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Bench
February 2016
LAWYERS CLUB NEWS
INSIDE BENCH BAR LUNCHEON on February 18
THE FUND FOR JUSTICE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON another landmark success
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2 february 2016Lawyers Club News
Congratulations CaseyGerry partners David S. Casey, Jr. and Robert J. Francavilla for this well deserved recognitionby the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
2The number of San Diego attorneys
recognized among California’s Top 25 Plaintiffs Lawyers
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What: Bench Bar Luncheon
When: Thursday, February 18, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Where: The US Grant, 326 Broadway, San Diego, 92101
Cost: Members, $30; Non-members $45; Students, $20.
Register: www.lawyersclubsandiego.com
What? When? Where?
A Discussion with the San Diego Judiciary By Sara Simmons
Lawyers Club welcomes members and the San Diego community to the annual Bench Bar Luncheon on February 18, at the U.S. Grant Hotel, generously sponsored by Title Sponsor, Tatro & Zamoyski, LLP.
For the tenth year in a row, attendees will partake in intimate, roundtable discussions about current legal topics and issues with judges from the local state and federal bench. “This is a rare and unique opportunity to share in candid dialogue about the state of the judiciary, pathways to the bench, and tips on business and leadership development,” said Lawyers Club member Ruth Dapper.
So far, the following judges have generously agreed to participate at the luncheon: California Court of Appeal Justices Cynthia Aaron and Judith Haller, U.S. Southern District Court Judges Cynthia Bashant and Marilyn Huff, San Diego Superior Court Justices Presiding Judge Jeffrey Barton, Katherine Bacal, David Berry, Matthew Braner, Desiree Bruce-Lyle, Cindy Davis, Kevin Enright, Ana Espana, Marian Gaston, David Gill, Garry Haehnle, Tamila Ipema, Sharon Kalemkiarian, Bob Longstreth, Amalia Meza, David Oberholtzer, Lisa Rodriguez, Paula Rosenstein, David Rubin, Stephanie Sontag, Randa Trapp, Joan Weber, Margie Woods, and Commissioner Darlene White. Attendees at each table can expect to engage with at least two judicial officers!
As in years past, the conversations shared are sure to benefit all experience levels. “I always leave the Bench Bar luncheon with new insight and a fresh perspective on our judicial officer’s service to the San Diego legal community,” said Amy Lepine, principal of Lepine Law Group.
Please register early as this popular event will sell-out quickly. For more information, please contact Bench Bar co-chairs Roxy Carter at [email protected] and Stephanie Poli at [email protected].
Sara Simmons is a litigation attorney at Lepine Law Group and a member of Lawyers Club’s Board of Directors.
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PresidentDeborah Dixon
Vice PresidentsEric Ganci
Shalini KediaJamie Quient
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Jennifer ChangSecretarySusan Swan
Assistant SecretaryAmanda Allen
DirectorsOlga Alvarez
Danna CotmanTara Duester
Rebecca KanterFrann Setzer
Sara SimmonsNorth County Chapter
PresidentDanielle Hultenius Moore
EditorTara Duester
Associate EditorCarla Sanderson
Staff Articles CoordinatorKate Langmore
Photo & Member Profile CoordinatorRoxy Carter
Executive DirectorElaine Lawrence
Programs & Events CoordinatorRhianna Maras
Lawyers Club News is published monthly 11 times a year, with a combined
July/August issue.Lawyers Club welcomes contributions
to the newsletter, as well as your comments and suggestions regarding Lawyers Club News;
contact Tara (Jacobson) Duester at [email protected] and Carla Sanderson
at [email protected]. The deadline for articles is the 1st of the month prior to
the month of publication. Articles should be submitted in Microsoft Word.
The advertising deadline is the 8th of the month prior to the month of publication.
For advertising information, contact Elaine Lawrence at [email protected].
Hon. Amalia L. Meza
Hon. David B. Oberholtzer
Hon. David M. Gill
Hon. Katherine Bacal
Hon. Marilyn L. Huff
Hon. Matthew C. Braner
Hon. Paula Rosenstein
4 february 2016Lawyers Club NewsPresident’s Message to Members
What Makes a Great Leader?Eleanor Roosevelt is credited with saying, “One’s philosophy is not best
expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes...” This, to me, is an eloquent way of saying “actions speak louder than words.” I think we can all relate to these quotes and what they convey: it does not matter if you say all the right words, it matters what you are doing to live by those words. This is true in all aspects of our lives, from our personal and professional relationships, our client interactions and our public persona. We are inherently drawn to people who demonstrate true leadership, who show us what it means to practice what you preach and lead by example. I am sure I can come up with many more clichés to express leadership qualities, but the point is this, we can’t just talk about leadership, we have to be the leaders we want to follow.
Let’s delve deeper. As Lawyers Club members, we are “leaders of equality” and we can encourage each other to be examples of what we want equality to look like. We can be the examples that other younger attorneys can model. We can be the example of how to support each other in meetings, as sponsors, as mentors and as a community. We can encourage each other to evaluate our colleagues fairly and not based on their gender; to critically review our own actions and words, to make sure we are offering the same opportunities to women that we would to men and not inferring or presuming to know the preferences of either. If we have a task or new client to assign, are we limiting to whom we assign projects or assignments to because one just had a baby? If a woman has a child do we automatically assume she is unavailable to travel for a larger client, but do not assess the men the same way? Are we using language that supports other women, or are we secretly tearing women down or unnecessarily criticizing them? Are we being critical of women who aspire to get promotions or “make the ask”? I hear comments about the “audacity” of someone asking for something they want or asking for something more than what is offered. Don’t we want to encourage our members to ask for what they want, as long as it is done in a professional, respectful and educated manner?
