Class Notes Category: Career

Greg Kochanowski has been promoted to Principal Architect at Rios Clementi Hale Studios in Los Angeles, Calif. He joined the firm in 2007 and combines the techniques and strategies of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design to create forward-thinking environments. Kochanowski was a recipient of the prestigious Young Architects Forum Award presented by the Architectural…

Margaret Grignon ‘72, a retired justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, and her daughter Anne Grignon have opened a boutique appellate law firm in Long Beach, Calif. Prior to founding Grignon Law Firm LLP, both were members of the Appellate Practice Group of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles: Justice Grignon as…

David Port ’93 was announced as a new partner at William Blair, a global investment banking and asset management firm. William Blair is an independent and employee-owned firm based in Chicago with offices in 19 cities across the globe. Port will work from William Blair’s Chicago office.

Artist Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik ’93 was commissioned by the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to create an art piece for the new Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Interfaith Center. The work is titled “Tree of Life” and is a vast collage of superheroes – both from comic books and the hospital staff. The tree depicts many well-known…

Edward “Ed” Batts ’95 has joined the Orrick firm as Global Co-Head of its M&A and Private Equity Practice. Ed focuses on M&A and corporate governance for leading public technology companies. He joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he co-chaired the Northern California corporate group. Ed will be based in Orrick’s Silicon Valley office.…

Karen Fukuhara ’14 plays the role of Katana in the Warner Bros. feature “Suicide Squad” (2016). Fukuhara studied both sociology and theater while attending UCLA, and was a member of the UCLA Medleys a cappella group. She is also a martial arts champion. Katana is Fukuhara’s first role in a major motion picture. She is represented…

Brandon Schindelheim ’00 purchased Saxe, Roth, Dokovna, Schwartz & Lynskey, an accounting firm in the San Fernando Valley. Schindelheim acquired the firm from Aran Dokovan, a certified public accountant and attorney, after meeting and bonding at a UCLA football game in 2012. Saxe, Roth, Dokovna, Schwartz & Lynskey provide tax and accounting services for a…

Author Stacy Wise ’92 released Beyond the Stars, a romantic story about a girl who falls in love with a Hollywood actor who also happens to be her boss. While attending UCLA, Wise studied communications and has also received an M.A. in education. She worked as a casting director at Liberman/Hirschfeld casting before pursuing her…