren Family Endowment For Student Assistance Westover-Giali Annual Named Scholarship William C. Kuebler Award

Moller Scholarship Endowment Price Family International Studies Fund Procopio International Tax Scholarships Procopio Scholarship Fund Professor Jorge A. Vargas Memorial DACA Scholarship Professor Joseph Darby Endowed

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Many Thanks from the Students

Thank you letters “With deepest gratitude, thank you for supporting the Aberle Scholarship Fund at USD School of Law. I was honored to be selected as a recipient of this award. As the first in my family to graduate from college, and now graduate school, your generosity has made it possible for someone like me to dive into the law and emerge equipped to one day use my skills in public service. I hope to work for the court system or in civil litigation, serving clients who need an advocate for their needs.

Receiving this scholarship eased some of my financial burdens during this last year of school, and I hope to one day also pay it forward.”

— Maryam M. Atty ’21 (JD)

“I am writing to express my sincere gratitude as a recipient of the Michael Mohr Scholarship. I am a second-year law student at the USD School of Law where I am pursuing a concentration in civil litigation.

My law school experience thus far has been exciting, challenging, and fulfilling, and I wanted to let you know how much it means to me to receive this scholarship to help me fund my education.”

— Mary Grace Braun ’22 (JD)

I am honored to be selected as this year’s recipient of the William C. Kuebler Scholarship, and I cannot thank you enough for your financial support. I am benefitting enormously from the richness of legal education available at USD and intend to use the legal advocacy skills USD has equipped me with to service the most vulnerable in our community. This scholarship helps me to feel that I have options and that I can follow my heart and intuition. I am especially honored and encouraged to have received this scholarship for demonstrating courage and tenacity: both traits that I aspire to. I was touched to see that William C. Kuebler defended detainees at Guantanamo — something I would do, given the opportunity. I am inspired by who he was, and by his refusal to back down from what he knew was right. I strive to do the same.

— Ellen Atkinson ’22 (JD)

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The part-time program at USD School of Law has allowed me to pursue the dream I have had of attending law school ever since I was an undergraduate student at USD. I have enjoyed the perspective that comes with balancing hands-on work experience with my academic pursuits and working towards building skills that I hope to use as an attorney in the future. Thank you for your expression of faith in my studies at the School of Law, and the support your generous scholarship provides me. I am very humbled to be a recipient of this award, and greatly appreciate the philanthropy of the family and friends of Michael Konz. This award means a great deal to me and has inspired me to seek out ways I can give back to the University and its students.

— Oliver Stallmach ’22 (JD)

Thank you for the scholarship to continue my studies here at USD. I appreciate your generosity. I will be graduating in May and a whole career in advocacy awaits me. Thank you for contributing to the EALLS Social Justice in the Workplace scholarship.

— Isabel Oraha ’23 (JD)

Thank you for your very generous scholarship. My family and I are eternally grateful. As first generation Arab-American, I greatly admire what you have accomplished. Although I have yet to have the pleasure to meet you, your great reputation precedes you, and I look forward to thanking you in person soon.

— Waheed Olayan ’23 (JD)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your generous contribution to me and also the students at USD Law. I am an international student from Taiwan with the immigrant dream! I want to become an expert in U.S. international tax and corporate tax. This scholarship empowers me to do it!

— Wei Hsiang Su ’23 (JD)

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Taking the Challenge: The Big Give 2020 and 2021 38

The Big Give is USD School of Law’s annual 36-hour online fundraising campaign to fund key initiatives, strengthen academic programs, and rally support of USD School of Law. We campaign for students, Veterans, academic programs, meaningful employment opportunities, and advancements in technology and education to serve the changing needs of the legal profession. Everyone is encouraged to participate including: alumni; students; faculty, staff/administrators; law firms; businesses; and community partners. No matter the size or giving designation, your support plays a role in the future success of USD School of Law.

Both the 2020 and 2021 Big Give were a huge success with a combined participation from 477 donors raising more than $710,000 for scholarships and academic programs over the course of two years. Major projects that benefited included: Legal Clinics Law Student Diversity; Sister Sally Furay Law Scholarship; Class Scholarships; Woman’s Legal Clinic; and Fellowships. A BIG THANK YOU to our supporters! Matching gifts allow our donors to double their impact by doubling the gift that they make.

