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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.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CRF-OC IS NOT A LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER.

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

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

Shannon Cheng, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP

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

Casey McCracken, Esq. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Tracy Duran

Daniel Glassman, Esq.

Amanda Henninger, Esq.

Allison Libeu, Esq.

Lori Maze, Esq.

Hon. Linda L. Miller, Ret.

Greg Sonnenberg, Esq.

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

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

Scott Savage, 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