Apr. 27, 2012

On April 19, the Southern California chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel hosted its invitation-only Rising Star Reception at Las Brisas in Laguna Beach. The organization honored 54 young legal professionals, including 35 in-house counsel “rising stars” and 19 law firm honorees. Those honored were selected based on nominations from in-house and outside counsel peers. See below for full list of in-house honorees. - David McAfee List of ACC-SoCal Rising Star Recipients Rachel Barack, managing counsel, The Clorox Co.; Tammy Brandt, general counsel, ServiceMesh Inc.; Kimberly Carter, associate counsel, Montage Hotels & Resorts; Jeffrey Compangano, vice president and corporate counsel, The Word & Brown Co.; Moze Cowper, senior counsel, Amgen; Tiffany Easton, assistant principal counsel, The Walt Disney Co.; Camilla Eng, general counsel, JM Eagle; Jennifer Fisher, senior counsel, The Boeing Co.; Lauralee Gooch, corporate counsel, Power-One, Inc.; Ashley Good, SVP and general counsel, Arbonne; Victoria Harvey, general counsel, Real Mex Restaurants; Preston Hopson, assistant general counsel, AECOM Technology Corp.; Lily Hughes, vice president and associate general counsel, Ingram Micro Inc.; Jane Kikuta, associate counsel, Prospect Mortgage; Katie Klein, senior corporate counsel, Clean Energy Fuels; Mark Krause, senior compliance and litigation counsel, Warner Brothers.; Michael Landres, director, business and legal, international theatrical, Paramount; Allen Leggett, senior corporate counsel, Back Bay Group, LLC; Matt Maletta, vice president of legal affairs, Allergan; Megan Martin, senior trademark counsel, Warner Brothers; Kathleen Paralusz, senior counsel, Northrup Grauman; Katie Rodin, assistant general counsel, Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club, LLC; James Schindler, senior corporate counsel, Masimo Corporation; Gary Sedlike, associate general counsel, Toshiba America Info Systems, Inc.; Jenny Sievers, senior attorney, SoCal Edison; Bijal Shah, vice president and assistant general counsel, Avery Dennison Corp.; Owen Smigelski, manager of contracual compliance, ICANN; Kimberly Tobias, senior legal director, Live Nation; Danielle Van Lier, senior counsel, IP and contracts, SAG-AFTRA; Jenny Wang, general counsel, Exemplis, Inc.; Jason Weintraub, director of international legal affairs, Broadcom; Daniell Weir, vice president and senior legal counsel, Union Bank; Cameron Wescott, legal counsel, Kia Motors; Erin Wilson, assistant general counsel, First American Financial Corporation; Lisa Wright, legal counsel, Liberty Dental Plan; Roger Cerda, senior associate, Alston & Bird LLP; Sid Fohrman, counsel member, Barnes & Thornurg LLP; Kevin O’Malley, associate, Blank Rome LLP; Jason Goldstein, business litigation, Buchalter Nemer; Marc Miles, partner, Callahan & Blaine; Daniel A. Sasse, partner, Crowell & Moring LLP; Sandra Smith Thayer, partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP; Bryan S. Gadol, partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Robert L. Efthimos, associate, Hogan Lovells; Samantha Hoffman, partner, Jackson Lewis LLP; Shoshannah D. Katz, partner, K&L Gates LLP; Tirzah Lowe, partner, Knobbe Martens; Emil Petrossian, associate, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP; Daphne Bishop, associate, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart; Alejandro Angulo, partner, Rutan & Tucker LLP; Tim Rusche, partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Derek Rockers, special counsel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Elizabeth Weldon, partner, Snell & Wilmer LLP; J. Anthony Borrego, of counsel, Winston & Strawn LLP.