News & Announcements

November 21, 2016

Melinda Guzman was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco as a nonmember independent director. She will serve a 3 year term beginning January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019.

August 07, 2016

Attorney Melinda Guzman faced off with UC President Janet Napolitano and secured a lucrative settlement for her client, Linda P.B. Katehi, who just stepped down as chancellor of UC Davis.

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Marcos Breton of Sacramento Bee reports.

June 03, 2016

Melinda Guzman and Larry Kamer, Chancellor Katehi’s lawyer and media spokesperson, hold a press conference to discuss problems and questions concerning the investigation of the Chancellor.

• Baffling delays in UC’s disclosures of information requested by news organizations, a situation that is greatly troubling to Chancellor Katehi given that she had provided all such information prior to her leave in April
• Disparate treatment of Chancellor Katehi versus other senior UC senior administrators
• Questions of how President Napolitano has managed confidential personnel issues
• How the announcement of Chancellor Katehi’s “administrative leave” violated confidentiality and longstanding rules governing academic integrity
• Recent heavy-handed tactics by UC investigators
• Issues concerning the financial arrangement between UC and the Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe law firm, specifically those regarding payments for this investigation.

April 24, 2016

Melinda Guzman has been named to the Vanir Construction Management Inc. board of directors

January 28, 2016

The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco has elected member director Douglas H. (Tad) Lowrey as Chair and independent director Melinda Guzman as Vice Chair.

December 29, 2015

Melinda Guzman, CEO of Melinda Guzman Professional Corporation is named one of the most influential Latinos in the Sacramento Area.

November 23, 2014

The three – public policy consultant Jim González, attorney Melinda Guzmán and financial consultant Marco Antonio Rodríguez – were presented one of Mexico’s highest honors, the Ohtli, which means “path” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs.

April 03, 2013

Attorney, business woman, and community advocate, Melinda Guzman is one of Hispanic Lifestyle’s 2013 Latinas of Influence.

February 22, 2013

Scott Syphax hosts a special KVIE MAKERS edition with Melinda Guzman, a woman of many roles: a litigator, businesswoman, an international advisor on trade and US-Mexico relations, expert on governance issues, and more.

January 12, 2012

October 10, 2011

January 12, 2011

Melinda Guzman, a Sacramento attorney, was hired by the Sanchez family to seek justice for their 83-year-old relative killed by a hit and run driver.

April 23, 2007

May 16, 2006

Melinda Guzman was appointed on May 16, 2006, as the representative to the Commission by the California State University Board of Trustees, and serves at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees.

December 19, 2005

Melinda Guzman was retained by UC Davis Vice Chancellor Celeste Rose to represent her during her separation from the university and successfully reached a settlement agreement to avoid a bias suit.

June 03, 2005

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June 16, 2004

May 20, 2004

The small numbers of women and minority lawyers working at local firms fall far short of representing the demographics of law schools and society. Breaking barriers: Melinda Guzman is considered by some the most successful Latina in the private-sector legal community in Sacramento.

July 27, 2003

Melinda Guzman represented Aztec Media when it sued one of its shareholders to make sure the terms of the loan to buy KTTA are fulfilled.