Keller named to Top Women Lawyers list for 5th year in a row
Jennifer Keller, partner at Keller Rackauckas LLP in Irvine, has been named to the list of Top Women Lawyers of 2015 as selected by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals. Keller tries complex business and white collar criminal cases and is one of the state’s most highly regarded trial lawyers. She also won the award in 2002, 2007, and 2010-2014. Keller resides in Corona del Mar.
The Daily Journal list recognizes the state’s most accomplished women lawyers, including 75 litigators and 25 corporate lawyers. It is devoted to honoring excellent lawyering and leadership skills among women attorneys in California, seeking to recognize work that is having a broad impact on the community, nation and society. California has over 225,000 attorneys. The Daily Journal honor is one of the most coveted in the state, and features mainly lawyers from some of the state’s and nation’s largest firms. Keller Rackauckas LLP has just ten lawyers but the firm is continuously recognized with national and statewide honors.
Jennifer Keller is one of California’s premier trial lawyers. She has tried over 150 cases to jury verdict, ranging from complex civil matters — including business and intellectual property cases — to white collar to murder. She has received innumerable awards for excellence as a trial lawyer and excels at “bet the company” litigation. Ms. Keller is listed annually in “The Best Lawyers in America®” and is among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. She appears routinely in the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers. Ms. Keller is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only organization limited to the top one-half of one percent of the nation’s attorneys. Ms. Keller is also active in the community. She is the former President of the Orange County Bar Association and serves as a Trustee of Chapman University. She counts as present and former clients a number of judges, public officials, law enforcement officers, CEOs, CFOs, lawyers, physicians, professional athletes, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
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Jesse Gessin certified by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law
October 19, 2019
Jesse Gessin, partner, has been certified by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law.
The State Bar certifies attorneys as specialists who have gone beyond the standard licensing requirements. The program was intended to provide a method for attorneys to earn the designation of certified specialist in particular areas of law, increasing public protection and encouraging attorney competence. In order to become a Certified Specialist, candidates must gain the requisite experience, complete education and secure references, and then pass an examination.
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Jennifer Keller presentation at “Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame” series at the California Lawyers Association annual meeting
October 17, 2019
Jennifer Keller made a presentation for the “Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame” series on the topic “Being Human in Trial: Establishing a Relationship with Your Jurors.”
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Nahal Kazemi publishes article – Leveraging Diversity – Lessons from War and Diplomacy
October 15, 2019
Nahal Kazemi, senior counsel, recently published an article in the Orange County Business Journal’s special issue on the “General Counsel Awards.”
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Jay Barron, Senior Counsel, publishes article in Orange County Lawyer
October 8, 2019
Excerpt from the article, “Foxing Your Way to Trial with Statutory Preference”: Given these circumstances, it’s hard to get your case to trial. An increasingly powerful tool is a statutory trial preference found in Code of Civil Procedure section 36 (Section 36), especially subdivision (a), which applies to litigants over seventy years of age.
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Chase Scolnick to serve on Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors, Orange County Chapter
October 7, 2019
The Federal Bar Association of Orange County, an affiliate of the OCBA, has announced its 2019-2020 Board. Our partner, Chase Scolnick, will serve as a director and will assume his duties on November 1st.