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Alumni News Sedgwick Creates Trial Advocacy Team Endowment Thomas Miller '73 will lead the 2008 class reunion campaign. A distinguished construction defects lawyer for more than 25 years, Miller has vast experience, dynamic leadership skills, and a love of Hastings. Steven McCormick '76 is the newly appointed president and board trustee of The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Previously, he was the president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. Russell S. Roeca '80 is president elect of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Akin Gump associate Sara Noel '03 was named an Outstanding Barrister for 2007, chosen from the 3,200 barristers within the Bar Association of San Francisco. Two Hastings alumni were recently appointed Superior Court judges: Mark Boessenecker '48 in Napa County and Rhonda Burgess '82 in Alameda County . The ABA Law Journal selected the Transnational Law Blog, written by John Dermody '07, Travis Hodgkins '08, and Nema Milaninia '07, as one of the top 100 blawgs by lawyers for lawyers. The judges of the Los Angeles Superior Court elected Scott Silverman '75 of Morrison & Foerster as the court's newest commissioner. Chambers Asia named Jeff Layman '97 one of Asia's Leading Business Lawyers. The Corporate, Securities, and M & A Lawyer's Job: A Survival Guide by Matt Swartz '95 a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in McLean, Virginia, was published by the American Bar Association. The Japan Society of Northern California gave the Artistic Achievement Award to playwright Philip Kan Gotanda '78. One of Gotanda's plays, "After the War," was staged by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. "East Asian Cultural Influences" by Grant Kim '84 was published in The Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration. California Lawyer Magazine gave Frank Hinman '91, John Wehrli '98, Jennifer Rampton '02, David Lunas '03, and Riva Kim '04 2007 Angel Awards for their commitment to pro bono legal work. Greg Brockbank '85, owner of Marin Law Center and chair of the Marin Democratic Party, was elected to the San Rafael City Council. Matt Joseph '79 published his first novel, Clouds Over Mountains. John Barrie '72, a partner at Bryan Cave's Washington D.C. and New York City offices, was listed as a Best Lawyer in America in tax law. He is also chair of the Taxation Section of the DC Bar and council director of the ABA Taxation Section. Josh King '93 works at Avvo, a Seattle-based consumer-focused website that rates and profiles lawyers. King returned to practicing law after working five years in senior corporate development roles for AT&T Wireless and Clearwire. Ruth Glick '91 was elected to the Council of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. Laura Brenner '07, a shareholder in the litigation department at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, was named a 2007 Wisconsin Super Lawyer.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold created The Sedgwick Law Firm and Kevin Dunne Trial Advocacy Team Competition endowment at Hastings to provide travel funds for the trial advocacy team. Special thanks to Jim Brown '88, Michael Healy '80, and the nearly 40 other Hastings alumni at Sedgwick. Read more.
Alumni Events
For more information about Hastings events, visit the UC Hastings alumni calendar.
January 3, 2008 New York Alumni Cocktail Reception
New York
January 17, 2008 E-Discovery Panel with Professor Richard Marcus
Los Angeles Hosted by Heller Ehrman
January 24, 2008 Recent Alumni Networking Reception
San Francisco
January 24, 2008 Hawaii Alumni Reception
Honolulu Sponsored by Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda
January 26, 2008 California Water Law Symposium
Hastings
January 29, 2008 WorkLife Law Event with Professor Joan Williams
Cupertino MCLE credit available
January 29, 2008 Reception with Richard Thalheimer '74
Hastings
February 7, 2008 Judges Panel moderated by Professor Rory Little
Oakland
February 21, 2008 HPILF Auction
Donate items and plan to attend the annual Hasting Public Interest Law Foundation auction. For more information, send an email to HPILF.
February 29, 2008 Admitted Students Reception
Los Angeles
For more information about Hastings Alumni Association events, visit the UC Hastings alumni calendar of events.
Faculty News
Professor Radhika Rao's article, "Genes and Spleens: Property, Contract, or Privacy Rights in the Human Body?" will be published by the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics. She recently delivered two papers at conferences: "Equal Liberty: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Equality" and "Property, Privacy, and Other Legal Constructions of the Embryo."
Professor Leo Martinez co-authored the new edition of New Appleman Insurance Law and Practice Guide, published by LexisNexis/Mathew Bender.
Professor Ethan Leib's article "Friends and the Law" was published in Policy Review.
For the fifth year in a row, Chris Knowlton was appointed to serve as a salary arbitrator for major league baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Alumni Opportunities and Resources
Free Job Postings for Law Firms
Law firms looking to hire Hastings' graduates benefit from posting listings online at no cost. Alumni and students may also use the service to search for jobs and access job-search tools.
A Tax-Smart Gift to Hastings
From now until the end of 2007, you can use your IRA creatively to help Hastings. If you are 70-1/2 or older, you can transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to Hastings without paying the disbursement income tax.
Longtime Hastings 1066 Foundation Trustee Marvin Sussman '50 recently created a new scholarship at Hastings by transferring an IRA tax-free to Hastings. For details, email Gerti Arnold or Jacqueline Ervin, or call 415.565.4615.
Alumni Encouraged to Use the Hastings Law Library
Find out more about how you can use the new Hastings law library! For general questions, call the reference desk at 415.565.4751.
Volunteers Needed for Mediation Competition
Judges and mediators are needed for the ABA's Regional Representation in Mediation Competition at Hastings on March 1-2, 2008. To volunteer, please email Jolynn Jones, or call 415.581.8941.
Class Reunions
The next Alumni Weekend will be held September 19-20, 2008. Class campaign committees are forming for classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003. To volunteer, email Lynnette Teti or call 415.565.4852.
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