The Public Law Center (PLC) is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of a diverse array of leaders from Orange County’s top law firms, businesses and representatives of community organizations.
Brian B. Farrell
(President)
Banc of California
Christy Lea
(Vice-President)
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Nicole Whyte
(Secretary/Treasurer)
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP
Deborah Mallgrave
(Immediate Past President)
Greenberg Gross LLP
Michele Bell
Office of the Public Defender
Amy Chen
Ingram Micro
Joseph L. Chairez
BakerHostetler
Cesar Covarrubias
The Kennedy Commission
Tara Cowell
Cowell Law
Douglas J. Dixon
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Eric M. Dominguez
Korpivaara, Le & Dominguez, LLP
Samantha E. Dorey
Everett Dorey LLP
Maya K. Dunne
Maya Dunne & Associates
Mark Erickson
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Michael G. Ermer
Irell & Manella LLP
Gialisa Gaffaney
Community Member
Norma García Guillén
Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank LLP
Jose Gonzalez
Bentley & More LLP
Richard J. Grabowski
Jones Day
Casey Johnson
Aitken*Aitken*Cohn
Michele D. Johnson
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mandy H. Kim
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Jennifer L. Koh
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Philip D. Kohn
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Karla Kraft
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Daryl S. Landy
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Samrah Mahmoud
Troutman Pepper
Aaron J. Malo
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Thomas A. Manakides
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Adrianne Marshack
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Christopher H. McGrath
Paul Hastings LLP
Joel S. Miliband
Brown Rudnick LLP
Dina M. Randazzo
Community Member
Charla “Sue” Riley
Crestbridge Financial Wealth Management
Daniel S. Robinson
Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.
Daniel S. Schneider
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP.
Sean M. Sherlock
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Chahira Solh
Crowell & Moring LLP
Yolanda Torres
Law Firm of Yolanda V. Torres
Nicole Vanderlaan Smith
Schilling Law Group
Tony Wang
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Darrell P. White
Kimura London & White LLP
Marc J. Winthrop
Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP
Kristopher R. Wood
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Christina M. Zabat-Fran
St. John Knits Inc.