What example are we setting within our own firms? Do we have the ability to change our firm’s policies on maternity leave, flex-time, compensation or partnership factors, assignment distribution or social interactions? Are we using our influence where we can to make improvements towards equality? Can we encourage each other during meetings to speak up, to assert ourselves as “thought leaders” and to ensure that women in meetings are being heard or their ideas are being acknowledged?
I pose these as questions because I am certainly not suggesting that as Lawyers Club members we are not doing these things, but
wanting to probe a bit deeper and to push us all (myself included) to carefully examine our actions and not just our words. Even if we are dedicated Lawyers Club members, would our colleagues or employees describe our actions as demonstrating leadership and promoting equality? Do our firm’s policies reflect our own values, and if not, can we lead the way in moving towards changing those policies that create a disparity for women?
Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook and author of Lean In said, “Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly
and sometimes imperfectly expressed... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.” For me, I know authenticity is more important than saying the right thing or rallying a crowd. Living and striving for our beliefs and convictions is much more impactful than writing the best speech or having our name listed as a sponsor of a great organization.
So, maybe we learn to speak less and act more; or we learn to speak and act in equal parts; or we learn to show someone what we mean rather than saying it. Whatever it does mean to us, let’s all try to continue to work towards being the leaders we want to be, rather than talking about them. I think Lawyers Club’s members are the most talented and formidable leaders in
our San Diego legal community. Every day I am encouraged by my interactions with our members and the impact they are having within our community and their own professional lives. I think we can collectively continue to build our members as true leaders whose actions speak louder than their words.
Deborah Dixon is a Senior Trial Attorney at Gomez Trial Attorneys and President of Lawyers Club.
Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook and author of Lean In said, “Presenting
leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic,
analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership
stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes
imperfectly expressed... Leaders should strive for
authenticity over perfection.”
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HonoredSan Diego Superior Court Judge Joan P. Weber has been selected to
receive the Pursuit of Justice Award by the American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practice Section. Weber is being honored, among other things, for her role as President of the California Judges Association in significant legislative reform and modernization of civil law and motion practice. She will receive the award at the ABA’s Mid-Year Meeting in San Diego February 6.
Lawyers Club Sustaining Member Jerrilyn Malana, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C., received the 2015 Community Legacy Award from the Pacific Arts Movement. The award, presented at the 16th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards Gala November 7, honors individuals “who exemplify service and leadership, and whose contributions have made a substantial impact to the legacy of Pacific Arts Movement and the San Diego region.”
Lawyers Club founding member and former U.S. Rep. Lynn Schenk recently received two honors. Schenk was honored in December for her role in the creation of the Governor Gray Davis Institutes for Science and Innovation at the University of California and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego, now known as the Qualcomm Institute. Schenk helped secure funding for the institutes when she served as chief of staff for Governor Davis. Schenk also was honored by the Tijuana Convention and Visitors Bureau for her work in improving border visitor crossings, including championing the approval of the Sentri Program during her term in Congress.
On the MoveLawyers Club vice president Eric Ganci and past board member Renée
Galente separated their law firm, Galente Ganci APC, into two new firms in January, both with offices downtown and in Vista. Galente Law, which can be found online at www.GalenteLaw.com, will focus on plaintiff’s personal injury, and felony criminal and military defense. Ganci, Esq., which can be found online at www.GanciEsq.com, will continue to focus on DUI defense.
Jodi Cleesattle is a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice and Lawyers Club’s Press Liaison.
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6 february 2016Lawyers Club NewsHoliday Luncheon Wrap-Up
The Annual Fund for Justice Holiday Luncheon: Another Notable SuccessBy Karen Lehmann Alexander
Four hundred Lawyers Club members, sponsors, and friends gathered to celebrate the work of the Lawyers Club Fund for Justice at the Annual Lawyers Club Holiday Luncheon on Friday, December 11, 2015, sponsored by Shustak, Reynolds & Partners, P.C. This year, there was great reason to celebrate: the Fund for Justice awarded a record-breaking $48,000 to 14 charitable organizations benefitting “at-risk” women and girls in San Diego.
Established in 1997 as Lawyers Club’s charitable arm, and managed through a donor-advised fund at The San Diego Foundation, the Fund for Justice awards grants to nonprofit organizations dedicated to education, research, and programming for “at-risk” women. The Fund for Justice is financed by tax-deductible donations from Lawyers Club members, annual contributions from various events, and Lawyers Club’s signature charitable fundraiser, the December Holiday Luncheon.
Lawyers Club President Deborah Dixon opened this year’s luncheon with a reflection on love, hope, and peace in the midst of tragedy. Citing the recent violent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, she encouraged those in attendance to remember those less fortunate in our community and around the world while preparing to celebrate the holiday season.
Ann Dynes, past president and member of the Fund for Justice Committee, introduced this year’s grant recipients. Dynes explained that the committee had received more than $75,000 in grant applications this year. Members of the committee screened each application, conducted site visits, and met for many hours to discuss where to apply the funds. Ultimately, the committee selected 14 charities that best exemplified the mission and values of Lawyers Club to receive $48,000 in grants.
