John C. Hueston of Irell & Manella LLP was installed as President of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) during the 2011 Judges' Night and Annual Meeting, held Jan. 20, 2011, at The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. Also sworn in were President-Elect Dimetria A. Jackson, Attorney-at-Law, Treasurer Wayne R. Gross of Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Secretary Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. of Bienert, Miller & Katzman PLC. Lei Lei Wang Ekvall of Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok LLP now assumes the role of Immediate Past President. Also installed were the 2011 Board of Directors and OCBA Charitable Fund Board of Directors, which are listed below: 2011 Board of Directors
Darren O. Aitken Aitken Aitken & Cohn
Christopher N. Andal The Marquart Law Group
Lynda T. Bui Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP
Michael L. Baroni Palace Entertainment
Mac W. Cabal Lanak & Hanna, P.C.
Suzanne Viau Chamberlain Chamberlain and Viau, APLC
Carlos X. Colorado Jones Day
Todd G. Friedland Stephens Friedland LLP
Scott B. Garner Howrey LLP
Jose Gonzalez Berman More & Gonzalez
Steven G. Hittelman Nelson Hittelman
Claudette D. Kunzman Attorney at Law
Tracy R. LeSage Orange County Public Defender
Pearl G. Mann Law Offices of Pearl Gondrella Mann
Teresa A. McQueen Pedersen Law & Dispute Resolution Corp.
Nikki P. Miliband Good, Wildman, Hegness & Walley
Solange E. Ritchie Law Offices of Steven R. Young
Kiran Sharma FDIC, Legal Department
Eric V. Traut The Traut Firm
Cherrie I. Tsai Kaiser Aluminum OCBA Charitable Fund Board of Directors Lei Lei Wang Ekvall President Weiland, Golden, Smiley, Wang Ekvall & Strok LLP
Wayne R. Gross Treasurer Greenberg Traurig LLP
Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. Secretary Bienert, Miller & Katzman PLC
Christopher R. Aitken Aitken Aitken & Cohn
Cathrine M. Castaldi Rus, Miliband & Smith APC
Joseph L. Chairez Baker & Hostetler LLP
Richard Derevan Snell & Wilmer LLP
John C. Hueston Irell & Manella LLP
Dimetria A. Jackson Attorney at Law
Nikki A. Miliband Good, Wildman, Hegness & Walley
Mark Minyard Minyard & Morris
Kay Rackauckas Keller Rackauckas LLP
Michael G. Yoder O’Melveny & Myers
Meryl L. Young Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Be sure to keep an eye out for the March 2011 issue of Orange County Lawyer magazine, which will feature as its cover story "Who's Who in the OCBA"—a complete listing of the OCBA's 2011 Officers, Board of Directors, and Charitable Fund Board of Directors.