Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9721
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Scott Abrams joined the Office of the General Counsel as University Counsel in January 2007. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Abrams was a partner in the Real Estate and Infrastructure Practice Groups at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott LLP in San Francisco. Mr. Abrams' primary areas of practice cover commercial transactions, energy, real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development and leasing, construction, privatized development and international operations. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (B.A. 1990) and the University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D. 1993).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9949
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Holly Ackley has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2005. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Ackley was an associate at Thelen Reid & Priest LLP in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She holds professional licenses in civil engineering and land surveying, as well as the law. Her primary areas of practice cover design and construction advice and litigation. Ms. Ackley is a graduate of Rice University, Houston, Texas (B.S. 1984); University of Alaska – Fairbanks, Alaska (M.S. 1986); and University of Southern California, Los Angeles (J.D. 1999).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9719
Fax: (510) 987-9757
James Agate has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1989. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Agate worked at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enerson in San Francisco. Mr. Agate's primary areas of practice cover commercial transactions, including real estate acquisition, development and leasing, commercial lending and public finance and joint ventures. He is a graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford University (M.A. 1978) and Inns of Court School of Law (Barrister of Law 1981).
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9793
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Katina Ancar became Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel in January 2009. Ms. Ancar is a member of the educational affairs group, practicing in such areas as First Amendment, legislation, Proposition 209 and Federal Communications Commission matters.
Prior to coming to the University of California, Ms. Ancar practiced civil litigation with a focus on insurance coverage at the law firm of Farella Braun + Martel. She spent several years as a Skadden Fellow and staff attorney with the National Center for Youth Law. Ms Ancar also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Susan Illston of the United States District Court. She earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Senior Counsel, UCLA Health System
10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 794-2898
Fax: (310) 794-3313
Meghan Archdeacon became Associate Counsel for UCLA Health System in September 2007. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Archdeacon was an Associate General Counsel at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She has also worked as Regulatory Counsel for Tenet Healthcare Corporation and as an Associate at the law firm of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Archdeacon graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University (B.A. 1991) and The University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1996).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9429
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Ellen Auriti joined the Office of General Counsel in January of 2011. Ms. Auriti is a member of the Educational Affairs and Campus Services group, focusing on research and research compliance matters. Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel, Ms. Auriti served as the University's Executive Director of Research Policy Analysis and Coordination, directing a unit within UCOP’s Office of Research that coordinates systemwide policy development and that provides legislative, policy, and regulatory analysis and advice on external rules that affect the conduct of academic research. Prior to joining the University, she was an associate in Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office. Ms. Auriti received her undergraduate degree from Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1987), and her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1993).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9723
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Eric Behrens has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1981. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Behrens worked at Landels, Ripley & Diamond in San Francisco. Mr. Behrens is co-leader of the office's litigation group; his primary areas of practice include commercial, construction, employment and estate-related litigation, and bankruptcy matters. Mr. Behrens is a graduate of Harvard University (A.B., cum laude 1970), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.Div., Highest Honors, 1974), and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1977). Mr. Behrens is a Life Member of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, a former President of the Alameda County Bar Association (1992), has served on the California State Bar Litigation Section Program Committee, and has chaired numerous Alameda County bar sections, including the Bankruptcy Section and the Judicial Evaluations Committee. He is co-author of "Student Loans, Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code and the 1984 Bankruptcy Amendments" 13 J. Coll. at U.L. 1 (1986).
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0236
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Mia Belk joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2009, and serves as Counsel in the Litigation, Labor and Employment practice group. Prior to joining the OGC, Ms. Belk was Assistant General Counsel - Labor and Employment for US Airways in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to working at US Airways, Ms. Belk was attorney for both the United States Postal Service and the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Ms. Belk's practice focuses on a broad array of labor and employment issues including discrimination claims, wage and hour issues, labor negotiations, sexual harassment claims, training, and representing management in labor arbitrations and in federal and state administrative hearings. She earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Howard University in Washington, D.C., a graduate degree in Business Administration from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia and a law degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9748
Fax: (510) 987-9757
David Bergquist has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2002. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Bergquist was a partner at McKenna and Cuneo in San Diego. Mr. Bergquist's primary areas of practice include construction law, public contracts, and construction litigation. Mr. Bergquist is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota (B.A. 1985) and the University of Minnesota Law School (J.D. 1988).
Chief Deputy General Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9725
Fax: (510) 987-9757
David Birnbaum has served as a University Counsel in the University of California's Office of the General Counsel since 1983. Prior to joining the office, he served in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington D.C., and worked in Los Angeles with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Birnbaum leads the office's educational affairs group and practices in such areas as academic and staff personnel matters (including grievances, discipline and termination), student discipline, and First Amendment and due process issues. Mr. Birnbaum is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz (A.B. 1972) and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1976).
Chief Laboratory Counsel
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road
Mailstop 50A4112
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 486-7025
Fax: (510) 486-6498
Jeff Blair joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as its Chief Counsel in May of 2010. Prior to joining the Lab, Mr. Blair was employed in the Office of the General Counsel for the Regents of the University of California where he was Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, Labor, Employment and Benefits and National Laboratory Affairs. Mr. Blair joined the UC Office of the General Counsel in 1989 as a litigation attorney, where he litigated numerous cases on behalf of the University in state and federal trial and appellate courts, many of which resulted in published opinions. As Manager of Litigation from 2002 through 2006, Mr. Blair oversaw the University's general litigation program, a portfolio involving constitutional, tort, medical malpractice, civil rights, labor and employment and other higher education areas. In 2006, Mr. Blair served as the Acting General Counsel between the retirement of the former General Counsel and appointment of the current General Counsel. From 2006-2011, Mr. Blair was an officer of the LLC entities operating the Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories, serving as Company Secretary. Mr. Blair began his career in the San Francisco Law Firm of Lillick, McHose & Charles (now Nixon Peabody). He is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley (English) and the class of 1983 at University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was the Executive Editor of the Law Review.
