Resume

• 2003

  Orange Law Offices

  P.C.

  Mr. Orange began practicing law in California as a Deputy Public Defender in Orange County. Thereafter

  he litigated civil cases with a well-known firm in Bel Air

  CA. Mr. Orange currently handles plaintiff-side civil rights and probate/entertainment matters.\n\nIn 2009

  Mr. Orange argued and won Millender v. County of Los Angeles

  a blended 4th and 2nd Amendment case

  before an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Later

  in the U.S. Supreme Court on Millender

  Orange served as briefing counsel and second chair

  and was joined by both the NRA and ACLU as amici curiae against 26 states and the U.S. Solicitor General.\n\nIn 2010

  Orange tried and won the will contest case over the Estate of Sammy Davis

  Jr. In 2011

  Orange tried and won the first post-9/11 case wherein a police officer who was also a member of the U.S. Armed Forces was held liable for the unlawful shooting death of a Muslim man -- Chaudhry v. City of Los Angeles.\n\nIn 2014

  Orange briefed

  argued and won Chaudhry in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Chaudhry established precedent for the 63 million Americans in the Ninth Circuit that pre-death pain and suffering damages are recoverable by decedents' estates when federal civil rights violations cause death -- thus ending the practice of making it cheaper for a police officer to kill rather than injure a victim of excessive force.\n\nIn 2017

  Orange finalized his federal civil rights class action victory in Rodriguez v. Los Angeles. Rodriguez stopped the enforcement of illegal gang curfews upon several thousand residents of the City of LA

  established a $30 million dollar jobs and education program to redress the harm government officials caused – and now serves as a point of reference for similar restorative approaches in other states.\n\nOrange also works as a Panel Attorney with the Los Angeles County Indigent Criminal Defense Appointments Program

  and serves as a member of the Executive Board of the National Lawyers Guild - LA Chapter.

  Orange Law Offices

  P.C.

• 2001

  Olu K. Orange handles civil rights

  probate and class action litigation in state and federal courts. He is a two-time winner of the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award -- first in 2015

  and again in 2017. Both awards honored Orange for innovative and precedent-setting civil rights work. \n\nIn 2016

  Mr. Orange was also selected as one of the Daily Journal's Top 100 lawyers in California. His selection was in recognition of his work for iconic entertainers' probate estates. Mr. Orange is also consistently selected by Thomson Reuters as a 'Super Lawyer' in the Civil Rights and First Amendment category. \n\nMr. Orange currently serves a faculty member and Director of the Dornsife Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Southern California

  where he has taught since authoring the instructional trial advocacy curriculum in 2001. Since 2006

  Mr. Orange has also taught as invited faculty for Harvard Law School’s annual winter session clinical trial advocacy course.

  Olu K.

  Orange

  Esq.

  University of Southern California

  Mr. Orange is the Director of the USC Dornsife Trial Advocacy Program. The Program consists of three components: the USC Mock Trial Team; the POSC 398

  \"Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice\" class; and the Pro Bono Program supported by the Harding and Chaudhry endowments. \n\nIn 2001

  Mr. Orange co-founded the USC Mock Trial Team and since then has served as its Head Coach. Orange teaches POSC 398

  \"Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice.\" He also taught POSC 452

  \"Law & Local Political Activism.\" Orange authored the curricula for both courses

  POSC 398 and POSC 452.\n\nSince 2006

  Orange has also been a teaching team member for Harvard Law School's (HLS) Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop (TAW)

  a full-credit HLS clinical course. For HLS TAW

  Orange has been selected to demonstrate the faculty closing argument

  opening statement and cross-examination.\n\nOrange also serves as a National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) faculty member for in-house

  and public

  trial advocacy and deposition skills programs held for attorneys at various private firms

  public organizations and state and federal government law offices nationwide.

