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.

 

Officers
The Hon. Raymond C. Fisher Chair Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit	Dean J. Kitchens, Esq. President Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP	Glenn D. Pomerantz, Esq. Treasurer Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
The Hon. Richard A. Paez Vice Chair Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit	Charles C. Lifland, Esq. Vice President O'Melveny & Myers LLP	Marvin E. Garrett, Esq. Secretary Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble, Mallory & Natsis LLP

   

 

 

  

    

Members
Tanya M. Acker, Esq. EmeraChem LLC		The Hon. Jeffrey W. Johnson Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal	Robert A. Sacks, Esq. Immediate Past President Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Donald P. Baker, Esq. Past President		Raymond R. Kepner, Esq. Seyfarth and Shaw	David J. Schindler, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP
Barbara Bice Bice Passavant Foundation		Christopher Kim, Esq. Lim, Ruger & Kim LLP	The Hon. Dorothy L. Shubin Los Angeles Superior Court
John H. Brinsley, Esq. Inner City Law Center Pasadena Fire and Police Retirement Center		Joseph D. Mandel, Esq. Past President	Reynold L. Siemens, Esq. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Erwin Chemerinsky, Esq. Dean, UCI School of Law		The Hon. Carlos R. Moreno (Ret.) Irell & Manella LLP	The Hon. Milan D. Smith, Jr. Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit
			Amy Fisch Solomon, Esq. Girardi Keese
Walter Cochran-Bond, Esq. Past President Cochran-Bond Law Offices		Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D. UCLA (retired)	Kalpana Srinivasan, Esq. Susman Godfrey LLP
Richard Corgel Ernst & Young		The Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson Chair Emerita Senior Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals,  Ninth Judicial Circuit	Lois Thompson, Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP
Jon Dean, Esq. McDermott, Will & Emery LLP		The Hon. Jacqueline H. Nguyen Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Judicial Circuit	Michael J. Wallace TM Financial Forensics, Inc.
Craig J. de Recat, Esq. McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Jose A. Gomez, Ph.D. Cal State University, Los Angeles		The Hon. Fernando M. Olguin U.S Magistrate Judge,  U.S. Courthouse	Clarissa C. Weirick, Esq. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
The Hon. Scott M. Gordon Judge Los Angeles Superior Court		Diane Paul, Esq. Past President	Kerry Garvis Wright, Esq. Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP
The Hon. Andrew J. Guilford District Judge U.S. District Court, Central District of California		Christopher K. Poole President and CEO, JAMS, Inc.
Dawn Haghighi, Esq. PCV Murcor		Terrence Roberts, Ph.D. Economic Resources Center Little Rock Nine Foundation
The Hon. Terry J. Hatter, Jr. Past Chair District Judge  U.S. District Court, Central District of California		The Hon. Barry Russell Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

General Counsel

R. Scott Jenkins, Esq.

Hahn & Hahn LLP

 

Advisory Board

Brad D. Brian, Esq.

Bert Deixler, Esq.

Edmund D. Edelman

The Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin

The Hon. Procter Hug, Jr.

The Hon. Veronica Simmons McBeth (Ret.)

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