Special recognition to the following matching gift contributors in 2020 and 2021:

2020 Jackson Lewis Virginia Nelson Chris Wesierski Dale Giali Richard Bartell John Hankel Kurt Robinson Jack McGrory George Strong Ilona Antonyan

2021 Professor David Brennan ’03 & The Honorable Louisa S Porter ’77 Erin F. Giglia ’01 &- Montage Legal Group Laurie G. Rowen ’04 John Henkel ’77 - Linden Root Dickinson Foundation Jackson Lewis P.C. Kim Koro ’86 James R. McCormick, Jr. ’97 -Delphi Law Group LLP Jack McGrory ’81 and Una Davis Virginia C. Nelson ’79 and Mark W. Andrews Dean Robert A. Schapiro and Dr. Lillian G. Schapiro Former Congresswoman Lynn Schenk Annsley and George Strong ’74 Michael Kaplan ’72

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Maudsley Fellow Society 2019-2021

Dean’s Senior Counsel $50,000+

AccessLex Institute Anonymous Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Margot L. and Dennis J. Doucette ’86 Susan S. ’86 and Jerry G. Gonick ’84 (LLM) John R. Henkel ’77 / Linden Root Dickinson Foundation Hon. Peggy A. Leen ’79 Anthony Mandekic, Executor May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Mitsuru Nagata*

Diane and James S. Marinos ’58 Una Davis and Jack McGrory ’81 Laureen and C. Edward Miller ’69 Gwen T. and Robert Y. Nagata ’70 National Association of Scholars Virginia C. Nelson ’79 and Mark W. Andrews Barbara J. and Paul A. Peterson Daniel C. Peterson ’83 Frances and James F. Peterson Matthew A. Peterson ’86 RM & T Insurance Services, Inc. Laura and Kurt L. Robinson ’84 (MBA), ’87

Shirley A. Park

Kevin J. Ruddy ’73 (BA), ’77

Gwendolyn L. and Thomas A. Price / Price Family Foundation

Senior Partner

Qualcomm

$10,000-$19,999

Former Congresswoman Lynn Schenk ’70

Liz and Richard M. Bartell ’75

Richard L. Stack / Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Annsley and George G. Strong Jr. ’74 The San Diego Foundation - Blasker Grants Scaife Foundation, Inc. Schultz Family Foundation Joann and Richard A. Shaw

Amy D. and Adam J. Bass ’88 (BA), ’91 Lynda F. and Robert W. Blanchard ’80 Blanchard, Krasner & French, APC Laura Ann and Garrett J. Bleakley / Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Hon. Louisa S Porter ’77 (ret.) and David W. Brennan ’03 (LLM)

The State Bar of California Foundation

Buchalter APC

Dean’s Counsel

Donald Dripps

$20,000-$49,999

Shelley H. and Derek K. Aberle ’96 Amy ’95 (BA), ’98 (MBA) and Mark A. Aldrich ’97 Barbara McDowell & Gerald S. Hartman Foundation The C.E. and S. Foundation Copperstone Insurance Services, LLC Theodore Dutton The Federalist Society

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Stanley W. Legro*

Croul Family Foundation Julianne (D’Angelo) Fellmeth ’76 (BA), ’83 and Robert C. Fellmeth John H. Gomez ’89 (BBA) / Gomez Trial Attorneys Denise M. Hickey ’94 and Christopher J. Soares Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP Hon. Herbert B. Hoffman Faye D. Hunter ’90 Angela and Mark A. Krasner ’81

Karen M. (Peckham) ’89 and Andrew Hewitt

Cary P. Mack ’88

Terri and Michael B. Kaplan ’72 / Michael B. Kaplan Charitable Foundation

Sunita Martin Victoria Monaco

Kimberly M. Koro ’86 and Markus P. Koro

Karen G. and Thomas F. Mulvaney ’77

Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation

Cambra L. ’96 and Phillip R. Finch Jr. ’93 ’96

Procopio Cory Hargreaves and Savitch LLP

Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP

RCRSD, Inc.

