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Keli N. Osaki

Keli N. Osaki

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kosaki@manatt.com

  • Orange County
    Direct: 714.371.2539
    General: 714.371.2500
    Fax: 714.371.2550

Professional Experience

Ms. Osaki is an experienced litigator in both state and federal courts. Her practice encompasses a wide range of litigation matters, including business, real estate, construction, and land use litigation arising out of the California Environmental Quality Act and California Planning and Zoning Laws.

Ms. Osaki has represented private and publicly held companies and individuals through all phases of litigation, including pre-litigation counseling, settlement negotiations, trial, and alternative dispute resolution.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Osaki was in private practice with a national law firm. She has also served as a full-time judicial extern for a senior circuit judge in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.


Education

Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude.
Staff Member, Pepperdine Law Review.

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., Mass Communications.


Memberships & Activities

Admitted to practice in California.

Member, Orange County Bar Association.

Member, American Bar Association.


Publications

"Madsen v. Women’s Health Center: Striking an Unequal Balance Between the Right of Women to Obtain an Abortion and the Right of Pro-Life Groups to Freedom of Expression,” Pepperdine Law Review.