Orange County Business Journal held their 14th annual General Counsel Awards on Thursday, November 14, 2024. Of the 49 nominees, Orange County Business Journal named 17 OCBA Members.
The Hon. Gail A. Andler (Ret.) (JAMS) has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the OCBA's Franklin G. West Award.
Orange County Business Journal announced the 2024 Women in Business Awards Nominees. Of the 228 outstanding OC professional women named by Orange County Business Journal, 14 are OCBA Members.
The Daily Journal recently published their 2024 Top 40 Under 40 list (September 2024). Congratulations to the three OCBA members named in their annual list.
The Filipino-American Lawyers of Orange County (FLOC) will honor 2024 OCBA President Christina M. Zabat-Fran and OCBA Member Monica E. Glicken at their Annual Gala on Friday, October 4.
The Daily Journal recently published their 2024 Top 100 Lawyers list (September 2024). Congratulations to the 9 OCBA members named in their annual list.
On October 3, 2024, OCCDL will be celebrating Orange County’s Top Young Lawyers, Top DEI Champions, and the Top Legal Organizations for DEI. Congratulations to all the OCBA member Honorees!.
The Orange County Women Lawyers Association is set to honor 2024 OCBA President-Elect Mei Tsang with the Attorney of The Year Award at their 48th Annual Gala on Thursday, October 17th.
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association recently announced their 2024 Best Under 40 Award recipients. Included in the list was OCBA Board of Director member Alexander C. Payne. Congratulations to him and all the other named recipients.
The Veterans Legal Institute named OCBA member Heidi M. Plummer as one of their Veteran Advocates of the Year.
Congratulations to all 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America! To see a list of all lawyers honored by Lawdragon 500, click here.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 400 times as Best Lawyers for 2025 in 70 categories.
The Filipino-American Lawyers of Orange County named 2024 OCBA President Christina M. Zabat-Franin as this year's Trailblazer Award recipient.
Each year the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association recognizes and honors local trial attorneys for their exceptional trial skills over the past year.
2024 OCBA Board Member Nicole Whyte (Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O'Meara LLP) and OCBA Members Honorable Kirk H. Nakamura (Ret.) (JAMS) and Michael G. Ermer (Irell & Manella LLP) will be honored with the 2024 Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Award by the Anti-Defamation League.
The City of Irvine recently recognized OCBA member Hani A. Habbas with an engraving on the Wall of Recognition located at Colonel Bill Barber Marine Corps Memorial Park.
Five OCBA members were announced as this year’s Top 100 Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal.
The Daily Journal named OCBA member Mark Minyard in their latest special report.
2024 OCBA President Christina Zabat-Fran was recently featured in Orange Coast magazine's Power of Women as Lifestyle Leaders article and spoke at their 3rd annual Kickass Women Luncheon.
2024 OCBA Secretary Eric V. Traut has been recognized as the recipient of the CAL-ABOTA 2024 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.
The Super Lawyers 2024 Up-and-Coming Southern California Rising Stars edition recognized OCBA members.
The Super Lawyers 2024 Top Southern California Lawyers edition recognized OCBA members as Top Lawyers.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 800 times as Best Lawyers for 2024 in 75 categories.
Benchmark Litigation Names OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller to “The Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” and Recognizes Four Members as "Star Litigators".
The Daily Journal recently published their 2023 Top 100 Lawyers list and recognized 11 OCBA members.
On October 12, 2023, OCCDL will be celebrating Orange County’s Top Young Lawyers, Top DEI Champions, and the Top Legal Organizations for DEI. Congratulations to all the OCBA member Honorees!.
The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) announced the naming of its accomplished Pro Bono Program in recognition of a generous gift from Michael G. Ermer, Partner Emeritus at Irell & Manella LLP.
Join in celebrating OCTLA's Top Gun & Hall of Fame Award Recipients on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at City National Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim.
Orange County Business Journal announced the 2023 Women in Business Awards Nominees. Of the 204 outstanding OC professional women named by Orange County Business Journal, 14 are OCBA Members.
