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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

John E. Altstadt Altstadt Consulting

Michael Baroni, Esq.
Palace Entertainment

Jason Bettendorf, Esq.
Wells Fargo Private Bank

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

Travis P. Brennan, Esq. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

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

Justin Cruz Chapman University Fowler School of Law

Mark Earnest, Esq.
Jones Day

Var Fox
Judicate West

Todd G. Friedland, Esq.
Stephens Friedland LLP

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

Jeffrey M. Garcia JAMS

Daniel M. Glassman, Esq.
Crowell & Moring LLP

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

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

Daniel S. Robinson, Esq. OCBA Treasurer

Alan Slater
Administrative Office of the Court, Ret.

Adina W. Stowell, Esq.
Umberg Zipser LLP

Nicole L. Surratt
The Sullivan Group of Court Reporters

Reza Torkzadeh, Esq. Tork Law

Eric Traut, Esq.
Traut Firm

Captain Brad Valentine
Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Hans Van Ligten, Esq.
Rutan & Tucker LLP

Peter N. Villar, Esq. Troutman Sanders 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

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

Richard J. Grabowski, Esq.
Jones Day

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

Dean J. Zipser, Esq.
Umberg Zipser LLP

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

Jessica Brostek-Maciel, Esq. O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Lauren Assaf-Holmes, Esq. Gibson Dunn

Katie Beaudin, Esq. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.

Ryan Card, Esq.
Allergan, PLC

Anthony J. Carucci, Esq.
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Gordon Dunn, Esq.
Klein & Wilson

C. Ryan Fisher, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Andrew Gahan, Esq.
Mortenson Taggart LLP

Justin Gillett, Esq.
Knobbe Martens

Golsa Honarfar, Esq. Rutan & Tucker, LLP

Amanda Henninger, Esq.
Superior Court of California, County of Riveside

Leah Kaufman, Esq.
Law Offices of Kaufman and Kaufman

Kristalyn Lee, Esq. Troutman Sanders LLP

Philip Lem, Esq. Payne & Fears LLP

Alexander C. Payne, Esq.
Minyard Morris LLP

Nicholas Schuchert, Esq.
Allen Matkins LLP

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

Christina Trinh, Esq. Buchalter, APC

Karishma Tejwani, Esq.
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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