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On Monday, August 24th leaders from the Orange County legal, business and civic communities will join together virtually in support of the Public Law Center’s annual Volunteers for Justice Event. We hope you can be part of this inspiring event that also provides an opportunity to support the over 1,500 volunteer attorneys, paralegals and law students who work with us to provide free legal services to low income residents.
Keynote Speaker
Valerie B. Jarrett
Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama
Valerie B. Jarrett is a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and a senior advisor to the Obama Foundation and Attn. She serves as Board Chair of When We All Vote and Co-Chair of The United State of Women. She also serves on the boards of Lyft, Ariel Investments, 2U, the Innocence Project, Time’s Up, the Economic Club of Chicago and the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Finding My Voice, was published in 2019 and updated in paperback in 2020.
Event Committee
Co-Chair
Karla Kraft
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Event Committee
Co-Chair
Christopher H. McGrath
Paul Hastings LLP
Event Committee
Darren O. Aitken
Aitken*Aitken*Cohn
John E. Altstadt
Altstadt Consulting
Joseph L. Chairez
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Tara Cowell
Cowell Law Corporation
Samantha E. Dorey
Everett Dorey LLP
Michael G. Ermer
Irell & Manella LLP
Norma García Guillén
Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank LLP
Christy Lea
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Deborah Mallgrave
Greenberg Gross LLP
President, PLC Board of Directors
Aaron J. Malo
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Thomas A. Manakides
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Adrianne Marshack
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Danielle M. Mayer
Holland & Knight LLP
Silent Auction Committee Co-Chair
Daniel S. Robinson
Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.
Eleanor A. Stegmeier
Stegmeier, Gelbart, Schwartz & Benavente, LLP
Marc J. Winthrop
Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP
Christina Zabat-Fran
St. John Knits, Inc.
Nicholas M. Zovko
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Silent Auction Committee Co-Chair
Silent Auction Committee
Danielle M. Mayer
Holland & Knight LLP
Co-Chair
John E. Altstadt
Altstadt Consulting
Sarah M. Ayad
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
Marcel Budiono
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Nicole Carbonel
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Samantha Chang
Latham & Watkins LLP
Jordan M. Cox
Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear, LLP
Mario Ekiert
Rocket Reporters
Sayuri Espinosa
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Kehaulani Jai
Latham & Watkins LLP
Remington Bishop Lamons
Latham & Watkins LLP
Courtney B. Lockhart
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP
Melissa Lucar
Buchalter
Nicholas M. Zovko
Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear, LLP
Co-Chair
Mayant Luk
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Candice D. Lundquist
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Marcus McCutcheon
BakerHostetler
Emily Orman
Latham & Watkins LLP
Bree A. Oswald
Buchalter
Angie V. Phung
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP
Aaron M. Rubin
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jocelyn M. Russo
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP
Lauren Shelby
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Akhil Sheth
Crowell & Moring LLP
Honieh O.H. Udenka
Brown Rudnick LLP
Jennifer Unger
Rocket Reporters
Jiaxiao Zhang
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
For more information, contact April Schley, Special Events Manager, at aschley@publiclawcenter.org