Albert James Rugo J.D. ’15 has accepted a position with an intellectual property rights law firm in the Bay Area. He will begin this fall upon passing the bar exam. Rugo credits David Yosifon with being a great teacher and mentor. In his first year of law school, Rugo received a personal letter from the Hon. Richard E. Tuttle, a former Calaveras Superior Court judge, who encouraged him to complete his studies, noting the profession needed more young people with both ambition and compassion.