Twelve CWSL Alumni Named by San Diego Business Journal as Women of Influence in the Law

SAN DIEGO (July 10, 2024) -- Twelve California Western School of Law (CWSL) alumni and one CWSL employee were named by San Diego Business Journal as Women of Influence in the Law for 2024. 

Included on the list were: 

Tara Burd ’11, Klinedinst PC

Johanna Canlas ’01, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Chandara Diep ’12, RJS Law

Yasmine Djawadian ’09, Queen Yasmine

Dawn Hall Cunneen ’91, Cunneen Booth LLP

Jennifer L. Hamilton ’03, Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead

Rachel James ’05, Higgs Fletcher & Mack

Stacey Kartchner ’02, Klinedinst PC

Laura Nichols ’05, Buchalter

Joy Sidhwa ’06, Moginrubin LLP

Maresa Talbert ’17, Talbert Law Office, APC

Janice Walshok ’08, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin

Bhashini Weerasinghe, Law Office of Bhashini Weerasinghe and Assistant Director of Pro Bono & Public Service at CWSL