Class Notes Category: Career
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Samantha N. Smith ’13
Samantha N. Smith ’13 has joined International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as an associate in their Dallas office’s complex commercial litigation practice. She focuses on a broad range of complex commercial litigation disputes, including matters involving breach of contract and bankruptcy-related litigation. Smith earned her B.A. in history and her J.D. from…
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Alex C. Nisenbaum ’04, J.D. ’08
Alex C. Nisenbaum ’04, J.D. ’08, has joined Blank Rome LLP’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, enhancing the firm’s privacy, security and data protection practice. He is part of a team that will also establish a new office for Blank Rome in Orange County, Calif. Nisenbaum synthesizes the patchwork of state and federal legal requirements…
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Christina Christie, Ph.D. ’01
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily A. Carter announced the appointment of Christina (Tina) Christie, Ph.D. ’01, as Wasserman Dean of the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies (Ed&IS), effective April 1. A UCLA Ed&IS alumna and faculty member, Dr. Christie is professor of education and has served as interim dean of the school…
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Corinne Lightweaver ’85
Corinne Lightweaver ’85 is the author of a new book, “THE PSYCHE’S GIFTS: Art, Art Making, and the Journey from Mental Illness to Mental Wellness,” with Foreword by Shari Saperstein, Psy.D. The role of art making in healing is increasingly capturing the medical profession’s imagination and the general public’s interest. What are the possibilities for…
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James Azadian ’98
James Azadian ’98 has been appointed by Dykema, a leading national law firm, to co-lead the firm’s national appellate and complex motion practice. Azadian’s practice focuses on complex federal and state court litigation, centered around business and constitutional issues in a variety of industries. Widely published and frequently cited as a leading national authority on…
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Stacy Wise ’92
Stacy Wise ’92 is the author of a newly published novel, “Lie, Lie Again,” released earlier this year by Lake Union Publishing. Wise’s third novel, it is described as “a darkly humorous domestic drama centered around three women who live in the same southern California apartment complex.” Wise received her B.A. degree in communication studies.…
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Lee Goldberg ’85
Lee Goldberg ’85 just published his latest crime novel, “Bone Canyon.” The sixth movie in the MYSTERY 101 series, which he co-created with Robin Bernheim, finished production in Vancouver and is airing on Hallmark. Goldberg earned his B.A. in communication studies.
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Dennis Lyday ’68, M.A. ’72, M.A. ’75
Dennis Lyday ’68, M.A. ’72, M.A. ’75, is a UCLA retiree who was a member of the Student Affairs organization for 30 years, including the last 15 years as Special Assistant to the Associate Vice Chancellor, Student & Campus Life. He also spent many an evening creating works of fiction with, he says, “the hope…
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Vinay Bhupathy ’09
Vinay Bhupathy ’09 has been promoted to partner by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a full-service Global 100 firm with more than 950 attorneys in 15 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Bhupathy is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group and healthcare team and is based in the Century…
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Diana P. Lytel ’02
Diana P. Lytel ’02, a civil litigator and criminal defense lawyer with the firm Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman, based in both Oxnard and Santa Barbara, has been named president of the region’s foremost association for civil defense attorneys. Lytel assumed leadership of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC) on Feb. 5,…