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eported that she and Sherry(Dupont) Maxwell were both ninemonths pregnant and due in mid-December. Steve Pfahler joined theranks of proud parents with the birthof Alexandra, who he proclaims, “isthe joy of my life.” Ready to be aclient, as Bruce Lathrop suggests?Here are some alum/partners youmight want to look up. If inRiverside, look up Paul Cliff, who isa partner at Loeb, Cliff and Roth. Ifyou need help with an entertainmentissue or business litigation matter onthe Westside, you may want to callDoug Emhoff, who made partner atBelin Rawlings & Badal as of 1/1/00.If your needs are in the Bay Area,John Orr is now a partner in the SanFrancisco office of Arter & Hadden,practicing in the areas of director andofficer liability and professional liability.Kate Nuding is living inAlbany, NY, where (in addition toworking on a math degree) she isworking as an attorney with theInsurance Department of New York.Kate was delighted to see USCranked #1, but without any Bruins totease. . . Allison (Malin) Kern e-mailed in her new statistics:“Married almost 2.5 years to Mr.Kern and happily raising a GoldenRetriever named Charity (age 2).”Allison is practicing commercial realestate at Allen Matkins. PeterZilgalvis sent a quick e-mail about anew house in Plobsheim, France.[Peter, is this newer than the newhouse in Strasbourg that we reportedsix months ago? If so, does this househave a canoe too?] Peter’s new e-mailaddress: peteris.zilgalvis@coe.int.OTHER CLASSMATES ASSUMINGPOSITIONS OF GREAT WEALTHAND POWER: Delia Swan celebratedthe second anniversary of hercompany, Swan Legal Search, withher husband, two daughters,Rottweiler, turtle, three chickensand two cats. Paul Kevin Wood noteshe is happy to be doing a lot of appellatework these days and that he hasa new Australian Cattle Dog namedHarley. [Does Harley help herd plaintiffs?]And, have you seen CynthiaGarrett lately? Cynthia has hosted anumber of episodes of NBC’s LaterShow, and sat front and center withLenny Kravitz at the 27th AnnualAmerican Music Awards. [Hmmm,do you think Cynthia had thoughtsof the Law School as she drove paston her way to Shrine Auditorium?]Last, but certainly not least, RobSkinner was invited by Dean Bicehimself to join the Board ofCouncilors at the Law School, wherehe will be involved in shaping theacademic and public interest programsoffered. Anyone who wouldlike to catch-up or discuss the directionof the Law School for the next1000 years can reach Rob at (805)962-2121.Respectfully yours,Mary Ann Soden(masoden@earthlink.net) andMolly Hansen(mhansen@d2.com)Class ReportersCLASS OF1991It is a New Year! A new millennium!A new start! and drat! A new columndue. Here then, is what I have heardfrom all of you in early ’00 . . . JeffSchneider reports in — he is nowworking in “business affairs” atParamount Pictures TV and parentheticallyreports he negotiates contractsfor TV actors, directors, writersand producers. . .He now has twodaughters, Sydney, 4, and Nicole, 1.Sydney is following in her dad’s footsteps— she has been reading for ninemonths and is beginning to write(whew!). Jeff also reports that MikeZwick is about to have his third childand that Gary Gradinger is head ofbusiness affairs at ATG, which isMichael Ovitz’s new TV productioncompany (Ok, everybody, form a discreetline with your scripts!). Jeff alsowants us to know he is selling TVshows to networks and is structuringwriter and producer deals for “thenew millennium.” (Ok, second linestarts here!) Good hearing from you,Jeff! Allison (Dolgas) Cato (she marriedChris Cato, remember?) wants toknow where Brian Wilson is -- Brian,you will recall, started out with usbut graduated in ’92 with a JD andMBA. Anyone out there in touchwith Brian? Peter Gutierrez, who,like me, now lives in lovely LongBeach, California, reports that he isnow a senior deputy counsel for LosAngeles County, practicing land useand environmental law. He and hiswife now have four-year-old Julia andare expecting a second child in May.He says he has seen the missing-inactionDavid Kendig — on the oppositeend of the counsel table. He andDavid, who has his own OrangeCounty firm, Kendig and Alpert, areon opposite sides in a land use case.Another recent transplant to LongBeach, California is Angela Ball. Sheand husband Doug Eng recently hadtheir first child. Corrine Freemanreports that her firm, Lyon & Lyon,recently moved to Irvine, so she hasto make an extra long 6 mile commutefrom home to office (smartaleck!). She and husband Steverecently had their third child, Julia,born October 30th (congrats,Corrine!). Older brothers are Andrew,now five, and Kevin, two. She reportsrunning into Paul Singarella with histwo “adorable kids” at church andsoccer. Corrine has been involved inthe Maglica v. Maglica palimony/contract dispute, which she describesas a “pretty big (and interesting)change for a patent/ trademarklawyer.” Greg Burnight checks inwith the news that he and wifeShannon are expecting their firstchild any day now. He also wants usto know that he saw classmatesDavid Rosen, with wife Joanne, andCarrie Buchanan Elliot (any word onwhat they’re up to, Greg?). Oh, yes,and Greg wants us to know thissighting was on the occasion of theCal v. UCLA football game whenAmy Bears whipped the lowlyBruins. That’s our Greg! GregMcCambridge wants us to