This year’s Fund for Justice grantees represented the full spectrum of organizations promoting the health and welfare of women and girls in San Diego. Among the grantees were Street of Dreams, which will use its grant to fund art programs and publish a brochure of elementary student artwork to build a college scholarship fund for girls; Survivors of Torture, International, which will use its grant to assist 28 cases of women and children applying for asylum in San Diego; Reading Legacies, which will use its grant to foster family visitation for female inmates at Las Colinas Detention Facility; and Voices for Children, which will use its grant to support the appointment of Court Appointed Special Advocates in its infant and toddler program.
In addition to the Fund for Justice grants, Lawyers Club awarded two law school student scholarships.The Janeen Kerper Scholarship was awarded to Leah Gonzalez of California Western School of Law, and the Women & the Law Project Scholarship was awarded to Patricia Ojeda of Thomas Jefferson School of Law. These scholarship recipients boasted impressive academic credentials and a strong commitment to public service through their participation in organizations such as Casa Cornelia, the California Innocence Project, the American Bar Association’s Immigration Justice Project, and student government. Lawyers Club’s law school student scholarships celebrate the accomplishments of the students who receive them and
the pioneers for whom they are named.
Christina Prejean, winner of last year’s Honorable Lynn Schenk Scholarship, recalled, “It was such an honor to receive this scholarship. She has left a legacy for young San Diego women lawyers, and being able to sit with her during the luncheon was an unforgettable experience. I am forever grateful to her and other strong women before me, who have fought to open doors of opportunity for all of us. She inspires me to follow in her footsteps, and has reminded me that the sky is the limit!”
At the conclusion of the luncheon, member Patti Zlaket and Dixon took the stage to ask attendees to donate to the fund. Following a humorous pitch by Zlaket with a personal touch, audience members raised a total of $19,329 – the highest amount ever raised at a holiday luncheon.
The success of this year’s holiday luncheon and 2015 grant cycle shows that the Fund for Justice grows bigger and better each year. With a head start on donations for 2016, the Fund for Justice is well on its way to making an even greater impact on women and girls in San Diego.
Karen Lehmann Alexander is an associate in the trial practice group at Duane Morris, LLP, and a member of the Lawyers Club Fund for Justice Committee.
Mehry Mohseni, Shannon Finley, Jennifer Chang, Elvira Cortez, Patricia Hollenbeck, Bhashini Weerasinghe, Christine Wu, and Lauren Gillespie welcome guests.
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Holiday Luncheon Wrap-UpContinued from page 6
Courtney Miklusak, Richard Huver, Jonah Toleno, and Catherine Asuncion share in the festivities.
Guests fill the room in support of the Fund for Justice.
Scholarship Committee chair Srinivas Hanumadass, scholarship re-cipient Leah Gonzalez, California Western School of Law President and Dean Niels Schaumann, and Lawyers Club past President Lilys McCoy.
Carla Sanderson, Lawyers Club past President Christina Dyer, Renee Galente, Lawyers Club past President Johanna Schiavoni, Lea Fields-Bernard, and George Brewster show their support.
Lawyers Club past Presidents Hon. Patricia Cowett, and Ann Dynes, with Executive Director of the Center for Community Solutions Verna Griffin-Tabor.
Lawyers Club past President Johanna Schiavoni, Lawyers Club President Deborah Dixon, and Anna Romanskya.
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Strategies for Advancing Your Career By Tracy L. Schimelfenig
In today’s competitive legal world, lawyers need and want every advantage to take their career to the next level. Please join the Professional Advancement Committee (PAC) on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at Jones Day, for a panel dialogue and interactive session on strategies for advancing your career.
The panel of speakers will be moderated by San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and will feature the Honorable Randa Trapp, Lizzette Herrera Castellanos, Esq., Stephanie Reynolds, Esq., and Lys Ella Severtson. The panel will speak to what has worked for them in terms of advancing their own careers and what they have seen work for others. They will address how to identify goals for advancing and how to make the “ask” to get what you want in your career, whether it is a new job, a raise, a case project, or a client for money.
The collaborative panel will focus on strategies and specific steps members can take to move ahead in the profession. Following the panel, there will be a transition into small break-out groups with the panelists, as well as other legal professionals, including Lawyers Club President, Deborah Dixon, Chief Deputy District Attorney Summer Stephan, Partner at Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP Wendy Behan, and more. In the breakout groups, members can practice their “asks” and share practical tips and advice on how to advance their careers in a more intimate discussion.
District Attorney Dumanis is the first woman to serve as District Attorney in San Diego and has spent her entire career in public service. Dumanis began her legal career as clerk-typist, working her way up to hard-hitting prosecutor for 12 years and eventually a Superior Court Judge. While on the bench, she led the way in developing San Diego’s nationally-recognized Drug Court.
Judge Trapp was appointed to the San Diego Superor Court in 2003. Before joining the bench, Judge Trapp spent over a decade in private practice.
Judge Trapp has also worked as a Deputy Attorney General and spent time as a Special Deputy District Attorney.
Herrera Castellanos is the Associate Director for Public Service and Diversity at the University of San Diego Law School. Castellanos is a professor of Paralegal and Legal Studies at Southwestern College. She has worked with the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, as well as with the UCSD Binational Program.
Reynolds joined Pope, Berger, Williams & Reynolds, LLP in 2009 and became a named partner in 2013. She is very active in local bar associations and is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) through Voices for Children. Reynolds also devotes a significant amount of her time volunteering as a mentor to law students and new attorneys in San Diego.
Servertson is a professional coach and owner of Lys Ella Severtson, LLC. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego and her Masters degree from UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. Servertson has developed a 7-step system to help her clients create their own custom action plan for success, which she will share at this event.
