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Daniel Ortega
2119 W. Orangewood Avenue
Orange, CA 92868
Tel: 714-935-0444
Fax: 714-935-9944
Email: Dortega@godfrey-law.com

Professional Experience:

Godfrey, Godfrey & Lamb, LLP, Orange, CA 2007 - Present
Law Offices of W. Peter Godfrey, Santa Ana, CA, January 2003 - 2006
Associate:

  • Analyze substantive legal issues, conduct discovery and assess evidentiary requirements.
  • Perform legal research to devise a litigation strategy on cases in varying degrees of complex issues.
  • Concisely and persuasively frame and present factual/legal issues before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Boards throughout Southern California.
  • Negotiate and settle all issues of a workers' compensation case on behalf of the employer, their insurance carrier and adjusting agency.
Orange County Dept. of Child Support Services, Santa Ana, CA, 2001 - 2003
Senior Law Clerk:
  • Work together with supervisors and department colleagues within the child support office to create, manage or enforce over 30 child support cases weekly.
  • Evaluate income and expense declarations, pay stubs, financial statements, and welfare status of all parties to calculate a proposed monthly child support amount.
  • Create summons and complaints/proposed judgments, as well as final judgments, which will establish paternity, child support, medical support and welfare reimbursement.
Santa Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana, CA, 1996 - 2001
Teacher:
  • Prepare lesson plans according to California State guidelines. Taught classes in levels ranging from elementary to high school.
Ford Motor Credit, Laguna Hills, CA, 1995 - 1996
Management Trainee:
  • Analyzed loan packages to determine if they met key business measurements. Experience with consumer/mortgage lending such as credit policy and underwriting.
Taco Bell, Irvine, CA - 1991 - 1992
Management Trainee:
  • Created budgets based on forecasted/projected profit and loss statements.
  • Analyzed actual data against forecast to determine future operational needs, such as labor, cost of goods sold, or inventory.
Education and Honors:
J.D., Whittier Law School - Costa Mesa, CA (1996 - 2000) Intellectual Property Certificate Moot Court Honors Board M.B.A., University of California, Irvine - Irvine, CA (1992 - 1994) Concentration in Finance and Business Strategy B.A., University of California, Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA (1988 - 1991) Economics major

Admissions to Practice:
State Bar of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Areas of Practice:
Anaheim
Bakersfield
Fresno
Goleta
Grover Beach
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Oxnard
Pomona 		Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica
Van Nuys
Ventura

Professional Affiliations:
Orange County Bar Association
Workers' Compensation Defense Association

Skills:
Fluent in Spanish

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Godfrey Godfrey & Lamb, LLP
Attorneys at Law
2119 W. Orangewood Avenue
Orange, California 92868
(714) 935-9944 Fax
wpeterg@godfrey-law.com

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