Ms Teresa Cespedes Alarcon
Experience:
26 years
Language(s):
English, Spanish
Teresa Cespedes Alarcon | Newport Beach Criminal Lawyer
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About Teresa
Teresa Céspedes Alarcón is a founding partner of California law firm KAEDIAN LLP. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal defense and related civil litigation and divides her time between the firm’s Los Angeles and Orange County offices. She represents businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals in state and federal matters, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and commercial bribery investigations and prosecutions, fraud, environmental crimes, public corruption, campaign finance improprieties, contract disputes, SEC and regulatory agency enforcement actions, internal investigations, grand jury proceedings and federal appeals.
Ms. Alarcón brings 15 years of experience to KAEDIAN LLP with substantial experience in all aspects of litigation, from inception of a case through trial. Prior to forming the firm, Ms. Alarcón worked for a respected Los Angeles defense firm where she represented corporate entities and individual executives across a wide array of industries and officials in both state and federal litigation matters and appeals. Earlier in her legal career, Ms. Alarcón was an associate at Bienert, Miller Katzman PLC and Am Law 100 firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP respectively. Working in the White Collar Crime and Litigation Departments for both firms, Ms. Alarcón oversaw a team of talented associates involved in all stages of litigation, from pleadings and complex discovery management, to settlement negotiations and trials. Ms. Alarcón also developed vast experience in running complex internal investigations for companies in an array of business industries, as well as the development and implementation of compliance programs and procedures for business clients.
Ms. Alarcón served as a law clerk for the Honorable Arthur Alarcón (no relation) for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Alarcón obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles and her Bachelor of Arts in International Business from California State University, Fullerton.
Ms. Alarcón served as a Director for the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association for the 2012 to 2014 term, and is a member of the American Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, and Los Angeles Chapter of the Women in White Collar Defense Association. She has presented on timely topics related to the practice of white collar criminal defense and on professional ethics and regulatory compliance. She is also fluent in Spanish.
Ms. Alarcón is admitted to practice law in California and before the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Ms. Alarcón brings 15 years of experience to KAEDIAN LLP with substantial experience in all aspects of litigation, from inception of a case through trial. Prior to forming the firm, Ms. Alarcón worked for a respected Los Angeles defense firm where she represented corporate entities and individual executives across a wide array of industries and officials in both state and federal litigation matters and appeals. Earlier in her legal career, Ms. Alarcón was an associate at Bienert, Miller Katzman PLC and Am Law 100 firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Hampton LLP respectively. Working in the White Collar Crime and Litigation Departments for both firms, Ms. Alarcón oversaw a team of talented associates involved in all stages of litigation, from pleadings and complex discovery management, to settlement negotiations and trials. Ms. Alarcón also developed vast experience in running complex internal investigations for companies in an array of business industries, as well as the development and implementation of compliance programs and procedures for business clients.
Ms. Alarcón served as a law clerk for the Honorable Arthur Alarcón (no relation) for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Alarcón obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles and her Bachelor of Arts in International Business from California State University, Fullerton.
Ms. Alarcón served as a Director for the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association for the 2012 to 2014 term, and is a member of the American Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, and Los Angeles Chapter of the Women in White Collar Defense Association. She has presented on timely topics related to the practice of white collar criminal defense and on professional ethics and regulatory compliance. She is also fluent in Spanish.
Ms. Alarcón is admitted to practice law in California and before the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Experience
Partner
Kaedian, LLP
2014-Present
Newport Beach, CA
Special Counsel
Brown, White, & Newhouse, LLP
2012-2014
Associate Attorney
Bienert, Miller & Katzman, PLC
2007-2012
Judicial Law Clerk
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
2004-2005
Summer Associate/Associate Attorney
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton, LLP
1998-2004
Admission
California
1999
Education
California St Univ Fullerton; CA
B.A (Business)
1995
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Member | Orange County Hispanic Bar Association
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Member | American Bar Association, White Collar Division
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Member | Orange County Bar Association
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Member | Women's White Collar Criminal Defense Association
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Member | Orange County Women Lawyer's Association
Honors / Awards
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Rising Star for White Collar Criminal Defense Super Lawyer2010
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Rising Star for White Collar Criminal Defense Super Lawyer2009
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Rising Star for White Collar Criminal Defense Super Lawyer2007
Notable Work
Publications
Federal Bar Association Newsletter Investigating Corporate Employees in Civil and Criminal Litigation A Necessary but Difficult Task
2010
Kaedian, LLP Highlights
Criminal, Labor Law
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