CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW MENTOR PROGRAM

We would like to take this time to thank the many distinguished attorneys that participated in this year’s Chapman University School of Law Mentor Program. Our law students were very thankful that so many of you took the time out of your busy schedules to mentor them during the Spring semester. The students gained so much from your time and insight. We would like to thank the following attorneys for participating in our Mentor Program:

Jeffrey Adelson, Esq.
Adelson Testan & Brundo

Cecilia Aguayo, Esq.
Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall

Darren Aitken, Esq.
Aitken Aitken & Cohn

Rosemary Amezcua-Moll, Esq.
Amezcua-Moll & Associates

Jeff Astarabadi, Esq.
Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh

Bruce Austin, Esq.
Law Office of Bruce Austin

David Banack, Esq.
Shields Law Offices

Richard Barnett, Esq.
Barrnett & Rubin

Sandra Bauer, Esq.
Bauer & Associates

Byron Beam, Esq.
Beam Brobeck West Borges & Rosa

James Bergener, Esq.
Bergener & Associates

Brian Bisol, Esq.
McQueen & Ashman

Stephen Blaine, Esq.
Callahan & Blaine

Adam Brown, Esq.
Brown & Brown

Richard Buck, Esq.
Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy & Woog

Rebecca Callahan, Esq.
Callahan Law Corporation

Michelle Campbell, Esq.
White & Case

Allison Carcelli, Esq.
Cooksey, Toolen, Gage, Duffy & Woog

Kathryn Casey, Esq.
Jackson, DeMarco, Tidus & Peckenpaugh

Nicholas Chrisos, Esq.
Orange County Counsel

Cari Cohn-Morros, Esq.
Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals

Chris Costanzo, Esq.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Denise Crawford, Esq.
Law Offices of Jennifer Keller

Joshua Dale, Esq.
Albright, Yee & Schmit

Thomas Davis, Esq.
Davis & Rayburn

Chris Day, Esq.
Day, Day & Brown

Aashish Desai, Esq.
Mower Carreon & Desai

Valerie Dickerson, Esq.
Deloitte Tax

James Donich, Esq.
Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart

Jerry Dworkin, Esq.
Tok USA Corporation

Jon Dwyer, Esq.
Office of the Orange County District Attorney

Jeanne Emrich, Esq.
Campion Rodolff

Dan Escamilla, Esq.
Legal Service Bureau

Robert Farzad, Esq.
Farzad Law Corporation

Rick Faulkner, Esq.
Davert & Coe

Robert Feldhake, Esq.
Feldhake Law Firm

Scott Ferrell, Esq.
Call, Jensen & Ferrell

Matthew Fletcher, Esq.
Connor & Fletcher

Mark Foster, Esq.
Toll Brothers, Inc.

Wendy Fountain, Esq.
Law Offices of Wendy Fountain

Bradley Garber, Esq.
Parilla, Militzek, Garber & Ettinger

Charity Gilberth, Esq.
Latham & Watkins

Christoper Glos, Esq.
Kutak Rock

William Haluck, Esq.
Koeller, DeBauser, Carlson & Haluck

Laura Hess, Esq.
Kring & Chung

Russell Hill, Esq.
Howrey

Jaime Hubbard, Esq.
Latham & Watkins

Kim Hubbard, Esq.
Law Offices of Kim Hubbard

Edward Hunter, Esq.
Robinson & Robinson

Steven Imhoof, Esq.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory

Dimetria Jackson, Esq.
First American Trust

Katherine Kamlowski, Esq.
Latham & Watkins

Heather Kenny, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger

James Knight, Esq.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Laura Korson, Esq.
Napa County District Attorney

