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TIMELINE – April 29, 2013: Current Roster of Los Angeles Bet Tzedek Legal Services (TLR Note: notice changes: Eric Goerge- Gone, Holly Fujie- Gone, Munger Tolles’ Friedman- Gone 2. O’Melveny & Myers’ David Lash of State Bar of California Legal Services Trust Fund Commission — itching for a lawsuit — still indifference to conflicts of interest/Lash’s dual role by which Cal Bar funnels questionable money to Bet Tzedek. )

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Jay Abarbanel
RetiredJeffrey I. Abrams
Harder Mirell & Abrams LLPJames N. Adler
Adler ADRAndrea A. Ambrose
Horvitz & Levy

G. Carla Axelrod
Wells Fargo

Arthur H. Bilger
Shelter Capital Partners

Aviva K. Bobb
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Retired

Evan A. Braude
Law Offices of Evan Anderson Braude

Meryl K. Chae
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP & Affiliates

Maren Christensen
Universal Studios

James P. Clark
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Nancy Sher Cohen
Proskauer Rose, LLP

Mark T. Drooks
Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim,
Drooks & Lincenberg

Scott A. Edelman
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Phillip N. Feder
Paul Hastings

Lewis G. Feldman
Goodwin Procter LLP

Michael A. Firestein
Proskauer Rose LLP

Gerald S. Freisleben
Foley/Freisleben LLC

Ira M. Friedman
Friedman & Friedman

Mark J. Friedman
Pinkberry

Terry B. Friedman
JAMS

Marc H. Gamsin
Alliance Bernstein

Lisa Gilford
Alston & Bird

Geoffrey M. Gold
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Glenn Gottlieb
Gottlieb Mediation Services

Gordon A. Greenberg
McDermott, Will & Emery

Howard Grobstein
Grobstein Teeple Financial Advisory Services, LLP

Daniel T. Gryczman
Regent Properties

Carole E. Handler
Lathrop & Gage LLP

Rex Heinke
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Gregory D. Helmer
Helmer & Friedman, LLP

J. Erik Isken
Southern California Edison

Richard B. Jones
Merrill Lynch

Stanley T. Kandel
Retired

David A. Lash, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers

 

 Frank Kaplan
Bingham McCutchen LLPRichard L. Kellner
Kabateck Brown Kellner LLPJeffrey H. Kinrich, C.P.A.
Analysis Group, Inc.Luis Lainer
Lainer Investments

Stanley W. Levy
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

Steven D. Lotwin
Capital Group Companies

Neal R. Marder
Winston & Strawn

Kevin S. Marks
Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.

Frank E. Melton
Littler Mendelson, PC

Linda Michaelson
Sheppard Mullin

Kenneth S. Millman
Millco Investments

Samantha Millman
Millco Investments

Mark A. Milstein
Milstein, Edeleman & Prager

Barton P. Pachino
California State University Northridge
Business Law Department

Scott Packman
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

David J. Pasternak
Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton

Jay Rakow
The Lincy Foundation

Jeffrey E. Resnick
First Property Realty Corporation

Gary D. Roberts
Fox Entertainment Group

Peter K. Rosen
Latham & Watkins LLP

Erin C. Rotgin
Fox International Channels

David J. Schindler
Latham & Watkins

Ronie M. Schmelz
Edwards, Wildman, Palmer, LLP

Robert M. Schwartz
O’Melveny & Myers

Allan Schweitzer
Post Advisory Group, LLC

Brette S. Simon
Bryan Cave

Jeffrey A. Sklar, Esq.
Sklar Kirsch LLP

Glenn A. Sonnenberg
Latitude Management Real Estate Investors

Aaron J. Spiwak
Eisner, Kahan & Gorry

David M. Stern
Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern LLP

Brian A. Sun
Jones Day

Jonathan A. Victor
Balmoral Funds

Michael L. Wachtell
Buchalter Nemer

Leah E. Weil
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

Edward Weiss
TicketMaster

Bruce A. Wessel
Irell & Manella LLP

Michael A. Woronoff
Proskauer Rose LLP


Source @:

http://www.bettzedek.org/about-us/our-board/

Litigant Assails Los Angeles Superior Family Court Judge Holly Fujie [TLR Note:Fujie is a former partner of Buchalter Nemer, where she practiced very little Insurance Fraud — i.e no ongoing involvement in major cases. Her role was to serve as the “token” Asian at Buchalter — an otherwise Jewish firm. Part of “Fig-Leaf” to various financial schemes — as are other Asian-American females misused by others i.e. Ruthe Ashley, Patricia Lee, Leslie Hatamiya, etc. Her concurrent involvement with the State Bar Board of Governors, State Bar Trust Fund Commission, California Bar Foundation, and Bet Tzedek — which obtains money from both Cal Bar Trust Fund and Foundation — highly questionable (ditto, Shabbos goy Rex Heinke — former member of Cal Judicial Council) Especially since also present in the picture are Ronald George, Eric George, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century — a bank owned by Eric George and Alan Rothenberg. Per YR, a) Very clear Dan Dydzak is unlawfully prevented from developing his RICO case against the above, and it is clear someone is leading Dydzak astray. b) if Bet Tzedek is transferring embezzled money out of the US – is probably through Bet Tzedek’s Holocaust litigation c) YR once opined Fujie lacks self-respect and is, unfortunately, an embarrassment and exception to the Japanese culture and tradition.

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How would you like to have her as the judge hearing your case like she is mine? I can tell you first hand she has no clue on family law and has no right to sit on the bench. She can judge others while she herself is being judged?

In reply to “It was revealed today that a former president of the State Bar of California and a U.S. federal judge are accused of conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of a California-based consumer activist.

In her currently-pending litigation, influential consumer activist Erin Baldwin accuses Holly Fujie and U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee of failing to disclose their close personal relationship to her, both separately and independent of one other.

These claims arose when Baldwin, a plaintiff, named Fujie as defendant in a federal court action which was assigned to the courtroom of United States District Court for the Central District of California, Hon. Judge Dolly Gee.

The claim of improprieties, published first by TLR, stems from recently-discovered evidence showing that both Fujie and Gee are members of the federal bar association’s board of directors, and are otherwise heavily involved in promoting each other in various APIA-only entities.

Previously, in a motion filed with the court, Baldwin already questioned Judge Dolly Gee’s impartiality, alleging that Judge Gee was appointed to the bench through the efforts of Holly Fujie — who serves as chairperson of a committee which recommends the appointment of federal judges to California Senator Diane Feinstein.

Baldwin has also pointed fingers at another member of said committee — Holly Fujie’s fellow confederate from Bet Tzedek, Eric George.

The latest allegations came as racial minorities in position of trust are routinely accused of intentional misrepresentation by failing to fulfill their duties to avoid any and all appearance of, let alone real, improprieties, and usually involving entities which are on the receiving end of money from large corporations, and usually utility companies. Most notable of which are “Shakedown Artist” Gwen Moore, Judy Johnson, Leslie Hatamiya, Ruthe Catolico Ashley, Maria Lucy Armendariz-Antonio Villaraigosa, Justice Ming Chin, Alec Chang, Lawrence Yee, former crack-addict Mike Nisperos. Pat McElroy, and U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England.

HOLLY FUJIE – Update

A former partner of Los Angeles-based Buchalter Nemer — who California Governor Jerry Brown appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench under questionable circumstances involving his cousin, former California Public Utility Commissioner Geoff Brown — is accused in federal court of committing myriad financial crimes and acts of fraud.

Documents filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia reveal that Holly Fujie of Los Angeles allegedly engaged in predicate acts of racketeering through and by means of money laundering, mail and bank fraud, as well as conversion of funds.

The lawsuit, filed as a civil-racketeering action by Marina Del Rey-based community activist Daniel Dydzak, also names as a defendant Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles and Eric George — the son of the controversial former chief justice of California, Ronald George.

Both Holly Fujie and Eric George were directors of Bet Tzedek, an entity which obtained millions of dollars from the various trusts funds maintained and operated by the State Bar of California, as well as funds from the California Bar Foundation, where Holly Fujie presently serves as the vice-president.

Both the State Bar of California and the California Bar Foundation are under the direct control of the California Supreme Court.

The various legal trust funds maintained by the State Bar of California are overseen by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission where, coincidentally, Holly Fujie also served as director.

Heading the commission is David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers, another lawyer who is a director of Bet Tzedek, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century Bank — a bank owned by former president of the State Bar of California Alan Rothenberg. Coincidentally, Eric George is part owner of 1st Century Bank.

Dydzak alleges in his lawsuits that part of the millions originated from the State Bar of California and its foundation headed to Bet Tzedek were embezzled by the various actors and were siphoned to off shore bank accounts.

Bet Tzedek is headed by CEO Sandor “Sandy” Samuels — former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — who according to Dydzak was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

According to confidential sources familiar with the situation, Dydzak filed the suit in Washington DC, because he is extremely concerned that given the caliber of the defendants and the fact that they are in control of the justice system in California, they will seek to injure him in various ways, including in seeking to somehow derail the suit.

According to these sources, Tom Layton, investigator from the State Bar of California who is well connected with Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, in the past paid a visit to Dydzak’s neighborhood, and sought to convince his neighbors to falsely accuse Dydzak of various acts of misconduct, including providing improper and unlawful legal counsel.

Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-los-angeles-county-superior-court-judge-holly-fujie-accused-of-misappropriation-of-funds-1350971970.html

TIMELINE November 18, 2007 – Erwin Chemerinsky faces the challenge of drumming up millions to open UC Irvine’s facility in 2009

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One of Erwin Chemerinsky’s jobs as dean of UC Irvine’s new law school will be to create a reputation for legal scholarship for the school. But it’s his other job — chief fundraiser — that will either make or break the fledgling school.

Chemerinsky’s challenge — raising tens of millions of dollars to open the school in 2009, erect buildings and fund an endowment — comes at a time of unprecedented fundraising in higher education, and for law schools in particular.

Although the controversy over Chemerinsky’s recent hiring, firing and rehiring has raised questions about the leadership of UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake, experts in philanthropy say it probably will have little or no effect on raising money.

“If they hadn’t rehired him, the school would have been finished . . . as far as academics is concerned,” said Brian Leiter, a professor of law and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin who blogs on issues affecting law schools. “If anything, the public at large now sees Erwin Chemerinsky as the greatest constitutional scholar of all time because he got so much good press. It might inspire donors.”

What will matter, experts say, is Chemerinsky’s lack of fundraising experience and the fact that UC Irvine’s law school has no alumni whose wallets it can tap.

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UCI already has three such commitments. The foundation of Irvine Co. Chairman Donald Bren gave $20 million, which got him naming rights. The Joan Irvine Smith & Athalie R. Clarke Foundation and Newport Beach attorney Mark P. Robinson Jr. pledged $1 million each.

“What is different for our law school is that for most universities, fundraising depends a great deal on the alumni base,” Chemerinsky said..

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Chemerinsky knows, however, that he will be the de facto development director as founding dean — a role he has never played before.

“I’m not very far along in conversations with donors,” he said. “I’m at Duke this year. I was committed to teach here before accepting the UC Irvine job.

“It’s hard to do that across the country,” Chemerinsky said. “Realistically, I’m not going to be able to be seriously involved in development until we get out there at the end of June. I so look forward to selling my dream to Orange County and Southern California.”

Chemerinsky said he is laying the groundwork for his fundraising effort by recruiting high-profile faculty who will inspire donors.

“We are talking to nine people seriously, all of them big names,” Chemerinsky said. “Our goal is to recruit a faculty equal to any top 10 or 20 law school.”

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Major donations — Source: UC Irvine

Gifts/pledges received by the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Law as of Oct. 7.

$1 million-plus gifts/pledges

Bren Foundation: $20,000,000

Joan Irvine Smith & Athalie R. Clarke Foundation: $1,000,000

Mark Robinson: $1,000,000

Law firm pledges

Allen Matkins: $100,000

Anne Andrews: $100,000

Gibson Dunn: $100,000

Irell & Manella: $100,000

Jones Day Foundation: $100,000

Knobbe Martens: $100,000

Latham & Watkins: $100,000

Morrison & Foerster: $100,000

O’Melveny & Myers: $100,000

Payne & Fears: $100,000

Snell & Wilmer: $100,000

Winthrop Couchot: $25,000

Dorsey & Whitney: $17,500

Law Office of Michael Fields: $1,000

Norman H. Green: $100

Source @: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/nov/18/local/me-uci18

Current List of Trustees of the University of California, Irvine Foundation (TLR Note: Erwin Chemerinsky of Voice of OC ? )

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The Trustees of the University of California, Irvine Foundation are leaders from business, education, philanthropy and the arts:

Dick Ackerman
Partner, Nossaman LLP
   
Amer Boukai ’87
President, Continental Food Management

Richard Bridgford
Partner, Bridgford & Gleason

Jane Buchan
CEO and Managing Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Co. (PAAMCO)

Bruce Cahill
CEO, Founder, and Chairman, Centaur Corporation
   

Ed Chang ’84
Co-Founder, Caymus Medical, Inc.

Hazem Chehabi
President/Owner, Newport Diagnostic Center, Inc.
   
Salma Chehabi
Community Leader,

Michael Drake
Chancellor, University of California, Irvine
   
Joe Dunn
CEO, State Bar of California

John Evans
Sr. Vice President & Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo Bank
   
Doug Freeman
Senior Managing Director, First Foundation Advisors

Ed Fuller
President & CEO, The Group at Laguna
   
Emile Haddad
President & CEO, Five Point Communities

Raouf Halim
CEO, Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
   

Lynette Hayde

Julie Hill
Chairman & CEO, The Hill Company

Phylis Hsia
Community Leader,

Gary Hunt
Partner, California Strategies, LLC
   
Frank Jao
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Bridgecreek Group, Inc.

Steeve Kay
Partner, LBS Investments
   
Rick Keller
Chairman, First Foundation Advisors

Jack Langson
President, Investment Building Group

Gregory Leet
Vice Chancellor | University Advancement, University of California, Irvine

Mohannad Malas
Founder & President, Dana Investments | IRA Capital
   
Chuck Martin
Chairman & CEO, Mont Pelerin Capital LLC

Fariborz Maseeh
Managing Principal, Picoco, LLC
   

Jim Mazzo
President, AMO & Sr. VP, Abbott Labs, Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.

Paul Merage
CEO & Chairman, MIG Real Estate, LLC
   
Mike Mussallem
Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences LLC

Eric Nelson
Nelson Pharmaceutical Research
   
Martha Newkirk
President, Newkirk Enterprises

Dennis Nguyen
Chairman, New Asia Partners Limited
   
Tom Nielsen
President, The Nielsen Company

Jim Peterson
President & CEO, Microsemi Corporation

Bill Podlich
Consulting Managing Director (ret.), Pacific Investment Management Company

Mark Robinson
Senior Partner, Robinson Calcagnie Robinson-RCRSD
   

Ken Rohl
Chairman & Founder, ROHL LLC

Cheryll Ruszat
Executive Director , Montessori Schools of Irvine
   
Richard    
Richard Ruszat
President, Montessori Schools of Irvine

Mike Schulman
Managing Director, H & S Ventures, LLC
   
Gary Singer
Partner, O’Melveny & Myers, LLP

Ted Smith
Chairman & CEO, MIND Research Institute
   
Jim Swinden
The Irvine Museum

Ed Thorp
President, Edward Thorp & Associates, LP
   
Tom Tierney
President, Vita-Tech International, Inc.

Victor Tsao
General Partner, Miven Venture Partners
   
David Tsoong
Chairman & President, Pinnacle Resources International, Inc.

Dean Yoost
Managing Partner (ret.), PricewaterhouseCoppers
   
Tom Yuen ’74
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Source @: http://www.ucifoundation.org/Trustees.aspx

TIMELINE 2012:Asian Pacific American Legal Center Revisited In Order to Tag Duo Munger Tolles & Olson/Southern California Edison, Yet Again (TLR Note:1.Munger/ EDISON – Work In Pairs 2.Asians $$$ Utility Companies)

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APALC

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) of Southern California is founded with Stewart Kwoh as the Executive Director.

Executive Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Members at Large

  • Michael J. Brennan

    Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Foundation
  • Paul S. Chan, Esq.

    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg
  • Shirley S. Cho, Esq.

    Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
  • Fung Der

    Bank of America
  • Leslie Furukawa, Esq.

    Gomez & Furukawa

 

  • Veronica Gutierrez

    Southern California Edison

 

  • Alvin D. Kang

    BBCN Bank
  • Joseph K. Kim, Esq.

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP

 

  • C. David Lee, Esq.

    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

 

  • Stephen C. Lee, Esq.

    BP America Inc.
  • Joseph M. Lumarda

    Capital Guardian Trust Company
  • Timothy J. McCallion

    Verizon
  • Manisha Merchant, Esq.

    Union Bank
  • Loc Nam Nguyen

    Catholic Charities of Los Angeles
  • Mary Jane Perez

    Microsoft
  • Kevin M. Tamaki

    AT&T
  • Dennis Uyemura

    California Bank & Trust
  • Jack S. Yeh, Esq.

    Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Source:

http://www.apalc.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors

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California Bar Foundation

Board of Directors

Mary Ann Todd
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Richard Tom
Southern California Edison

Douglas A. Winthrop, President
Arnold & Porter LLP

Hon. Holly J. Fujie, Vice President
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Joan Kupersmith Larkin, Vice President
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Frederick Brown, Secretary
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

David Grove, Treasurer
Vaquero Capital

Sonia Gonzales, Executive Director
California Bar Foundation

Raul Ayala
Office of the Federal Public Defender

Ronald L. Blanc
Arnold & Porter LLP

Debora Buljat
General Dynamics NASSCO

Alec Y. Chang
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

S. Raj Chatterjee
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Julia De Beers
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Hon. Marguerite D. Downing
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

Nancy L. Fineman
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy

Sandra S. Fujiyama
Sidley Austin LLP

Steven H. Goldberg
Downey Brand

Martha K. Gooding
Jones Day

Dean Hansell
Hogan Lovells LLP
   
Ray Hartman
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Geoffrey Holtz
Bingham McCutchen LLP

Robert D. Infelise
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP

Paul V. Konovalov
Latham & Watkins LLP

Justin T. Miller
BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Amy M. Ross
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Thomas Silk
SILK NONPROFIT LAW

Dianne Baquet Smith
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Jon Streeter
Keker & Van Nest
State Bar President (2011-2012)

Christy Susman
Jack Daniels Properties, Inc.

Julie Taylor
Keesal, Young & Logan

Paul Tepper
Western Center on Law and Poverty

Karen E. Walter
Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Nancy Whang
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Shawn Williams
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Source:

http://www.calbarfoundation.org/board.html

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Center for Asian-American United for Self Empowerment (“CAUSE”)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fred Rowley — Munger Tolles & Olson

Ben Wong — Southern California Edison

Complete list, please see @

http://www.causeusa.org/index.php/about/board-of-directors

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Fred Rowley —  As the wide network of Asian Pacific Islanders (“API”) operatives allegedly involved in myriad financial schemes on behalf of utility companies and their law firms continue to grow, a new wrinkle was recently added as California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin’s tenure has been shaken by revelations of alleged bribery by Edison International (“EIX”), Southern California Edison (“SCE”), and the law firm which represents them — Munger Tolles & Olson (“MTO”).


Fred Rowley of Munger Tolles & Olson who allegedly served as the middleman and conduit of bribes in his capacity as director of CAUSE. Once caught, Rowley conspired with Justice Chin, MTO, SCE, and others to defraud and mislead the California Commission on Judicial Performance. According to MTO, Rowley is a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He also serves on the boards of directors of CAUSE, a non-profit that promotes Asian-Americans in politics. (image: courtesy of MTO)

A source familiar with the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity, maintain that “overwhelming and undisputed” evidence shows that for a period of several years, both SCE and MTO poured large amounts of money into a questionable non-profit entity for which Justice Chin served as an official adviser, albeit secretly so.

The non-profit at issue is Pasadena-based Center for Asian-American United for Self Empowerment (“CAUSE”), which allegedly spends the money it collects for the purpose of voter-registration of API, as well as to lobby for furthering the appointments of APIs to various governmental positions.

While Justice Chin’s clandestine involvement with CAUSE began in approximately 2004, the source maintain the inquiry is focused on the years prior to the recent election by which Justice Chin was up for re-election, and during the time period one alleged wrongdoer – API Fred Rowley of MTO – served as the middleman and conduit of bribes in his capacity as director of CAUSE.

This, according to the source, creates not only the appearance of improprieties but actual misconduct as bestowing anything of value on a judicial officer by SEC and MTO to sponsor an entity which will register as many as APIs as possible who would, in turn, vote for the retention of Chin in the upcoming election, is prohibited.

As mentioned earlier, Justice Chin abruptly quit CAUSE in the midst of an inquiry by the California Commission on Judicial Performance subsequent to a complaint which alleged that Chin’s long-standing involvement with the entity — which caters exclusively to APIs — is prohibitive due to CAUSE’s invidious discrimination against those who are non-API. At that time, those were the only allegations lodged, and no mention was made of alleged improprieties by EIX, SCE, or MTO.

Please continue @:

http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2012/09/03/amid-allegations-of-bribery-call-fo…

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The Man Behind the Curtain — Director of Southern California Edison Ron Olson of Munger Tolles & Olson

GOOD Ol’ BOYS

Ronald Leroy Olson is a man proud of his humble Iowa background. Like his two close friends and business partners from across the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska — Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger –Olson prefers to not flash his wealth and engage in conspicuous consumption.

Ronald L. Olson of Munger Tolles & Olson
Ronald L. Olson (image:courtesy)

Given the opportunity, Olson will boast about his upbringing in Iowa, which he claims instilled in him an honest work ethic. To hear him talk, one would often believe that Olson is a good-ol’ country farmer who sweats profusely while tilling the land and fears the limelight lest it fade his suit, rather than the shrewd, well-connected attorney who sits on the board of Berkshire Hathaway, Edison International, Southern California Edison, City National Corporation, The Washington Post Company, Western Asset Trusts, RAND Corporation, the Mayo Clinic, and the Council of Foreign Relations, or the attorney who in his spare time practices law out of Los Angeles-based Munger Tolles Olson on behalf of Berkshire Hathaway, Edison International, Southern California Edison, Western Asset Trust, and many other entities such as The Yucaipa Company, Hollywood studios, and other major banks and utility companies.

A similar tactic is used by Warren Buffett, who portrays himself as the harmless average Joe who drinks 5 cans of Cherry Coke a day and spends his time playing bridge. Gold? That’s for Jews to sew into their garments, Charlie Munger declared recently. We are into value investing in productive and honest businesses. Greed ? Speculation? Hollywood? Churning ? Control and influence over banks, monetary policies, the media, utilities, and the government? Not us, no sirree Bob.

Please continue @:

http://lesliebrodie.blog.co.uk/2012/08/27/copy-of-san-diego-reader-depublishe…

 

California Public Utility Commission’s Michael Peevey,Geoffrey Brown,Jon Streeter,Loretta Lynch,Jerry Falk,Nancy McFadden,Ophelia Basgal, Peter Arth Hereby Asked to Disclose Reason Gary Cohen Represents CPUC while Employed at Department of Insurance?