Senior Counsel
UC Los Angeles
Office of the Chancellor
3149 Murphy Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405
Phone: (310) 825-2284
Fax: (310) 206-2390
Visit our new website at: http://www.campuscounsel.ucla.edu
L. Amy Blum is Campus Counsel for the University of California, Los Angeles. In that capacity she advises the Administration on a broad range of issues including, employment disputes, student and faculty misconduct, discrimination, intellectual property, business affairs, electronic communications, privacy, e-discovery, among other things. Ms. Blum also serves on the UCLA Advisory Board on Privacy and Data Protection. Prior to joining The Regents of the University of California in 2004, Ms. Blum was a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith, L.L.P. and was the Southern California Market Trial Practice Group Leader. Ms. Blum received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1983) and graduated summa cum laude with a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law (1988).
Chief Health Sciences Counsel, UCLA Health System
10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 794-3138
Fax: (310) 794-3313
Jane E. Boubelik has served as Chief Counsel for the UCLA Health System since January 2008. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Boubelik was a partner at the law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, and was a member of the Firm's Health Law Department for fifteen years. Ms. Boubelik earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her law degree from McGeorge School of Law.
Chief Campus Counsel
UC San Francisco
Box 0986(m)
500 Parnassus Avenue, Room 249E
San Francisco, CA 94143-0986
Phone: (415) 476-5003
Fax: (415) 476-0832
Marcia J. Canning joined the Office of the General Counsel in October of 1981. Prior to joining the OGC she served as a trial attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. Ms. Canning's primary areas of practice while in this position included labor relations matters from the commencement of collective bargaining, employment litigation, grievances and administrative hearings involving faculty, residents and staff, advice regarding faculty misconduct cases and Constitutional issues related to privacy rights, drug testing and free speech and advice involving violence in the workplace, disability rights and issues related to the California Information Practices Act and the Public Records Act. She became General Counsel for UC-Hastings College of the Law in 1998 and became the Chief Campus Counsel for the University of California San Francisco Campus in 2001 providing advice to both the Campus and the Medical Center.. She is a graduate of the University of Holy Names (B.A. 1970) and the UC-Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1976).
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0411
Fax: (510) 987-9787
Jennifer Chin joined the Office of General Counsel in 2012 as Counsel in the Labor and Employment practice group. Prior to joining the office, she worked for six years as a Deputy City Attorney in the Oakland City Attorney's labor and employment unit where she handled a broad range of matters for the City Council and many City departments. Prior to joining the City Attorney’s office, Ms. Chin practiced in the San Francisco office of Thelen Reid & Priest in their Labor and Employment Group handling employment litigation and advice. Ms. Chin earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University (B.A., 1996) and her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 2000), where she was an editor of the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law. After law school, Ms. Chin clerked for the Honorable Martin Jenkins of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0723
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Nancy Chu has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2001. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Chu worked at Sidley & Austin in Chicago. Her primary area of practice covers technology transfer with a focus on patents. Ms. Chu is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana (B.S. 1989, Phi Beta Kappa), and the University of California, Los Angeles (J.D. 1995).
Principal Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9761
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Barbara Clark joined the Office of General Counsel in August 2003. Since graduating from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1982, Ms. Clark has been in private practice with the exception of three years as Senior Counsel for Pacific Telesis Group. Prior to joining the Office of General Counsel, Ms. Clark was with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLC. Her practice has focused on advising on tax-qualified retirement plans, deferred compensation, plan governance and health and welfare plans. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois (B.S. 1963).
Deputy General Counsel,
Business Transactions and Land Use
Phone: (510) 987-9760
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Tina Combs joined the Office of the General Counsel in February 2009. Appointed to serve as Deputy General Counsel for Business Transactions and Land Use, she reports to the General Counsel. Prior to joining the Office, Combs held management and leadership roles at Wells Fargo, supporting clients in commercial real estate lending and disposition, and complex business transactions, including technology licensing, joint ventures, alliance, telecommunications and international arrangements. Prior to joining Wells, Combs spent the early years of her career at Morrison & Foerster, practicing in the areas of land use, environmental law, and technology and telecommunications transactions. Combs is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1984) and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1988).
Associate Campus Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-7123
Fax: (510) 643-5980
Julie Conner has served as Associate Campus Counsel at UC Berkeley since November 2009. She advises UC Berkeley’s Administration on a broad range of legal issues, including intellectual property, real estate, student affairs, library law, business affairs, electronic communications and commercial transactions. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Ms. Conner served as Senior Advisor and Legal Director for the UC San Diego Library System and as Associate Campus Counsel for UC San Diego. Before joining the University of California, Ms. Conner clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and worked for several years at Latham & Watkins and Cooley Godward LLP. Ms. Conner earned her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and her law degree from the University of Chicago, where she was Articles Editor for the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
Chief Campus Counsel
UC Riverside
Office of the Chancellor
University of California, Riverside
3144 Hinderaker Hall
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827 2228
Fax: (951) 827 7825
Michele Coyle is Campus Counsel for the University of California/Riverside. She became the first on-site Campus Counsel at UC/Riverside in 2006. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Coyle was a Partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP in Los Angeles, a Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Seattle and Orange County, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Seattle), and an Assistant Regional Counsel with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 10). Her primary areas of practice include employment and investigations, administrative and compliance procedures, environmental and Native American law, and litigation. Ms. Coyle is a graduate of the University of Nebraska/Lincoln (B.A. 1972), the Pierce Law Center (J.D. 1978) and University of Washington (L.L.M. 1982). She has authored and co-authored numerous publications on employment law, environmental and related issues.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0799
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Nicole Craig joined the Office of General Counsel in 2011. She monitors risk management related litigation, particularly in the general liability area, and provides counsel to risk management staff on insurance and related issues. Prior to joining OGC, she worked for many years as in-house counsel for Safeco Insurance Company, and has worked for private law firms, litigating tort and insurance coverage issues. She has extensive trial experience, and serves as Judge Pro Tem in Small Claims in San Francisco Superior Court. Ms. Craig taught a course at Lincoln Law School on the constitutional issues of sexual orientation law, and has served as a Conference Delegate at the California State Bar Annual Meeting. Ms. Craig attended the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Bachelor's degree in Management from St. Mary’s College. She received her law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1996.
