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Introduction The Tony Patiño Fellowship is a merit award created to award and support law students who have demonstrated leadership ability, and whose outstanding academic and personal histories show good moral character, ethical conduct, good citizenship, motivation and initiative. All students who have gained admission to the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, the University of Chicago Law School, or Columbia Law School are eligible to apply. Of those, approximately seven to nine first-year students may be chosen to be a Fellow-Elect. Fellow-Elects
who successfully complete the renewal process following each academic
year are conferred the title “Tony Patiño Fellow” upon
graduation from law school. Today there are over 125 Tony
Patiño Fellows working, leading, and serving in their communities worldwide.
The Fellowship’s Board of Directors remains
committed to Tony’s
wish and Francesca’s vision. Led by Francesca’s long-time
confidante and protégé, Martha Belcher,
the board has expanded to include members representing all three beneficiary
law schools. The goals the board is working to achieve include:
strengthening the Fellowship network, providing more mentoring and career
assistance to the Fellows-Elect, and raising the Fellowship’s profile
in the legal community. Working together the Fellowship community continues
its efforts to achieve the aspiration engraved on the Fellowship statuette,
to “be a leader of mankind in all that is honorable, just and compassionate.”
BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors of the Tony Patiño Fellowship are:
MARTHA BELCHER (Hastings 1983) Martha is the Senior Vice President and Secondary Marketing General Counsel for Indymac Bank in Pasadena, California. Martha manages and provides legal support for the Bank's secondary marketing unit. From 1996-2007, Martha was the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Fannie Mae's Western Regional Office where she managed the legal division of Fannie Mae's Western Business Center and, most recently, managed Fannie Mae's business litigation. In 2003, Martha received a Woman of Distinction" award from the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, given to top women business attorneys in Los Angeles. From 1991-96, Martha was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Arnold & Porter, where she focused on regulatory and transactional matters affecting financial institutions. While at Arnold & Porter, Martha was named as one of the top 35 young lawyers in California by California Law Business. Martha also worked for the firms McKenna & Fitting from 1985-91, and Epport, Kaseff & Mirman from 1983-85. Martha is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law, where she graduated Cum Laude in 1983. During her time in law school, Martha was an extern for the Honorable Joseph Sneed of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Honorable Spencer Williams of the U.S. Northern District of California. In 1980, Martha graduated Summa Cum Laude as Valedictorian from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania with a degree is political science. Martha has been on the Board of Directors since 1988. From 1999-2008, Martha served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of The Friends of the Tony Patiño Fellowship, Inc. Martha currently serves as Chairman of the Selection Committee for Hastings, Chicago and Columbia Law Schools.
WILLIAM JACKSON (Columbia 1997) William is a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP. His main practice areas include complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. Since joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in 1999, William has represented clients in a wide range of complex commercial matters. William’s work include the successful representation of an international trading company in a dispute with a major international oil and gas corporation; the defense of a client in both civil and criminal antitrust actions involving the construction and installation of deepwater offshore oil and gas platforms; and the defense of a telecommunications corporation in an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and concurrent private class and individual opt out actions alleging securities fraud. William has filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of faculty members of Columbia Law School regarding the Solomon Amendment, a federal statute involving military recruiting on law school campuses. William has taught negotiation and alternative dispute resolution at Harvard Law School and was a Lecturer at Stanford Law School. From 1998-1999, William was a law clerk for the Honorable Frank Coffin of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. From 1997-1998, William was a law clerk for the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. William is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia Law School, where he graduated in 1997 as a Harlon Fiske Stone Scholar, and received a Comparative Law Certificate of Achievement with Honors. In 1991 William graduated Cum Laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in government. William has been on the Board of Directors since 2007. William serves as Secretary on the Board, and is on the Finance Committee.