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Gary M. Cohen served as Chief Legal Advisor to Commission President Loretta Lynch and the 5 member Public Utilities Commission from March 2001 to April 2003 (2 years 2 months).

Please see @:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cohen/7/898/a0a

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Yet, a year later, in February of 2004, Mr. Gary Cohen “enterned an appearance” in various cases, shown below. Was it part of an overall collusive litigation scheme?

PUB. UTILS. COMM’N OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. FERC, 02-1358

 

Appellate Information

  • Argued 02/26/2004
  • Decided 05/14/2004
  • Published 05/14/2004

Judges

  • Before:  SENTELLE, RANDOLPH, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States DC Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Todd Edmister argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs was Arocles Aguilar.  Gary M. Cohen entered an appearance.

Source:

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/summary/opinion/us-dc-circuit/2004/05/14/123251.html

 

PG&E CORP. v. PUB. UTILS. COMM’N (OFFICE OF RATEPAYER ADVOCATES), A099858, A099863, A099864, A100892, A100895, A100896, A100897

Read PG&E CORP. v. PUB. UTILS. COMM’N (OFFICE OF RATEPAYER ADVOCATES), A099858, A099863, A099864, A100892, A100895, A100896, A100897

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The Commission has jurisdiction over a holding company to enforce conditions that it imposes pursuant to its statutory authority to approve applications by public utilities for certain mergers, acquisitions, changes in control, or issuances of securities.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 05/21/2004
  • Published 05/21/2004

Judges

  • JONES, P.J.

Court

  • California Court of Appeal

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  •  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Frederick Brown, William F. Alderman, Howard M. Ullman, David T. Alexander, Joseph M. Malkin;  Bruce Worthington, Gary P. Encinas, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner PG & E Corporation., Munger Tolles & Olson, Henry Weissmann, Jeffrey L. Bleich, San Francisco, CA, Beong-Soo Kim, Los Angeles, CA, Barbara E. Mathews, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Edison International., David E. Van Iderstine, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Southern California Edison Company., O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA;  John R. Light, Los Angeles, CA, David B. Follet, David J. Gilmore, for Petitioner Sempra Energy., Roger J. Peters, Christopher J. Warner, Michelle L. Wilson, Shirley A. Woo;  Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Jonathan P. Hayden, Sheldon H. Jaffe, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company., O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner San Diego Gas and Electric Company.,  Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, David F. Campos, Joseph Peter Como, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest City and County of San Francisco., Matthew Eric Freedman, San Franciscon, CA, for Real Party in Interest The Utility Reform Network.

  • For Appellees:
  • Lionel B. Wilson, Gary M. Cohen, Mary F. McKenzie, Mary M. Adu, Dale Holzschuh, Laurence G. Chaset, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent

    • Source: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/summary/opinion/ca-court-of-appeal/2004/05/21/1234…

     

     

     

     

     

    Linkedin Profile of Gary M. Cohen (TLR Note: Notice CPUC, Keker, Sonnenschein — Part of CPUC Suit in 2004 while working for DOI)

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    Gary Cohen’s Overview

    Current

            Director at Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

    Past

            General Counsel at California Health Benefit Exchange
            Director, Oversight Group at Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, CMS/HHS
            Chief of Staff at Office of Congressman John Garamendi (CA-10)

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    Education

            Stanford University Law School
            Brown University
            Fieldston School

    Connections

        352 connections

    Gary Cohen’s Experience
    Director
    Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

    August 2012 – Present (4 months) Washington, DC
    General Counsel
    California Health Benefit Exchange

    June 2012 – August 2012 (3 months) Sacramento, California Area
    Director, Oversight Group
    Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, CMS/HHS

    June 2010 – June 2012 (2 years 1 month)

    Implement, monitor compliance and enforce the provisions of the Affordable Care Act with respect to health insurers
    Chief of Staff
    Office of Congressman John Garamendi (CA-10)

    February 2009 – June 2010 (1 year 5 months)

    I am Chief of Staff to Congressman John Garamendi (D-10 CA)
    Partner
    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

    Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry

    December 2008 – February 2010 (1 year 3 months)

    Member of the Insurance Regulatory Practice in San Francisco office
    Deputy General Counsel, Vice President and Chief Counsel, Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.
    Allianz of America

    July 2007 – October 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    Responsible for managing attorneys at Allianz of America and Fireman’s Fund. Also responsible for managing state government affairs at both companies.
    Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel
    California Department of Insurance

    2003 – 2007 (4 years)

    Served under Insurance Commissioners John Garamendi and Steve Poizner. Chief Legal Advisor to the Commissioner and his Executive Staff. Managed 90-lawyer Legal Division. Carried out reforms in the life, property/casualty and title insurance industries.
    General Counsel
    California Public Utilities Commission

    Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Utilities industry

    March 2001 – April 2003 (2 years 2 months)

    Chief Legal Advisor to Commission President Loretta Lynch and the 5 member Public Utilities Commission. Managed 60-lawyer Legal Division. Principally responsible for the Commission’s legal response to the state’s energy crisis and the insolvency of its two major public utilities.
    Partner
    Keker & Van Nest

    Partnership; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry

    January 1985 – March 2001 (16 years 3 months)

    Represented individuals and businesses in complex civil and criminal litigation. Specialized in financial fraud, class action defense, intellectual property
    Scholar: United Nations Asia & Far East Institute for Prevention of Crime & Treatment of Offenders
    Henry Luce Scholar

    1982 – 1983 (1 year) Tokyo, Japan

    Source:

    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cohen/7/898/a0a

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    Gary Martin Cohen – #117215

    Current Status:  Active

    This member is active and may practice law in California.

    See below for more details.

    Profile Information

    The following information is from the official records of The State Bar of California.

    Bar Number: 117215    
    Address: 2066 Asilomar Dr
    Oakland, CA 94611
    Map it    		 Phone Number: Not Available
    Fax Number: Not Available
    e-mail: Not Available 
    County: Alameda
    		 Undergraduate School: Brown Univ; Providence RI
    District: District 1    
    Sections: None Law School: Stanford Univ Law School; Stanford CA

    Source:

    http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/117215

     

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    PG & E CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; Office of Ratepayer Advocates et al., Real Parties in Interest. [And five other cases.].

    Nos. A099858, A099863, A099864, A100892, A100895, A100896, A100897.

    — May 21, 2004

     Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Frederick Brown, William F. Alderman, Howard M. Ullman, David T. Alexander, Joseph M. Malkin;  Bruce Worthington, Gary P. Encinas, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner PG & E Corporation.Munger Tolles & Olson, Henry Weissmann, Jeffrey L. Bleich, San Francisco, CA, Beong-Soo Kim, Los Angeles, CA, Barbara E. Mathews, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Edison International.David E. Van Iderstine, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Southern California Edison Company.O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA;  John R. Light, Los Angeles, CA, David B. Follet, David J. Gilmore, for Petitioner Sempra Energy.Roger J. Peters, Christopher J. Warner, Michelle L. Wilson, Shirley A. Woo;  Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Jonathan P. Hayden, Sheldon H. Jaffe, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company.O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner San Diego Gas and Electric Company.Lionel B. Wilson, Gary M. Cohen, Mary F. McKenzie, Mary M. Adu, Dale Holzschuh, Laurence G. Chaset, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, David F. Campos, Joseph Peter Como, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest City and County of San Francisco.Matthew Eric Freedman, San Franciscon, CA, for Real Party in Interest The Utility Reform Network.

     

    Carol Watts Avers Dydzak Dismissed Case Against Joe Dunn as Judge Manuel Real Set to Rule on Motions (TLR Note: which pebble in shoe prompts Watts to obsess with Dydzak’s legal journey?)

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    One Carol Watts wrote: “Dydzak’s RICO case filed in DC District court is now pending before Judge Real in the Central District and scheduled for dismissal on Oct 29, 2012. Dydzak v Dunn was voluntarily dismissed by Dydzak after Def’s filed motions to have him deemed vexatious in the state court.”

    Watts commnet comes on the heel of report that former partner of Los Angeles-based Buchalter Nemer — who California Governor Jerry Brown appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench under questionable circumstances involving his cousin, former California Public Utility Commissioner Geoff Brown — is accused in federal court of committing myriad financial crimes and acts of fraud.

    Documents filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia reveal that Holly Fujie of Los Angeles allegedly engaged in predicate acts of racketeering through and by means of money laundering, mail and bank fraud, as well as conversion of funds.

    The lawsuit, filed as a civil-racketeering action by Marina Del Rey-based community activist Daniel Dydzak, also names as a defendant Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles and Eric George — the son of the controversial former chief justice of California, Ronald George.

    Both Holly Fujie and Eric George were directors of Bet Tzedek, an entity which obtained millions of dollars from the various trusts funds maintained and operated by the State Bar of California, as well as funds from the California Bar Foundation, where Holly Fujie presently serves as the vice-president.

    Both the State Bar of California and the California Bar Foundation are under the direct control of the California Supreme Court.

    The various legal trust funds maintained by the State Bar of California are overseen by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission where, coincidently, Holly Fujie also served as director.

    Heading the commission is David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers, another lawyer who is a director of Bet Tzedek, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century Bank — a bank owned by former president of the State Bar of California Alan Rothenberg. Coincidentally, Eric George is part owner of 1st Century Bank.

    Dydzak alleges in his lawsuits that part of the millions originated from the State Bar of California and its foundation headed to Bet Tzedek were embezzled by the various actors and were siphoned to off shore bank accounts.

    Bet Tzedek is headed by CEO Sandor “Sandy” Samuels — former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — who according to Dydzak was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

    According to confidential sources familiar with the situation, Dydzak filed the suit in Washington DC, because he is extremely concerned that given the caliber of the defendants and the fact that they are in control of the justice system in California, they will seek to injure him in various ways, including in seeking to somehow derail the suit.

    According to these sources, Tom Layton, investigator from the State Bar of California who is well connected with Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, in the past paid a visit to Dydzak’s neighborhood, and sought to convince his neighbors to falsely accuse Dydzak of various acts of misconduct, including providing improper and unlawful legal counsel.

    Additionally, the suit also names as defendants Keker & Van Nest and partner Matt Werdegar — who allegedly run the San Francisco law firm as a criminal racketeering enterprise.

    The suit contends that named partner John Keker participated and was well aware of the surreptitious and conspiratorial alliances and unlawful agreements.
     
    Matt Werdegar is the son of the former CEO of San Francisco-based Institute on Aging David Werdegar who abruptly quit his position earlier this year amid reports of alleged financial improprieties.

    In a separate suit, Dydzak’s averred that California Supreme Court Justice  Kay Werdegar failed to inform interested parties of the fact that entities such as brokerhouse Charles Schwab and law firm Morrison & Foerster, for example, are major donors to the IOA, totaling tens of thousands of dollars.

    Dydzak further alleges that Justice Werdegar’s failure to take these steps stemmed from a civil conspiracy entered into by the various parties (and specifically Charles Schwab and David Werdegar), by which Justice Werdegar would rule against Dydzak, ipso facto preventing him from further developing the case against Charles Schwab, because further actions by him would have exposed Charles Schwab’s various alleged unlawful activities; at the same time, ruling against Dydzak enriched her husband, David Werdegar, financially — and, by extension, enriched her as well.

    United States filed a fraud lawsuit against Bank of America In Re Countrywide Scheme(TLR Note:1- BofA- Berkshire Hathway-MTO2- Bet Tzedek-Samuels – Extortionist Eric George Connection)

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    The United States filed a fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp, accusing it of causing taxpayers more than $1 billion of losses by selling thousands of toxic mortgage loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

     Wednesday’s case, originally brought by a whistleblower, is the U.S. Department of Justice’s first civil fraud lawsuit over mortgage loans sold to the big mortgage financiers, which were bailed out in 2008.

     It also compounds the legal problems that Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan faces over the second-largest U.S. bank’s disastrous 2008 purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp, once the nation’s largest mortgage lender.

     According to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Countrywide in 2007 invented a scheme known as the “Hustle” to speed up processing of residential home loans.

     Operating under the motto “Loans Move Forward, Never Backward,” mortgage executives tried to eliminate “toll gates” designed to ensure that loans were sound and not tainted by fraud, the government said.  Please continue @: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-bankofamerica-fraud-lawsuit-idUS…

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    A former partner of Los Angeles-based Bushmaster Nemer — who California Governor Jerry Brown appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench under questionable circumstances involving his cousin, former California Public Utility Commissioner Geoff Brown — is accused in federal court of committing myriad financial crimes and acts of fraud.

    Documents filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia reveal that Holly Fujie of Los Angeles allegedly engaged in predicate acts of racketeering through and by means of money laundering, mail and bank fraud, as well as conversion of funds.

    The lawsuit, filed as a civil-racketeering action by Marina Del Rey-based community activist Daniel Dydzak, also names as a defendant Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles and Eric George — the son of the controversial former chief justice of California, Ronald George.

    Both Holly Fujie and Eric George were directors of Bet Tzedek, an entity which obtained millions of dollars from the various trusts funds maintained and operated by the State Bar of California, as well as funds from the California Bar Foundation, where Holly Fujie presently serves as the vice-president.

    Both the State Bar of California and the California Bar Foundation are under the direct control of the California Supreme Court.

    The various legal trust funds maintained by the State Bar of California are overseen by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission where, coincidentally, Holly Fujie also served as director.

    Heading the commission is David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers, another lawyer who is a director of Bet Tzedek, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century Bank — a bank owned by former president of the State Bar of California Alan Rothenberg. Coincidentally, Eric George is part owner of 1st Century Bank.

    Dydzak alleges in his lawsuits that part of the millions originated from the State Bar of California and its foundation headed to Bet Tzedek were embezzled by the various actors and were siphoned to off shore bank accounts.

    Bet Tzedek is headed by CEO Sandor “Sandy” Samuels — former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — who according to Dydzak was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

    According to confidential sources familiar with the situation, Dydzak filed the suit in Washington DC, because he is extremely concerned that given the caliber of the defendants and the fact that they are in control of the justice system in California, they will seek to injure him in various ways, including in seeking to somehow derail the suit.

    According to these sources, Tom Layton, investigator from the State Bar of California who is well connected with Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, in the past paid a visit to Dydzak’s neighborhood, and sought to convince his neighbors to falsely accuse Dydzak of various acts of misconduct, including providing improper and unlawful legal counsel.

    Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-los-angeles-county-superior-court-judge-holly-fujie-accused-of-misappropriation-of-funds-1350971970.html

     

    EXTORTION BY ERIC GEORGE

    As was reported earlier, Det. Rodney Wagner of the Sheriff’s Department stated his view that the department’s six-month investigation turned up evidence of “implied threats” against the actor by Oksana Grigorieva and her lawyers.

    He wrote that he found support for three separate extortion charges in Grigorieva’s e-mails to Gibson and in a March 2010 meeting in which her lawyers, Eric George and Sonia Y. Lee, talked with Gibson’s representatives about how disclosure of the tapes and photos would “ruin” his career.

    “By discussing the potential damage to Mr. Gibson’s career if the ‘evidence’ were to be released to the public … it was my opinion, that constituted an implied threat,” Wagner wrote.

    George, who was Grigorieva’s lead attorney in the negotiations, is the son of the state’s former chief justice and a campaign fundraiser for Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley. He hosted a $500-per-person cocktail party at his Beverly Hills home in August for Cooley’s unsuccessful race for attorney general and donated $6,500 to his campaign. He declined to comment.

    Grigorieva’s current attorney, Daniel Horowitz, said Wagner had mistaken bare-knuckles legal negotiations for a crime.

    “Lawyering is a very tough business,” he said.

    See source @: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/22/local/la-me-0322-gibson-extortion-201…

     

     

    Examination Underway to Explore Viability of Suit Against Eric George for Penal Code Violation for Alleged Extortion of Actor Mel Gibson

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    A “painstaking” examination into “standing” has begun in seeking to hold Eric George of Browne George & Ross civily liable for the crime of extortion/attempted extortion inflicted on actor Mel Gibson.

    Said suit will be civily prosecuted pursuant to holding in the case of Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc.

    AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAW:

    Source: http://www.dailyjournal.com/cle.cfm?show=CLEDisplayArticle&qVersionID=121…

    California’s unfair competition law prohibits “any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising.” (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200.)  And under this law, a practice can be prohibited as unfair or deceptive even if not unlawful, and vice versa. (Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Tel. Co., 20 Cal. 4th 163 (1999).)  For example, a plaintiff’s allegations that a defendant used incomplete and misleading illustrations to sell universal life insurance policies may be actionable under the unfair competition law absent any claim that such conduct violated any regulation or statute. (Wilner v. Sunset Life Ins. Co., 78 Cal. App. 4th 952 (2000).)

    An unlawful business practice can be “anything that can properly be called a business practice and that at the same time is forbidden by law.” (Summit Tech., Inc. v. High-Line Med. Instruments Co., 933 F. Supp. 918 (C.D. Cal. 1966) and Wilner, 78 Cal. App. 4th 952.)

    This prong of the unfair competition law allows a plaintiff to enforce a broad array of state and federal statutes, including consumer-protection statutes (Walker v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 98 Cal. App. 4th 1158 (2002) (Cal. Civ. Code § 2954.4); antidiscrimination statutes (Reese v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 73 Cal. App. 4th 1225 (1999), (Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51-51.4)); criminal statutes (Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc., 17 Cal. 4th 553 (1998), (Cal. Penal Code § 308); and environmental statutes (Hewlett v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp., 54 Cal. App. 4th 499 (1997), (Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 4511).)

    Source: http://www.dailyjournal.com/cle.cfm?show=CLEDisplayArticle&qVersionID=121…

    See also @: http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/stop-youth-addiction-inc-v-lucky-stores-in…

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    According to the Los Angeles Times, Det. Rodney Wagner of the Sheriff’s Department stated his view that the department’s six-month investigation turned up evidence of “implied threats” against the actor by Oksana Grigorieva and her lawyers.

    He wrote that he found support for three separate extortion charges in Grigorieva’s e-mails to Gibson and in a March 2010 meeting in which her lawyers, Eric George and Sonia Y. Lee, talked with Gibson’s representatives about how disclosure of the tapes and photos would “ruin” his career.

    “By discussing the potential damage to Mr. Gibson’s career if the ‘evidence’ were to be released to the public … it was my opinion, that constituted an implied threat,” Wagner wrote.

    George, who was Grigorieva’s lead attorney in the negotiations, is the son of the state’s former chief justice and a campaign fundraiser for Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley. He hosted a $500-per-person cocktail party at his Beverly Hills home in August for Cooley’s unsuccessful race for attorney general and donated $6,500 to his campaign. He declined to comment.

    Grigorieva’s current attorney, Daniel Horowitz, said Wagner had mistaken bare-knuckles legal negotiations for a crime.

    “Lawyering is a very tough business,” he said.

    See source @: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/22/local/la-me-0322-gibson-extortion-201…

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    Eric George — the son of the controversial former chief justice of California, Ronald George, is presently a defendant in a civil-racketeering action by Marina Del Rey-based community activist Daniel Dydzak.  Also named as defendant are Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles and Holly Fujie.

    Both Holly Fujie and Eric George were directors of Bet Tzedek, an entity which obtained millions of dollars from the various trusts funds maintained and operated by the State Bar of California, as well as funds from the California Bar Foundation, where Holly Fujie presently serves as the vice-president.

    Both the State Bar of California and the California Bar Foundation are under the direct control of the California Supreme Court.

    The various legal trust funds maintained by the State Bar of California are overseen by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission where, coincidentally, Holly Fujie also served as director.

    Heading the commission is David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers, another lawyer who is a director of Bet Tzedek, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century Bank — a bank owned by former president of the State Bar of California Alan Rothenberg. Coincidentally, Eric George is part owner of 1st Century Bank.

    Dydzak alleges in his lawsuits that part of the millions originated from the State Bar of California and its foundation headed to Bet Tzedek were embezzled by the various actors and were siphoned to off shore bank accounts.

    Bet Tzedek is headed by CEO Sandor “Sandy” Samuels — former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — who according to Dydzak was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

    According to confidential sources familiar with the situation, Dydzak filed the suit in Washington DC, because he is extremely concerned that given the caliber of the defendants and the fact that they are in control of the justice system in California, they will seek to injure him in various ways, including in seeking to somehow derail the suit.

    According to these sources, Tom Layton, investigator from the State Bar of California who is well connected with Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, in the past paid a visit to Dydzak’s neighborhood, and sought to convince his neighbors to falsely accuse Dydzak of various acts of misconduct, including providing improper and unlawful legal counsel.

    Source: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-los-angeles-county-superior-court-judge-holly-fujie-accused-of-misappropriation-of-funds-1350971970.html

    LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE HOLLY FUJIE ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

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    A former partner of Los Angeles-based Buchalter Nemer — who California Governor Jerry Brown appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court bench under questionable circumstances involving his cousin, former California Public Utility Commissioner Geoff Brown — is accused in federal court of committing myriad financial crimes and acts of fraud.

    Documents filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia reveal that Holly Fujie of Los Angeles allegedly engaged in predicate acts of racketeering through and by means of money laundering, mail and bank fraud, as well as conversion of funds.

    The lawsuit, filed as a civil-racketeering action by Marina Del Rey-based community activist Daniel Dydzak, also names as a defendant Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles and Eric George — the son of the controversial former chief justice of California, Ronald George.

    Both Holly Fujie and Eric George were directors of Bet Tzedek, an entity which obtained millions of dollars from the various trusts funds maintained and operated by the State Bar of California, as well as funds from the California Bar Foundation, where Holly Fujie presently serves as the vice-president.

    Both the State Bar of California and the California Bar Foundation are under the direct control of the California Supreme Court.

    The various legal trust funds maintained by the State Bar of California are overseen by the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission where, coincidentally, Holly Fujie also served as director.

    Heading the commission is David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers, another lawyer who is a director of Bet Tzedek, and Bonnie Rubin of 1st Century Bank — a bank owned by former president of the State Bar of California Alan Rothenberg. Coincidentally, Eric George is part owner of 1st Century Bank.

    Dydzak alleges in his lawsuits that part of the millions originated from the State Bar of California and its foundation headed to Bet Tzedek were embezzled by the various actors and were siphoned to off shore bank accounts.

    Bet Tzedek is headed by CEO Sandor “Sandy” Samuels — former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — who according to Dydzak was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

    According to confidential sources familiar with the situation, Dydzak filed the suit in Washington DC, because he is extremely concerned that given the caliber of the defendants and the fact that they are in control of the justice system in California, they will seek to injure him in various ways, including in seeking to somehow derail the suit.

    Please continue/see source @:

    http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/274891-1350951852-los-angeles-county-superio…

    PG & E CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; Office of Ratepayer Advocates et al., Real Parties in Interest (TLR Note: Notice Henry Weissmann and RS Jeffrey Bleich of Munger Tolles & Olsen)

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    PG CORPORATION v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

    PG & E CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; Office of Ratepayer Advocates et al., Real Parties in Interest. [And five other cases.].

