Biography
Debra Dison Hall is a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office with broad experience representing profit and nonprofit corporations with respect to legal issues, including governance and corporate compliance matters, major contract negotiations, claims, development of policies and standard form agreements, employee matters, and outsourcing arrangements. She has acted as outside general counsel to a number of corporations and practiced extensively in the fields of intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, private offerings, academic law, and general business and contract law.
She has acted as lead counsel for numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including for construction, manufacturing, energy, waste disposal, and hardware, software and service companies. She has also represented nonprofit corporations in corporate restructurings and in tax-exempt financings.
Memberships
- National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Business and Corporations Section
- Organization of Women Executives
Community Activities
- Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Board (Vice Chair)
- Caltech Y Board (Chair of the Governance Committee)
- Crescenta Canada YMCA Community Support Campaign, Co-Chair 2004 and 2005
- Crescenta Canada YMCA Model UN Delegation, founder
- Caltech Alumni Association, Board of Directors (1998-2004), President (2002-2003)
- Caltech Alumni 2002 Seminar Day Committee, Chair (2002)
Accolades
- Named among the Most Powerful and Influential Women in California by California Diversity Magazine (2010)
Education
Debra received her B.S. from the California Institute of Technology (where she was in the first class of women admitted) and her J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
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