Principal Counsel -- Health Law
Phone: (510) 987-0538
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Auburn Daily joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2010, and serves as a Counsel in the practice areas of Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement, compliance and fraud and abuse counseling. Prior to joining the University, Ms. Daily worked in private practice as a member of the health care group in Powell Goldstein's Washington, D.C. office and, most recently, Latham & Watkins' San Francisco office. Ms. Daily is a graduate of the University of the South (B.S., cum laude 1999), Johns Hopkins University (M.P.H. 2005) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 2005).
Chief Campus Counsel
Davis Campus
One Shields Avenue
230 Mrak Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2786
Fax: (530) 752-4931
Steven Drown has served as Chief Campus Counsel at the Davis campus since 1996. Prior his service at Davis and commencing in 1989, Mr. Drown served as a University Counsel in the Office of General Counsel, where his primary practice areas were land use and environmental law. Before joining the University, Mr. Drown was an attorney with the law firm of Burke Williams & Sorensen in Los Angeles. Mr. Drown is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1981) and the University of Oregon School of Law (J.D. 1985).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9765
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Kelly Drumm joined the Office of General Counsel in 2006 as a member of the environmental group with special focus on matters involving the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, endangered species statutes, and other land use issues. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Drumm practiced environmental law at Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp in San Francisco, and served as counsel for the California Environmental Law Project. Ms. Drumm is a graduate of Sacramento State University (B.A. 1990) and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1994).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9767
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Bill Eklund first joined the University's Office of Laboratory Counsel at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1981. He served as Senior Counsel of the LANL Office of Business and Patent Law from 1993 and has served as University Counsel with the Office of General Counsel since 2001. Prior to joining the University, Mr. Eklund was with the firm of Christensen, O'Connor, Johnson and Kindness in Seattle. His practice is directed to federal contract law, risk management, transactional law involving the DOE National Laboratories, regulatory law applicable to R&D operations and nuclear facilities, and intellectual property law. Mr. Eklund is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside (B.S. 1969), Oregon State University (M.S. 1973) and the University of Oregon (J.D. 1978). He is a registered patent attorney and an active member of the California and New Mexico Bar Associations.
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9709
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Email: liana.epperson@ucop.edu
Liana Epperson joined the Office of the General Counsel as Real Estate Counsel in 2011. Prior to joining the OGC, Ms. Epperson was a real estate attorney at the law firm of Miller Starr Regalia in Walnut Creek and a business transactions attorney at the law firm of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in San Francisco. Her primary areas of practice include real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, construction, and leasing. Ms. Epperson is a LEED Accredited Professional and a graduate of Arizona State University (B.S., magna cum laude 1991) and the University of California, Davis (J.D. 1997).
Senior Counsel, UCLA Health System
10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 794-3138
Fax: (310) 794-3313
Shari Faris has served as Associate Counsel for the UCLA Health System since 1999. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Faris worked at Public Counsel, a public interest law firm, as the Director for the Community Development Programs. She also practiced as a healthcare associate for several years at the law firm of Jones Day in Los Angeles, after graduating from Loyola Law School in 1993. Ms. Faris previously worked as a registered nurse and graduated from UC Berkeley (BA 1984).
Senior Counsel
Office of the Chancellor
UC Los Angeles
Room 2241 Murphy Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405
Phone: (310) 825-2895
Fax: (310) 825-8857
Glen Fichman was appointed UCLA Campus Counsel in 1992. From 1980 through 1994, Mr. Fichman served as Director of Contracts Administration in UCLA Capital Programs. His current scope of activity includes advising on the full range of legal matters pertaining to agreements and contracts between UCLA and outside entities, including real estate leases, licenses, easements and rights of way, real estate development, design and construction contracts, sponsored research agreements, grants and contracts, department of athletics sponsorship agreements and purchase orders. Mr. Fichman graduated from UCLA (B.A.1975) and from UCLA School of Law (J.D.1978).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9737
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Anthony O. Garvin serves as University Counsel and head of the environmental group. Mr. Garvin has most recently been a partner in the San Francisco office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. His previous practice experience was with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency where he served as Assistant Regional Counsel and Acting Regional Counsel. Subsequently, he was a partner at Landels, Ripley & Diamond and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Law (J.D. 1972), has his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington (B.A. 1969), and Master of Regional Planning from Cornell (1974).
Chief Campus Counsel
Office of Campus Counsel
University of California, Irvine
510 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-1900
Phone: (949) 824-2880
Fax: (949) 824-8654
Diane Fields Geocaris has served as Counsel to the Chancellor at the Irvine campus since 1990. Before coming to UCI, Ms. Geocaris was a partner at the Chicago firm of Rudnick and Wolfe (now DLA Piper). She also work as an associate at Sidley & Austin in Chicago and Washington, DC, and at Gray Cary Ames and Frye (also, now DLA Piper). Ms. Geocaris graduated Stanford Law School in 1975 and received her AB from Stanford University in 1972.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9895
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Michael Goldstein has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel for The Regents of the University of California since 1998. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Goldstein was an attorney with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, which he joined in 1989 following judicial clerkships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Alfonzo Zirpoli of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. His primary area of practice covers commercial and personnel litigation. Mr. Goldstein is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge (Hons. B.A. 1981), and the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1979; M.A. 1984; J.D. 1987).
