The USC Gould Alumni Association is a community of more than 13,000 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
