Class Notes Category: Career
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Carlos Jimenez ’99
Carlos Jimenez ’99, in the Los Angeles office of Littler, has been elevated to shareholder. Read official announcement here.
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Gary Kaplan J.D. ’91
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.
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Majed Dakak ’03
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.
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Gail Abarbanel ’66
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.
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Frances L. Kern ’06
Frances L. Kern ’06, has joined the Moss & Barnett firm. Read official announcement here.
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Christopher B. Yeh ’05
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.
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Matt D. Ober ’82
Matt D. Ober ’82, has recently been appointed to the Executive Committee of the California Legislative Action Committee. Read official announcement here.
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Loretta Tuell ’92
Greenberg Traurig’s Loretta A. Tuell ’92, has been appointed to Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
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Rosanna Moreno ’02
Miller Morton Attorney Rosanna E. Moreno ’02, has been named co-chair of the Legal & Re-Entry Working Group of the Orange County Veterans and Military Families Collaborative, which provides veterans and military families with services and resources ranging from housing to employment.
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Jennifer Axel ’02
Jennifer Axel ’02, a shareholder of the national law firm Polsinelli and practicing in the firm’s Phoenix office, was recently selected for inclusion in Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2015 in the category of Business Litigation. Axel was elected as a shareholder in November of 2014. Read more about these honors here (for Southwest Super…