    Nos. A099858, A099863, A099864, A100892, A100895, A100896, A100897.

    — May 21, 2004

     Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Frederick Brown, William F. Alderman, Howard M. Ullman, David T. Alexander, Joseph M. Malkin;  Bruce Worthington, Gary P. Encinas, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner PG & E Corporation.Munger Tolles & Olson, Henry Weissmann, Jeffrey L. Bleich, San Francisco, CA, Beong-Soo Kim, Los Angeles, CA, Barbara E. Mathews, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Edison International.David E. Van Iderstine, Rosemead, CA, for Petitioner Southern California Edison Company.O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA;  John R. Light, Los Angeles, CA, David B. Follet, David J. Gilmore, for Petitioner Sempra Energy.Roger J. Peters, Christopher J. Warner, Michelle L. Wilson, Shirley A. Woo;  Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Jonathan P. Hayden, Sheldon H. Jaffe, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company.O’Melveny & Myers, John W. Stamper, Sharon L. Tomkins, Marc S. Williams, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner San Diego Gas and Electric Company.Lionel B. Wilson, Gary M. Cohen, Mary F. McKenzie, Mary M. Adu, Dale Holzschuh, Laurence G. Chaset, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, David F. Campos, Joseph Peter Como, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest City and County of San Francisco.Matthew Eric Freedman, San Franciscon, CA, for Real Party in Interest The Utility Reform Network.

    I. INTRODUCTION

    Disputing the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC or Commission) over entities other than public utilities, the parent holding companies of California’s three large investor-owned electric utilities seek to be dismissed from a pending PUC proceeding investigating actions taken by the holding companies and their utility subsidiaries during the electricity energy crisis of 2000 and 2001.   The holding companies and their utility subsidiaries also challenge an interim opinion of the PUC interpreting one of the conditions imposed at the time the utilities sought approval to form holding company structures.

    The challenged rulings arise out of an investigation initiated by the PUC during the height of California’s electricity energy crisis in 2001.  (See Cal.P.U.C. Order Instituting Investigation, Investigation No. 01-04-002, 2001 WL 710117 (Apr. 3, 2001) [2001 Cal.PUC Lexis 405] (hereafter Order Instituting Investigation).)   In addition to naming the utilities as parties to the investigation, the PUC also included as parties their parent holding companies-Edison International (EIX), Sempra Energy (Sempra), and PG & E Corporation (PG & E Corporation) (collectively, the holding companies).

    The PUC’s investigation relates back to a series of proceedings in the 1980’s and 1990’s in which California’s investor-owned electric utilities each sought approval to reorganize under a holding company structure, which would permit each utility to become the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company.   The PUC approved the requests of the three utilities-Southern California Edison Company (Edison), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG & E), and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG & E Utility) (collectively, the utilities)-subject to certain conditions referred to as the holding company conditions.   The holding company conditions were intended to protect ratepayers and to address the potential for abuse arising from the holding company structure.

     One of the holding company conditions is the so-called first priority condition, also referred to as the capital requirements condition,1 which in general requires that the holding companies give first priority to the capital requirements of their utility subsidiaries as determined to be necessary to meet their obligation to serve.   The investigation initiated by the PUC in 2001 sought to determine, among other things, whether the holding companies had violated the first priority condition by failing to infuse capital into their financially distressed utility subsidiaries.

    Fundamentally, these seven petitions raise two issues.   The threshold issue is whether the PUC has jurisdiction to enforce the holding company conditions against the holding companies.   The second issue raised by these petitions concerns the PUC’s initial interpretation of the first priority condition.   We have consolidated the three petitions challenging jurisdiction;  we have separately consolidated the four petitions raising substantive issues;  and we have granted a writ of review in each consolidated proceeding.   We now order all seven cases consolidated for purposes of decision.

    On the jurisdictional question, we affirm the PUC’s decisions denying the holding companies’ motions to dismiss.  (Cal.P.U.C. Dec. Nos. 02-01-037 (Jan. 9, 2002) [2002 Cal.PUC Lexis 7] & 02-07-044, 2002 WL 31006238 (July 17, 2002) [2002 Cal.PUC Lexis 430].)   Under the circumstances presented here, the PUC has jurisdiction over a holding company to enforce conditions imposed by the PUC pursuant to its statutory authority to approve applications by public utilities for certain mergers, acquisitions, changes in control, or issuances of securities.  (See Pub. Util.Code,2 §§ 701, 818, 819 & 854.)   On the interpretation of the first priority condition, we conclude the issue is not yet ripe for review.  (Cal.P.U.C. Dec. Nos. 02-01-039 (Jan. 9, 2002) [2002 Cal.PUC Lexis 5] & 02-07-043, 2002 WL 31006348 (July 17, 2002) [2002 Cal.PUC Lexis 440].)

    II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

    A. The Holding Company Decisions1. SDG & E I

    In 1985, SDG & E was the first electricity utility to apply to the PUC to reorganize under a holding company structure in order to facilitate the  decision of SDG & E management to diversify its business.  (Re San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (1986) 20 Cal.P.U.C.2d 660, 662 (SDG & E I ).)   SDG & E sought approval of its proposed reorganization under section 854, which provides that no person or corporation may acquire or control a public utility, either directly or indirectly, without first securing the authorization of the PUC.3 (SDG & E I, supra, 20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 662.)   The proposed reorganization took the form of a reverse triangular merger, in which SDG & E would become the wholly owned subsidiary of a newly formed public utility holding company that would own the stock of the regulated utility and nonregulated affiliated enterprises.  (Ibid.;  cf.  Re Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (1996) 69 Cal.P.U.C.2d 167, 180 & fn. 3 [describing reverse triangular merger] (PG & E I ).)

    The PUC ultimately approved SDG & E’s application subject to 20 conditions intended to insulate utility operations and ratepayers from potentially adverse consequences of diversification.  (SDG & E I, supra, 20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at pp. 662, 676-686.)   Several of these conditions related to the maintenance of the utility’s financial strength.  (Id. at p. 681.)   Among these financial conditions were the “balanced capital structure” condition, which requires the holding company to maintain a balanced capital structure in its utility subsidiary.   Another financial condition was the “stand-alone dividend” condition, which requires the utility to continue to set its dividend policy as if it were a stand-alone entity.   As relevant here, one of the conditions imposed upon SDG & E and its holding company was the “capital requirements” or “first priority condition” condition, which reads as follows:  “The capital requirements of the utility, as determined to be necessary to meet its obligation to serve, shall be given first priority by the Board of Directors of [the holding company], and SDG & E.” (Ibid.) Other than describing the first priority condition as a condition related to “financing priorities,” the PUC’s 1986 decision approving SDG & E’s application contains no discussion of the meaning, purpose, or interpretation of the first priority condition.   (Ibid.)

    In the SDG & E I decision, the Commission devoted considerable attention to the PUC’s authority to enforce the conditions.  (SDG & E I, supra, 20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at pp. 686-687.)   Parties opposing SDG & E’s application “allege[d] that the Commission has questionable jurisdiction to enforce any conditions adopted in this order as against [the holding company].”  (Id. at p. 686.)   In contrast to the position SDG & E asserts now in its petition before  this court, SDG & E at the time argued that the PUC possesses the authority to enforce the conditions as against SDG & E and its holding company parent, citing section 2111 4 as evidence of the PUC’s ability to enforce Commission orders violated by entities other than public utilities.   Indeed, SDG & E conceded the PUC’s jurisdiction by itself proposing conditions governing the holding company’s activities.   Additionally, if the PUC deemed it necessary, SDG & E proposed entering into a contract with its holding company parent agreeing to the performance of the conditions and naming the PUC as a third-party beneficiary to the agreement.   Thus, according to SDG & E, the PUC would be entitled to sue either SDG & E or its parent holding company for specific performance of any of the conditions.  (20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 686.)

    The PUC concluded in SDG & E I that it has jurisdiction over the holding company parent, reasoning as follows:  “Section 854 vests in this Commission a broad authority to approve or deny applications for transfers of utility ownership or control.   Implicit in this authority is the right to place reasonable conditions upon the transferor and/or transferee should a need for conditions be shown.   SDG & E, on its own behalf and [of its holding company parent], itself argues this proposition.   We cannot believe that the right to impose conditions carries with it no right to enforce those conditions;  without the latter right, the former is meaningless.”  (SDG & E I, supra, 20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 686.)   The PUC went on to explain why a contract between SDG & E and its holding company parent incorporating the PUC’s conditions was unnecessary, stating, “The Commission is empowered in myriad ways to secure compliance with its orders.   The broad regulatory discretion described in the Public Utilities Act is ample evidence of [this] fact.   SDG & E cites the most extreme example of our powers, the ability to pursue contempt remedies for regulatory law violations.   SDG & E and [its parent holding company] must, under the terms of Section 854, submit to the Commission’s fullest authority if they in fact intend to consummate the transactions described in their application.   Having so submitted, SDG & E and [its parent holding company] need not execute their proposed contract;  it would be a superfluous act in light of our existing authorities to pursue the enforcement of any of the foregoing adopted conditions.” 5  (20 Cal.P.U.C.2d at pp. 686-687.)

      Ultimately, SDG & E chose not to form a holding company structure in the mid-1980’s because it was unwilling to agree to some of the PUC’s conditions.

    2. Edison

    One year after the decision in SDG & E I, Edison applied to the PUC under section 854 for approval to reorganize under a holding company structure implemented through a reverse triangular merger.  (Southern California Edison Co. (1988) 27 Cal.P.U.C.2d 347, 357, 1988 WL 391351 (Edison ).)   The PUC approved the application, again subject to certain conditions intended to mitigate the dangers stemming from the reorganization so that ratepayers would be indifferent to the change.   The PUC’s decision in SDG & E I formed the touchstone for the analysis of Edison’s application.   (See Edison, at p. 357.)   Indeed, in considering Edison’s application, the PUC asked Edison to comment on each of the 20 conditions imposed in the SDG & E decision.  (Ibid.) Once again, the first priority condition was included among the conditions imposed by the PUC.6 (Edison, at p. 368.)   Edison agreed to this condition without objection, and the decision contains no discussion of the meaning or application of the first priority condition.   (Ibid.)

    Unlike the decision in SDG & E I, which included a lengthy discussion of jurisdictional concerns, the 1988 Edison decision touches on jurisdictional issues only briefly.   Responding to an argument that a holding company structure would reduce the PUC’s regulatory oversight, the PUC stated that “[w]e do not agree that the Commission needs to exert direct authority over the holding company to regulate the utility effectively․ The utility must still respond to Commission orders regardless of what the parent may do.”   (Edison, supra, 27 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 361.)   However, in a dissent from the decision to permit Edison to form a holding company structure, Commissioner Donald Vial 7 expressed his concern that the decision would limit the PUC’s ability to control or regulate the new affiliate relationships under the holding company structure.  (Edison, at p. 395 (disn. opn. of Comr. Vial).)

    Edison chose to proceed with its plans to adopt a holding company structure.   Accordingly, as required by the PUC’s decision in Edison, Edison  filed a written notice reflecting the agreement of Edison and its parent holding company to the conditions imposed in the decision.   Like the decision in SDG & E I, the Edison decision did not require the utility to enter into a contract with its holding company parent incorporating the conditions imposed by the PUC. (See Edison, supra, 27 Cal.P.U.C.2d at pp. 374-376 [order approving reorganization].)

    3. SDG & E II

    In 1994, SDG & E returned to the PUC, once again seeking authorization to reorganize under a holding company structure.  (Re San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (1995) 62 Cal.P.U.C.2d 626, 632, 1995 WL 768624 (SDG & E II ).)   At the time, the PUC permitted the application to proceed under section 818 of the Public Utilities Code instead of section 854 because the PUC determined the reorganization involved no change in actual control of SDG & E. Section 818 covers a utility’s issuance of certain debt or equity instruments, while section 854 relates to a change in utility ownership or control.8

    The decision to consider the application under section 818 did not result from a change in the nature of the proposed transaction, which still involved a reverse triangular merger in which SDG & E would end up becoming the wholly owned subsidiary of a parent holding company.  (See SDG & E II, supra, 62 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 633.)   Rather, the decision to consider the application under section 818 appears to have been motivated by a change in the wording of section 854, which had been amended by 1989 legislation.   The 1989 amendments to section 854 require the PUC to make a number of specific findings before authorizing a change in control of a utility,9 and the revised section 854 places the burden on the party seeking to obtain control of a public utility to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements of the section are met.  (See former § 854, as amended by Stats.1989, ch. 484, § 1, pp. 1706-1707.)

      Despite considering SDG & E’s application under section 818 instead of section 854, the PUC once again imposed certain conditions on the utility and its holding company in order to maintain ratepayer indifference to the proposed reorganization.   Once again, the PUC referred back to its 1986 decision in SDG & E I as the genesis of the conditions imposed on utilities seeking to reorganize under holding company structures.  (SDG & E II, supra, 62 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 635.)   As before, the PUC imposed a first priority condition with wording similar to that adopted in the SDG & E I and Edison decisions:  “The capital requirements of SDG & E, as determined to be necessary to meet its obligation to serve, shall be given first priority by the Board of Directors of Parent and SDG & E.” (SDG & E II, at p. 651.)

    The issue of the PUC’s jurisdiction arose in the SDG & E II decision in the context of a request by the PUC’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates to impose a condition preserving the PUC’s regulatory control over SDG & E’s activities.   (SDG & E II, supra, 62 Cal.P.U.C.2d at p. 643.)   The PUC rejected the proposal, reasoning that the proposed reorganization would not diminish its regulatory control and that “[a] condition neither adds to nor diminishes our regulatory control.” 10  (SDG & E II, at p. 643.)   The PUC also explained that “if [it] imposed this condition, we could expect an endless litigation in which the condition would be invoked as establishing a “historical” test of utility regulation in 1995 as the standard by which all future regulation of SDG & E and its affiliates would be assessed.   Parent, SDG & E, the electric utility industry, and our regulatory role will continue to evolve in the future as we revisit the scope and scale of regulatory interests.”  (Ibid.)

    Both the utility and the holding company passed board resolutions signifying their agreement with the conditions.   In 1996, SDG & E’s parent holding company, Enova Corporation, applied to merge with Pacific Enterprises to form a new holding company that would eventually become Sempra Energy (Sempra), the current holding company parent of SDG & E. The PUC approved that application pursuant to section 854, once more imposing certain conditions intended to protect the public interest, and requiring that the newly formed holding company agree to those conditions.

     4. PG & E

    In 1995, PG & E Utility applied under section 818 to reorganize under a holding company structure, proposing a reverse triangular merger in which PG & E Utility would become the wholly owned subsidiary of newly created holding company.11  (PG & E I, supra, 69 Cal.P.U.C.2d at pp. 180-181 & fn. 3.) The PUC approved the application, subject again to conditions designed to maintain ratepayer indifference and protect the public interest, and subject to the agreement of the boards of directors of PG & E Utility and its holding company to the conditions.   Once again, the PUC referred back to the “history of conditions” associated with holding company reorganizations.   (Id. at p. 188.)   Among other things, the PUC conditioned its approval of PG & E Utility’s application on compliance with the first priority condition, which was recommended jointly by PG & E Utility and the PUC’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates.  (Id. at p. 194.)   As ultimately adopted by the PUC in a follow-up decision in 1999 (after an audit had been performed pursuant to the PG & E I decision), the PG & E first priority condition provides that “[t]he capital requirements of PG & E, as determined to be necessary and prudent to meet the obligation to serve or to operate the utility in a prudent and efficient manner, shall be given first priority by PG & E Corporation’s Board of Directors.”  (Re Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (1999) 86 Cal.P.U.C.2d 76, 90, 1999 WL 589171 (PG & E II ).)   The Division of Ratepayer Advocates proposed adding the language, “or to operate the utility in a prudent and efficient manner,” and PG & E Utility agreed to the revision.  (Ibid.)

    Unlike the earlier holding company decisions, the 1996 PG & E I decision and the follow-up 1999 PG & E II decision contain no discussion of the PUC’s jurisdiction to enforce the conditions as against the holding company.   PG & E Utility and its holding company parent, PG & E Corporation, agreed to the PUC’s conditions.

     

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    Correction as to David Lash, Latham & Watkins, O’Melveny & Myers

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    There is an error in the TLR’s Note previously published dealing with Alan Rothenberg.

    Please observe  that Mr. David Lash is associated with O’Melveny & Myers, and not Latham & Watkins as was erroneously stated.

    Dr. Joseph Zernik M.D. Ph.D — Hereby Asked to Comment on Matters Relating to O’Melveny & Myers ‘ David Lash in Connection with Bet Tzedek, Holly Fujie, Sandor Samuels, State Bar of California

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    Consistent with The Leslie Brodie Report’s commitment to integrity and adherence to the highest level of ethical journalism, and in order to report on both sides of the story, Joseph Zernik is hereby asked to comment on unsettling circiumstances sorroundingO’Melveny & Myers’ David Lash, Bet Tzedek, Holly Fujie, and the State Bar of California.

    David Lash is a counsel in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles and Century City offices. He serves as Managing Counsel of the Firm’s public interest and pro bono services, helping the pro bono program become one of the most acclaimed in the country.

    David’s experience includes representing and counseling clients on a wide range of issues relating to complex business litigation, including trial and appellate representation, real estate matters, corporate governance, board relations, labor and employment, and all areas of public policy and community relations.

    Prior to joining O’Melveny, David was Executive Director of Bet Tzedek.

    Board Member,  Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCO); co-chair of the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission of the California State Bar

    Community Service,  Bet Tzedek, Board of Directors; State Bar Legal Services Trust Fund Commission; Public Counsel; ACLU Foundation of Southern California; Harriett Buhai Center; UCLA Moot Court Program; member, Jewish Federation Council, Council of Agency and Federation Executives (1994-2003); Jewish Community Relations Committee; Board of Directors, Fairfax LANI (Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative) (1995-2002); Los Angeles Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (1994-2003); Los Angeles County Bar Association, Board of Trustees (2005-2007); Jewish Federation Counsel, Caring for the Needy Committee, Community Involvement Committee; Adjunct Professor of Law, Stanford University School of Law, University of California Irvine School of Law;

     

    As was previously reported, using a law originally enacted to combat the mafia, a Marina Del Rey-based legal scholar recently took the rare step of suing “Bet Tzedek,” a Los Angeles-based Jewish non-profit entity, under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law (“RICO”).

    Also named as part of the alleged racketeering enterprise were banker Alan Rothenberg, David Pasternak, Sandor Samuels, Ronald George, and his son Eric George (who serves as a member of Bet Tzedek’s Board of Directors).

    RICO is a federal law that authorizes a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. RICO focuses specifically on racketeering, and it allows for the leaders of a syndicate to be held civilly liable for the crimes that they ordered others to commit or which they assisted in committing.

    The lawsuit alleges that various defendants misused Bet Tzedek as vehicle for the purpose of bribery, embezzlement, money laundering and tax-evasion with the intended outcome of siphoning the money into off-shore accounts. According to sources, the various accounts are located in Switzerland and at the Vatican.

    Specifically, and in connection with some of Bet Tzedek’s alleged racketeering activities, the suit maintains that Sandor Samuels — CEO and President of Bet Tzedek and former Chief Trial Counsel at embattled Countywide Financial Services — was appointed President and CEO of Bet Tzedek largely due to his working knowledge of how to operate an enterprise which engages in myriad financial crimes.

    The suit also asserts that other individuals engaged in racketeering activities, including David Pasternak — a Los-Angeles based “receiver,” as well as an officer of both Bet Tzedek and the Chancery Club — who allegedly used Bet Tzedek as forum to meet, collude, and otherwise bribe various judges and lawyers for the purpose of further appointing Pasternak as “receiver.”

    The complaint also contains allegations that Ronald George — former Chief Justice of the State of California — unlawfully transferred funds from entities that were under his control (such as the California Administrative Office of the Courts (“AOC”) intended for the CCMS computer system) into various accounts that were specifically maintained in Alan Rothenberg’s bank — 1st Century — a bank which Eric George owns in part. Said funds, as the suit alleges, were later embezzled.

    As part of maintaining the scheme, the suit alleges, AOC employees Ronald Overholt and William Vickery were bestowed with various gifts, trips, kickbacks, bribes, excessive salaries, and the like. Similarly, and also as part of guarding the scheme, the suit alleges that defendants, at times, resorted to utilizing the services of Tom Layton — a former Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff/Senior State Bar of California investigator — to “illegally gather detrimental dirt” on various individuals who would oppose and/or object to the existence of said arrangements.

    According to sources, Layton is part of an ongoing “ambulance chasing” scheme that the Girardi Syndicate operates in San Bernardino County vis-a-vis a satellite office located in San Bernardino and managed by Thomas Girardi’s son-in-law, David Lira.

    Additionally, and per the sources, Layton has been previously utilized by the Girardi Syndicate to “assist” Sharon Major Lewis in selecting the names of nominees to be appointed as judges by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and to garner the support of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in endorsing judicial candidate the Girardi Syndicate deemed worthy of such an endorsement.

    The suit also alleges that defendant Holly Fujie — an officer of both Bet Tzedek and the Chancery Club — engaged in various acts of misconduct while assisting Ronald and Eric George to transfer funds from both the California Bar Foundation (where she serves as vice-president) and the State Bar of California (where she served as a member of a committee responsible for distribution of funds) to Bet Tzedek totaling hundreds of thousand of dollars.

    Bet Tzedek is based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1974, and is an affiliated agency of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Bet Tzedek is the exclusive provider of free legal services to low-income seniors through contracts with the City and County of Los Angeles.

    Please observe that, rather than contacting Zenick directly, the query is being delivered publicly, here and now.

    Any  comments, opinion or observation can be sent to lesliebrodie@gmx.com

     

    Profile of O’Melveny & Myers ‘ David Lash (TLR Note: Notice Ex- Executive Director of Bet Tzedek, UC Irvine Connection)

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    David Lash is a counsel in O’Melveny’s Los Angeles and Century City offices. He serves as Managing Counsel of the Firm’s public interest and pro bono services, helping the pro bono program become one of the most acclaimed in the country.

    David’s experience includes representing and counseling clients on a wide range of issues relating to complex business litigation, including trial and appellate representation, real estate matters, corporate governance, board relations, labor and employment, and all areas of public policy and community relations.

    Prior to joining O’Melveny, David was Executive Director of Bet Tzedek.

