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2015 OCBA Beach Cleanup Day
Deirdre at OCBA's IP/Entertainment, Sports and Marketing Sections Joint Summer Mixer
Deirdre addressing OCBA Trusts and Estates Section
Deirdre at the 2014 OCWLA Gala with OCWLA 2014 President Laura Hess, Hon. Glenda Sanders, Hon. Kathleen O'Leary, and Hon. Wendy Lindley
Deirdre at the 2014 OCWLA Holiday Party with 2014 OCWLA President Laura Hess
Deirdre advising student at Whittier Law School
Deirdre at the OCBA small/solo section summer mixer
Deirdre with Micheal Penn at the HBA/OCBA/OCWLA/OCJBA/Thurgood Marshall/Lex Romana End of Summer Joint Mixer
Deirdre with Hon. Franz Miller, Hon. Raymond J. Ikola, Hon. Richard D. Fybel and Hon. Lon Hurwitz at the OCWLA's 40th Annual Gala
Deirdre with Hon. Peter Wilson, Hon. Raymond J. Ikola and Jevelyn Margines at the OCWLA's 40th Annual Gala
Deirdre with The Honorable Charles Margines and Jevelyn Margines at the OCWLA's 40th Annual Gala
Deirdre with OCWLA Board Member Carol Zaist at the OCWLA's 40th Annual Gala
Deirdre with husband Howard Privette at the OCWLA's 40th Annual Gala
Deirdre with Ashleigh Aitken, and Christina Zabat-Fran, Chair-Elect of the OCBA Corporate Counsel Section at a joint event with OCWLA at St. John's Knits
Deirdre with Casey Johnson and Michael Baroni
Deirdre with OCWLA Executive Director Amelia Montgomery
Judy Rose, Maricela Rios-Faust, OCWLA 2015 President Deirdre Kelly
OCWLA 2015 President Deirdre Kelly, Everyday Hero Awardee Denisha McKenzie, OCWLA 2016 Vice President Jaimi Groothuis
Hon. Charles Margines swearing in the OCWLA 2016 Executive Officers and Directors
OCWLA 2016 Executive Officers: President Allyson Thompson, Vice President Jaimi Groothuis, Treasurer Michelle Philo, 2015 President Deirdre Kelly, Secretary Sarah Nowels
OCWLA 2016 President Allyson Thompson, 2015 President Deirdre Kelly
OCWLA 2016 President Allyson Thompson, Maricela Rios-Faust, Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.), Steven Hittelman, Melinda Gomez, Judy Rose, OCWLA 2015 President Deirdre Kelly
OCWLA Board Member Janice Ramsay, Hon. Geoffrey Glass, OCWLA 2015 President Deirdre Kelly, Hon. Jamoa Moberly
Deirdre at the 2016 OCBA Judges Night with OCWLA Treasurer Michelle Philo and OCBA Immediate Past President Ashleigh Aitken
Deirdre at the 2016 OCBA Swearing In Ceremony with OCBA President-Elect
Michael L. Baroni, OCBA Treasurer
Nikki P. Miliband and OCBA Immediate Past President Ashleigh Aitken
Deirdre with OCBA President Todd Friedland, Past OCBA President Dean Zipser and Constitutional Rights Foundation President Adina Stowell
Deirdre with Hon. Fred Slaughter and OCWLA board member Carol Zaist at 2016 OCBA Judge's Night
Deirdre with Carol Zaist (OCWLA board member), Steve Allison, Hon. Jay Gandhi, Howard Privette and Alan Greenberg at 2016 OCBA Judge's Night
Deirdre with OCBA Charitable Fund Board
Deirdre with OCBA Executive Board members Nikki Mikband (treasurer); Ashleigh Aitken (immediate past president); Michael Baroni (president elect) at 2016 OCBA Judge's night
OCWLA Director Carol Zaist, OCWLA Immediate Past President Deirdre Kelly, Hon. Gail Andler, Hon. Martha Gooding at 2016 OCWLA Women Judges Reception
Hon. Jamoa Moberly, OCWLA Immediate Past President Deirdre Kelly, OCWLA Director Carol Zaist, OCWLA President Allyson Thompson, Hon. Gail Andler at 2016 OCWLA Women Judges Reception
Deirdre and Becky Callahan at 2016 OCWLA Women Judges Reception
OCBA Charitable Fund Summer Social, from left to right, OCBA board member Larisa Dinsmoor, Deirdre, Auto Club in-house counsel John Beckley and OCBA past president Ashleigh Aitken
OCBA Charitable Fund Summer Social, Deirdre and OCBA past president Dick Miller
Michael Baroni (OCBA President-Elect), Deirdre, and Dean Matt Parlow, Chapman University Fowler School of Law at Chapman's Orientation for incoming students 2016
