ALUMNI :: CLASS NOTES
1960 to 1969 John Liebman '61 retired 5 years ago and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico but recently relocated to Marin County with his partner, Bonnie Kohl. He would welcome hearing from his old classmates. Walter Howald '65 was named the 2021 Newport Beach Citizen of the Year. Bob Weeks '67 and his wife Nancy were featured in the “Bruin Spotlight” in the UCLA Alumni Connection newsletter and spoke about their time at UCLA, their lives together, and their support for UCLA and alumni scholarships over the years.
August. He continues his mediation and arbitration practice and is enjoying his now four grandchildren! Kenneth Gibbs '74 successfully mediated a dispute between Kiewit Corp. and the Metropolitan Transit Authority using a seldom-used mediation technique often referred to as a "mini trial". Lynn Miller '74 joined autonomous trucking company Plus as General Counsel. Andrew Guilford '75 was honored by the Orange County Bar Association one year after his retirement as a federal judge.
Allan Morton '68 retired from family law litigation practice and has established a family law mediation practice in Santa Barbara.
Juan Ulloa '75 was featured in an article in the Calexico Chronicle about devising ways to get more people of color into law and onto the bench.
1970 to 1979
Marc Steinberg '75 recently published a new book entitled Rethinking Securities Law.
Steven Yslas '72 received the Ohtli Award presented by the Government of Mexico at the 2021 Hispanic National Bar Association Annual Convention. Arnold Gross '73 was selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for 2022 in plaintiff personal injury, a selection he has received every year since 2008. Gross was selected as a Best Lawyer for 2022 as well. Joe Hilberman '73 announced yet another potential Bruin! His daughter Charlotte gave birth to daughter Ruby in 82 UCLA LAW MAGAZINE | FALL 2021
Norman Tarle '76 joined Judicate West, one of California's leading providers of dispute resolution services. Rickey Ivie '77 was appointed to the Commission on Judicial Performance by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Vincent O'Neill '77 recently retired after a 43-year career, including 28 years on the Ventura County Superior Court.
1980 to 1989 James Ash '81 retired from Husch Blackwell LLP, where he had served in several leadership roles. In retirement, Jim and his wife Pam of 44 years are enjoying their granddaughter, and he continues to serve as an appointee of President
Obama to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. David A. Thompson '83 announced his official retirement from the California Court of Appeals in October. He will be taking a position with JAMS, a private provider of alternative dispute resolution services. Leslie Gilbert-Lurie '84 released an audiobook version of her highlyacclaimed Holocaust memoir Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir. Daniel A. Olivas '84, the award-winning author of nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, shared that Playwrights' Arena announced the cast of his play, Waiting. This is a shorter, pandemic version of his full-length play, Waiting for Godinez. Val Ackerman '85 was elected to the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class. Lolita Buckner Inniss '86 was named Dean of University of Colorado Law School. She will become Colorado Law's first African American dean and second female to lead the school. James M. Burns '86 joined Dykema Gossett PLLC's Business Litigation practice group as a member in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. George Brown '88 was appointed executive director of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice at Stanford Law School.
