2016 - Carlos Lazatin '95
Carlos Lazatin is a partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, the oldest law firm in Los Angeles and one of the country’s leading international law firms. He defends clients in high-stakes class action and products liability litigation, representing Fortune 500 companies in a range of industries including food, apparel, automobile, and medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Carlos was named a “Rising Star” in Consumer Protection Law by Law360 (2014), and has been recognized as a Southern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2013).
His substantial pro bono commitment includes work as a volunteer criminal prosecutor for the City of Redondo Beach, where he has tried over half a dozen criminal trials to verdict, and as an adjunct faculty member at the UCLA School of Law, where he taught the Ninth Circuit Appellate Advocacy Clinic, representing indigent clients facing deportation.
He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and is also on the board of the Philippine-American Bar Association (PABA). He was recently named a Fellow on the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), an organization dedicated to creating a truly diverse legal profession.
Carlos received his J.D., cum laude, in 2003 from Harvard Law School, where he won Best Brief in the Law School’s annual Ames Moot Court Competition. He earned his A.B., magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1999, where his senior thesis was selected as the best thesis in political economy. Carlos lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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