Over the years, Southwestern alumni have occupied the highest ranks in their chosen fields. They continue to have tremendous influence not only in the legal profession, but in all aspects of the community. A selection of the many prominent Southwestern alumni within the bench, bar and greater community are listed below.
Alumni Q & A
Scott Brandman '92
Partner and Chairman of the North American Hiring Committee, Baker & McKenzie
Deborah Brazil '96
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
Hon. Dolores Carr '80
District Attorney, Santa Clara County
Phyllis Cheng '93
Director, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
Donald Forgey '77
Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Joni Lee Gaudes '97
General Counsel of 1-800-DENTIST
Barry Groveman '78
Senior Partner, Chair, Public and Environmental Law Group, Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP and Former Mayor, City of Calabasas
Angela S. Haskins '96
Litigation Partner at Baker, Keener & Nahra, LLP and Former President of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angele
Founding Partner, Johnson & Johnson, LLP
Kia Kamran '96
Attorney at Law (Entertainment, Intellectual Property and Business Law Attorney)
Hon. Cynthia Rayvis '85
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
Judge Paul Stark '75
Family Law Court, Israel
Stephen Sullivan '06
Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers
Former Judicial Clerk, Nevada Supreme Court
Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
Heidi Yoshioka '89
Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Alumni Profiles
Dennis P. R. Codon '77
Of Counsel, Blank Rome
Eric P. Early '93
Partner, Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP
Brenda G. English '79
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney
Amy Freisleben '84
Executive in Charge of Production, Judge Judy (CBS Television Distribution)
Rory M. Hernandez '83
Hernandez & Paglia
Robert Jacobs '92
Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Roxanne Kosarzycki '92
Former General Counsel, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Howard D. Kurtzman '79
Executive Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs, 20th Century Fox Television
Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew '71
Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California, Ret.
Lani Miller '96
Counsel, O'Melveny & Myers; former Special Assistant to the President
Barbara Mulvaney '80
Special Advisor, U.S. Department of State, served on International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda
Robert H. Philibosian '67
Of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Daniel Petrocelli '80
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
Jonathan Rosenthal '80
Chairman, Saybrook Partners Limited
Gordon H. Smith '79
President and CEO, National Association of Broadcasters;
Former Member, U.S. Senate (Oregon);
Former President, Oregon State Senate
Past Commencement Speaker; Commencement Address (PDF)
Hon. Otis Wright '80
Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California
My First Trial
Daniel Kramer '08, Attorney at Law, Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett
Other Prominent Alumni
Gerald Agnew '74
Founding Partner, Agnew & Brusavich
Paul Aronzon '79
Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Co-Chair, Finance
Restructuring Group
Hon. Charles C. Bernstein '29*
Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court; rendered 1954 decision in Heard vs. Wilson Elementary resulting in desegregation of schools in Arizona
Jeffrey Birren '85
General Counsel, Oakland Raiders
Jeffrey Borris '89
General Counsel and Partner, Beverly Hills Sports Council; represented Jose Canseco, Bobby Bonilla, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, and others
Hon. Tom
Bradley '56*
Mayor of Los Angeles (1973-93)
Bruce Brusavich '80
Founding Partner, Agnew & Brusavich; Past President, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Irwin
R. Buchalter '33*
Founding Partner, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &
Younger
Hon. Dolores A. Carr '80
Former District Attorney, Santa Clara County
Edwin "Ed" Chau '92
Member, California State Assembly, 49th Assembly District
Annie Y.S. Chuang '97
Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon
Marcia Clark '79
Former Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County (lead prosecutor,
People v. Simpson); Author
Alan Cohen '73
Former General Counsel, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
Hon. Jaime
Corral '70
Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse, Ret.; Creator of the first "Teen
Court" Program
Joseph DeMarco '85*
Executive Vice President, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Hon.
