Active Committee Members

Committee Members
Litigation

Full Name	Position	Term Start	Term End	Organization
Douglas N. Silverstein	Chair	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Kesluk, Silverstein, Jacob & Morrison P.C.
Eric Y. Kizirian	Chair Elect	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Brian T. Glennon, Esq	Vice Chair	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Latham & Watkins LLP
Shehnaz M. Bhujwala	Secretary	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Boucher LLP
Monisha A. Coelho	Immediate Past Chair	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	AlvaradoSmith
Celene Chan Andrews	Co-Chair, Brown Bag Lunch Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Kasdan LippSmith Weber Turner LLP
Diana Iketani Iorlano	Co-Chair, Brown Bag Lunch Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Iketani Law Corporation
Mike H. Madokoro	Co-Chair, Brown Bag Lunch Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Bowman and Brooke LLP
Ibiere Seck, Esq	Co-Chair, Brown Bag Lunch Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Seck Law, P.C.
Christian J. Scali	Co-Chair, Communications/Website Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	The Scali Law Firm
Ashley Margaret Simonsen	Co-Chair, Communications/Website Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Covington & Burling LLP
Lisa Z. Liu	Co-Chair, Communications/Website Committee and SCCLA Liaison	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Law Offices of Lisa Z. Liu
John S. Durrant	Co-Chair, Complex Courts Committee	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Eric B. Kingsley	Co-Chair, Complex Courts Committee	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Kingsley & Kingsley
Jeffrey A. Koncius	Co-Chair, Complex Courts Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2023	Kiesel Law LLP
Jeff S. Westerman, Esq	Co-Chair, Court Funding/Legislator Meetings	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Westerman Law Corp.
Roxanne M. Wilson	Co-Chair, Court Funding/Legislator Meetings	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Mayer Brown LLP
Brian David Hershman	Co-Chair, Court Alerts Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Jones Day
Staci Mari Tomita	Co-Chair, Court Alerts Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP
Armen Kevork Akaragian	Co-Chair, Diversity Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Mardirossian & Associates, Inc.
Sylvia Chiu	Co-Chair, Diversity Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Dentons US LLP,
Rohit D. Nath	Co-Chair, Diversity Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Susman Godfrey LLP
Geoffrey Stover	Co-Chair, Federal Courts Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Steinbrecher & Span LLP
Cherisse Heidi Alcantara Cleofe	Co-Chair, Legislation Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Kiesel Law LLP
Esther K. Ro	Co-Chair, Legislation Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District
Jean-Claude Andre	Co-Chair, Membership Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Sidley Austin LLP
Koren L. Bell	Co-Chair, Membership Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Larson O'Brien LLP
Aaron M. May	Co-Chair, Membership Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP
Peter B. Morrison	Co-Chair, Membership Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Oscar R. Gutierrez	Co-Chair, Programs Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Law Offices of Oscar H. Gutierrez, APC
Charles H. Samel	Co-Chair, Programs Committee	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Stoel Rives LLP
Marta A. Alcumbrac	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Robie & Matthai APC
Hon Andre Birotte, Jr	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	United States District Court, Central District of California
Nabil A. Bisharat	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Orsus Gate LLP
Margaret L. Carter	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Joyce J. Choi	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Bird Marella, PC
Philip E. Cook	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	The Cook Law Firm
Melvin L. Felton, II	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2023	Sanders Roberts LLP
Harmony Roselina Gbe	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Julie R. Gerchik	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP
Dmitry Gorin	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Eisner Gorin, LLP
Amber S. Healy	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo
Hon Steve Kim	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	United States District Court, Central District of California
Emily T. Kuwahara	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2023	Crowell & Moring LLP
Hon Ruth Ann Kwan	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior
Timothy W. Loose	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Gibson Dunn
Hon Elaine Lu	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	L.A. Superior Court
Hon Dalila C. Lyons	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Alison M. Mackenzie	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Lia Martin	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Audra M. Mori	Member	7/1/2018	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Maren E. Nelson	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles
Chris Noyes	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Kabateck LLP
Gerald S. Ohn	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, APC
Hon Fernando M. Olguin	Member	7/1/2018	6/30/2021	United States District Court
Hon Yolanda Orozco	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Justin A. Palmer	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2023	Iverson, Yoakum, Papiano & Hatch
Hilary Potashner	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Larson O'Brien LLP
Hon Stuart M. Rice	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2022	Superior Court of CA, Southwest District Los Angeles
Justin Jones Rodriguez	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
Zachary Evan Rothenberg	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Nelson Hardiman LLP
Hon Barbara M. Scheper	Member	9/10/2018	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Laura A. Seigle	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2022	Los Angeles Superior Court
Michael Brian Shortnacy	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2023	Loeb & Loeb LLP
Hon Karen L. Stevenson	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021
Michael C. Tu	Member	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
David M. Walsh	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Morrison & Foerster LLP
Hon Michael R. Wilner	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	United States District Court
Kara M. Wolke	Member	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP
Jan Dodd Eve Yukevich	Member	9/10/2018	6/30/2021	Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Hon Helen Zukin	Member	7/1/2018	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Rupert A. Byrdsong	John M. Langston Bar Association Liaison	7/1/2019	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Marisa Hernandez-Stern	Mexican American Bar Association Liaison	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Department of Justice
Hon Judith M. Ashmann-Gerst	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Second District Court of Appeal
Herbert M. Barish, Esq	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Law Offices of Herbert Barish
Hon Helen I. Bendix	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Div 1
Hon Stephanie Bowick	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Kevin C. Brazile	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Richard J. Burdge, Jr	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Brian S. Currey	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 4
Patricia Egan Daehnke	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Collinson, Daehnke, Inlow & Greco
Kirk D. Dillman	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	McKool Smith Hennigan, P.C.
Hon Lee S. Edmon	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Court of Appeal, 2nd Appellate District, Division 3
Kenneth C. Feldman	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Joshua G. Hamilton	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Latham & Watkins LLP
Amos E. Hartston, Esq	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Department of Justice
Hon Samantha Jessner	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Richard L. Kellner	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Kellner Law Group PC
Paul R. Kiesel	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Kiesel Law, LLP
Hon Carolyn B. Kuhl	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Angela M. Machala	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Scheper Kim & Harris LLP
Elizabeth D. Mann	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Mayer Brown, LLP
Hon John L. Segal	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	California Court of Appeal
Hon Suzanne H. Segal	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Roybal Federal Courthouse
Hon Mary H. Strobel	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon Debre K. Weintraub	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Los Angeles Superior Court
Rolf S. Woolner	Ex Officio	7/1/2020	6/30/2021	Winston & Strawn LLP