1998

Hey, '98s! I hope that the winter's been treating you well and that the approaching spring brings all kinds of good things! Speaking of which, here are a few good things I've heard from our classmates:

In our most recent news, Kelley Moohr Kinney and her husband, Aaron, welcomed their new baby boy, Pierce, on November 9, 2010. The Kinney family lives in San Francisco and Kelley is a brand-new partner in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she practices in the litigation and securities litigation departments. Congratulations on everything, Kelley! That's a pretty great way to start 2011—as a new partner and new mom!

In other Bay Area news I heard from Ryan Gilfoil, who got married in July 2010 to Veena Dubai. Ryan and Veena met at Berkeley Law School and they are both now practicing law in San Francisco. Ryan's an associate at the law firm Morrison Foerster and Veena is a staff attorney at the public interest legal organization the Asian Law Caucus.

Ryan's groomsmen included fellow '98s Adrian Durbin and Alex Katz. Ryan reports that Adrian is working for McKesson in San Francisco as a legislative affairs director and is himself getting married in January (congrats, Adrian!). And Alex also lives in San Francisco with his wife, Katherine, and he works for Fisher Investments.

Other '98s celebrating at Ryan and Veena's wedding were Adam Dietz (who is practicing orthopedic surgery and sports medicine in Santa Monica, California), Steve Vogel and Dan O'Neill (who are both attorneys in New York), Chad Trexler (who's a vice president at SunGuard Availability Services in Philadelphia), David Mace (who is a director at the private equity firm GI Partners in Menlo Parle, California) and Blair Kenney (who's working for Selventa, a biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts). Congratulations, Ryan, and thanks for all the updates!

I also got an update from Sara Tullis Wester and Forest Wester, who report that they live in Miami and just had their second child, Ellie, in June 2010. Their oldest, Drennen, turned 2 in September. Sara is an oculoplastic surgeon at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami and Forest is a principal at Trivest Partners, a leveraged buyout firm in Miami.

Sara and Forest often see Kara Josephberg Paldino and her husband, Chris, who live nearby. They've also gotten visits from Danielle Guthrie Johnson, her husband Teddy '94, and their two boys Teddy and Charlie; and from Lisa Zeytoonjian Glenn, her husband, Rich, and their two girls Olive and Callie.

Sara and Forest also get to see Dune Thorne and Neville McCaghren a bunch because they often visit Florida to see family. Sara reports that Dune and Neville just welcomed their third baby in June 2010, too! Congratulations, Dune and Neville! And thanks for all the news, Sara!

Fiave a great spring, everyone, and please write n with all your exciting news!

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