Class Notes Category: Career
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Andrew Choung, J.D. ’99
Andrew Choung, J.D. ’99 has joined the Los Angeles office of Lathrop Gage LLP as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice. Choung’s primary focus is on high-tech, complex patent litigation and strategic counseling, including the development of licensing and monetization programs. He also handles patent trial and appeal board proceedings, such as…
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Brian Casillas ’10
Brian Casillas ’10 has joined Fox Rothschild LLP as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office where he assists clients in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. While in law school, Casillas served as chief note and comment editor of the Loyola Law School Entertainment Law Review. He was previously a judicial…
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Andrew L. Yarrow ’79
The fifth book by Andrew L. Yarrow ’79, “Man Out: Men on the Sidelines of American Life,” will be released in September. The book is a study of the many types of often-ignored struggles of tens of millions of American men — those who are disconnected from work, personal relationships, family and children, and civic…
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Lisa Greer Quateman ’74, J.D. ’78
Lisa Greer Quateman ’74, J.D. ’78 has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) – Southern California Chapter. The NACD is the recognized authority on corporate governance and is comprised of more than 13,000 members from public, private and non-profit organizations. Quateman also serves on a number…
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Franklin Kang ’94
Franklin Kang ’94 has joined Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli as a principal and Chair of the firm’s Korea practice. Kang counsels clients on vital cross-border litigation and transactional matters, and guides them through all stages of litigation, negotiations, transactions and investigations. He has a particular emphasis in patent litigation before U.S. federal courts and…
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Daniel Helman ’94
An article by Daniel Helman ’94, Ph.D., entitled “Galactic Distribution of Chirality Sources of Organic Molecules” has been published in the journal Acta Astronautica. The subject of the article is abiogenesis – the original evolution of life or living organisms from inorganic or inanimate substances. Helman is a UCLA Alumni Association life member.
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Norman L. Epstein ’55, J.D. ’58
Hon. Norman L. Epstein ’55, J.D. ’58, has announced his retirement after 45 years of judicial service, effective Aug. 22. Epstein is currently Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four. After completing law school, as a Deputy Attorney General of California, Epstein represented the People in criminal appeals and was…
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Terry Tumey ’88, MBA ’93
Terry Tumey ’88, MBA ’93 (Gold Member), a three-time All-Pac-10 defensive lineman at UCLA, has been hired as athletic director by Fresno State University. Tumey had been athletic director at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps since 2016 and previously was athletic director at Dominican University of California and UC Davis. A political science major as an undergraduate, Tumey was…
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Devon Carbado ’91
UCLA School of Law professor Devon Carbado ’91 has been named the 2018–19 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the American Bar Foundation. The appointment is among the highest positions dedicated to the promotion of diversity and equality in the legal profession. Carbado earned his B.A. in history, received his…
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Jane Rosenberg LaForge ’83
The first novel by Jane Rosenberg LaForge ’83, “The Hawkman: A Fairy Tale of the Great War,” will be released June 5 by Amberjack Publishing. The author has previously published two full-length collections of poetry, four chapbooks of poetry, and a memoir. “The Hawkman” is based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale “The Bearskin,” in…