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.
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