Administration
Roy O. Hurd, Chairman, CEO and President
Sherie L. Hurd, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Operations
Brian J. Purtill, Esq., Dean
Tracy Chodora, Assistant to the Dean/Registrar
Admissions
Dahnja Schiro, Director of Admissions
Accounting
Stacey Demidow, Controller and Director of Benefits Administration
Jessica Fairfield, Accounts Receivable Manager
Georgie Micallef, Bookstore Manager
Peggy Ransford, Accounts Payable Manager/Accounting Assistant
Administrative Services
Debbie Benedetti, Senior Administrative Assistant
Ken Castor, Maintenance Supervisor
Karina Nuno, Administrative Services Manager
Trenton Schuttler, System Administrator
Robert Swanson, Law Librarian
Career Services
Eddy Gilbert, Career Placement Advisor
Financial Aid
Mary O’Brien, Financial Aid Director
Lea Smith, Financial Aid Advisor
Kass Von der Mehden, Federal Student Loan Repayment Manager
Faculty – Fall Trimester 2020
Jared Babula, Esq., BS, JD, LL.M.
California Energy Commission
Sonoma State University California
Empire College School of Law, California
Golden Gate University, California
The Honorable Katie Boriolo, BA, JD
Administrative Law Judge, Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board
Chico State University, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Margaret A. Brothers, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
Wellesley College
Empire College School of Law, California
Adam Brown, Esq., BA, JD
Disability Services & Legal Center
Hartwick College, New York
Franklin Pierce Law Center, New Hampshire
Deborah Bull, Esq., BA, JD
Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz
Stanford University
Empire College School of Law, California
Connie Burtnett, Esq., AB, JD
Private Practitioner
Princeton University, New Jersey
Empire College School of Law, California
Dave Carr, Esq., BA, JD
Dept. of Justice, Attorney General’s Office
University of California, Santa Cruz, California
University of San Diego School of Law, California
Murray Cockerill, Esq., BA, JD
Sonoma County Superior Court
New York University
Empire College School of Law, California
Rex Grady, Esq., BA, MA, MA, JD
Robins Cloud LLP
University of California, San Diego, California
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Empire College School of Law, California
Roger J. Illsley, Esq., BA, JD
Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz
University of California, Davis, California
University of Southern California, California
Daniel J. Lanahan, III, Esq., BA, JD
Flack Law, PC
St. Mary’s College of California, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Keith Langan, Esq., BA, JD
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
University of San Francisco, California
Golden Gate University School of Law, California
The Honorable Paul Lozada, BA, JD
Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner
St. Mary’s College, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Kathleen Pozzi, Esq., BA, JD
Public Defender, Sonoma County
University of San Francisco, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Ronit Rubinoff, Esq., BA, JD
Executive Director, Legal Aid of Sonoma County
Middlebury College, Vermont
Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Robert Rutherfurd, Esq., AB, JD
Anderson Zeigler Disharoon Gallagher & Gray
University of California, Berkeley
Hastings College of Law
James Sansone, Esq., BS, JD
Carle Mackie Power & Ross, LLP
University of San Francisco, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Martin L. Seeger, IV, Esq., BA, JD
Babin & Seeger, LLP
University of the Pacific, California
Pacific McGeorge School of Law, California
Robert A. Swanson, Esq., BS, JD
University of Missouri
Empire College School of Law, California
Philip “Jeff” Terry, Esq., BA, JD
Carle Mackie Power & Ross, LLP
University of California, Berkeley
Hastings College of the Law, California
Faculty – Adjunct Pool
Tadd C. Aiona, Esq., BA, JD
Law Offices of Tadd C. Aiona
Sonoma State University, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Jeffrey L. Berk, Esq., BA, JD
Chief Assistant City Attorney’s Office
Michigan State University
University of San Francisco School of Law, California
Shawn Bunyard, Esq., AA, JD
Redwood Empire Law and Mediation
Santa Rosa Junior College, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Heather Bussing, Esq. BA, JD
Private Practitioner
University of Kansas, Kansas
University of Kansas, Kansas
Julie Cyphers, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
California State University, Chico, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Susan T. Daniel, Esq., BA, MA, JD
Employee Relations Consultants
Queens College, New York
Syracuse University, New York
University of Santa Clara, California
The Honorable Elliot L. Daum, BA, JD
Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County (Retired)
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
