Class Notes Category: Career

  • Kavin Panmeechao ’06

    Kavin Panmeechao ’06

    Bruin Kavin Panmeechao ’06 was cast as Lun Tha in “The King and I” staged at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The program will run from Dec. 13, 2016 – Jan. 21, 2017. Panmeechao is a national and regional actor who has performed at the Lucas Theater and the Nuffield Theatre in the…

  • Patricia Kinaga ’75

    Patricia Kinaga ’75

    Bruin Patricia Kinaga ’75 joined LTL Attorneys LLP as a partner in 2016. She focuses her practice on employment litigation, including class actions, representing private and public employers in high-profile cases. Kinaga will serve as co-chair of the firm’s employment and class action litigation group.

  • Amanda Villalobos ’05

    Amanda Villalobos ’05

    Amanda Villalobos ’05 was promoted to counsel at Tucker Ellis LLP. Villalobos focuses her practice on litigation defense and product liability. Her work is concentrated in the area of civil litigation, defending high-profile corporate clients in general liability matters, including pharmaceutical and medical device matters, consumer class actions, and cases involving personal injury and wrongful…

  • Monee Takla Hanna ’05

    Monee Takla Hanna ’05

    Monee Takla Hanna ’05 has been promoted to counsel at Tucker Ellis LLP. Hanna practices primarily in the area of pharmaceutical and medical products liability. She serves on litigation teams in state and federal courts, defending clients in matters involving transdermal drug-delivery systems, pelvic mesh, and cardiac medication actions. Hanna also defends clients in business…

  • Justin Garratt ’04

    Justin Garratt ’04

    Justin Garratt ’04 was promoted to counsel at Tucker Ellis LLP. Garratt focuses his practice on products liability, mass tort and business litigation. He serves on national and local trial counsel teams for clients in industries including aviation, vertical transportation, raw minerals and more. Garratt handles all aspects of the litigation process, from pre-suit evaluation…

  • Kyle Kim, M.B.A. ’08

    Kyle Kim, M.B.A. ’08

    Kyle Kim, M.B.A. ’08 was promoted from senior manager to executive director at the Ernst & Young LLP’s Advisory practice. Kim has nearly two decades of experience serving clients in the banking industry and guiding them through transformation initiatives. He has experience leading cost-saving transformation projects focused on process optimization, work rationalization, resource alignment and…

  • Mike Runfola ’04

    Mike Runfola ’04

    Mike Runfola ’04 was promoted to partner from senior manager at the professional services firm, Ernst & Young. He joined the practice in 2004. Runfola serves companies ranging from private start-ups through the IPO process, to established, publicly-traded global technology brands and is experienced with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, technical accounting topics and international…

  • Troy Foster ’94

    Troy Foster ’94

    Perkins Coie law is pleased to announce that Troy Foster ‘94 has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice. Foster’s practice assists a wide range of corporate and entrepreneurial clients including emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, public companies and investment banks. He counsels clients…

  • Lucas Richman ’84

    Lucas Richman ’84

    Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Lucas Richman ’84 and Albany Records are celebrating the release of a new CD, “IN TRUTH Lucas Richman,” featuring three of Richman’s compositions performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, pianist Jeffrey Biegel, oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida and cellist Inbal Segev. Richman was on the podium for the recording of his…

  • Chantal Rodriguez, Ph.D. ’09

    Chantal Rodriguez, Ph.D. ’09

    Bruin Chantal Rodriguez, Ph.D. ‘09 accepted the position as assistant dean of the Yale School of Drama. She previously worked as the programming director and literary manager of the Latino Theater Company, operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center, a multi-theater complex. As a scholar in the field of Theatre and Performance studies, with a…