Mark Hoffman, President mhoffman@kentlaw.edu I am currently in my third year of the Evening Program. I began the program at 41 and was the assistant dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education prior to starting school. Upon matriculating to Chicago-Kent, I reduced my title, responsibilities, and workhours, to 30 hours a week so I could focus more on school. With a year and a half of school behind me, I have begun to clerk part-time at the State Attorney General’s Office (in addition to my work at Northwestern). I am interested in a variety of legal areas including: employment, municipality, estates and trusts, and real estate.

Tim Wei, Vice President Technology twei@kentlaw.edu I am currently in my second year of the Evening Program. I earned my undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since then I have been working as a trader at a hedge fund where I focus on developing trading automation for futures products. I am interested in intellectual property law.

Nayra Calderon-Najera, Secretary ncalderonnajera@kentlaw.edu I am a Chicago native and am currently in my first year of the Evening Program. I work full time as an Investment Management Compliance Examiner in the General Counsel department of a Chicago-based broker-dealer/investment adviser firm. I hold several FINRA (formerly NASD) licenses and obtained my ABA-approved paralegal certificate from Roosevelt University, where I also completed my undergraduate degree. I have been a working student my entire collegiate career and have worked in various law firms and corporate in-house law departments since 1994. My interests are currently securities regulation and corporate law.

Tamara Starks, Treasurer tstarks@kentlaw.edu I'm currently a 1L in the Evening Program. I earned by bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and I have a master's in history from the University of Illinois in Chicago. During the day, I work as an editor for The Associated Press, mainly writing scripts for radio and TV reports. I'm interested in labor and employment law and immigration issues.

Celeste Addyman – 4L class representative caddyman@kentlaw.edu I graduated from DePaul University with a degree in psychology in 2005. I will graduate with my JD in December, 2008. During the day I work in Chicago-Kent’s Career Services Office. I also volunteer as a 711 for Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, visiting women at Cook County Jail and counseling them on family law issues. I’ve been married for almost three years. After graduation I want to work as a public defender or doing legislative and policy work.

Walter Tersch, 3L class representative. wtersch@kentlaw.edu I have worked at law firms since 1997, in varied practice areas including Probate Estates, Family Law, Bankruptcy, Debt Collection, and Corporate Law. I currently clerk for the City of Chicago's Law Department, enforcing housing code regulations for the Building and Land Use Litigation division. My law school focus area is Environmental Law. I am a Chicago native from Ravenswood and attended DePaul University.

Claudia Farfan, 3L class representative CFarfan@kentlaw.edu I was born and raised in Chicago. My mother was born in Colombia and my father was born in Mexico and they met here. I went to Northwestern University for undergrad. I am currently in my 3rd year as an evening student at Kent. I have been working for a bankruptcy attorney for the last 3 years while in law school. I am also now very excited to be clerking for the Cook County Public Defender's Office in the felony trial unit. I will be in court at 26th and California everyday starting in May and anticipate getting a lot of hands-on trial experience very soon.

Danielle Beach, 3L Representative (bio coming soon!)

Adrian Guerrero, 2L Representative (bio coming soon!)

Jim Cagle, 2L Representative. jcagle@kentlaw.edu I graduated from U of Wisconsin-La Crosse with an undergrad in Finance and Marketing and I live in Downers Grove with my wife, Alison. I work for OfficeMax at the corporate HQ in Naperville as the Capital Analysis Mgr. My other involvement at Kent includes serving as a 1L mentor, as well as, a position with the Student division of the 7th Circuit ABA as a Lt.. Governor for Evening and Part-time students.

Rachel O'Konis, 1L Representative rokonis@kentlaw.edu Rachel O'Konis is a 1L in the evening division. Rachel works full-time at Chicago Public Schools managing internal communications and media relations for technology projects. She has a Master's degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rachel hopes to concentrate in public interest law.

Victoria Ziebarth, 1L Representative vziebarth@kentlaw.edu I am in my first year of law school and moved to Chicago from Washington, DC to attend Kent. In DC, I most recently served as the Director of Regional Affairs for the Office of Advocacy at the U.S. Small Business Administration. I am a native of Dallas, Texas and received a B.A. in International Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. My interests are in international law, corporate law, trusts and estates, and legislative advocacy.

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