Class Notes Category: Career

Former Douglas County District Judge Michael P. Gibbons ’77 has been selected as the first chief judge of Nevada’s new appellate court. Read official announcement here.

Ilyanne Morden Kichaven ’81, SAG-AFTRA Executive Director and Los Angeles Local, was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors. Read official announcement here.

Snell & Wilmer has announced that Anthony J. Ippolito ’00, has been elected to join the firm’s partnership. Read official announcement here.

Carlos Jimenez ’99, in the Los Angeles office of Littler, has been elevated to shareholder. Read official announcement here.

Gary Kaplan J.D. ’91, chair of Farella Braun + Martel LLP’s Restructuring & Insolvency Group, has been named chair of the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum for a one-year term. Read official announcement here.

Majed Dakak ’03, has been selected as a “Rising Star” lawyer in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine multiple times and now, Majed is a Founding Partner for the law firm Kesselman, Brantly and Stockinger, an anti-trust law firm in Los Angeles.

  Gail Abarbanel ’66, director of the Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, was the recipient of The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club’s Woman of Distinction Award in the same year the center celebrated its 40th anniversary. Read article in the Daily Bruin here.

Frances L. Kern ’06, has joined the Moss & Barnett firm. Read official announcement here.

Duane Morris LLP associate Christopher B. Yeh ’05, accepted the firm’s eighth annual Duane Morris Pro Bono Award on Oct. 26 during the firm’s annual meeting. Read official announcement here.

Matt D. Ober ’82, has recently been appointed to the Executive Committee of the California Legislative Action Committee. Read official announcement here.