Tracy L. Schimelfenig is Of Counsel with California Business Law Group, PC and is a Co-Chair of the Professional Advancement Committee.
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis
Hon. Randa Trapp
Lizzette Herrera Castellanos
Stephanie Reynolds
Lys Ella Severtson
What: Professional Advancement Committee’s “Strategies for Advancing Your Career”
When: Wednesday, February 24, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Jones Day, 12265 El Camino Real, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130
Cost: Free members only event.
Register: www.lawyersclubsandiego.com
What? When? Where?
Lawyers Club News 9www.lawyersclubsandiego.com
Student Mock Interviews on Getting to “Yes” By Renée Galente
Lawyers Club has a robust membership of law students from the three local law schools in San Diego and works diligently to ensure that the law student members receive benefits for taking the initiative to join a local legal organization while still in law school.
One of those benefits is the annual mock interview workshop. This three-part event provides law students with a panel discussion from top hirers; an opportunity to interview with local private and public sector attorneys and receive immediate feedback on their interview skills; tips and techniques on how to succeed; and a chance to mix and mingle afterward during a short reception.
As recalled by Lawyers Club Vice President Bhashini Weerasinghe, “Over the last couple of years, I have heard from several law students that they appreciate Lawyers Club’s mock interviews because of the more realistic character of the interviews and being put in a room with actual hiring attorneys that gave candid feedback.” The program has been created based on the feedback and needs of law students through the work of the Student Development and Law School Relations Committee, and the goal is simple: to get our student members into the “yes” pile after an interview.
This year, the program will take place on Monday, March 14, and is being sponsored by, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and co-sponsored by California Western School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law.
To learn more about the committee, assist in planning future events, or join the committee, log onto www.lawyersclubsandiego.com and
join the group through your member profile. If you have any questions or suggestions to improve the program, don’t hesitate to reach out to your Student Development team, co-chairs Victoria Stairs and Renée Galente, and Student Liaisons Courtney Strange (California Western School of Law), Karen Adraneda (Thomas Jefferson School of Law)
and Catherin Ferguson (University of San Diego, School of Law).
Renée Galente is a trial lawyer at Galente Law, APC and Co-Chair of the Student Development and Law School Relations Committee
What: Mock Interview Program
When: Monday, March 14, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Cost: Free for Lawyers Club members and students.
Sponsors: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, California Western School of Law, and University of San Diego School of Law.
What? When? Where?
All interested candidates should mark their calendars for the following deadlines:
Board Election Notice: Deadline to Declare is February 16.Lawyers Club members who are eligible to vote may begin April 1 and continue through May 1
at 5:00 p.m. PST to elect up to five new members to the board of directors. The board of directors voted to amend the bylaws to create “regional director” positions elected by general membership to serve a specific geographic area. This election, the general members will vote for one North County director, along with four other director positions. The North County director will only run against other candidates for that regional director position, not against general directors. The North County regional director must live or work in North County, as defined by the geographical designations of the Superior Court of California, by zip code (see Court’s website at http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=55,1555635&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL).
This information is also available at the Lawyers Club website at: www.lawyersclubsandiego.com
· February 16: Deadline to notify Lawyers Club of your intent to run for director. Please call Elaine Lawrence, Executive Director, at (619) 595-0650 or email Lawrence at [email protected].
· March 1: Candidate’s statement and photo due for April newsletter.
· April: Ballots will be distributed to voting members with the April newsletter, and online voting will open April 1.
· May 1: Ballots must be received at Lawyers Club office by 5:00 p.m.
Results will be formally announced in May and at the Annual Dinner, and the new directors will begin their three-year terms on July 1.
10 february 2016Lawyers Club News
Lawyers Club is on the move! The Lawyers Club office will be
relocating in March to a larger space at Emerald Plaza.
If you or your firm has office furniture you are willing to donate, contact Elaine Lawrence at [email protected] or (619) 595-0650. Lawyers Club is looking for a conference table and chairs, desks, and lateral files, to start! Thank you for thinking of us!
30 Years Ago in Lawyers Club News By Meredith King
Ms. Alexis Gardner
Ms. Becky Nieman
Ms. Suzy Moore
Ms. Ellen Marks
Mr. Nicholas Ferraro
Ms. Jessica Kiley
Mr. Micah Hoffman
Ms. Michele Kumaus
Ms. Sophia Behnia
New Member ListSocial Media Corner By Koree Blyleven and Amy L. Simonson
On January 12, a federal judge imposed monetary sanctions, including a donation of $250.00 to the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Foundation, on a male attorney who, after being asked not to interrupt during a deposition, told a female attorney “[D]on’t raise your voice at me. It’s not becoming of a woman or an attorney who is acting professionally under the rules of professional responsibility.”
The sanction award was reported by the ABA Journal and other legal publications, prompting an online debate regarding what constitutes sexism.
One commenter wrote, “The real problem with comments of this nature, in front of clients, is that it puts a question in the mind of the client as to whether they are getting a fair shake if they are being represented by a female lawyer, and prompts demands that their files be assigned to a “real”, i.e., male, lawyer.” Click here to read the ABA Journal article http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_sanctioned_for_not_becoming_of_a_woman_remark_discovery_conduct/
Koree Blyleven is an associate at Jones Day. She is a co-chair of the Social Media Committee.
Amy L. Simonson is a partner at Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie. She is a co-chair of the Social Media Committee.
