Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Anita Meiklejohn, Ph.D. ’87
Anita Meiklejohn, Ph.D. ’87, a Principal in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson P.C., has been named a 2017 “Top Woman of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW) for her “great accomplishments in the legal field.” MLW singles out an elite group of “exceptional” pioneers, educators, trailblazers, and role models for this prestigious award…
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Liz Zadro ’11
Liz Zadro ’12 was featured in the Aug. 14 issue of HomeWorld Business magazine as one of the people to watch in the home goods industry. Zadro, director at Zadro Products, has worked her way up through the family-owned company to her current position, one she said she has been training for since she was…
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Michael Wilhelm, J.D. ’81
Michael L. Wilhelm, J.D. ’81, has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer for the ninth time. Wilhelm is a shareholder in the practice of Walter Wilhelm Law Group, headquartered in Fresno, and has represented lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers in a wide variety of commercial transactions. He organizes corporations, partnerships and…
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Javier F. Gutierrez ’03
Stuart Kane LLP announced that, for the third consecutive year, partner Javier F. Gutierrez ’03 (Life Member) has been selected to the 2017 Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers magazine. Gutierrez helps clients acquire, finance, construct, lease, and dispose of real estate and other corporate assets. He has considerable experience representing Fortune 500…
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Glenna Tolbert ’85
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA announced that Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Dr. Glenna Tolbert ’85 (Gold Member) is the recipient of the 2015-16 Outstanding Problem-Based Learning Tutor Award for Musculoskeletal Medicine. The founder of the Tolbert Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness in Encino, CA, Dr. Tolbert is a double board-certified physician,…
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Chris Wong, M.D. ’93
Bruin Chris Wong, M.D. ’93 (Gold Member) was acknowledged in Fort Worth Magazine as a Top Doctor of 2017. The recognized doctors are orthopedic surgeons who specialize in patients with musculoskeletal disorders from trauma, infections, tumors, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow. Wong is affiliated with…
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David Hamilton, M.S.W. ’89
David Hamilton of New York was recognized for outstanding service to the New York State Board for Social Work by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) during its 2016 Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly, held in November in San Diego, California. Hamilton, executive secretary of the New York State Board for Social Work,…
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Michael W. Folonis, M.A.R. ’94
Bruin Michael W. Folonis received the American Institute of Architects, California Council’s Distinguished Practice Award. The award recognizes significant contributions and accomplishments toward a specific building type or practice area and a career of dedicated commitment to the built environment. This award recognizes an individual architect’s work, their responses to the challenges of an individual…
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Kelly Lytle Hernandez, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ‘02
Bruin Kelly Hernandez, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ‘02 released the exploratory book “City of Inmates” on April 10, 2017 and published by the University of North Carolina Press. The text explains how Los Angeles became the capital city of the world’s leading incarcerator. Marshaling more than two centuries of evidence, historian and Bruin Hernandez unmasks how histories…
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Nicole Crawford ’94
UCLA alumna Nicole Crawford ’94 was among 39 Brooks Pierce attorneys recognized as industry leaders in the 2017 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers. Crawford, who received her bachelor’s degree in 1994, was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” for Employment and Labor. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers in more than 70…