Monterey College of Law is honoring Dean Jan Marx on her retirement after leading the San Luis Obispo College of Law campus for four and one-half years.
–After a one-year delay due to COVID-19 restrictions, a special traveling exhibit from the Library of Congress has arrived in San Luis Obispo. The exhibit commemorates the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed and protected women’s constitutional right to vote.
Presented by the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, the exhibit is currently on display at the San Luis Obispo County Law Library (1050 Monterey Street, Suite #125) and will debut at the San Luis Obispo County Public Library (995 Palm Street) on May 4 before departing on Sept.18, 2021. The exhibit, “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” was curated by the Library of Congress and received a 2019 GDUSA American Graphic Design Award. The exhibit is free to view and open to the public.
–Carmel & Naccasha LLP has announced that attorneys Devin Mikulka and Joseph E. Benson have joined the firm.
Devin Mikulka joined Carmel & Naccasha after working as an associate in the Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois as a member of the Labor & Employment Practice. Prior to her work in Los Angeles, Mikulka worked at a boutique employment law firm specializing in single-plaintiff discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour matters. She also worked as a law clerk for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California in San Diego. Prior to law school, Mikulka worked for the U.S. Department of Justice on the international extradition of criminal fugitives.