Senior Counsel
Campus Counsel
University of California, Merced
Phone: (510) 987-9941
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Elisabeth Gunther serves as both Senior Counsel in the land use and environmental group and as Campus Counsel for the Merced campus. Ms. Gunther practices primarily in the area of project development, land use and environmental review. She also has experience in all areas of environmental regulation. Prior to joining OGC, she was an Assistant City Attorney with the cities of Santa Rosa and San Francisco and was in private practice as a partner in the law firms of Beveridge & Diamond and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe. Ms. Gunther graduated from the University of Michigan (A.B.1979) and the University of Chicago (J.D.1983). She also studied at the London School of Economics.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9720
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Nancy Greenan Hamill joined the Office of the General Counsel as Senior Counsel for Governance and Compliance in 2009. For eight years prior to joining the OGC, she was Regional Counsel for Cushman & Wakefield, where she was responsible for all legal matters for the firm within California, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado. Ms. Hamill was previously Vice President and Counsel at Old Republic Title Company where she served as corporate, litigation and claims counsel responsible for all legal matters in California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. Her background also includes practicing as a transactional, real estate and litigation associate at the firms Reuben, Weintraub & Cera; Paetzold, White & Brodsky; and Hagenbaugh & Murphy. Ms. Hamill is a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1992) and University of Illinois (Champaign - Urbana) (B.A. 1989).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9746
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Norm Hamill began serving in the Office of General Counsel in 2006. He works on risk-management-related litigation, particularly in the general liability area, and provides counsel to Risk Management staff on insurance and related issues. Prior to joining OGC, Mr. Hamill worked at CNA Insurance in San Francisco, where he served as in-house coverage counsel since 2003. Before joining CNA, he worked for two and one-half years at Cooley Godward LLP in Palo Alto. Prior to joining Cooley Godward, he was an associate and then partner at Gordon & Rees, where he represented clients in all phases of litigation, including representing the University in several matters. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1988) and received his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles (J.D. 1991).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9734
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Rita A. Hao is a member of the technology transfer practice group in the office. Ms. Hao, who is a member of the patent bar, was a partner at Gonzalez & Leigh in San Francisco focusing on intellectual property and civil rights litigation. Prior to her affiliation with that firm, she completed a three year clerkship with Judge Phyllis Hamilton in U. S. District Court in San Francisco with an emphasis on trial-level patent litigation. She has additional practice experience with McCutchen Doyle and Latham & Watkins where she specialized in patent, trademark, and copyright litigation. Her educational background includes an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in East Asian Studies and Fine Arts. Her law degree is from Columbia University.
Associate Campus Counsel
UC Santa Cruz
Office of Campus Counsel
1156 High St., Kerr Hall
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 459-1848
Liv Hassett joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2010 as Associate Campus Counsel at UC Santa Cruz. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Hassett's primary areas of practice included real estate transactions, construction contracts and consumer law. Ms. Hassett also teaches a legal writing class at Monterey College of Law. Ms. Hassett received her undergraduate degree and J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1996; J.D., Boalt Hall, 2000).
Associate Campus Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-2795
Fax: (510) 643-5980
Sarah Hawthorne has been at the University of California, Berkeley since 2003, specializing in the implementation of disability laws (access/accommodations), serving as the Assistant Provost, Disability Compliance for the Office of Academic Compliance & Disability Standards—at URL: http://acads.chance.berkeley.edu/. In addition to serving as Associate Campus Counsel/Assistant Provost, Disability Compliance, she is Assistant Provost for Academic Compliance (faculty misconduct).
Prior to the University, she was a senior attorney at the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education (San Francisco Office), and at West Texas Legal Services, Fort Worth. She is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of Texas Law School (Austin), followed by an internship with the United Nations Subcommission on Human Rights (Geneva/London) and the International Court of Justice (Hague). Her legal career has focused on creating procedures and practices that promote equity and prevent discrimination. Other areas of legal expertise include employment, housing, consumer, and probate, as well as state/federal agency administrative process.
Senior Counsel
UC Los Angeles
3149 Murphy Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405
Phone: (310) 825-4042
Fax: (310) 206-2390
In 1979, Patricia Jasper became the first “official” Campus Counsel in the UC system, with an express delegation from the Office of the General Counsel to provide legal services to the UCLA campus. At UCLA, Patty provides legal services on a wide array of matters, including matters relating to faculty discipline, athletics, conflict of interest, animal and human subjects research, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, graduate students, and business affairs. Prior to joining the University, she practiced environmental law at the Federal Highway Administration in Washington, D.C., then became a Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She was later appointed Deputy Counsel to the Governor of Pennsylvania. Patty graduated from Vassar College in 1970 with a BA in History, and received her J.D. from the Catholic University School of Law in 1974.
Associate Campus Counsel
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0097
La Jolla, CA 92093-0097
Phone: (858) 822-1236
Dennis Klein is the Associate Campus Counsel for the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Klein joined the Campus Counsel's office in July of 2008. Prior thereto, he was an Associate in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins LLP. Mr. Klein has extensive experience litigating cases, and his practice areas include: competition, securities, employment law, healthcare, real estate disputes, business torts, and commercial contract and warranty claims. Mr. Klein earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego (B.A. 1998) and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law (J.D. 2001).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0426
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Sunil Kulkarni joined the Office of the General Counsel in January 2011. He is a member of the litigation group, specializing in administrative hearings and complex litigation. Before joining the office, Mr. Kulkarni was a partner in the Palo Alto office of Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he represented technology and other companies in patent, securities, and other complex civil litigation. He also clerked for U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger. Mr. Kulkarni is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.S., with honors, 1993) and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., with high honors, 1996), where he was Managing Editor of the Hastings Law Journal.
