So Happy for Obama, They Could Just -- Donate Lots of Money

In Tuesday's issue of The Recorder, our Exhibits feature takes a look at some of the legal types who are so into celebrating Barack Obama's presidency that they've given at least $200 to help fund his inauguration. (You can see that feature page online (.pdf) here.) In the interest of space, we didn't include all the generous legal eagles we could spot there. But in the interest of your curiousity, we do so here.

Who hearts Obama the most, after the jump ...

• Thomas Bauch, Hall Capital ($1,000)

• Theodore Boutrous, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ($25,000)

• Janice Brown, Brown Law Group ($12,500)

• David Casey, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield ($50,000)

• Marsha Cohen, Hastings College of the Law ($10,000)

• Laura Covington, Yahoo Inc. ($10,000)

• Diana Dooley, California Children's Hospital Association ($500)

• David Drummond, Google Inc. ($25,000)

• Alan Fox*, ACF Property Management ($50,000)

• Fred Gagliardini, criminal defense lawyer in Bakersfield ($500)

• Richard Genow, Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder ($10,000)

• Thomas Girardi, Girardi & Keese ($25,000)

• Dean Hanley, Paul & Hanley ($25,000)

• Denise Hanna, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell ($250)

• Karina Juarez, Brown Law Group ($5,000)

• Katherine Kendrick, Dreamworks ($25,000)

• George Kolombatovich, U.S. District Court, ($250)

• Michelle Lerach (.pdf), Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins ($50,000)

• Dianna Lyons, Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley ($2,500)

• Duane Lyons, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges ($10,000)

• Steve Madison, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges ($10,000)

• Nion McEvoy, Chronicle Books ($500)

• Jeffery McFarland, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges ($50,000)

• Patricia McQuater, Solar Turbines ($12,500)

• Bettina Neuefeind, Bay Area Legal Aid ($1,000)

• Frank Pond, Pond North ($25,000)

• James Pooley, Morrison & Foerster ($25,000)

• Eric Richards, O’Melveny & Myers ($10,250)

• Anna Richo, Amgen Inc. ($10,000)

• Sanford Rosen, Rosen, Bien & Galvan ($12,500)

• Christopher Sacca*, Lowercase Capital ($50,000)

• Thomas Sayles, Rentech Inc. ($25,000)

• Kenneth Sulzer, Seyfarth Shaw ($200)

• Steven Swig, Presidio School of Management ($50,000)

• Dana Welch, Welch ADR ($10,000)

And we can't forget these people, who are listed as bundlers rather than individual donors:

• Owen Byrd, self-employed (bundled at least $75,000)

• Marisa Chun, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass (bundled at least $25,000)

• John Emerson, Capital Group Co. (bundled at least $100,000)

*Going for extra credit: Alan Fox and Christopher Sacca bundled, too, in addition to giving as individuals. (If you want to check out all the givers from all the states yourself, you can do so here and here.)

End note: There are still seven six significant players left off this list who we suspect are members of the State Bar, but we haven't confirmed as much yet. If we do, we'll add their names in the alphabetical list above, in bold. Meanwhile, party on: It's only so long that ballrooms and parades can distract us from all the stuff that needs fixin'.

—  Pam Smith