NEWS RELEASE
March 11, 2008
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Elects New Trustee
Newest Board Member is Respected Federal Magistrate
SAN DIEGO -The Thomas Jefferson Board of Trustees has elected a new 
member, U.S. Magistrate William McCurine, Jr.
Magistrate McCurine is a native of Chicago, received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Harvard Law School.
Mr. McCurine was a partner at Gray, Cary, Ware & Friedenrich, and later at Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm & Smith, before he was appointed to the federal bench in 2004.
He was named one of America’s best trial lawyers in 2001 and was presented with the Thurgood Marshall Award by the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association.
“Judge McCurine will be a spectacular addition to the Board because of his reputation within the San Diego legal community and his involvement on the issues of diversity within the profession,” said Thomas Jefferson School of Law Dean Rudy Hasl. “As a school that now has a substantial enrollment of students of color, he will be very helpful in creating connections for our students within the legal community.”
The chair of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Board of Trustees is Samuel J. Kahn, Chief Executive Officer of Kent Holdings & Affiliates.
Other trustees include:
Charles Abdelnour
Retired San Diego City Clerk
Robert Ames
Consulting Partner, DLA/Piper, LLP
David Bejarano
Retired Chief, San Diego Police Department, President, Presidential Bodyguard Services, Inc.
Richard D. Prochazka
Law Office of Richard Prochazka
John M. Seitman
Attorney
Raymond Taramasco
Chief Executive Officer. First National Finance Corporation
Dean James P. White
Professor Emeritus, University of Indiana Law School
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, located in historic Old Town San Diego, is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State of California and is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools. In addition to the juris doctor program, the law school offers LL.M. (Master of Law) degrees in three different international legal specialties.