Officers

President
Yolanda Orozco
Jones Day
555 S. Flower St. 50th Fl.
Los Angeles CA 90071
T: 213-243-2469
F: 213 243-2539
yorozco@jonesday.com



President-Elect
Mary Carter Andrues
Arent Fox LLP
Gas Company Tower
555 West Fifth Street, 48th Floor
Los Angeles CA 90013
T: 213-443-7574
F: 213-629-7401
andrues.mary@arentfox.com

Treasurer
Jeffrey Rutherford
Crowell & Moring LLP
515 S. Flower St. 40th FL
Los Angeles CA 90071
T: 213-622-4750
F: 213-622-2690
jrutherford@crowell.com

Secretary
Evan Jenness
Evan A. Jenness Attorney at Law
2115 Main St
Santa Monica CA 90405
T: 310-399-3259
F: 310-392-9029
evan@jennesslaw.com


 
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Members of the Board of Directors

Manuel (Manny) A. Abascal is a a partner at Latham & Watkins where he specializes in government and internal investigations, securities enforcement and litigation, and civil litigation. Prior to joining Latham he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles.

Mary Carter Andrues is a partner in Arent Fox LLP, where she specializes in white collar criminal defense, export compliance, and SEC enforcement actions. Ms. Andrues is a former Assistant U. S. Attorney, where she served as the Chief of Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section; Deputy Chief of the Public Corruption and Government Fraud Section; and Health Care Fraud Coordinator.

Ahilan Arulanantham is an attorney with the ACLU of Southern California.

Sharon Ben-Shahar is an attorney with Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. She is a graduate of Tel Aviv University ('98) and a former law clerk to the Hon. Robert J. Kelleher.

Mark Byrne is a principal of Byrne & Nixon and is a past president of the Los Angeles Chapter.

John Carson is the head of Fulbright & Jaworski’s Los Angeles office Intellectual Property & Technology Department. His practice includes all phases of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law, including licensing and litigation.

Cathy Catterson is the United States 9th Circuit and Court of Appeals Executive.

Hon. Jacqueline Chooljian is a United States Magistrate Judge, Central District of California.

Daniel M. Cislo is the Managing Partner of Cislo & Thomas, LLP. The firm specializes in patent, copyright, trademark filings, licensing and intellectual property litigation. A graduate of Loyola Law School and UCLA's School of Engineering, he is admitted to the U.S. Patent office as a patent attorney and is an inventor himself.  He is admitted to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia and numerous other Courts across the country.

Sean Eskovitz is a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, specializing in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. He has successfully tried numerous cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators throughout the country. Mr. Eskovitz is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Hon. Dale S. Fischer is a judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Michael W. Fitgerald is a partner at Corbin, Fitgerald & Athey LLP, a firm that handles complex criminal and civil litigation.  Mr. Fitgerald is a former Assistant United States Attorney.  He has also served as Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representative and on the Ninth Circuit Attorney Admissions Fund Committee.

Douglas Fuchs is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he represents corporations and individuals in government investigations and related civil litigation. Mr. Fuchs is a former Assistant United States Attorney.

Holly J. Fujie is a shareholder in the Litigation Practice Group at Buchalter Nemer.  In 2008-2009, she was President of the State Bar of California, and she currently chairs Senator Dianne Feinstein's Judicial Advisory Committee for the Central District of California.

Hon. Dolly Gee is a judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Brian J. Hennigan is a past President of the FBA, Los Angeles Chapter. He is a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where he specializes in white collar criminal defense and federal civil practice. Mr. Hennigan is a former Assistant United States Attorney.

Hon. Stephen Hillman is the Chief Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Lian D. Jablon is a partner with Irell & Manella LLP. Jablon is a graduate of UC Berkeley and University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 1999). He specializes in intellectual property litigation, professional liability defense and white collar criminal defense.

Evan A. Jenness is the principal of the Law Offices of Evan A. Jenness, and represents clients in criminal proceedings in Federal and State trial and appellate courts, and governmental investigations. She is a former Deputy Federal Public Defender, and graduate of Columbia University Law School ('88).

Daniel Benjamin Levin is an Assistant United States Attorney. He is a graduate of Yale Law School (’02) and a former associate in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

Janet I. Levine is a past President of the FBA, Los Angeles Chapter.  She is a partner in Crowell & Moring LLP, a national firm.  She specializes in white collar and regulatory enforcement matters. Ms. Levine is the chair elect of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section.

Hon. Ronald S. W. Lew is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Gary S. Lincenberg is a past President of the FBA, Los Angeles Chapter.  He is a partner at Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg, specializing in white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard Law School and a former Assistant United States Attorney.

Ron Maroko is an attorney with the United States Trustee in Los Angeles. He has an undergraduate degree from UCLA, a Masters in Business Taxation from U.S.C., a J.D. from UC Davis. He is a past chair of the national Bankruptcy Section of the FBA.

