San Joaquin College of Law recently issued the following announcement.
Like two dozen other San Joaquin College of Law July Bar passers, Jaymie Eaton learned she passed the Bar on Friday, November 12, at 6:00 p.m. The following Monday morning, she was quickly sworn in because McCormick Barstow had already calendared their newest Associate Attorney for cases in December.
Jaymie was not the only “you pass, you’re hired” Bar passer. By the time Monday evening’s Virtual Toast to Bar Passers rolled around, Surinder Padda had already put in his first full day on the job at Central California Legal Services, where he now works on their Housing Team. It has always been his wish to “be the voice for the people.” Rebecca Salgado has been interning at CCLS and hopes to be added to its Health Team.
Nathan Martin is excited to continue his work, now as an Associate Attorney, at Wanger, Jones, Helsley, where he has been clerking on general business cases. Meanwhile, George Harris is already an Associate Attorney at Michael Sullivan & Assoc., cashing in on his “you pass, you’re hired” offer. Clare Demera is in that same blissful situation as the newest Associate Attorney at Pascuzzi Pascuzzi & Stoker.
Travis is now In-House Counsel for Zinkin Development, where he was enjoying practicing Property Law, and is thrilled to find he is now also entrusted with Entertainment Law in the form of athletes’ contracts.
Other Bar passers have deals with details that “need to be ironed out,” while still others have interviews piled up, including several working toward a position of Deputy District Attorney.
The laughter and cheers at the Virtual Toast were a far different scene from what the Bar passers experienced upon seeing their results three days earlier. Frankie says his girlfriend videotaped the moment, which reveals him “crying and bawling for about a minute and a half.”
Joselyn Hillberg says she “expected to cry if she failed,” and was surprised she cried when she passed.
Nathan Martin also admits he “started crying like a little baby.”
Innessa Yenokian says she wanted to be alone when she checked her Bar pass status, because “It’s scary to let a lot of other people down. They don’t tell me how much they were dreading me having to take it again.”
Bethany also understands this family dynamic. She says she was “dumbfounded” when she discovered she had passed, but then went out and presented her parents with shirts that read “Beth is my Lawyer.”
Several Bar passers were unsure of their status after the screen came up reading “Pass” in “the tiniest letters.” Travis worried it might indicate those grading the Bar had decided to pass on grading his.
All in all, there was great joy among the Bar passers. Clare Demera says she drank a bottle of champagne. The whole bottle? “Yes.”
Jenna Halop says, “I went out and drowned myself in sushi.”
Surinder Padda and his wife found themselves screaming and shouting in River Park upon seeing the good news. The good news, however, was amazing news to his family, who had no idea he was attending law school. “Nobody knew,” he says, so he made the announcement to his in-laws by presenting them with a box of sweets. He admits “They’re still mad they didn’t know.” Meanwhile, his whole village now knows and is celebrating. “Now I’m a role model,” he says, adding “I am the true American Dream.”
Congratulations to all Bar passers, each celebrating their own dream:
| Jared Bertoni
Clare E. Demera Jaymie A. Eaton Ashley N. Emmersen Rosalia Estrada Fernando M. Garcia Jenna L. Halop George I. Harris, Jr. Joslyn N. Hillberg Ali M. Huda Jessica Jaramillo Perez Nathan J. Martin | Dustin J. Moses
Dusty B. Nunes Frankie C. Olivares III Surinder Padda Nicholas Penner Ryan Petty Dana Robnett Rebecca A. Salgado Jordan S. Scrivner Bethany Silsby Travis J. Tubandt Innessa Yenokian |
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