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NLD Member Spotlight: Audrey Surridge

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NLD Member Spotlight: Audrey Surridge

By Lillian Glenister, Esq.
Judicial Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

The San Diego County Bar Association recently awarded Audrey Surridge with its Service by a New Lawyer Award at its Annual Awards Ceremony and Celebration of Community Service on May 14, 2024.  Sworn into the California Bar in 2017, Audrey is a graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and is an attorney at Fisher Phillips LLP.  Audrey represents companies in a variety of employment disputes, conducts workplace investigations, and counsels her clients in developing effective policies and practices. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Gaia T. Linehan 

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NLD Member Spotlight: Gaia T. Linehan 

By Linda Nelte
Law Offices of Eric Becker

Gaia T. Linehan, Esq., is a civil litigation attorney at the San Diego office of Freeman Mathis & Gary. LLP. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, employment law, and tort matters. She has handled many aspects of civil litigation from pre-litigation alternative dispute resolution through trial.  Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Regina (Calvario) Dryjanski

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NLD Member Spotlight: Regina (Calvario) Dryjanski

By Lillian Glenister, Esq.
Judicial Law Clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

“One of my favorite parts of doing my job is knowing that I am on the right side — the side that protects the rights of vulnerable people,” says Regina (Calvario) Dryjanski, Esq. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Sara Gold

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NLD Member Spotlight: Sara Gold

By Christina Liao
Law Offices of Jane Oak

Once a writer, always a writer, as Sara Gold likes to say. A former Orange County Register news reporter, Sara found that her love for research, interviewing, and writing enabled her to seamlessly transition from writing stories to writing briefs and motions. After graduating from the California Western School of Law in 2019 and starting her legal career at Eastman IP, Sara became the Editor of this very newsletter before starting her own law practice. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Hana M. Willard

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NLD Member Spotlight: Hana M. Willard

By Christina Liao
Law Offices of Jane Oak
 

Hana Willard is a judicial law clerk for Magistrate Judge Allison H. Goddard and could not love her work more. Before graduating from the California Western School of Law in 2019, she took an unconventional path to the bar after graduating from the University of Michigan as a Political Science major in 2009. Though she found something to love about every job she has held – including being a bartender and wine educator – Hana enjoys working in Judge Goddard’s chambers the most. “To make me leave, you’d have to drag me out kicking and screaming,” she says. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Tarina Mand

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NLD Member Spotlight: Tarina Mand

By Alexandra Demastrie
Antonyan Miranda

Tarina Mand was recently awarded with the 2023 SDCBA Service by a New Lawyer Award. A first-generation college student and lawyer, Tarina received a bachelor’s degree in literature from University of California San Diego and was a 2016 graduate of California Western School of Law. As an attorney at Dixon Diab & Chambers LLC, Tarina represents plaintiffs in class action, mass tort, and employment law cases. She has tried cases in both state and federal court and says she loves working on these types of cases because the issues are challenging and exciting. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Alison Adelman

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NLD Member Spotlight: Alison Adelman

By Daniela Lagunas
Schwartz Semerdjian Cauley & Evans LLP

Alison Adelman, Esq., juggles many priorities as a practicing attorney and a new mother. Adelman is an attorney at the San Diego office of Ogletree Deakins. Her practice primarily focuses on employment defense cases, including harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. She appreciates the delicacy and complexity of her cases.  Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Mark Simpliciano

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NLD Member Spotlight: Mark Simpliciano

By Elijah Gaglio
Aguirre & Severson LLP

Mark Simpliciano is a resilient young attorney who is currently an Associate Attorney with Garcia Hong Law APC, a San Diego civil law firm that focuses on business litigation, employment, professional liability, legal ethics, and personal injury. With Mark’s experience in employment law, he has been given a more active role on handling some of the firm’s employment matters, which includes assisting business clients with consultation and formation.  Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Justin Isaac

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NLD Member Spotlight: Justin Isaac

By Linda Nelte
Miller, Monson, Peshel, Polacek & Hoshaw LLP

Justin Isaac is the owner of the Lawyer in Blue Jeans Group, a San Diego-based law firm specializing in estate planning, trust administration and probate administration. The Lawyer in Blue Jeans Group was founded by his father and mentor, Jeff Isaac, 24 years ago. His father coined the term “Blue Jeans Law” to connote affordable legal services without unnecessary legalese. Read More