Terry Nafisi is the District Court Executive  of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Steve Olson is a partner in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Los Angeles office and a member of the White Collar Devense and Corporate Investigations Practice and the Business Trial and Litigation Practice. He has extensive jury trial experience and regularly represents public companies and individuals in criminal and civil investigations and prosecutions by government enforcement agencies. He also advises audit committees and independent directors of public companies in connection with complex and sensitive internal investigations.

Yolanda Orozco is a partner at the law firm of Jones Day where she specializes in complex business and commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense. She is a former Deputy Federal Public Defender and a graduate of Stanford Law School.

Michael J. Proctor is a partner at Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, where he specializes in criminal defense and complex commercial litigation and co-chairs the firm’s White Collar Crime and Corporate Compliance practice group. He is a 1990 graduate of The Yale Law School and a former Deputy Federal Public Defender.

Hon. Manuel L. Real is Chief Judge Emeritus of the United States District Court, Central District of California.

Edward M. Robbins, Jr. is a principal with Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, a firm that specializes in civil and criminal tax controversies. He is a former Assistant United States Attorney and served as the Chief of the Tax Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles from 1992 through 2004, where he handled civil and criminal tax controversies for the United States. He is a State Bar of California Certified Specialist in Taxation Law.

Fred A. Rowley, Jr. is a past President of the FBA, Los Angeles Chapter.  He is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, where he focuses on appellate litigation, complex civil litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Between 2002 and 2006, he left private practice to join the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, where he served in the Criminal Appeals Section.

Hon. Barry Russell is Chief Judge Emeritus of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.

Jeffrey H. Rutherford is a partner with Crowell & Moring LLP, where he specializes in white-collar criminal defense. He is a former Deputy Federal Public Defender and a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School ('95).

Pamela Rymer is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Dominique Shelton is a partner with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP.

Kenneth Dawson Sulzer is a partner with Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson representing management in the area of labor and employment law and litigation. His practice has a particular emphasis in class actions involving wage and hour matters, FLSA, California Labor Code and EEO matters. He is the nationwide chair of the firm’s Wage Hour Product-Line and Chair of the firm’s California Employment Class Action practice.

Jeff Westerman is a partner with Milberg Weiss LLP.

David Willingham is an attorney with Caldwell Leslie & Proctor and specializes in white collar criminal defense and complex litigation, and is Co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Crime and Corporate Compliance practice group. He was the Deputy Chief of the Major Frauds Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles before joining the firm, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2001 - 2007.

Hon. Carla Woehrle is a Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court, Central District of California.


 

 

 

 
Thursday, 09 September 2010


Board Members

Past Presidents

2008-2009 Fred A. Rowley, Jr
2007-2008 Gary Lincenberg
2006-2007 Janet I. Levine
2005-2006 Lorraine L. Loder
2004-2005 Brian J. Hennigan
2003-2004 Mark A. Byrne
2002-2003 Marc A. Becker
2001-2002 Richard Marmaro
2000-2001
Jerome H. Craig
1999-2000 Richard H. Kirschner
1998-1999 Thomas Holliday
1997-1998 Brad D. Brian
1996-1997 James L. Goldman
1995-1996 Leslie R. Horowitz
1994-1995 Molly Munger
1993-1994 John R. Sommer
1992-1993 Patricia A. Mitchell
1991-1992 William James
1990-1991 Howard O. Boltz
1989-1990 Joan S. Ortolano
1988-1989 Richard E.  Drooyan
1987-1988 Edward M. Robbins, Jr.
1986-1987 Christine L. Harwell
1985-1986 Donald C. Smaltz
1984-1985 Felicia Duque Black
1983-1984 John A. Lapinski
1982-1983 Robert C. Bonner
1981-1982 Robert L. Fenton
1980-1981 Meredith C. Taylor
1979-1980 John D. Vandevelde
1978-1979 Charles Jegikowski
1977-1978 Hon. Barry Russell
1976-1977 Robert M. Talcott
1975-1976 James D. Murray
1974-1975 Arnold G. Regardie
1973-1974 Rex W. Kellough
1972-1973 James R. Dooley
1971-1972 Hon. Richard M. Mosk
1970-1971 Donald A. Fareed
1969-1970 Morton B. Jackson
1968-1969 Hon. Matthew M. Byrne, Jr.
1967-1968 Miles J. Rubin
1966-1967 Vincent C. Page
1965-196b Thomas J. Sullivan
1964-1965 Edward R. McHale
1963-1964 Carla A. Hills
1962-1963 Carla A. Hills
1961-1962 Ernest Mortenson
1960-1961 Richard A. Lavine
1959-1960 Lloyd F. Dune
1958-1959 Lloyd F. Dune
1957-1958 Robert K. Grean
1956-1957 Max F. Deutz
1955-1956 Tobias G. Klinger
1954-1955 Laughlin E. Waters