L.A. Times B2B Publishing announced 13 OCBA members as nominees for the Orange County Inspiration Women Forum & Leadership Awards. The event took place on August 18, 2023.
Seven OCBA members were announced as this year’s Top 100 Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal.
Chambers USA recognized 33 OCBA attorney members in its 2023 legal rankings.
The Super Lawyers 2023 Up-and-Coming Southern California Rising Stars edition recognized OCBA members.
Michael G. Balmages, Esq. is an accomplished mediator and discovery referee with extensive experience as a trial lawyer, general counsel, and transactional lawyer.
Join the OCWLA at their Annual Gala on Wednesday, October 17, 2023 to promote the advancement of women in the legal profession and support this year's awardees. Formal attire is encouraged.
Congratulations to OCBA Members Monica E. Glicken, Public Law Center; Kate Marr, Community Legal Aid SoCal; Antoinette Naddour, Veterans Legal Institute; and Brooke A. Weitzman, Elder Law & Disability Rights Center, on being honored with Congressman Correa's 2023 Women of the Year Award.
2023 OCBA Board Member Eric V. Traut (Traut Firm) and OCBA Member the Honorable Glenda Sanders, Ret., (JAMS) will be honored with the 2023 Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Award by the Anti-Defamation League.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 600 times as Best Lawyers for 2023 in over 55 categories.
Western State Professor Eunice Park was selected as a Future of Privacy Forum Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award recipient.
The Super Lawyers 2023 Top Southern California Lawyers edition recognized OCBA members as Top Lawyers.
The Judges of Orange County Superior Court celebrated all volunteer lawyers that gave their time to serve our community as temporary judges during this year’s Temporary Judge Appreciation Event held on Tuesday, October 25th.
Congratulations to all seven partners of Keller/Anderle LLP for their inclusion in the inaugural list of the 2023 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America.”
Jennifer Keller, a nationally prominent trial attorney at Keller/Anderle LLP in Irvine, has been named to the 2023 Benchmark Litigation “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America.”
The Daily Journal recently published their 2022 Top 100 Lawyers list and recognized 9 OCBA members.
Winners will be announced at the California Legal Awards ceremony honoring all winners and finalists on the evening of Nov. 3 at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square in San Francisco.
OCBA Members and Snell & Wilmer partners Michele Sabo Assayag and Elizabeth M. Weldon have been selected as nominees for Orange County Business Journal’s 2022 Women in Business Awards.
OCBA Members Deborah A. Gubernick, Partner at Snell & Wilmer; Elizabeth M. Weldon, Partner at Snell & Wilmer; and Samrah Mahmoud, Partner at Troutman Pepper LLP, have been selected as nominees for Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing 2022 Inspirational Women Leadership Awards.
Orange County Coalition for Diversity in the Law Recognizes OCBA Member Sarah E. Roa as a Top Champion of DEI in the Law of OC.
Join in celebrating OCTLA's Top Gun & Hall of Fame Award Recipients on Saturday, November 12 at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 600 times as Best Lawyers for 2022 in 70 categories.
The Super Lawyers 2022 Up-and-Coming Southern California Rising Stars edition recognized OCBA members.
OCBA Member Jennifer Keller named to 2022 list of "California’s Top Women Lawyers" by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals.
Congratulations on 25 years on the Court of Appeal.
OCBA Member Kimberly La Salle awarded the 2022 Fay Stender Award by the California Women Lawyers Association.
The Super Lawyers 2022 Top Southern California Lawyers edition recognized OCBA members as Top Lawyers.
2022 OCBA Treasurer, Christina Zabat-Fran, was announced as a 2022 winner for the Top 100 Corporate Counsel Award by OnCon
OCBA Member Jennifer Keller ranked the #2 attorney in all of Southern California by "2022 Southern California Super Lawyers."
Jennifer Keller named to 2022 list of “The Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America.”
Jennifer Keller and Reuben Camper Cahn have been selected to the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals’ list of "The Top 100 Lawyers in California."
Join in celebrating OCTLA's Top Gun & Hall of Fame Award Recipients on Saturday, November 13 at the Laguna Cliffs Resort in Dana Point.
