Barristers Executive Committee
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President
Andrew Dhadwal is Barristers President. Andrew is an Associate with the law firm Lewis, Marenstein, Wicke, Sherwin & Lee, LLP, and applies his litigation experience to the representation of injured workers in and around Los Angeles County in their workers' compensation matters. Andrew previously served as a Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice, graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law and earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of California Los Angeles. |
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President-Elect
Mark Kressel is an associate at Horvitz & Levy LLP, and practices appellate litigation. Before joining Horvitz & Levy, Mr. Kressel clerked for the Honorable Jay S. Bybee in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Kressel received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, and earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as Comments Editor to the Yale Law Journal. |
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Assistant Vice President
Elizabeth A. Hanks grew up in Houston, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and Cornell University Law School. Since making her way to Los Angeles in 2007, she has worked as an associate in the Real Estate, Land Use practice of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in their downtown Los Angeles office. She represents investors and developers in all aspects of real estate transactions, focusing on land use entitlement matters and CEQA compliance. Outside of the office, Ms. Hanks serves on the Executive Committee for the LACBA Delegation and as co-chair of the LACBA Barristers' Government Relations Committee. |
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Trustee
Ori Blumenfeld is an associate at the Law Offices of Michael Jay Berger where he handles a wide range of bankruptcy matters, primarily representing Chapter 11 bankruptcy debtor's.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mr. Blumenfeld has lectured as an adjunct professor at the University of La Verne, College of Business and Management. During law school, Mr. Blumenfeld clerked at Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Mr. Blumenfeld received his B.A. in History from the University of California, at Berkeley, and received his J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, where he served as the Founder and President of the Jewish Law Students Association. Mr. Blumenfeld also serves as co-chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Glass Leadership Institute and as chair of the LACBA Barrister's Networking Committee.
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Treasurer/Historian
Naeun Rim currently serves on the Pro Bono Committee of the LACBA Barristers' Division. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University before attending Harvard Law School. While in law school, she worked at the U.S. Attorney's Office and researched prisoner's rights issues at the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons in South Africa. After graduating in 2008, she became the first Proskauer Rose Civil Justice Fellow at Public Counsel, where she helps run the one of the country's first Federal Pro Se Clinics. Starting in 2011, she will be clerking for Judge A. Howard Matz of the Central District of California. |
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Secretary
Alison M. Pear is an associate with TroyGould PC, where she focuses on mergers & acquisitions transactions and securities finance. Ms. Pear is Secretary of Barristers and is Chair of the Legal Profession Committee. She received her law degree from UCLA School of Law and her undergraduate degree from University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Pear is originally from the Chicago area. |
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Immediate Past President
David Reinert was raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania and attended the Pennsylvania State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice. He went on to become a police officer with the Fairfax County Police Department in northern Virginia. After working as a patrol officer for four years, David left Virginia to attend law school in Los Angeles, California where he earned his Jurist Doctorate from the University of Southern California. David is currently employed as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney. He has worked all over the county and is currently prosecuting felonies at the Van Nuys Superior Court.
David is very active within the Los Angeles County Bar Association where he is the Immediate Past President of the Barristers Section. |
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Participant
Robert Glassman is an associate at Panish Shea & Boyle LLP where he focuses his practice on litigating large and complex personal injury, wrongful death and product defect cases on behalf of plaintiffs. Since joining Panish Shea & Boyle, Mr. Glassman has obtained favorable results through trial or settlement for his clients in lawsuits against negligent individuals and public and private entities, including the manufacturers and distributors of dangerous products.
Mr. Glassman attended Southwestern Law School where he served as president of the student body, and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Honors Program. During law school, Mr. Glassman clerked at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in the Major Crimes Division where he worked on high profile murder prosecutions and in the Preliminary Hearing Unit where he conducted dozens of preliminary felony hearings. In his second year of law school, Mr. Glassman finished in first place in the John G. Bonelli Memorial Trial Advocacy Competition. Mr. Glassman also served as president of his class during his undergraduate years at Bucknell University, where he received his B.A. in English, and graduated cum laude.
