Contact Your Rep Week

Dear Fellow Northern California Bankruptcy Professionals:

In years past, our Bench-Bar Liaison Committee has been an effective agent for improving the service which we bankruptcy judges provide to you. Those of you who enjoy the convenience of an open calendar or a telephonic appearance probably don't realize that the Committee played an important role in making these happen. When there has been a problem anywhere in the district, it was often the Committee which first identified it to the court.

The Committee has been under-used the last several years. While we judges like to think that this is because things are running smoothly and there is nothing to improve, I am concerned that it may also be because the bankruptcy community has forgotten the importance of the Committee.

Accordingly, while the Committee members are always available to deal with problems and consider ideas for improving things, I am designating the week of September 5, 2011, as "Contact Your Rep Week." Have an idea for improving the operation of the court as a whole, or one division, or just one judge (including me)? Having a problem with a procedure employed by the Clerk, or maybe just one court employee? Had a matter under submission for a little too long? Contact one of the Committee members. Their names and contact information are available on the court's website, as a "quick link," and I am attaching a list with contact information. Where appropriate, the Committee can keep your identity confidential.

I urge you to use the Committee to help us improve our service to you, both during "Contact Your Rep Week" and throughout the years to come.

Very truly yours,

Alan Jaroslovsky
Chief Judge

BENCH-BAR LIAISON COMMITTEE
2011 – 2012 ROSTER

Hannah L. Blumenstiel, Co-Chair Winston & Strawn LLP 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5894 415-591-1429 Phone 415-591-1400 Fax email: hblumenst@winston.com [1] (Term Ends: 2013)	Thomas F. Koegel, Co-Chair Crowell & Moring LLP 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 415-986-2800 Phone 415-986-2827 Fax email: tkoegel@crowell.com [2] (Term Ends: 2013)
Norma Hammes, past Chair Gold and Hammes 1570 The Alameda, Suite 223 San Jose, CA 95126 408-297-8750 Phone email: norma@goha.com [3] (Term ends: 2013)	Elizabeth Berke-Dreyfuss Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP 111 Broadway, 24th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 510-834-6600 Phone 510-808-4652 Fax Email: edreyfuss@wendel.com [4] (Term ends: 2013)
Corrine Bielejeski East Bay Bankruptcy Law 113 G Street, Suite 202 Antioch, CA 94509 925-752-1826 Phone 925-521-8625 Fax Email: corrine@eastbaybklaw.com [5] (Term ends: 2014)	Monique Jewett-Brewster MacConaghy & Barnier, PLC 645 First Street West, Suite D Sonoma, CA 95476 707-935-3205 Phone 707-935-7051 Fax Email: mjewett-brewster@macbarlaw.com [6] (Term ends: 2014)
Craig C. Chiang Buchalter Nemer 333 Market St., 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 415-227-0900 Phone 415-227-0770 Fax Email: cchiang@buchalter.com [7] (Term ends: 2013)	Diana L. Donabedian Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP 121 Spear Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94105 415-356-4600 Phone 415-356-3889 Fax email: ddonabedian@luce.com [8] (Term ends: 2012)
Sally J. Elkington Elkington Law Office 409 13th St., 10th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 510-465-0404 Phone Email: sally@elkingtonlaw.com [9] (Term ends: 2013)	M. Elaine Hammond Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP 33 New Montgomery Street, Suite 290 San Francisco, CA 94105 415-834-3814 Phone 415-834-1044 Fax Email: ehammond@friedumspring.com [10] (Term ends: 2014)
Gary M. Kaplan Farella Braun & Martel LLP 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 415-954-4400 Phone 415-954-4480 Fax email: GKaplan@fbm.com [11] (Term ends: 2012)	Tobias S. Keller Jones Day 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 415-875-5869 Phone 415-875-5700 Fax Email: tkeller@jonesday.com [12] (Term ends: 2014)
Maxim Litvak Pchulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP 150 California St., 15th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 415-263-7000 Phone 415-263-7010 Fax Email: mlitvak@pszjlaw.com [13] (Term ends: 2013)	Susan B. Luce Law Offices of David A. Boone 1611 The Alameda San Jose, CA 95126 408-291-6000 Phone 408-291-6016 Fax email: susanluce@attorneyforbankruptcy.com [14] (Term ends: 2012)
Stephen J. Kottmeier Hopkins & Carley, a Law Corporation 70 South First Street San Jose, California 95113 408-286-9800 Phone 408-998-4790 Fax Email: sjk@hopkinscarley.com [15] (Term ends: 2014)	Steven M. Olson Law Office of Steven M. Olson 100 E Street, Suite 214 Santa Rosa, CA 95404 707-575-1800 Phone 707-575-1867 Fax Email: smo@smolsonlaw.com [16] (Term ends: 2014)
Alan Ramos Nevin Ramos & Steele 700 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 300 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 925-280-1703 Phone 925-935-1642 Fax Email: aramos@lawNRS.com [17] (Term ends: 2014)

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