Principal Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9740
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Lloyd Lee has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1985. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Lee worked at the law firms of Bianchi, Hoskins, Stone, Paxton & Engel in San Rafael and Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. Mr. Lee's primary area of practice covers business and financing transactions, faculty and student housing, leasing, energy, property taxation, and corporation and limited liability company transactions. Mr. Lee is a graduate of Haverford College (B.A. 1965) and Cornell Law School (J.D. 1968), where he was an editor of the Cornell International Law Journal. Mr. Lee is a co-leader of the health group.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9412
Before joining the Labor and Employment Group in the Office of General Counsel, Stephanie Leider served as in-house counsel for Loyola University of Chicago, where she was responsible for employment, student, academic, and litigation matters. Ms. Leider previously represented The Regents of the University of California and other higher education clients in employment litigation as Of Counsel for the Oakland office of Fisher & Phillips LLP (1999-2006). She began her legal career in Chicago, where she was an associate and then partner at Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd before co-founding Babbitt, Melton & Leider, a law firm dedicated to the representation of colleges and universities. Ms. Leider graduated from Smith College (A.B., cum laude, 1983) and the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1987).
Associate Health System Counsel
Hospital Legal Affairs Department
UC Davis Medical Center
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
2315 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-2288
Fax: (916) 734-0222
David Levine has served as a Health System Counsel at UC Davis Health System since 2005. Prior to joining the Health System, Mr. Levine was a partner in the law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Levine's primary areas of practice involve fraud and abuse compliance counseling, federal health care program reimbursement and general healthcare law. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1986) and the University of Michigan (B.A. 1982).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9742
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Mary MacDonald has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1981. Her primary areas of practice are copyright, trademark, use of University of California's name and unofficial seal, procurement competitive bidding and bid protests, procurement of goods and services, computer law, libraries and special collections, Continuing Education of the Bar, University of California Press, research contracts and grants, landlord-tenant, and unlawful detainers. Prior to joining the office, Ms. MacDonald was a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in the San Francisco and Oakland offices. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1969) and the University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D. 1976).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0388
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Rowena Manlapaz joined the Office of the General Counsel as Senior Counsel in 2011. She is a member of the Business Transactions group. Before joining the University, Ms. Manlapaz was a Vice President and Associate Counsel at AMB Property Corporation, a real estate investment trust, and an associate attorney at the law firms of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP. Ms. Manlapaz is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. 1993) and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1996). She also studied at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0778
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Trina McAlister joined the Office of General Counsel as Counsel in 2011. As a member of the Governance and Compliance group, Ms. McAlister’s practice focuses on various governance matters, including issues relating to open meeting laws and conflicts of interest. Before joining the University, Ms. McAlister was a member of the Litigation and Labor & Employment groups at Crowell & Moring LLP and a litigator with Folger Levin & Kahn LLP in San Francisco. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she served on the California Law Review. Ms. McAlister received her B.A. with High Honors in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with distinction in general scholarship.
Managing Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9744
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Stephen Morrell has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1981. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Morrell was an attorney with the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. His primary area of practice covers construction law and competitive bidding. Mr. Morrell is a graduate of University of California, Davis (B.A. 1974) and the Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 1977).
Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0513
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Stella Ngai has served as Counsel since 2010. She was previously a Director in UC Office of the President's Business Operations division. Prior to joining the University, Ms. Ngai was an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco and a litigator with the law firm of Minami Tamaki. Her primary areas of practice are the California Public Records Act and Political Reform Act (Conflict of Interest). Ms. Ngai is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (B.A.) and Santa Clara University (J.D.).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9994
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Janet Norris has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2002. Prior to joining the office, she was a partner at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss in San Francisco. Ms. Norris heads the office's transactional group and her primary area of practice is real estate law. Ms. Norris is a graduate of Princeton University (B.A. 1973) and University of Virginia (J.D. 1976).
Acting Deputy General Counsel, Health Law And Medical Center Services
Phone (510) 987-9407
Fax (510) 987-9757
Rachel Nosowsky joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2010. She specializes in the area of research and clinical trials, with a focus on human research protections, FDA regulation, industry-academic relations and related fraud and abuse and conflict of interest matters, reimbursement, health privacy, biobanking, data repositories, compliance, and misconduct. Ms. Nosowsky provides UC medical centers and central campus units with regulatory analysis and advice, supports the University's response to government inspections and oversight initiatives, and reviews and assists in the negotiation of contracts and other legal documents. Before joining the University, Ms. Nosowsky worked in private practice and as Assistant General Counsel at the University of Michigan. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the American Health Lawyers Association's Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Group, and publishes and speaks nationally in the areas of human research and health privacy. Ms. Nosowsky is a graduate of Carleton College (B.A., cum laude, 1988) and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D., 1994)
Chief Health System Counsel
Hospital Legal Affairs Department
UC Davis Medical Center
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
2315 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-2288
Fax: (916) 734-0222
Anna Orlowski has served as Health System Counsel for the University of California Davis Health System since 1998. Prior to joining the UC Davis Health System, Anna Orlowski was a litigation attorney in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon; her primary areas of practice were business litigation and medical malpractice defense. Ms. Orlowki earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA (B.A. 1988) and her law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D. 1991) Ms. Orlowski is licensed to practice law in the states of California, Oregon and Washington.
Chief Campus Counsel
UC San Diego
University Center 201, 0097
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0097
Phone: (858) 822-1237
Dan Park joined the UCSD Office of Campus Counsel in January 2005. Prior to joining the office, Dan practiced law at the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in Los Angeles. Dan received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1998. He also holds degrees from Swarthmore College (B.A. 1993) and Stanford University (M.A. 1994). Dan provides advice on a diverse array of legal issues including intellectual property, real estate, public contracts, First Amendment, and academic and staff personnel issues.
