OCBA Member Carol E. Lavacot Passes Away at 75 - 9/23/2016

OCBA member Carol E. Lavacot passed away on September 5, 2016 in Orange, CA at the age of 75. Read More..

OCWLA Honored OCBA Charitable Fund Board Member - 9/23/2016

The OCBA is pleased to announce that OCBA Charitable Fund Board Member Michele Johnson, a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, was named Attorney of the Year at the 41st Annual OCWLA Gala this week. Read More..

OCBA Member Michael LeBoff Joins Klein & Wilson - 9/23/2016

The OCBA is pleased to announce that OCBA member Michael LeBoff recently joined Klein & Wilson as the firm’s newest Senior Counsel. Read More..

OCBA Member Mark Foster Joins Snell & Wilmer - 9/23/2016

The OCBA is pleased to announce that OCBA member Mark Foster has joined the Orange County office of Snell & Wilmer.  Read More..

OCBA Past President Jennifer Keller Named as a Top 100 Lawyers in California - 9/23/2016

The OCBA is proud to announce that Past President Jennifer Keller was selected as a Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. This is the ninth year that Keller has made the list. Read More..

OCBA Affiliate Bar Receives 2016 Affiliate of the Year Award - 9/23/2016

The OCBA is very pleased to announce that the Orange County Asian American Bar Association (OCAABA), one of its affiliate bars, was named the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA) 2016 Affiliate of the Year. Read More..

OCBA Trivia Night - 9/22/2016

Monday, Oct. 24, 2016
The Harp Inn, Costa Mesa Read More..

OCBA Young Lawyers Division Winter Softball - 9/16/2016

The Young Lawyers Division co-ed softball team (a social group where athletic skill is purely optional) will play in Irvine on Wednesday evenings. Read More..

OCBA Young Lawyers Division Volunteers Needed: Halloween Carnival - 9/14/2016

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
Oak View Family Resource Center, Huntington Beach Read More..

CRF-OC Seeks Mock Trial Attorney Volunteers - 9/9/2016

The Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County (CRF-OC) invites Orange County attorneys to participate in its 35th Annual Orange County High School Mock Trial Competition as a Volunteer Attorney Scorekeeper. Read More..

Stand Up For Homeless - Volunteers Needed! - 9/9/2016

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
Santa Ana Civic Center, Santa Ana Read More..

Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County Honors OCBA Charitable Fund - 9/9/2016

The Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County named the OCBA Charitable Fund as its 2016 Community Partner of the Year. Read More..

Veterans Legal Institute Honors OCBA Member - 9/9/2016

Veterans Legal Institute will honor OCBA member and immigration attorney Richard Wilner, Esq., Wilner & O'Reilly APLC, at its annual Lawyers for Warriors benefit event. Read More..

OCBA Member MC Sungaila Appointed ABA Commissioner - 9/9/2016

The OCBA is pleased to announce that OCBA member Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, Haynes and Boone, LLP, was appointed Commissioner of the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Diversity Center) by the ABA President.  Read More..

OCBA Member Hon. Theodore E. Millard Passes Away at 77 - 9/7/2016

Longtime OCBA member Hon. Theodore E. Millard (Ret.) passed away on August 28, 2016 in Orange, CA at the age of 77.  Read More..

OCBA Member Firms Named Top 50 Firms of 2016 by Law360 - 9/6/2016

The OCBA is pleased to announce that 13 of its member firms were named as the Top 50 Firms of 2016 by Law360.  Read More..

OCBA Annual Leadership Election Now Open - 9/1/2016

The OCBA's annual leadership election is now open for online voting. To view the candidate statements, please click here. Cast your ballot now at www.ocbar.org/vote. Read More..

September 2016 - Limits On Pre-Certification Communications With Putative Class Members - 8/31/2016

Before a class is certified, defendants should be careful what they say, and how they say it, to unrepresented parties.

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September 2016 - Divorce Court - 8/31/2016

You say ex parte, I say recusal; let's call the whole thing off.

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September 2016 - We Never Got Our Man - 8/31/2016

Don't think you can parachute your way out of an expensive government investigation.

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