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.”

OCBA member Megan Gess has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the Orange County office.

Brown Rudnick LLP announced today that William R. Baldiga will become Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Firm's Management Committee, effective upon the retirement of current Chief Executive Officer Joseph F. Ryan on March 15, 2019.

OCBA member Divya Gupta, a partner in Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s Costa Mesa office, has been selected as a Fellow for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 2019 Fellows Program.

OCBA member Deborah Gubernick has joined Snell & Wilmers's Orange County office as a partner in the intellectual property and technology, and commercial litigation groups.

Payne & Fears LLP announced that it elected two OCBA members Rihanna Hughes and Alejandro Ruiz as two of the firm's newest partners.

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.

OCBA members Ashley Halberda and Nancy “Niki” Lubrano were named as two of Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP's newest partners.

Womble Bond Dickinson named member Artin Betpera as its newest partner, effective January 1, 2019.