Jennifer Keller has again been selected by Benchmark Litigation for its annual nationwide list of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” in the United States.
OCBA Member and TMBA Secretary Yemi Adeyanju is a finalist for the 2021 In-House Counsel Leadership Awards, which recognizes in-house legal counsel professionals for their contributions and leadership within their organizations, the legal field, and the community at large.
The Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County (CRF-OC) announced its 2021 Annual Benefit Award recipients.
The Super Lawyers 2021 Southern California Rising Stars edition recognized OCBA members as Top Up & Coming attorneys.
Chambers USA recognized 30 OCBA attorney members in its 2021 legal rankings.
Three attorney members of the Orange County Bar Association have been recognized by the Daily Journal and California Lawyer's 2021 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Awards.
OCBA Member Elizabeth M. Weldon has been named as a 2021 Legal Eagle by Franchise Times for the eleventh consecutive year.
OCBA Past President Michael L. Baroni received Entertainment Lawyer of the Year - USA in Lawyer Monthly Magazine's Monthly Legal Awards 2020.
Six additional OCBA Members named as 2021 Super Lawyers.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA Member, Heather L. Poole has been listed as a 2021 Southern California Super Lawyer, and OCBA Member Melissa G. Wong has been listed as a 2021 Southern California Rising Star.
Six OCBA Members named to list of Super Lawyers & Rising Stars.
Three OCBA Members, Jennifer Keller, Kay Anderle, and Reuben Camper Cahn were named as 2021 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.”
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA Past President Jennifer L. Keller, Keller/Anderle LLP and OCBA Member Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Robinson Calcagnie, Inc. were named as two of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers for 2021.
The OCBA is proud to share that members were announced as 45 of the Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyers.
The OCBA is proud to share that seven embers were listed as the Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers for 2021.
The OCBA is proud to share that seventeen members were listed as the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers for 2021.
OCBA Member Reuben C. Cahn, has been named to the list of “Top White Collar Lawyers in California,” as selected by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals.
Six OCBA members were announced as this year’s Top 100 Women Lawyers by the Daily Journal.
OCBA Past President Lei Lei Wang Ekvall is a nominee for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 Women’s Leadership Awards. Click here to register.
Justice Eileen Moore of the California Court of Appeal, 4th District, Division 3, is to be honored with a 2020 annual CalVet Trailblazer Award from CalVet Women Veterans Affairs.
OCBA Past President John Hueston, a founding partner of Hueston Hennigan LLP, has been listed in the 2021 Benchmark Litigation “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America.”
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a trial attorney at Keller/Anderle LLP in Irvine, has been named to the 2021 Benchmark Litigation “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America,” an exclusive list of the top courtroom advocates in the United States.
The OCBJ announced all those nominated for the 2020 Women in Business Awards. The awards will be announced during a virtual event on October 28, 2020.
Jennifer Keller has been selected as a “Lawdragon Legend,” one of only 30 attorneys chosen nationwide in 2020 by Lawdragon.
Five OCBA members were announced as this year’s Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal.
OCBA member Elizabeth M. Weldon, a partner at Snell & Wilmer, has been invited to join the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
OCBA member Elizabeth M. Weldon, a partner at Snell & Wilmer, has been named as a 2020 Legal Eagle by Franchise Times for the tenth consecutive year, marking her induction into the Legal Eagle Hall of Fame.
OCBA member Michael Balmages received the first “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Orange County Superior Court Temporary Judge Program in recognition of his 35 years of service to the court as a volunteer, temporary judge, trainer, and mentor.
The section presented its 2019 Tax Law Section awards to Bradley Martinson and Jacqueline Maar.
Military officials and their guests gathered to pay tribute to top Orange County attorneys Wylie and Ashleigh Aitken for their support of veterans and military causes.
The OCBA is pleased to announce that member Louis Schotemeyer, general counsel at William Lyon Homes, was named Orange County Business Journal General Counsel Awards 2019 Rising Star.
The Federal Bar Assocation, Orange County Chapter, an affiliate bar of the OCBA, was awarded the Presidential Achievement Award for chapter activity at the 2019 FBA National Meeting and Convention in Tampa, Florida.
