The Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County (CRF-OC) is a local non-profit, non-partisan education organization dedicated to promoting civic literacy, youth leadership, and career awareness among Orange County teens. Operating consistently since 1981, CRF-OC organizes and operates high-quality, interactive civic and law-related education programs that connect students directly with professionals and community leaders. The innovative programs help local teens understand and appreciate our democratic institutions and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, develop academic and leadership skills, as well as an interest in contributing to the larger community, and aspire to professional careers. The programs are made available to all high school students in Orange County at no cost to participating youth.
PLEASE NOTE THAT CRF-OC IS NOT A LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER.
CRF-OC is governed by a board of directors comprised of leaders from local legal and business communities.
Officers
President
Eric S. Pezold, Esq.,
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Vice-President
Thomas W. Tuttle, Esq., Seastrom Tuttle & Murphy
Secretary
Matthew S. Buttacavoli, Esq., Minyard Morris LLP
Treasurer
Brian Neach, Esq.,
Pacheco & Neach PC
Past President
Denise Carter, Esq., Designory
Directors
Darren O. Aitken, Esq.
Aitken*Aitken*Cohn
John E. Altstadt Altstadt Consulting
Jeffrey A. Barker, Esq. O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Jeffrey M. Blank, Esq.
Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank LLP
Travis P. Brennan, Esq. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Anthony J. Carucci, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Jason Moberly Caruso, Esq.
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Audrey L. Cheng, Esq.
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Randall J. Clement, Esq.
Clement & Ho, PLC
Alan J. Crivaro, Esq.
Law Offices of Alan J. Crivaro
Justin Cruz, Esq. Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Mark Earnest, Esq.
Jones Day
Var Fox
Judicate West
Jeffrey M. Garcia JAMS
Justin Gillett, Esq.
Knobbe Martens
Daniel M. Glassman, Esq. K&L Gates LLP
Gregory F. Hurley, Esq. Sheppard Mullin
Baraa Kahf, Esq.
Knobbe Martens
Deirdre M. Kelly, Esq.
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Eoin L. Kreditor, Esq.
FitzGerald Yap Kreditor LLP
Philip K. Lem, Esq. Payne & Fears LLP
Allison Libeu, Esq.
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Marika Manos, Ed.D.
Orange County Department of Education
Marcus McCutcheon, Esq. BakerHostetler
Geoffrey M. Moore, Esq.
Hyundai Motor America
Cathy T. Moses, Esq.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Brent J. North, Esq.
North & Nash LLP
David E. Outwater, Esq.
Outwater & Pinckes LLP
Alan Slater
Administrative Office of the Court, Ret.
Adina W. Stowell, Esq.
Umberg Zipser LLP
Nicole L. Surratt
The Sullivan Group of Court Reporters
Karishma Tejwani, Esq.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Reza Torkzadeh, Esq. Tork Law
Eric Traut, Esq.
Traut Firm
Commander Brad Valentine
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Hans Van Ligten, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Peter N. Villar, Esq. Troutman Pepper
Jeffrey I. Wertheimer, Esq.
Orange County Superior Court
Todd R. Wulffson, Esq.
CDF Labor Law LLP
Mazamir Yousefi, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Presidents Emeriti
CRF-OC recognizes its past presidents accepting the status of president emeritus:
Julianne Sartain Bancroft, Esq.
California Court of Appeal
Tiffanny Brosnan, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Todd G. Friedland, Esq.
Stephens Friedland LLP
Richard J. Grabowski, Esq.
Jones Day
Paul F. Marx, Esq. Rutan & Tucker LLP
Robert E. Palmer, Esq. (1956-2014)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jeffrey H. Reeves, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
William N. Scarff, Jr., Esq. (1958-2014)
Allergan, Inc.
Scott M. Stebick, Esq.
Disneyland Resort
Barbara C. Tingley
Michael G. Yoder, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Dean J. Zipser, Esq.
Umberg Zipser LLP
Committees
Annual Benefit
Co-Chair, Cathy Moses, Esq.
Co-Chair, Alexander Payne, Esq.
John Altstadt
Jessica Brostek-Maciel, Esq.
Denise Carter, Esq.
Jason Moberly Caruso, Esq.
Var Fox
Jeffrey Garcia
Dane Gilliam, Esq.
Brian Neach, Esq.
Farnaz Salessi, Esq.
Nicholas Schuchert, Esq.
Adina Stowell, Esq.
Nicole Surratt
Eric Traut, Esq.
Emily Webb, Esq.
Constitution Day
Co-Chair, Alan Crivaro, Esq.
Co-Chair, Alan Slater
Neil Anderson, Esq.
Travis Brennan, Esq.
Brent Colasurdo, Esq.
Gordon Dunn, Esq.
Justin Gillett, Esq.
Leah Kaufman, Esq.
Law Day
Co-Chair, Matthew Buttacavoli, Esq
Co-Chair, Lysa Saltzman, Esq.