Fish & Richardson

RJS LAW - A Tax Law Firm

Robert Francavilla ’79 (BBA), ’83 / CaseyGerry

Jaclyn, Natalie and Nick Robbin

Erin Gibson ’03

Dimitra F. and Frank E. Rogozienski ’71 / Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Salvador Foundation

Jones Day

Sempra Energy Melanie and Ronson J. Shamoun ’98 (BBA), ’02, ’03 (LLM) Torrey Pines Bank Western Alliance Bank

Partner

$5,000-$9,999 Elaine and Larry Alexander Anonymous Antonyan Miranda, LLP Jill C. and Jeffrey B. Baird ’98 John Barkley Deborah W. and Robert S. Barry Jr. ’75 / Barry Family Foundation Bartell Hotels Vincent J. Bartolotta Jr. / Thorsnes Bartolotta & McGuire LLP Gayle Blatt / CaseyGerry Bright Funds Foundation Susan and Alan K. Brubaker ’76 CAL-ABOTA

Jenna ’07 and Dustin Jones ’07 Renee J. and Kem A. Kantor Kelly and Robert J. Kaplan ’81 Helen (Weaver) and Webster "Buzz" Kinnaird ’75 / Paul Bechtner Foundation Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Lynne Lasry ’80 and Allen Snyder Karen and Michael D. Lurie ’93 Alyssa and Gabriel Z. Mass Haida Massoud ’94 and Ali Mojdehi John P. Massucco Jr. ’69 Tricia L. Samson-McCormick ’98 and James R. McCormick Jr. ’97 John F. McGuire Jr. / Thorsnes Bartolotta & McGuire LLP Dawn and Steven Nunez / Rotary International The Shannon Fund Christopher J. O’Book ’13 (BBA) / First Republic Bank The Patio Group Foundation Thomas D. Penfield / CaseyGerry Perkins Coie Laurie S. ’90 and Bruce P. Poole ’90

Lisa S. and David S. Casey Jr. ’74

Lisa and John S. Reynard III ’09, ’10 (LLM) / Driscoll Anderson Reynard LLP

Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP

Deborah J. (MacLean) ’84 and Michael J. Rider ’83 San Diego Gas & Electric Company

Barry M. Crane ’77

Sarah and Brian Keating Fund

Lynne G. and Stephen P. Doyle ’84

Frederick A. Schenk ’78 / CaseyGerry

Linda B. Dubroof ’80 and Tom McGinnis / McGinnis Family Fund

Maimon Schwarzschild

William M. Cannon

Marian N. and M. Carr Ferguson

Peggy B. and Dickran A. Semerdjian ’85 / Schwartz Semerdjian Cauley & Moot LLP

Julie Robinson and Stephen C. Ferruolo

Lance L. Shea ’89

Jane Trevor and Thompson Fetter ’67

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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Maudsley Fellow Society 2019-2021

Susanne Stanford ’75

Sandra Ciallella ’87 and Kenneth Shurko

Hon. David Rubin and Todd F. Stevens ’88

Jenny Woll and Kevin Cole

John D. Thelan ’74 / Costco Wholesale

Consumer Federation of America

Jeffrey T. Thomas ’82 / United Way of Orange County

Deloitte Services LP

Jason R. Thornton ’96

Michel J. Duquella ’94

Erik Thorsnes Vickie E. Turner ’82 Lynda P. Vargas ’02 Christopher P. Wesierski ’78 Susan Westover-Giali ’90 and Dale J. Giali ’90 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati

Jeff R. Eisenstadt ’86 Hon. Nancy H. Ely-Raphel ’68 Penny C. and Michael A. Ferrara Jr. ’72 Fish & Richardson P.C. Foley & Lardner LLP Bridget M. and Robert J. Gaughan Jr.

Senior Associate

Marla and Gordon L. Gerson ’76 / Gerson Law Firm APC

ADP

Hon. Christine K. (Koch) ’76 and Hon. Jan I. Goldsmith ’76 (ret.)