In February 1986, Lawyers Club announced that the Honorable Amalia Meza, an active member in the San Diego County Bar Association and La Raza Lawyers, was appointed to replace Sherrill Delahoussaye on the Lawyers Club Board of Directors. Lawyers Club also announced a February Luncheon featuring S. Simone Campbell, a Catholic nun and one of two attorneys working at the Community Law Center, a low-cost legal service office in Oakland, California. Campbell was later appointed Executive Director of the Roman Catholic social justice lobbying group, NETWORK in 2004. A “Lunch with the Judge” was also announced for February 5, 1986, featuring the Honorable Robert C. Thaxton who discussed, “Preferred Procedures in Probate, Mental Health, and Minor’s Compromises.”
Lawyers ClubNews reported that member Janice Mulligan was elected to the USD Law Alumni Board of Directors; member Rebecca Prater was elected to the North County Bar Association Board; and Helen Roberta Rowe (Lawyers Club President 1987-88) was selected to edit the weekly news column, “It’s the Law” sponsored by the San Diego County Bar Association. Lawyers Club also offered a “Legal Study Tour of China” designed in partnership with Universal Travel to allow a group of 30 Lawyers Club members to travel to Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Guilin, Hanchou, Souchou, and Hong Kong and meet
with judges and law professors.
Helen Roberta Rowe contributed an article entitled “Sandra Day O’Connor,” where Rowe detailed Justice O’Connor’s professional history as set forth in an interview O’Connor gave to Working Women magazine. Rowe detailed O’Connor’s work in the public sector in California, her service during World War II, her time in the Arizona state Senate, and her appointment to the Superior Court of Maricopa County and the Arizona Court of Appeals. Later, in the column, “Here, There, & Hearsay,” Rowe summarized opinions Chief Justice Warren gave at the National Press Club in December 1985 to promote the 1987 U.S. Constitution Bicentennial. Rowe reported that, in responding to questions about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Justice Burger commented that, “The ladies are gearing up again” and that he stated one of the reasons John Marshall was one of the country’s greatest jurists was because Marshall “didn’t have to bother with all those precedents.”
Meredith King is law clerk to the Honorable Margaret M. Mann and co-chair of the History & Archives Committee.
12 february 2016Lawyers Club News
Mark ShkolnikBy Michelle Vescio Evenson
Mark J. Shkolnik is a Midwest transplant from Chicago. He attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago, but recently landed back in sunny San Diego with his wife Jayne and their two-year old twins Max and Jack. Shkolnik returned to San Diego because he was familiar with the city after having attended UCSD for
his undergraduate and also loves being so close to the ocean. He is the owner of Shkolnik GC Law where he is outside general counsel and intellectual property counsel for small and mid-sized businesses.
Shkolnik joined Lawyers Club in 2015 right after moving to San Diego, “I want to be better integrated into the local community. I met Monica Sherman, a member, at a Connect event, and she recommended Lawyers Club San Diego as a group of very skilled and friendly lawyers,” he said.
“I have met a number of very nice folks who have helped me find other lawyers to whom I can refer work,” Shkolnik said. Lawyers Club is helping him grow his network and become more involved in the San Diego legal community.
Shkolnik is a self-proclaimed Mexican food addict, so when family or friends come to town, Shkolnik usually takes them to eat at Las Olas or Roberto’s.
“No matter how much you pay for Mexican food in Chicago, you cannot get a better Mexican food meal than the one for $10 to $15 in San Diego,” he said.
Shkolnik’s hobbies include any outdoor activities and he tries to get to the ocean at least once a week during the summer months. One of his long-term goals has been learning to surf, and moving from Chicago has helped get him closer to achieving this goal. Shkolnik also
enjoys learning new things and seeing new places.
Member ProfilesRenie LeakakosBy Michelle Vescio Evenson
Renie Leakakos grew up in the Chicago suburbs surrounded by her big, close-knit, Greek family, but she knew at a very young age she wanted to live in California. So after she graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, she opened Leakakos Law in 2002.
Leakakos is dedicated to assisting small business; her practice focuses on small business because she’s been in her clients’ shoes and understands the challenges, as well as rewards, associated with growing a business in San Diego. She says her role practicing entrepreneur law is to help clients by giving them a sound legal foundation in order to diminish risks associated with business.
Leakakos joined Lawyers Club in 2012 to meet other like-minded San Diego attorneys and have fun. Leakakos has not only gained friendships, but she has also had many leadership opportunities and
been able to form a strong network of attorneys to call her business partners. She is a North County attorney and as such, says she works diligently to build Lawyers Club presence there.
“Danielle Moore began the journey and continues to shine as a director and our voice on the board of Lawyers Club. As current chair to the North County committee, I am honored to work with Danielle and our incredible team of coordinators,” said Leakakos.
Leakakos says her Greek heritage influences her life. She also enjoys cooking, doing Pilates and walking on the beach in her free time. Leakakos is married to her best friend and love of her life, Tom, with whom she enjoys traveling. Because Tom is a private pilot, the two enjoy a variety of adventures. An interesting fact about Leakakos: before becoming an attorney, she was a classical singer for 12 years.
Michelle Vescio Evenson is the managing attorney of the Law Office of Michelle V. Evenson and a member of Lawyers Club Community Outreach Committee.
Meryl ManekerBy Roxy Carter
Meryl C. Maneker currently practices Class Action Defense (primarily focused on employment and consumer cases) with Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP.
The New York University School of Law graduate joined Lawyers Club in 1997 to
get better acquainted with the San Diego legal community. Through her almost two decades of involvement with Lawyers Club, she has gained wonderful friends, a solid network, professional support and encouragement.
