Board of Directors

board-members

Board of Directors

Western Justice Center (WJC) is governed by the Board of Directors and provided with additional support from the Advisory Board.  Board members play active roles in managing assets, guiding the restoration process of WJC buildings, shaping programs and, except for judges, raising funds.

Hon. Terry J. Hatter, Jr.
Chair
Sr. Judge, United States District Court
Central District of California

Donald P. Baker, Esq.
Past President

Barbara Bice
Bice Passavant Foundation

John H. Brinsley, Esq.
Inner City Law Center
Pasadena Fire and Police Retirement Center

Erwin Chemerinsky, Esq.
Dean, UCI Law

Hon. Judith C. Chirlin
Los Angeles Superior Court

Walter Cochran-Bond, Esq.
Past President
Cochran-Bond Law Offices

Nancy Sher Cohen
Proskauer Rose

Richard Corgel
Ernst & Young

Hon. Raymond C. Fisher
Vice Chair
Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Judicial Circuit

Marvin E. Garrett, Esq.
Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble
& Mallory

Jose Gomez, Ph.D.
Cal State University, Los Angeles

Gordon A. Greenberg, Esq.
McDermott, Will & Emery

Hon. Andrew J. Guilford
District Judge
United States District Court
Central District of California

Veronica Gutierrez, Esq.
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Southern California Edison

Dawn Haghighi, Esq.
Assistant General Council
Princess Cruises

Robert F. Hinton, Esq.
Archer Norris

Hon. Jeffrey W. Johnson
Associate Justice
California Court of Appeal

Christopher Kim, Esq.
Lim, Ruger & Kim

Dean J. Kitchens, Esq.
Vice President
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Charles C. Lifland, Esq.
Treasurer
O'Melveny & Myers

Joseph D. Mandel, Esq.
Past President

Hon. Carlos R. Moreno
Associate Justice
Supreme Court of California (retired)

Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D.
UCLA (retired)

Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson
Chair Emerita
Senior Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Judicial Circuit

Hon. Fernando M. Olguin
United States Magistrate Judge
Central District of California

Harry A. Olivar, Jr., Esq.
Quinn Emanuel

Hon. Richard A. Paez
Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Judicial Circuit

Diane Paul, Esq.
Immediate Past President

Glenn D. Pomerantz, Esq.
Secretary
Munger, Tolles & Olson

Terrence Roberts, PhD
Economic Resources Center
Little Rock Nine Foundation

Hon. Barry Russell
United States Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California

Robert A. Sacks, Esq.
President
Sullivan & Cromwell

David J. Schindler, Esq.
Latham & Watkins

Hon. Dorothy L. Shubin
Los Angeles Superior Court

Reynold L. Siemens, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Hon. Milan D. Smith, Jr.
Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Judicial Circuit

Michael J. Wallace
TM Financial Forensics, LLC.

General Counsel

R. Scott Jenkins, Esq.
Hahn & Hahn

Advisory Board

Brad D. Brian, Esq.
Hon. James R. Browning
Bert Deixler, Esq.
Edmund D. Edelman
Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin
Hon. Procter Hug, Jr.
Hon. Veronica Simmons McBeth
R. Chandler Myers, Esq.
Sarah Smith Orr
Roger J. Patterson, Esq.
Marjorie Randolph
David Robinson
Lois J. Scali, Esq.
Diane Scott
Michael L. Shannon, Esq.
Phillip K. Sotel, Esq.
Lucinda Starrett, Esq.
Thomas B. Walper, Esq.
Robert S. Warren, Esq.
Marjorie K. Wyatt

 

Western Justice Center Blog


  • Introducing Encompass's Creating Bias-Free Classrooms Preview
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on January 04, 2012 

    Western Justice Center and Encompass have formed a collaboration that allows us to expand our services to schools. WJC would like to introduce you to our partner’s educator training program, Creating Bias-Free Classrooms.  This interactive teacher-training program uses live, improvisational theater to equip educators to build safe and inclusive classroom environments.  During each training session, teachers learn the laws and relevant teaching standards for creating a safe classroom.  They assess their own comfort and competence in handling these issues, learn to identify various forms of bias, and get hands-on experience in the most effective techniques to use in a classroom. By watching realistic classroom scenes performed by teenage actors, the teachers get to see how bias affects every student in the classroom. Teachers can safely experiment with different strategies of addressing bias related to gender, race or sexual orientation by practicing on teenage actors who are trained in improvisational theater.

    The program was created by Encompass and is a project of a service-learning class at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.   Join us on January 19, 2012  from 5-7:30 p.m. for an overview and demonstration of the program. Please RSVP with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Judge Nelson in Pasadena Magazine
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on December 10, 2011 
    Judge Dorothy Nelson who founded WJC is profiled in this month's Pasadena magazine.  Judge_Nelson_Pasadena_Magazine_December_2011.pdf
  • Non-violence and Occupy LA
    Posted by Bethany Leal on December 02, 2011 

    As a long-time activist, I have understood the theory of non-violent action for many years.  I have studied the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins and the teachings of Cesar Chavez.  Only recently, however, have I come to understand and fully embrace the practice of non-violent action and conflict resolution.

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  • August Training Wrap-Up
    Posted by Emily Linnemeier on September 13, 2011 

    August was a training whirlwind for WJC program staff and the stakeholders we work with across the education spectrum: teachers, students, and security officers.  This approach of training stakeholders disperses conflict resolution knowledge throughout an educational institution so that all members of the school community can support one another in using conflict resolution skills.

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  • It Takes Strength to Compromise
    Posted by Sarah Belknap on August 01, 2011 
    Strong supporter Tanya Acker talks the debt ceiling, compromise, and what Congress can learn from elementary school students in her new blog piece on the Huffington Post. Click here to check it out and tell us what you think via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , facebook, or twitter.
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