| Peter Kunkel, 2000, authored "How Jesse James, the Telegraph, and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 Can Help the Army Win the War on Terrorism," published in the Military Review. |
| Miles Cooper, 2000, a managing attorney at The Veen Firm, was featured in a cover story of The Recorder. |
| Miles B. Cooper, 2000, who represents the catastrophically injured and families who have lost loved ones, recently joined Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn as a partner. He was named a "Northern California Rising Star" in the 2009 issue of Super Lawyers magazine and was recently featured in a cover story of the Recorder. |
| Peter E. Kunkel, 2000, has joined LMI Research Institute as a visiting fellow from the U.S. Army, where he serves as the acting assistant secretary of financial management and comptroller. He will assist in developing several of LMI's practice areas. Kunkel has also served as the U.S. Army principal deputy assistant secretary and in various congressional liaison positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. |
| Courtney L. Hylton, 2001, has been promoted to partner at Lynberg & Watkins. Her practice area is general civil litigation with an emphasis on employment, personal injury, and defense of public entities, such as municipalities and school districts. |
| Cecily O'Regan, 2001, has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP's Silicon Valley office as of counsel in the intellectual property practice group. O'Regan specializes in medical device and clean technology patent applications and managing patent portfolios. |
| Peter Roos, 2001, wrote an award-winning score for the short film Look Both Ways. The film was screened at the Seven Day Film Festival in San Francisco. In addition to winning Best Music, the film also won Best Director and Best Actor/Actress. |
| Dana Tsubota, 2002, of Miller Starr Regalia in Walnut Creek, will be partner effective Jan. 1. Tsubota specializes in commercial litigation, including commercial contract disputes, land use and environmental law, construction, product liability, and insurance coverage. |
| Kathleen Lomas, 2002, who previously worked as a contract attorney, has joined Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass as of counsel in the estate planning and tax group, as well as the nonprofit group. |
| Christopher Jew, 2002, has joined De La Housaye & Associates as an associate. Jew focuses on estate planning, conservatorships, probate of estates, and trust administration. |
| Alexandra Atencio, 2003, who specializes in public agency litigation, has been promoted to senior counsel at Hanson Bridgett. |
| Ely Juarez, 2003, has been appointed director of legal and business affairs of South America at Universal Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula. Juarez has managed consulting projects and directed business analysis for top media companies, including MTV, NBC Universal, and Discovery. |
| Anne Cherry Barnett, 2003, has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge as an associate in their litigation practice. |
| Nicholas Boos, 2004, was appointed co-chair of the "Bad Faith Subcommittee" of the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. Boos is an associate at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold. |
| Sharon Owsley, 2004, was honored by The Center for Young Women's Development with a Cheyenne Bell Leadership Award for her work with San Francisco's Back on Track program. |
| Jordanna Thigpen, 2004, has joined Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy as principal. She focuses on complex business litigation, securities cases, antitrust, and intellectual property. |
| Casey A. Kaufman, 2004, is named a "Northern California Rising Star" in the 2009 issue of Super Lawyers magazine. Kaufman is an associate in the San Francisco office of The Brandi Law Firm. |
| Shannon White, 2004, has joined Parton Sell Rhoades as an associate. White, who was previously with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, specializes in defense of property owners, shopping centers, hotels, resorts, and spas on premises liability, negligence, and employment claims. |
| Courtney Cruz, 2005, co-authored "Medical Practice," published in the 2008 Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Jury Instructions. |
| Chris Honigsberg, 2005, published an article about domestic violence for the 2008-09 winter edition of the California District Attorney's Association Prosecutor's Brief. The article examined new changes in domestic violence law and problems confronted by California prosecutors. |
| Daniel O'Shea and Valerio Romano, 2005, have created the legal file sharing website ExampleMotion.com, which allows lawyers to share legal documents, trade them for money, store them for free, or request documents from other lawyers. The goal of the website is to create a community where there will be a free flow of legal motions, pleadings, and other documents to make the practice of law more efficient. |
| Kimberly Irish, 2006, works as the program director for Law Students for Reproductive Justice, a national nonprofit network of law students and lawyers that educates, organizes, and supports law students in an effort to protect and expand reproductive rights. In addition, the Cindy Marano Women's Policy Institute, a program of the Women's Foundation of California, selected Irish to be a fellow. |
