Leadership

Executive Committee

Jodi Cleesattle Headshot
President
Jodi Cleesattle
Department of Justice, State of California
Pa'tanisha Davis Pierson headshot
President-Elect
Pa'tanisha Davis Pierson
Key Counsel P.C.
Michele Anderson Headshot
First Vice President
Michele Anderson
Los Angeles City Attorney's Office

Lorrina Duffy Headshot
Second Vice President
Lorrina Duffy
QDRO Benefits Law Group


Michelle Philo Headshot
Secretary
Michelle Philo
Philo Law Firm, P.C.

Beverly Brand Headshot
Treasurer
Beverly Brand
California Department of Insurance


Jennifer Hartman King Headshot
ExComm at Large
Jennifer Hartman King
Hartman King PC

Clair Melehani Headshot
ExComm at Large
Claire Melehani
Mclellan Law Group


Mika Domingo Headshot
Immediate Past President
Mika Domingo
M.S. Domingo Law Group, P.C.
Teresa Excinia Headshot
Executive Director
Teresa Excinia, MBA, CAE
California Women Lawyers

District Governors

District 1 Governor

Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, and Yuba Counties  

Amelia Burroughs

Burroughs Legal
 

 

District 2 Governor

Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Napa, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, Tuolumne, and Yolo Counties
 

Jennifer Hartman King 
Hartman King PC
 

 

District 3 Governors

Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties 

Pa'tanisha Davis Pierson
Key Counsel, P.C.

 Julie Woods
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
 

 

District 4 Governors

Marin and San Francisco Counties  

Hon. Lynn O'Malley Taylor
JAMS

Jessica Stender
Equal Rights Advocates

 

District 5 Governor

Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus and Tulare Counties

Melissa Marsh
Fresno County District Attorney's Office

 

District 6 Governor

Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties  

Terri Hilliard Olson
Terri Hilliard PC
 

 

 

District 7 Governors

Los Angeles County

Michele Anderson
Los Angeles City Attorney's Office

 

     
Uche W. Anene
AT&T

 

Lorrina Duffy
QDRO Benefits Law Group

 

     
Camille Granville
AirBnB
Carmela Pagay
Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill, LLP
       

 

District 8 Governor

Orange County

Betty Fracisco
Garrett & Jensen

 

 

District 9 Governors

Imperial and San Diego Counties

Amrit Vaani Chawla
Chawla Law Group APC
 
     
Tristan Higgins
Metaclusive LLC


 

Board At Large

 
Beverly Brand
California Department of Insurance
 

Michelle Philo
Philo Law Firm, P.C.
 

Affiliate Governors

Affiliate: Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles

Trina Saunders
Department of Justice, State of California
 
     

Affiliate: Contra Costa County Bar Association - Women's Section

Rachel Margolis Chapman
Gagen McCoy
 

Affiliate: Fresno County Women Lawyers Association

 
 
     

Affiliate: Lawyers Club of San Diego

Alexandria Hopson 
Tyson & Mendes, LLP

 

Affiliate: Marin County Women Lawyers

Nicole Cabalette 
Keegin Harrison LLP
 
 
     

Affiliate: Orange County Women Lawyers

 

 

 

Affiliate: Queen's Bench Bar Association

Alice Shaw
Flicker, Kerin, Kruger & Bissada, LLP
 
 
     

Affiliate: Women Lawyers of Alameda County

Abby Putzulu
Fisher & Phillips LLP
 

Affiliate: Women Lawyers of Los Angeles

Karen Luong 
Husch Blackwell
 
 
     

Affiliate: Women Lawyers of Sacramento

Jen-Ann Lee
Braun Blaising and Wynne PC

Affiliate: Women Lawyers Association of San Luis Obispo County

Sarah Pazdan
Wacker Wealth Partners
 
 
     

Affiliate: Santa Clara County Bar Association - Women's Section

Claire Melehani
Mclellan Law Group
 

Affiliate: Women Lawyers of Ventura County

Monique Fierro
Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold LLP
 
 
     

 

 

       

Non-Voting Judicial Liaisons

Northern California  

Hon. Suzanne Gazzaniga
Judge, Superior Court of California,
County of Placer
     

Southern California

Hon. Marguerite D. Downing
Judge, Superior Court of California, 
County of Los Angeles