2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony & Luncheon

Location

The Dana on Mission Bay

$75 per person

The University of San Diego School of Law and the Law Alumni Association Board of Directors are pleased to announce the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award honorees:

Honorable Maureen F. Hallahan ’81 (JD)
Presiding Judge
San Diego Superior Court

Shaka Johnson ’03 (JD)
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Sony Electronics Inc.

Frederick Schenk ’78 (JD)
Partner and Head of Mass Torts
Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield, LLP

About the Distinguished Alumni Award and Previous Recipients

And the 2024 Rising Star Recent Alumni Award honorees:

Alexandra Preece Barlow ’14 (JD)
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Erin P. Lupfer ’17 (JD)
Senior Appellate Court Attorney
California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One

About the Rising Star Recent Alumni Award and Previous Recipients

The Dana on Mission Bay
A Bartell Hotels Property
1710 West Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA  92109
(619) 222-6440

Cost

• $75 per person
• $55 per person (Recent alumni graduation years 2024-2019 and government/nonprofit employees)
• Complimentary parking 

DIAMOND

PLATINUM

GOLD

SILVER

Alan K. Brubaker ’76 (JD)
Immediate Past Chair, Board of Visitors
Partner, Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Walshok LLP

2024 Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring the Distinguished Alumni Awards provides your firm or business with a unique opportunity to promote your brand and service while also demonstrating your strong support of providing an education to teach and train future distinguished alumni.

Sponsorships enable individuals and companies to become part of a community that is dedicated to supporting USD School of Law's education and scholarly missions  Our educational mission is to prepare our students to become outstanding attorneys and leaders who excel in the practice of law. Our scholarly mission is to make an enduring mark on our fields of study and to illuminate and enliven how we educate our students.

• Diamond ($7,500)
  Includes all of the Platinum benefits plus additional VIP tickets; Private Lunch with Dean & Vice Dean; (2) tickets to USD President's Club Twilight Blues Reception on April 12, 2025; Exclusive invitation for (5) guests to the Toast to Leadership Reception with Leadership Boards & Maudsley Fellows Society - USD School of Law's high-level giving society - members on May 15, 2025; Featured in DAA story of in The Advocate - USD School of Law's alumni magazine; Complimentary firm table at Careers in the Law on November 13, 2024; and recognition on KPBS Surf Report the week of the event
• Sapphire ($7,000)
  Includes all of the Platinum benefits plus additional VIP tickets; Private Lunch with Dean & Vice Dean; (2) tickets to USD President's Club Twilight Blues Reception on April 12, 2025; Exclusive invitation for (5) guests to the Toast to Leadership Reception with Leadership Boards & Maudsley Fellows Society - USD School of Law's high-level giving society - members on May 15, 2025; and Featured in DAA story of in The Advocate - USD School of Law's alumni magazine
• Platinum ($5,000)
  (10) tickets, name and logo on event website, School of Law digital monitors, highlights email, email invitation, print/digital program, and digital display at luncheon
• Gold ($2,500)
  (6) tickets, name on highlights email and email invitation, logo on print/digital program and digital display at luncheon
• Silver ($1,000)
  (4) tickets, name on highlights email, email invitation, print/digital program, and digital display at the luncheon
• Bronze ($750)
  (2) tickets, name on email invitation, print/digital program, and digital display at luncheon
• Digital Ad Display During Luncheon ($250)

Nominate a USD School of Law Alumnus/a for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award or Rising Star Recent Alumni Award

Support Justice Through Legal Education

USD School of Law’s substantial doctrinal education provides the foundation to prepare "practice-ready" lawyers for the future, combining practical topics, skills training, simulations, and cutting-edge subjects.

As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the University of San Diego, and celebrate 70 years of legal education, USD School of Law graduates are equipped as empowered agents of justice that span our academic, local, national and global communities.

The esteemed alumni recognized with the Distinguished and Rising Star Recent Alumni Awards are a testament to USD’s effective approach to legal education.