Deborah Mallgrave of Greenberg Gross LLP
(center) begins her term as
Public Law Center’s President
this year and is joined by fellow officers:
Vice President Brian B. Farrell of Banc of California
,
Secretary/Treasurer Dina M. Randazzo
, and
Immediate Past President Mark Erickson of Haynes and Boone, LLP
. Together, they lead a
41-member Volunteer Board of Directors
which welcomed eight new members in January (clockwise from top left):
Tara Cowell
is the
Founding President of Cowell Law
. She has nearly 20 years of combined experience in clinical research and providing in-house and outside legal services with a strong background in healthcare.
Samantha E. Dorey
is a
Founding Partner of Everett Dorey LLP
, where she specializes in complex civil litigation with an emphasis in catastrophic injury, public entity defense, mass tort, asbestos litigation and environmental law.
Mandy H. Kim
is a
Partner at McDermott Will & Emery
. She focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and has significant experience managing complex litigations across a wide range of technologies.
Jennifer Lee Koh
is a
Visiting Professor of Law at UCI Law
. Her scholarship focuses on the convergence of immigration enforcement and criminal justice systems, legal frameworks governing deportation, and the federal courts’ treatment of immigration claims.
Daniel S. Schneider
is a
Partner at Newmeyer Dillion
, where his practice focuses on construction, insurance coverage, cybersecurity, real estate, and general/commercial litigation.
Sean M. Sherlock
is a
Partner at Snell & Wilmer
, where he represents real estate developers, investors, and lenders in environmental, land use, and real estate litigation matters. Sean was PLC’s 2019 Attorney of the Year.
Tony Wang
is a
Partner at O’Melveny
, where he focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on private equity, venture capital, merger and acquisition, and Asia-related media and entertainment transactions.
Christina Zabat-Fran
is
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for St. John
. She leads legal affairs during a crucial era of the multinational brand’s evolution and global expansion.