Chief Campus Counsel and
Associate General Counsel
UC Berkeley
Office of Legal Affairs
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-7122
Fax: (510) 643-5980
Chris Patti began serving as UC Berkeley Chief Campus Counsel in 2010. From 1990-2010 he was a member of the Office of the General Counsel in Oakland where he specialized in litigation involving academic and student affairs, constitutional issues, class actions and other complex matters. Prior to joining the office, he practiced general corporate litigation at Heller, Ehrman in San Francisco. Chris is a graduate of Dartmouth College (A.B. 1980) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 1983) where he was Articles Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. After law school, Chris served for one year as law clerk to the Honorable Frank M. Johnson, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Campus Counsel
Office of Campus Counsel
University of California, Irvine
510 Aldrich Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-1900
Phone: (949) 824-2880
Fax: (949) 824-8654
Kyhm Penfil is Campus Counsel at UC Irvine. She advises the Chancellor, Provost, Vice Chancellors and Deans with respect to a broad range of legal issues, including constitutional law, intellectual property, real estate, gifts, academic affairs and discrimination. Before joining the University, Ms. Penfil was a partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where her practice focused on intellectual property litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Penfil earned her J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of Southern California, where she served on the Southern California Law Review, and her A.B. from Wellesley College. Los Angeles Magazine has named Ms. Penfil one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Orange County and one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Southern California.
Deputy General Counsel,
Litigation, Employment and Governance
Phone: (510) 987-9726
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Karen Jensen Petrulakis joined the Office of General Counsel as Deputy General Counsel – Litigation, Labor & Employment in January 2011, assuming additional responsibility for overseeing the Governance section in July 2012. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Petrulakis was a partner in the Litigation and Labor & Employment groups of Crowell & Moring LLP in San Francisco, where she handled complex commercial litigation and employment litigation on behalf of the University of California and other public entities as well as private companies in a wide range of industries. As Deputy General Counsel, Ms. Petrulakis oversees the Litigation, Employment & Governance sections of the Office of General Counsel, which encompasses a broad range of litigation across the system, as well as labor & employment and governance & public accountability issues. She received her B.A. in 1988 (with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. in 1993 from Stanford Law School, where she served as Notes Editor of the Stanford Law Review. Ms. Petrulakis currently serves as National Law Chapter Chair for Stanford Law School, and has recently been appointed to the State Bar's Litigation Section Executive Committee.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0152
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Ina Potter joined the Office of the General Counsel in December 2008. Ms. Potter has been practicing employee benefits law since 1988. She has a broad range of experience working on retirement and health and welfare plan matters for both private and public sector clients. Prior to joining OGC, Ms. Potter was in private practice at Trucker-Huss, a San Francisco law firm specializing in ERISA and other employee benefits matters. She also spent more than four years as in-house benefits counsel at Hewlett-Packard Company. Ms. Potter received her undergraduate degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley and her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Principal Counsel,
Governance and Compliance
Phone: (510) 987-9762
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Kathleen Quenneville joined the Office of the General Counsel as Principal Counsel for Governance and Compliance in 2009. For 13 years prior to joining the OGC, she was General Counsel of Mechanics Bank, an independent regional bank headquartered in Richmond, California. Her background also includes practicing as Associate General Counsel at Union Bank of California, as an associate at Manatt Phelps & Phillips, and as an attorney at the California Department of Financial Institutions. Ms. Quenneville is a graduate of Golden Gate University (J.D.) and Michigan State University (B.A.).
Ms. Quenneville leads the Governance and Compliance section.
Principal Counsel, UCLA Health System
10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 420
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 794-3138
Fax: (310) 794-3313
Carrie Recksieck joined the UCLA Health System in 1997 after previously serving as Hospital Legal Counsel for the University of California Davis Medical Center. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Recksieck worked both as in-house counsel and outside counsel for Health Net. She also practiced healthcare law as an attorney at the Watts Health Foundation. Ms. Recksieck earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego (B.A. 1982), her law degree from California Western School of Law (J.D. 1985) and her master's degree in Public Health from the UCLA School of Public Health (M.P.H. 1989).
Vice Chancellor-Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel
UCLA
Phone: (310) 206-1355
Fax: (310) 206-6030
Kevin Reed joined the University of California, Los Angeles, in March 2008, as Vice Chancellor-Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel. Mr. Reed oversees UCLA's provision of campus-wide legal assistance and ombuds services, the prevention of sexual harassment and compliance with Title IX. Prior to joining UCLA, Mr. Reed served as General Counsel of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest school district. A civil rights lawyer by training, Mr. Reed was a partner at Strumwasser & Woocher LLP specializing in civil litigation and counseling on complex issues of education law, constitutional law, insurance regulation and advice to nonprofits. Mr. Reed spent six years as the managing attorney for the Western Regional office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Mr. Reed received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his B.A. with high distinction, from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the California, New York and Massachusetts state bars.
Counsel
Phone: (510)987-9785
Fax: (510)987-9757
Shondella Reed joined the Office of the General Counsel as Counsel in February of 2012. As a member of the Labor and Employment practice group, Ms. Reed’s practice focuses on labor-management relations, compensation issues, personnel policies, diversity initiatives, discrimination claims, compliance, and management training. Ms. Reed also represents the University before state and federal administrative agencies. Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel, Ms. Reed was an associate at Jones Day in San Francisco, where she represented public and private sector employers in labor and employment matters. Before joining Jones Day, Ms. Reed was an associate in Littler’s Las Vegas office. Ms. Reed earned her undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and her law degree from UCLA School of Law.
