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Honor Roll Nanette Barragan JD ’05 was elected to the U.S. Congress, representing California’s 44th District. She was sworn into office on Jan. 3, 2017.
BTI Consulting Group named Steve Baumann ’11 a “Client Service All-Star.” Baumann is an associate attorney at Littler, where his practice is focused on complex commercial and employment litigation.
Matthew Belloni JD ’02 was recently named as editorial director at The Hollywood Reporter. On Nov. 8, Palo Alto City Councilor Marc Berman JD ’08 was elected to the State Assembly representing the 24th District. In September, Eric Cheng JD ’10 was named Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he specializes in areas including intellectual property litigation, patent infringement litigation and patentrelated ITC proceedings. Brian Duff JD ’05, a member of the Corporate Department at Latham and Watkins LLP has recently been promoted to counsel. His practice primarily focuses on M&A, representing strategic and private equity buyers and sellers in public and private transactions. The Daily Journal named Robert Dugdale JD ’93, Jackie Lacey JD ’82 and David Willingham JD ’98 to the “Top 100 Lawyers in California 2016.” Lacey also received the Jack Webb Award from the Los Angeles Police Museum.
Hillel Elkins JD ’05 made Partner at Sklar Kirsh LLP’s Entertainment & Media Group in Los Angeles. Previously, he was executive vice president for business and legal affairs at Relativity Media.
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Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP recently hired Casey Flaherty JD ’06 and Darth Vaughn JD ’05 to the firm’s Orange County office. Flaherty, who now serves as of counsel and director of client value focusing on legal delivery systems, recently authored Unless You Ask: A Guide for Law Departments to Get More from External Relationships. Vaughn joined Haight as partner in the Product Liability, Business Solutions, Employment and Labor, Real Estate, and Transportation law practice groups, and director of legal process services. Vaughn and Flaherty are both principals in Procertas, provider of the Legal Tech Assessment (LTA), a metrics and benchmarking tool. Laura Fry JD ’72 recently returned to USC Gould to accept a position as the new director of externship programs. She will also serve as an adjunct assistant professor. Previously, Fry was the director of externships at UC Irvine School of Law.
In September, real estate transactional attorney Owen P. Gross JD ’94 was hired as a Partner at Sklar Kirsh. Urban Land magazine named Javier Gutierrez JD ’07 to its 40 Under 40 list, which recognizes “the world’s best and brightest real estate professionals.” Gutierrez is a partner at Stuart Kane LLP. In December, Sheppard Mullin named Whitney Hodges JD ’07 the 2016 Bob Gerber Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, the firm’s highest pro bono honor. She is a member of Sheppard Mullin’s Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources practice group in San Diego. In June 2016, Nina Huerta JD ’03 made managing partner at Locke Lord LLP. She was recently elected President of the Mexican American Bar Foundation Board, where she will serve with fellow alumna Maria E. Hall JD ’03, attorney development director at the Los Angeles Incubator Consortium, who was elected the Board’s Vice President. In addition, the USC Latino Law Association honored Hall with the Inspirational Alumnus award.