    Board Member,  Association of Pro Bono Counsel (APBCO); co-chair of the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission of the California State Bar

    Community Service,  Bet Tzedek, Board of Directors; State Bar Legal Services Trust Fund Commission; Public Counsel; ACLU Foundation of Southern California; Harriett Buhai Center; UCLA Moot Court Program; member, Jewish Federation Council, Council of Agency and Federation Executives (1994-2003); Jewish Community Relations Committee; Board of Directors, Fairfax LANI (Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative) (1995-2002); Los Angeles Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (1994-2003); Los Angeles County Bar Association, Board of Trustees (2005-2007); Jewish Federation Counsel, Caring for the Needy Committee, Community Involvement Committee; Adjunct Professor of Law, Stanford University School of Law, University of California Irvine School of Law;

     

    Source, please see @:

    http://www.omm.com/davidlash/

     

     

     

    Bet Tzedek Legal Services of Los Angeles — Updated List of Board of Directors (TLR Note: Notice Mysterious Disappearance of Holly Fujie ; David Lash of O’Melveny & Myers Problematic as Co-Chair of Cal Bar LSTFC Which Funnels Funds to Bet Tzedek )

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    Jay Abarbanel
    Retired

    Jeffrey I. Abrams
    Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro & Schulman, LLP

    James N. Adler
    Adler ADR

    G. Carla Axelrod
    Wells Fargo

    Robert G. Badal
    WilmerHale

    Arthur H. Bilger
    Shelter Capital Partners

    Aviva K. Bobb
    Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Retired

    Evan A. Braude
    Law Offices of Evan Anderson Braude

    Meryl K. Chae
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
    & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    Maren Christensen
    Universal Studios

    James P. Clark
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Nancy Sher Cohen
    Proskauer Rose, LLP

    Mark T. Drooks
    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim,
    Drooks & Lincenberg

    Scott A. Edelman
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Lewis G. Feldman
    Goodwin Procter LLP

    Michael A. Firestein
    Proskauer Rose LLP

    Gerald S. Freisleben
    Foley/Freisleben LLC

    Alan V. Friedman, Esq.
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

    Mark J. Friedman
    Pinkberry

    Terry B. Friedman
    JAMS

    Marc H. Gamsin
    Alliance Bernstein

    Eric M. George
    Browne Woods George LLP

    Lisa Gilford
    Alston & Bird

    Geoffrey M. Gold
    Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff Inc.

    Glenn Gottlieb
    Gottlieb Mediation Services

    Gordon A. Greenberg
    McDermott, Will & Emery

    Howard Grobstein
    Grobstein, Horwath & Company LLP

    Daniel T. Gryczman
    Regent Properties

    Carole E. Handler
    Lathrop & Gage LLP

    Rex Heinke
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    Gregory D. Helmer
    Helmer & Friedman, LLP

    J. Erik Isken
    Southern California Edison

    Richard B. Jones
    Merrill Lynch

    Stanley T. Kandel
    Retired

    Frank Kaplan
    Bingham McCutchen LLP

    Richard L. Kellner
    Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

    Jeffrey H. Kinrich, C.P.A.
    Analysis Group, Inc.

    Luis Lainer
    Lainer Investments

    David A. Lash, Esq.
    O’Melveny & Myers

    Stanley W. Levy
    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

    Steven D. Lotwin
    Capital Group Companies

    Neal R. Marder
    Winston & Strawn

    Kevin S. Marks
    Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.

    Frank E. Melton
    Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff Inc.

    Linda Michaelson
    Sheppard Mullin

    Kenneth S. Millman
    Millman Investments

    Mark A. Milstein
    Milstein, Edeleman & Prager

    Barton P. Pachino
    California State University Northridge
    Business Law Department

    Scott Packman
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    David J. Pasternak
    Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton

    Jay Rakow
    The Lincy Foundation

    Jeffrey E. Resnick
    First Property Realty Corporation

    Gary D. Roberts
    Fox Entertainment Group

    Peter K. Rosen
    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Erin C. Rotgin
    Fox Entertainment Group

    David J. Schindler
    Latham & Watkins

    Ronie M. Schmelz
    Sidley Austin LLP

    Robert M. Schwartz
    O’Melveny & Myers

    Allan Schweitzer
    Post Advisory Group, LLC

    Brette S. Simon
    Jones Day

    Jeffrey A. Sklar, Esq.
    Sklar Law, P.C.

    Glenn A. Sonnenberg
    Latitude Management Real Estate Investors

    David M. Stern
    Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern LLP

    Brian A. Sun
    Jones Day

    Jonathan A. Victor
    Balmoral Funds

    Leah E. Weil
    Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

    Edward Weiss
    TicketMaster

    Bruce A. Wessel
    Irell & Manella LLP

    Michael A. Woronoff
    Proskauer Rose LLP

     

    Source @:

    http://www.bettzedek.org/about-us/our-board/

     

     

    David Lash and Holly Fujie as members of State Bar of California LSTFC, please see @:

    http://tinyurl.com/7rggfy4

    Complete List of Chancery Club Members (TLR Note: 1- Notice Only One Black Male — Craig Holden of Lewis Brisbois — of Around 300 Members 2- Chancery Club President is Judge Holly Fujie 3- Chancery Club May Contact lesliebrodie@gmx.com If Post Objec

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    Yale 64    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    27442 Hidden Trail Road 949 451-4089  
    Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Fax: 949 360-6929  
    email:  beard@zeughausergroup.com
    BEAUDET, Hon. Teresa Alma (Gerald Giamportone)
    Loyola 80    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    1945 S. Hill Street 213.744.4055  
    Los Angeles, CA 90007    
    email:  teresa_beaudet@ca.rr.com
    BENDIX, Hon. Helen I. (Hon.JohnA.Kronstadt)
    Yale 76    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    111 North Hill Street 213 974-5579  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    
    email:  hbendix@lasuperiorcourt.org
    BENJAMIN, Earl M. (Tavi)
    San Diego 79    
       
    C3 Entertainment, Inc.    
    1415 Gardena Avenue  
    Glendale, CA 91204    
    email: 
    BENNETT, Bruce (Paula)
    Harvard 82    
       
    Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP    
    865 S. Figueroa 213 694-1012  
    #2900 Fax: 213 694-1234  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 email:  bennettb@hbdlawyers.com
    BENSON, Patricia
       
       
    Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, LLP    
    11377 W. Olympic Blvd. 310 312-2000  
    Los Angeles, CA 90064 Fax: 310 312-3100  
    email:  phb@msk.com
    BICE, Scott H. (Barbara)
    U.S.C. 68    
       
    Gould School of Law    
    University of Southern California 213 740-4549  
    Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071 Fax: 213 740-5502  
    email:  sbice@law.usc.edu
    BIRD, Terry W. (Lynn)
    U.C.L.A. ’70    
       
    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg    
    1875 Century Park East 310 201-2100  
    23rd Floor Fax: 310 201-2110  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 email:  twb@birdmarella.com
    BLECHER, Maxwell M. (Sally)
    U.S.C. 55    
       
    Blecher & Collins, P.C.    
    515 South Figueroa Street 213 622-4222  
    17th Floor Fax: 213 622-1656  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3334 email:  mblecher@blechercollins.com
    BOBB, Hon. Aviva K.
    Berkeley 71    
       
       
    2227 N. Catalina Street 323.353.4100  
    Los Angeles, CA 90027 Fax: 323.665.6543  
    email:  akbobb@gmail.com
    BOBB, Merrick J.
    Berkeley 71    
       
    Police Assessment Resource Center    
    4954 Cromwell Ave. 323 663-3553  
    Los Angeles, CA 90027 Fax: 323 663-3553  
    email:  mbobb@pacbell.net
    BODKIN, Henry G. Jr.   Grat (MaryLouise)
    Loyola 48    
       
       
    956 Linda Flora Drive 310.472.3441  
    Los Angeles, CA 90049 Fax: 310.472.9892  
    email:  hbodkin1@gmail.com
    BOGAARD, Hon. William J. (Claire)
    Michigan 65    
       
    City Hall    
    311 Congress Place 626.799.2016  
    Pasadena, CA 91105 Fax: 626.799.4725  
    email: 
    BONNER, Hon. Robert C.   ‘Rob’ (Kimi)
    Georgetown 66    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher    
    333 South Grand Avenue  
    48th Floor    
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email: 
    BOWERS, Terree A. (Connie)
    University of Texas 79    
       
    Howrey LLP    
    550 South Hope Street 213 892-1882  
    Suite 1100
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213 892-2300  
    email:  bowerst@howrey.com
    BRIAN, Brad D. (Claire)
    Harvard 77    
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 South Grand Avenue 213 683-9280  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 683-5180  
    email:  BrianBD@mto.com
    BRINSLEY, John H. (Louise)
    Cornell 60    
       
       
    1175 Banyan Street 626 844-6429  
    Pasadena, CA 91103 Fax: 626 844-7368  
    email:  johnbrinsley@hotmail.com
    BROCKMEYER, NEAL H. (Molly)
    Berkeley 63    
       
    Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP    
    300 South Grand Avenue 213.687.6774  
    Suite 2600
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.341.6774  
    email:  nbrockmeyer@lockelord.com
    BROGAN, Mr. Kevin H. (Nena)
    UC Hastings 79    
       
    Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP    
    300 South Grand Avenue 213.621.0815  
    37th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.624.4840  
    email:  kbrogan@hillfarrer.com
    BRUINSMA, Tim C. (Dr. Claudia Medl-Rilling)
    Loyola 73    
       
    Fulbright & Jaworski LLP    
    555 S. Flower Street 213 892-9333  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 892-9494  
    email:  tbruinsma@fulbright.com
    BURCHAM, David W. (Christine)
    Loyola 84    
       
    Loyola Marymount Univerity    
    1 LMU Drive, University Hall 4844 310-338-2950  
    Los Angeles, CA 90045 Fax: 310-338-2766  
    email:  dburcham@lmu.edu
    BURDGE, Richard J. Jr. (Hon.Lee Edmon)
    U.C.L.A. 79    
       
    The Burdge Law Firm PC    
    500 South Grand Ave., Ste 1500 213.402.9590  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.452.1333
    Cell: 213.359.5870    		  
    email:  richard@richardburdgelaw.com
    BYRNE, Hon. Richard P. (Chickie)
    U.S.C. 58    
       
    Arbitrator-Private Judge    
    116 North Las Palmas Avenue 323 936-0166  
    Los Angeles, CA 90004-1048 Fax: 323 936-0614  
    email:  rpbyrne@earthlink.net
    BYRNE, Mark A. Esq. (Cindy)
    NotreDame 84    
       
    Byrne & Nixon, LLP    
    800 West Sixth Street 213 620-8003  
    Suite 430 Fax: 213 620-8012  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 email:  markbyrne@byrnenixon.com
    BYRNE, John Michael (Allison)
    Notre Dame 92    
       
    Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP    
    300 South Grand Avenue 213.621.0803  
    37th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3147    		 Fax: 213.624.4840  
    email:  jbyrne@hillfarrer.com
    BYRNE, Joseph P. (Gayle)
    Notre Dame 97    
       
    Burke, Williams & Sorenson, LLP    
    444 S. Flower Street Ste 2400 213.236.0600  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.236.2700  
    email:  jbyrne@bwslaw.com
    CALABRESE, Joe A. (Margot)
    Cornell 81    
       
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP    
    1999 Avenue of the Stars 310.246.6743  
    7th Floor
    Los Angelese, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.246.6779  
    email:  jcalabrese@omm.com
    CAMUNEZ, Michael C. (Steven Means)
    Stanford 98    
       
       
    3883 Connecticut Ave., NW  
    Apt.404
    Washington, DC 20008    		    
    email:  camunez@post.harvard.edu
    CARSON, M. John Esq. (Cindy Alberts)
    UC Hastings 67    
       
    Foley & Lardner, L.L.P.    
    555 South Flower Street 213 972-4500  
    Suite 3500 Fax: 213 486-0065  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  jcarson@foley.com
    CARUSO, Joanne E. (Thomas Zaccaro)
    Boston College 86    
       
    Baker & Hostetler LLP    
    555 S. Flower St, Ste 4200 310 442-8862  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 310 820-8859  
    email:  jcaruso@bakerlaw.com
    CATHCART, Patrick A.   Pat (Joan Fmaciari Cathcart)
    UC Hastings 75    
       
    AdornoSmith APC    
    633 West Fifth Street 213.629.7023  
    Suite 1100
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.229.2499  
    email:  patcathcart@gmail.com
    CHALEFF, Gerald (Patricia Benson)
    Harvard 66    
       
    Los Angeles Police Department    
    150 North Los Angeles Street 213.486.8790  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 473-5596  
    email:  gerald.chaleff@lapd.lacity.org
    CHERNICK, Richard (Karla)
    U.S.C. 70    
       
    JAMS    
    707 Wilshire Blvd 213 253-9790  
    46th Floor Fax: 310 446-9719  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  rchernick@msn.com
    CHERTOK, William I. (Patti)
    Stanford 60    
       
       
    1237 So Victoria Avenue 805.382.7433  
    #507
    Oxnard, CA 93035    		    
    email:  wichertok1@verizon.net
    CLARK, James P. (Peggy Jo)
    NYU 73    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 S. Grand Avenue 213.229.7941  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.229.6941  
    email:  jclark@gibsondunn.com
    CLARK, Frederick A. (Anne)
    U.S.C. 67    
       
    McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP    
    300 S. Grand Ave, 14th Flr 213 243-6126  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 243-6330  
    email:  fclark@mckennalong.com
    CLOVER, Hon. Suzette    Suzi (Leonard Pape)
    U.C.L.A. ’79    
       
    Los Angeles County Superior Court    
    300 E. Walnut Avenue 626 356-5364  
    Pasadena, CA 91101 Fax: 626 356-0018  
    email:  sclover@lasuperiorcourt.org
    COCHRAN-BOND, Walter (Zan)
    U.C.L.A. 74    
       
    Cochran-Bond Law Offices    
    151 S. El Molino Ave 626.689.4555  
    Pasadena, CA 91001-2562 Fax: 626.689.4556  
    email:  wcb@c-blaw.com
    COHEN, Mrs. Nancy Sher (Robert)
    Loyola 78    
       
    Proskauer Rose LLP    
    2049 Century Park East 310.284.5655  
    32nd Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-3206    		 Fax: 310.557.2193  
    email:  ncohen@proskauer.com
      COLEMAN, Roland
    Loyola 74    
       
       
    1521 Artesia Blvd., Ste D 310.798.8768  
    Manhattan Beach, CA 90266    
    email:  Roland1stjr@yahoo.com
    COLLINS, Ret. John J. (Patricia)
    Loyola 61    
       
       
    1010 Emerald Bay 949.494.2194  
    Laguna Beach, CA 92651    
    email:  johnjcollins.jjc@gmail.com
    COLOGNE, Knox M. III (Mary)
    Stanford 68    
       
       
    1930 Lorain Road 626 570-0776  
    San Marino, CA 91108    
    email:  kmcologne@mac.com
    COOLEY, Hon. Steve (Jana)
    U.S.C. 73    
       
    Los Angeles County District Attorney    
    210 West Temple Street Ste 18000 213 974-3501  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 687-8525  
    email:  scooley@da.lacounty.gov
    COOLEY, Frank J. (Charlene)
    Southwestern 79    
       
    Southern California Edison Company    
    2244 Walnut Grove Ave 626.302.3115  
    Rosemead, CA 91770 Fax: 626.302.6693  
    email:  frank.cooley@sce.com
    CORBIN, Robert L. (Terry)
    Fordham 71    
       
    Corbin, Fitzgerald & Athey LLP    
    601 West 5th Street 213 612-0001  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2024 Fax: 213 621-0061  
    email:  rlcorb@corbfitzlaw.com
    COURT, Hon. Michelle Williams (James)
    Loyola 93    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    111 N. Hill Street, Dept. 67  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    
    email:  mcourt@lasuperiorcourt.org
    CURREY, Brian (Gaie)
    University of Virginia 81    
       
    Counsel to Mayor    
    200 N. Spring Street, Room 303 213 978-1652  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 978-0651  
    email:  brian.currey@lacity.org
    DAVIDOFF, Richard C. (Susan)
    UC Hastings 78    
       
    Davidoff & Davidoff    
    433 North Camden Drive 310 274-2883  
    Suite 888 Fax: 310 274-2761  
    Beverly Hills, CA 90210 email:  rdavidoff@davidofflaw.com
    DAVIDSON, Jeffrey S. (Susan)
    Indiana 73    
       
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP    
    333 South Hope Street 213 680-8422  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 808-8020  
    email:  jdavidson@kirkland.com
    DAVIS, Katessa Charles (Gary)
    Georgetown ’89    
       
    Steptoe & Johnson LLP    
    7525 West 80th St. 310-734-3216  
    Los Angeles, CA 90045 Fax: 310-734-3217  
    email:  kdavis@steptoe.com
      Davis, Angela Joy (Paul Rochmes)
    UCLA 86    
       
    U.S. Attorney    
    312 N Spring St 213.894.3456  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.894.6269  
    email:  angela.davis.ca@gmail.com
    DeBRIYN, R. Joseph Esq. (Mary Anne)
    Santa Clara 73    
       
       
    One Wilshire Boulevard 213 629-7865  
    Suite 2000 Fax: 213 624-1376  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3383 email:  r.j.debriyn@mpglaw.com
    DEIXLER, Bert (Leslie Swain)
    Columbia 76    
       
    Kendall, Brill & Klieger    
    10100 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 1725 310.272.7910  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310.272.7934  
    email:  bdeixler@kbkfirm.com
    DIAZ, Anthony Paul (Krista Gayle Diaz)
    Loyola 97    
       
    Los Angeles City Attorney, General Counsel Division    
    200 North Main Street, Ste 700 213.978.8132  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.978.8222  
    email:  ap.diaz@lacity.org
    DOLAN, Peter Brown (Jacqueline)
    U.S.C. 67    
       
    The Dolan Law Firm    
    Citigroup Center 213 689-0333  
    444 South Flower Street, Suite 1750 Fax: 213 680-9889  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2920 email:  dolanlaw@yahoo.com
    DORMAN, Roderick G.
    University of Miami 76    
       
    McKool Smith Hennigan P.C.    
    865 S. Figueroa Street Ste 2900 213.694.1006  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213.694.1234  
    email:  rdorman@mckoolsmithhennigan.com
    DROOYAN, Richard (Anita Dymant)
    Harvard 75    
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 South Grand Avenue 213 683-9136  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 683-5136  
    email:  drooyanre@mto.com
    EDMON, Hon. Lee (Richard J. Burdge, Jr.)
    Illinois 81    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    111 North Hill Street 213.974.5550  
    Room 204
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    		 Fax: 213.680.3940  
    email:  ledmon@lasuperiorcourt.org
    EPSTEIN, Mark H. (Laura)
       
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 South Grand Avenue 213 683-9118  
    35th Floor Fax: 213 687-3702  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  epsteinmh@mto.com
    FAIRBANK, Robert H. (Valerie Baker)
    N.Y.U. 77    
       
    Fairbank & Vincent    
    444 South Flower St, Ste 3860 213.891.9015  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.891.9011  
    email:  Rfairbank@fairbankvincent.com
    FARBER, Laura V. (Tomas Lopez)
    Georgetown 90    
       
    Hahn & Hahn LLP    
    301 East Colorado Boulevard 626 796-9123  
    Ninth Floor Fax: 626 449-7357  
    Pasadena, CA 91101 email:  lfarber@hahnlawyers.com
    FELDMAN, Larry R. Esq. (Jo Kathleen)
    Loyola 69    
       
    Kaye Scholer LLP    
    1999 Avenue of the Stars 310 453-6711  
    17th Floor Fax: 310 828-2191  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 email: 
    FISHER, Hon. Raymond C. (Nancy Leigh)
    Stanford 66    
       
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit    
    125 South Grand Avenue 626 229-7110  
    Pasadena, CA 91105 Fax: 626 229-7452  
    email:  raymond_fisher@ca9.uscourts.gov
    FORBES, Charles F. (Margie)
    U.S.C. 56    
       
       
    1100 Plantation Point Drive 706 467-3433  
    Greensboro, GA 30642 Fax: 706 467-3841  
    email:  cmforbes@plantationcable.net
    FORSYTH, Stuart A. (Mary)
    Georgetown University 68    
       
    The Legal Futurist    
    1640 Winder Street 619.630.8006  
    San Diego, CA 92103-3736    
    email:  forsyth@legalfuturist.com
    FRESTON, Edwin
    U.S.C. 62    
       
    Overton, Lyman & Prince LLP    
    520 South Grand Avenue 213 683-5222  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2600 Fax: 213 627-7795  
    email:  efreston@cs.com
    FRIEDMAN, Alan E.
    Stanford 70    
       
    Jones Day    
    555 South Flower Street 213.243.2517  
    50th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300    		 Fax: 213.243.2120  
    email:  aefriedman@mac.com
    FRIEDMAN, Howard I. (Wilma)
    Yale 52    
       
       
    16237 Meadow Ridge Road 818 789-8257  
    Encino, CA 91436 Fax: 818 789-4480  
    email:  boose2000@adelphia.net
    FRIEDMAN, Hon. Terry B. (Elise)
    BOALT 1976    
       
    JAMS    
    1601 Cloverfield Blvd, Ste 370 S 310.990.7494  
    370 South
    Santa Monica, CA 90404    		 Fax: 310.396.7576  
    email:  tbfjams@verizon.net
    FROMHOLZ, Hon. Haley J. (Anita)
    Duke 67    
       
    JAMS    
    707 Wilshire Boulevard 626.304.0745  
    Suite 4600
    Los Angeles, CA 90017    		 Fax: 626.584.0278  
    email:  hfromholz@gmail.com
    FUJIE, Hon. Holly J. (Lee W. Cotugno)
    Berkeley 78    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    111 N. Hill Street – Dept.87 213.974.6971  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    
    email:  hfujie@lasuperiorcourt.org
    GARTH, Bryant G.
       
       
    Dean and Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School    
    3050 Wilshire Boulevard 213-738-6710  
    Los Angeles, CA 90010    
    email:  bgarth@swlaw.edu
    GEORGE, Eric M.
       