The Celtic Bar Association, an affiliate bar of the OCBA, honored OCBA members Ronald Schwartz and the Honorable H. Shaina Colover as Lawyer of the Year and Judge of the Year respectively.
OCBA member M.C. Sungaila, Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, is one of the 27 U.S. lawyers included in the National Law Journal’s 2019 Equality Trailblazers List.
Lance Cotton was selected as the inaugural TMBA Bar Scholarship recipient.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a nationally prominent attorney at Keller/Anderle LLP in Irvine, has been selected to the prestigious Chambers USA national ranking of lawyers.
The Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County (CRF-OC) honors OCBA member Hon. Lance P. Jensen, an Orange County Superior Court judge, with the Hon. James P. Gray Judge of the Year award.
For a 10th consecutive year, the Daily Journal has named Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner M.C. Sungaila as one of the Top Women Lawyers in California.
The OCBA is proud to share that six OCBA members received the 2019 Spirit of Volunteerism Award from OneOC.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a founding partner at Keller/Anderle LLP, has been named to the 2019 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America."
OCBA member Doug Luther, an associate at Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LL, has been named as a Legal Eagle by Franchise Times for the second year in a row.
The Veterans Legal Institute announced Stephens Friedland LLP as Law Firm of the Year, OCBA Past President David Price as Attorney of the Year, and Hon. Lon Hurwitz as Veteran Advocate of the Year for 2019.
OCBA member Elizabeth Weldon, a partner at Snell & Wilmer, has been named as a 2019 Legal Eagle by Franchise Times for the ninth consecutive year.
Keller/Anderle attorneys have been honored with a prestigious Daily Journal CLAY Award – California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year award this year.
The OCBA is proud to share that 14 OCBA members were listed as the Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers for 2019.
The OCBA is proud to share that members were recognized as 47 of the Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyers.
The OCBA is proud to share that four members were listed as the Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers for 2019.
The OCBA is proud to share that members Jennifer L. Keller of Keller/Anderle LLP and Mark P. Robinson, Jr. of Robinson Calcagnie, Inc. were named as two of the Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers for 2019.
The Public Law Center named OCBA Member Sean M. Sherlock, a partner at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., as its 2019 Attorney of the Year.
The OCBA is proud to share that 23 members achieved Super Lawyers Top List recognition for 10 years or more.
The OCBA is pleased to announce that 12 OCBA members have been nominated for the Orange County Business Journal Women of the Year Awards. Congratulations to the 2019 nominees!
Two of Keller/Anderle’s jury trial victories in 2018 were selected to the Daily Journal’s list of the prestigious top 20 “Top Defense Verdicts of 2018.” The Daily Journal describes the list as “the largest and most significant verdicts in California in 2018.”
The Anti-Defamation League will recognize OCBA members Mark Erickson, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP in Costa Mesa; The Honorable Wendy S. Lindley, Ret., Orange County Superior Court; and Brett Williamson of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Newport Beach.
Keller/Anderle LLP, a nationally recognized bet-the-company business litigation firm based in Irvine, has been selected to the list of “Top Boutique Firms of 2018,” as chosen by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, one of only 20 firms so honored across the entire state.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a founding partner at Keller/Anderle LLP, has been named to the 2019 Benchmark Litigation "Top 20 Trial Lawyers in California," a list of the top courtroom advocates in the nation's largest state.
OCBA member Mary-Christine "M.C." Sungaila, a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP and member of Haynes and Boone’s Appellate Practice, has been elevated to chair of the Board of Overseers for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ).
OCBA member Todd R. Wulffson, the Orange County Office Managing Partner for Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP (CDF), received the Distinguished Service Award from the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County (CRF-OC) for his quarter century of service to Orange County youth.
OCBA member Marie DiSante, managing partner at Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, received the 2018 National Women in Law Awards Lifetime Achievement award from Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel. These awards honor women in-house and law firm leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law.
OCBA member Daniel S. Rodman, a partner at Snell & Wilmer's Orange County office, has accepted an invitation from the American Bar Foundation (ABF) Board of Directors to become a Fellow of the ABF.
