Orange County Bar Association

Senior Counsels at Keller/Anderle Selected As Litigation Counsel of America Associate Fellows

OCBA members Jesse Gessin and Chase Scolnick, both senior counsels at Keller/Anderle, have been selected as associate fellows of the Litigation Counsel of America.

The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the Litigation Counsel of America is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon evaluations of excellence, effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, and superior ethical reputation. Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership.

Gessin is a star trial lawyer. He has tried 25 federal jury trials to verdict as lead or co-lead counsel, teaches trial advocacy at UCI Irvine School of Law, and has lectured on trial strategy and techniques throughout the United States. He received his B.A, cum laude and departmental honors, from University of California at San Diego in 2000, and he earned his J.D., cum laude, from The George Washington University School of Law in 2005.

Scolnick specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation, and trials of all types. Having tried as lead counsel approximately fifty federal jury trials, Chase is among the most seasoned young federal trial attorneys in the United States. He received his B.A, cum laude, from Central Michigan University in 2000, and he earned his J.D., cum laude, from University of San Diego School of Law in 2003.

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