Christina Zabat Fran, OCBA Corporate Counsel Section Chair and Deirdre at OCBA Masters Division's Summer Reception
OCBA Charitable Fund President Ashleigh Aitken, former OCBA President Dean Zipser and OCBA Secretary Deirdre at the OCBA Charitable Fund Raise Your Glass Fundraiser at Big Canyon
Me, Mei Tsang of Fish & Tsang, Christina Zabat Fran, OCBA Corporate Counsel Section Chair and General Counsel of St. John Knits and Antoinette Balta of Veterans Legal Institute at the OCBA Charitable Fund Raise Your Glass Fundraiser at Big Canyon
Deirdre with Christina Zabat Fran (St. John Knits) , OCBA Corporate Counsel section Chair and Cherrie Tsai (Kasier Aluminum) OCBA Corporate counsel section Chair elect at the OCBA Charitable Fund Raise Your Glass Fundraiser at Big Canyon
Deirdre with Oscar Teran (Chapman Law School), Doug Degrave (ABOTA), and Jeff Smith (ABOTA) at ABOTA's presentation to first year law students at Chapman about Civility in the Legal Profession
Deirdre at The Veteran's Legal Institute's Annual Fundraiser
Deirdre with Sherry Bragg, Mei Tsang, and Dean Zipser at the Orange County Women Lawyers Annual Gala
Deirdre with Larisa Dinsmoor, Chair of OCBA's International Law Section, Christina Zabat Fran, Chair of OCBA's Corporate Counsel Section, and Cherrie Tsai, Chair Elect of OCBA's Corporate Counsel Section at their joint section meeting on Brexit
Deirdre with Christina Zabat-Fran, Chair-Elect of the OCBA Corporate Counsel Section and Anne Gannon at the Orange County Women Lawyers Annual Gala
Deirdre speaking at Chapman Law School's Swearing In Ceremony on behalf of OCBA for new grads who passed the Bar Exam. Judge Jonathan Fish, Judge Theodore Albert, Marvin Adviento
Deirdre speaking at Chapman Law School's Swearing In Ceremony on behalf of OCBA for new grads who passed the Bar Exam. Dean of Chapman Law School Matt Parlow, Judge Jonathan Fish, Judge Theodore Albert, Marvin Adviento
Deirdre and Anne Gannon at the OCWLA Holiday Party
Deirdre and Kelly Galligan at the OCWLA Holiday Party
Deirdre with Christina Zabat Fran, General Counsel of St. John Knits, her mom, and Faythe Hughes, Cousel at Earth Friendly Products at the Greenberg Gross Holiday Party
Deirdre sworn in by Hon. Jim Gray as OCBA Treasurer, along with Nikki Miliband, OCBA President Elect, and Todd Friedland, OCBA Immediate Past President at the 2017 OCBA Judges' Night
Deirdre with Nikki Miliband, OCBA President Elect, and OCBA Board Member Larisa Dinsmoor at a 2017 OCBA event
Deirdre moderating a panel on Diversity In The Legal Profession with OCBA Affiliate Bar Leaders at Chapman Law School 2017
Deirdre with Hon. Jay Gandhi and Rana Zaiee at OCBA Judges' Night 2017
Deirdre with Antionette Balta's, President of Veteran's Legal Institute, Women Lawyers Group
Deirdre at Earth Friendly Products' 50th Anniversary Celebration
Deirdre with Dean Zipser
Deirdre with with Darren Aitken and Hon. Melissa McCormick
Deirdre with with OCBA Board Members Larisa Dinsmoor, Mei Tsang, Nikki Miliband, and Todd Friedland at Asians Advancing Justice Lunch 2017
Deirdre as a member of the OCBA Diversity Task Force
Deirdre with Veterans' Legal Institute President, Antoinette Balta, Howard Privette, and Christina Zabat Fran, General Counsel of St. John Knits at Women 2 Women Dinner 2017
Deirdre with OCBA Board and Past Presidents honoring OCBA Executive Director Trudy Levindofske at her 10 year Anniversary Celebration
Deirdre with OCWLA President Michelle Tran, Carol Zaist, Partner at Newmeyer & Dillion LLP, Hon. Jamoa Moberly, and OCBA President Elect Nikki Miliband at a reception to honor retiring Judge Jamoa Moberly at Noguchi Garden 2017
Deirdre with Wayne Gross, former OCBA President, TA Nguyen, Ursula Guzman, Associate General Counsel, Core Logic at Greenberg Gross' summer party