John Altstadt
Mark Bresee, Esq.
Justin Cruz, Esq.
Mary Izadi, Esq.
Eoin Kreditor, Esq.
Marcus McCutcheon, Esq.
Ken Miller, Esq.
Brent North, Esq.
Stephen Toretto, Esq.
Kate Wagner, Esq.
Brooke Weitzman, Esq.
Mazamir Yousefi, Esq.
Mock Trial
Co-Chair, Matthew Hodel, Esq.
Co-Chair, Hans Van Ligten, Esq.
Katie Beaudin, Esq.
Jeffrey Blank, Esq.
Jessica Brostek-Maciel, Esq.
Anthony J. Carucci, Esq.
Anthony Cavalluzzi, Esq.
Sunshine Cavalluzzi
Audrey Cheng, Esq.
Alan Crivaro, Esq.
Var Fox
Rahul Gupta, Esq.
Hon. Aaron Heisler
Golsa Honarfar, Esq.
Baraa Kahf, Esq.
Ken Norelli, Esq.
Hon. Karen E. Scott
Glen R. Segal, Esq.
Hon. Randall Sherman
Alan Slater
Alyssa Staudinger, Esq.
Vikki Vander Woude, Esq.
Jeffrey I. Wertheimer, Esq.
Mazamir Yousefi, Esq.
Middle School Moot Court
Lauren Assaf-Holmes, Esq.
Travis Brennan, Esq.
Andrew Gahan, Esq.
David Outwater, Esq.
Orange County Career Forum
Co-Chair, Jeffrey Blank, Esq.
Co-Chair, Karishma Tejwani, Esq.
Darren Aitken, Esq.
Neda Arab
Tiffanny Brosnan, Esq.
Julia Budd-Bredek
Caitlyn Carralejo
Audrey Cheng, Esq.
Randall Clement, Esq.
Mark Earnest, Esq.
Sidra Gaines
Jeffrey Garcia
Deirdre Kelly, Esq.
Philip Lem, Esq.
Geoffrey Moore, Esq.
Eric Pezold, Esq.
Joshua Stowell, Esq.
Barbara Tingley
Christina Trinh, Esq.
Emily Webb, Esq.
Peer Court
Co-Chair, Eoin Kreditor, Esq.
Co-Chair, Alan Slater
Hether Benjamin
Alan Crivaro, Esq.
Daniel Glassman, Esq.
Amanda Henninger, Esq.
Kristalyn Lee, Esq.
Allison Libeu, Esq.
Lori Maze, Esq.
Hon. Linda L. Miller, Ret.
Ruben Ramirez
Christy Ronald
Greg Sonnenberg, Esq.
Jennifer Walker, Esq.
Todd Wulffson, Esq.
Mazamir Yousefi, Esq.
Judicial Advisory Board
Hon. Craig E. Arthur
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Thomas A. Delaney
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. James P. Gray, Ret.
ADR Services (Emeritus)
Hon. C. Robert Jameson, Ret.
Judicate West (Emeritus)
Hon. Shashi H. Kewalramani
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Hon. Richard Y. Lee
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Douglas F. McCormick
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Hon. Melissa R. McCormick
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Linda Lancet Miller, Ret.
(Emeritus)
Hon. Jamoa A. Moberly, Ret.
ADR Services (Emeritus)
Hon. Kirk H. Nakamura
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Karen E. Scott
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Hon. Randall J. Sherman
Orange County Superior Court
Hon. Fred W. Slaughter
Orange County Superior Court
Associate Board
Neil Anderson, Esq.
Hueston Henningan LLP
Lauren Assaf-Holmes, Esq. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Katie Beaudin, Esq. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jessica Brostek-Maciel, Esq. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Gordon Dunn, Esq.
Klein & Wilson
C. Ryan Fisher, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Andrew Gahan, Esq.
Valta Energy
Amanda Henninger, Esq.
Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
Golsa Honarfar, Esq. Rutan & Tucker LLP
Leah Kaufman, Esq.
Law Offices of Kaufman and Kaufman
Kristalyn Lee, Esq. Troutman Pepper
Alexander C. Payne, Esq.
Minyard Morris LLP
Nicholas Schuchert, Esq.
Troutman Pepper
Lauren Shelby, Esq.
Enenstein Pham & Glass LLP
Greg Sonnenberg, Esq. Snell & Wilmer LLP
Christina Trinh, Esq. Maschoff Brennan
Kate Wagner, Esq.
Orange County District Attorney’s Office
Emily Webb, Esq.
Albert A. Webb Associates
Brooke Weitzman, Esq.
Elder Law and Disability Rights Center
Staff
Executive DirectorShara Beral Witkin, Esq.
949.679.0730 x102
switkin@crfoc.org
Program Director
Theresa Bernard, LL.M
949.679.0730 x101
tbernard@crfoc.org
Assistant Program Manager
Jennifer Fisher
949.679.0730 x100
jfisher@crfoc.org
