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The San Francisco Better Business Bureau awarded Patricia De Fonte JD ’90 with its Torch Award for Ethics in 2021, marking the first time an attorney has been so recognized. Patricia is the founder of De Fonte Law PC – Estate Planning With Heart and sees estate planning as a social justice issue. She lives in San Francisco with […]
If there was an Emmy category for best entertainment attorney, husband, father, and friend, a life achievement award would have gone to Thomas Rowan ’69. As a lawyer, Tom represented clients including Jimmy Fallon, Dave Chapelle, Richard Burton, Kenny Rogers, and Burt Reynolds. Tom was a joy; he and his wife Marla hosted many parties […]
Each year John “Jack” Smrekar ’50 spent his vacation with his wife Liz and the kids at Lake Tahoe and later at Pinecrest, where the family enjoyed long summer days at the lake, dinners on the deck, board games at night, and movies at Pinecrest’s outdoor theater. His other devotion was to sports. Friends recall him watching […]
Julia Kraus ’15 and fiancé Matthew Smallwood are planning on getting married in October 2022.