       
    Browne Woods George LLP    
    2121 Avenue of the Stars 310.274.7100  
    #2400
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.275.5697  
    email:  egeorge@bwgfirm.com
    GIRARDI, Thomas V.   Tom (Erika)
    Loyola LLB ’64    
    NYU LLM ’65    
    Girardi & Keese    
    1126 Wilshire Blvd. 213 977-0211  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213 481-1554  
    email:  tgirardi@girardikeese.com
    GOLD, Victor (Kim)
    UCLA 75    
       
    Loyola Law School    
    919 S. Albany Street 213.736.1062  
    Los Angeles, CA 90015-0019 Fax: 213.487.6736  
    email:  victor.gold@lls.edu
    GOLLER, Karlene W. (Jim Newton)
    Suffolk University 86    
       
    Los Angeles Times    
    202 W. 1st Street 213 237-3760  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 237-3800  
    email:  karlene.goller@latimes.com
    GORDINIER, Todd E. (Anne)
    Berkeley ’78    
       
    Bingham McCutchen LLP    
    600 Anton Blvd 714 830-0622  
    18th Floor Fax: 714 830-0700  
    Costa Mesa, CA 92626 email:  todd.gordinier@bingham.com
    GORMAN, Joseph Gregory Jr.
    U.C.L.A. 66    
       
    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton , LLP    
    333 S. Hope Street, 43rd Flr 213 617-4121  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1422 Fax: 213 620-1398  
    email:  jgorman@sheppardmullin.com
    GRACE, Jo-Ann W. (Roger)
    University of Texas 70    
       
    Metropolitan News Corporation    
    210 S. Spring St 213.346.0033  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.687.3886  
    email:  jo-ann@mnc.net
    GREINES, Irving (Carol)
    U.C.L.A. 66    
       
    Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP    
    5900 Wilshire Blvd 310 859-7811  
    12th Floor Fax: 310 276-5261  
    Los Angeles, CA 90036 email:  igreines@gmsr.com
    GROSSMAN, Paul (Margie)
    Yale 64    
       
    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP    
    515 South Flower Street 213 683-6203  
    25th Floor Fax: 213 627-0705  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  paulgrossman@paulhastings.com
    GROSSMAN, Marshall B. (Marlene)
    U.S.C. 64    
       
    Bingham McCutchen LLP    
    1620 26th St 310 255-9118  
    Santa Monica, CA 90404-4060 Fax: 310 907-2118  
    email:  marshall.grossman@bingham.com
    GRUNFELD, Daniel (Colleen)
    Cornell 86    
       
    Kaye Scholer LLP    
    1999 Avenue of the Stars 310.788.1299  
    Suite 1700
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		    
    email:  dan.grunfeld@kayescholer.com
    HANDZLIK, Jan L. (Jennifer)
    UCLA 70    
       
    Venable LLP    
    2049 Century Park East, Ste 2100 310.229.0378  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310.229.9901  
    email:  JHandzlik@Venable.com
    HANSELL, Dean
    Northwestern 77    
       
    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP    
    333 S. Grand Avenue, Ste 2600 213.621.6031  
    Suite 2600
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.621.6100  
    email:  dhansell@dl.com
    HARPOLE, Myron E. (Susan)
    Harvard 49    
       
    Witter and Harpole    
    140 South Lake Avenue, Ste 274 626 440-9714  
    #274
    Pasadena, CA 91101-4734    		 Fax: 626 440-9716  
    email:  mharpole@pacbell.net
    HATHAWAY, Harry L. (Betsy)
    U.S.C. 62    
       
    Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P    
    555 S. Flower Street 213.892.9336  
    41st Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.892.9494  
    email:  hhathaway@fulbright.com
      HEARTNEY, Matthew
       
       
    Arnold & Porter LLP    
    777 South Figueroa St, 44 FL  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-4000    
    email:  Matthew.Heartney@aporter.com
    HEESEMAN, Hon. Rex (Mary Ann)
    Stanford 67    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    111 N. Hill Street 213 974-8792  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 617-9405  
    email:  rheeseman@lasuperiorcourt.org
    HEINKE, Rex S. (Margaret Nagle)
    Columbia 75    
       
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP    
    2029 Century Park East 310.229.1030  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310.299.1001  
    email:  rheinke@akingump.com
    HENNIGAN, J. Michael (Phyllis)
    Arizona 70    
       
    McKool Smith Hennigan    
    865 South Figueroa Street, Ste 2900 213 694-1200  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213 694-1234  
    email:  Hennigan@mckoolsmithhennigan.com
    HIGHT, B. Boyd Esq. (Retired Partner) (Mary Kay)
    Yale 66    
       
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP    
    12041 Navy Street 213.431.6160  
    Los Angeles, CA 90066    
    email:  bhight@omm.com
    HILLS, Roderick M. (Carla)
    Stanford 55    
       
    Hills & Stern, LLP    
    1120 20th Street, NW 202 822-1610  
    Suite 200N Fax: 202 822-122  
    Washington, DC 20036 email:  rmhills@hillsandstern.com
    HOCHMAN, Nathan Joseph (Vivienne Vella)
    Stanford 88    
       
    Bingham McCutchen LLP    
    1620 26th Street 310.255.9025  
    North Tower, Fourth Floor
    Santa Monica, CA 90404    		 Fax: 310.907.2025  
    email:  nathan.hochman@bingham.com
    HOLDEN, Craig (Dora)
    UC Hastings 94    
       
    Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP    
    221 N Figueroa St, Ste. 1200 213.250.1800  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.250.7900  
    email:  cholden@lbbslaw.com
    HOLLIDAY, Thomas E. (Stacy Phillips)
    U.S.C. 74    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 South Grand Avenue 213 229-7370  
    Suite 4600 Fax: 213 229-6370  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 email:  tholliday@gibsondunn.com
    HOLSCHER, Mark C. (Kelly)
    Berkeley 88    
       
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP    
    333 South Hope Street 213.680.8190  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.680.8500  
    email:  mark.holscher@kirkland.com
    HONG, Nowland C. (Mary)
    U.S.C. 59    
       
    Best Best & Krieger LLP    
    300 S. Grand Ave, 25th Flr 213.787-2565  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.617.7484  
    email:  nowland.hong@bbklaw.com
    HUFSTEDLER, Seth M. (Hon. Shirley M. Hufstedler)
    Stanford 49    
       
    Morrison & Foerster, LLP    
    555 West Fifth Street 213 892-5803  
    Suite 3500 Fax: 213 892-5454  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 email:  sethhufs@mofo.com
    HUFSTEDLER, Hon. Shirley M. (Seth)
    Stanford 49    
       
    Morrison & Foerster, LLP    
    555 West Fifth Street 213 892-5804  
    Suite 3500 Fax: 213 892-5454  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 email:  shirhufs@mofo.com
    IWASAKI, Bruce G. (Evelyn)
    UCLA ’76    
       
    Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP    
    1055 W. Seventh Street 213 955-9500  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213 955-9511  
    email:  bruce.iwasaki@lrklawyers.com
    JAMES, Peter W. (Diane)
    Yale 66    
       
    Baker & Hostetler, LLP    
    333 South Grand Avenue 213 975-1817  
    Suite 1800 Fax: 213 975-1839  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1523 email:  pjames@bakerlaw.com
    JESSNER, Gregory W. (Samantha)
    Berkeley 85    
       
    Phillips Jessner LLP    
    Two California Plaza 213.687.2650  
    350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3550
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.687.2651  
    email:  gjessner@phillipsjessner.com
    JOHNSON, RET. Russell L. (Mary)
    Stanford 58    
       
    Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher    
    1810 Avenida del Mundo 619 437-4227  
    #503
    Coronado, CA 92118    		 Fax: 619 437-0454  
    email:  rljohnson419@earthlink.net
    JUSTICE, Gary L. (Cheryl)
    Duke 79    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 S. Grand Avenue 213.229.7446  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.229.6446  
    email:  gjustice@gibsondunn.com
    KADZIELSKI, Mark A.
    Pennsylvania 76    
       
    Fulbright & Jaworski LLP    
    555 South Flower Street 213 892-9306  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 892-9494  
    email:  mkadzielski@fulbright.com
    KAMIN, Mitchell A. (Susan)
    Harvard 93    
       
    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg    
    1875 Century Park East, 23 Floor 310.201-2100  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310-201-2110  
    email:  mak@birdmarella.com
    KEESAL, Samuel A. Jr.   ‘Skip’ (Beth)
    U.S.C. 65    
       
    Keesal, Young & Logan    
    400 Oceangate 562 436-2000  
    Long Beach, CA 90802 Fax: 562 436-7416  
    email:  Skip.Keesal@kyl.com
    KELLY, Patrick M. (Gail)
    Loyola    
       
    Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP    
    555 S. Flower Street Ste 2900 213 443-5100  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 443-5101  
    email:  patrick.kelly@wilsonelser.com
    KENDIG, Hon. Holly E.
    Yale 75    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    Stanley Mosk Courthouse 213.974.5659  
    111 N. Hill Street, Dept. 42
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    		    
     
    KENT, Ronald D. (Carol)
    Berkeley 81    
       
    Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP    
    601 S. Figueroa Street 213.892.5030  
    Suite 2500
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-5704    		 Fax: 213.623.9924  
    email:  rkent@sonnenschein.com
    KIESEL, Paul R. (Dana)
    Whittier 85    
       
    Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP    
    8648 Wilshire Blvd. 310.854.4444  
    Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2910 Fax: 310.854.0812  
    email:  kiesel@kbla.com
    KIM, Helen B (Richard)
    Yale 1987    
       
    Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP    
    2029 Century Park East, Ste 2600 310.788.4525  
    2600
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.712.8226  
    email:  helen.kim@kattenlaw.com
    KIMBERLING, John F.   Jack
    Indiana 50    
       
       
    1180 Los Robles Drive 760 323-9999  
    Palm Springs, CA 92262 Fax: 760 323-9999  
    email:  jkimberling@dc.rr.com
    KINNAIRD, Dennis E. (Connie McCreight)
    Berkeley 64    
       
       
    418 N. Larchmont Blvd 323.850.7485  
    Los Angeles, CA 90004 Fax: 323.463.9697  
    email:  conniemccreight@earthlink.net
    KRINSKY, Miriam A. (Glenn)
    U.C.L.A. 84    
       
       
    4266 Irvine Ave.  
    Studio City, CA 91604    
    email:  krinskym@yahoo.com
    KRISCHER, Gordon    Gordy (Sharon)
    Harvard 71    
       
       
    400 S Hope St 213-430-6010  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    
    email: 
    KRONSTADT, Hon. John A. (Hon. Helen I. Bendix)
    Yale 76    
       
    US District Court    
    255 E Temple Street 213.894.2147  
    Suite 760
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    		    
    email:  John_Kronstadt@cacd.uscourts.gov
    LACK, Walter J. (Barbara)
    Loyola ’73    
       
    Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack    
    10100 Santa Monica Blvd. 310 552-3800  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310 552-9245  
    email:  wlack@elllaw.com
    LANDRY, Edward A. (Madeleine)
    U.C.L.A. 64    
       
    Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP    
    One Wilshire Boulevard 213 629-7657  
    Suite 2000 Fax: 213 624-1376  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 email:  e.landry@mpglaw.com
    LARSON, Stephen G. (Dena)
    USC 89    
       
    Arent Fox LLP    
    555 West Fifth Street, 48 Flr 213.443.7616  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013   Cell: 213.629.7401  
    email:  larson.stephen@arentfox.com
    LASH, David A. (Beth)
    U.C.L.A. 80    
       
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP    
    400 South Hope Street 213.430.8366  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.430.6407  
    email:  dlash@omm.com
    LAVINE, Ruth J.
    U.S.C. 43    
       
    Law Offices of Ruth Lavine    
    10430 Wilshire Blvd 310 470-9126  
    Suite 504    
    Los Angeles, CA 90024 email:  ruthjlavine@yahoo.com
    LEBOVITS, Moses
       
       
    Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch & Lebovits, LLP    
    1801 Century Park East 310 556-7900  
    9th Floor Fax: 310 556-2807  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 email:  lebovits@dfis-law.com
    LEINWAND, Shari
    U.S.C. 76    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    2029 Century Park East 310 557-8100  
    Suite 4000 Fax: 310 552-7020  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 email:  sleinwand@gibsondunn.com
    LeSAGE, Bernard E.   Bernie (Joan)
    Loyola 74    
       
    Buchalter Nemer    
    1000 Wilshire Blvd. 213.891.5230  
    Suite 1500
    Los Angeles, CA 90017    		 Fax: 213.630.5715  
    email:  blesage@buchalter.com
    LEWIS, Robert F. (Josephine)
    U.C.L.A. 61    
       
    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP    
    221 North Figueroa Street 213 680-5000  
    Suite 1200 Fax: 213 580-7982  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 email:  Lewis@lbbslaw.com
    LEYDORF, Fred L. (Mary)
    U.C.L.A. 58    
       
       
    75 Majorca Drive 760 324-5150  
    Rancho Mirage, CA 92270    
    email:  malcolmpub@aol.com
    LOBELLO, Patricia A.
    Loyola 67    
       
    Lamb, Morris & Lobello    
    615 East Foothill Boulevard 909 394-5200  
    Suite C Fax: 909 599-2250  
    San Dimas, CA 91773 email:  lmllawpal@aol.com
      LODISE, Margaret G.   Meg
    U.C.L.A. ’88    
       
    Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise LLP    
    350 S. Grand Avenue 213 617-2049  
    Suite 3500 Fax: 213 617-9350  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  mlodise@trustlitigation.la
    LUGOSI, Bela G. (Nancy)
    U.S.C. 64    
       
    Arent Fox LLP    
    Gas Company tower 213 629-7408  
    555 West 5th Stree, 48th Floor Fax: 213 629-7401  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 email:  lugosi.bela@arentfox.com
    LUI, Hon. Elwood (Crystal)
    U.C.L.A. 69    
       
    Jones Day    
    555 Flower Street 213 489-3939  
    50th Floor Fax: 213 243-2539  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  elui@jonesday.com
    LUNDBERG, G. Andrew
    Harvard 81    
       
    Latham & Watkins LLP    
    355 S. Grand Avenue 213.891.8248  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 Fax: 213.891.8763  
    email:  andy.lundberg@lw.com
    LUTZ, Robert E. (Colleen)
    Berkeley 71    
       
    Professor of Law    
    Southwestern Law School 213.738.6758  
    3050 Wilshire Boulevard
    Los Angeles, CA 90010    		 Fax: 213.738.6698  
    email:  rlutz@swlaw.edu
    MADISON, Steven G. (Annalylia Sanchez-Madison)
    Boston College 81    
       
    Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, LLP    
    865 South Figueroa Street 213 443-3150  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213 624-0643  
    email:  stevemadison@quinnemanuel.com
    MANDEL, Joseph D. (Jean)
    Yale 64    
       
       
    15478 Longbow Drive 818 788-7485  
    Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Fax: 818 986-6589  
    email:  josephdmandel@gmail.com
    MANELLA, Hon. Nora M.
    U.S.C. 75    
       
    Court of Appeal    
    300 South Spring Street 213 830-7443  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 Fax: 213 897-7955  
    email:  Nora.Manella@jud.ca.gov
    MANSFIELD, Stephen A. (Hon. Ronni B. MacLaren)
    Maine 82    
       
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP    
    580 California Street 415 765-9519  
    San Francisco, CA 94104-1036 Fax: 415 765-9501  
    email:  smansfield@akingump.com
    MARMARO, Marc (Cheryl)
    N.Y.U. 72    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill St 310.592.7323  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 217-9156  
    email:  mmarmaro@lasuperiorcourt.org
    MARMARO, Richard (Suzanne)
    NYU 75    
       
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagner & Flom LLP    
    300 S. Grand Ave Ste 3400 213.687.5480  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    
    email:  richard.marmaro@skadden.com
    MATSUMOTO, Sharon J. (Ron Rose)
    San Fernando Valley College of Law 78    
       
    Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office    
    210 West Temple Street 213 974-3958  
    18th Floor Fax: 213 626-5862  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 email:  smatsumo@da.lacounty.gov
    MATTHAI, Edith R. (James Robie)
    UC Hastings 75    
       
    Robie & Matthai    
    500 S. Grand Ave 213 706-8000  
    Suite 1500 Fax: 213 706-9913  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  ematthai@romalaw.com
    MAYORKAS, Alejandro N.   Ali (Tanya)
    Loyola 85    
       
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service    
    Office of the Director 202.272.1000  
    20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 5110
    Washington, DC 20529    		    
    email:  Alejandro.Mayorkas@dhs.gov
    McCORMACK, Francis X. (Peg)
    Columbia 54    
       
       
    975 Singing Wood Drive 626 355-9538  
    Arcadia, CA 91006 Fax: 626 355-3599  
    email:  FrankM355@aol.com
    McDERMOTT, Thomas J. Jr. (Yolanda)
    U.C.L.A. 58    
       
    McDermott & Delateur, LLP    
    74-770 Highway 111 760 346-8200  
    Suite 201 Fax: 760 346-8255  
    Indian Wells, CA 92210-9068 email:  tmcdermott@mcdelaw.com
    McHENRY, Thomas J. P. (Elena Pleger)
    NYU 1983    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 S. Grand Avenue, 49th Flr 213.229.7135  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Fax: 213.229.6135  
    email:  tmchenry@gibsondunn.com
    McKEITH, Malissa Hathaway
    San Francisco 83    
       
    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP    
    221 North Figueroa Street 213 580-6303  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 250-7900  
    email:  mckeith@lbbslaw.com
    MCKNIGHT, Frederick    Rick (Linda)
    Berkeley 72    
       
    Jones Day    
    555 S. Flower Street, 50th Fl 213.243.2777  
    50th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.243.2539  
    email:  fmcknight@jonesday.com
    McLEAN, David J. (Tammy)
    Georgetown 82    
       
    Latham & Watkins LLP    
    One Newark Center 973 639-1234  
    Suite 1600 Fax: 973 639-7298  
    Newark, NJ 07101 email: 
    McNICHOLAS, John P. III
    Loyola 62    
       
    McNicholas & McNicholas    
    10866 Wilshire Boulevard 310 474-1582  
    Suite 1400 Fax: 310 475-7871  
    Los Angeles, CA 90024 email:  john@mcnicholaslaw.com
    MEADOW, Robin (Margaret Stevens)
    Berkeley 71    
       
    Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP    
    5700 Wilshire Boulevard, 12 Floor 310 859-7811  
    Los Angeles, CA 90036 Fax: 310 276-5261  
    email:  rmeadow@gmsr.com
      MEDRANO, Manny
       
       
    Medrano & Carlton    
    555 West Fifith Street, 31st FL  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013    
    email:  mmedrano@medranocarlton.com
    MELBY, Donna D. (Randall)
    Loyola 78    
       
    Paul Hastings LLP    
    515 So. Flower St. 213 683-6098  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    
    email:  donnamelby@paulhastings.com
      MEYERS, Danette E.
    Howard 83    
       
    Office of the District Attorney    
    11701 South La Cienega Blvd. 310.727.6537  
    Los Angeles, CA 90045    
    email:  dmeyers@da.lacounty.gov
    MICHAELS, Charles Edward (Mariann)
    Vanderbilt 75    
       
    LAACO, Ltd.    
    500 South Grand Avenue 213 622-1254  
    Suite 1300 Fax: 213 622-5643  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2623 email:  charles.michaels@laaco.net
    MILLARD, Neal S.
    Chicago 72    
       
    Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP    
    One Wilshire Boulevard 213.629.7616  
    Suite 2000
    Los Angeles, CA 90017    		 Fax: 213.624.1376  
    email:  N.Millard@mpglaw.com
    MILLER, Stephen D. (Jeanne)
    Georgetown 63    
       
    Law Offices of Stephen D. Miller    
    360 North Bedford Drive 310 247-0080  
    Suite 204 Fax: 310 271-6041  
    Beverly Hills, CA 90212-5157 email:  SMiller@sdmlawyer.com
    MILLER, Howard B. (Shirley)
    Chicago 60    
       
    Girardi & Keese    
    1126 Wilshire Blvd. 213-977-0211  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-1904 Fax: 213-481-1554  
    email:  hmiller@girardikeese.com
    MIRELL, Douglas E. (Laurie Levenson)
    U.C. Davis ’80    
       
    Loeb & Loeb LLP    
    10100 Santa Monica Blvd. 310 282-2151  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-4120 Fax: 310 919-3898  
    email:  dmirell@loeb.com
    MOORE, Christopher M. (Gillian)
    Harvard 64    
       
    Moore, Bryan & Schroff, ALC    
    21515 Hawthorne Boulevard 310 540-8855  
    Suite 490 Fax: 310 316-1307  
    Torrance, CA 90503 email:  chris@mbslawcorp.com
    MORENO, Hon Carlos R (Ret) (Chris)
    Stanford 75    
       
    Irell & Manella LLP    
    1800 Avenue of the Stars, Ste 900 213.342.7032  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310.203.7199  
    email:  cmoreno@irell.com
    MORROW, Hon. Margaret M.
    Harvard 74    
       
    United States District Court    
    255 East Temple Street 213 894-2949  
    Suite 770 Fax: 213 894-2952  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 email:  margaret_morrow@cacd.uscourts.gov
    MUNGER, Molly (Stephen R. English)
    Harvard 74    
       
    English, Munger & Rice    
    1545 Wilshire Boulevard 213 989-1300 x1  
    Suite 800 Fax: 213 989-1309  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 email:  mmunger@advanceproj.com
    MURRAY, Anthony (Kathleen)
    Loyola 64    
       
    Loeb & Loeb LLP    
    10100 Santa Monica Boulevard 310 282-2373  
    Suite 2200    
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-4120 email:  amurray@loeb.com
    MURRAY, Adam (Aman Thind)
    Boalt 98    
       
    Inner City Law Center    
    1309 E. Seventh St 213.891.2880  
    Los Angeles, CA 90021    
    email:  amurray@innercitylaw.org
    NEAL, Hon. Richard C. (Barbara A. Reeves)
    Berkeley 73    
       
    JAMS    
    1410 Hillcrest Avenue 626 664-5346  
    Pasadena, CA 91106 Fax: 626 577-2835  
    email:  rneal@jamsadr.com
    NEAL, Barbara Reeves (Richard)
    Harvard 73    
       
    c/o JAMS    
    707 S. Wilshire Blvd. 626 449-5809  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017    
    email:  breeves@jamsadr.com
    NELSON, Gretchen M.
    Georgetown 83    
       
    Kreindler & Kreindler LLP    
    707 Wilshrie Blvd. 213.622.6469  
    #4100
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-3613    		 Fax: 213.622.6019  
    email:  gnelson@kreindler.com
    NEUBAUER, Mark A. (Diane)
    U.C.L.A. 76    
       
    Steptoe & Johnson LLP    
    2121 Avenue of the Stars Ste 2800 310 734-3210  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310 734-3300  
    email:  mneubauer@steptoe.com
    NISSEN, Steven Allen (Lynn Alvarez)
    Berkeley 76    
       
    NBC Universal    
    100 Universal City Plaza 818 777-9632  
    1280/4
    Universal City, CA 91608    		 Fax: 818 866-3363  
    email:  steve.nissen@nbcuni.com
    NITZKOWSKI, Greg (Barbara)
    U.C.L.A. 84    
       
    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP    
    515 South Flower Street 213 683-6180  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 683-5942  
    email:  gregnitzkowski@paulhastings.com
    NOLAN, Thomas J. (Mariann)
    Loyola 75    
       
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP    
    300 S. Grand Ave. 213 687-5250  
    #3400 Fax: 213 621-5250  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  tnolan@skadden.com
    NYHAN, John (Connie)
    Villanova 71    
       
    Fredericks Peebles & Morgan    
    1001 Second St. 916 551-3467  
    Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: 916 441-2067  
    email:  jnyhan@ndnlaw.com
    OAKES, Royal (Lauren)
    UCLA 77    
       
    Barger & Wolen LLP    
    633 W. 5th Street 213.680.2800  
    47th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2043    		 Fax: 213.614.7399  
    email:  roakes@bargerwolen.com
    O’BRIEN, Thomas
    San Diego 93    
       
    Paul Hastings    
    515 S. Flower Street, 25 th Fl. 213.683.6146  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.996.3146  
    email:  thomasobrien@paulhastings.com
    OLIVER, Anthony T. Jr.
    Santa Clara 53    
       
    Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’Hara & Samuelian    
    555 S. Flower Street 213 683-6618  
    30th Floor Fax: 213 683-6669  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  ato@pmcos.com
    OLSON, Ronald L. (Jane)
    Michigan 66    
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Flr 213 683-9111  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 683-5111  
    email:  ron.olson@mto.com
    O’Neall, Cris K. (Emily)
    UCLA 86    
       
    Cahill Davis & O’Neall, LLP    
    550 South Hope Street 213.896.9133  
    Suite 1650
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213. 622.9825  
    email:  cko@cahilldavis.com
    ORDIN, Andrea Sheridan (Robert)
    UCLA 65    
       
    Los Angeles County Counsel    
    500 W. Temple St, Room 648 213.974.1801  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.626.7446  
    email:  andreaordin@gmail.com
    OROZCO, Yolanda (James Scott)
    Stanford 1979    
       
       
     
    , CA    
    email: 
    OSTROFF, Peter (Anne Young)
    University of Chicago 67    
       
    Sidley Austin LLP    
    555 W. 5th Street 213 896-6612  
    Suite 4000 Fax: 213 896-6600  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 email:  postroff@sidley.com
    PANSKY, Ellen
    Loyola 77    
       
    Pansky Markle Ham LLP    
    1010 Sycamore Ave Ste 308 213.626.7300  
    South Pasadena, CA 91030 Fax: 213.626.7330  
    email:  epansky@panskymarkle.com
    Park, Ann I (Scott K. Yum, M.D.)
    UCLA 87    
       
    Pond North LLP    
    350 South Grand Ave Ste 3300 213 617-6170  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 623-3594  
    email:  apark@pondnorth.com
    PASTERNAK, David J. (Cynthia)
    Loyola 76    
       
    Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton, ALC    
    1875 Century Park East 310.553.1500  
    Suite 2200
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.553.1540  
    email:  djp@paslaw.com
    PASTERNAK, Cynthia F. (David)
    Loyola 76    
       
    Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton, ALC    
    1875 Century Park East 310.553.1500  
    Suite 2200
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.553.1540  
    email:  cfp@paslaw.com
    PELLMAN, Lloyd W.   Bill (Kathleen)
    Loyola 72    
       
    Nossaman LLP    
    445 S. Figueroa Street 213 612-7802  
    31st Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213 612-7801  
    email:  lpellman@nossaman.com
    PETILLON, Lee R. (Mary)
    Berkeley 59    
       
    Petillon, Hiraide, Zagzebski & Zagzebski LLP    
    21515 Hawthorne Boulevard 310.543.0500  
    Suite 1260
    Torrance, CA 90503    		 Fax: 310.543.0550  
    email:  lpetillon@phlcorplaw.com
      PFAELZER, Hon. Mariana R.
    U.C.L.A. 57    
       
    United States District Court    
    312 North Spring Street 213 894-7284  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213 894-1598  
    email: 
    PHILIBOSIAN, Robert H. (Nancy)
    Southwestern 67    
       
    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton , LLP    
    333 South Hope Street 213 617-5420  
    48th Floor Fax: 213 620-1398  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  rphilibosian@sheppardmullin.com
    PHILLIPS, Thomas Miles (Tracy C. Phillips)
    Loyola 82    
       
    The Phillips Firm    
    333 South Grand Avenue 213.943.1315  
    25th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.943.1316  
    email:  tphillips@thephillipsfirm.com
    PHILLIPS, Patricia
    Loyola 64    
       
    Phillips Jessner LLP    
    Two California Plaza 213.687.2650  
    350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3550
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.687.2651  
    email:  pphillips@phillipsjessner.com
    PHILLIPS, Stacy D. (Thomas E. Holliday)
    Columbia 83    
       
    Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra L.L.P.    
    2029 Century Park East, Ste 1200 310 277-7117  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310 286-9182  
    email:  sdpdissoqueen@plljlaw.com
    PINES, Hon. Burt (Karen)
    N.Y.U. 63    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    9425 Penfield Ave 818 576-8429  
    Chatsworth, CA 91311 Fax: 818 718-3024  
    email:  bpines@lasuperiorcourt.org
    Poster, Marc J (Roberta)
    UCLA 70    
       
    Greines, Martin , Stein & Richland LLP    
    5900 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th FL 310.859.7811  
    Los Angeles, CA 90036 Fax: 310.276.5261  
    email:  mposter@gmsr.com
    QUINN, John J.   Jack (Joan)
    U.S.C. 59    
       
    Arnold & Porter    
    777 South Figueroa Street 213 243-4080  
    44th Floor Fax: 213 243-4199  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844 email:  john_j_quinn@aporter.com
      RASMUSSEN, Robert K.
       
       
    USC Gould School of Law    
    699 Exposition Blvd.  
    Suite 300
    Los Angeles, CA 90089    		    
    email:  dean@law.usc.edu
      RECHT, Philip R (Helen Hirsch)
    University of Pennsylvania 81    
       
    Mayer Brown LLP    
    350 South Grand Ave 25th FL 213-229-9512  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3486 Fax: 213-625-0248  
    email:  precht@mayerbrown.com
    REDCAY, Ronald C. (Gay)
    Pennsylvania 73    
       
    Arnold & Porter    
    777 South Figueroa Street 213 243-4002  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213 243-4199  
    email:  ronald_redcay@aporter.com
    REITLER, Paul M. (Mary)
    Harvard 63    
       
    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton , LLP    
    333 South Hope Street, 43rd Flr 213 617-4116  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 620-1398  
    email:  preitler@sheppardmullin.com
    RENWICK, Edward S. (Gloria)
    Stanford 58    
       
    Hanna and Morton, LLP    
    444 South Flower Street 213 628-7131 x5  
    Suite 1500 Fax: 213 623-3379  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2916 email:  erenwick@hanmor.com
    REWINSKI, Jon L. (Diana Yu Rewinski)
    N.Y.U. 84    
       
    Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP    
    300 South Grand Avenue 213.687.6755  
    26th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.341.6755  
    email:  jrewinski@lockelord.com
    RICHLAND, Kent L.
       
       
    Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP    
    5900 wilshire Boulevard 310 859-7811  
    Los Angeles, CA 90036 Fax: 310 276-5261  
    email:  krichland@gmsr.com
    RODRIGUEZ, Luis J. (Yolanda Sanchez)
    Santa Clara University 92    
       
    Office of the L.A. County Public Defender    
    320 W. Temple St, 5th Flr 213.974.2992  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fax: 213.626.3519  
    email:  lrodriguez@pubdef.lacounty.gov
    ROGAN, Patrick G. (Rilla)
    Loyola 72    
       
    Crowe & Rogan, LLP    
    100 Wilshire Boulevard 310 917-4500  
    Suite 2000 Fax: 310 917-5677  
    Santa Monica, CA 90401-1111 email:  progan@crowerogan.com
    ROTHENBERG, Alan I. (Georgina)
    Michigan 63    
       
    1st Century Bank    
    1875 Century Park East 310.270.9501  
    Suite 1400
    Los Angeles, CA 90067    		 Fax: 310.270.9520  
    email:  arothenberg@1stcenturybank.com
    SAFERSTEIN, Harvey I. (Peggy)
    Harvard 68    
       
    Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.    
    2029 Century Park East 310 586-3200  
    Suite 1370 Fax: 310 586-3202  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 email:  hsaferstein@mintz.com
    SAGER, Kelli L. (SteveRosenwasser)
    University of Utah 85    
       
    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP    
    865 S. Figueroa Street, Ste 2400 213 633-6821  
    24 Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2566    		 Fax: 213 633-6899  
    email:  kellisager@dwt.com
    SAMUELIAN, Karl M. Esq. (Dolores)
    U.C.L.A. 56    
       
       
    120 Stone Canyon Road 310 472-7920  
    Los Angeles, CA 90077 Fax: 310 472-0546  
    email:  karlsamuelian@aol.com
    SAXE, Deborah (Robert)
    UCLA 78    
       
    Jones Day    
    555 South Flower Street, 50th FL 213 243 2622  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300 Fax: 213 243 2539  
    email:  dsaxe@jonesday.com
    SCHEPER, David (Hon. Barbara M. Scheper)
    Notre Dame 85    
       
    Scheper Kim & Harris LLP    
    601 W. 5th Street , 12th Flr 213.613.4655  
    12th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.613.4656  
    email:  dscheper@scheperkim.com
      Schulman, John
       
       
    Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp    
    11377 West Olympic Boulevard  
    Fax:
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    Los Angeles, CA 90064-1625 email:  jas@msk.com
    SCHWARTZ, Michael D.
    U.C.L.A. 87    
       
       
    16110 Northfield Street 310.617.1990  
    Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Fax: 310.617.1990  
    email:  michael90272@aol.com
    SCOULAR, Robert F.   Robb (Donna)
    St. Louis University 68    
       
    SNR Denton US LLP    
    601 South Figueroa Street,; Ste 2500 213.892.5003  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 213.623.9924  
    email:  robert.scoular@snrdenton,com
    SEAVER, R. Carlton    Carlton (Laura)
    Stanford 75    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    PO Box 1210 213.689.0150  
    Sierra Madre, CA 91025-4210 Fax: 626.355.7099  
    email:  carlton@seaver.org
    SELTZER, Marc M. (Hon. Christina A. Snyder)
    UCLA 1972    
       
    Susman Godfrey LLP    
    1901 Avenue of the Stars Ste 950 310 789 3102  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029 Fax: 310 789 3006  
    email:  mseltzer@susmangodfrey.com
    SIEGEL, Robert Alan
    University of Michigan 74    
       
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP    
    2310 Hercules Drive 213.430.6006  
    Los Angeles, CA 90046    
    email:  RSiegel@omm.com
    SLIFKIN, Clara L.
    Loyola 75    
       
    Department of General Services    
    Office of Admin Hearings/Special Education Division 818 904-2388  
    15350 Sherman Way, Suite 300 Fax: 818 904-2360  
    Van Nuys, CA 91405 email:  clara.slifkin@dgs.ca.gov
    SLOAN, Sheldon H.   “Shelly” (Shelby Jean)
    U.S.C. 61    
       
    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP    
    11111 Santa Monica Boulevard 310 268-0622  
    Los Angeles, CA 90025 Fax: 310 268-2450  
    email:  shs@lobbylaw.com
    SOLOWAY, Howard B. (Trinka)
    Harvard 71    
       
       
    509 N. Alta Dr. 310.779.2799  
    Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Fax: 310.274.5014  
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    SPAN, Robert S. (Crystal)
    Yale 71    
       
    Steinbrecher & Span LLP    
    445 S. Figueroa St Ste 2230 213.891.1400  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213.891.1470  
    email:  rspan@steinbrecherspan.com
    SPIEGEL, John W.
    Yale 76    
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 South Grand Avenue 213.683.9152  
    35th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560    		 Fax: 213.683.5152  
    email:  john.spiegel@mto.com
    STACK, Richard L. (Linda)
    Loyola 73    
       
    Overton, Lyman & Prince LLP    
    520 South Grand Avenue 213 683-5281  
    7th Floor Fax: 213 627-7795  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  rstack@overtonlaw.net
    STEINBERG, Hon. Marjorie S. (Mark)
    U.C.L.A. 75    
       
    Los Angeles Superior Court    
    2272 Live Oak Drive West 323 466-4009  
    Los Angeles, CA 90068    
    email:  msteinberg@lasuperiorcourt.org
    STEINBERG, Mark R. Mr (Marjorie)
    Northwestern 72    
       
    Motion Picture Association of America    
    2272 Live Oak Drive West 323 466-4009  
    Los Angeles, CA 90068 Fax: 323 466-4009  
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    STEINBERG, Larry (Ellen)
    Harvard 81    
       
    Buchalter Nemer    
    1000 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1500 310.460.4481  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 Fax: 310.282.8213  
    email:  LSteinberg@buchalter.com
      STEINBRECHER, Alan K. (Millie)
    Duke 77    
       
    Steinbrecher & Span LLP    
    445 S. Figueroa Street 213.891.1400  
    17th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.891.1470  
    email:  asteinbrecher@steinbrecherspan.com
    STEPHENS, George E. Jr. (Gretel)
    Stanford 62    
       
       
    615 South Mentor Avenue 626 795-5436  
    Pasadena, CA 91106    
    email:  georgeestephens@yahoo.com
    STURGEON, John A. (Mary Ann)
    Stanford 62    
       
    White & Case LLP    
    633 West 5th Street 213 620-7755  
    19th Floor Fax: 213 687-0758  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  jsturgeon@whitecase.com
      Suchil, Sally
       
       
    Los Angeles County Bar Association    
    1055 West 7th Street  
    2700 Fax:
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    SULLIVAN, Roger M. (Jayne)
    Loyola ’52    
       
    Sullivan, Workman & Dee    
    800 South Figueroa Street 213 624-5544  
    Suite 1200 Fax: 213 627-7128  
    Los Angeles, CA 90017 email:  rsullivan@swdlaw.net
    SULLIVAN, William F. (Kait)
    U.C.L.A. 77    
       
    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP    
    515 S. Flower Street 213 683-6252  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 996-3252  
    email:  williamsullivan@paulhastings.com
    TALCOTT, Hon. Robert M. (Ret.) (Sandra)
    Georgetown 59    
       
       
    640 Harbor Street 310 822-6657  
    #4    
    Venice, CA 90291 email:  rmtalcott@hotmail.com
    TAYLOR, John D. (Elizabeth (‘Lee’))
    Berkeley 59    
       
    Taylor Summers Rhodes Rasmussen Brooke & Torossian, LLP    
    301 East Colorado Boulevard, Ste 407 626.795.7400  
    Suite 407
    Pasadena, CA 91101-1920    		 Fax: 626.795.7496  
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    TEMKO, William D. (Sarah Bowman)
    Columbia 79    
       
    Munger Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 S. Grand Avenue 213.683.9266  
    35th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.683.5166  
    email:  william.temko@mto.com
      TEVRIZIAN, Hon. Dickran M. (Geraldine)
    U.S.C. 65    
       
    JAMS    
    707 Wilshire Boulevard 213.253.9779  
    Suite 4600
    Los Angeles, CA 90012    		 Fax: 626.405.1002  
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    THOMAS, Geoffrey L. (Reba)
    Stanford 71    
       
    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP    
    515 South Flower Street, 25th Flr 213 683-6149  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 627-0705  
    email:  geoffreythomas@paulhastings.com
    THUMANN, Henry C. (Elizabeth)
    Harvard 60    
       
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP    
    1999 Avenue of the Stars 310.246.6701  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067-6035 Fax: 310.246.6779  
    email:  hthumann@omm.com
    Torres, Diana
    Yale 92    
       
    Kirkland & Torres    
    333 S. Hope Street 213 680-8338  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 680-8500  
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    TUTTLE, Kathleen J.
    Berkeley 78    
       
    Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office    
    Antitrust Section 213 580-3234  
    201 North Figueroa Street, 12th Floor Fax: 213 482-9420  
    Los Angeles, CA 90012 email:  tuttleink@aol.com
    VAN DE KAMP, Hon. John K. (Andrea)
    Stanford 59    
       
    Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP    
    333 S. Grand Avenue 213.621.6511  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-1530 Fax: 213.621.6100  
    email:  jvandekamp@dl.com
    VANDEVELDE, John D. (Mary Linda)
    Loyola 75    
       
    Crowell & Moring LLP    
    515 South Flower Street, 40th Flr 213.622.4750  
    40th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2258    		 Fax: 213.622.2690  
    email:  jvandevelde@crowell.com
    VARAT, Jonathan D. (Barbara)
    Pennsylvania 72    
       
    School of Law    
    University of California Los Angeles 310 825-1538  
    P.O. Box 951476 Fax: 310 206-7010  
    Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476 email:  varat@law.ucla.edu
    VERA, Hernan D. (Julie Su)
    UCLA 94    
       
    Public Counsel    
    610 South Ardmore Avenue 213.385.2977 x104  
    Los Angeles, CA 90005 Fax: 213.385.9089  
    email:  hvera@publiccounsel.org
    VOGEL, Miriam A. (Charles)
    Whittier 75    
       
    Morrison & Foerster LLP    
    555 West Fifth Street 213.892.5929  
    35th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90013-1024    		 Fax: 213.210.1116  
    email:  mvogel@mofo.com
    VOGEL, Hon. Charles S. (Ret.) (Miriam)
    U.C.L.A. 59    
       
    JAMS    
    5900 Wilshire Blvd. 323.330.1062  
    12th Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90036    		    
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    WALSH, David M. (Monica)
    U.S.C. 85    
       
    Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP    
    515 South Flower Street 213 683-6181  
    Suite 2500 Fax: 213 627-0705  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 email:  davidwalsh@paulhastings.com
    WARDLAW, William M. (Kim)
    U.C.L.A. 72    
       
    Freeman Spogli & Co.    
    11100 Santa Monica Boulevard 310 444-1825  
    19th Floor Fax: 310 444-1870  
    Los Angeles, CA 90025 email:  bwardlaw@freemanspogli.com
    WARREN, Robert S. (Anna Marie Warren)
    U.S.C. 56    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 South Grand Avenue 213 229-7326  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 229-6326  
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    WAYTE, Alan (Nancy)
    Stanford 60    
       
    DLA Piper LLP    
    1745 Orlando Rd 626.792.8187  
    Pasadena, CA 91106 Fax: 626.683.3939  
    email:  AWayte@yahoo.com
    WEBBER, Eric (Gerard Kraaijeveld)
    University Of Chicago 87    
       
    Irell & Manella LLP    
    1800 Avenue of the Stars, Ste 900 310.203.7623  
    Los Angeles, CA 90067 Fax: 310.203.7199  
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    WEGNER, William E. (Talitha Davies Wegner)
    Puget Sound 80    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 South Grand Avenue 213 229-7508  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071 Fax: 213 229-6508  
    email:  wwegner@gibsondunn.com
    WEISSMAN, Henry (Deborah)
    Yale 87    
       
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP    
    355 S. Grand Avenue 213.683.9150  
    Suite 3500
    Los Angeles, CA 90071    		 Fax: 213.683.5150  
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    WILLIAMS, Norma J. (Bruce Goldstein)
    UC Berkeley Bobalt Hall 77    
       
    Williams & Associates    
    555 West Fifth Street, Ste 3100 213.996.8464  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 Fax: 213.947.1799  
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    WOOD (Ret), Travers D. (Karen Merickel-Wood)
    U.S.C. 69    
       
    White & Case LLP    
    741 Via Del Monte 310.375.2498  
    Palos Verdes Estates, CA 900274    
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    WOODS, Daniel J. (Katie)
    U.S.C. 77    
       
    White & Case LLP    
    633 West Fifth Street 213 620-7700  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007    
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    YANG, Debra Wong   Deb
    Boston College 85    
       
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP    
    333 So. Grand Avenue 213 229-7472  
    Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Fax: 213 229-6472  
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    Harvard ’77    
       
    California Court of Appeal    
    300 South Spring Street 213 830-7403  
    Los Angeles, CA 90013 Fax: 213 897-2429  
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    Pepperdine 87    
       
    The Rutter Group, a Division of West, a Thomson Reuters Business    
    15760 Ventura Blvd. 818.990.3260 x7026  
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    Arnold & Porter’s Douglas Winthrop (Formerly of Howard Rice) In California Bar Foundation Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble; Wayne Gretzky, James Brosnahan, Joe Cotchett, John Keker Proxies Revealed — Part 1

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    WAYNE GRETSKY

    In the legal dispute between MGA (Bratz Dolls) and Mattel (Barbie Dolls), it is estimated that MGA’s legal cost to date are close to $200 million.  According to Mattel, Bratz Dolls were designed by a former Mattel employee (Carter Bryant) before he jumped ship to MGA. Mattel sought $2 billion in damages, and according to Bob Eckert, Mattel’s CEO, pursues the case “as a matter of principle.”

    Representing El Segundo, California-based Mattel was John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

    Defendant Carter Bryant was represented by Keker & Van Nest’s John Keker. Los Angeles-based MGA and founder/CEO Isaac Larian were initially represented by O’Melveny & Myers. However, a dispute erupted when O’Melveny insisted that partner Daniel Petrocelli serve as lead counsel in the case.

    Mr. Larian was not thrilled about Petrocelli and fired O’Melveny altogether. O’Melveny immediately demanded payment of $10 million it claims MGA and Mr. Larian owe the firm in unpaid and outstanding legal fees.

    With a looming  trial date, no counsel, and a threat from O’Melveny that if he does not pay he will be sued, Mr. Larian went knocking on the door of Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese.


    MGA TEAM — COUNSELS WHO REPRESENTED DEFENDANT MGA (“BRATZ DOLLS”.) FROM LEFT: SKADDEN ARPS’ RAOUL KENNEDY AND THOMAS NOLAN ; HOWARD RICE’S JEROME FALK AND DOUGLAS WINTHROP; KEKER & VAN NEST’S JOHN KEKER AND MGA’S IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, MR. CRAIG HOLDEN.

    Specifically,  Larian asked Girardi to look into the fees it had paid to O’Melveny.  According to media reports, Girardi stated, “When O’Melveny couldn’t get Petrocelli in the lead chair it wanted off the case. We are taking a look at the massively large fees that happened with the O’Melveny representation. On first blush, it seems like an awful lot of money for what has been accomplished. I think the client has strong reason to have great concern.”

    At approximately the same time, Girardi’s friend — Thomas Nolan of Skadden Arps — was chosen to serve as counsel for MGA and Mr. Larian instead of O’Melveny.  At that time, also representing MGA  was its own in-house counsel, Mr. Craig Holden.

    Thomas Nolan, who served as Girardi’s defense counsel (along with Diane Karpman) in the Ninth Circuit disciplinary matter of In Re Girardi stemming from an attempt  by Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi to defraud the Ninth Circuit , is a well-known and respected attorney. According to Mr. Girardi, Thomas Nolan “is like “Wayne Gretsky” – he doesn’t look any bigger, tougher or faster, but the next thing you know he’s scored four goals. And he’s always a gentleman.”

    Following a verdict against MGA, preparations were made for the second stage of the trial to set damages, which were estimated to be approximately $500 million. At the conclusion of that stage, the jury awarded $100 million to Mattel. In addition, Judge Stephen Larson issued a draconian injunction against MGA, ipso facto dissolving it.

    Following the trial, Wayne Gretsky of Skadden Arps quickly arranged for Howard Rice’s Jerome Falk and Douglas Winthrop to join the legal team and file an immediate emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which subsequently reversed the entire judgment.

     

    WAYNE GRETSKY-THOMAS GIRARDI -JOHN KEKER-JOE COTCHETT  PROXIES REVEALED

    At the conclusion of the appeal in a civil case prosecuted by the firms of Girardi & Keese and Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack against Dole Food Company, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski issued an order to show cause why Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack should not be disbarred, suspended, or sanctioned for the attempt to defraud this Court for the purpose of unjustly collecting a $500 million judgment.

    Representing Thomas Girardi in those disciplinary proceedings before ther Ninth Circuit were Wayne Gretsky of Skadden Arps and ethics expert Diane Karpman.

    Oral arguments ensued, during which one of the judges on the panel stated that the “elephant” in the room is the manner in which the matter would be developed by the State Bar of California.