David Lantzer, Esq.
Carroll Gilber & Bachor

John Lautsch, Esq.
Wagner Lautsch

John Lender, Esq.
LaFollette Johnson

Chi Leung Ip, Esq.
Law Office of Edward C. Ip & Associates

Scott Levitt, Esq.
Fullmer Companies

David Libman, Esq.
Enterprise Counsel Group

Polene Liu, Esq.
Toshiba America Business Solutions

Trevor Loo, Esq.
Davis & Rayburn

Tami Lopez, Esq.
Hughes & Sullivan

Mary Lynn Coffee, Esq.
Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott

Marc Maister, Esq.
Irell & Manella

Richard Majchrzak, Esq.
Riverside County District Attorney's Office

Shannon Marshall, esq.
Morey & Upton

Sam McDermott, Esq.
Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman

Lisa McMains, Esq.
Watten Discoe Bassett & McMains

Paula Meyer, Esq.
Paula E. Meyer & Associates

Nikki Miliband, Esq.
Goud, Luildman, Hegness & Welby

Robert Miller, Esq.
Robert Miller & Associates

Carrie Miranda, Esq.
Lubrani & Smith

Jeffrey Milman, Esq.
Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos

Caroline Molloy, Esq.
Callahan & Blaine

Priscilla Moon, Esq.
Hughes & Sullivan

Andy Morris, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger

Shannon Nordstrom, Esq.
Krutcik Georggin

Matthew Olsen, Esq.
Solano County District Attorney

Robert Olsen, Esq.
Aldrich & Bonnefin

Sean O'Neill, Esq.
Stetina, Brunda, Garred & Brucker

Catherine Page, Esq.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory

Mark Payne, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker

Michael Penn, Esq.
Aitken Aitken & Cohn

Thomas Phelps, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Rachel Pickens, Esq.
Riverside County District Attorney's Office

Julie Pierce, Esq.
Toshiba America Business Solutions

Richard Quintilone, Esq.
Quintilone & Associates

Jesse Randolph, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker

Lisa Rayburn, Esq.
Davis & Rayburn

Jason Rednour, Esq.
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker

Mitchell Reichmann, Esq.
Pistone & Wolder

Greg Rizio, Esq.
Rizio & Nelson

Brian Rizzi, Esq.
Lawson, McCrate, Gress & Edrington

Keefe Roberts, Esq.
Fremont Investment & Loan

Marty Ryan, Esq.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Steve Ruden, Esq.
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

Michele Sabo Assayag, Esq.
Assayag Mauss Kempton

Morrissa Sagal, Esq.
San Bernadino District Attorney's Office

Paul Saghera, Esq.
The Chugh Firm

Salvador Salazar, Esq.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory

Jeffrey Salberg, Esq.
Lee A Wood & Associates

Jason Schwartz, Esq.
Stegmeier & Gelbart

Sandeep Shah, Esq.
Shah Sheth

Jeff Sheldon, Esq.
Kerr & Sheldon

Janella Simpson, Esq.
Volt Information Services

Mark Skaist, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Nicole Smith, Esq.
Latham & Watkins

Ronald Specter, Esq.
Specter & Willoughby

William Stahr, Esq.
Balboa Instruments

Bill Steel, Esq.
Samuels Green Steel & Adams

Michael Stewart, Esq.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton

Allen Sturgeon, Esq.
Sturgeon & Wehbe

Marea Suozzi, Esq.
Walt Disney Company

Anthony Taylor, Esq.
Aleshire & Wynder

Dennis Thomas, Esq.
Leviton Diaz & Ginocchio

Marc Thompson, Esq.
Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O'Keefe & Nichols

Diana Todaro, Esq.
Law Office of Diana Todaro

Michael Torres, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger

Eric Traut, Esq.
The Traut Firm

Todd Tristan, Esq.
United States Attorneys Office

Danielle Wakefield, Esq.
Neuland, Nordberg, Andrews & Whitney

Paul Wallin, Esq.
Wallin & Klarich

Michael Walsh, Esq.
Michael T. Walsh

Peter Warren, Esq.
Aldrich & Bonnefin

Kathy Watte Nichols, Esq.
Michelman & Robinson

Emily Wehbe, Esq.
Sturgeon & Wehbe

Mitchell Wexler, Esq.
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy

Todd Winter, Esq.
Kittrich Corporation

Erik Wood, Esq.
Davis & Rayburn

Marc Yerkey
Bergener & Associates

John Yi
Snell & Wilmer

Thank you once again for your support of this program and Chapman Law School!