  University of Southern California

  2015 Super Lawyers - Civil Rights/First Amendment

  Selected as a Southern California 'Super Lawyer' by Thomson Reuters in the Civil Rights and First Amendment category

  2016 Top 100 Lawyers In California

  Selected as one of the Top 100 lawyers in California by the editorial staff of the Daily Journal legal newspaper. The award honors lawyers who work on the most influential and cutting-edge matters in litigation

  regulation and corporate transactions.

  2013 Top Lawyers In California

  2013 Top Lawyers In California: Selected by American Lawyer Media to \"Top Lawyers In California\"

  2017 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award

  Selected to receive a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award in the Civil Rights category

  as featured in California Lawyer magazine

  2014 National Trial Lawyers Top 100

  Selected by the National Trial Lawyers to the \"Top 100\"

  2017 Super Lawyers - Civil Rights/First Amendment

  2015 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award

  2016 Super Lawyers - Civil Rights/First Amendment

  USC-Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring: Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students

  USC-Mellon Center For Excellence In Teaching Awards for Excellence in Mentoring: Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students

  Spring 2007

  2013 Super Lawyers - Civil Rights/First Amendment

  USC-Mellon Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Mentoring: Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students

  USC-Mellon Center For Excellence In Teaching Certificates of Recognition for Excellence in Mentoring: Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students

  Spring 2005

  Howard University School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.)

  Recipient

  Howard University School of Law Merit Scholarship | Captain

  1998 Huver I. Brown Trial Advocacy Team | Champion (repeat)

  1997 & 1998 ACTL National Trial Competition Eastern Region | Competitor

  1997 & 1998 ACTL - NTC National Finals (repeat) - Houston & San Antonio

  Texas | Recipient

  1997 & 1998 Lewis F. Powell Medals for Excellence in Trial Advocacy

  American Bar Association (ABA) & American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) | Recipient

  1998 Huver I. Brown Medallion for Excellence in Trial Advocacy | Recipient

  1997 Earl Davis Award for Excellence in Public Interest Advocacy | Honoree

  Who's Who: American Law Students - 17th & 18th Editions

  Howard University

  Bachelor's Degree

  Merit Scholar | Majored in Legal Communication | Minored in Political Science

  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - Admitted to Practice

  U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of Texas - Admitted to Practice

  Supreme Court of the United States - Admitted to Practice

  U.S. Federal Court for the Central District of California - Admitted to Practice

  U.S. Federal Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Admitted to Practice

  Supreme Court of California - Admitted to Practice

• California Lawyer - March 2015

  Digital Edition

  2015 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Awards

  Untitled Document

  Olu K. Orange selected as one of the Top 100 lawyers in California by the editorial staff of the Daily Journal legal newspaper. The award honors lawyers who work on the most influential and cutting-edge matters in litigation

  regulation and corporate transactions.

  Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters

  Arts and Sciences

  Biographical Sketch Olu K. Orange is the Director of the USC Dornsife Trial Advocacy Program. The Program consists of three components: the USC Mock Trial Team; the POSC 398

  \"Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice\" class; and the Jack Harding Pro Bono Program.

  Faculty Profile - USC Dornsife College

  \"Closing Arguments\"

  National Disability Rights Network: Annual Conference

  Talk/Oral Presentation

  Los Angeles

  CA

  Invited

  Fall 2010

  Tipping the Scales with Effective Trial Techniques: Direct and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses

  \"Tipping the Scales with Effective Trial Techniques: Direct and Cross Examination of Expert Witnesses\"

  California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy

  Lecture/Seminar

  Los Angeles

  CA

  Invited

  Fall 2012

  Using Creative Problem Solving Negotiations to Prepare for Trial (and Lighten your Load)

  \"Using Creative Problem Solving Negotiations to Prepare for Trial (and Lighten your Load)\"

  National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) Centennial Conference

  Talk/Oral Presentation

  Washington

  D.C.

  Invited

  Fall 2011

  The Time for Pure Advocacy: Closing Argument

  \"The Time for Pure Advocacy: Closing Argument\"

  Inaugural Closing Argument Presentation for NITA Studio 71

  National Institute For Trial Advocacy

  Boulder

  CO

  Spring 2013

  Orange

  Esq.