Alumni Association

The USC Gould Alumni Association is a community of more than 15,000 alumni worldwide. Its mission is to further the tradition of the Trojan Network by creating and maintaining meaningful connections among alumni and with the law school. All graduates of USC Gould's JD and master's degree programs are automatically admitted to the Association.

Led by a volunteer alumni board appointed by the dean, the Alumni Association oversees a wide range of networking, educational, and enrichment programming throughout the year. We encourage graduates to contact their local leaders to learn more about activities in their area.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Karine Akopchikyan, JD 2015 - President
  Attorney
  Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory and Nastis, LLP

• Margaret Abernathy, JD 2014 - Vice President
  General Counsel and Head of Operations, Legal/Operations
  Phase Four, Inc

• Nathan Hardy, JD 2015 - Secretary
  Associate Attorney
  Reed & Davidson, LLP

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Jerusha D'Souza, LLM 2020 (Mumbai, India)
  Foreign Attorney
  Syft

• Varun Nischal, LLM 2009 (New Delhi, India)
  Partner
  Q&A Advocates

• Nikita Shankar, LLM 2019 (Mumbai, India)
  TINNUTS
  Principal Associate

• Kaifan "Kevin" Zhu, LLM 2018 (China)
  Legal Manager
  Pingan Group

LOS ANGELES COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Ayano Ichida, JD 1997 - Co-chair
  Founder
  Law Office of Ayano Ichida

• Leila Rossetti, JD 2006 - Co-chair
  Senior Counsel
  Anderson McPharlin and Conners, LLP

• Astrid Anaya, MSL 2022
  Real Estate Program Manager
  Amazon.com

• Jose Del Rio, III, JD 2019

• Jeffery Elder, JD 2012
  Deputy Legal Counsel II
  Southern California Association of Governments

• Noemi Lujan Perez, BA 1996, MSL 2019
  Chief Strategy Officer
  ECODiversity LLC

• Joshua Moore, JD 2014
  Coordinator, Casting Administration, Content Legal
  Netflix

• Jasmine Richter, JD 1999

• Janet Shamilian, JD 2019
  Associate Attorney
  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

NEW YORK COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Ofunne Edoziem, JD 2008 - Chair
  Associate Attorney, Private Law Practice
  Perkins Coie, LLP

• Zach Aries, JD 2017
  Associate Attorney
  Shearman & Sterling, LLP

• Eric Pelletier, JD 2016
  Senior Vice President
  Citibank

• Morgan Brock Smith, JD 2021
  Associate Attorney
  White & Case, LLP

• John Stanley, JD 2017
  Associate Attorney
  Dechert, LLP

• Eun Suk Yang, JD 2020, LLM 2021
  Staff Attorney, IP Desk
  KOTRA New York

ORANGE COUNTY COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Lisa Harrington, JD 1993 – Co-chair
  Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  Viant Technology

• Janani Rana, JD 2009 – Co-Chair
  Attorney
  Minyard Morris

• Anitha Cadambi, LLM 2011
  Senior Associate Director and Adjunct Professor of Law
  USC Gould School of Law

• Annee Della Donna, JD 1988
  Owner
  Della Donna Law

• Christie Johns, JD 2002
  Head of West Coast Sales
  RGP

• Brianne Kendall, BA 2007, JD 2012
  Associate Attorney
  Jones Day

• Brian Kim, JD 2019
  Corporate Counsel
  Smile Brands Inc.

• Jason Lee, JD 2009
  Partner
  K&L Gates, LLP

• Fred Thiagarajah, JD 1999
  Principal Attorney
  Right Choice Law, Inc.

• Anne Waddell, JD 2016
  Managing Associate
  Dentons

SAN DIEGO COMMITTEE [email protected]

• Robert Theiring, LLM 2019 – Chair
  Associate Attorney, Litigation
  Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

• Eva Adel, JD 2019
  Associate Attorney
  Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton, LLP

• Whitney Hodges, JD 2010
  Partner
  Sheppard, Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP

• James Kramer,, JD 2012
  Partner
  Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

• Te-Aira Law, JD 2012
  Associate Attorney
  Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP

SAN FRANCISCO [email protected]

• Irene Jang, JD 2018 - Chair
  Associate Attorney
  Latham & Watkins, LLP

• Vanessa Bell, JD 2015
  Associate Attorney
  Kilpatrick, Townsend, & Stockton, LLP

• John Esparza, MSL 2022
  Counterintelligence Officer
  U.S. Department of Defense

• Jessie Hewins,, JD 2010
  Interim Director
  Homebase/The Center for Common Concerns

• Hon. Ronald Stovitz, JD 1967
  Judge Pro Tem
  State Bar of California

WASHINGTON, DC [email protected]

• Alexandra "Aly" Highsmith, JD 2019 - Co-chair
  Associate Attorney
  Latham & Watkins, LLP

• Alexander "AJ" Merton, JD 201 – Co-Chair
  Partner
  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

• Ava-Joye Burnett, MSL 2020
  News Reporter
  WJZ-CBS Baltimore

• Lauryn Carr, JD 2015
  Agency Counsel
  U.S. Army JAG Corps

• Jamie De Boer, JD 2013
  Trial Attorney
  U.S. Department of Justice

• Daniel Koffman, JD 2010
  Business Attorney
  The Veritas Law Firm

• Brandon Thompson, JD 2019
  Associate Attorney
  Perkins Coie, LLP