NLSLA - Key Persons
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Vice President of Access to Justice Programs
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- Member of the Board
- Vice Chair / LimNexus LLP
Bryan Sheldon is a business trial lawyer. He co- chairs his firm's Litigation Department and he served for many years as the firm's Administrative Partner.
Mr. Sheldon litigates and tries complex disputes involving unfair competition, fraud and other business torts, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair business practices. He also handles a wide variety of commercial contract disputes and employment litigation. In addition to trials, Mr. Sheldon's practice includes arbitrations and appeals. Mr. Sheldon has served as lead or co- lead counsel on numerous class actions and has substantial experience with pre-trial provisional remedies such as temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and writs of attachment. His commercial clients range from Fortune 50 multi- national corporations to regional businesses. They include domestic and foreign manufacturers, multi-national entertainment companies, international retailers and national and international trading companies.
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- Member of the Board
- Secretary
- Secretary / Department of Public Social Services
- Secretary / Dept.
Elizabeth Dunbar currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors at NLSLA. She is an Eligibility Worker II for the Department of Children and Family Services. She has been a Los Angeles County employee for the past 6 years. Elizabeth is an active Steward and participant for LA County Union SEIU 721. Prior to her service in the county, she worked in many social service fields that included mental health, domestic violence and with probation youth. Elizabeth has facilitated youth groups along with parent groups to help build positive stronger individuals within her communities.
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- Vice President of Development and Marketing
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Chairman
- Member of the Board
- Chairman / Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Esteban Rodriguez represents clients in a variety of complex commercial litigation matters including class action and mass tort cases alleging product liability, false advertising, unfair competition, and other consumer fraud claims. He regularly litigates large-scale multi-district and multi-state matters that are coordinated or consolidated in federal or state courts. Esteban has represented a variety of domestic and international companies including those that operate in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and consumer products industries.
In 2017, Esteban practiced as a visiting attorney in the Mexico City office of Solórzano, Carvajal, González, y Pérez-Correa, S.C. ("SOLCARGO"), a top-tier Mexican law firm. There, Esteban worked on various adversarial matters including international arbitrations and commercial litigation pending in Mexican courts.
In the community, Esteban not only serves as Chair of NLSLA's Board of Directors - he also devotes significant time to immigration-related pro bono matters and to his firm's Trial Advocacy Prosecution Program, where he's tried multiple jury trials and argued appellate matters on behalf of the City of Redondo Beach.
Esteban is a recipient of the 2019 O'Melveny Warren Christopher Values Award, which recognizes attorneys who embody the firm's values of excellence, leadership, and citizenship.
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Finance & Administration
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- San Francisco City Attorney
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- Member of the Board
- Founding Partner of Orihuela Law Firm
- Treasurer / Orihuela Law Firm
- Treasurer / Partner, Hurwitz, Orihuela Law Firm, P.C
Nicolas Orihuela is a founding partner of Orihuela Law Firm, P.C. Nick is a graduate of Loyola Law School where he was a Staff Writer and an Articles Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, was the President of La Raza Law Student Association in his second year and the Community Relations Chair in his last year, and where he received the Dean's Service Award. He also received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Loyola Marymount University having graduated cum laude and with highest honors in the Economics Department. Prior to founding Orihuela Law Firm, P.C., he worked at a prestigious downtown law firm where he litigated multi-million dollar federal and state wage and hour class actions, and practiced employment and business litigation.
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- Director of Litigation and Policy
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- Director of Grants Management and Compliance
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Community Member
- Member of the Board
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- Director of Housing and Homelessness
Yvonne began her career at NLSLA more than 40 years ago and became president and CEO in 2018. Her enduring commitment to expanding access to opportunity and justice has made her a fierce advocate for people living in poverty throughout Los Angeles. Yvonne has a demonstrated background in litigation and policy advocacy in those areas that most impact people living in poverty, including housing, domestic violence and family law, immigration, public benefits and health.
Over her years at NLSLA-more than 20 of them as deputy director-Yvonne has led policy advocacy related to immigration, domestic violence, and elderly housing discrimination. She has spearheaded multiple collaborative advocacy efforts, working with community groups and faith-based organizations to address health and housing disparities. One of those efforts, following the tsunami of foreclosures impacting poor neighborhoods in Southern California, helped lead to the passage of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights. More recently, Yvonne led the effort to make NLSLA's groundbreaking Medical Legal Community Partnerships-which place attorneys in clinics and hospitals to address legal issues impacting health-a permanent part of the Los Angeles County health delivery system.
Yvonne's determination is informed by her own childhood. She was born and raised in East Los Angeles, to a single mother who worked restaurant and domestic jobs in order to put food on the table. Yvonne has dedicated her career to addressing the struggles and elevating the voices of people who are living on the margins and struggling to survive. In 2021, she was named 2021 Nonprofit Leader of the Year by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.
Yvonne earned her B.S. in Business Administration at USC and her J.D. at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She is proficient in Spanish.