Deirdre with Scott Garner, OCBA Secretary, Todd Friedland, OCBA Immediate Past President, Trudy Levindofske, OCBA Executive Director, Nikki Miliband, OCBA President Elect, Michael Baroni, OCBA President at a reception honoring Trudy Levindofske's 10 years of service to OCBA
Deirdre at St. John Knits for the Counsel in Conversation event with Carol Zaist, Siena Caruso, The Hon. Jamoa Moberly, and Christina Zabat Fran
Deirdre at OCBA Charitable Fund's Raise Your Glass 2017 Fundraiser with OCBA Board members Dan Robinson, Mei Tsang, Nikki Miliband, Adrienne Marshack, Larisa Dinsmoor, Dean Zipser and Antoinette Balta
Deirdre with Christina Zabat Fran, General Counsel of St. John Knits, and Lisa Harrington, General Counsel of Asics at The OCBA Diversity & Inclusion Unity In Service Celebration at Chapman Law School
Deirdre with Rick McNeil, OCBA Diversity Task Force Chair, Nikki Miliband, OCBA President Elect, and Christina Zantac Fran, OCBA Board member at The OCBA Diversity & Inclusion Unity In Service Celebration at Chapman Law School
Deirdre with OCBA Board members Mike Gregg, Rick McNeil, Autumn Spaeth, Jordan Steinberg, Christina Zabat Fran, Jennifer Tennant, Shirin Forootan, and Larisa Dinsmoor at The OCBA Diversity & Inclusion Unity In Service Celebration at Chapman Law School
Deirdre with Dean Zipser, Michael Fell, and Mei Tsang at The 2017 OCWLA Gala
Deirdre with Allyson Thompson and Michelle Philo at The 2017 OCWLA Gala
Deirdre with Ashley Gonzales, Amber Enriquez, Faythe Hughes, Camille Heenan at The 2017 OCWLA Gala
Deirdre with Shelly Aronson and Hon. Jamoa Moberly (Ret.) at The 2017 OCWLA Gala
Deirdre speaking at The 2017 OCWLA Gala
Deirdre with a recent law grad at OCBA's Bar Waiters Reception 2017
Deirdre with Hon. Jamoa Moberly (Ret.), a current law student, Antoinette Balta, and Hon. Martha Gooding at Chapman Law School's 2017 Annual Speed Mentoring Program
Deirdre with Dan Robinson, OCBA member, and Ursula Guzman, Corelogic at Counsel in Conversation Speed Mentoring Night 2017 with OCBA's Corporate Counsel Section and Young Lawyers Division
Deirdre with Dan Robinson, OCBA Board member, me Ursula Guzman, Corelogic, and Wayne Gross, former OCBA President
at Counsel in Conversation Speed Mentoring Night 2017 with OCBA's Corporate Counsel Section and Young Lawyers Division
Deirdre with David Harshman, General Counsel of Toshiba, Lee Fink, Assistant General Counsel of OCERS, Christina Zabat-Fran, General Counsel of St. John's Knits, and Joe Dunn at Counsel in Conversation Speed Mentoring Night 2017 with OCBA's Corporate Counsel Section and Young Lawyers Division
Deirdre with Monica Johnson, Assistant General Counsel, Ventura Foods, at the Association of Corporate Counsel networking event at Chapman Law School 2017
Deirdre receiving Congressman Lou Correa's Women of Distinction Award
Deirdre receiving Congressman Lou Correa's Women of Distinction Award
Deirdre receiving Congressman Lou Correa's Women of Distinction Award
Deirdre and Larisa Dinsmoor at the 2018 OCHBA Cinco de Mayo Event in Santa Ana
Deirdre with Justice William W. Bedsworth, Kelly McCourt and Hon. Frederick Aguirre (Ret.) at the 2018 OCHBA Cinco de Mayo Event in Santa Ana
Deirdre with Yolanda V. Torres, Nikki Miliband, Joel Miliband, Bettina Yanez and Larisa Dinsmoor at the 2018 OCHBA Cinco de Mayo Event in Santa Ana
Education
- Loyola Law School, J.D. 1989
- University of Southern California, B.A. 1986
Employment History
- Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, May 2016-Present (Director of Career Services)
- Whittier Law School, 2007-2016 (Adjunct Professor, Assistant Professor, Externship Director)
- Paul Hastings, 1996-2007 (Associate, Of Counsel)
- Kindel & Anderson, 1993-1996 (Associate)
- American Savings Bank, American Real Estate Group, 1991-1993 (Vice President, Counsel)
- Jones Day, 1989-1991 (Associate)