In her very limited free time, Maneker loves to read and tries to explore the fine city of San Diego. Maneker has been married for 24 years and is a mother to a budding TV critic in NYC and a high school sophomore. Maneker’s husband, who is an English Literature professor at San Diego State University , and their two children are the loves of Maneker’s life.
Roxy Carter is a Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, co-chair of Lawyers Club’s Bench Bar Committee and the Photo & Member Profile Coordinator of the Newsletter.
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Human Trafficking Task Force Legislative Roundtable RecapBy Renée Galente
Lawyers Club launched its Human Trafficking Task Force (HTTF) in May 2014 to identify what Lawyers Club could do to help in the fight against human trafficking in San Diego County. Since its inception, HTTF has organized legal trainings, conducted community outreach and education, and collaborated with local human trafficking organizations to aid their efforts.
On December 4, HTTF took its outreach to the next level by hosting a legislative roundtable breakfast. Organized by the HTTF Advocacy Subcommittee, the roundtable was intended to bring together elected officials and members of their staff to discuss the issue of human trafficking and its impact on San Diego County. HTTF convened a distinguished group of local elected representatives and their staffs to reflect on recent research conducted on sex trafficking in San Diego; learn about prevention efforts at San Diego Unified School District; and start a dialogue on what San Diego has already accomplished, what efforts are underway and what work still needs to be done.
The attendees included U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter, California Senator Marty Block, California Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, and School Board member Richard Barrera. Also in attendance were representatives from the offices of U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis, U.S. Congressman Scott Peters, Speaker of the California Assembly Toni Atkins, Assemblymember Rocky Chavez, representatives from the San Diego Housing Commission, as well as other representatives from local human trafficking organizations such as North County Lifeline and Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition.
The Roundtable began with an educational presentation reporting the results of the most recent local study on sex trafficking in San Diego, conducted by Dr. Ami Carpenter of University of San Diego and Dr. Jamie Gates of Point Loma Nazarene University. The study found that much of the trafficking in San Diego is tied to gang activity. Attendees learned that at least 110 gangs are involved in the commercial exploitation of people in San Diego, and that rival gangs are even collaborating in the sex trafficking industry.
As Dr. Gates explained in his presentation, “Old style gangs are collaborating – Crips and Bloods are collaborating. They say it’s not ‘blue’ and ‘red’... it’s ‘green,’” meaning that it’s not about the traditional gang colors anymore, it’s about the color of money.
The study also highlighted the following grisly truths: Sex trafficking in San Diego is the second largest underground economy after drug trafficking, representing an estimated $810 million in annual revenue. The annual number of victims and survivors in San Diego County is estimated at 8,830-11,773. San Diego County only has 29 beds for human trafficking survivors. Of those 29 beds, there are no beds specific for LGBTQ persons, men, or children. The average age of recruitment into sex trafficking is 15 years old. The majority of sex trafficking offenders and victims in San Diego are from San Diego.
Discussion was sobering, but hopeful, between the local organizations and elected officials after Dr. Gates’ presentation. Elected officials discussed different bills they were working on, and attendees offered suggestions and input. Attendees also discussed issues regarding bills to be introduced in 2016. HTTF has already received feedback that the ideas generated at the roundtable have led to the drafting of new bills and further discussion at the San Diego Housing Commission on beds for human trafficking survivors.
For more information on the HTTF and resources on human trafficking, please visit: http://www.lawyersclubsandiego.com/?page=HTTFHome.
Renee Galente is a trial lawyer at Galente Law, APC. She is the co-chair of the HTTF Communications Subcommittee and a member of the HTTF Advocacy Committee.
Kelly McLaughlinBy Roxy Carter
Kelly McLaughlin recently moved to San Diego from Boston due to her fiancee’s residency placement. In Boston, McLaughlin was an IP litigation associate at K&L Gates.
McLaughlin has recently passed the July 2015 California bar exam, and is currently
looking for a position in San Diego. While still interested in IP litigation, she is also open to an in house position or IP transactional work.
A Boston College Law School graduate, McLaughlin joined Lawyers Club in 2015 after being encouraged by her friend and college classmate. Since joining, McLaughlin has benefited from Lawyers Club’s many networking opportunities and has found the members welcoming, informative and generous. Lawyers Club has also eased McLaughlin’s transition into the San Diego community.
In her free time, McLaughlin enjoys running, tennis, volunteering with Girls on the Run, and taking her five-month-old black Labrador pup to Dog Beach. McLaughlin does not have just one great love, but loves most when her life is balanced between family, friends, hobbies and work.
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Federal:Federal Judge Affirms Wisconsin
Admitting Privileges Requirement for Abortion Providers is Undue Burden. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a ruling that the Wisconsin law mandating abortion-providing doctors have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital or face felony charges constitutes an undue burden on women’s access to legal abortion. Judge Richard Posner penned the decision, which spoke directly to the U.S. Supreme Court (which will be hearing arguments in a similar Fifth Circuit Texas case): “[P]ersons who have a sophisticated understanding of the law and of the Supreme Court know that convincing the Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey is a steep uphill fight, and so some of them proceed indirectly, seeking to discourage abortions by making it more difficult for women to obtain them….They may do this in the name of protecting the health of women who have abortions, yet as in this case the specific measures they support may do little or nothing for health, but rather strew impediments to abortion.”
