Class Notes Category: Career
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Patrick W. Kelly, J.D. ’10
Snell & Wilmer’s California offices announced that Patrick W. Kelly, J.D. ’10, was elected to join the firm’s partnership and Kevin Zen was elected to counsel, effective since January 1, 2019. Kelly’s practice is concentrated in business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis in contract disputes and claims relating to corporate, franchise and partnership disputes,…
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Caitlin Sinclaire Blythe ’06
Caitlin Sinclaire Blythe ’06 has been elected partner at law firm Morrison & Foerster. A member of the Litigation Department, and part of the firm’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, + White Collar Defense, and Investigations + White Collar Defense Groups, Blythe is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on investigations, white collar…
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Jonathan “Jay” Sures ’07
Jonathan “Jay” Sures ’07 was appointed in January to the University of California Board of Regents by Jerry Brown in one of the former governor’s last official acts. Sures is co-president and one of the three managing directors who run and oversee all aspects of leading global entertainment company, United Talent Agency (UTA). Sures oversees…
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Ray Pearl ’91
Ray Pearl ’91 (Life Member) was elected to serve as a member of the Westlake Village, Calif., City Council on November 6, 2018 and was sworn in on December 5, 2018. Additionally, as the Executive Director of the California Housing Consortium, a non-profit organization which strives to overcome the housing crisis facing California’s veterans, seniors,…
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Marcy Miroff Rothenberg ’73
Marcy Miroff Rothenberg ’73 has published “Ms. Nice Guy Lost – Here’s How Women Can Win.” According to its author, “the book weaves women’s personal stories with data and news reports about all the Trump Administration and GOP have done since 2016 to roll back women’s rights, and offers a detailed to-do list for women…
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Jerri Lynn Sparks ’98
Jerri Lynn Sparks ’98 has published her first memoir, “Surviving Madmen: One Woman’s Encounters With A Governor, Two Congressmen, And A Spouse.” Sparks was a congressional press secretary living out her childhood dream in the halls of the U.S. House of Representatives. She had an Ivy League-educated husband and beautiful children with a white picket…
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Rachel Vandenberg, MBA ’91
Rachel Vandenberg, MBA ’91, has been promoted to senior vice president of Dewberry, a privately-held professional services firm, in Dewberry’s Long Beach, California office. Vandenberg’s nearly 30 years of industry experience includes five years’ experience with Dewberry, where she has overseen the growth and expansion of its ports and intermodal practice across the east and…
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Thomas Warriner ’64, J.D. ’67
Following his retirement after nearly 29 years on the California Bench, Life Member Thomas Warriner ’64, J.D. ’67, has become a Neutral with ADR Services, Inc. Warriner, now a Mediator Arbitrator Referee, is associated with the firm’s San Francisco office and handles matters in Northern California. Active in the Alumni Association, he a member of…
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Andrew Ouvrier ’98
Andrew Ouvrier ’98 has joined Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, a full-service law firm focused on real estate in the United States, as a real estate leasing partner. Ouvrier brings more than 15 years of experience in the negotiation and documentation of all types of retail, office and industrial leases to the firm’s Retail Group,…
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Hailyn J. Chen, J.D. ’03
Hailyn J. Chen, J.D. ’03, has been elected as co-managing partner of California-based law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson. Chen’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation and high-profile government and internal investigations. She has represented companies from a broad array of sectors, including Airbnb, Tokyo Electric Power Company, LG Display and the University of California.…