Linda E. Spiegel, of the Law Offices of Linda Spiegel in Beverly Hills, was installed as President of the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (BHBA) at the organization’s annual Installation and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.
The Honorable Barry Russell, Bankruptcy Judge in the Central District of California, administered the oath of office to Spiegel and her board as well as the officers of the BHBA Barristers, the newer lawyers’ section of the Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the BHBA.
In addition, several BHBA awards were presented to members for their outstanding service.
The guest speaker was Conan Nolan, chief political reporter for NBC4 Southern California and anchor of the station’s “News Conference,” the longest running political/public affairs program in Southern California television.
Spiegel’s practice focuses on leasing, management and related landlord tenant matters for both commercial and residential property. She has represented various California real estate licensees and developers in connection with the creation of homeowners associations, issuance of sub-division public reports and the sale of master planned residential subdivisions.
Spiegel, Certified Mediator-Attorney at Law, has been published in the Los Angeles County Bar Association Real Property Review, the Beverly Hills Bar Association Bar Brief and the Bar Wire.
She joined the BHBA immediately following her admission to the California State Bar and becomes the sixth past Barristers President to be installed as BHBA President, and the tenth woman President to lead the bar association.
She received the BHBA President’s Award for outstanding service to the Association and also garnered the Lawrence J. Blake Award for service to the Barristers. Spiegel has successfully moved the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court 10 times for the admission of BHBA members to practice before the Court in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at UCLA and a Juris Doctorate from Whittier College School of Law.
In addition to Spiegel, other Board of Governors officers sworn in by Judge Russell were President-Elect Howard S Fredman, of Fredman Lieberman Pearl LLP, in Century City;First Vice-President Howard S. Fisher, of the Law Offices of Howard S. Fisher in Beverly Hills; Second Vice-President Richard Kaplan, of Kaplan Marino, P.C., in Beverly Hills; Secretary/Treasurer LaVonne Lawson, of the Law Offices of LaVonne Lawson in Los Angeles; and Immediate Past President Diane Karpman, of the Beverly Hills law firm Karpman & Associates.
The BHBA Barristers cabinet members installed were President Doron Eghbali, of Law Advocate Group in Beverly Hills; President Elect William Wenzel, of The Law Offices of William S Wenzel APC in Los Angeles; Treasurer Yan Goldshteyn, of Maven Law Firm in West Hollywood; Secretary Nadira Imam, ofthe Beverly Hills law firm Lawrence H Jacobson, APC; and Immediate Past President Autumn Ronda, of Valensi Rose, PLC, in Century City.
Beverly Hills Bar Foundation leaders invested included President Gillian N. Brown, of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, in Los Angeles; President-Elect Stephen P. Webb, of Tilles Webb et al, in Beverly Hills; Vice President Development Steve Young, of Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP in Century City; Vice Chair Scholarships Daren Schlecter, of the Law Offices of Darren M. Schlecter, in Century City; Vice-President Grants Jill Levin, of Levin & Associates in Santa Monica; Treasurer Jim Jahant of Beverly Hills; Secretary Marc A. Lieberman, of Fredman Lieberman LLP, in Century City; and Immediate Past President Bonita Moore, of Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, APC, in Century City.
In recognition of their outstanding service to the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the President’s Award was presented to Hon. Lawrence W. Crispo (Ret.); the Board of Governors’ Awardto Robert K. Wrede, of ADR Services, Inc. in Century City; the Chief Executive Officer’s Awardto Suzanne E. Schwartz of Pasadena; the Barristers’ Lawrence J. Blake Award to Megan R. Peitzke, of Cozen O’Connor in Los Angeles; The Louis B. Fox Award to Marc R. Staenberg, BHBA President & CEO.
Proceeds from the Installation and Awards Dinner support the educational and community outreach programs of the BHBA.
The Beverly Hills Bar Association, serving the Los Angeles region since 1931, is the fifth largest bar association in California with nearly 6,000 members. Its mission is to serve its members, to lead the legal profession and to advocate for justice in the community.
The Installation Dinner was sponsored by Matloff Life, Health and Disability Insurance and the law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones. For information on the BHBA call (310) 601-2422 or visit www.bhba.org.
