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Fiske and Cathy Hroma. Paul Smithdid not have another baby. News at11:00. But Tom Myers did: new sonChristopher Thomas was born lastSeptember. Bill Fiske is a new dad,too. His son, David Elonzo Fiske,arrived last November. By the timethis article reaches your mailbox,Maurice Wainer, still at Snipper,Wainer & Markoff in Century City,will have had his second child. (Andwho knows how many others willhave been conceived, birthed, andpassed their drivers test by the timethis column sees the light of day).BORING, BUT IMPRESSIVE,WORK STUFF: Gary Ross is stillmaking employment news, recentlysettling a cancer discrimination lawsuitfor $1.8 million after a 12-0 juryverdict in his favor was delivered(but before the punitive damagephase). (By the way, nice photo in thepaper, Smiley). Bob McKennon hasbeen on the rubber chicken circuitagain, co-chairing a February 2000conference in San Diego onLitigating Disability InsuranceClaims, and speaking at a March2000 conference in San Francisco onLitigating Insurance Bad FaithClaims. WHERE ARE THEY?:According to irrefutable source PamKoslyn, John aka “Juan” Holmes andRick De La Mora are still happy afterall these years at Barger & Wolen(along with Bob McKennon). (Theygot in touch with one another,thanks to the Class of ‘85 UsefulDirectory). Laura Kenney is still upin San Rafael assisting a ContraCosta County judge mete out justice.Lori Levin-Borcover is happy workinginsurance defense for State FarmMutual Automobile Insurance Co.Andrew Turner is still cruising atLagerlof, Senecal et al in Pasadena.Deborah Klein is still entertaining atBloom, Etc. & Klein on Rodeo Drive.Louis Raymond, I discovered, is nowfinding new condos for MickeyMouse, or something, doing leasingand real estate work at The WaltDisney Company. YOUR SCRIBE: Icontinue to litigate, mediate (yes,you can hire me), try cases whenabsolutely necessary (a two-monthinsurance bad faith case I tried in1999 may make some interestingnews in 2000), teach at the LawSchool, write silly articles (notunlike this one), coach adolescents,play a little hoop, and collapse fromexhaustion. See you all at the 15 yearreunion?Mike YoungClass ReporterCLASS OF1987This is the latest installment of thehappenings of some of your fellowclassmates. Please feel free to e-mail,write or call me with any news youwould like to share. I can be reachedat jrrobertson@altavista.com or JonR. Robertson, Gelber, Darling &Robertson, 600 Anton Blvd., Suite1600, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, (714)9795769. Thanks for your help.Eileen Lyon is pleased to announcethat she and her husband had anotherbaby girl in spring, 1999. Lucia(“Lucy”) Corinne is a sweet, fat andhappy baby! Cute, too. Her proud bigsister, Audrey, is quickly approachingthree years old. Steve Katz isOf Counsel at Seyfarth, Shaw,Fairweather & Geraldson in LosAngeles, where he specializes inappellate practice. Steve and his wife,Adina, have been married for fifteenyears. They have two daughters (11and 6), neither of whom wants to be alawyer. Jim Bianco shares two significantmilestones of last year: (1) Hiswife, Lisa Mead (Class of ‘89), and hehad a baby boy, their first child,Michael Mead Bianco, on 9/20/99. (2)Jim celebrated five years of having hisown criminal defense practice. Jimnotes that the former is, obviously,far more important to him, but thelatter may be more important tomention in the magazine, so he cancontinue to expand his practice andfeed his hungry kid. Vince Gonzalesturned down an offer to remain aninhouse attorney with ARCO afterits merger with BPAmoco. Instead, heaccepted another inhouse attorneyposition with Sempra Energy, effectiveJanuary, 2000. Vince will beoperating out of two offices (LA andSan Diego) and will be focusing onboth environmental law and ecommercelaw. Vince and his wife, LibbyFrolichman, celebrated their seventhwedding anniversary as they movedout of LA County and into a biggerhouse in Orange County. Their son,Seth, is almost three and is growinginto a very outgoing, friendly andarticulate young boy. Maryann LinkGoodkind reports that the move shemade from Musick, Peeler & Garrettto Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. hasbeen a wonderful change. She is stillpracticing public finance law as amunicipal bond attorney. Maryann,her husband Larry, sons David (7) andDouglas (5), and daughter, Alexandra(20 mos.), have moved to YorbaLinda. She comments that it makesfor a challenging commute but herreduced schedule gives her sometime to be just mom.Jon RobertsonClass ReporterCLASS OF1988As Class Reporter, I thought