Deputy General Counsel,
Health Law and Medical Center Services
Phone: (510) 987-0930
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Max Reynolds has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2005. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Reynolds was a partner in the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP in Washington, D.C. Mr. Reynolds' primary areas of practice involve health care transactions, fraud and abuse compliance counseling, Medicare reimbursement, and physician compensation. He is a graduate of Emory University (B.A. 1992) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 1996).
Associate Campus Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
200 California Hall #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 642-7791
Fax: (510) 643-5980
David Robinson has served as Associate Campus Counsel at the Berkeley Campus since July of 2011. Mr. Robinson joined the Office of the General Counsel as Senior Counsel in the Construction and Legislative Affairs groups in 2001. Prior to joining the Office of the General Counsel, Mr. Robinson was a partner at Goldfarb & Lipman in San Francisco. His primary areas of practice cover design and construction advice and litigation, and real estate administration transactions, including eminent domain. Mr. Robinson is a graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. 1989) and University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1992).
Chief Campus Counsel
Office of Campus Counsel
University of California, Santa Cruz
Phone: (831) 459-1848
Carole R. Rossi has served in the Office of General Counsel since 1999, including serving as University Counsel in both the labor & employment and educational affairs practice groups, and as Deputy Campus Counsel at the University of California, San Francisco campus in 2002-2004. She has served as Chief Campus Counsel at the University of California, Santa Cruz campus from July 2008 to the present. Ms. Rossi graduated class valedictorian from Hastings College of the Law in 1988, and from California State University, San Francisco, magna cum laude, in 1976. After completing a one-year clerkship in 1988-89 for The Honorable Chief Judge Robert F. Peckham in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, she practiced at the San Francisco law firm of Hanson Bridgett LLP, where she represented both public and private sector employers in employment and labor litigation, and handled a general employer advice practice. She has also served as Assistant General Counsel for the State Bar of California. Ms. Rossi is a member of the State Bar of California, NACUA, the Santa Cruz County Bar Association and the Women Lawyers of Santa Cruz County, and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit and all U.S. District Courts in California.
Chief Health Sciences Counsel
UC Irvine
510 Administration Building
Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (949) 824-8343, (714) 456-2297
Fax: (949) 824-8654, (714) 456-2298
Peter Schneider is Chief Health Sciences Counsel at UC Irvine, advising the components of the UCI Health System, including UCI Medical Center, UCI Medical Group, and the administration and faculty of the School of Medicine. He was licensed to practice law in California in 1984 and has been representing physicians, hospitals and health care entities in California ever since. Peter joined the University's Office of the General Counsel in Oakland in 1999, where he provided legal oversight of the University of California's professional liability program and litigation. In June 2001, he joined UC Irvine as its first campus based health care attorney. He is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside (B.A. 1981) and the University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 1984).
Deputy Campus Counsel
UC San Francisco
Box 0986(m)
500 Parnassus Avenue, Room 249E
San Francisco, CA 94143-0986
Phone: (415) 502-2482
Fax: (415) 476-0832
Greta Schnetzler was appointed Deputy Campus Counsel at UCSF in March 2005. She was previously a partner with the law firm of Gordon & Rees where she specialized in representing colleges and universities in all aspects of employment, civil rights and education law for twenty years. In 1992, Ms. Schnetzler worked on a special temporary assignment in-house with the Office of the General Counsel of the Regents of the University of California. Ms. Schnetzler graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. She received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1985. She an active and contributing member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and serves as a neutral evaluator and mediator on the Alternative Dispute Resolution panel of the Northern District Court. She is a frequent speaker on legal issues affecting colleges and universities. Within the Office of Legal Affairs, Ms. Schnetzler assists campus clients in the area of labor and employment law, medical staff matters, academic affairs, graduate medical education, student affairs, research compliance, international programs and complex contracts.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9845
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Maria Shanle has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2000. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Shanle served as Deputy City Attorney in the City of Alameda's Attorney's Office and was an associate at Hanson Bridgett, Marcus Vlahos & Rudy. Her primary areas of practice include issues relating to FERPA, the Information Practices Act and related privacy issues, the University's electronic communications policy, the California Public Records Act, the Clery Act, Open Meeting laws, and Governance and Compliance. Ms. Shanle is a graduate of Carleton College in Minnesota (B.A.1993) and the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1996).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9783
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Valerie Shelton was a partner with Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod LLP, specializing in the litigation of high profile, high exposure complex civil cases in both state and federal courts. The primary focus of her practice was on employment and labor law disputes, discrimination issues, sexual harassment claims, wage and hour issues, and premises liability. She has extensive experience conducting management training seminars and consulting on employee disciplinary matters, personnel policies and employee handbooks. She is experienced in all phases of pre-trial, trial and post-trial proceedings, including discovery, depositions, court appearances and the handling of expert witnesses. She is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and obtained her undergraduate degree from Pomona College in Claremont, CA.
Managing Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9763
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Martin Simpson has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 1989, when he became the Resident Counsel for the Office of Technology Transfer of the Office of the President. Prior to joining the office, Mr. Simpson served as a Patent Attorney and later Deputy Laboratory Counsel for Patents with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to Livermore, Mr. Simpson was a Patent Attorney with the United States Department of Energy and its predecessor agency in both Washington, D.C., and Livermore. Mr. Simpson leads the technology transfer group and his primary area of practice covers matters relating to technology transfer with a focus on patents. Mr. Simpson is a graduate of Rhodes College (B.S. 1970, phi beta kappa) and the University of Texas at Austin School of Law (J.D. 1975). Mr. Simpson leads the technology transfer group.
Principal Counsel, Health Law & Medical Center Services
Phone: (510) 987-9729
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Rani Singh joined the Office of General Counsel in 2009, and serves as a Counsel in the practice areas of Medicare reimbursement, health information privacy and fraud and abuse counseling. Prior to joining OGC, Ms. Singh was a member of the health law practice in Sidley Austin's San Francisco office. She earned her undergraduate degree from Pomona College (B.A. 2001) and her law degree from the Berkeley School of Law (J.D. 2005). Ms. Singh also served as a judicial law clerk to Justice Simons of the California Court of Appeal from 2005 to 2006.
