Law Alumni Association Board
Officers
- President: Karisa E. Yocham ’17, Attorney, California Department of Insurance
- First Vice President: Eric Fanchiang ’17, Associate, Crowell & Moring
- Second Vice President: Anne Marie Nicholson ’21, Associate, Haynes and Boone
- New Alumni Officer: Amruta Trivedi ’21, Clerk at the Eastern District of California
- LL.M. Officer: Khorshid Kamran ’22, Trust, Estate Planning & Real Estate Law Clerk, Hess-Verdon & Associates at Newport Beach
Governing Council
- Nefi Acosta ’16, Strava
- Marcel Budiono ’19, Associate, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
- Joni Carrasco ’12
- Emily Cross ’16, General Counsel, Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
- Terence Desouza ’17, Associate, Fenwick & West
- Pilar Escontrias ’20, Clerk, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Kari Ferver ’21, Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP
- Shirley Kim ’16, Director of Government and Community Relations, Byte
- Christopher Lawrence ’21, Associate, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
- Robyn Lin ’21, Associate, Troutman Pepper
- Eldrin Masangkay ’20, Associate, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Jordin Wilcher ’21, Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Jiaxiao Zhang ’17, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Maryam Zomorodian ’20, University of California, Irvine
Ex Officio
Past Presidents
- Mohammad Elayan ’12, Cooley: 2012, 2013
- Jeffrey Wachs ’12, Netflix: 2014
- Isra Shah ’12, Counsel, City of Huntington Beach: 2015
- Alisa Hartz ’12, Office of Youth and Community Restoration (CHHS): 2016
- Tracey Steele ’12, Karavas Kiely Schloss & Whitman LLP: 2017
- Samrah Mahmoud ’12, Troutman Pepper: 2018
- Stephanie Wilson ’14, Altshuler Berzon LLP: 2019
- Crystal Adams ’15, National Center for Youth Law: 2020
- Sheila Chen ’15, Troutman Pepper: 2021
- Irina Trasovan ’12, California Department of Justice: 2022
Law Alumni Association Subcommittees
- Stephanie Phan (Chair)
- Emily Cross
- Tommy Du
- Shirley Diaz
- Amelia Alvarez
- Irina Trasovan (Chair)
- Greg Wagner
- Soraya Davia
- Tommy McClain
- Sarah (Vehian) Mase
- Karisa Yocham (Chair)
- Ariela Rutbeck-Goldman
- Stephanie Johnson
- Pilar Escontrias
- Daniel Phan (Chair)
- Eric Fanchiang
- Nancy Sotomayor
- Crystal Adams
- Sam Hyams
- Isabel Steinmetz
Mission Statement
The purpose of the UC Irvine Law Alumni Association (the “Association”) is to promote the professional and social interests of the alumni of the University of California, Irvine School of Law (the “School” or “UCI Law”).
Those interests include, among others, advancing the cause of innovative legal education at the School, promoting the interests of access to justice, raising funds and/or assisting in the raising of funds for the School, and to promote and perpetuate good feelings and commonality of interest among graduates, students, faculty and friends of the School.