Contact a BLS Standing Committee
Want to contact a BLS Standing Committee? Below are links to the committee officers.
Also below are links to the pages that each committee maintains in the Business Law Section's members only area. To access these pages, you will need to sign into My State Bar Profile.
Committees
Agribusinss Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Samuel Zanutto , Santa Rosa
Vice Chair: Richard Ross, Sacramento
Commercial Transactions Committee (formerly UCC)
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co-Chair: Anne Petersen, Los Angeles
Co-Chair: D.C. Toedt, Houston, TX
Vice Chair: Anward Kim
Vice Chair: Jenny Park Garner
Consumer Financial Services Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: William Webb, San Francisco
Vice Chair, Programming: Jill Kovar, Irvine
Vice Chair, Membership: Martha King, Encinitas
Vice Chair, Communications: Rita Lin, San Francisco
Vice Chair, Legislation and Publications: Victoria Allen, Upland
Corporations Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co-Chair: Jeffrey T. Drake, San Francisco
Co-Chair: Emily Yukich, Los Angeles
Vice Chair, Legislation: Phillip Peters, San Francisco
Vice Chair, Litigation: Richard Burt, San Jose
Vice Chair, Education: Julia Cowles, Menlo Park
Vice Chair, Communications: Ingrid Rechtin, San Francisco
Cyberspace Law Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co-Chair: Nicole Ozer, San Francisco
Co-Chair: Jack Lerner, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair: Stephen L. Davis, Sacramento
Co-Vice Chair: Christopher Ridder, San Francisco
Financial Institutions Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Isabel Ord, San Francisco
Vice Chair: Dick Rogan, San Francisco
Secretary and Co-Vice Chair: Jonathan Joseph, San Francisco
Franchise Law Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Brian Cole, Manhatten Beach
Co-Vice Chair, Legislation: Tal Grinblat, Encino
Co-Vice Chair, Programs: Scott March, Kailua Kona, HI
Co-Vice Chair, Web Publications: Bryan Dillon, Sebastapol
Co-Vice Chair, Membership: Patricia Hollenback, San Diego
Health Law Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Julie Simer, Irvine
Vice Chair: Richard Rifenbark, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair, Education: Charles Oppenhiem, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair, Education: John Boskovitch, Jr., Sacramento
Co-Vice Chair, Legislation: Kelly Ryan, Sacramento
Co-Vice Chair, Legislation: Steven Goby, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair, Communications: Lynsey Mitchel, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair, Communications: Michelle Knowles, Huffington Beach
Insolvency Law Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co-Chair: :Elissa Miller, Los Angeles
Co-Chair: Rob Harris, Santa Clara
Co-Vice Chair: James Hill, San Diego
Co-Vice Chair, Secretary: Thomas Phinney, Sacramento
Insurance Law Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co-Chair: Kim Dellinger-Dunn, Sacramento
Co-Chair :H. Thomas Watson, Los Angeles
Vice-Chair, Programs: Carol Lucas, Los Angeles
Vice-Chair, Membership: Philip Lo, Los Angeles
Vice-Chair, Communications: Robert Peterson, Los Angeles
Nonprofit Organizations Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Gary L. Wollberg, San Diego
Vice-Chair, Policies: Joel Corwin , Chicago, IL
Vice-Chair, Program:s Claudia Moorehead, Newport Beach
Vice-Chair, Communications: Sarah Stegemeoller, Los Angeles
Secretary: Nancy Elizabeth McGlamery, San Francisco
Opinions Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Co- Chair: Timothy Hoxie, San Francisco
Co-Chair: Richard Frasch, Olympic Valley
Vice Chair: James Fotenos, San Francisco
Partnerships Committee
Committee Page in the BLS Members Only Area
Chair: Suzanne L. Weakley, Oakland
Vice Chair: Donald Scotten, Los Angeles
Business Law News Editorial Board
Editorial Board Page
Editor-in-Chief: April Frisby, Newport Beach
Co-Vice Chair / Managing Editor: Peter Menard, Los Angeles
Co-Vice Chair: / Managing Editor: Edwin Lasman, Beverly Hills