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 48^th Annual Gala on Thursday, October 17^th.

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.