    Subsequently, the Court found both Girardi and Lack culpable, and imposed close to $500,000.00 in monetary sanctions, reprimanded Girardi, and suspended Lack.   Some of the findings included that Lack and Girardi have resorted to employing “the persistent use of known falsehoods” and that “false representations” were made “knowingly, intentionally, and recklessly” during years of litigation.

    The State Bar of California assigned the matter to an outside special prosecutor (Jerome Falk of Howard Rice) since Howard Miller of Girardi & Keese served as President of the State Bar, and had hired the Chief Trial counsel of the State Bar at the time, Mr. James Towery.

    After conducting an interview with Walter Lack, Jerome Falk chose to not file any charges against Lack or Girardi based on his position that any false statements submitted were not “intentional.” This determination was contrary to findings made by the Ninth Circuit.

    Within days of the issuance of Mr. Falk’s decision, YR advanced an ethics complaint against James Towery, Jerome Falk, Howard Miller, and Douglas Winthrop, contending that it had been improper for Mr. Towery to select Jerome Falk (of Howard Rice) to serve as special prosecutor because, among other reasons, Howard Miller (of Girardi & Keese) had appointed Howard Rice’s managing partner (Douglas Winthrop) as president of the California Bar Foundation, a foundation owned, controlled, and maintained by the State Bar of California, as well as because of the close business relationship between Howard Rice’s Jerome Falk and Wayne Gretsky of Skadden Arps.

    Subsequently, and fortuitously, YR  also discovered that Lack and Girardi were actually clients of Jerome Falk and Howard Rice.  YR had inquired with Mr. Hawley of the State Bar of California whether this fact was known to the Special Master investigating the complaint.  The State Bar of California remained mum.

    Subsequently, Jerome Falk wrote to YR:

    I received your November 13 email concerning my participation in the State Bar’s investigation of Walter J. Lack, Thomas V. Girardi and other attorneys. It is filled with disparaging characterizations, all of which seem to stem from your allegations that I or my firm have represented Mr. Lack and Mr. Girardi.

    Your allegations are false.

    I have never represented either person, or their firms. Neither has Douglas Winthrop. Nor has my firm ever represented Mr. Lack or Mr. Girardi.

    From 2006-2008, my firm represented several law firms, including Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack and Girardi & Keese, in a litigation matter. The public records of that litigation show that neither Mr. Winthrop nor I had nothing to do with that representation; in fact, I was unaware of it. The public records also show that my firm represented the law firms, but did not represent Mr. Girardi or Mr. Lack. The attorney responsible for that representation had left Howard Rice and taken the files with him before I was asked to serve as Special Deputy Trial Counsel in the State Bar matter.

    You are on notice that your allegations are false. The falsity of those allegations can be determined from the public records of the litigation in question.

    Jerome B. Falk, Jr.

     

    Complainant YR wrote back:

    Dear Mr. Falk:

    Thank you for replying to my letter of November 13th, 2011 This will serve as a reply.

    In your letter dated December 7, 2011, you attempt again to defraud and mislead in your attempt to avoid responsibility for your repugnant and deceitful actions taken in connection with your actions as a special prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California against two of your and your firm’s clients — Girardi & Keese and Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack (and by operation of law, Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack), as part of a scheme to exploit your authority for financial gain.

    By analogy, rather than acknowledging that you were caught with your hand in the cookie jar, you seek to bamboozle the unwary by stating that it wasn’t actually your hand in the cookie jar but, rather, only your fingers, and in any event it wasn’t a jar but, rather, a plastic container which you contend doesn’t qualify as a jar. Therefore, you devote an entire paragraph proclaiming, “Your allegations are false.” You conclude by placing me on “notice” that my allegations are “false.”

    The contents of your communication are unethical in the extreme, as well as entirely frivolous factually, legally, and by operation of law, to wit:

    You claim, “In fact, I wasn’t aware of it” (referring to the fact that you and your firm had represented Girardi & Keese and ELL). While you acknowledge your firm (Howard Rice) did represent Girardi & Keese and ELL from 2006 to 2008 , you assert that you were not aware of this representation. Simply put, your assertion is false; it is simply implausible that for two entire years you were unaware that your firm represented such celebrity/famous/notorious attorneys such as Thomas Girardi, Walter Lack, and Pierce O’Donnell.

    This is particularly true since you are a member of Howard Rice’s “attorney liability” group, which consists of between 7-9 attorneys (including your colleagues Sean SeLegue, Pamela Phillips, and Steve Mayer), and the subject matter of the litigation was a suit advanced against Girardi & Keese, ELL, and O’Donnell for legal malpractice in connection with alleged attorney misconduct in the litigation involving El Paso Natural Gas/Sempra Energy, a series of cases which received significant publicity.

     

    El Paso Sempra Litigation

     

    I am also hard-pressed to believe that you were unaware of the estimated $250,000 retainer Girardi & Keese and ELL paid to your firm (money which paid your and your colleagues’ salaries), and that no one ever discussed this matter with you for purposes of addressing legal strategy or legal issues in person or during meetings.

    Most importantly, in your letter to Robert Baker you acknowledge that you had interviewed Walter Lack. Again, you ask me to believe that Walter Lack did not mention the fact that Howard Rice represented him and his firm only one year prior to your meeting.

    The fact that Walter Lack did not speak up during the interview with you is just too convenient, and is further circumstantial evidence that you and he both knew of the prior representation, and chose to nevertheless further continue with the conspiracy to obstruct justice for financial gain, to the detriment of the public and the proper administration of justice. Complete story, please continue HERE.

    Proxies at the State Bar of California Board of Governors are the president of  State Bar of California Jon Streeter of Keker & Van Nest, Alec Chang of Skadden Arps, Nancy Fineman of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Craig Holden, and executive director of the State Bar of California — Voice of OC’s Joe Dunn, below:

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    Richard Rothenberg Background (TLR Note: Presumably Relative of “The Banker” Alan Rothenberg Connection to Eric George, Girardi & Keese, Bet Tzedek, — May be of Interest to Legal Scholar Dan Dydzak)

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    Richard Rothenberg’s Summary

    Prior to joining 1CB in July of 2004, Richard Rothenberg had an extensive background in business operations, finance and law. His business and finance work included jobs in business development with Warner Bros., finance with the Walt Disney Company, operations with Launch Media and as a business consultant with Jersey Films. He worked as a litigator for the law firms of Browne, Woods & George and Glancy, Binkow & Goldberg. Mr. Rothenberg has an MBA degree and a JD degree, both from the University of Southern California and a B.A. from Brown University. He is a graduate of the Harvard School (now Harvard Westlake) and participates in its annual alumni fund-raising drive. He has served as a member of the planning committee for the Justice Ball, an annual fundraiser for Bet Tzedek Legal Services. As a fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (“MJFF”), he has helped raise over $10 million for the “A Sunny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s” Los Angeles-area fundraisers over the last several years. He has served on the MJFF Patient Council since its inception in March 2009.

    Specialties

    Private Commercial Banking, Business Development/Sales/Relationship Management, Strategic Planning

    Richard Rothenberg’s Experience

    Managing Director

    1st Century Bank

    July 2004 – Present (7 years 6 months)

    Richie Rothenberg works as Managing Director of 1st Century Bank, a private commercial bank located in Century City, where he works extensively with Senior Management and the Private Banking Team to identify and develop customers. He also works closely with and oversees the relationship management of key customers and participates in the strategic growth, direction and development of the company.

    Attorney

    Browne Woods & George LLP

    Partnership; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry

    November 2003 – July 2004 (9 months)

    Attorney with law firm specializing in all areas of commercial litigation. Extensive research and drafting of legal memoranda; drafting of law and motion documents for multi-million dollar contract dispute; making numerous appearances in the United States Bankruptcy Court and Superior Court of California, for, among other things, ex parte application hearings, lead plaintiff appointment hearings and bankruptcy hearings; and preparing business analyses for numerous civil litigation actions.

    Attorney

    Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP

    November 2001 – November 2003 (2 years 1 month)

    Attorney with law firm specializing in class action lawsuits for shareholder and consumer fraud. Extensive drafting of legal memoranda and law and motion documents, including class certification motions, oppositions to motions to dismiss, and settlement documents; taking and defending of depositions – in California, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan – of named individual defendants and key witnesses and lead plaintiffs in securities and consumer class action suits; making numerous court appearances in Federal Court in the Central and Northern Districts of California, the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Bankruptcy Court in Illinois, as well as Superior Court of California, for, among others, discovery hearings, complex designation hearings, bankruptcy hearings and lead plaintiff appointment hearings; representing clients in settlement discussions, negotiations and mediations; and preparing business analyses for numerous civil litigation actions.

    Vice President, Content (Live Music)

    LAUNCH Media

    November 2000 – May 2001 (7 months)

    Product Manager for Vans Warped Tour live concert business (over 30 bands & 12 extreme sports athletes in 45 markets.) Developed marketing plan, managed P&L, developed operational budget & forecast for business with over $10 Million in revenues. Negotiated deal points with vendors, including a marketing and ticketing partnership with Ticketmaster. Managed team of employees dedicated to Vans Warped Tour business, including finance, legal, sales, press and marketing teams.

    Vice President, Business Development

    Digital Brandcasting

    June 2000 – November 2000 (6 months)

    Member of transition team to prepare musical artists digital management company (clients including Will Smith and Alanis Morissette , among others) for merger with public and private company prospective partners. Prepared business overview and profile, including financial statements of operations and business valuation. Negotiated terms of sponsorship and programming opportunities for clients. Worked closely with CEO/Founder Ken Hertz

    Manager, Business Development

    Warner Bros.

    Public Company; 10,001+ employees; TWX; Entertainment industry

    February 2000 – June 2000 (5 months)

    Negotiated business deal points and wrote term sheets for content, community and commerce features of Warner Bros.’ entertainment websites (including content deal with Chuck Jones, community deal with Talk City and development of Warner Bros. Live Concert Series). Worked closely with top management in development and implementation of content partnerships and equity investments.

    Senior Financial Analyst, Finance and Planning

    The Walt Disney Company

    Public Company; 10,001+ employees; DIS; Entertainment industry

    August 1999 – January 2000 (6 months)

    Strategic planning, research and analysis of Disney Consumer Products business units, focused on the $350 Million licensing business. Prepared board of director meeting notes for consumer products business division. Prepared economic profit models for DCP’s lines of business.

    Business Consultant

    Jersey Films

    January 1999 – May 1999 (5 months)

    Wrote business plan for entertainment Internet venture. Developed business strategies and operations timeline for Internet venture and other Jersey Films new media developments. Worked closely with Jersey Films principals Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher. Received offer of full-time employment.

    Summer Associate, New York

    O’Melveny & Myers LLP

    Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry

    May 1998 – August 1998 (4 months)

    Researched and wrote legal memoranda, conducted due diligence and drafted documents for corporate practice group. Concentrated on real estate transactions and telecommunications mergers. Maintained direct communication with clients. Received offer of full-time employment in NY & LA offices.

    Summer Associate

    Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP

    Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry

    May 1997 – August 1997 (4 months)

    Researched and wrote legal memoranda and supported collective bargaining sessions for labor practice group. Researched and wrote legal points and authorities for high profile civil litigation judgment enforcement. Drafted corporate documents. Received offer to return for 2nd summer.

    Law Clerk

    Girardi & Keese

    Partnership; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry

    May 1996 – May 1997 (1 year 1 month)

    Law Clerk to Tom Girardi. Researched and wrote memoranda, wrote papers of law and motion for numerous civil litigation actions.

    Richard Rothenberg’s Education

    University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business

    MBA

    1997 – 1999

    University of Southern California Law School

    JD

    1995 – 1999

    Brown University

    BA

    1985 – 1989

    Harvard School

    1979 – 1985

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    Bet Tzedek Board of Directors (TLR Note: 1- Bet Tzedek a Recipient of Grants From State Bar of California 2- Notice Names of Operatives Holly Fujie, Rex Heinke, and Eric George)

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    Our Board

    Jay Abarbanel
    RetiredJeffrey I. Abrams
    Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro & Schulman, LLP

    James N. Adler
    Adler ADR

    G. Carla Axelrod
    Wells Fargo

    Robert G. Badal
    WilmerHale

    Arthur H. Bilger
    Shelter Capital Partners

    Aviva K. Bobb
    Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Retired

    Evan A. Braude
    Law Offices of Evan Anderson Braude

    Meryl K. Chae
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    Maren Christensen
    Universal Studios

    James P. Clark
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Jerome L. Coben, Esq.
    Zeughauser Group

    Nancy Sher Cohen
    Proskauer Rose, LLP

    Mark T. Drooks
    Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim,
    Drooks & Lincenberg

    Scott A. Edelman
    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

    Lewis G. Feldman
    Goodwin Procter LLP

    Michael A. Firestein
    Proskauer Rose LLP

    Gerald S. Freisleben
    Foley/Freisleben LLC

    Alan V. Friedman, Esq.
    Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

    Mark J. Friedman
    Pinkberry

    Holly J. Fujie
    Buchalter Nemer

    Marc H. Gamsin
    Alliance Bernstein

    Eric M. George
    Browne Woods George LLP

    Geoffrey M. Gold
    Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff Inc.

    Glenn Gottlieb
    Gottlieb Mediation Services

    Gordon A. Greenberg
    McDermott, Will & Emery

    Howard Grobstein
    Grobstein, Horwath & Company LLP

    Daniel T. Gryczman
    Regent Properties

    Carole E. Handler
    Lathrop & Gage LLP

    Rex Heinke
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    Gregory D. Helmer
    Helmer & Friedman, LLP

    J. Erik Isken
    Southern California Edison

    Richard B. Jones
    Merrill Lynch

    Stanley T. Kandel
    Retired

    Frank Kaplan
    Bingham McCutchen LLP

    Richard L. Kellner
    Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

    Jeffrey H. Kinrich, C.P.A.
    Analysis Group, Inc.

    Stephen A. Kroft
    Retired

    Luis Lainer
    Lainer Investments

    		 David A. Lash, Esq.
    O’Melveny & Myers

    Stanley W. Levy
    Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLPSteven D. Lotwin
    Capital Group Companies

    Neal R. Marder
    Winston & Strawn

    Kevin S. Marks
    Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.

    Frank E. Melton
    Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff Inc.

    Linda Michaelson
    Sheppard Mullin

    Kenneth S. Millman
    Millman Investments

    Mark A. Milstein
    Milstein, Edeleman & Prager

    Barton P. Pachino
    California State University Northridge
    Business Law Department

    Scott Packman
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    David J. Pasternak
    Pasternak, Pasternak & Patton

    Jay Rakow
    The Lincy Foundation

    Jeffrey E. Resnick
    First Property Realty Corporation

    Gary D. Roberts
    Fox Entertainment Group

    Peter K. Rosen
    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Erin C. Rotgin
    Fox Entertainment Group

    David J. Schindler
    Latham & Watkins

    Ronie M. Schmelz
    Sidley Austin LLP

    John A. Schulman
    Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP

    Robert M. Schwartz
    O’Melveny & Myers

    Allan Schweitzer
    Post Advisory Group, LLC

    Brette S. Simon
    Jones Day

    Jeffrey A. Sklar, Esq.
    Sklar Law, P.C.

    Glenn A. Sonnenberg
    Latitude Management Real Estate Investors

    David M. Stern
    Klee Tuchin Bogdanoff & Stern LLP

    Brian A. Sun
    Jones Day

    Jonathan A. Victor
    Balmoral Funds

    Leah E. Weil
    Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

    Edward Weiss
    TicketMaster

    Bruce A. Wessel
    Irell & Manella LLP

    Jay S. Wintrob
    AIG Retirement Services

    Michael A. Woronoff
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    Pierce O’Donell of O’Donnell & Associates Part of Team Against Sempra , El Paso National Gas

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    Morrison & Foerster LLP is home to the “distinguished” James Brosnahan and Melvin Goldman. Brosnahan is the author of the Trial Handbook for California Lawyers and renowned for his “stellar practice”. He achieved the successful defence of Reliant Technologies in a jury trial and the dismissal of charges against former chair of the board of Hewlett-Packard Patricia Dunn. Melvin Goldman is a “senior statesman” who has defended Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank and Coca-Cola.
    O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Seth Aronson stands out in the research as “one of the very top, both in the state and further afield.” His securities litigation practice received particular praise. At Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, name partner Joseph Cotchett is a “legend” of the State Bar, who has worked on a range of high-profile cases.

    Pierce O’Donnell of O’Donnell & Associates is “a star,” according to peers. He recently led the team that obtained a $1.9 billion settlement from Sempra Energy and was co-lead counsel of a team that obtained a $1.7 billion settlement from El Paso National Gas in the California energy crisis litigation. He has also represented Firestone.

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    OBJECTION TO CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN FOGEL V. FARMERS GROUP ALLEGES FRAUD ON THE COURT BY GIRARDI & KEESE AND SKADDEN ARPS DUE TO UNDISCLOSED CONCURRENT REPRESENTATION

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    As a service to the community, The Leslie Brodie Report publishes below an objection recently submitted to the court in the matter of BENJAMIN FOGEL vs. FARMERS GROUP, INC.  CASE NO BC300142

    Dear Judge Highberger:

    This will serve to inform this Court about ethical violations and fraud on this Court stemming from collusion between the law offices of Girardi & Keese and Skadden Arps, to equitably object in the interest of justice to the proposed settlement in this matter, to seek a decree from this Court that all sums allocated as attorneys’ fees be shifted to the general fund allocated to compensate the class, and  to seek any other relief this Court deems proper (collectively “Objection”).

    The Objection is based on the fact that while the matter of Fogel vs. Farmers Group was pending before this Court, the law offices of Skadden Arps and Girardi & Keese entered into a wholly separate agreement by which Skadden Arps agreed to represent Girardi & Keese in the matter of In Re Girardi (Case No.08-80090), which was pending before the Ninth Circuit.  Neither the Ninth Circuit nor this Court (or for that matter, the class of plaintiffs which Girardi allegedly represents) were ever informed of the concurrent representation.  In fact, as will be shown, Skadden Arps, and its clients Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi, both actively and by omission took action to conceal the matter.

    FACTUAL BACKGROUND

    In August 2003, plaintiff-Fogel filed a class action lawsuit against Farmers Group, Inc. in Los Angeles County Superior Court, case number BC300142.  Walter Lack (of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack) and Thomas Girardi and Graham LippSmith (of Girardi & Keese) represent plaintiff-Fogel and the class. Skadden Arps and partner Raoul Kennedy represent the defendants, collectively referred to as Farmers Group, Inc.

    Separately, on August 25, 2005, the Ninth Circuit issued an order to show cause why Girardi & Keese, Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack, Thomas Girardi, and Walter Lack should not be suspended, disbarred, or otherwise sanctioned as a result of the massive fraud which took place in litigation pursued by them against Dole Food Company.  This gave rise to the new matter involving the potential disbarment and sanction of counsel, referred to as In re Girardi, Ninth Circuit case number 08-80090.

    Very shortly thereafter, and despite their respective roles as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in Fogel v. Farmers, Girardi & Keese and Skadden Arps entered into a wholly separate agreement by which Skadden Arps and partner Thomas Nolan would represent Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi before the Ninth Circuit in the matter of In Re Girardi.

    Subsequently, on July 13, 2010, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision heavily sanctioning both Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi (and their respective firms) almost $500,000.  The Ninth Circuit reprimanded Mr. Girardi and suspended Mr. Lack for practicing before the court for a period of 6 months.  The court adjudicated that the grave misconduct by Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi included “the persistent use of known falsehoods,” and that the “false representations” were made  “knowingly, intentionally, and recklessly” during years of litigation.

    On July 14, 2010, the day after the Ninth Circuit issued the published decision, Skadden Arps and Thomas Nolan (on their behalf as well as on behalf of its clients, Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi) moved to redact their names from the decision.  The court rejected the request, noting that redaction was not merited.

    Skadden Arps and its clients were in a rush to remove their names from the Ninth Circuit’s published decision in hopes of further hiding from the public and members of the Fogel v. Farmers class the existence of its relationship with Girardi & Keese.

    As discussed above, Thomas Girardi hired Skadden Arps to represent him in the matter of In Re Girardi after Girardi undertook representation of the plaintiffs in Fogel v. Farmers.  The fact of the matter is that Mr. Girardi had a choice, and could have selected a different lawyer and a different law firm to represent him other than Skadden Arps and Thomas Nolan.  He did not do so.  Instead, by his actions, Girardi chose to breach the duties of loyalty, zealousness, and candor he owed to his clients, as well as the duty of candor he owes this Court. 

    Alternatively, assuming a claim be made that Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi were entitled to select counsel of their choosing in the matter of In Re Girardi, they were still under a duty to inform this Court as well as the class of plaintiff of the concurrent representation.  They did not.  Instead, by omission, they defrauded both this Court and the plaintiff-class.  The omission was intentional because counsel did not want to run the risk of disqualification.

    By the same token, Skadden Arps (like defendant Farmers) had a duty to inform this Court of the concurrent representation.  Skadden Arps, wishing to collect fees from its clients Thomas Girardi and Girardi & Keese, as well as fees from its client Farmers Group, Inc., chose to remain silent.  One can safely also entertain the thought that Skadden Arps (and, by extension, Farmers) took advantage of the matter to coerce Girardi & Keese to acquiesce to a less than desirable settlement in the Fogel matter than otherwise would have been reached.

    The ethical responsibilities of both Skadden Arps and Girardi & Keese were governed by Rule 3-310 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct.  By any measure, both firms failed to live up to these responsibilities.  Rule 3-310(C)(1) requires an attorney to obtain informed written consent before accepting representation of more than one client in a matter in which the interests of the clients potentially conflict.  No showing can be made that Girardi & Keese and Skadden Arps ever obtained the WRITTEN consent of their respective clients.  By denying their clients the opportunity to consent/object, both firms violated their ethical obligations.

    While the Skadden firm may argue that Skadden partner Thomas Nolan had absolutely no involvement in the Fogel matter, this Court should reject such a  proposition.

    As this Court is aware, defending Farmers Group, Inc. is Skadden Arps’s Raoul Kennedy, who is subordinate Thomas Nolan, co-chair of Skadden’s West Coast Litigation practice.   In addition, Nolan and Kennedy are close friends and throughout this entire period also, jointly, defended MGA in its litigation against Mattel.  Note that in the Mattel vs. MGA case, both Kennedy and Nolan were counsel of record.  Incidentally, it was Thomas Girardi who referred MGA and Issac Larian to Skadden Arps after a dispute erupted between MGA and its former counsel (O’Melveny), leading Issac Larian to knock on Girardi’s door.

    As such, any argument that Kennedy and Nolan maintained an ethical wall should and would fail.  In any event, California law does not fully recognize the concept of ethical walls.  In fact, California law presumes imputed knowledge to all members of a firm.  Any determination of the existence of an ethical wall requires an individual determination on case-by-case basis.  Here, this Court was never informed of the simultaneous and  adverse representations, and was not allow to properly exercise its judgment. 

    Simply stated, these lawyers clearly placed their desire for fees above their loyalty to their clients, and deceived the Court in the process.

