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Officers and Position Descriptions

2008/2009 Board Members

Below you will find contact information and position description for the Greater Los Angeles Chapter's Officers.

Please click here to view the officer's position descriptions.

 

Click here for a list of Past Presidents.

 

Officers
President:
Robert F. Santos
Director of Information Technology and Facilities:
Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP
801 S. Figueroa Street, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90017
Phone: (213) 624-6900   
Email: rfs@mmker.com

President-Elect:
Mary A. McDonnell
Legal Manager:  Entertainment Partners
2835 North Naomi Street
Burbank, CA  91504
Phone: (818) 955-6228
Email: mmcdonnell@entertainmentpartners.com

Vice-President:
Jean Jewell, CLM
Administrator: White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA  90067-4008
Phone:  (310) 712-6167
Email: jjewell@whiteo.com

Treasurer: 
Steven D. Jones
Executive Director:  Eisner & Frank
9601 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 855-3200
Email:  sjones@eisnerlaw.com

 

Secretary:
Ken Sweet
Office Administrator:
Morris Polich & Purdy LLP
1055 W. Seventh Street, 24th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 417-5366
Email: ksweet@mpplaw.com

 

Education Chair: 

Lydia Tavera
Human Resources Manager: Hill Farrer & Burrill LLP
300 S. Grand Avenue, 37th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-3147
Phone: (213) 621-0862
Email:
ltavera@hillfarrer.com

Past President:
Maureen Varnes, CLM 
Chief of Operations: Rodi, Pollock, Pettker,
Christian & Pramov
444 South Flower, Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 895-4900   
Email: mov@rodipollock.com
Board

Business Partner Liaison Chair:
Ilona Reddick
Office Manager:  Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon &
Jamra LLP
2029 Century Park East, Sutie 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Phone (310) 277-7117
Email: 
ireddick@plljlaw.com

Business Partner Liaison Team:
Debra Gray

Human Resources & Operations Manager:

Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, L.C.

6500 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

Los Angel, CA 90048-4920

Phone: (323) 658-9767

Email: dgray@frandzel.com

Business Partner Liaison Team:

Tsui Chu, PHR

Human Resources Coordinator: 

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

400 South Hope Street, 20th Floor

Los Angeles, CA  90071

Phone:  (213) 430-6206

Email:   tchu@omm.com

Chapter Historian / Bylaws / Belisle Directory:

Jim Van Dusen, CLM

Chief Administrative Officer:
Gursey, Schneider & Co. LLP

10351 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Phone: 310-552-0960    Fax: 310-557-3468

Email: Jimv@gursey.com

CLM Program:
Jeannine Hamill
Office Manager
Doll Amir & Eley LLP
1888 Century Park East, Suite 1106
Los Angeles, CA 90067-1715
Phone:  (310) 557-9100
Email:   jhamill@dollamir.com

CLM Program:

Kim Holme, CLM

Clark & Trevethick

800 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Flr

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(213) 629-5700

Email:  kholme@clarktrev.com

Community Outreach Team:
Wendy Sweet

Jackson Lewis LLP

725 So. Figueroa St., Suite 2500

Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-689-0404
Email: sweetw@jacksonlewis.com

Community Outreach Team:
Maricela Gonzalez
Farmers Insurance Group
4680 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Email:
maricela828@yahoo.com

Corporate/Government Chair:
Rosemary Orrico
Staff Services Manager II

Dept of Justice
300 S. Spring St., Suite 1702
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Email: rosemary.orrico@doj.ca.gov

Diversity Team:
Kelly Hons, PHR
Human Resources Manager
Alston & Bird LLP
333 S. Hope St, 16th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Direct: 213.576.1120
Fax: 213.620.9121
Email: Kelly.Hons@Alston.com

Diversity Team:
Dr. Beverly A. Biggs. Ed.D. 
Legal Support Supervisor
California Department of Justice
300 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA  90013
Email: Beverly.biggs@doj.ca.gov 

Diversity Team:
Susan Seales
Office Administrator:  Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone:  (213) 633-6800
Email:  susanseales@dwt.com

Finance Section:
G. Wayne Mitchell
Executive Director:  Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish
333 S Hope St., 16th Flr
Los Angeles, CA  90071-3004
Phone: (213) 576-1159
Email: wmitchell@wbcounsel.com

Golf Tournament Chair:
Erin Walsh
Office Administrator: Dickstein, Shapiro,
Morin & Oshinsky LLP
10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4300
Phone:  (310) 441-8467
Email: walshE@dsmo.com
Hospitality - Co-Chair:
Margaret "Peg" Merrill, Co-Chair
Holem, Roberts & Owen LLP
800 West Olympic Blvd, 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 572-4345

Email: peg.merrill@hro.com
Hospitality - Co-Chair:
Sharon Barnes
Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP
6080 Center Drive, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-215-7773

