Class Notes Category: Career
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Benjamin C. Lee ’08
Benjamin C. Lee ’08 has joined Downey Brand’s Natural Resource Team. Lee’s areas of concentration are intricate and high-stakes land use and environmental matters. He has represented public agencies on a wide range of environmental and water law issues, including federal and state environmental cost recovery claims and local air quality and water administrative enforcement…
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Angelo Mathay ’07, J.D. ’12
Angelo Mathay ’07, J.D. ’12, has been appointed by Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina to the state’s Human Relations Commission. Mathay works as an administrative judge for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In Washington, D.C., he worked as an associate policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute and as a D.A.C.A. Law…
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Ryan Abbott ’05, M.D.
Ryan Abbott ’05, Esq., M.D., has joined the panel JAMS, the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide. Abbott will serve in London and Los Angeles as an international mediator, arbitrator and special master in a variety of disputes, including business/commercial, education/schools, health care, insurance, intellectual property, international, personal injury/torts, pharmaceutical/mass torts and…
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James Egan, M.F.A. ’85
A new film, “Raise Hell, The Life & Times of Molly Ivins,” produced by James Egan, M.F.A. ’85, will make its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Egan is currently serving as executive director, immersive technology at the Academy of Art University. He is also CEO of Wild at Heart Films, a…
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Christopher Russell, Ph.D. ’68
Christopher Russell, Ph.D. ’68, who came to UCLA as a graduate student in the sixties and never left, is the subject of a recent Forbes Magazine article, in which he discusses his work on some of the most important and high-profile space missions of the last half-century, from Apollo to the recent Mars landing to…
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Melinda Sanes, M.Arch. ’07
Melinda Sanes, M.Arch. ’07, has joined the architectural team at the Raleigh, NC, office of CPL, a full-service design firm that has served public and private-sector clients for more than 40 years. Sanes joins CPL with more than 11 years of architectural experience and most recently served as project architect with Flad Architects. In her…
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Helaina Chinn ’08
Helaina Chinn ’08 has become an associate with Portland law firm Bodyfelt Mount LLP. Chinn practices general civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury and employment matters. Prior to joining Bodyfelt Mount, Chinn acquired a broad base of experience working in government, both small and large law firms, and nonprofits. In California, she practiced…
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Jun Oh, J.D. ’00
Jun Oh, J.D. ’00, has been named Head of Theatrical and Interactive Business and Legal Affairs at media company Skydance. Oh joins Skydance most recently from Global Road Entertainment, where he served as president of business and legal affairs. Prior to Global Road, Oh had an extensive career at Warner Bros. Entertainment, where he rose…
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Alex Scutchfield ’93
Alex L. Scutchfield ’93 has joined the Lexington, Kentucky, office of Reminger Co., LPA. Scutchfield has practiced law in Lexington for the past 21 years. Prior to moving his practice to Reminger, he worked at two large regional firms and was also a founding member of his own firm. Scutchfield has represented insurance, equine, real…
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Guy M. Rodgers ’11, J.D. ’14
Intellectual property attorney Guy M. Rodgers has joined the Los Angeles office of Lathrop Gage as an Associate. He comes to Lathrop Gage from the Intellectual Property department of Glaser Weil LLP. Rodgers earned his bachelor of science degree in cognitive science and worked in the IT industry as a programmer and network administrator, among…