$2,500-$4,999

John D. Alessio ’91 (BBA), ’94 / Procopio Ellen Kern and Craig Allely Hon. Olga Álvarez ’02 and Dr. Michael Gonzalez Andersen Tax Darlene and G. Edward Arledge ’73 Sheree and Hon. Richard M. Aronson ’72 (BA), ’75 Lynn D. and Geoffrey H. Ashworth ’76 / Renaissance Charitable Foundation Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego Jim W. Baker Richard D. Barton / Procopio Sandy Minc and William G. Baumgaertner ’75 Christy and Ronald I. Beck ’78 Steve Beuerle / Procopio Hon. Christine A. Bologna ’77 and John B. LaRocco ’77 Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez (ret.) and Robert S. Brewer Jr. ’75 Kathleen A. Brown ’89 / Procopio Michele B. Brown ’94 / Procopio Robert J. Brown ’92, ’94 (LLM) / Procopio Elizabeth "Libby" H. and Dr. John C. Carson*

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Dentons

Robert H. Gleason ’98 and Marc Matys

Laura and Erik J. Greupner ’04 Candace S. and J. Richard Haden ’74 (ret.)

Ashkan Hayatdavoudi ’18 Virginia M. Henkels ’94 Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez Raymond B. Hom ’01 Dr. Louise S. Horvitz / Jewish Community Foundation Anne P. Shelburne and Steven R. Hunsicker ’75 Integro-Guerrero Jimenez Diaz & Co. LLP Rebekah G. ’07 and Jay A. Jurata Jr. ’00 Lisa M. Andersen ’12 and Knut S. Johnson ’86 Lori K. and Ralph B. Kalfayan ’82 (BBA), ’84, ’12 (LLM) / Kalfayan Merjanian LLP Trenton R. Kashima ’13 Jan L. and Gary L. Kincannon ’77 Hon. Greer D. Knopf (Ret.) ’78 Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor, LLP Legal Aid at Work Tina and Hon. Thomas L. Ludington ’79 / The Ludington Family Foundation

Michael J. Changaris / Procopio

Scott M. Lyons ’83 ’87/S. Bernstein Fund of Jewish Community Foundation

Vicky Carlson and Steven J. Cologne ’84

Vic A. Merjanian ’10 / Kalfayan Merjanian LLP

Elizabeth ’88 (BSN) and John Morrell ’84

Brandon Becker ’77

Cheryl and William Naumann ’80 / The Naumann Law Firm, PC

Pedro Bernal Bilse / Bernal Law, APLC

Hon. Jinsook and Jason Ohta ’00

Marie and Hon. Victor E. Bianchini ’63

Karen and Richard P. Ormond ’99 Kimberly D. and Steven J. Parsons ’75 Kathleen A. (Rabin) Pasulka ’89 Jeffrey D. Phair ’80 / The Phair Company LLC Matthew E. Rahn ’12 / Rahn Conservation Consulting LLC Josephine (Wydra) ’75 (MED) and Frank J. ’67 ’72 Ragen Jr. Trudy Stambook and Paul E. Robinson ’73 / Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

Bert Fuller Auxiliary Post No 9578 The Blue Law Group Inc. Brian P. Brinig ’79 Roy L. Brooks Christine Jo and John M. Callahan ’94 Dr. Miriam and Richard A. Carpenter ’84 City National Bank - San Diego Steve R. Cloud ’69 Coastal Payroll Susan L. and K. David Crockett ’91

Anne and Hallen D. Rosner ’83 / Rosner, Barry & Babbitt, LLP

James P. de Haan ’18

Robert G. Russell Jr. ’75 / Procopio

Steven Dillaway ’71

Judy and Gary W. Schons ’73 (BA), ’76 Schwab Charitable Fund John M. Simon ’99 / The Simon Strauss Foundation Julia M. and Robert Stansell ’85 David Rubin and Todd F. Stevens ’88 Feryeni and Steven Taggart ’93 A. Lavar Taylor / Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor, LLP Valerie and Michael J. Weaver ’73 / Weaver Charitable Foundation Mark R. Weinstein ’97 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati Palo Alto Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Associate

$1,500-$2,499 Tommi and Robert F. Adelizzi ’63 Anonymous Mary Beth Anton and Jeffrey D. Hewett Jonathan J. Asch ’97 Venar Ayar ’08 / Ayar Law Group Beth K. Baier ’84

