Attorneys & Staff

See also: Systemwide Office Locations

Oakland (Office of the President)

Scott Abrams

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9721

Jennifer K. Achtert

Principal Counsel – Labor and Employment

Phone: (510) 987-0383

Larry Adkison

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9805

Ellen Auriti

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9429

Brooke Anderson

Principal Counsel, Construction

Phone: (510) 987-9372

Kelsey Bagheri

Principal Counsel – Health Affairs

Phone: (510) 987-0158

Leonid Balaban

Senior eDiscovery Specialist - Practice Support

Phone: (510) 987-9296

Emily Berger

Principal Counsel, Procurement

Phone: (510) 987-9057

Luis Blanco

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9508
Fax: (510) 987-9757

Gigi Capuyan

Principal Procurement Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0275

Harpreet Chahal

Principal Counsel, Litigation

Phone: (510) 987-0117

Matthew A. Chayt

Principal Counsel – Health Affairs

Phone: (510) 987-9038

Christopher R. Cheleden

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9078

Jennifer Chin

Managing Counsel - Labor & Employment

Phone: (510) 987-0411

Heather Claus

Senior Counsel, Corporate Transactions

Phone: (510) 987-0464

Margia Corner

Interim Deputy General Counsel/Senior Principal Counsel - Health Affairs, Privacy & Data Protection

Phone: (510) 987-0828

Nick Edwards

Senior Counsel, Corporate Transactions

Phone: (510) 987-0489

Tess Elconin

Principal Counsel, Labor and Employment

Phone: (510) 987-9820

Liana C. Epperson

Managing Counsel - Construction, Land Use & Real Estate

Phone: (510) 987-9709

Katharine Essick

Managing Counsel, Core Litigation

Phone: (510) 987-9447

Fatima Evans

Senior Principal Counsel And Trust & Estates Practice Area Lead

Phone: (510) 987-9450

Trevor Finneman

Principal Counsel

Robert Gaumer

Principal Counsel, Benefits

Phone: (510) 987-0235

Daniel Gerber

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0236

John Gherini

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0863

Epiphanie Gillette

Executive Advisor

Phone: (510) 587-6397

Michael R. Goldstein

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9895

Rhonda S. Goldstein

Deputy General Counsel - Litigation

Phone: (510) 987-9096

Nancy G. Hamill

Chief Campus Counsel, UC Santa Barbara & Senior Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9720

Norman J. Hamill

Managing Counsel, Risk Litigation

Phone: (510) 987-9746

Rita A. Hao

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9734

Matthew Hawk

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 587-6037

Annette Hayes

Senior Paralegal - Trusts and Estates

Phone: (510) 987-9398

Timothy Hoppe

Principal Counsel, Labor & Employment

Phone: (510) 987-0019

Randi Jenkins

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9713

Kewa Jiang

Associate Counsel, Health Affairs, Privacy & Data Protection

Phone: (510) 987-9567

Jessica Jung

Principal Counsel – Health Affairs

Phone: (510) 410-7781

Hillary Noll Kalay

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0355

Nima Katz

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 287-3358

Michelle Kim

Counsel

Phone: (510) 587-6076

Alison Krumbein

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0851

William Lin

Principal Counsel, Investments

Phone: (510) 987-9067

Barton Lounsbury

Managing Counsel - Business, Charitable Giving, Finance & National Laboratories

Phone: (510) 987-0976

Angus MacDonald

Managing Counsel - Intellectual Property, Investments & Innovation

Phone: (510) 987-9737

Trina Mastro

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0778

Sajjad Matin

Principal Counsel – Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Phone: (510) 987-0674

Jerome Mayer-Cantú

Principal Counsel, Litigation

Phone: (510) 987-9127

Joshua Meltzer

Managing Counsel, Education Affairs and Governance

Phone: (510) 987-0502

Mark Meredith

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 587-6478

Ben Minkow

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0466

Mark Morodomi

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9748

Stella Ngai

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0972

Thu Nguyen

Senior Counsel

Phone: (510) 287-3363

Rafael Pacquing

Principal Counsel – Equity Transactions

Phone: (510) 987-9247

Yakeen Qawasmeh

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 587-6419
Fax: (510) 987-9757

