The Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center

Keeping the Promise of Justice for All

Board of Directors

The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center’s Board of Directors is comprised of many distinguished members of the San Francisco bay area legal and corporate communities. Their sustained engagement, leadership, and financial support enables the LAS–ELC to remain as vital and relevant today as when we were founded in 1916.

Officers

*Kenneth L. Guernsey
Cooley LLP
Chair
*Scott A. Fink
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Executive Vice Chair
*Elizabeth J. Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Vice Chair
*Robert M. Dell
Latham & Watkins LLP
Vice Chair
*Lisa McCabe van Krieken
Folger Levin LLP
Vice Chair
*Laurence F. Pulgram
Fenwick & West LLP
Secretary
*James M. Strother
Wells Fargo & Company
Treasurer

Directors

James H. Abrams
Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP
*José R. Allen
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
*Richard F. Beal
Towers Watson
Madeline Chun
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Douglas J. Clark
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Gary M. Cohen
Office of Congressman John Garamendi
Linda M. Dardarian
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
Robert J. Erickson
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (retired)
Daniel Feinberg
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.
James M. Finberg
Altshuler Berzon LLP
Howard F. Fine
Baker & McKenzie LLP
James H. Fleming
Reed Smith LLP
*Kevin M. Fong
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
John R. Foote
Nixon Peabody LLP
Simon J. Frankel
Covington & Burling LLP
Ellen A. Friedman
Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP
*David F. Gross
DLA Piper
*Kirke M. Hasson
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Kenneth G. Hausman
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin
*William N. Hebert
Calvo & Clark LLP
Christopher T. Heffelfinger
Berman DeValerio
David A. Honig
Winston & Strawn LLP
*Aaron Kaufmann
Hinton, Alfert & Sumner
Karin Kramer
Howrey LLP
Keith M. Krom
AT&T Services, Inc.
Marc A. Lackner
Bank of America
Michael G.W. Lee
Law Offices of Michael G.W. Lee
Harvey L. Leiderman
Reed Smith LLP
*Mark R. Levie
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Barry S. Levin
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
*Jack W. Londen
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Steven R. Lowenthal
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
David M. Madrid
Daniel S. Mason
Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP
Louise M. McCabe
Nixon Peabody LLP
Rachael E. Meny
Keker & Van Nest LLP
Samuel R. Miller
Sidley Austin LLP
George M. Newcombe
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Benjamin R. Ostapuk
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Richard R. Patch
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
Mark H. Penskar
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Thomas M. Peterson
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Donn P. Pickett
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Roxane A. Polidora
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
James A. Quadra
Calvo & Clark LLP
Rosemarie T. Ring
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
*James N. Roethe
J. Roethe ADR Services
Guy Rounsaville, Jr.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Wondie Russell
Richard Saveri
Saveri & Saveri, Inc.
James M. Schurz
Morrison & Foerster LLP
*Mary Jo C. Shartsis
Shartsis Friese LLP
Thomas F. Smegal, Jr.
Law Offices of Thomas F. Smegal, Jr.
*Darin Snyder
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Therese M. Stewart
Office of the San Francisco City Attorney
Paul W. Vapnek
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
The Honorable James L. Warren (Ret.)
JAMS
Lenard G. Weiss
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Steven G. Zieff
Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP

*Member of the Executive Committee