Judge Andrew J. Guilford, who served as OCBA President in 1991, has been recognized with the prestigious 2018 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit.
Member Gloria Lee, a partner at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, was awarded the CMCP Marci Rubin Emerging Diversity Leader Award by the California Minority Counsel Program.
OCBA member Serafin Tagarao joined Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, an employment, labor and business immigration law firm recognized for protecting employers with workforces in California for nearly 25 years.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller has again been named to the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals’ list of "The Top 100 Lawyers in California." This is Keller's eleventh appearance on the list.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a founding partner at Keller/Anderle LLP, was named 2018 Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame by the California Lawyers Association.
OCBA members L. Song Richardson, Casey Johnson, Rick McNeil, and Karina Gutierrez were recognized at the 2nd Annual Diversity & Inclusion Unity in Service Celebration.
OCBA member Frank Barbaro of Frank P. Barbaro & Associates was named 2018 TOP GUN Hall of Fame recipient by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.
Western State College of Law will be inducting OCBA members Dayn Holstrom and Pamela Liosi as its newest Hall of Fame Inductees during the 2018 Hall of Fame Gala.
Law360 named member Blaine Evanson, a partner at Gibson Dunn, as one of its Rising Stars for 2018.
Growing up in Compton, Calif., 3L Jaquesha Scott witnessed how crime can plague a neighborhood. Now, with dreams of becoming a prosecutor, she plans to return home and help protect it.
OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller, a founding partner at Keller/Anderle LLP, was named to the “Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation” list for 2018. She was previously selected for the award in 2017.
The OCBA is proud to share that OCBA members were selected more than 350 times as Best Lawyers for 2018 in 44 categories.
The OCBA is pleased to announce that 13 OCBA members have been nominated for the Orange County Business Journal Women of the Year Awards. Congratulations to the 2018 nominees!
The Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, an affiliate bar of the OCBA, honors OCBA members.
The OCBA is pleased to announce that 13 OCBA members and OCBA members from four corporate legal teams have been nominated for the Orange County Business Journal General Counsel Awards. Congratulations to the 2016 nominees!
The OCBA is pleased to announce that OCBA member Adam Dodge, Legal Director at Laura's House, received the 2016 Bravery Award from the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV).
The OCBA is pleased to announce that five of its members were recognized as the Top Labor and Employment Lawyers for 2016 by the Daily Journal.
The OCBA is pleased to announce that 14 of its members have been named to the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA) Top 100 List, while six of its members were recognized in the 40 Under 40 category.
The OCBA is pleased to congratulate its 453 members who were recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers in 2016.
Los Angeles' Best Lawyers recently named 219 OCBA members from 108 firms across 40 categories to its 2016 Lawyers of the Year list.
, have been named Judge of the Year and Attorney of the Year, respectively, by the Orange County Women Lawyers Association.
The OCBA is pleased to congratulate its 483 members who were recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers in 2015.
OCBA members Brian K. Brandt, Sean M. Burke, and Heather J. Higson have been named 2014 Top Gun Trial Lawyers of the Year by the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.
Three OCBA members—including two Past Presidents—were recognized at the 2014 Anti-Defamation League Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Awards Dinner, which was held Thursday, April 10, 2014, at Island Hotel in Newport Beach.
OCBA member Hon. Linda L. Miller has been named Judge of the Year by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County.
The OCBA presented Hon. Francisco P. Briseño with its prestigious Franklin G. West Award during the
Tirzah Abé Lowe was recently named as one of "Five Associates to Watch" by the Daily Journal.
OCBA Treasurer Christina M. Zabat-Fran named as one of the "Top 50 Women Leaders of LA"
Several OCBA members were recognized in OC METRO's August 2010 cover story, "The Legal Eagles," recognizing Orange County, Calif.'s Top Lawyers for 2010.
On Dec. 7, 2010, the American Board of Trial Advocates, Orange County Chapter named Orange County Bar Association member Mark P. Poliquin as its OC Trial Lawyer of the Year.