Sarah Quiter

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0138

Kimberly Robinson

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 587-6483

Sonya Sanchez

Managing Counsel, Education Affairs and Governance

Phone: (510) 987-9412
Fax: (510) 987-9757

Valerie C. Shelton

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9783

Hoyt Sze

Interim Deputy General Counsel/Managing Counsel - Health Affairs, Privacy & Data Protection

Phone: (510) 987-0171

Melvin Tangonan

Legal Operations Coordinator

Phone: (510) 987-9295

William Teeling

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9865

Carol Lynn Thompson

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0287

Wanda Tong

Legal Operations Coordinator

Phone: (510) 587-6154

Natasha Williams

Paralegal

Phone: (510) 987-0590

Mark Wilson

Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-9758

Elisabeth Yap

Senior Principal Counsel

Phone: (510) 987-0481

David A. Zonana

Principal Counsel – Education Affairs and Governance

Phone: (510) 987-9231

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Therese M. Leone

Chief Laboratory Counsel

Phone: (510) 486-5111

Robin C. Chiang

Patent Attorney, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Phone: (510) 486-4534

Stephen C. Glade

Patent Counsel

Phone: (510) 486-6503

Michelle C. Wong

Senior Counsel

Phone: (510) 495-2456

UC Berkeley

Julie Conner

Associate Campus Counsel, UC Berkeley

Phone: (510) 642-7123

Liv Hassett

Associate Campus Counsel, UC Berkeley

Phone: (510) 664-5214

Andrew Houston

Principal Campus Counsel

Phone: (510) 209-7261

UC Irvine

Kyhm Penfil

Campus Counsel, UC Irvine

Phone: (949) 824-2880

Kyle E. Rowen

Campus Counsel

Phone: (949) 824-1756

Ann Springer

Principal Campus Counsel, UC Irvine

Phone: (949) 824-2880

UCI Health

George Choriatis

Principal Health Sciences Counsel

Phone: (714) 456-7282

Carolyn Goldenberg

Senior Health Sciences Counsel

Phone: (714) 509-2245

UCLA

Paula Kim

Senior Counsel, UCLA

Phone: (213) 219-3824

UCLA Medical Center

Janet M. Lee

Senior Counsel

Phone: (310) 267-7445

Emily Wee

Senior Counsel, UCLA Health System

Phone: (310) 267-7445

UC Riverside

Jamie Lopez

Counsel, UC Riverside

Phone: (951) 827-5075

Victor Ortiz

Senior Health Counsel, UC Riverside

Phone: (951) 827-5171

UC San Diego

Steve Brandenburg

Associate Counsel, UC San Diego Health

Phone: (858) 249-3450

Natalie Mueller

Associate Counsel, UC San Diego

Phone: (858) 249-3588

Sarah Suskauer

Associate Counsel, UC San Diego Health

Phone: (858) 249-3448

Lauren Tarantello

Associate Counsel, UC San Diego

Phone: (858) 249-3449

UC San Francisco

Kathryn M. (Kate) Mente

Senior Campus Counsel

Phone: (415) 476-5005

UC Santa Cruz

Jessica Espinoza

Senior Counsel, UC Santa Cruz

Eréndira Rubin

Chief Campus Counsel - UC Santa Cruz

Phone: (831) 459-5412

UC Legal - Office of the General Counsel

Oakland (Office of the President)

Scott Abrams

Larry Adkison

Brooke Anderson

Katharine Essick

Jessica Jung

Michelle Kim

Thu Nguyen

Melvin Tangonan

Carol Lynn Thompson

Wanda Tong

Natasha Williams

David A. Zonana

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

UC Berkeley

UC Irvine

UCI Health

Carolyn Goldenberg

UCLA

UCLA Medical Center

Emily Wee

UC Riverside

Victor Ortiz

UC San Diego

UC San Francisco

UC Santa Cruz