youmight like to learn of two classmateswho left LA and the practice of law.As many of you know, Shelley Carderand John Ackell moved to the EastCoast a number of years ago. Whatyou may not know is how it all cameabout and what they’re up to now.After practicing law for three years inour nation’s capital, John decided toleave the law and venture into theflower business, of all things. Hetraveled up the East Coast to the BigApple, where he started his ownwholesale company that suppliesfresh-cut flowers to gourmet grocerystores in Manhattan and on LongIsland. Currently, John has 25employees and his company servicesnine stores. After practicing law forten years in San Diego, Shelleymoved to New York City to be withJohn. Although she obtained herlicense to practice law in New York,John quickly persuaded her to joinhim in the flower business. Together,they started a retail venture,“Dahlia,” with two locations insideof the newly refurbished GrandCentral Station. In 1998, they alsowelcomed their son, Carder JosephAckell, into the family. John’s daughter,Ryan, loves being a big sister andteaches her younger brother all aboutflowers. Soon enough, the wholefamily will be working in the flowerbusiness! If you’re Back East, Shelleyand John encourage you to visit themin one of their stores. Frank V.Zerunyan, Esq. was recentlyappointed to the planning commissionof the city of Rolling HillsEstates, California, for a four-yearterm. The commission’s primarytasks are to field all requests for cityimprovements and to oversee thephysical development of the city.Frank is a member of the law firm ofSulmeyer, Kupetz, Baumann &Rothman in Los Angeles. He specializesin business and real estate litigation,with sub-specialties in leasing,secured transactions and workouts.Frank is admitted to practice beforeall courts in the state of California,United States District Court,Central District of California,United States Court of InternationalTrade and the District of Columbia.A Judge Pro Tempore, he is assignedto the Real Estate Division of the LosAngeles Municipal Court. I stillwould like to hear about recentdevelopments in your life. I can thenpass it on to our classmates in anupcoming edition. Please contact methrough the Law School or e-mail at:dmichaelson@counsel.co.la.ca.us.David MichaelsonClass ReporterCLASS OF1989ReunionEnjoying the Class of ’89 reunion in Townand Gown are (l-r) Laurie Aitkin, DarrenAitken, Michael Okada, and Larry HelfmanClass of ’89 reunionCLASS OF1990Dear Classmates: Merry Millennium.So glad that’s over and we can moveon to important matters like thisclass report. TOP FIVE THINGSLEARNED SINCE LAW SCHOOL:The pulp of an aloe vera leaf curesdiaper rash; law is a business not aprofession; your opponent in civil litigationis. . . the judge; nothing outweighsthe interests of your client;litigation is a rich person’s game.Paul Cliff. Don’t take anything in lifetoo seriously; law school gradesreally matter (still!); keep perspectivein your work; don’t let “life” pass youby. . . ; all you need is love. DeliaSwan. Student loans are forever!; myrecall of the Rule AgainstPerpetuities has a short half-life; Tortlaw is aptly named; UCLA doesn’tmeasure up to USC; I went to schoolwith some very smart people. [Andthe rest, no doubt, still smarter thanUCLA.] Paul Kevin Wood. It’s (generally)better to be a client. BruceLathrop. Having worked a lot of longhours lately, Allison (Malin) Kernwas reminded that “we should workto live and not live to work.”FAMOUS FACULTY QUOTES:“You’re WRONG!” Prof. Slawson, asremembered by Delia Swan.“Everyone is trying to make (or save)a buck.” Prof. Scruggs, as rememberedby Bruce Lathrop. “Plaintiffsare sometimes wrong.” Dean Wiley,as recalled by Paul Kevin Wood. “Ifyou knew math, you wouldn’t be inlaw school.” Prof. Whitebread, asremembered by Kate Nuding. (Katereported that she is currently workingon a degree in mathematics in herspare time, while tutoring math at alocal community college to keep hercalculus and linear algebra skillssharp.) “Despite what you may haveseen on Perry Mason, once you havea witness on the stand, you shouldavoid asking any surprise questions;if you do, you must be prepared for asurprise answer that you won’t like.”Dean Wiley discussing the case of thebitten ear, as remembered by MollyHansen. WHAT’S NEW?: BruceLathrop moved to Bradbury,California in time for him andJustine to welcome their first daughter,Lindsay. Their new house camewith a cat, Yoda. [We wonder, wasthe cat listed on the MLS?] Paul Cliffreports he has a new wife and twonew boys. Amy (Del Pero) Hoff66 USC LAW • SPRING 2000USC LAW • SPRING 200067