| Michelle Tschumper, 2006, is engaged to David Nesbett and plans to wed in June 2009. Tschumper is an attorney for the state of Alaska and lives in Anchorage. |
| Emily Compagno, 2006, was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article that discussed the balance of her criminal defense practice and role as an Oakland Raider's cheerleader. |
| Cynthia Lucas, 2006, an attorney at Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group in Santa Monica, Rene Munoz 2006, a criminal defense attorney at Wallin & Klarich in Ventura, and Hugo Tzec 2008, an attorney for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local District 12 in Pasadena,attended the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County's 49th Annual Installation of Officers and Awards Gala in January. |
| Jason Fellner, 2006, co-authored "California's Prop. 65: Is It Worth The Fight?," published on Law360. The article, which is available online here, provides information on Prop. 65 litigation and its impact on companies doing business in California. Fellner is an attorney at Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, P.C. in San Francsco. |
| Charlotte Westfall, 2006, is the co-author of "Chinese Monopoly Law: A Practical Guide," with Professor Xue Kepeng of the China University of Political Science and Law, which has been published in Competition (Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section of the California State Bar of California, 2009). Westfall is an associate at Saveri & Saveri in San Francisco. |
| Jason E. Fellner, 2006, co-authored the article "Lawyers are Hungry-Too Hungry, Perhaps," published in the June 15 issue of The National Law Journal. The article, which is available online at www.mpbf.com, provides practical guidelines for attorneys to avoid legal malpractice claims. Fellner is an attorney at Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, P.C. in San Francisco and works in the firm's professional liability group. |
| John Corcoran III, 2007, recently joined Plastiras & Terrizzi in San Rafael. He focuses on general civil litigation, estate planning, business planning and procedure, land use, employment law, environmental law, and real estate law. He continues to serve on the planning commission for the town of Tiburon. |
| Troy Ware, 2007, a staff member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and counsel for Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., was featured in the Congress Daily, a publication of the National Journal. |
| Troy C. Ware, 2007, serves as one of three counsels to Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) on the Senate judiciary committee. His areas of focus include human rights, antitrust, IP, bankruptcy, and communications law. |
| James Kiryakoza, 2008, has been hired as a first-year associate at Townsend and Townsend and Crew. |
| Jennifer Applegate, 2008, and Jennifer Porter 2008 co-authored the University of San Francisco Maritime Law Journal's "Recent Maritime Decisions Within the Ninth Circuit Region." |
| Michael Katz, 2008, co-authored "Privacy Concerns in Google Voice Call Recording" with USF School of Law Adjunct Professor James P. Tuthill. The article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Nov. 5. |
| James Achermann, 2008, authored "Small Gifts and Big Trouble: Clarifying the Taft-Hartley Act," published in the summer 2009 University of San Francisco Law Review. |
| Michael Katz, 2008, authored "Recycling Copyright: Survival & Growth in the Remix Age" in the fall 2008 Intellectual Property Law Bulletin. |
| Manju Ambale, 2008, published the survey "Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.Com LLC 521 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir. 2008)" in the fall 2008 Intellectual Property Law Bulletin. |
| Jeeni Phillips, 2008, has been selected as a Soroptimist International of Modesto's Women of Distinction in the service area of human rights and status of women. |
| Joshua R. Drexler, 2008, has joined Ford & Harrison LLP, a labor and employment firm in Atlanta, as an associate. |
| Jennifer Baker, 2009, authored "A War of Words: How Fundamentalist Rhetoric Threatens Reproductive Autonomy," published in the winter 2009 University of San Francisco Law Review. |
| Cameron Cloar, 2009, published "Through the Price Waterhouse-Looking Glass: Dominance and Oppression Revealed" in the winter 2009 University of San Francisco Law Review. |
| Amanda Pacheco, 2009, authored "Broken Traditions: Overcoming the Jurisdictional Maze to Protect Native American Women from Sexual Violence" in the Journal of Law and Social Challenges. |
| Jan Rachel Reyes, 2009, authored "Deliver Us From Our Protectors: Accountability for Violations Committed by Humanitarian Aid Staff Against Refugee Women and Children" in the University of San Francisco Law Review. |
| Kate Wolf, 2009, became a first-year associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. |
| Alexis Kent, 2009, authored "A Matter of Law: The Non-Violent Homosexual Advance Defense is Insufficient," published in the University of San Francisco Law Review. |
| Heather Osborn Ng, 2009, authored "Targeting Bad Behavior: Why Federal Regulators Must Treat Online Behavioral Marketing as Spyware" in the spring 2009 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal. |