We are very excited about our Chapman University School of Law Mentor Program and definitely look forward to the Spring 2007 Mentor Program. If you would like to receive further information about our Mentor Program or would like to participate in the Chapman University School of Law Mentor Program, please contact August Farnsworth at (714)628-3593 or at afarnswo@chapman.edu.

BAR ADMISSION CEREMONY AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

We would like to take this time to congratulate the Chapman Law graduates that passed the February California Bar Exam, this is truly a great achievement! They are: Suzanna Adelizi, Kristy Leanne Collins,Jessica Camille Cook, Alex George Douvas, Nathan William Fransen, Nicole Fyan, Darci Dee Ann Gerdes,Michelle Marie Goodin, Kevin James Griffith, James Joseph Hernandez, Kenneth Taylor Holder, Homan Hosseinioun, Garrett Voorhees Jensen, Kauanoe Kaneshiro, Shannon Harrold Knight, Angeline Melsa Kwik, Desiree Dawn Lewis, Nida Lohuddin, Paul Mead, Paul J. Molinaro, Navid Moshtael, Frederick Gerard Muscarella, Mary Catherine Rhodes, Sommer Adel Salam, Sarika Kumari Singhal, Ryan Patrick Sullivan, Evgeny Swarovski, Felipe Michael Vela, and Mark Christopher Zubiate.

Chapman University School of Law is honored to be hosting a Bar Admission Ceremony on their behalf on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in Kennedy Hall. The Honorable Judge Nancy Wieben Stock will administer the oath and conduct the ceremony admitting them to practice in the California state courts. Judge Theodor Albert will administer the oath and admit them to practice in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. We are also pleased that the President of the Orange County Bar Association, Julie McCoy, as well as the President of the Federal Bar’s Orange County Chapter, Jeffrey Reeves, will be our guest speakers. For further information about this momentous occasion, please contact August Farnsworth, Assistant Director of Career Services and Professional Development, at 714-628-2593 or afarnswo@chapman.edu for more information.

DO NOT EMAIL OR BLOG YOURSELF OUT OF A JOB BEFORE YOU EVEN GET IT

The Wonderful World of the World Wide Web

With a few simple keystrokes, employers can now found out a wealth of information about you before even meeting you. Anything written by you or about you on the web is easily accessible and is fair game for employers. And nowadays employers are definitely doing their homework on potential law clerks and associates. If you are utilizing websites such as Myspace, Facebook, and Friendster to put your party face on, be forewarned, potential employers can also view those lively pictures from that awesome party last night as well where you were looking anything but lawyerly.


Additionally you always want to put your best foot forward and not by putting it directly in your mouth. For example the now infamous “bla bla bla” email that made its way around the world. This is not the way to secure a job or to create a professional image of yourself. Remember that all written and oral communications by you should be professional. The legal world although extremely large is also surprisingly small. Remember that what you do and how you act now does influence the way other people perceive you and not only that person but that person’s friends and associates and their friends and associates and so on and so on….

WELCOME

Welcome to the Chapman University School of Law Career Services and Professional Development Office’s blog. We are excited that you have found our blog and hope that you find it useful! We decided this spring to create a blog that would provide career related information to several audiences including our current law students, our incredible alumni and the esteemed employers that employ or hope to employ our students. Because of these different audiences, our blog will serve multiple purposes. We hope to provide our current students another avenue to receive information about job search and career advancement tips and to learn of upcoming events. We want our alumni to be able to stay connected to their law school and to benefit from the excellent programs that we offer. We also hope that employers can learn more about Chapman Law School and our talented pool of law students. Our goal is that our audience will benefit from the information we provide and will be able to stay on the cutting edge of career related practices.

We welcome guest columnists and comments regarding our blog. To submit articles, comments or suggestions for our blog, please email either Vicki Huebner, Assistant Dean for Career Services and Professional Development at vhuebner@chapman.edu or August Farnsworth, Assistant Director of Career Services and Professional Development at afarnswo@chapman.edu.