WILLIAM P. KEANE (Hastings 1986) Bill is a litigation partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP with extensive jury-trial experience obtained in over 20 years of civil and criminal practice. He practices complex civil and criminal litigation with an emphasis in white collar criminal defense and intellectual property. Bill chairs the firm's White Collar Crime Practice Group. Bill has recently defended federal criminal and civil-enforcement actions involving allegations of accounting and insider-trading fraud, trade-secret theft and antitrust violations. He has also recently conducted corporate internal investigations arising from accounting and other financial-reporting issues and FDA-compliance issues in the pharmaceutical industry. On the civil side, he has recently litigated patent-royalty and software-licensing disputes, among other intellectual property matters. Bill has taught Federal Criminal Law and Legal Writing as an adjunct professor of law at Hastings College of the Law and is a frequent lecturer on white collar defense and legal ethics issues. He has also served as a courtroom technical advisor for an independent film still in production. From 1991-97, Bill was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Silicon Valley Office in San Jose, where he specialized in white collar criminal prosecutions. From 1986-97, Bill was as associate at the Sedgwick and Cobletz law firms, both in San Francisco. In 1986-87, Bill was a law clerk for the Honorable Eugene F. Lynch of the U.S. Northern District of California. Bill is a 1986 Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law, where he served as the editor-in-chief for the Hastings Law Journal. In 1982, Bill received his B.A. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. Bill has been on the Board of Directors for many years, and currently is Chairperson of the Board’s Finance Committee.
ROBERT A. MAGNANINI (Columbia 1993)
Bob is a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP's New Jersey office in the litigation department. Bob has extensive experience in prosecuting and defending complex civil and criminal matters. He represents clients in civil commercial, environmental and False Claims Act cases. He has tried, arbitrated and mediated cases in federal and state courts and before numerous administrative bodies. Bob was appointed to complete Michael Chertoff's tenure as the Investigations Officer of the Mason Tenders Union to conclude the investigation into associations with organized crime after Mr. Chertoff was appointed as the Assistant United States Attorney General for the Criminal Division. Bob is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the New York Army National Guard and serves as the 42nd Infantry Division Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1 for Personnel. Bob was activated on September 11, 2001 and was the senior division staff officer from the 42nd Infantry Division at the World Trade Center for the two weeks following the attack and responsible for coordinating and controlling over 1800 military personnel assisting in the recovery efforts.Bob also commanded over 1500 military personnel in and around New York City after the July 2005 London subway bombings. Bob was awarded New York State’s highest service award for his actions, the Conspicuous Service Medal, by Governor George Pataki. Bob is currently mobilized, serving at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Bob is a 1993 Tony Patiño Fellow from Columbia University Law School, where he was also a Governor Robert B. Myner Scholar, and the student speaker at Commencement. Bob received a B.A. in Soviet Studies and a B.A. in History from Fordham University in 1984. Bob has been on the Board of Directors since 2005. Bob is currently the chapter leader for the Columbia Fellows and serves on the Finance and Renewal Committees.
BETTY HANSEN RICHARDSON (Hastings 1982) Betty is of counsel with Richardson & O’Leary, PLLC in Boise, Idaho. She focuses her practice on appellate law and mediation, with an emphasis on state and federal Constitutional issues. In 1993, President Clinton appointed Betty to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, a position she held until 2001. After leaving office as U.S. Attorney, Betty was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District. Betty then served two years as a law clerk to the Honorable B. Lynn Winmill, Chief Federal District Judge for the District of Idaho. From 1991-93, Betty was appointed by former Idaho Governor Cecil D. Andrus as the attorney member of the Idaho Industrial Commission. She was elected Commission Chair in 1993. Prior to 1991, Betty engaged in private legal practice. Immediately following graduation from law school, Betty clerked for the Criminal Division of the San Francisco Superior Court, and then returned to Idaho to work as a judicial law clerk for former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Huntley, Jr. Betty has taught American National Government, Family Law, and Constitutional Law at Boise State University and served as staff attorney for the Idaho Law Foundation’s Continuing Legal Education Program. She is also a regular panelist on Idaho Public Television’s public affairs program “Idaho Reports.” Betty is a 1982 Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law. At Hastings, Betty was a teaching assistant for the Legal Education Opportunity Program and wrote for the Constitutional Law Quarterly. Betty has served on Board of Directors for many years and currently serves as a member of the Fellowship’s Selection Committee at Hastings and the University of Chicago, and is Chairperson of the Renewal Committee at all three law schools.