    At this late stage of the game, and after years of litigation by which this Court and the class of plaintiffs were deceived by their less-than-forthcoming counsel, this Court should be extremely skeptical of any claim that Raoul Kennedy and Thomas Nolan maintained an ethical wall.  Any wall constructed was a privacy wall for the purpose of hiding the truth from this Court and the class of plaintiffs.   Note that two of the lawyers involved were already found by the Ninth Circuit to make use of  “the persistent use of known falsehoods,” and that the “false representations” were made  “knowingly, intentionally, and recklessly” during years of litigation.

    Both Skadden Arps and Girardi & Keese (and their respective lawyers) engaged in the above-described misconduct for financial gain.  Specifically, Skadden Arps wished to receive the fees from Girardi in the matter of In Re Girardi.  Conversely, Girardi & Keese and Thomas Girardi were hoping to obtain a quick cash settlement from Farmers Group, Inc., to the detriment of their clients.  In addition, Skadden sought to obtain benefits for its long-time client, Farmers Insurance Group, at the expense of the class of plaintiffs, while causing injury to these plaintiffs, the Court, and the fair administration of justice

    ATTORNEY’S FEES

    Both federal and California courts have held that, when the ethical violation in question is a conflict of interest between the attorney and the client, the appropriate fee for the attorney in question is zero.  Despite the admittedly harsh consequences, courts routinely and liberaly employ this remedy.  See generally Fair v. Bakhtiari (2011) 195 Cal.App.4th 1135.  As such, and due to the serious nature of the violations described above, it is respctfully requested that no attorney fees be awarded to counsel in this case.  Instead, any amount which was origianly designated for that purpuse should be shifted to the pool of money designed to companastate the class.

    INTEREST OF UNDERSIGNED

    This Court should be aware that the undersigned is not a member of the plaintff-class in this matter, and never owned any policy issued by Farmers or any of its subsidieries. 

    In January of 2011, undersigned filed an ethics complaint against Howard Rice’s Jerome Falk, who acted as a special prosecutor on behalf of the State Bar of California, for his decision to “exonarate” Thomas Girardi and Walter Lack for the grave misconduct the two committed before front of the Ninth Circuit.  The basis of the complaint was that Jerome Falk should have declared a conflict due to his ongoing  relationship with Skadden Arps’s Thomas Nolan.  Not surprsingly, Jerome Falk was also part of the legal team that represented MGA in the litigation between MGA and Mattel.

    While researching this matter, the undersigned learned that Skadden had moved the Ninth Circuit to remove its name from the decison in the matter of In Re Girardi.

    In March 2011, the undersigned advanced a wholly separate  ethics complaint concering the conflicts of interest in the case of Fogel vs. Farmers Group, Inc. based on the facts described above.  Named in the complaint were Thomas Girardi, Graham LippSmith, Rauol Kennedy, and Thomas Nolan.  Because Mr. Girardi has numerous contacts and close acquaintances within the State Bar (i.e. Executive Director Joe Dunn, who Girardi assisted in launching an online newspaper, for example), and because of other factors and externalities, there appears to be a very small likelihood that the State Bar will take any action in response to this complaint.

    As such, it is up to this Court to ensure that 12.5 million consumers recieve fair and honest dispensation of justice.  The undersigned also asks the Court to recognize that, without the actions taken by the undersigned, the Court would have remained ignorant of the above-described facts.  As such, it will also be up to this Court to determine the manner in which to treat this objection (which was styled as an “equitable objection” given potential issues with standing) and the related informal request to intervene in the interest of justice.

    Thank you for your consideration.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if the Court needs any further information or clarification of the above-described facts.

    Judge Warns MGA To Produce O’Melveny Docs – Law360

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    By Jonathan Randles

    Law360, Los Angeles (July 29, 2011) — A California state judge on Friday warned MGA Entertainment Inc. to stop stalling and provide thousands of documents to O’Melveny & Myers LLP, which says MGA owes it $10.2 million in legal fees from an epic trade secrets, employment contract and copyright feud with Mattel Inc.

    Judge Elizabeth Allen White said MGA had been given more than a year to fulfill O’Melveny’s request to produce invoices, correspondence and other electronic documents between the company and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP — the firm that…

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    Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. – Newsroom — Governor Brown Nominates Goodwin Liu for California Supreme Court

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    7-26-2011

    SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. nominated Goodwin Liu, Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley Law School, to the state Supreme Court today.

    Liu, 40, previously was nominated by President Obama to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which is based in San Francisco, but Liu withdrew his nomination two months ago after a Republican filibuster prevented senators from voting on his confirmation.

    “Professor Liu is an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar and teacher,” Brown said. “He is a nationally-recognized expert on constitutional law and has experience in private practice, government service and in the academic community. I know that he will be an outstanding addition to our state supreme court.”

    Prior to joining the Berkeley faculty in 2003, Liu was an appellate litigator in the Washington, D.C. office of Los Angeles-based law firm O’Melveny & Myers. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was special assistant to the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.

    Liu was born in Georgia to parents who had emigrated from Taiwan, and in 1977 he moved with his family to Sacramento, where he attended public schools. He received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master’s from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Liu received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal.

    Two years ago he won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s most prestigious honor for excellence in teaching. Liu currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and is former Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Constitution Society. He was elected to the American Law Institute and he is also on the boards of the National Women’s Law Center, the Public Welfare Foundation and the Alliance for Excellent Education. He and his wife, Ann O’Leary, have a daughter and a son.

    In response to his selection, Liu said: “I’m deeply honored by Governor Brown’s nomination and look forward to the opportunity to serve the people of California on our state’s highest court.”

    Although U.S. Senate Republicans blocked his appointment to the federal bench, his nomination was supported by noted legal conservatives, including former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr; Richard Painter, who was legal counsel to President George W. Bush, and former Rep. Tom Campbell, now dean of Chapman University’s law school. Liu received a strong endorsement from the American Bar Association, and others supporting his nomination included the California Correctional Police Officers Association, the California Labor Federation, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the three most recent Presidents of Stanford University.

    Brown has forwarded Liu’s name to the State Bar’s Commission of Judicial Nominees Evaluation. Following the Bar committee’s review, the Commission on Judicial Appointments, consisting of State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Attorney General Kamala Harris and Justice Joan Dempsey Klein, senior presiding justice of the state Court of Appeal, will hold one or more public hearings to review Liu’s nomination. Although the bar committee’s recommendation is not binding, the Governor’s appointment will not become final until the Commission on Judicial Appointments confirms the nomination.

    Liu will replace Associate Justice Carlos Moreno, who retired from the court earlier this year.

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    Gov. Jerry Brown nominated UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the California Surpeme Court today

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    Goodwin Liu

    Born October 1970 (1970-10) (age 40)
    Augusta, Georgia
    Nationality American
    Alma mater Stanford University (B.S.)
    University of Oxford (M.Phil.)
    Yale Law School (J.D.)
    Occupation Professor, lawyer
    Spouse Ann O’Leary
    Children Violet O’Leary-Liu
    Emmett O’Leary-Liu

    Goodwin Hon Liu (Chinese: 劉弘威) (born October 1970) is an American lawyer and educator. He is Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).[1] He has been recognized for his writing on constitutional law, education policy, civil rights, and the Supreme Court.[1] On February 24, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Liu to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[2] For more than a year, Liu’s nomination languished, amid significant opposition from Republicans in the U.S. Senate. On May 19, 2011, the Senate rejected cloture on Liu’s nomination in a 52-43 vote,[3] and on May 25, 2011, Liu informed President Obama that he is withdrawing his name from consideration to the seat on the Ninth Circuit, telling the president that “With no possibility of an up-or-down vote on the horizon, my family and I have decided that it is time for us to regain the ability to make plans for the future.”[4]

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    [edit] Early life, education and career

    Liu is of Taiwanese descent. Born in Augusta, Georgia[2] as the second son of Wen-Pen and Yang-Ching Liu, both of whom came to the United States from Taiwan in the late 1960s when foreign doctors were being recruited to work in underserved areas. Liu and his family moved to Clewiston, Florida, shortly after his birth and then in 1977, they relocated to Sacramento, California, where Liu graduated from Rio Americano High School. He went to Stanford University and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. While at Stanford, he was active in student politics as a member of the People’s Platform, serving on the Council of Presidents of the ASSU. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship and earned a masters degree in philosophy and physiology. Liu received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale Law School.

    Before joining the Boalt faculty in 2003, Liu was an appellate litigator at O’Melveny & Myers in Washington. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and for Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also served as special assistant to the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education and as senior program officer for higher education at the Corporation for National Service (AmeriCorps).

    [edit] Nomination to the Ninth Circuit

    On February 24, 2010, President Obama nominated Liu to a new judgeship seat on the Ninth Circuit created by the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007; which became effective on January 21, 2009. His nomination was filibustered by Republicans in the Senate and expired with the sine die adjournment of the 111th Congress.[5] He was renominated to the same position on the first full day of the 112th Congress.[6][7] On April 7, 2011 the Senate Judiciary Committee reported his nomination to the floor of the Senate by a 10-8 vote.[8]

    Liu’s nomination earned support from former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr [9] and former Associate White House Counsel to President George W. Bush Richard Painter[10] on the right, to former Acting Solicitor General to President Bill Clinton, Walter Dellinger[11] and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA),[12] on the left.

    On May 17, 2011, Senator Harry Reid filed a cloture motion on Liu’s nomination.[13] On May 19, 2011, the Senate rejected cloture in a mostly party-line vote of 52-43, with all but one Democrat voting in favor of cloture and all but one Republican voting against.[3] He became the first Obama judicial nominee to be successfully filibustered in the Senate.[14] With the makeup of the Senate unlikely to change until after the 2012 election, Liu withdrew his name from consideration on May 25, 2011.

    [edit] Controversy and criticism

    In addition to his academic work, Liu gained wide attention for his outspoken opposition to the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. In a 2005 op-ed for the Bloomberg news service, Liu argued that “a Supreme Court nominee must be evaluated on more than legal intellect.”[15] He criticized Roberts for having “applied his legal talent to further the cause of the far right” and said that Roberts had “a right-wing vision antagonistic to important rights and protections we currently enjoy.”[15] In response to the defense that Roberts’ opinions as a government attorney could not be attributed to Roberts himself, Liu argued that those positions “cohere with other aspects of his background” and indicate that Roberts would be “a social, political, and economic conservative and, importantly, not a judicial conservative” on the Court.[15] Later, in testimony before the Senate opposing Alito’s nomination, Liu said that, despite Alito’s “exceptionally talented legal mind,” he was “at the margin of the judicial spectrum, not the mainstream.”[16] In flamboyant language, Liu said that Alito “envisions an America where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse” and “where a black man may be sentenced to death by an all-white jury for killing a white man, absent [an] analysis showing discrimination,” concluding that Alito’s America “is not the America we know. Nor is it the America we aspire to be.”[16]

    Liu’s nomination was harshly criticized by conservative legal blogger and former Department of Justice lawyer M. Edward Whelan III on National Review Online.[17] Whelan argued that Liu has been a strong proponent of judicial activism in his legal writings, a claim rejected by supporters such as Liu’s faculty colleague Jesse Choper and former Bush White House counsel Richard Painter.[18][19] His arguments against the Roberts and Alito nominations also were an issue, with Whelan terming them “shoddy and demagogic,”[20] while Liu’s supporters such as Painter argue that lawyers should “feel free to speak their minds about Supreme Court and other judicial nominations without fear of retribution.”[19] Although Liu said at his nomination hearing that his statements about Alito were “unduly harsh” and “not an appropriate” description of Alito, one opposing senator described this as a “semi-apology” for “shameful remarks” and a “nomination conversion” that was unlikely to represent Liu’s true views.[14]

    Liu was also criticized by Senate Republicans for allegedly failing to disclose 117 of his more controversial writings and speeches.[21][22] On April 6, 2010, Liu submitted the 117 requested items to the committee as a supplemental to the original questionnaire.[23] The committee hearing had been postponed twice particularly due to Republican concerns over Liu’s judicial qualifications and record.[24] On April 6, 2010, a letter was sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy by the seven committee Republicans to request a third postponement, which was subsequently rejected.[25] Liu was also criticized for lack of trial-level experience. Prior to his nomination, Liu had not served as a judge and had argued only one case at the appellate court level as a lawyer.[26][27]

    [edit] Positions

    Liu is socially liberal. He has written in favor of affirmative action, abortion rights, and same-sex marriage and has been critical of Bush-era waterboarding policy and the death penalty. His positions are usually left-leaning; however, Liu has supported charter schools and government-funded vouchers for private schools, particularly if used as a tool to “promote racial diversity.”[28]

    [edit] Publications

    Liu’s recent work includes “Keeping Faith with the Constitution” (2009) (with Pamela S. Karlan and Christopher H. Schroeder);[29] “Rethinking Constitutional Welfare Rights” in Stanford Law Review (2008);[30] “History Will Be Heard: An Appraisal of the Seattle/Louisville Decision” in Harvard Law & Policy Review (2008);[31] “Improving Title I Funding Equity Across States, Districts, and Schools,” in Iowa Law Review (2008);[32] “Seattle and Louisville” in California Law Review (2007);[33] “Education, Equality, and National Citizenship” in Yale Law Journal (2006);[34] and “Interstate Inequality in Educational Opportunity” in New York University Law Review (2006).[35]

    [edit] Accomplishments and awards

    In 2007, Liu’s work won the Education Law Association’s Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law.[36] In 2009, Professor Liu won the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award,[37] the university’s most prestigious award for excellence in teaching. The Boalt Hall Class of 2009 selected him as the faculty commencement speaker.[38]

    [edit] Appearances

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    Liu is a frequent commentator on constitutional law and education policy in general media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the California Assembly Education Committee, and the California Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees.

    [edit] Public service

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    Liu recently served on the education policy and agency review teams of the Presidential transition of Barack Obama. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and is Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Constitution Society. He also serves on the boards of National Women’s Law Center, the Public Welfare Foundation, and the Alliance for Excellent Education. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2008. Liu also served as a faculty advisor to the California College Prep Academy, a public charter school co-founded by UC Berkeley and Aspire Public Schools.

    [edit] Personal

    Liu is married to Ann O’Leary, the daughter of a social worker and a union leader, who grew up in Orono, Maine. She is the founding Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security. Liu and his wife have one daughter, Violet, and one son, Emmett. Liu has run four marathons and is also a skilled chef and fisherman.[28]

    [edit] See also

    [edit] References

    1. ^ a b “Berkeley Law – Faculty Profiles”. Law.berkeley.edu. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=4360. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    2. ^ a b President Obama Nominates Goodwin Liu for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Robert N. Chatigny for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, whitehouse.gov (February 24, 2010).
    3. ^ a b “Senate Roll Call”. Senate.gov. 2009-03-26. http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00074. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    4. ^ http://www.slate.com/id/2295572/
    5. ^ Boalt dean Liu’s nomination to federal appeals court appears dead — for now.
    6. ^ David Kurtz (2011-01-05). “Round 2”. Talking Points Memo. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/01/round_2.php?ref=fpblg. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    7. ^ Perez, Evan. “Obama Tries Again on Judicial Nominees”. The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064313360354954.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
    8. ^ “Senate Judiciary Committee”. Judiciary.senate.gov. 2010-07-08. http://judiciary.senate.gov. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    9. ^ Kenneth Starr and Akhil Amar Pen Letter Backing Liu, “ConfirmGoodwin.com”, March 24, 2010.
    10. ^ Goodwin Liu and the Case of the Missing Brown Bag, “Legal Ethics Forum”, April 7, 2010.
    11. ^ Obama nominates Berkeley professor Goodwin Liu to federal appeals court, “The Washington Post”, February 24, 2010.
    12. ^ Boxer Praises President’s Nomination of Goodwin Liu for U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals , “Official Website of Senator Barbara Boxer”, February 24, 2010.
    13. ^ “Congressional Record May 17, 2011, Senate, Items 17 & 18”. Thomas.loc.gov. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r112:@FIELD%28FLD003+s%29+@FIELD%28DDATE+20110517%29. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    14. ^ a b Larry Margasak (2011-05-19). “Obama pick for bench blocked by GOP”. Associated Press. http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/19/senate-republicans-may-defeat-obama-pick-bench-uc-/. 
    15. ^ a b c Goodwin Liu (2005-07-22). “Roberts Would Swing the Supreme Court to the Right: Goodwin Liu”. Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&refer=columnist_liu&sid=alGK4Jy5eXwc. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    16. ^ a b “Testimony of Professor Goodwin Liu Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the Nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to the United States Supreme Court”. United States Senate Judiciary Committee. 2006-01-10. http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1725&wit_id=4902. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
    17. ^ Unsound and Unfit, National Review Online, March 24, 2010.
    18. ^ Letter from Jesse Choper to Senators Leahy and Sessions, April 7, 2010.
    19. ^ a b Richard Painter (2011-03-02). “Qualified, Measured, and Mainstream: Why the Senate Should Confirm Goodwin Liu”. Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-painter/qualified-measured-and-ma_b_829298.html. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
    20. ^ Ed Whelan (2010-05-03). “Painter’s Wild Misportrait of Liu”. National Review Online. http://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/49051/painters-wild-misportrait-liu/ed-whelan. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
    21. ^ Republicans Slam Obama Judicial Nominee Over 117 Omissions From Record, FOXNews.com, April 6, 2010.
    22. ^ Goodwin Hiu Caught Hiding the Ball, Power Line Blog, April 6, 2010.
    23. ^ Pershing, Ben (April 7, 2010). “Senate Democrats defend 9th Circuit Court nominee Liu against GOP criticism”. The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040703034.html?hpid=moreheadlines. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
    24. ^ Leahy to forge ahead with Liu hearing despite GOP objections, “The Hill”, April 7, 2010.
    25. ^ “Leahy won’t delay hearing for appeals court pick criticism”. Associated Press. April 7, 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8bJNmgkNXos7jmYkKGzZWbuSe6QD9EUBSK80. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
    26. ^ “Partisan Battle in U.S. Senate May Imperil Judicial Nominee Liu”. Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-17/partisan-battle-in-u-s-senate-may-imperil-judicial-nominee-liu.html. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    27. ^ “Liu Nomination Pushes 9th Circuit Farther Left”. Human Events. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=35864. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    28. ^ a b Egelko, Bob (March 14, 2010). “Obama nominee Goodwin Liu an unassuming man”. San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-03-14/news/18835339_1_nomination-of-samuel-alito-federal-appeals-court-goodwin-liu. Retrieved March 24, 2010. 
    29. ^ “Keeping Faith with the Constitution | Stanford Law School”. Law.stanford.edu. http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/details/4216/. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    30. ^ Goodwin Liu, Rethinking Constitutional Welfare Rights, Stanford Law Review (November 2008).
    31. ^ [1][dead link]
    32. ^ Goodwin Liu, Improving Title I Funding Equity Across States, Districts, and Schools, Iowa Law Review (2008).
    33. ^ Goodwin Liu, Seattle and Louisville, California Law Review (February 2007).
    34. ^ Goodwin Liu, Education, Equality, and National Citizenship, Yale Law Journal (November 5, 2006).
    35. ^ Goodwin Liu, Interstate Inequality in Educational Opportunity
    36. ^ UC Berkeley School of Law Assistant Professor Goodwin Liu Wins Steven S. Goldberg Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Education Law, (October 23, 2007).
    37. ^ “Distinguished Teaching Awards 2009 | Goodwin Liu”. Teaching.berkeley.edu. 2009-03-20. http://teaching.berkeley.edu/dta09/liu.html. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 
    38. ^ “Berkeley Law – Commencement”. Law.berkeley.edu. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/419.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-19. 

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    Fermare il Sacrificio di Isacco

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    In the legal dispute between MGA (Bratz Dolls) and Mattel (Barbie Dolls), it is estimated that MGA’s legal cost to date are close to $200 million, meaning that to date MGA has paid $200 million to various law firms to defend the action advanced by Mattel for copyright
    infringement.

    According to Mattel, Bratz Dolls were designed by a former Mattel employee (Carter Bryant) before he jumped ship to MGA. Mattel sought $2 billion in damages, and according to Bob Eckert, Mattel’s CEO, pursues the case “as a matter of principle.”

    Representing El Segundo, California-based Mattel was John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

    Defendant Carter Bryant was represented by Keker & Van Nest’s John Keker. Los Angeles-based MGA and founder/CEO Isaac Larian were initially represented by O’Melveny & Myers. However, in 2007 a dispute erupted when O’Melveny insisted that partner Daniel Petrocelli serve as lead counsel in the case.

    Mr. Larian was not thrilled about Petrocelli and fired O’Melveny altogether. O’Melveny immediately demanded payment of $10 million it claims MGA and Mr. Larian owe the firm in unpaid and outstanding legal fees.

    With a looming 2008 trial date, no counsel, and a threat from O’Melveny that if he does not pay he will be sued, Mr. Larian went knocking on the door of Thomas Girardi of Girardi & Keese.

    Specifically, according to an article published in The Recorder, in October 2007 MGA and Isaac Larian asked Girardi to look into the fees it had paid to O’Melveny.

    According to the article, Girardi stated, “When O’Melveny couldn’t get Petrocelli in the lead chair it wanted off the case. We are taking a look at the massively large fees that happened with the O’Melveny representation. On first blush, it seems like an awful lot of money for what has been accomplished. I think the client has strong reason to have great concern.”

    At approximately the same time, Girardi’s friend — Thomas Nolan of Skadden Arps — was chosen to serve as counsel for MGA and Mr. Larian instead of O’Melveny.

    As reported in The Recorder, “We decided to put it all under one roof,” stated Mr. Larian, “and we decided to go with Skadden and Tom Nolan.”

    Thomas Nolan, who served as Girardi’s counsel (along with Diane Karpman) in the matter of In Re Girardi, is a well-known and respected attorney. According to Mr. Girardi, Thomas Nolan “is like “Wayne Gretsky” – he doesn’t look any bigger, tougher or faster, but the next thing you know he’s scored four goals. And he’s always a gentleman.”

    A six-week trial was conducted in the courtroom of federal judge Stephen Larson. On July 17, 2008 , the jury returned a verdict for Mattel. More specifically, the jury found that both MGA and Isaac Larian had interfered with Mattel’s contractual relationship with Bryant, who had been under the control of Mattel during the time he designed the Bratz Dolls.

    Following the verdict, preparations were made for the second stage of the trial to set damages, which were estimated to be approximately $500 million. At the conclusion of that stage, the jury awarded $100 million to Mattel. In addition, Judge Larson issued a draconian injunction against MGA, ipso facto dissolving it.

    Following the trial, Thomas Nolan quickly arranged for Howard Rice’s Jerome Falk and Douglas Winthrop to join the legal team and file an immediate emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    The Ninth Circuit subsequently reversed the entire judgment and sent the matter back to District Court where it was assigned to a different judge.

    Judge Larson – the initial trial judge who had taken a harsh view of GMA and Mr. Larian had left the bench to commence his employment with Girardi & Keese.

    Wayne Gretsky is a master strategist and always a gentleman. Wayne Gretzky is a former professional ice hockey player.

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