PRESIDENT & CHAIRPERSON
Patricia K. Oliver, Esq.
Patricia K. Oliver is one of the founding board members of CLA-LA. From 2011 to 2013, Patricia followed God’s calling in her life to serve full-time as the President and Executive Director of CLA-LA. She considers her years serving full-time as some of the most rewarding of her life, overseeing 10 interns last summer and 23 interns this summer in drafting a Legal URGENT CARE Manual for attorneys to use in providing free legal services at their places of worship. Patricia is currently a litigator for the R. Rex Parris Law Firm and stepped into the role of CLA-LA’s Chair on September 1, 2013.
Patricia believes that CLA-LA is just at the beginning of what can be done to bridge the justice gap. With State Bar estimates of 1 legal aid attorney for every 8,361 potential clients, there is much to be done to develop a legal aid program that meets this need. Patricia hopes that by working with other faith-based charities and attorneys, CLA-LA will offer urgent care legal clinics across Los Angeles County in the years ahead.
Patricia specializes in complex litigation, representing employees seeking to recover unpaid wages, consumers seeking to recover overcharges, and farmers seeking to clean up problems associated with water contamination. She also has substantial experience in land-use and environmental litigation and counseling clients with respect to business issues and commercial litigation.
In 2007, Patricia was selected as a Southern California “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers, and in 2010, 2011 and 2012, she was chosen as a Southern California Super Lawyer.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. Political Science, magna cum laude, 1992); College Honors Program, Dean’s List, Plato Society.
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1997); Order of the Coif; Moot Court Honors Program; American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Constitutional Law I and Business Associations; Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Contracts.
Personal Background
Patricia has traveled extensively throughout the United States, visiting and working in 49 states. Her travels included working full time to present motivational assembly programs to high school students across the country. She is an avid fan of John Wooden.
Patricia K. Oliver, Esq.
Patricia K. Oliver is one of the founding board members of CLA-LA. From 2011 to 2013, Patricia followed God’s calling in her life to serve full-time as the President and Executive Director of CLA-LA. She considers her years serving full-time as some of the most rewarding of her life, overseeing 10 interns last summer and 23 interns this summer in drafting a Legal URGENT CARE Manual for attorneys to use in providing free legal services at their places of worship. Patricia is currently a litigator for the R. Rex Parris Law Firm and stepped into the role of CLA-LA’s Chair on September 1, 2013.
Patricia believes that CLA-LA is just at the beginning of what can be done to bridge the justice gap. With State Bar estimates of 1 legal aid attorney for every 8,361 potential clients, there is much to be done to develop a legal aid program that meets this need. Patricia hopes that by working with other faith-based charities and attorneys, CLA-LA will offer urgent care legal clinics across Los Angeles County in the years ahead.
Patricia specializes in complex litigation, representing employees seeking to recover unpaid wages, consumers seeking to recover overcharges, and farmers seeking to clean up problems associated with water contamination. She also has substantial experience in land-use and environmental litigation and counseling clients with respect to business issues and commercial litigation.
In 2007, Patricia was selected as a Southern California “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers, and in 2010, 2011 and 2012, she was chosen as a Southern California Super Lawyer.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (B.A. Political Science, magna cum laude, 1992); College Honors Program, Dean’s List, Plato Society.
University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1997); Order of the Coif; Moot Court Honors Program; American Jurisprudence Awards in Contracts, Constitutional Law I and Business Associations; Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Contracts.
Personal Background
Patricia has traveled extensively throughout the United States, visiting and working in 49 states. Her travels included working full time to present motivational assembly programs to high school students across the country. She is an avid fan of John Wooden.
