Kevin Cole - University of San Diego

CAROLYN L. REILLY has been
the director of Elder Law &
Advocacy, a California nonprofit
providing free legal
services to those aged 60 and
older in San Diego and San
Bernardino counties, for the
past five years. She oversees
a total staff of 23, including
eight attorneys, and manages
a $1 million budget.
NICHOLAS J. YOCCA was appointed
to the board of directors
of Oxford Media, Inc. He
is a partner in The Yocca Law
Firm, LLP, where he practices
business and securities law.
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MEREDITH G. ALCOCK was
named a top attorney in the
2006 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America. She practices
estate planning and settlement,
and litigates probate
and trust matters as a partner
at Nugent Weinman Abbene
& Alcock APC.
STEVEN ALTMAN was elected to
the Amylin Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. board of directors in
March 2006, where he serves
on the Compensation and
Human Resources Committee.
He will donate compensation
received for those
services to diabetes charities.
Altman remains president of
QUALCOMM.
STEPHEN BRIGANDI was named
chairman of the National
Council of Chain Restaurants.
He has been a member of the
council for more than four
years and will remain chairman
through October 2006.
He is currently corporate
counsel and director of government
relations for Jack in
the Box Inc.
CRAIG FRIEDBERG founded the
Law Office of Craig B.
Friedberg, Esq., in 1999. The
firm emphasizes consumer
protection and intellectual
property law. In 1992, he
married Lauriann Bradford.
He has two stepchildren,
Joshua (23) and Nicole (18),
and a son, Ian (13).
SUSAN GONICK and husband
JERRY GONICK (LL.M. 1984)
pledged $1.75 million to the
School of Law in order to
endow a chair in elder law.
She has retired from her securities
litigation practice.
R. CLAYTON WELCH continues
to handle subrogation claims
as in-house counsel for State
Farm Insurance. He enjoys
surfing and visiting his children
and grandchildren in
California and Hawaii.
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ALAN R. ALVORD accepted
appointment to the position
of Administrative Law Judge
for California’s Office of
Administrative Hearings.
DAVID L. BOURGOIN traveled to
Antarctica to make a multimedia
presentation for TCR
Productions. He is also a regional
coordinator in Hawaii
for the Export Legal Assistance
Network, a cooperative
effort between the Federal Bar
Association, the Department
of Commerce and the U.S.
Small Business Administration
to advise small businesses entering
the export field.
THEODORE BOUTROUS currently
represents Wal-Mart in an
equal-pay discrimination
class-action lawsuit.
WILLIAM LAVELLE and Beth
have been married 16 years.
LaVelle spends his time
coaching track teams for their
daughters, Chloe (10) and
Shelby (7), and running a
three-attorney firm in
Patchogue, New York. Beth
has been teaching elementary
school for the past 12 years.
She plans to open an art studio
to showcase her work
this summer.
KATHERINE NAKAMURA is running
again for office on the
San Diego Board of
Education. Nakamura has
been a member of the school
board since 2002.
MIGUEL SMITH completed a
two-year term as managing
partner of Solomon Ward
Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP.
He practices real property
and transactional law. He is
married with a stepdaughter
(15) and daughter (3).
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MARK PACHOWICZ reports that
after years as a deputy district
attorney, child support attorney
and executive director of
a union, he is pleased to announce
the opening of his
own law firm in Camarillo,
Calif.
DAVID L. RICE (LL.M.), a
California Certified Specialist
in Taxation Law and principal
at Rice & Renshaw, APLC,
chairs the California State
Bar Association’s Income
Tax Committee as well as
the Los Angeles County Bar
Association’s Tax Committee
on Procedure and Litigation.
AMY ROMAKER (LL.M.) joined
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton LLP as the director
of client service teams. She
will be based in Del Mar
Heights, Calif.
LAURI STOCK and law partner
M.E. Stephens expanded
and relocated their firm to
the San Diego Chamber
Building in November 2005.
Stock Stephens, LLP is in its
seventh year of practice and
focuses on family law and
criminal defense. Stock serves
as a settlement judge in family
court, on the court appointed
minor’s counsel panel and is a
charter member of San Diego
Uptown Sunrise Rotary Club.
JAMES VALLIENT authored
The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics
(May 2005). His political
and legal views are regularly
heard as he commentates
for Fox 6 and KUSI, among
other San Diego area local
news programs.
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PETER V. ALLEN is an administrative
law judge at the
California Public Utilities
Commission in San Francisco.
He and his wife, Lynne-
Rachel Altman, have two
daughters (7 and 2).
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