Officers
PRESIDENT
Andrew R. Gray
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Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925 - Telephone
(714) 540-1235
Vice President
Charity M. Gilbreth
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Schilling Law Group, P.C.
1100 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 760-6124
Treasurer
Justin N. Owens
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Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 725-4076
Secretary
Alejandro G. Ruiz
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Payne & Fears LLP
4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 797-1261
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Linda A. Sampson
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8502 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 443
Orange, CA 92869 - Telephone
(714) 516-8106
Board of Governors
Jared C. Bunker
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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
949-760-0404
Erin L. Burke
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Jones Day
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612 - Telephone
(949) 851-3939
Tamara I. Devitt
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Haynes and Boone, LLP
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 700
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 - Telephone
(949) 202-3060
Hon. Sheila F. Hanson
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Maria D. Hernandez
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. John W. Holcomb
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United States District Court
Central District of California
Annual Seminar Committee Representative
Amy J. Laurendeau
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O'Melveny & Myers LLP
610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660-6429 - Telephone
(949) 823-7926
Membership Co-Chair
Molly J. Magnuson
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Umberg/Zipser LLP
1920 Main Street, Suite 750
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 679-0052
Membership Co-Chair
Casey J. McCracken
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612-4412 - Telephone
(949) 451-3800
Abby Meyer
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 4th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 - Telephone
(714) 513-5100
Joseph V. Miceli
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Klein & Wilson
4770 Von Karman Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 631-3300
Marc P. Miles
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1600
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
949.475.1500
Lisa N. Neal
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Rutan & Tucker, LLP
18575 Jamboree Road 9th Floor
Irvine, CA 92612 - Telephone
(714) 662-4664
Hon. Kathleen E. O’Leary (ret.)
Mark J. Payne
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Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
5 Park Plaza, Suite 1400
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 622-2700
Annual Seminar Committee Representative
Leonard Polyakov
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Newmeyer & Dillion
895 Dove Street, Fifth Floor
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 271-7227
Michael M. Purpura
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Hueston Hennigan LLP
620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1300
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 432-6906
Paul F. Rugani
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
2050 Main Street, Suite 110
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 852-7765
Hon. Maurice Sanchez
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California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division 3
Chris C. Scheithauer
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Call & Jensen
610 Newport Center Dr., Ste 700
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 717-3000
Jonathan P. Schmidt
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Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 500
Irvine, CA 92618 - Telephone
949-885-1360
2025 Dinner Program Chair
Jeffrey M. Singletary
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Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
600 Anton Blvd., Ste 1400
Costa Mesa, CA 92626 - Telephone
(714) 427-7000
Chahira Solh
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Crowell & Moring LLP
3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614-8505 - Telephone
(949) 798-1367
Hon. Autumn D. Spaeth
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United States District Court
Central District of California
David M. Stein
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Olson Stein LLP
240 Nice Lane # 301
Newport Beach, CA 92663 - Telephone
(949) 887-4600
Vikki L. Vander Woude
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California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division 3
Hon. Nathan Nhan Vu
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Orange County Superior Court
Eva M. Weiler
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K&L Gates LLP
1 Park Plaza, Twelfth Floor
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 475-1515
ABTL Report Editor
Andrew A. Wood
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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
2010 Main Street, 8th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614 - Telephone
(949) 851-5421
Judicial Advisory Board
Hon. David J. Hesseltine
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Erick L. Larsh
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Richard Y. Lee
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Layne H. Melzer
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Joanne Motoike
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California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division 3
Hon. Nathan R. Scott
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California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division 3
Hon. James V. Selna
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United States District Court
Central District of California
Hon. Deborah C. Servino
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Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Fred W. Slaughter
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United States District Court
Central District of California
Young Lawyer Division
YLD Chair
Allie O’Hara
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Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626-1925 - Telephone
(714) 755-8202
YLD Vice-Chair
Catherine Rosoff
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Schilling Law Group, P.C.
1100 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250
Newport Beach, CA 92660 - Telephone
(949) 760-6120
Past Presidents
1998 │ Donald L. Morrow
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Morrow Law Corporation
1999 │ Thomas R. Malcolm
2000 │ Robert E. Palmer
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(1956 -2014)
2001 │ Hon. Andrew J. Guilford (ret.)
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Judicate West
2002 │ Jeffrey W. Shields
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Shields Law Offices
2003 │ Michael G. Yoder
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP
2004 │ Dean J. Zipser
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Umberg/Zipser LLP
2005 │ Hon. Sheila B. Fell (ret.)
2006 │ Gary A. Waldron
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2007 │ James G. Bohm
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Bohm Wildish LLP
2008 │ Hon. Martha K. Gooding
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California Court of Appeal
Fourth District, Division 3
2009 │ Richard J. Grabowski
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Jones Day
2010 │ Sean P. O’Connor
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
2011 │ Darren O. Aitken
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Aitken * Aitken * Cohn
2012 │ Hon. Melissa R. McCormick
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Orange County Superior Court
2013 │ Mark D. Erickson
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Haynes and Boone LLP
2014 │ Jeffrey H. Reeves
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Reeves & Weiss LLP
2015 │ Michele D. Johnson
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Latham & Watkins
2016 │ Scott B. Garner
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Umberg/Zipser LLP
2017 │ Mark A. Finkelstein
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Umberg/Zipser LLP
2018 │ Daniel A. Sasse
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Crowell & Moring, LLP
2019 │ Karla J. Kraft
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Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
2020 │ Todd G. Friedland
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FBFK Law
2021 │Maria Z. Stearns
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Rutan & Tucker LLP
2022 │ Matthew M. Sonne
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
2023 │ William C. O’Neill
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Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
2024 │ Kenneth G. Parker
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Haynes and Boone LLP