Email:
sbarnes@hbblaw.com

Human Resources Section Co-Chair:
Tiffany St. John
HR Manager: Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen
11755 Wilshire Boulevard, 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone:  (310) 500-4254
Email:  tiffanystjohn@reish.com

Human Resources Section Co-Chair:
Madalena Virbila
Human Resources Assistant:
Drier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George LLP
1620 26th Street, 6th Floor North Tower
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Email: mvirbila@gmail.com

Inland Empire Section: 

Nancy Dillon, PHR

(951) 789-1436

Email: nancy.dillon@att.net

Information Technology:
Michael Masta
Woolls & Peer
One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone:  (213) 629-8798
Email:  mmasta@woollspeer.com

Job Referral Services:
Michelle Liffman, PHR
Human Resources Manager: O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
400 S. Hope Street, 18th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071
Phone: (213) 430-8353   
Email:
mliffman@omm.com

Justice Jog:
Cindy G. Fortune
Director of Administration:  Gibbs, Giden, Locher & Turner, LLP
One Century Plaza, 34th Floor
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3039
Phone:  (310) 552-3400
Email: cfortune@gglt.com

Lending Library Coordinator:
Viviane Abraham
Director of Administration Finance
Herzfeld & Rubin LLP
1925 Century Park East, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone:  (301) 691-2066
Email:  vabraham@hrllp-law.com

Magazine Editor:
Michael Morales
Controller
Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra, L.L.P.
2029 Century Park East
Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 277 -7117

Email: 
mmorales@plljlaw.com

Magazine Team:

Monica Celis

Frandzel, Robins et.al.

6500 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

Los Angeles, CA  90048

(323) 658-9767

Email: mcelis@frandzel.com

Membership Chair:
Shaun Morrison
Office Administrator: Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis LLP
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800
Los Angeles, CA  90067-3398
Phone:  (310) 788-2400
Email: smorrison@allenmatkins.com

Membership Team:
Barbara J. Chilton
5549 Maricopa Dr.

Simi Valley, CA 93063
Phone: (805) 405-5151
Membership Team:
Tanya M. Russell
Office Administrator:
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 
2029 Century Park East, 26th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 788-4400
Email: mailto:tanya.russell@kattenlaw.com

Membership Team:

Margaret Acossano

Berkes, Crane, Robinson & Seal

515 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 5100

Los Angeles, CA 90071

(213) 955-1150

Email: macossano@bcrslaw.com

Membership Team:

Manjit Ender

Robinson, Diamant & Wolkowitz

1888 Century Park East, Suite 1500

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 277-7400

Email: MEnder@RDWLAWCORP.COM

  Multi-Office Section: 
Bonita Paul
Human Resources Manager:  Milbank, Tweed,
Hadley & McCloy LLP
601 South Figueroa Street, 30th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-5735
Phone:  (213) 892-4666
Email:  bpaul@milbank.com
 

San Fernando Valley Section: 
DeAnna Pepe
Office Manager: Hewitt & Truszkowski
4640 Lankershim Blvd., #600
North Hollywood, CA 91602
Phone: (818) 509-0311
Email: dapepe@hewittlegal.com

 

Santa Barbara/Ventura County Section: 
Kaylyn Johnson Scott
Human Resources Manager: Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck, LLP
Santa Barbara, CA
Phone:  (805) 882-1460
Email:  kscott@bhfs.com

 

Seminars/Programs Chair:
Elizabeth Wagner
Legal Administrator
Kegel, Tobin & Truce
3580 Wilshire Boulevard, #1000
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone:  (213) 380-3880
Email:  ewagner@kttlaw.us

Seminars/Programs Team:
Isabel Ortega Warner
Secretarial Supervisor: McGuire Woods LLP
1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone:  (310) 315-8270
Email:
iwarner@mcguirewoods.com

Seminars/Programs Team:

Terri Oppelt

Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP

1999 Avenue of the Stars, 39th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 407-4094

Email:toppelt@ktbslaw.com

 

Seminars/Programs Team:
Kim Robinson
Human Resources Specialist:
Michelman & Robinson, LLP
15760 Ventura Boulevard, 5th Floor
Encino, CA 91436
Phone: (818) 728-5538  
Email: krobinson@mrllp.com

Small Firm Section:
Nilo Bolden
Director of Administrator:  Nelsen, Thompson, Pegue & Thornton, APC
2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 4000 West
Santa Monica 
, CA 90404
Phone:  (310) 315-1001
Email:  nbolden@ntptlaw.com

Website:
Michael Masta
Woolls & Peer
One Wilshire Boulevard, 22nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone:  (213) 629-8798
Email:  mmasta@woollspeer.com

 

Website:
Norma Ayala
Office Manager: Gipson Hoffman & Pancione
1901 Avenue of the Stars, #1100
Los Angles, CA 90067-6002
Phone:  (310) 557-8855  
Email: norma@ghplaw.com

 

 

 

 
 

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