honor roll
2018 HONOR ROLL Zachary Bulthuis (JD 2001) joined Akerman LLP as a partner in their Labor and Employment Practice Group. Bulthuis represents management in labor and employment disputes with clientele ranging from Fortune 500 companies to local businesses and individuals.
Jim Burgess (JD 1990), a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP, was appointed to serve as president of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
David Colgan (JD 2009) co-authored The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet, with environmental economist Magali Delmas.
Gov. Jerry Brown nominated the Hon. Thomas DeSantos (JD 1981), a Kings County Superior Court Judge since 2003, to the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
Cameron Edwards (JD 2017) joined Hadley Bajramovic and will focus on defending people in deportation proceedings before immigration judges and representing clients in appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Federal Courts of Appeal.
Gov. Jerry Brown named the Hon. Miguel T. Espinoza (JD 2007, pictured right with USC Gould Prof. David Cruz) to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench. Judge Espinoza served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney since 2017. He was a deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office from 2008-17.
Mark Finkelstein (JD 1994) joined Umberg Zipser LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, which is dedicated to identifying, procuring, shepherding and defending clients’ intellectual property rights.
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Jessica Ghirado Gordon (JD 2012) was inducted as the president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s (LACBA) Barristers.
The June issue of Los Angeles Lawyer, LACBA’s magazine, featured Maria Hall (JD 2003) and the Hon. Mark A. Juhas who shared their thoughts on the use of limited scope legal assistance.
Whitney A. Hodges (JD 2010) was recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in the field of law in recognition of her role as an attorney at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton LLP.
Olivia Hudnut (JD 2018, pictured) and Talia Yektafar (JD 2018) both received post-graduate fellowships from the California Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (CAL-ABOTA).
The Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) named John Iino (JD 1987) to the LA500, an annual list of the top influencers in the region. Iino is partner and global chair of Diversity & Inclusion at Reed Smith and chair of USC Gould’s Board of Councilors.
Jaime Lee (BA 2006/JD 2009) chief executive of Jamison Realty Inc., was named to the LABJ’s LA 500 list. Lee also serves as president of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors.
The Hon. Nora M. Manella (JD 1975) was appointed presiding justice, Division Four of the Second District California Court of Appeals. Judge Manella has been an associate justice since 2006. Prior to that, she served as a U.S. district judge for the Central District of California, where she sat for eight years.
