Class Notes Category: Career
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Christian “Christy” Gray ’93
Jackson Lewis P.C., a law corporation, is pleased to announce Christian “Christy” Gray ’93 has joined the firm’s Honolulu office as an associate. Prior to her work in employment law, Gray was a deputy district attorney in Orange County, California, where she gained valuable trial experience prosecuting a variety of criminal offenses. Gray focuses her…
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Shu-Heng Chen, M.A. ‘91, Ph.D. ‘92
Bruin and Economist Shu-Heng Chen, M.A. ‘91, Ph.D. ‘92 was appointed Vice President of the National Chengchi University in Taipei City, Taiwan. A trained academic, Chen said he is up to the challenges of the new administrative role. His priorities as Vice President are the English Taught Program, the development of higher education and the…
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Eric Tran ’06
The law firm of Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer, Garin, P.C. announced that UCLA alumnus, attorney Eric Tran ’06, has joined the firm’s Las Vegas office. Tran’s practice includes commercial litigation, personal injury, general liability defense, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith litigation and professional liability. Prior to joining the firm, Tran served as corporate counsel for…
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Michele Haydel Gehrke ’98
Michele Haydel Gehrke ’98, a principal of the national law firm Polsinelli, has been selected for inclusion in the first ever “Under 40 Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation, considered by many to be the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys. Gehrke practices in the area of labor and employment, and will be…
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Talar Tavlian ’02
Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the addition of Talar Tavlian ’02 as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Tavlian has broad experience in complex commercial litigation. She has litigated state and federal class actions and cases involving labor and employment, business, product liability and construction claims.…
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Ghazal Tajmiri ’06
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Bruin Ghazal Tajmiri ’06 has joined the firm as an associate in the Corporate Litigation group. Tajmiri joins the firm from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. She concentrates her practice on corporate litigation matters, including copyright and trade secret disputes, consumer and employment class actions, contract disputes,…
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Jonathan Moore, M.F.A. ’03
Jonathan Moore, M.F.A. ’03, recently produced and directed the feature documentary “Coaches’ Wives,” which will be distributed by Novus Content in the fall of 2016. Currently an associate professor of Cinema Arts at Vanguard University, he is in pre-production on his next film, a documentary about African-American entertainers in segregated Las Vegas. Find the film…
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Richard Wyatt ’78
Bruin and artist Richard Wyatt ’78 was featured in KCET’s Artbound, an LA-based television station, highlighting his large-scale art pieces on display in the Los Angeles metro stations. The article includes details regarding Wyatt’s career, including the “Hollywood Jazz” mural he created for the Capitol Records building, and his connection to artist and fellow Bruin May Sun…
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May Sun ’76
Bruin and artist May Sun ’79 was featured in KCET’s Artbound, an LA-based television station, highlighting her large-scale art pieces on display in the Los Angeles metro stations. In the article, Sun discusses her relationship with artist and fellow Bruin Richard Wyatt ’78 as well as describes how her work is a reflection of the local Los…
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Jonpatrick S. Anderson ’79
Dr. Jonpatrick S. Anderson ’79 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law by the University of Southampton, United Kingdom on June 25, 2016.