Class Notes Category: Career
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Gail S. Tusan ’78
Gail S. Tusan ’78 has joined the panel of JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services. Tusan brings 35 years of judicial service in various Georgia jurisdictions to her practice at JAMS. Most recently, she retired from her sixth elected term as a superior court judge in Fulton County. During her…
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Franz E. Miller ’71, J.D. ’74
JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of Franz E. Miller ’71, J.D. ’74. The retired judge joined JAMS after 16 years of service on the Orange County Superior Court. His tenure at the court was equally divided between the Family Law Panel and…
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Julie Weiner ’86
Julie Weiner ’86, a former television and software executive who went on to enjoy success as a fundraising professional at UC Santa Barbara, has been appointed chief development officer for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Weiner grew up in Santa Barbara and completed her graduate studies in law, management, and audiovisual communications at Pantheon-Sorbonne…
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Hee Sung Yoon ’02
Selman Breitman LLP has elected Hee Sung Yoon ’02 (Life member) to the firm’s partnership. Yoon, who practices in the firm’s Los Angeles office, represents insurance companies in coverage disputes with their insureds, or co-insurers in the areas of commercial general liability, commercial automobile, professional liability, excess and umbrella coverage. He has represented clients in…
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Noel B. Vales ’92
Robinson+Cole lawyer Noel B. Vales ’92 was installed as President of the Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York (FALA New York) at the organization’s sixth anniversary dinner at Aureole Restaurant in New York City on May 30, 2019. Vales was one of nine founding attorneys of FALA New York, which was established in 2013…
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Amy Sueyoshi, M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’02
Amy Sueyoshi, M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’02, has been appointed dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies (CoES). She is the first woman appointed to the position in the college’s 50-year history and has served as interim dean for CoES since January 2018. “Professor Sueyoshi has done a superlative job leading the college…
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Emily J. (Peacock) Atherton ’02
Emily Atherton ’02 has joined Klinedinst PC Los Angeles as counsel and has been awarded the Martindale-Hubbell® AV®-Preeminent™ designation, the highest honor Martindale can bestow. Atherton’s practice focuses on business, commercial and employment litigation. Before joining Klinedinst, she practiced in a wide range of areas, such as toxic tort, product liability, premises liability, business litigation…
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Maria Strong ’85
Life member Maria Strong ’85 was appointed to serve as Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy and International Affairs at the United States Copyright Office, effective April 23, 2019. Strong earned her J.D. from George Washington University Law School, her M.A. in communications management from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of…
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Laurie Holden ’93
Actress Laurie Holden ’93 stars in the action thriller film “Dragged Across Concrete,” featuring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Michael Jai White and Jennifer Carpenter. Holden received her bacherlor’s degree in theater arts.
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Michael Kao ’01, J.D. ’04
Michael Kao ’01, J.D. ’04 joined the firm Cox, Castle & Nicholson as their general counsel. Kao earned his juris doctor from UCLA School of Law, where he also served as an editor of the UCLA Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in political science.