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About Us

Our Foundation

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.

Board of Directors

CRF-OC is governed by a board of directors comprised of leaders from local legal and business communities.

Officers

Directors

Darren O. Aitken, Esq.
Aitken*Aitken*Cohn

Michael Baroni, Esq.
Palace Entertainment

Jason Bettendorf, Esq.
Wells Fargo Private Bank

Jeffrey M. Blank, Esq.
Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank LLP

Matthew S. Buttacavoli, Esq.
Minyard Morris LLP

Jason Moberly Caruso, Esq.
Newmeyer & Dillion, LLP

Audrey L. Cheng, Esq.
Pacific Life Insurance Company

Alan J. Crivaro, Esq.
Law Offices of Alan J. Crivaro

Larisa M. Dinsmoor, Esq.
OCBA Treasurer

Mark Earnest, Esq.
Jones Day

Var Fox
Judicate West

Todd G. Friedland, Esq.
Stephens Friedland LLP

Cynthia L. Garber, Esq.
Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.

Daniel M. Glassman, Esq.
Crowell & Moring LLP

Ursula (Su) Guzman, Esq.
CoreLogic

Joshua A. Jessen, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Jennifer R. Johnson, Esq.
Law Office of Jennifer Johnson

Baraa Kahf, Esq.
Knobbe Martens

Deirdre M. Kelly, Esq.
Chapman University Fowler School of Law

Eoin L. Kreditor, Esq.
FitzGerald Yap Kreditor LLP

Allison Libeu, Esq.
Hueston Hennigan LLP

Marika Manos, Ed.D.
Orange County Department of Education

Geoffrey M. Moore, Esq.
Hyundai Motor America

Cathy T. Moses, Esq.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP

Brent J. North, Esq.
North, Nash & Abendroth 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

Eric Traut, Esq.
Traut Firm

Thomas W. Tuttle, Esq.
Seastrom Seastrom & Tuttle

Captain Brad Valentine
Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Hans Van Ligten, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker LLP

Jeffrey I. Wertheimer, Esq.
Orange County Superior Court

Todd R. Wulffson, Esq.
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP

Michael G. Yoder, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Mazamir Yousefi, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP

Dean J. Zipser, Esq.
Umberg Zipser LLP

Presidents Emeriti

CRF-OC recognizes its past presidents accepting the status of president emeritus:

John E. Altstadt
Altstadt Consulting

Julianne Sartain Bancroft, Esq.
California Court of Appeal

Tiffanny Brosnan, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Richard J. Grabowski, Esq.
Jones Day

Paul Marx, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker

Hon. Melissa R. McCormick
Orange County Superior Court

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

Committees

Annual Benefit

Co-Chair, Denise Carter, Esq.

Co-Chair, Cynthia L. Garber, Esq.

Jason Moberly Caruso, Esq.

Var Fox

Richard Grabowski, Esq.

Ursula Guzman, Esq.

Cathy Moses, Esq.

Kristin Murphy, Esq.

Brian Neach, Esq.

Alex Payne, Esq.

Nicholas Schuchert, Esq.

Nicole Surratt

Adina Stowell, Esq.

Emily Webb, Esq.

Constitution Day

Co-Chair, Alan Crivaro, Esq.

Co-Chair, Alan Slater

Brent Colasurdo, Esq.

Justin Gillett, Esq.

Law Day

Co-Chair, Ray Chips, Ed.D.

Co-Chair, Brent North, Esq.

Mathew Aragon

Michael Baroni, Esq.

Mark Bresee, Esq.

Matthew Buttacavoli, Esq.

Daniel Cook, Esq.

Michael Fell, Esq.

Cynthia L. Garber, Esq.

Eoin Kreditor, Esq.

Kimberly La Salle, Esq.

Danielle Mayer, Esq.

Ken Miller, Esq.

Lysa Saltzman, Esq.

Karishma Tejwani, Esq.

Stephen Toretto, Esq.

Kate Wagner, Esq.

Brooke Weitzman, Esq.

Mock Trial

Co-Chair, Matthew Hodel, Esq.

Co-Chair, Hans Van Ligten, Esq.

Anthony J. Carucci, Esq.

Jason Moberly Caruso, Esq.

Anthony Cavalluzzi, Esq.

Sunshine Cavalluzzi

Daniel Cook, Esq.

Alan Crivaro, Esq.

Var Fox

Rahul Gupta, Esq.

Aaron Heisler, Esq.

Baraa Kahf, Esq.

David Outwater, Esq.

Captain Cindi Coppock

Nicole Schmidt, Esq.

Hon. Karen E. Scott

Glen R. Segal, Esq.

Hon. Randall Sherman

Alan Slater

Alyssa Staudinger, Esq.

Peter Villar, Esq.

Jeffrey I. Wertheimer, Esq.

Christopher Whittaker, Esq.

Orange County Career Forum

Co-Chair, Tiffanny Brosnan, Esq.

Co-Chair, Eric Pezold, Esq.

Darren Aitken, Esq.

Michael Baroni, Esq.

Jason Bettendorf, Esq.

Jeffrey Blank, Esq.

Audrey Cheng, Esq.

Randall Clement, Esq.

Todd Friedland, Esq.

Sidra Gaines

Joshua Jessen, Esq.

Philip Lem, Esq.

Geoffrey M. Moore, Esq.

Elizabeth Parker

Natasha Pfeiffer, Esq.

Joshua Stowell, Esq.

Barbara Tingley

Diana Tran

Peer Court

Co-Chair, Eoin Kreditor, Esq.

Co-Chair, Alan Slater

Hether Benjamin

Ryan Card, Esq.

Alan Crivaro, Esq.

Daniel Glassman, Esq.

Amanda Herman, Esq.

Allison Libeu, Esq.

Lori Maze, Esq.

Hon. Linda L. Miller, Ret.

Kristin Murphy

Ruben Ramirez

Christy Ronald

Anthony Wade

Jennifer Walker, Esq.

Todd Wulffson, 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

Hon. Nancy Zeltzer
Orange County Superior Court

Associate Board

Neil Anderson, Esq.
Hueston Henningan LLP

Ryan Card, Esq.
Allergan

Anthony J. Carucci, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Gordon Dunn, Esq.
Klein & Wilson

C. Ryan Fisher, Esq.
Keller/Anderle LLP

Andrew Gahan, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Roth

Justin Gillett, Esq.
Knobbe Martens

Amanda Henninger, Esq.
California Court of Appeal

Leah Kaufman, Esq.
Law Offices of Kaufman and Kaufman

Alexander C. Payne, Esq.
Minyard Morris LLP

Nicholas Schuchert, Esq.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Lauren Shelby, Esq.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Karishma Tejwani, Esq.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Kate Wagner, Esq.
Orange County District Attorney’s Office

Emily Webb, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Brooke Weitzman, Esq.
Elder Law and Disability Rights Center

Christopher Whittaker, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP