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The Hon. Consuelo M. Callahan, ’75, became the first Hispanic woman to be appointed to the San Joaquin Superior Court.

The Hon. Consuelo María Callahan, ‘75, serves as judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for nearly 20 years. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by a 99-0 vote by the Senate in 2003. 

Callahan graduated from Stanford University with a degree in English in 1972, received her Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1975, and received her Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004. 

Upon graduating from McGeorge, Callahan worked as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Stockton and then as a Deputy District Attorney for the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office where she focused her practice on child abuse and sexual assault cases. In 1986, she was appointed Commissioner of the Municipal Court for Stockton Municipal Court.  

In 1992 she became the first Hispanic woman to be appointed to the San Joaquin Superior Court, and in 1996 was elevated to associate justice for California Third District Court of Appeal. In 2003 Callahan accepted an appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where she currently serves. 

Callahan gives back to her alma mater, McGeorge School of Law, through service. For instance, Callahan has taught numerous sessions in the Salzburg Graduate Study Abroad Program, a program in which students are given the opportunity to study international legal studies and work in firms abroad. She has also served on the McGeorge Alumni Board Association as secretary, vice president, and president. In addition, Callahan administered the Oath of Professionalism to McGeorge School of Law’s incoming students.  

From 2006 to 2014, and 2022 to present, Callahan served on the University of the Pacific Board of Regents, which oversees Pacific’s education experience by selecting the university president and approving the school’s mission, strategic goals and budgets.  

Callahan is a recognized leader and legal professional in the community. In 2005, she received the Alumna of the Year Award from McGeorge School of Law. In 2006, she received the Judge of the Year award from the Sacramento Bar Association. Later in 2014, Callahan was presented the Ninth Circuit Professionalism Award from the American Inns of Court.

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Boras is currently ranked as the No. 1 sports agent in the world.

Scott Dean Boras, ‘82, was named as the most powerful sports agent in the world – for the eighth time – by Forbes Magazine in 2022. 

Boras is currently ranked as the No. 1 sports agent in the world and has achieved that ranking eight out of the nine times Forbes Magazine has conducted the ranking since 2013.  

Boras is the founder, owner, and president of the Boras Corporation, a sports agency in Newport Beach, California. Boras Corporation is the most valuable baseball (only) agency in the country, with 106 clients and more than $3.8 billion in active playing contracts. Boras is the first agent to negotiate $50 million, $100 million, $200 million, and $330 million dollar baseball contracts for players.  In the baseball litigation arena, he has won the most arbitration cases in Major League history than any other agent. Boras Corporation is the only agency in history to negotiate annual player contracts in excess of $1 billion, which has been achieved 3 times in the past 4 years.  

Boras’ client roster is star-studded. His roaster includes but is not limited to the following players: Jose Altuve, Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Alec Bohm, Xander Bogaerts, Alex Bregman, Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos, Matt Chapman, Gerrit Cole, Michael Conforto, Carlos Correa, Bryce Harper, Gunnar Henderson, Rhys Hoskins, Jonathan India, Josh Jung, Sean Manaea, J.D. Martinez, Brandon Nimmo, Tyler O’Neill, Anthony Rendon, Brendan Rodgers, Carlos Rodon, Max Scherzer, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Blake Snell, Juan Soto, Stephen Strasburg, Taijuan Walker, and Masataka Yoshida.  

Boras is a native of Sacramento. He grew up on a local dairy farm and earned two degrees from the University of the Pacific (UOP). During his undergraduate studies, Boras was a student-athlete, team captain, and All-American on the school’s baseball team. Boras received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from UOP in 1977 and a Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law in 1982. After college, Boras played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs organizations.  Knee injuries cut his career short which then led him to pursue his legal education at McGeorge. 

After law school, Boras worked as an associate in the pharmaceutical defense department of a major Chicago law firm before founding the Boras Corporation. 

In 1995, Boras was inducted into the University of the Pacific’s Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2010, Boras was awarded UOP’s Distinguished Alumni Award, an award recognizing individuals whose outstanding achievements and service to humanity have brought credit to the university.  In 2021, he was inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame.  Baseball America has named him the MLB’s “Most Influential Non-Player in the Last 25 Years.” 

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Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, ’81

Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, ’81, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University (1976) and a Masters in Public Administration degree from the University of Arizona (1977). After graduation, Judge Gerrard began his professional career as a state probation officer in Norfolk, Nebraska, where he worked with both juvenile and adult offenders.   

Judge Gerrard’s legal education and career began in 1978. He obtained his law degree in 1981 from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. The judge then returned to Norfolk and embarked in the private practice of law for 14 years. Judge Gerrard’s practice focused on both civil and criminal litigation. He is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and he was board certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. 

In 1995, then Governor E. Benjamin Nelson appointed Judge Gerrard to the Nebraska Supreme Court. At 41 years of age, Gerrard was the youngest ever appointee to the Nebraska Supreme Court. He served for 16½ years on Nebraska’s high court. During that time, the judge helped lead court initiatives that promoted racial and ethnic fairness in the state court system. 

President Barack Obama nominated Judge Gerrard for a United States District Court judgeship on May 4, 2011, and the United States Senate confirmed his nomination on January 23, 2012. He was Chief Judge of the District of Nebraska from November 2018 through July 2021. Judge Gerrard took senior status on February 6, 2023, and he continues to carry a full case load for the District of Nebraska. 

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Mikayil Jabbarov
Mikayil Jabbarov, ’98, serves as the Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan.

Mikayil Jabbarov, ‘98, was born in September 1976, in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

Before completing LLM in Transnational Business Practice at McGeorge School of Law, Jabbarov had graduated from Baku State University, majoring in International Law. Following that he successfully passed the New York State Bar Exam in 1999 becoming one of the first Azerbaijani nationals to be licensed to practice law in the State of New York. He also holds a master’s degree in economics from the Azerbaijan State Economic University. 

Jabbarov began his professional career in banking before pursuing a legal career in the Baku office of an international law firm. In 2002 Jabbarov started working in the public sector and held various positions within the Government ever since. 

After spending seven years in the Ministry of Economic Development (ultimately, holding the position of Deputy Minister), from 2009 to 2013 Jabbarov served as the Director of the Administration of the Icherisheher State Historical-Architectural Reserve. Under his leadership, the Administration developed and implemented a comprehensive master plan for the conservation of Icherisheher, the historical center of Baku. Also, significant restoration efforts were undertaken, including the reconstruction of the Baku Fortress and the restoration of the Maiden Tower, a UNESCO-listed Cultural Heritage site. Jabbarov oversaw the development of the Administration’s foreign relations. For instance, the Centre for Traditional Arts Icherisheher was established in cooperation with the Prince of Wales School of Traditional Arts (UK). He put forward several initiatives to turn Icherisheher into a center for domestic and foreign tourism. 

From 2013 to 2017, Jabbarov held the position of the Minister of Education. During his tenure at the Ministry, Jabbarov prioritized digitalization of the education sector and contributed to the development of the “State Strategy for the Development of Education in the Republic of Azerbaijan”. As part of this strategy, the establishment of SABAH groups, comprising the best students from various higher education institutions was initiated with the goal of enhancing the quality of higher education. The strategy also included a diagnostic evaluation of nearly 100,000 teachers in pre-school and school education.  

In December 2017, Jabbarov was appointed as the Minister of Taxes. Jabbarov’s primary objectives in this role were to ensure digitalization and transparency of the Ministry’s activities, improvement of the accessibility of its services to taxpayers, and oversight of the tax revenues collection process. He also initiated tax reforms and changes to the Tax Code, which contributed to bolstering entrepreneurship, improving tax administration, and increasing the efficiency of tax incentives. 

In October 2019, Jabbarov assumed the role of the Minister of Economy. He attaches great importance to the development and diversification of the non-oil sector of Azerbaijan and attraction of foreign investments and encouragement of the introduction of modern technologies in the Ministry’s activities. In May 2020, an innovative VAT refund mechanism for both non-cash and cash payments was introduced, earning recognition as the “Innovative Project of the Year.” Under his leadership, the Ministry stimulates entrepreneurship by expanding and simplifying concessional lending, carries out reforms for the development of SMBs, offers many other support mechanisms for businesses and fosters a favorable business and investment climate for foreign entrepreneurs. 

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Mara W. Elliott is the first woman, mother, and Latina to be elected San Diego City Attorney and will complete her second term in December 2024.

Mara Woodworth Elliott graduated from McGeorge School of Law in 1994. The daughter of a longshoreman father and immigrant mother, she was the first in her family to graduate from college, attending University of California, Santa Barbara and double majoring in English and Philosophy. Elliott served as legal counsel to public schools, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, and the County of San Diego, before joining the City of San Diego and rising through the ranks. She was a Chief Deputy City Attorney before being elected as San Diego City Attorney in 2016. Elliott is the first woman, mother, and Latina to be elected San Diego City Attorney and will complete her second term in December 2024. 

Elliott has transformed the Office of the City Attorney with her passion for protecting San Diego families. She is a national leader in preventing gun violence, a fierce champion for consumers and the environment, and a staunch protector of victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking. She has fearlessly safeguarded taxpayer dollars, and advanced programs that keep our most vulnerable citizens safe, particularly elders who face abuse and exploitation. 

In her first term, Elliott launched San Diego’s pioneering Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) program to prevent predictable shootings by keeping dangerous people from having guns. Through her leadership, the courts have removed hundreds of firearms, including assault weapons, from those who posed a threat to themselves and others, including stalkers, disgruntled employees, and potential school shooters. San Diego is credited for spurring much of the statewide growth in the use of GVROs.  

As City Attorney, Elliott relaunched Your Safe Place, a Family Justice Center, to bolster support for victims of domestic violence and expand its services to victims of sex trafficking. Every year, Your Safe Place helps hundreds of San Diegans obtain free legal assistance, counseling, and other support services in a safe and private setting. Elliott’s advocacy has led to legislation geared towards protecting victims of domestic violence, including a law requiring Family Justice Centers to inform victims of GVROs, and a law allowing domestic violence and gun violence victims to testify remotely when seeking restraining orders. 

Elliott has also been a fierce advocate for California’s workforce, initiating lawsuits against the gig industry to ensure misclassified workers received the pay they were owed under the law. She recently delivered more than $40 million to misclassified Instacart workers throughout the State of California. 

For her exemplary reputation in the legal community and dedication to public service law, Elliott was named 2020 Public Lawyer of the Year by the California Lawyers Association and is a recipient of the 2023 Witkin Awards for Excellence in the Practice of Law. She credits McGeorge School of Law for her passion for the practice of public sector law.  

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Douglas Love, ’95, is the President and CEO of Annexon Biosciences.

Douglas Love, ‘95, joined Annexon Biosciences as President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2014 with extensive business and legal leadership experience in biotech. He previously served as Head of Operations for Elan Pharmaceuticals. There, Love led the Tysabri® multiple sclerosis franchise, helping to propel it to nearly $2 billion in annual sales. He also led Elan’s Alzheimer’s Immunotherapy Program, which was licensed to Johnson & Johnson for $1 billion plus milestones and royalties, as well as Elan’s global Commercial, Medical Affairs and Alliance Management groups.  

Love is a corporate attorney by training, and prior to joining Elan, served as an associate at the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, as Corporate Counsel at Amgen, Inc., and as Section Corporate Counsel at Genentech, Inc., where he led the BioOncology Healthcare Law Group and launched several blockbuster programs. Love holds a JD with great distinction from McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA, and a BS in business administration from the University of Southern California. 

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Matina Kolokotronis
Matina Kolokotronis, ’89, is the first and (currently) only woman in the National Basketball League to have held the titles of COO and President of Business Operations.

Matina Kolokotronis, ‘89, is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Sacramento Kings and is the only woman in the National Basketball League to have held the titles of COO and President of Business Operations. As COO, Kolokotronis develops and implements the long-term strategy of the organization, designing business operations and establishing policies that promote the Sacramento Kings’ culture and vision. Kolokotronis’ leadership was essential to the development of the award-winning Golden 1 Center as well as its adjacent, $500 million development project, Downtown Commons in Sacramento, California. The Golden 1 Center is 100 percent solar-powered, and the arena was ranked No. 6 in the world in 2021. Their sustainability efforts continue into its food and beverage department, which sources 90 percent of its ingredients from local vendors, reducing its carbon footprint and supporting the local economy. 

Her professional background includes sports and government law, community affairs, and contract negotiations. Prior to joining the Sacramento Kings, she worked as an associate with Miller, Owen, and Trost PC, and an associate with Carpenter, Snodgrass, and Associates.  

Her involvement with the Sacramento Kings began in 1996 when she received an unexpected phone call from Geoff Petrie – the general manager of the Sacramento Kings at the time – who offered her a position after learning of her ability to read and write Greek. Kolokotronis served as a legal consultant, negotiating player and staff contracts, for the Sacramento Kings business and basketball operations teams. In 2004, she transitioned to director of the Sacramento Kings Foundation and oversaw strategic development and fundraising activities. Several years later in 2010, she served as the organization’s President of Business Operations, and in 2016, transitioned to her current role as Chief Operating Officer.  

Kolokotronis earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Loyola University Chicago and a Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. After graduating, Kolokotronis gave back to her alma mater, McGeorge School of Law, by working as an adjunct professor, educating students on Sports Law for seven years.  

In 2015, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Kolokotronis to the California Citizens Compensation Commission (CCCC). Kolokotronis was one of seven members serving a six-year term. As a member of the CCCC, she was tasked to set the salaries and fringe benefits for members of the California State Legislature and other state officials.  

In 2019, the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation presented Kolokotronis with the 2019 Paradigm Award. This award is presented to a distinguished Greek American whose career and accomplishments are a testimony to the Foundation’s mission of promoting leadership and education. 