Mr. Glassman serves on the Governing Board of Directors for Southwestern Law School's Nickel Club alumni organization. He also serves on the Coordinating Committee for the Young Lawyers Guide, a joint publication of Los Angeles Lawyer and LACBA Barristers. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, serves as a member on LACBA's Barristers Section Executive Committee and is actively involved in the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. |
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Participant
Mark Kachner is an associate at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear. His practice focuses on representing companies' intellectual property interests. Litigation experience includes both protecting and defending infringement claims involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Mr. Kachner earned his JD from the University of Southern California School of Law in 2004, and his BS from UCLA in 2001. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Kachner served as a law clerk to the court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
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Participant
Adam Luetto practices labor law with the firm of Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Chapman University School of Law in 2008 with his J.D. and a Masters in Business Administration. Adam volunteers his time at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County representing low-wage workers in claims before the California Labor Commissioner. He is a member of the Barristers Professional Development and Government Relations Committees. In October of 2010, he moderated the program, "Wage and Hour Class Actions: Navigating the Pretrial Process," co-sponsored by LACBA Barristers and the LACBA Labor & Employment Law Sections. In his free time he enjoys surfing and rock climbing. |
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Participant
Philip Monahan limits his practice exclusively to family law. He is an associate at Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers, a Century City law firm specializing in complex family law matters. Mr. Monahan received his juris doctorate from the University of Southern California and his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a member of the LACBA Barristers' Executive Committee, Philip is currently co-chair of the Barristers' Law Student Outreach Committee.
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Participant
Devon Myers works at White & Case LLP as a litigator. Her practice involves business disputes, bankruptcy litigation, and white collar criminal cases. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2001 and the University of Southern California Law School in 2005. From 2008 to 2009, Devon served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alicemarie H. Stotler, then-acting Chief Judge for the Central District of California. Devon is committed to pro bono work at her firm in addition to her regular responsibilities and serves on Barriters' pro bono committee. |
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Participant
Erin Pfaff has no biographical information available. |
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Participant
Christiane ("Chrissy") A. Roussell is a fifth-year attorney at Hunton & Williams LLP in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses exclusively on complex and single-plaintiff labor and employment litigation. Her experience includes wage and hour class and collective actions and litigation of claims of discrimination (race, age, gender and disability), harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, employee raiding, and trade secrets. She has also represented clients during the course of the EEOC and DFEH investigation and conciliation process. Furthermore, she has represented clients in non-competition, trade secret, and employee raiding actions. She also provides human resources and employment-related counseling and training. Outside of the firm, in addition to being a member of the LACBA Barristers Executive Committee, she is an officer and board member of the John M. Langston Bar Association and board member of the California Young Lawyers Association, a California State Bar Section. She is also an active member of Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles and the National Bar Association. Chrissy was honored in July 2011 by the National Bar Association as one of the Top 40 Lawyers Under 40 and received the Excellence in Service Award at the NBA's Annual Convention. Chrissy completed law school at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and received her B.A. from Georgetown University. |
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Participant
Damon Thayer is an associate at Jenner & Block LLP, where his practice focuses on complex-commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Before joining Jenner & Block, Damon clerked on the Ninth Circuit and at a federal district court. Damon received his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2007, where he served as an editor on the Minnesota Law Review, director of the bankruptcy clinic, director and competition-team member of the employment-law moot court, and student-body president. In addition to serving on the LACBA Barristers' Executive Committee, Damon is the co-chair of the Networking Committee and a member of the Pro Bono Committee. Outside of Barristers, Damon serves on the editorial board for Los Angeles Lawyer magazine; as vice-chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division; and in various capacities in other professional and community organizations. |
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Sam Yebri is a founding partner of Merino Yebri, LLP, a litigation boutique firm in Century City. Sam's practice focuses on real estate, employment, intellectual property, and entertainment litigation. Previously, Sam practiced at the national law firms of Proskauer Rose LLP and Jones Day, and clerked for the Honorable A. Howard Matz, Federal Judge for the Central District of California. He is also extensively involved in community and civic activities, including serving on the Justice Ball Committee of Bet Tzedek Legal Services, the Regional Council of the Progressive Jewish Alliance, the Los Angeles Cabinet of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, and as President of 30 Years After, a leading Iranian-American Jewish civic organization. In 2010, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Sam to serve on the Board of Civil Service Commissioners for the City of Los Angeles. Sam is a graduate of Yale University and USC Law School. |
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Participant
Andrew Yen's practice focuses on intellectual property, including patent prosecution, litigation, and counseling with an emphasis on life sciences and biotechnology. Prior to joining the Los Angeles office, Andrew worked as a summer associate in the Tokyo office of Hogan & Hartson. |
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