Anti-Choice Provision Buried in New Education Law. Buried in the nearly 400-page Every Student Succeeds Act (S.1177) which was passed in December 2015, is a provision referencing the Public Health Service Act’s requirement that school-based health centers which receive public funds, may not provide abortions. Anti-choice group, March for Life Action announced that House Representative John Kline (R – Minn.) spearheaded the inclusion of the anti-choice provision. March for Life also claims S.1177, “permanently codifies an abortion funding prohibition for the entire Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), for the first time adding the education authorization to…programs…that contain permanent pro-life funding protections.”
State:California – “Personhood” Ballot
Initiative. Anti-choice group, California Civil Rights Foundation proposed a ballot initiative that would designate a fertilized human egg as a “person,” thereby criminalizing abortion and banning many types of contraception by extending constitutional protections such as due process and equal protection to fertilized eggs. Many states have introduced similar “personhood” bills; however, most have failed.
Utah – Federal Court Rules Utah Governor Can Cut Federal Planned Parenthood Funding. A U.S. District Court has reversed a temporary restraining order preventing Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) from stopping approximately $275,000.00 in federal funds from going to the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) in response to the heavily-edited videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing its fetal tissue donation program, created by an anti-choice group. PPAU does not participate in the fetal tissue donation program.
Ohio – Legislation Announced to Require Women Who Have Abortions to Bury or Cremate Fetuses. Anti-choice lawmakers in Ohio have announced plans to introduce legislation requiring women who have abortions to make arrangements for burial or cremation of the fetus. Arkansas and Indiana have passed similar laws.
Ohio – Buffer Zone Bill Introduced. Ohio HB 408, introduced in December 2015 and sponsored by Reps. Stephanie Howse (D) and Michele Lepore-Hagan (D), seeks to curb abuse and harassment endured by those seeking to obtain an abortion, as well as abortion-providers and clinic employees. The bill mandates the creation of a buffer zone prohibiting anyone from approaching persons entering an abortion clinic. A similar Massachusetts bill was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year,
however, the authors of HB 408 modeled it after a New York bill which remained unaffected by that decision.
Idaho – Planned Parenthood Challenges Idaho Ban on Telemedicine Abortions. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho on December 1, 2015, challenging two state laws passed in April. The Telehealth Access Act (TAA) authorizes providers to hold a video conference with patients and prescribe medications accordingly, but excepts pills to induce abortion. Similarly, HB 154 requires a physical examination of a patient before a pill abortion can be administered. 18 other states require a physician’s physical presence in order to provide pill abortions despite research showing it is equally safe for patients to take the two pills used in a pill abortion at home or in a clinic. Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii issued a statement saying, “[t]here is no medical justification for carving out this one exclusion for prescribing medicine to patients in Idaho. The Constitution does not allow the legislature to pass laws that burden women’s access to abortion when those laws do not advance the health and safety of women.”
Amanda Weber is an attorney with Singleton Law Firm.
Legislative UpdatesBy Amanda Weber
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Managing Partners and Prominent In-House Counsel Demonstrate Their Interest in a Constructive Conversation on Gender Equality By Shalini K. Kedia
The highly anticipated inaugural program of Lawyers Club and Association of Corporate Counsel – San Diego Chapter’s (ACC-SD Chapter) Joint Task Force on Gender Equality (JTF) on November 17, 2015 successfully ignited a dialogue amongst managing partners and the C-Suite level regarding the advancement of women in the legal profession. By invitation only, extended to local firms with 10 or more attorneys and in-house counsel, nearly one hundred attended the program, representing numerous prominent firms and companies – demonstrating our legal community’s strong interest in tackling the issue of lack of gender equality in the legal sector.
The JTF was formed to generate synergy within the industry to address the epidemic of a large percentage of women leaving the law firm sector and the significantly low percentage of women admitted into the ranks of equity partnership. The committee, consisting of former and current presidents and board members of Lawyers Club and ACC-SD Chapter, and other local prominent counsel, thanked co-founder William B. Sailer, Senior VP, Legal Counsel, Qualcomm Incorporated, and former president of the ACC-SD Chapter for his thought-leadership and commitment to equality in our profession.
In addressing the attendees, Sailer continued his discussion, first introduced at the Lawyers Club General Counsel Roundtable in June 2015, regarding “re-programing the computer” – essentially asking the audience to consider a new paradigm wherein gender equality can be achieved in the legal profession.
The two-hour CLE program featured Kimberly Papillon, a nationally recognized expert, who discussed the science underlying decision-making and strategies to overcome cognitive roadblocks that may hinder inclusion, creativity and success. Implicit association is unconscious attitudes and beliefs that we hold about one another, Papillon explained. Essentially, to overcome implicit association, e.g., women are caregivers and men are breadwinners, Papillon stressed that achieving objectivity is key. Given the complex neuropsychology underlying implicit association, it is easier said than done – but not impossible. Conscious application of objective standards is necessary.
During the pre-event and post-program receptions, attendees enthusiastically discussed the initiative. By all accounts, attendees were appreciative of the JTF’s leadership to promote inclusion and equality within the legal profession. “This collaboration between the ACC-SD Chapter and Lawyers Club is critically important to keep the issue of gender equality at the forefront of our legal profession,” said Janine Sarti, Assistant Vice President, Assistant General Counsel of Molina Healthcare Inc. and former ACC-SD Chapter president (2012-2013).
The program achieved its goal – to inspire industry leaders to initiate a collective and constructive dialogue regarding gender equality. Following the event, many attendees, asked how they may get more
involved with the JTF and stated that they look forward to the next event to continue the conversation. JTF plans to collaborate with prominent members of the legal community to develop programming and facilitate a constructive dialogue to address gender equality and inclusion, which are key components of the Lawyers Club’s mission to advance the status of women in the law and society.