Stacie ’18 (BA) and Michael R. Devitt Craig D. Dingwall ’82 (MBA), ’82 Megan L. Donohue ’09 Margaret ’95 and John D. Duncan ’95 Jenny and Julie A. Dunne ’92 Leslie A. and E. Scott Dupree ’77 Ellen E. Hunter and Richard P. Edwards Ronda Elsayed ’02 Donald A. English ’84 Daniel C. Flynn ’98 John I. Forry David Fox ’07 / Fox Law APC Daniel Arroyo and Nicholas J. Fox ’11 Matthew M. Frank ’93 Carmelita C. and Larry J. Gallagher ’76 Daniel J. Gleason ’91 Kathryn Riley Grasso ’00 Cynthia L. ’99 Valenzuela and Hon. Matthew G. Guerrero ’99 Honorable Howard L. Halm (Ret.) ’68 Leslie and Robert J. Hanna ’75 Kathy and Hon. Louis R. Hanoian ’80

Ravi K. Batista ’00

Pamela K. and Kenneth D. Heller ’94

Shelley A. and Richard A. Bayer ’83 / U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Anthony W. Jansing ’97 (LLM)

Beth and Robert W. Huston ’93

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Maudsley Fellow Society 2019-2021

Suzanne and Samuel J. Kahn ’77 (BS) / Great Western Mortgage

Renae Fish and Gary Redenbacher

Hon. Leon Kaplan

San Diego’s Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court

Robert J. Kelter ’87 Kennedy Insurance Company Alice and Harri J. Keto ’76 / The Keto Law Offices Ian M. King ’98 Sheryl and Joel Krissman ’73 Linda and Jon R. Kurtin ’80 Debra D. and Robert V. LaBerge ’76 William Lawrence Jane G. and Herbert I. Lazerow Lemkin, Barnes & Row, Inc. Adrienne C. Leonard ’79 and Sam Brown Jessica K. Liu ’11 / Liu Charitable Melissa and A. Alexander Lowder ’09 Erin Lupfer ’17 Sean Y. Ma ’15 Elizabeth ’82 (BA) and Richard Macgurn ’77 Janet M. ’84 and James M. Madden Maria P. ’83 (BA), ’86 and Edward P. Manning Nancy L. and Thomas D. Mauriello ’88

Trish M. and Vern D. Schooley ’66 Elena and Jeffrey M. Singletary ’04 Nancy L. (Schons) Smoke ’77 William A. Snyder ’77 Susan ’77 (BA) ’83 (MA) and Robert J. Sullivan ’68 Debbie C. and Sam K. Tahmassebi ’00 Carmen and Francis J. Tepedino ’74 Marcy ’79 and Steven Toscher ’79 / Hochman Salkin Rettig Toscher & Perez Meghan and Andrew J. Van Arsdale ’18 ViaSat, Inc. Melissa and Daniel Wehr Catherine A. (Lindseth) ’64 (BA) and Hon. Thomas J. Whelan ’61 (BBA), ’65 Jean B. and Lynn J. Willhite ’68 Suzanne Yale ’08 Judith E. White and Michael M. Yi ’88 Ruthann and Tom Yuhas ’77

Maudsley Fellows Affiliates

Kathy ’65 (BA) and Michael McDonnell ’64 ’67

$500-$1,499

McHard Accounting Consulting

Lisa and Capt. Matthew L. Abbot ’15

Daphne and James J. McMullen Jr. ’80 Edwin F. McPherson ’82 Nikki Presley and Joel S. Miliband ’77 Jane and Kirk A. Miller ’84 Heather S. and Ryan A. Murr ’98 Hon. Gilbert Nares ’64 ’67 Carol S. and Robert L. O’Connell ’73 Scarlett Padilla Lori Partrick ’79 Paul Plevin Sullivan Connaughton Michael R. Pfeiffer ’85 Jeffrey D. Phair ’80 / The Phair Company LLC Barbara R. and Frank J. Prochazka ’74 Nan Pugh Jean Ramirez

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Leslie A. Robinson ’06

Ross E. Bautista ’16 Preston Bennett ’18 Joan M. ’10 and Sean D. Flaherty ’10 Lauren Hiller ’04, ’12 Julianna H. Kat ’16 Samantha Keil ’12 (BBA), ’15 Jason S. Miller ’18 Kyle W. Nageotte ’12 Chad Peace ’12 Kathleen S. Porter ’16 (MBA), ’17 Abigail G. ’10 and Tyson M. Stephenson ’14 Irean Zhang Swan ’16 and Patrick C. Swan ’15 Carson C. Williams * deceased

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