Deputy Campus Counsel for Health Affairs
University of California, San Francisco
Office of Legal Affairs
745 Parnassus Avenue, 2nd Floor (Faculty Alumni House)
San Francisco, CA 94143-0986
Phone: (415) 476-3186
Fax: (415) 476-0832
Ann Sparkman joined the Office of General Counsel in May 2006, serving as Deputy Campus Counsel for Health Affairs at University of California, San Francisco. Prior to joining the University of California, Ms. Sparkman was a partner at Hassard Bonnington in San Francisco, defending health plans against bad faith managed care litigation, defending physicians and allied health care professionals in medical malpractice actions, and representing Credentials Committees with Section 805 fair hearings. Ms. Sparkman also served in both the legal and compliance departments of Kaiser Permanente's program office, managing the medical malpractice and managed care litigation for the California, North Carolina and Hawaii regions, and providing health law and regulatory advice and counsel on a wide range of health care issues for all eight regions.
Ms. Sparkman provides a comprehensive range of health law advice to the medical center and campus regarding federal and state regulations affecting the delivery of health care services and human subjects research, including but not limited to the Human Research Protection Program, licensure and accreditation, peer review, medical staff, credentialing, Medicare reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and health plan contracting.
Ms. Sparkman is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. - Zoology 1975); the University of California, San Francisco (B.S.N. – Nursing 1979) and the University Of San Francisco School Of Law (J.D. 1987).
Associate Campus Counsel
Phone: (530) 754-7111
Fax: (530) 752-4931
Michael Sweeney has served as Associate Campus Counsel at UC Davis since 2007. Prior to his service at UC Davis, Mr. Sweeney was a Deputy Attorney General in the civil rights and the employment sections of the California Attorney General's Office, and Senior Staff Counsel at the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Prior to his service at DFEH, Mr. Sweeney was a litigation attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr. Sweeney is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (A.B. 1985) and the University of San Francisco, School of Law (J.D. 1988).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9755
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Leslie Van Houten has served as a University Counsel in the University of California's Office of the General Counsel since 1990. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Van Houten worked at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco. Her primary area of practice covers labor relations and employment issues, including the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), FEHA, and Title VII, American with Disabilities Act (ADA), housestaff labor and grievance matters, and personnel policies for academic and staff employees. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University (B.A. 1969, M.A. 1975) and Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College (J.D. 1981).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9773
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Cynthia Vroom has served as a University Counsel in the University of California's Office of the General Counsel since 1998. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Vroom worked at Fox & Spillane in Los Angeles practicing intellectual law with an emphasis in copyright. Her primary areas of practice include employment litigation, First Amendment issues, and academic personnel issues. She is the author of several articles on comparative constitutional law, and is a regular speaker at the annual Round Table on International Constitutional Justice in France. Ms. Vroom is a graduate of San Jose State University (B.A., M.A.), the University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D), and Stanford School of Law (J.D.).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0019
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Richard Wilson joined the Office of the General Counsel in May 2005, as a member of the litigation group with responsibility for professional liability program litigation and claims. Rick has degrees from Arizona State University, 1976, Business Administration, and University of Minnesota School of Law, 1979. After practicing law in the Minneapolis area for three years, he moved to Southern California where he began his career in the medical malpractice field for two years as a claims representative and regional claims manager for an insurance carrier. He then joined the San Francisco law firm of Hassard Bonnington LLP where he distinguished himself as a medical malpractice defense attorney. Rick left his partnership position at Hassard in 2001 and assumed a litigation management attorney position with the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts.
At the Office of the General Counsel Rick has primary responsibility for management and oversight of all Professional Liability claims and suits brought against the University and its health care employees.
Managing Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0933
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Allison Woodall is Managing Counsel of the Labor, Employment and Benefits group in the Office of the General Counsel. Ms. Woodall advises on a wide range of issues, including collective bargaining, labor-management relations, employment discrimination, personnel issues, and policy interpretation. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Woodall was a partner at Hanson, Bridgett, where she represented public and private sector employers in labor and employment matters. Ms. Woodall graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with high distinction, 1992) and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1995).
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-9747
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Margaret Wu has served as a University Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel since 2007. Ms. Wu practices in the litigation group, focusing on educational affairs and academic litigation.
Prior to joining the office, Ms. Wu worked as a litigation attorney at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in Oakland. Ms. Wu also clerked for U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Ms. Wu is a graduate of Stanford University (A.B. 1991) and of the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) (J.D. 1996), where she was a member of the California Law Review and Chair of the Moot Court Board.
Senior Campus Counsel
Phone: (415) 476-5005
Fax: (415) 476-0832
Diane Wynshaw-Boris joined the UC San Francisco Office of Legal Affairs in October of 2007. Prior to joining the office, Ms. Wynshaw-Boris headed the Business Contracts office at UC San Diego. Her primary areas of practice are business transactions and contracts. Ms. Wynshaw-Boris is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College (B.A. 1977) and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D. 1982). She was admitted to practice in Ohio, Massachusetts, and Maryland and maintains an active license in California.
Senior Counsel
Phone: (510) 987-0481
Fax: (510) 987-9757
Elisabeth Yap joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2011. Prior to joining the office, she worked at NBC Universal as Vice President, Litigation. She also has served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office and was a Skadden Fellow at the Education Law Center. Elisabeth clerked for Judge Richard S. Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She graduated from Harvard Law School (J.D., 1997, magna cum laude), where she was Managing Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and Harvard College. Elisabeth is currently licensed to practice law in New York only.