University of Santa Clara, California
The Honorable Bradford DeMeo, Esq., BA, JD
Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County
Sonoma State University, California
University of Santa Clara, California
Michael C. Fallon, Esq., BS, JD
Private Practitioner
Boston University, Massachusetts
Empire College School of Law, California
Ann Gallagher White, Esq., BA, JD
Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office
University of California, Santa Barbara
Southwestern School of Law
The Honorable Rudolph Gerber, BA, MA, Ph.D, JD, LLM
Court of Appeals Judge, Arizona (Retired)
St. Louis University
Columbia University
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
University of Notre Dame Law School
University of Virginia Law School
Patrick G. Grattan, Esq., BA, JD
Geary Shea O’Donnell Grattan and Mitchell (Retired)
West Point Military Academy
University of California, Davis
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Marianna Green, Esq., BA, JD
Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office
University of California, Los Angeles
Willamette University College of Law
Michael Green, Esq., BA, JD
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery
University of Arizona
University of Denver College of Law
Fiona Hall, Esq., BA, JD
Superior Court, Sonoma County
University of California, Davis, California
Empire College School of Law, California
The Honorable Daniel M. Hanlon, BA, JD
California Court of Appeals (Retired)
Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The Honorable Allan Hardcastle, BA, JD
Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County (Retired)
University of the Pacific, California
Pacific McGeorge School of Law, California
The Honorable Christopher M. Honigsberg, BA, JD
Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County
University of California, Santa Rosa
University of San Francisco School of Law
Brendan Kunkle, Esq., BA, JD
Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery
California State University
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo
Golden Gate University School of Law
Monica Lehre, Esq., AA, BA, JD
O’Brien Watters & Davis LLP
Santa Rosa Junior College, California
Sonoma State University, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Robyn Mancini, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
Simon Fraser University
Empire College School of Law, California
Rachel Mansfield-Howlett, Esq., BS, JD
Provencher & Flatt, LLP
Simon Fraser University
Empire College School of Law, California
Naomi E. Metz, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
Mills College, California
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence R. Mills, Esq., BSE, MPP, JD
Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services
Princeton University
University of Michigan
University of Michigan (Editor-in-Chief, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform)
Karlene M. Navarro, Esq., BA, JD
Director, Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review & Oversight, County of Sonoma
University of California, Irvine
University of San Francisco School of Law
The Honorable Lawrence E. Ornell, BA, JD
Superior Court Judge, Sonoma County
California State University, Sacramento, California
Empire College School of Law, California
The Honorable Becky Rasmason, BS, JD
Superior Court Commissioner
Arizona State University, Arizona
Empire College School of Law, California
Jill Ravitch, Esq., BA, JD
Sonoma County District Attorney
University of California, Berkeley, California
University of San Francisco Law School, California
Holly Rickett, Esq., BA, JD
Office of Sonoma County Counsel
University of Idaho, Idaho
University of California Hastings College of the Law, California
Laura C. Rosenthal, Esq., BA, JD
Law Office of Richard J. Meechan
University of Denver, Colorado
University of Denver College of Law, Colorado
Viveka A. Rydell-Anderson, Esq., BA, JD
CEO, PDI Surgery Center
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey H. Scheiner, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara College of Law
Carmen D. Sinigiani, Esq., BS, JD
Spaulding, McCullough & Tansil LLP
Queens College, New York
University of California, Davis
Empire College School of Law, California
Lynne Stark-Slater, Esq., BA, JD
Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County
University of the Pacific, California
Empire College School of Law, California
Joseph Stogner, Esq., JD
Private Practitioner
Pacific McGeorge School of Law, California
Tina Wallis, Esq., BS, JD
Law Offices of Tina Wallis
University of California, Davis, California
Vermont Law School, Vermont
Joseph Wiseman, Esq., BA, JD
Private Practitioner
University of California, Los Angeles, California
University of Oregon School of Law, Oregon
Anthony Zunino, Esq., BS, JD
Bluestone Zunino & Hamilton, LLP
University of San Francisco
Empire College School of Law, California