know heis still a felony trial attorney with thepublic defender’s office and just finishedsupervising the juvenile officein Compton. He and wife Lesley areexpecting their first child any daynow. He reports seeing Philip Cohenin court often and Ray Bilbeaux IIIstays with him whenever he is intown. Greg also has a wish for ’00:“Would love to play basketball withall the fellows.” Ok, guys, just let usknow where and when, and you mayhave yourselves quite an audience.Lili Shaver Duquette reports in fromLondon to tell us she is in her secondyear of the LLM program at theLondon School of Economics. Shehas a two-year-old son and should besending out birth announcementsany day now for her second baby,who was due in December. AmieThompson Jacoby checks in with usfrom Hawaii — nice hearing fromyou, Amie! She writes that she’s gonefrom the public defender’s office tocorporation counsel as an attorneyfor Maui County, and back to theLegal Aid Society of Maui in theyears since we’ve left law school. Shereports she is married to “an awesomeguy and outstanding photojournalist,”Andrew Jacoby. She and herhusband have a baby boy, JamesAndrew Yasuzo Jacoby — the Yasuzois in honor of Amie’s Japanese grandfather.Turns out baby James, andboth Amie’s grandfather and mother,were all born December 28th. Amiealso reports hearing from Eric Sacks,who is now a prosecutor, new husbandto wife Marisa, and new homeownerin Manoa Valley, Ohau,Hawaii. Amie’s millennium resolution?“To get a full night’s sleep!”Todd Bloomfield writes that his 9 to5 role “is not 9 to 5.” He and his wifeare expecting a daughter in February(congrats, Todd!). Rich Kasper reportsthat he quit the big law firm and privatepractice last February, and isnow vice president for professionalservices at the Arizona CommunityFoundation. “Should have done this along time ago. Life is good again,” hewrites. Rich says half his job doesn’tinvolve the law anymore, and part ofhis job is development officer for thefoundation, which he compares withthe law as, “way more fun!” (hum. . .)Rich also announces he will marryJulia Rosen in April and become astepdaddy to her four-year-old daughter,Camilla (Congrats, Rich!) He andJulia are selling his little house indowntown Phoenix and are buildinga home in Tempe. Finally, Richreports that he received the Sy ClarkYoung Leadership Award from theJewish Federation of GreaterPhoenix, last October (way cool!).Ellen Lange Gams checks in (nicehearing from you, Ellen!) — fromThousand Oaks, California. She isenjoying her position as associationgeneral counsel at Amgen, workingin the areas of corporate and securitieslaw, licensing and M & A (anacronym which is lost on me, sorry).Ellen reports she also works withtwo USC law grads, Scott Foraker,Class of ‘86, and Gadi Naron, Classof ‘93, and that her husband, LanceGams, is also USC Law Class of ‘86.She and her husband had their firstchild, Ava, in March. She also notesthat Shari Silverman is rising withinthe Los Angeles district attorney’soffice and that Shari recently married.(How about telling Shari to giveus more details, Ellen?) PamWhitesides (nice hearing from you,Pam!) checks in from NewportBeach, California. She wants us toknow she will be leaving for up to ayear in June, 2000 to take a leisurelysailing trip with husband Tom Allento Alaska. She also reports thatDiane Desfor Stalder made partner atPam’s firm, Scott & Whitehead. Hermillennium resolution? “To enjoythe here and now!!” Amen, to that,Pam! Bill Scarff writes he is movingto Irvine so his commute will godown from 50 to 15 minutes (I am sojealous!). He also writes crypticallythat he has seen and visited withother classmates, but “let’s just leaveit at that” (makes you want to go,hum . . . .). His millennium resolution?“To set the time on my VCRand find the remote control my twoyear-oldhid.” Oh, Bill poses an interestingquestion, “How about an e-mail directory?” I’m up for it — mostof you send your e-mail addressesalong, anyway. Let me know if youdo not want classmates to have youre-mail address. Any volunteers tobeat the bushes for e-mail addressesfor missing-in-action classmates?Terrie Goldade writes that she isback at the California State Bar —you will recall ex-Governor Wilsonfailed to sign the needed fee bill,thereby plummeting the state barinto fiscal shortfalls. Terrie was on aneight month hiatus as a result. Shewants us to know that she has beenprosecuting Skip Miller for contactinga juror during a trial, and herwork has been written up in both theDaily Journal and the Los AngelesTimes. Terrie also bumped into SamTolwin at a legal writing seminar. (Ifanyone else runs into Sam, ask himto write in and tell us what he’s beenup to!). Robin Dal Soglio reports shemade partner at Latham & Watkins(congrats, Robin!) She and her husbandare expecting their third childany day now. She also reports seeingKaren Yazmajian in New York whenRobin visited there last fall. As forme, I hit a milestone this past year,and that reminded me to tell youhow touched I was that you shareyour lives with me and all of us. Mynew millennium resolution? To be sobalanced I can do some of my yogaposes without embarrassing myself,as so often happens now. Oh, yeah,and to drop a waist size, but as BillScarff says, “Let’s just leave it atthat.”Terri Villa-McDowellClass Reporter68 USC LAW • SPRING 2000USC LAW • SPRING 200069