ILYA SHAPIRO (Chicago 2003) Ilya is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. In addition to his editing duties, Ilya publishes articles in numerous publications, organizes conferences on various legal issues, and is a frequent guest speaker on myriad constitutional and political subjects. In the summer of 2007, Ilya was a Special Assistant/Advisor on rule of law issues for the Multi-National Force - Iraq in Baghdad. He served at the personal invitation of General David Petraeus and worked directly under the head U.S. military lawyer in Iraq, Colonel Mark Martins. Before joining Cato, Ilya was an associate at Patton Boggs LLP and Cleary Gottlieb LLP, where he practiced international, political, commercial, and antitrust litigation. Since 2005, he has been an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at George Washington University Law School. Ilya served on the policy staff for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign in 2004, specifically in the areas of law and homeland security, and ensured the integrity of the voting process in Broward County, Florida. In 2003-04, Ilya was a law clerk for the Honorable E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in Jackson, Miss. Ilya is a Tony Patiño Fellow from the University of Chicago Law School where he received his J.D. in 2003. Ilya received an M.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics in 2000, and an A.B. from Princeton University in 1999. Ilya is a native speaker of English and Russian, is fluent in Spanish and French, and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese. Ilya has been on the Board of Directors since 2008. Ilya serves as Acting General Counsel to The Friends of the Tony Patiño Fellowship, Inc., and serves on the Finance Committee.
KENT J. SPRINKLE (Hastings 2003) KENT J. SPRINKLE (Hastings 2003) is an associate at the San Francisco office of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, a California labor and employment defense firm. Kent has experience representing employers in various aspects of employment law, including wrongful discharge; age, gender, and disability discrimination; and harassment. He also has substantial experience with wage and hour class action matters, including class action trial experience. Kent also advises employers on handbook and personnel policies, wage and hour issues, and disciplinary matters. Prior to joining Carlton, DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, Kent was an associate at Cook & Roos LLP, a San Francisco labor & employment defense boutique. Prior to that, he was an associate at Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, working in the commercial litigation and labor & employment litigation groups. While in law school, Kent served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He also served as a certified law clerk in the San Mateo County District Attorney's office. Kent is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law, where he received his J.D. in 2003. Kent received his B.A. in English Literature, from the University of San Francisco in 2000 where he graduated Cum Laude.
STEPHEN VAN LIERE (Hastings 1991) Steve is Client Partner withKorn/Ferrry International, the largest executive search firm in the world. Steve's search work focuses on leadership roles in corporate legal and compliance functions, such as general counsels and chief compliance officers, across a variety of industries, including financial services, technology, consumer, health care, hospitality, and industrial. Steve also leads searches for partners and executives at leading law firms across the United States. Prior to joining Korn/Ferry, Steve was a consultant with another large executive search firm in San Francisco from 2004 to 2006. Steve began his search career by founding the Tiro Company in 2000, which provided legal recruiting services to law firms and corporate legal departments nationally. Steve was a board member for the Hastings Alumni Association from 2000 until 2007, and served as its President in 2006. Steve is a 1991 Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law. Steve earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1983. Steve has been on the Board of Directors since 1999, and is the current President of the Board. He also serves on the Screening Committee and all three Selection Committees.
DOUGLAS WEINBERG (Chicago 1993) Doug is the President, Chief Executive Officer, and founder of Cobius Healthcare Solutions, LLC, a Chicago-based company that provides advanced electronic medical record and workflow solutions to healthcare providers across the county. Since the firm’s founding in 2000, Doug has helped lead the healthcare industry’s transition to electronic records. He consults with large healthcare providers and IT firms on their strategies. Prior to founding Cobius, Doug was an attorney specializing in corporate, technology, and international transactions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, LLP. While at Skadden, Doug worked with clients from a wide variety of industries, based in the US and abroad. Among his projects, Doug worked on a World Bank-funded project to assist former member countries of the Soviet Union draft new legal codes. Earlier in his career, Doug served as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Doug worked with Fortune 1000 companies on matters of strategy and organizational effectiveness. Among the industries he worked in were retail, finance, healthcare, consumer products, and manufacturing. Doug staffed several newly-opened McKinsey offices. He also co-authored several articles for a book about cross-border alliances and acquisitions and their impact on global collaboration. Outside of work, Doug is involved with several charitable causes. Doug is a Tony Patiño Fellow from the University of Chicago Law School, where he received his J.D. in 1993. Doug received his A.B. in political science from Princeton University. Doug has been on the Board of Directors since 2005. Doug is the Vice-President and Treasurer of the Board, and sits on the Finance and Screening Committees. Doug is also the co-chapter leader of the Chicago Fellows.
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