Issue 73 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University

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STANFORD
LAWYER
MAKING THE GRADE
KUDOS: In June, Mary B. Cranston ’75 (BA ’70), chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP, was named one of five winners of the Margaret Brent Women
Lawyers of Achievement Award. The annual award is presented by the American
Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. Jerome I. Braun ’53 (BA
’51), cofounder of Farella Braun + Martel LLP, was selected the 2005 recipient
of the John P. Frank Award, given by the Ninth Circuit Advisory Board and the
Circuit’s Judicial Council to the outstanding lawyer practicing in the federal
courts of the western United States. Mi-Hyung Kim ’89, executive vice president and
general counsel of Kumho Asiana Business Group, was selected to Yale University’s
World Fellows Program, 2005. In May, Deborah Sivas ’87, director of Stanford
Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic, was named one of three winners of
Stanford University’s Graduate Service Recognition Award. All five of Stanford
Law School’s nominees for the Foundation of the State Bar of California’s Law
School Scholarship program were awarded scholarships: Jonathan Cantu ’06,
Adair Ford ’07, Matthew Liebman ’06, Olivia Para ’07, and Jason Tarricone ’06.
APPOINTMENTS & ELECTIONS: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson appointed
Hilary Tompkins ’96 as his general counsel. Tompkins, a member of the Navajo
Nation, is the first Native American to hold the position. Rex Heeseman ’67 was
appointed in June to the Los Angeles Superior Court. Also in June, William Barnum
Jr. JD/MBA ’80 (BA ’76), a general partner at Brentwood Associates, was one
of five university alumni elected to Stanford University’s board of trustees. George
Lichter ’93, former president of Ask Jeeves Intl., was named chief executive officer
of InfoSearch Media, Inc. Victor Vilaplana ’73, a partner at Seltzer Caplan McMahon
Vitek, was appointed to the San Diego Port Commission.
THE PRESS ANOINTS: In August, Time named Anthony Romero ’90, executive director
of the ACLU, one of the “25 Most Influential Hispanics in America.”
Brooksley Born ’64 (BA ’61) was given one of the eight “Lifetime Achievers 2005”
awards by The American Lawyer in its May issue. Born is the former chair of the
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a retired partner at Arnold
& Porter LLP. In July, Forbes named U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O’Connor ’52 (BA ’50), and Penny Pritzker JD/MBA ’84, president and chief executive
officer of Pritzker Realty Group and chairman of Classic Residence by Hyatt, to
its list of the “100 Most Powerful Women” in the world. Jenny S. Martinez, assistant
professor of law, and Thomas C. Goldstein, lecturer in law, made the National
Law Journal’s May list of the nation’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40.
LAW SCHOOL DEANS
Lawrence C. Marshall, professor of law and David and Stephanie Mills Director of
Clinical Education, is assuming the newly created post of associate dean for public
interest and clinical education, responsible for the school’s clinical and public
interest programs. Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of
Public Interest Law, is the new associate dean for research and academics, responsible
for promoting the intellectual life and culture of the school. G. Marcus Cole,
professor of law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, is continuing in his post
as associate dean for curriculum, responsible for the school’s curriculum. Mark G.
Kelman, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, is continuing in his post as
vice dean, responsible for overseeing the administrative operations of the school.
NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR
J. Paul Lomio, a
specialist in legal
research and the
development of
digital reserves,
was appointed
director of the
Robert Crown
Law Library. Lomio, who joined the
law school staff as a reference librarian
in 1982, served as acting director for
the 2004–05 academic year following
the retirement of Lance E. Dickson,
professor of law, emeritus, and former
director of the library.
Along with overseeing the library’s
collection of 500,000 books and 8,000
periodicals, Lomio will spearhead moves
to make the library’s holdings “the best
collection of online material of any law
library in the world,” he said.
Lomio has been instrumental in
the launch of many of the law library’s
online resources. He played a key role
in developing the Stanford Securities
Class Action Clearinghouse, and the
Women’s Legal History Biography
Project.
Lomio earned a bachelor’s degree
from St. Bonaventure University, a law
degree from Gonzaga University, and a
master’s degree in law from the University
of Washington School of Law. He
went on to earn a master’s degree in
library science from the School of
Library and Information Science at
Catholic University of America.
PHOTO: STEVE GLADFELTER
FACULTY ON THE MOVE
At the end of the 2005 academic year,
two members of the law school faculty
left Stanford. MAUDE PERVERE, senior
lecturer in law and director of the
Gould Negotiation and Mediation
Program, has retired. MICHELLE
ALEXANDER ’92, associate professor
of law (teaching), has moved to the
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
at Ohio State University, where she
is an associate professor of law.