Leading By Example

The UCLA Law Alumni Association seeks to establish and nurture a lifelong relationship between the school and its more than 22,000 alumni. All graduates of UCLA School of Law are automatically members of the association.

The UCLA Law Alumni Association Board of Directors governs the group's activities and policies. Members serve three-year terms.To learn more or to get involved with the Alumni Association or its board of directors, contact us

UCLA Law Alumni Association Board of Directors

President
Uri Niv '15
Arias Sanguinetti Trial Lawyers

Vice President
James Hsu '94
Squire Patton Boggs

Vice President
Helen Hwang '11
Covington & Burling LLP

Vice President
Michael Roth '01
King & Spalding

Immediate Past President
Ben Ryzak '18
FilmNation Entertainment


Members

Matthew Barragan ‘11
U.S. Attorney’s Office

Michael A. Behrens '11
Hueston Hennigan

Jessie Chen '22
Blank Rome LLP

Philip E. Cook '90
JAMS

Olha Datsko '14
Associate, White & Case

Valerie Goo '96
Partner, Crowell Moring

Samantha Grant '98
Reed Smith

Cheryl Lott '04
Buchalter APC

Teodora Manolova '04
Enforcement, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Susan Natland ’98
Knobbe Martens

Vilma Palma-Solana '09
Office of the Attorney General

Jason Pang '13
United States Attorney's Office

Adriane Peralta '14
Sidley Austin LLP

Justin Radell '04
The Walt Disney Company

Jennifer Sacro '00
Sacro & Walker, LLP

Karen Thorland '94
Thorland Consulting

Nora Tillmanns '15
Fox Corp.

Donna Cox Wells '92
Los Angeles County Chicano Employees Association

Dorothy Wolpert '76
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks & Lincenberg LLP

Abigail Zelenski '03
Zelenski Law, PC


Emeritus Board Members

Michael Chang '95
Legal and Business Affairs, Warner Bros

Shedrick Davis '87
LAMBDA Legal

John De La Merced '14
Brown Rudnick LLP

Hon. Joe Hilberman '73
ADR Services

Karin Krogius '82
Pacific Bay Homes

Courtney Powers '00
East Los Angeles College

Ireneo Reus III '04
The Law Offices of Ireneo A. Reus III

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