Who’s Who in the OCBA

The OCBA Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Sections Chairs generously volunteer their time to the Association activities to benefit the members and improve the practice of law. They are the leaders of the Bar. This list is published as a service to OCBA members.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OCBA President
Lei Lei Wang Ekvall
Weiland , Golden , Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok LLP
 
President-Elect
John C. Hueston
Irell & Manella LLP

Treasurer
Dimetria A. Jackson
Attorney at Law

Secretary
Wayne R. Gross
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Past President
Michael G. Yoder
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
 
OCBA Executive Director
Trudy C. Levindofske, CAE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Central Director
Claudettte D. Kunzman
Law Office of Claudette Kunzman
 
Harbor Director
Tirzah Abé Lowe
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

North Director
Pearl Gondrella Mann
Law Offices of  Pearl Gondrella Mann
 
South Director
Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.
Bienert, Miller & Katzman

West Director
Michael L. Baroni
Palace Entertainment

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Ashleigh E. Aitken
Attorney at Law
 
Darren O. Aitken
Aitken Aitken Cohn

Teresa A. McQueen
Pedersen Law & Dispute Resolution Corp.

Solange E. Ritchie
Law Offices of Steven R. Young

Eric V. Traut
The Traut Firm

APPOINTED DIRECTORS

Lynda T. Bui
Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP

Suzanne Viau Chamberlain
Chamberlain and Viau

Carlos X. Colorado
Jones Day

Scott B. Cooper
The Cooper Law Firm PC

Jose Gonzalez
Berman More & Gonzalez
 
Steven G. Hittelman
Minyard Morris LLP

Tracy R. LeSage
Orange County Public Defender
 
Lorena C. Peñaloza
The California State University

Cherrie I. Tsai
Kaiser Aluminum

YLD Appointment 
J. Edward Wilson
The Reeves Law Group

2009 SECTION CHAIRS

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Cari S. Baum
Law Office of Cari Baum

Appellate Law
G. E. Siebel, Jr.
Law Offices of G. Edmund Siebel, Jr.

Business & Corporate
Martin P. Florman
BuchalterNemer APLC

Business Litigation
Marilyn Martin-Culver
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP

Commercial Law & Bankruptcy
Jeffrey I. Golden
Weiland , Golden , Smiley, Wang Ekvall
& Strok LLP

Construction
Sandra L. Bauer
Bauer-Anderson, LLP

Corporate Counsel
Jason Weintraub
Broadcom Corp.

Elder Law
Amy C. Anderson
Anderson & Anderson

Environmental Law
Richard G. Montevideo
Rutan & Tucker LLP

Family Law
Ann A. Thomson
Ann A. Thomson, Attorney at Law APLC

Financial Practices
Jack T. Cornman
Cornman & Swartz

Immigration Law
Greg Berk
Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP

Insurance Law
Jeffrey G. Kichaven
Professional Mediation & Arbitration

Intellectual Property/ Technology
Christian A. Fox
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

Jared C. Bunker
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

International Law
Richard J. Schwarzstein
Law Office of Richard J. Schwarzstein

Labor & Employment
Julie D. Schisler
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Product Liability
Richard A. Crites
Sedgwick, Deter, Moran & Arnold

Michael A. Penn
Aitken Aitken Cohn

Real Estate
Rosemary
Amezcua-Moll
Amezcua-Moll & Associaties

Social Security
Martin Taller
Law Offices of Martin Taller

Solo Practitioner
Small Firm
Christele Demuro
Law Office of Christele Demuro

Tax Law
Valerie C. Dickerson
Deloitte Tax LLP

Trusts & Estates
Amy E. Haupert
Elder Law Center

Workers’ Compensation
Teresa R. Edrington
Vail, Macrae & Edrington

Jose Gonzalez
Berman More & Gonzalez