On the Move...
Keep Us in Your Loop! Have you moved? Changed firms? Opened one of your own? Gottern married? We’d love to hear from you!
Fill out the SJCL Alumni On the Move Form or email Diane at dskouti@sjcl.edu
Rena Harrison
Rena Harrison (Law '19) is now a Deputy District Attorney III working in Child Support at the Madera County District Attorney's Office.
Sean Quint
Sean Quint (Law '21) has joined the Fresno County District Attorney's Office as a Deputy District Attorney.
Jeffrey Castleton
Jeffrey Castleton (Law '17) is a Deputy District Attorney with the Merced County District Attorney's Office.
Rose Oregel Gonzalez
Rose Oregel Gonzalez (Law '22) is has joined the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as a Judicial Law Clerk.
Lisa M. Horton
Lisa M. Horton (Law '09) has opened her own law practice, Law Offices of Lisa M. Horton. Her legal focus will be on probate/trust matters, conservatorship/guardianships, and unlawful detainers and estate planning.
Samantha Williamson
Samantha Williamson (Law '21) is now an Associate Attorney at Tipton Legal.
Carla Khal
Carla Khal (Law '93) has joined the law firm Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP in Hanford. Carla brings 27 years of experience in family law to the firm.
Ivan Martinez
Ivan Martinez (Law '17) has joined Wood, Smith, Henning and Berman in Los Angeles as an Associate Attorney practicing transportation, habitability, premises liability, construction defect and medical malpractice.
Tomas Ross
Tomas Ross (Law '13) has joined the Drake Law Firm in Los Angeles as a Senior Trial Attorney representing catastrophic injury victims throughout California. He will be opening and managing the firm's first Fresno office in 2024.
Mark Busick
Mark Busick (Law '87) has opened the Personal Injury mediation firm, Busick Mediation.
Joslyn Hillberg
Joslyn Hillberg (Law' 21) is now a Judicial Staff Attorney with the Fresno County Superior Court.
Honorable Houry Sanderson
The Honorable Houry Sanderson (Law '87) has become the new Presiding Judge of the Fresno County Superior Court. Judge Sanderson succeeded Judge David Kalamkarian in the role and has chosen Judge Jeffrey Hamilton, a previous SJCL adjunct professor, as assistant presiding judge.
Rena Harrison
Rena Harrison (Law '19) is now an Associate Attorney at Berliner Cohen in Merced.
Andrea Chapman
Andrea Chapman (Law '17) has opened Chapman Law in Clovis.
Jacob Rivas
Jacob Rivas (Law '99) of Rivas Injury Law has joined the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Honorable Rosemary T. McGuire
The Honorable Rosemary T. McGuire (Law '94) has joined Judicate West, a provider of private dispute resolution services. Judge McGuire is affiliated with the Santa Ana office, where she serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and private judge.
Andrea Chapman
Andrea Chapman (Law '17) has opened Chapman Law, P.C. Previously an attorney at Coleman & Horowitt, LLP, she is experienced in the areas of Banking & Finance, Collection & Creditor Rights, Construction Law, Litigation, and Real Estate Law. Prior to becoming an attorney, Andrea served as an Aviation Structural Mechanic for the F/A-18 Legacy and Super Hornet fighter jets in the U.S. Navy.
April Woods
April Woods (Law '13) started a new position in July as an attorney at Mullen & Filippi, LLP.
Bethany Silsby
Bethany Silsby (Law '19) is now a Deputy District Attorney with the Tulare County District Attorney's Office.
Leticia Guzman
Leticia Guzman (Law '20) has returned to the California Court of Appeals in Fresno where she clerked prior to being admitted to the Bar.
SJCL’s Past & Present Bench Officers
United States Magistrate Judge
Hon. Gary S. Austin, U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of California
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
Hon. W. Richard Lee, Eastern District of California
Superior Court Judges
Hon. James Aaron, Fresno County
Hon. Brian Alvarez, Fresno County
Hon. Brian Austin, Madera County
Hon. Mark Bacciarini, Merced County
Hon. Gabriel L. Brickey, Fresno County
Hon. Erin Childs, San Luis Obispo County
Hon. Monica Diaz, Fresno County
Hon. Glenda Doan, Kings County
Hon. Elizabeth A. Egan, Fresno County
Hon. Amy Freeman, Fresno County
Hon. Amy Guerra, Fresno County
Hon. Eric Helgesen, Riverside County
Hon. Efren N. Iglesia, Monterey County
Hon. Michael J. Jurkovich, Madera County
Hon. Kerri M. Lopez, Tulare County
Hon. Pahoua C. Lor, Fresno County
Hon. Irene Luna, Fresno County
Hon. Rosemary T. McGuire, Fresno County
Hon. Toni Mims-Cochran, Alameda County
Hon. Kimberly Nystrom-Geist, Fresno County
Hon. Don Penner, Fresno County
Hon. James Petrucelli, Fresno County
Hon. R. L. “Chip” Putnam, Fresno County
Hon. Angus Saint-Evens, Glenn County
Hon. Houry Sanderson, Fresno County
Hon. Alan Simpson, Fresno County
Hon. Donna Tarter, Kings County
Hon. Ricky Tripp, Tulare County
Hon. Sosi Chitakian Vogt, Madera County
Hon. Charles Wieland, Madera County
Federal and State Administrative Law Judges
Hon. Ashley Allred
Hon. Jose Banuelos
Hon. Catherine Benko
Hon. Edward R. Carrillo Jr.
Hon. Monica A. Coats
Hon. Norma A. Crane
Hon. Eileen Deimerly
Hon. James Donabed
Hon. William Gunn
Hon. Walter Johnsen
Hon. Jeremy K. Lusk
Hon. Sharon Madsen
Hon. W. Rod McCelland Jr.
Hon. Christine L. Nijjer
Hon. Elizabeth Parker
Hon. Debra Sandoval
Hon. Susan K. Shampanier
Hon. Geoffrey Sims
Hon. Nancy Smith
Hon. Stephanie M. Snyder
Hon. Barbara St. Louis
Hon. Georgia York
Hon. Duane Young
Court Commissioners
Hon. Daniel Brickey, Fresno County
Hon. Robert Broughton, Contra Costa County
Hon. Nancy Cisneros, Fresno County
Hon. Jeremias DeMelo, Jr., Kings County
Hon. Ronda Duncan, Fresno County
Hon. Cynthia Hopper, Fresno County
Hon. Diane Lushbough, Fresno County
Hon. Stephen Sefton, San Luis Obispo County
Hon. Mary Thornton, Fresno County
Hon. Charlotte Wittig, Tulare County