Julian Dixon '67*
Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 32nd
Congressional District (California); Former Chair, House Ethics
Committee
Hon. Denise
Moreno Ducheny '79
Senator, State of California, District 40 (San
Diego);
Former Presidential Fellow in Residence, San Diego State University;
Former Member, California State Assembly, 79th Assembly District; Former Chair,
Assembly Budget Committee
Alan Duke '76
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, New Wave Entertainment
George P. Eichen '78
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, MTV Networks, a
division of Viacom, Inc.
Hon. Matthew
Fong '85*
Of Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton; Former
Treasurer of the State of California
Gregory Gelfan '77
Executive Vice President, Fox Filmed Entertainment
Barry Groveman '78
Partner, Musick, Peeler & Garrett (a trailblazer in environmental
litigation); Served on the Calabasas City Council since 2003, including a term as Mayor
E. Gregory
Hookstratten '57
Represents major sports, news and entertainment
personalities
Howard
W. Hunter '39*
President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(1994-95)
John P. Iorillo '92
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Ambrose Employer Group
Betty Kelepecz '90
President, Public Safety Consulting; Former Chief of Police, San Diego Harbor Police Department; Former
Commander, Los Angeles Police Department; First woman to serve as Commander in the
LAPD
Keith King '99
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Centerplate; Former Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, DineEquity, Inc.
Carol Korade '78
Former City Attorney for the City of Alameda, CA
Gary A. Kovacic
'76
Partner, Sullivan, Workman & Dee, LLP (eminent domain and land
use litigation); Served on the Arcadia City Council since 1997, including four terms as Mayor
Lauren B.
Leichtman '77
Chief Executive Officer, Levine Leichtman Capital
Partners
Timothy Lickness '76
Vice President & General Counsel, Golden Eagle Insurance Corp.
Christine
McGuire '77
Former Sr. Trial Attorney, Santa Cruz District Attorney's Office;
Chair, Santa Cruz County Domestic Violence Commission; New York Times
Best-Selling Author
Hon. Stanley Mosk '35*
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court; Former California Attorney General
Hon. Frances Munoz '71
Judge, Superior Court of California, Orange County, Ret.; First Latina trial judge in the United States
Karin H. Pagnanelli '94
Partner, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp
Hon. William M.
Paparian '77
Former Mayor of Pasadena, California
Brian J. Panish '84
Partner, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Lead
attorney in $4.9 billion judgment against General Motors Corp.
Hon. Paul Peek '30*
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court; Former California Secretary of State; Former Member, California State Assembly and Speaker of the Assembly
Stephen E. Pickett
'80
Executive Vice President, External Relations, Southern California
Edison
Ira Reiner '64
Founding Partner, Riley & Reiner; Former Los Angeles County
District Attorney
Andrew H. Rosen '92
President and Chief Operating Officer, Presidium Learning, Inc.
Hon. B. Rey Schauer '16*
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
Larraine Segil '79
Partner Emerita, Vantage Partners
Martin Shafer '78
Partner, Castle Rock Entertainment (producers of "Seinfeld" and other
hit TV shows and motion pictures)
Michelle
Kuznetsky Silverman '95
Modern Planet Music; Former Partner,
Tri-Tone Music
Hon. Vaino
Spencer '52
Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate
District, Division One, Ret.
Hon. Paul G. Stark '75
Judge, Family Law Court, Israel
Sheryl E. Stein '78
Managing Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Donald Sterling '60
President, Sterling Corporation; Owner, The Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
Michael A. Stosser '79
Of Counsel, Day Pitney; Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Ardour Capital Investments
John Y. Wang '99
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Hon. Allen
Webster Jr. '71
Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court; Past President,
National Bar Association (the nation's largest African American Bar Association)
Mark Weisberger '80
Special Counsel, Freedom Communications Inc.; Former Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel,
International House of Pancakes (over 550 restaurants worldwide)
Edward M.
Wolkowitz '75
Partner, Levene Neale Bender Yoo & Brill; Former Mayor of Culver City, California
Hon. Arleigh
Woods '53
Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd
Appellate District, Division Four, Ret.; First African American woman in U.S. appointed
to a State Appellate Court
Norman Zafman
'69
Of Counsel, Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
*deceased