In 2023, Kolokotronis was a keynote speaker at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Youth Adult League (YAL) Conference. She shares that her Greek Orthodox faith and Greek community provided her with a spiritual foundation to pursue her goals. In 2023, she also became a member of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. 

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Brian Tippens
Brian Tippens, ’00, is the Senior VP and Chief Social Impact Officer at Cisco.

Brian Tippens, ‘00, is the Senior Vice President and Chief Social Impact Officer at Cisco. In this role, Tippens oversees the leadership of Cisco’s inclusive work such as social justice, advocacy, accessibility, and community impact, to advance Cisco’s purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. 

Notably, Tippens previously served as the Chief Diversity Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and President of the HPE Foundation. In addition, he was a member of HPE’s Political Action Committee (PAC) and AI Ethics boards, and a member of HPE’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive Council. 

He is a World Economic Forum (WEF) Contributor, a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), and has served as a director or advisor to organizations including Operation HOPE, the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC), Corporate Eco Forum (CEF) and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).  

Tippens was born in West Oakland, California. During his undergraduate career, he attended San Francisco State University, then transferred to the University of San Francisco, where he studied Management Information Systems (MIS). He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 2000. 

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Margaret Vick
Margaret Vick, ’83, ’09

Margaret J. Vick, ‘83, ‘09 has recently retired after more than 30 years of experience working with and advising Native American Tribes and tribal organizations in the Western United States. She advised governments on complex cross-jurisdictional legal issues including transboundary water, resources and environmental issues, tribal-state-federal regulations, and government operations. Dr. Vick also served as an embedded advisor for USAID with the Ministry of Energy and Water for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.   

She received a doctorate of juridical sciences in the law of international water resources from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and works with all levels of government on complex water allocation and management issues. She specializes in cross-jurisdictional negotiations and brings a wide range of expertise and a broad perspective to issues of water use and governance. She is a frequent speaker on Colorado River issues and an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law teaching the law of international water resources in McGeorge School of Law’s Master’s in Science and Law program. 

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Eric Barnum, '94
Eric Barnum, ‘94, was the founding president of the McGeorge Black Alumni Association and the first Chair of the McGeorge Alumni Diversity Board.

Eric Barnum, ‘94, always knew he wanted to make a difference in the world. He just wasn’t sure how to go about it. As he envisioned the future, there were three directions he could take: medicine, the ministry, or the law. He didn’t have the scientific inclination for medicine or the temperament for the ministry, but he saw law as an incredibly powerful tool that could be used to correct some of the injustices in the world.  

McGeorge School of Law provided Barnum with the gateway through which he could achieve that dream. He chose McGeorge because of the excellent curriculum, the high bar passage rate and because he would receive the high caliber legal training needed to be a difference-maker. While there, he worked at the law school’s Community Legal Services Clinic representing the indigent, was president of the Black Law Students Association, helped with voter registration drives and sat on the board of the National Black Law Students Association as Western Region Director. 

After graduation, Barnum was the founding president of the McGeorge Black Alumni Association and the first Chair of the McGeorge Alumni Diversity Board. He served on the Board of Directors of the McGeorge Alumni Association from 2005 to 2012 and the Dean’s Council from 2019 to the present day. In 2021 the Eric and Daisy Barnum Scholarship Fund was founded to provide financial assistance to McGeorge students from historically underrepresented communities. 

As a management-side labor and employment attorney, Barnum spends his days making sure that everyone who is employed by one of his clients enjoys a workplace that is fair, equitable, and free of harassment and all forms of discrimination. For his practice, Barnum has garnered a plethora of recognitions, including Chambers USA, The Legal 500 United States, The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers®, Minority Corporate Counsel Association Outstanding Outside Counsel, and Georgia “Super Lawyer.” 

Beyond the office, as a person of faith, Barnum continues to give back to our communities, whether it be through his service on the Board of Stewards at Turner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Marietta, GA; the Board of Directors of Communities in Schools of Atlanta; the Corporate Board of Directors of the Boys and Girl Club of Metro Atlanta; as a Southeast Regional Board Member of the Anti-Defamation League; a member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta or a member of his beloved Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. “Leveling the playing field for kids and communities who don’t have the opportunities that I had has always been very important to me.” he says. “There are people who have it really rough. I must do something with my law degree. It’s how I was raised.” 

Barnum understands that without the solid foundation of support from his wife Daisy and son Emanuel, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to do all that he does, and for that he is eternally grateful. 

As a law student, Barnum imagined himself as the next great civil rights lawyer or Thurgood Marshall debating cases before the Supreme Court. One might argue that he has had an even greater impact on his community, one matter at a time. 

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