Los Angeles County Bar Association President-Elect

The following persons, listed alphabetically, are among the 100+ who signed Jo-Ann W. Grace's nominating petition or otherwise endorsed her. Titles are used for identification purposes, only, and do not imply an endorsement by the organization.

Lee Kanon Alpert
Former president, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, past chair of Los Angeles County Commission on Judicial Procedures

Hon. Phillip J. Argento
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Hon. Elizabeth Baron
Retired Court of Appeal justice

Hon. Marvin Baxter
California Supreme Court justice (ret.)

Myles L. Berman
Past president, Century City Bar Association

Hon. Robert C. Bonner
Retired U.S.District Court judge for the Central District of California, former administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Hon. Roger Boren
Retired Court of Appeal presiding justice

Brent A. Braun
Former chair of LACBA's Judicial Elections Evaluation Committee, retired supervisory special FBI agent

Ronald F. Brot
LACBA immediate past president

Hon. Suzanne Bruguera
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Bonnie Marie Bursk
Past president, Southern California Counsel of Elder Law Attorneys

Charles Calderon
Former state senator

Carey Caruso
President, Criminal Courts Bar Assn.

Hon. John Chiang
Former California state treasurer, former state controller, former attorney for Office of State Controller

Hon. Isabel Cohen
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge, former president of California Women Lawyers

Hon. Steve Cooley
Former Los Angeles County district attorney

Hon. Jaime R. Corral
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Jill A. Cossman
President, Women's Leadership Counsel

Hon. Lawrence Crispo
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge, past member of the State Bar Board of Governors, past president of Wilshire Bar Association

Lea D'Agostino
Former deputy district attorney (prosecutor of "Alphabet Bomber" and in "Twilight Zone" manslaughter case)

William A. Daniels
President of Encino Lawyers Assn., San Fernando Valley Bar Association trustee

Jack Denove
Past president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

Brant Dveirin
LACBA trustee, chair of LACBA’s Real Property Section

David Gernick
Past two-term president of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, former LACBA trustee

Hon. Arnold H. Gold
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Michael A. Goldstein
Past president, Criminal Courts Bar Association

Gary S. Greene
Attorney, founder, conductor, Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic

Hon. Leland B. Harris
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Harry L. Hathaway
Past president, LACBA

Hon. Rex Heeseman
Former Los Angeles Superior Court judge, past chair of LACBA delegation to the State Bar Conference of California Delegates

Hon. Michael Hoff
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Reginald Holmes
Past president of Langston Bar Association, former member of LACBA Board of Trustees, former member of the California Judicial Council

Nowland C. Hong
A founder and two-time president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, past chair of LACBA's Senior Lawyers Section

Tamila Jensen
Current LACBA president, past president of San Fernando Valley Bar Association

Brian Kabateck
Past president: LACBA, Consumer Lawyers of Los Angeles, Century City Bar Association

Diane Karpman
Legal ethics columnist, California Bar Journal

Patrick M. Kelly
Past president of LACBA, past State Bar president

Robert L. Kern
Past president of the Eastern Bar Association

Donna Kirkner
LACBA trustee, chair-elect of LACBA Senior Lawyers SectionFormer

Nancy Knupfer
Past president, Beverly Hills Bar Association

Christopher K.D. Leong
Past president, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

Mark A. Lester
Member of the California Board of Legal Specialization

Richard Lewis
Former president, San Fernando Valley Bar Association

Patricia Lobello
Past president of Eastern Bar Association

Albert Lum
A founder and first president of  Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

Hon. Robert M. Mallano
Retired Court of Appeal presiding justice, former Los Angeles Superior Court presiding judge

Hon. William MacLaughlin
Former Los Angeles Superior Court judge, former presiding judge

Frank A. Magnanimo
Member of the Executive Committee of LACBA's Labor and Employment Law Section

Jason C. Marsili
former co-chair of the American Bar Association's Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee, member of the Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law, member of Board of Directors for the Impact Fund and Legal Aid at Work.

Hon. Charles W. McCoy
Former Los Angeles Superior Court judge, former presiding judge

John P. McNicolas
Former vice president of State Bar of California, former chair of State Bar Board of Bar Examiners, past president of Los Angeles chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates

Michael E. Meyer
Past president, LACBA

Charles Michaels
Past president, LACBA

Linda Nakamura
Past chair of State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission, past chair of American Immigration Lawyers Assn. Southern California Chapter, past chair of LACBA's Immigration Law Section

Hon. Michael Nash
Director of  Los Angeles County Office of Child Protection, former Los Angeles Superior Court judge and former presiding judge of the Juvenile Court

Hon. John W. Ouderkirk
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Cindy Pasternak
Past president, Beverly Hills Bar Association

Lloyd Pellman
Former county counsel, County of Los Angeles

Hon. Victor Persón
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Hon. Robert H. Philibosian
Former Los Angeles County district attorney

Philip C. Putnam
Past president, Wilshire Bar Association 

Hon. John H. Reid
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Luis Rodriguez
Past president: State Bar of California, Mexican American Bar Association, La Raza Lawyers Association

Alice Salvo
Former San Fernando Valley Bar Association president, past chair of the State Bar Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission

V. Ahda Sands
Past president of the John M. Langston Bar Association, past co-chair of the Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance

Hon. Stephanie Sautner
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge

Victor Santouchi
Past chair of Breakfast Club

Linda Miller Savitt
Diplomat of American Board of Trial Advocates, former member of the Executive Committee of Los Angeles Chapter

Christian Scali
Member of LACBA Litigation Section Executive Committee, member of Board of Governors of LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles

Marlene S. Seltzer
Former member of San Fernando Valley Bar Association Board of Trustees, for chair of SFVBA Probate Section 

Clara L. Slifkin
Retired administrative law judge

Selma Moidel Smith
Two-time president of Southern California Women Lawyers (forerunner of Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles)  

Timothy B. Sotille
Member of Executive Committee of the State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section.

Ed Summers
Former LACBA trustee

John D. Taylor
Past president, LACBA

Hon. Dickran Tevrizian
Former U.S. District Court judge of the Central District of California, former judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court

Phyllis Alden Truby
Former chair of State Bar's Franchise Law Committee, former vice chair of State Bar's Business Law Section Executive Committee

Caroline Vincent
LACBA trustee-elect

Gavin Hachiya Wasserman
Former president, LACBA Barristers, former member,  Japanese American Bar Assn. Board of Governors

Wei C. Wong
Former president of San Gabriel Valley Bar Assn., former president Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

Angela A. Zanin
Member, LACBA President’s Advisory Committee on Women in the Legal Profession

Also:

--Council of Sections

--Italian American Lawyers Association

and President Mariana Noli,

along with past presidents (alphabetically):  Claire Ambrosio, Tom Cacciatore, Sheldon Capeloto, Diana Carloni, Carey Caruso, Douglas J. Collodel, Hon. Lawrence W. Crispo, John F. Denove, R. David DiJulio, Michael R. Diliberto, Chuck Lombino, Lydia G. Liberio, Rocco Liberio, Patricia A. Lobello, Theresa Macellaro, James Walter Michalski, Stephen Mesi, Anthony Salerno, Gregory Salvato, Alice A. Salvo, Phillip Scuderi, Scott Shea, and Hon. Bruce Sottile (Los Angeles Superior Court judge, ret.)

To see Jo-Ann's background, CLICK HERE