Professional Experience Mr. Kieffer has extensive general business, government contracts, regulatory, municipal, and administrative law practice experience and oversees major litigation, business transactions and government-related matters in a number of industries. In 2010, he was named by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals as one of the "Top 100" attorneys in California. In 2000, Mr. Kieffer was named by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in California, and he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2011 editions. Mr. Kieffer successfully chaired the City of Los Angeles Appointed Commission charged with rewriting the Los Angeles City Charter. The new City Charter, the first full revision in 75 years, was adopted in 1999. Mr. Kieffer serves on the Board of Regents of the University of California, is former chair of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, chairs the Los Angeles Civic Alliance, and serves on the Board of Directors of Promerica Bank, the first Latino-owned bank to be chartered in Los Angeles in over 35 years. He is the author of The Strategy of Meetings, published by Simon & Schuster, 1988, and contributing author of Governing Public Colleges & Universities, published by Jossey-Bass, c. 1993. Memberships & Activities Admitted to practice in California. Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association. Board Member, The Regents of the University of California. Chair, Los Angeles Civic Alliance. Member, Los Angeles Urban League Emeritus Board. Member, Board of Directors, Promerica Bank. Member, Board of Directors of the California Chamber of Commerce; member and former Chair, Education Committee. Member, Board of Directors, and Executive Committee of the Central City Association of Los Angeles. Member, Museum Council, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Member, Board of Directors, and Executive Committee, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Founding Member, Board of Directors, FuturePorts. Memberships & Activities - Previous President, Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Member, Alumni Regent, Board of Regents, University of California. Member, Blue Ribbon Commission for the Review of California's Master Plan for Higher Education. President, University of California at Santa Barbara, Alumni Association. Trustee and Chairman of the University of California at Santa Barbara Foundation. Founding Board Member, California Community College Foundation. Chair, City of Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission. Member, Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation. Vice Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Urban League. Chair, Mayor's Los Angeles 9/11 Economic Impact Task Force. Chair, Mayor's Council of Economic Advisors. Chair and Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. Honors & Awards Named one of the Top 100 lawyers in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal, 2010. The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2011. Spirit of Excellence Award for Civic Leadership, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, October 2005. Top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California, California Law Business (published by the Los Angeles Daily Journal and San Francisco Daily Journal ), 2000. Social Responsibility Award, Los Angeles Urban League, October 1999. Publications Contributing Author, Governing Public Colleges & Universities, Jossey-Bass, c. 1993. The Strategy of Meetings, published by Simon & Schuster (hardback) and by Warner Books (paperback) 1988. The book has been published in five languages. Numerous articles and opinion pieces. |