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Watch All-Alumni Reunion Panel Discussions
Recordings of the 2009 All-Alumni Reunion panels are now available to view online! Just click on the following links to view the videos.
• Wine Law Master Class with Professor Richard Mendelson
• Rebuilding the U.S. Financial System: The Causes, Consequences and Regulatory Reform and Restructuring Responses to the Credit Crisis
• The Fiscal and Governance Crisis in California: Where Now?
Nominate your colleagues for the BHAA awards
The Boalt Hall Alumni Association annually recognizes the achievements of the law school community at a gala celebration each spring. You can help distinguish your peers by nominating individuals for the Citation Award, Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award and Young Alumni Award. Just click here to learn more about the awards and to submit your nominations. The 2010 BHAA awards will be presented at the Citation Award Dinner on Friday, April 30, at the Intercontinental Hotel, San Francisco.
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Upcoming Events
November 19, Alumni Reception and CLE Talk, "Regulatory Barriers to Renewables in California", San Francisco
December 4, State Bar Swearing-In Ceremony, Berkeley
March 5, Scholarship Luncheon, Berkeley
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Photo Gallery
October 8-11, 2009 All-Alumni Reunion
October 10, 2009 All-Alumni Reunion Class Photos
Current classroom and building addition projects
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Class Notes
Professor Emeritus Stephen Barnett passed away on October 13, 2009. He died of cardiac arrest. A private service honoring Barnett’s life is being planned by the family. Donations in Barnett's memory may be made to the Parkinson Association of Northern California at (916) 489-0226.
Stephen M. Bingham ’69, an attorney for Bay Area Legal Aid, lost his daughter, Sylvia Bingham, in a hit-and-run bicycle accident in Cleveland, Ohio in September. She was 22. A foundation has been created in honor of Sylvia to promote safety for cyclists and pedestrians. Visit http://www.sylviabinghamfoundation.org/ for more information.
Jeffrey L. Bleich ’89 was nominated by President Obama as the new Ambassador to Australia. Currently, Mr. Bleich is serving as a special counsel to the President and was recently a keynote speaker at Boalt Hall’s reunion weekend.
Catherine L. Fisk ’86, Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine recently published her book, “Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930”.
Andrew J, Grotto ’02 left the Center for American Progress in September, where he served as a Senior National Security Analyst and had worked since 2003, to join the professional staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-RI) designee. In that capacity, he serves as the Senator's senior advisor on national security and intelligence matters.
Holly L. Henderson-Fisher ’07 and her husband Josh Fisher celebrated the birth of their daughter, Bella Mirai Fisher, on February 15, 2009.
David Kappos ’90 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nominated by President Barack Obama, Kappos has held several posts at IBM, most recently as IBM’s vice president and assistant general counsel for intellectual property where he managed its patent and trademark portfolios and oversaw all facets of protecting and licensing its IP worldwide. Read more about his exciting appointment here.
Kevin J. Mack '07 and Olga V. Mack (Kotlyarevskaya) ’06 are discovering the joys and challenges of parenthood with the arrival of Katie Marie Mack on August 31 at 3:51 am
Sajjad Matin '08 and Ilham Hosseini '07 were married in the nation's capital on May 24, 2009. The two had spent the previous year planning the wedding on opposite ends of the country, with Sajjad working in the San Francisco office of Kirkland & Ellis' intellectual property group and Ilham clerking in Miami, FL for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan. The civil ceremony was officiated by Judge Jordan and the religious sermon was offered by Professor Hatem Bazian. Sajjad and Ilham first met in Professor Bazian’s Islamic Law class at Boalt. Following her clerkship, Ilham plans to join Sajjad in San Francisco and begin work in Jones Day's litigation group.
Melonie J. McCall ’93, a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, currently serves as president of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association. Ms. McCall began her term in January 2009, becoming the fourth woman and first African-American to head the association.
Ann O’Leary ’05 is the co-editor for “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything,” a comprehensive study about women’s rising economic status and its effect on American life recently released by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress. In addition to being the report’s co-editor, O’Leary co-authored a chapter on the government’s role in supporting women with both working and caretaking responsibilities. O’Leary is the executive director of the Berkeley Center for Health, Economic and Family Security (Berkeley CHEFS). Read the full story here and check out the report here.
John R. Phillips ’69 has been named Chairman of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. John R. Phillips is a partner in the Washington, DC Law Firm of Phillips & Cohen, LLP. Mr. Phillips has a long history of involvement in public interest law having founded the Center for Law in Public Interest in 1971 in Los Angeles, one of the first Ford Foundation funded "Public Interest Law Firms". The White House Fellowship is America’s most prestigious program for leadership and public service, providing young individuals with experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
Adam Sachs ’86 was recently named managing partner at Folger, Levin & Kahn LLP in San Francisco.
Dinah Shelton '70 has won a seat as a commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a vote at the OAS General Assembly. She is the first woman to ever be nominated to serve as a Commissioner on the Inter-American Commission.
Stephen Venable ’90 recently became the President of the Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council ("MMSDC") - an independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council ("NMSDC") which facilitates the development of symbiotic business relationships between the corporate community and minority suppliers. He also was elected to the Board of Directors of The People's Center Medical Clinic at Cedar Riverside - a Minneapolis-based nonprofit community health center that offers high-quality, affordable health care to all (including countless members of local underserved, lower socio-economic communities).
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