We’re proud of our successful law school alumni.
Empire College alumni comprise approximately 25 percent of the Sonoma County Bar. Thirteen are now members of the judiciary in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Lassen, Calaveras, and Merced counties, along with one in Arizona. A partial list of alumni appears below.
Tadd C. Aiona, Attorney at Law, Provencher & Flatt LLP
Hon. Shelly Averill, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge
Jared J. Babula, Senior Staff Counsel, California Energy Commission
Hon. Raima H. Ballinger, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge
Hon. Carla Bonilla, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner (retired)
Craig T. Brooks, Deputy District Attorney, Sonoma County; President, Sonoma County Prosecutors Association
Hon. Ron W. Brown, Mendocino County Superior Court Judge (1996-2011)
Jeanne M. Browne, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner
Hon. Jeanne M. Buckley, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner (retired)
Hon. Thomas S. Burr, Commissioner, Superior Court of Merced County (retired)
Anne D’Arcy, Associate, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP
Teresa de la O, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner
Jeffrey E. Duplicki, Associate, McMillan & Shureen LLP
Patrick M. Dyas, Attorney at Law, Adams Nye Sinunu Bruni Becht LLP
Marlisa A. Ferreira, Senior Deputy District Attorney – Gang Unit, Stanislaus County
Gail F. Flatt, Partner, Provencher & Flatt LLP
Jacqueline D. Gillespie, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner
Michael Gogna, City Attorney, Healdsburg and Fort Bragg; Attorney at Law, Meyers Nave
Stephen E. Hansel, President, Hansel Leasing
Donald P. Hawley, Claims Counsel, Universal Underwriters Group
John A. Holdredge, Partner, Geary, Shea, O’Donnell & Grattan PC
Sharon H. Holwerda, Attorney at Law, Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder
Ronald W. Horton, Attorney at Law, State Compensation Insurance Fund
Seth Howard, Attorney at Law, Law Office of Steve Turer
Yolanda M. Jackson, Deputy Executive Director and Diversity Director, Bar Association of San Francisco
Scott A. Jamar, Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney
Patrick W. Kilkenny, President/CEO, National Bank of the Redwoods
Joseph C. Kinkade, Staff Attorney, School and College Legal Services
John P. LaLonde, Deputy District Attorney, Fresno County
Heidi Larson, Deputy District Attorney, Mendocino County
John P. Levering, Associate, Mullen & Filippi LLP
Mark F. Lightfoot, Attorney at Law, American Home Shield Insurance
Hon. Paul Lozada, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner
Katy Rose Lusson, Attorney at Law, Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
Julianne Major, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner
Jean Maltby, Research Attorney, Sonoma County Superior Court
Susan Moore Massini, Mendocino County District Attorney, 1987-1999
Michael G. Miller, Partner, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP
Carol J. Monahan, Chief Counsel, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Adrienne M. Moran, Partner, Shapiro, Galvin, Shapiro, Piasta & Moran
Hon. Lawrence E. Ornell, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge
Kathleen A. Pozzi, Sonoma County Chief Deputy Public Defender
Douglas B. Provencher, Partner, Provencher & Flatt
Nathaniel Raff, Law Offices of L. Stephen Turer
Hon. Becky Rasmason, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner
Andy J. Rubinger, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Napa County
Peggy J. Schmeck, Attorney at Law, Sonoma County Family Mediation Services (retired)
E. Gregory Schrader, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner
Richard S. Scott, Associate, Andrian & Gallenson
Doug Shureen, Partner, McMillan & Shureen LLP; 2006 President, Sonoma County Bar Association
Ann Thomas, Attorney at Law & Project Director, Council on Aging
Daniel Taylor, Associate Attorney, Ellis Law Group, LLP
Hon. Francisca P. Tisher, Napa County Superior Court Judge
George R. Valenzuela, Attorney at Law, Santa Rosa City Schools
J. Ross Walker, Willits City Attorney
Robert Wieworka, Staff Counsel, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Thomas Q. Winter, MD, Of Counsel, Teal & Montgomery
Note: Listings reflect the most current information available at the time of publication. To update a listing, contact shurd@empirecollege.com.