Prominent counsel from dozens of local companies supported and attended the program, including but not limited to, American Council of Exercise, Callaway Golf Company, CareFusion Corporation, Cubic Corporation, Gafcon Inc., Jack in the Box Inc., Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Qualcomm, Regulus Therapeutics Inc., San Diego Zoo Global, Seirus Innovation, Sempra Energy, Sony Electronics Inc., and WiMAX Forum.
Lawyers Club extends its gratitude to Philip Rudolph, Immediate Past President of the ACC-SD Chapter and to the ACC-SD Chapter Board of Directors for their enthusiastic support of the Task Force and to Qualcomm for its generous sponsorship of the program.
For questions regarding the Joint Task Force and thoughts regarding the initiative, please contact Lawyers Club Board Member Shalini Kedia, Chair of the Joint Task Force, at [email protected].
Shalini K. Kedia is the VP of Finance and Fundraising and the Chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel-SD Chapter and Lawyers Club of San Diego Joint Task Force on Gender Equality. She is the Intellectual Property Practice Planning and Analysis Coordinator for Jones
Day’s global IP Practice.
William B. Sailer, Senior VP, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm Inc. welcomes the audience.
Keynote speaker and nationally recognized expert Kimberly Papillon, discusses the science behind decision making.
Audience mem-bers listen intently as Papillon shares strategies to over-come cognitive roadblocks.
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This conference brings together leading academics, educators, institutional leaders, and policy makers to examine how diversity in institutions of higher education affects and is inspired by students, faculty, and leaders. The conference will highlight a number of critically important topics, including: facilitating educational access for undocumented students; challenges to developing and nurturing a diverse educational environment; the importance of training students in professional programs to serve diverse populations; and challenges to affirmative action.
Professor Bryant Garth, Professor at UC Irvine School of Law and former Dean of Southwestern Law School and Indiana University School of Law, will deliver the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture. He continues in a long line of speakers who have been honored as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer, a lecture series Justice Ginsburg generously established for Thomas Jefferson in 2003.
Other speakers include: Toni Atkins, Speaker of the California Assembly; Susan Bisom-Rapp, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Professor of Sociology, Cal State University San Marcos; Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, Associate
Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management, UCLA; Meera E. Deo, Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Adrian Gonzales, Interim Superintendent/President and Vice President of Student Services, Palomar Community College; Vallera Johnson, Administrative Law Judge; Catherine Lucey, Professor and Vice Dean for Education, UCSF School of Medicine; Mary Ann Mason, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Health, Economic, and Family Security, UC Berkeley; Linda Trinh Vo, Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Irvine; Shirley Weber, California Assemblywoman, Chair of the Assembly Select Committees on Higher Education and Campus Climate, former President of the San Diego Unified School District; and Susan Westerberg Prager, Dean, Southwestern Law School, former Dean UCLA School of Law, former Executive Director and CEO of AALS.
Julie Greenberg is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law 16th Annual Women and the Law Conference and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture SeriesBy Julie Greenberg
Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s 16th annual Women and the Law Conference, Pursuing Excellence: Diversity in Higher Education will be held Friday, February 5 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
What: Women and the Law Conference and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture Series
When: Friday, February 5, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Where: 1155 Island Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101Cost: Free for all students; Lawyers Club members receive
discount; See website for all other costs.Register: www.tjsl.edu/conferences/wlc/2016MCLE Credit: 5.5. Hours Elimination of Bias MCLE credit
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New Feature! Lawyers Club Career Center: Post, Search, and Subscribe
The Career Center is a new website feature that we are excited to share with our members, local firms, companies, and supporters. We welcome all law firms and companies to post job openings on our website for FREE to promote the hiring of Lawyers Club members.
Lawyers Club continues to be dedicated to “changing the numbers” by helping our members find jobs and advance in their careers. Not only can members post job openings, but we have extended this free service to firms, organizations, and companies who are looking to hire Lawyers Club members. Visit our website to download the Job Posting Request Form. Through the Lawyers Club website Career Center, job listings and searches are just a click away. Even if you’re not searching for a new job, the Career Center is a fantastic place to discover available board and leadership positions in the community. We encourage all members to post, search, and subscribe to the Career Center. For more information and instructions on how to access or post on the Lawyers Club Career Center, please visit www.lawyersclubsandiego.com
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February 2016Thursday, 2/11/16
Red, White & Brew 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, 200 Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
Thursday, 2/18/16Lawyers Club Monthly Luncheon: Bench Bar Committee12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.US Grant, 326 Broadway,San Diego, CA 92101
Wednesday, 2/24/16Professional Advancement Committee Event 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Jones Day, 12265 El Camino Real, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92130
March 2016Thursday, 3/3/16
Lawyers Club Thirsty Thursday: Networking Events Committee Save the date!
Friday, 3/11/16Community Outreach Committee Spring Read-InCentral Elementary School
Monday, 3/14/16Student Committee Mock InterviewThomas Jefferson School of Law, 1155 Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Thursday, 3/17/16Lawyers Club Monthly Luncheon: Reproductive Rights and Women’s Advocacy Committee 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.US Grant, 326 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101Save the date!
Tuesday, 3/29/16International Women of Color Reception Save the date!
April 2016Tuesday, 4/12/16
Equality and Action Committee Equal Pay Day LuncheonSave the date!
Thursday, 4/21/16Lawyers Club Monthly Luncheon: Professional AdvancementTake your Child to Work and Mock TrialSave the date!
May 2016Thursday, 5/19/16Annual DinnerSave the date!
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