On the Move...
Keep Us in Your Loop! Have you moved? Changed firms? Opened one of your own? Gottern married? We’d love to hear from you!
Fill out the SJCL Alumni On the Move Form or email Diane at dskouti@sjcl.edu
Sean Quint
Sean Quint (Law '21) is now an Associate Attorney with The Caine Law Firm, of Fresno, where he practices Criminal Defense Law.
Mario Mella
Mario Mella (Law '21) is an Asylum Officer with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Daniel Cisneros
Daniel Cisneros (Law '20) is now a Deputy City Attorney with the City of Fresno.
Jesse M. Molina
Jesse M. Molina (Law '13) has opened Valley Business & Tech Law, a boutique, cloud-based law firm focused on Tech, AI, Data Privacy Law, and Business and Corporate Law.
Ann (Litten) Walker
Ann (Litten) Walker (Law '13) is now a Senior Associate at Wintersteen Casarez in Fresno where she continues her focus area of Worker's Compensation Defense.
Dusty Nunes
Dusty Nunes (Law '21) has joined Migliazzo Law, PC as an associate attorney. The practice focuses on employment and business litigation (general civil).
John Migliazzo
John L. Migliazzo (Law '10) has opened the law firm Migliazzo Law, PC. The practice focuses on employment and business litigation (general civil).
Virginia Madrid-Salazar
Virginia Madrid-Salazar (Law '16) is now a Deputy City Attorney II for the City of Fresno. Virginia is part of the litigation team for Labor and Employment.
Ann Walker
Ann (Litten) Walker (Law '13) is now an Associate Attorney at Wintersteen Casarez Law Corporation, a firm that specializes in worker's compensation defense. Ann works with the division that serves Fresno, Bakersfield, and San Luis Obispo.
Leanne Kent
Leanne Kent (Law '08) is now The Chief Operations Officer and General Counsel for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association in West Sacramento.
Carmen Kalashian
Carmen Kalashian (Law '16) is now at the Department of Child Support Services in Modesto, CA.
Rena Harrison
Rena Harrison (Law '19) moved recently to the Mariposa County District Attorney's Office.
George Harris
George Harris (Law '21) has joined the Yarra Law Group of Fresno, with a practice area of immigration relief.
Manuel Ignacio
Manuel "Manny" Ignacio (Law '11) opened Ignacio Legal in 2022, with a focus on Labor and Employment Law Defense, in Camarillo, CA.
Jordan Bennett
Jordan Bennett (Law '20) has opened The Law Office of Jordan A. Bennett.
Jared Bertoni
Jared Bertoni (Law '20) is now an Associate Attorney at Yrulegui & Roberts.
Angad Puniani
Angad Puniani (Law '20) is now at the Law Office of Matthew H. Springmeyer in Chula Vista, CA, where he is practicing immigration law.
Andrew Antaramian
Andrew Antaramian (Law '14) is starting his own law practice in Glendale, Antaramian Law, where he practices PI, Labor and Employment, and Estate Planning.
Brittany Hines
Brittany Hines (Law '16) is now at Laughlin Falbo Levy & Moresi with a focus on workers compensation defense.
Tomas Ross
Tomas Ross (Law '13) has been promoted to State Managing Attorney and now oversees the California staff counsel operation of Loya Casualty Insurance Company. The company is expanding and opening a legal office in northwest Fresno in 2023.
SJCL’s Past & Present Bench Officers
United States Magistrate Judge
Hon. Gary S. Austin, U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of California
United States Bankruptcy Court Judge
Hon. W. Richard Lee, Eastern District of California
Superior Court Judges
Hon. James Aaron, Fresno County
Hon. Brian Alvarez, Fresno County
Hon. Brian Austin, Madera County
Hon. Mark Bacciarini, Merced County
Hon. Gabriel L. Brickey, Fresno County
Hon. Erin Childs, San Luis Obispo County
Hon. Monica Diaz, Fresno County
Hon. Glenda Doan, Kings County
Hon. Elizabeth A. Egan, Fresno County
Hon. Amy Freeman, Fresno County
Hon. Amy Guerra, Fresno County
Hon. Eric Helgesen, Riverside County
Hon. Efren N. Iglesia, Monterey County
Hon. Michael J. Jurkovich, Madera County
Hon. Kerri M. Lopez, Tulare County
Hon. Pahoua C. Lor, Fresno County
Hon. Irene Luna, Fresno County
Hon. Rosemary T. McGuire, Fresno County
Hon. Toni Mims-Cochran, Alameda County
Hon. Kimberly Nystrom-Geist, Fresno County
Hon. Don Penner, Fresno County
Hon. James Petrucelli, Fresno County
Hon. R. L. “Chip” Putnam, Fresno County
Hon. Angus Saint-Evens, Glenn County
Hon. Houry Sanderson, Fresno County
Hon. Alan Simpson, Fresno County
Hon. Donna Tarter, Kings County
Hon. Ricky Tripp, Tulare County
Hon. Sosi Chitakian Vogt, Madera County
Hon. Charles Wieland, Madera County
Federal and State Administrative Law Judges
Hon. Ashley Allred
Hon. Jose Banuelos
Hon. Catherine Benko
Hon. Edward R. Carrillo Jr.
Hon. Monica A. Coats
Hon. Norma A. Crane
Hon. Eileen Deimerly
Hon. James Donabed
Hon. William Gunn
Hon. Walter Johnsen
Hon. Jeremy K. Lusk
Hon. Sharon Madsen
Hon. W. Rod McCelland Jr.
Hon. Christine L. Nijjer
Hon. Elizabeth Parker
Hon. Debra Sandoval
Hon. Susan K. Shampanier
Hon. Geoffrey Sims
Hon. Nancy Smith
Hon. Stephanie M. Snyder
Hon. Barbara St. Louis
Hon. Georgia York
Hon. Duane Young
Court Commissioners
Hon. Daniel Brickey, Fresno County
Hon. Robert Broughton, Contra Costa County
Hon. Nancy Cisneros, Fresno County
Hon. Jeremias DeMelo, Jr., Kings County
Hon. Ronda Duncan, Fresno County
Hon. Cynthia Hopper, Fresno County
Hon. Diane Lushbough, Fresno County
Hon. Stephen Sefton, San Luis Obispo County
Hon. Mary Thornton, Fresno County
Hon. Charlotte Wittig, Tulare County