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.
Michael Ermer
(President)
Irell & Manella LLP
Mark Erickson
(Vice-President)
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Deborah Mallgrave
(Secretary/Treasurer)
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Aaron J. Malo
(Immediate Past President)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP
Darren O. Aitken
Aitken * Aitken * Cohn
Deborah E. Arbabi
Crowell & Moring LLP
Ralph H. Blakeney
Gordee, Nowicki & Blakeney LLP
Joseph L. Chairez
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Cesar Covarrubias
The Kennedy Commission
Roman Darmer
Jones Day
Glenn D. Dassoff
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
Douglas J. Dixon
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Maya K. Dunne
Maya Dunne & Associates
Kathy F. Esfahani
Community Member
Brian B. Farrell
Banc of California
Daniel R. Foster
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Michele D. Johnson
Latham & Watkins LLP
Philip D. Kohn
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Karla Kraft
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Christy G. Lea
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Thomas A. Manakides
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Adrianne Marshack
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Christopher H. McGrath
Paul Hastings LLP
James Meeker, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Joel S. Miliband
Brown Rudnick LLP
Mark Minyard
Minyard Morris LLP
Alexander S. Polsky
JAMS
Ameena M. Qazi
Mirza Law Office and Consulting
Dina M. Randazzo
Schilling Law Group, P.C.
Carole E. Reagan
Umberg/Zipser, LLP
Charla “Sue” Riley
Crestbridge Financial Wealth Management
Daniel Robinson
Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.
Crystal C. Sims
Legal Aid Society of Orange County
Nicole Whyte
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP
Michael R. Williams
Bienert, Miller & Katzman, PLC
Brett J. Williamson
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Marc J. Winthrop
Winthrop Couchot Golubow Hollander, LLC
Carol Zaist
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Peter Zeughauser
Zeughauser Group