Cavan Hardy ’51
was featured in the Monterey County
Herald article “Bombs Fell, Life Changed for Carmel’s Hardy.”
Tom Brandi ’72,
principal of The Brandi Law Firm, was profiled in Plaintiff magazine. Brandi has tried cases in more than 30
California counties, achieved 17 verdicts of at least $1 million, and completed
more than 100 settlements in excess of $1 million.
Ross Madden ’79
led a 40-hour advanced mediation training for mediators and trainers in Nepal
earlier this year that was organized by Mediators Beyond Borders International
(MBB) and the Nepal Mediators’ Society. Madden is a co-leader of MBB’s Nepal
Project, which is developing long-term relationships with peace-building
organizations in Nepal.
Bobbie Stein ’83
will be one of two honorees at the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter National
Lawyers Guild Testimonial Dinner on March 10. Stein is being recognized as a
Champion of Justice.
Ann Sparkman ’87,
deputy campus counsel for health affairs at UC San Francisco, has been
appointed to the Marin Healthcare District board.
Meri Glade ’88
has been named general counsel and chief compliance officer of Ford Direct, a
joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers. She
oversees legal affairs of the organization and provides counsel to the
executive management team and board of directors.
Kandis Westmore ’97 has been selected to
become a United States magistrate judge in Oakland by the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California. She is currently the deputy city
attorney in Oakland, where she has served since 1999.
Mary Catherine Wiederhold ’99 was elected to the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Directors in November. She continues her San Francisco-based real
estate litigation practice.
John Gherini ’02
has been promoted to partner at the San Francisco office of Sedgwick LLP
effective Jan. 1. He focuses his practice on product liability and toxic
tort litigation.
Nicholas Boos ’04
has been promoted to partner effective Jan. 1 at Sedgwick LLP in San Francisco.
He is a member of the insurance practices group and represents insurers in
first- and third-party coverage and bad faith litigation.
Matt A. Sullivan ’06 has
opened his own office in San Francisco after two years at Bay Area Criminal
Lawyers, PC, a criminal defense firm. He specializes in the defense of persons
charged with state and federal crimes in courts throughout Northern California.
Felicia Espinosa ’09,
an attorney with California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., served as co-counsel
for 82 migrant farm workers in a settlement of nearly $1 million. The
settlement, to be paid by H&R Gunlund Ranches Inc., is for unfair labor
practices that included unpaid wages and violations of state rest and meal
period requirements.
In Memoriam
Lucy Cannarozzi ’48,
September 2011