Empire College alumni comprise approximately 25 percent of the Sonoma County Bar. Seven are now members of the judiciary in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino and Merced counties. A partial list of alumni appears below.

Tadd C. Aiona, Attorney at Law, Provencher & Flatt LLP

Shelly Averill, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Jared J. Babula, Attorney at Law, Brayton Purcell

Hon. Raima H. Ballinger, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge

Hon. Carla Bonilla, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner

Craig T. Brooks, Deputy District Attorney, Sonoma County; President, Sonoma County Prosecutors Association

Hon. Ron W. Brown, Mendocino County Superior Court Judge

Jeanne M. Browne, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Hon. Jeanne M. Buckley, Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner (retired)

Hon. Thomas S. Burr, Juvenile Court Referee, Merced County

Anne D'Arcy, Associate, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP

Teresa de la O, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Jeffrey E. Duplicki, Associate, McMillan & Shureen LLP

Patrick M. Dyas, Attorney at Law, Adams-Nye-Sinunu-Bruni-Becht LLP

Marlisa A. Ferreira, Senior Deputy District Attorney - Gang Unit, Stanislaus County

Gail F. Flatt, Partner, Provencher & Flatt LLP

Jacqueline D. Gillespie, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Michael Gogna, City Attorney, Healdsburg and Fort Bragg; Attorney at Law, Meyers Nave

Stephen E. Hansel, President, Hansel Leasing

Donald P. Hawley, Claims Counsel, Universal Underwriters Group

John A. Holdredge, Partner, Geary, Shea, O'Donnell & Grattan PC

Sharon H. Holwerda, Attorney at Law, Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder

Ronald W. Horton, Attorney at Law, State Compensation Insurance Fund

Seth Howard, Attorney at Law, Law Office of Steve Turer

Yolanda M. Jackson, Attorney at Law, Caron Greenberg & Plaza

Scott A. Jamar, Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney

Patrick W. Kilkenny, President/CEO, National Bank of the Redwoods

Joseph C. Kinkade, Staff Attorney, School and College Legal Services

John P. LaLonde, Deputy District Attorney, Fresno County

Heidi Larson, Deputy District Attorney, Mendocino County

John P. Levering, Associate, Mullen & Filippi LLP

Mark F. Lightfoot, Attorney at Law, American Home Shield Insurance

Katy Rose Lusson, Attorney at Law, Protection & Advocacy, Inc.

Julianne Major, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Jean Maltby, Research Attorney, Sonoma County Superior Court

Susan Moore Massini, Mendocino County District Attorney, 1987-1999

Michael G. Miller, Partner, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP

Carol J. Monahan, Chief Counsel, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Adrienne M. Moran, Partner, Shapiro, Galvin, Shapiro, Piasta & Moran

Kathleen A. Pozzi, Sonoma County Chief Deputy Public Defender

Douglas B. Provencher, Partner, Provencher & Flatt

Andy J. Rubinger, Deputy Public Defender, Tulare County

Peggy J. Schmeck, Attorney at Law, Sonoma County Family Mediation Services (retired)

E. Gregory Schrader, Attorney at Law, Private Practitioner

Richard S. Scott, Associate, Andrian & Gallenson

Doug Shureen, Partner, McMillan & Shureen LLP; 2006 President, Sonoma County Bar Association

Ann Thomas, Attorney at Law & Project Director, Council on Aging

Hon. Francisca P. Tisher, Napa County Municipal Court Judge

George R. Valenzuela, Attorney at Law, Santa Rosa City Schools

J. Ross Walker, Willits City Attorney

Robert Wieworka, Staff Counsel, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Thomas Q. Winter, MD, Of Counsel, Teal & Montgomery

Note: Listings reflect the most current information available at the time of publication. To update a listing, contact shurd@empirecollege.com.