Mark A. Irwin

Mark A. Irwin is a Family Law Attorney and founding partner of IRWIN & IRWIN, LLP, with offices in Fullerton and Newport Beach, California. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Mr. Irwin earned his Juris Doctor in Law from Western State University College of Law. He graduated from law school second in his class after earning three Witkin Awards for academic excellence. Mr. Irwin worked as a Family Law Attorney for another prominent firm before starting his own practice in 2011 with his wife, Kelly McGrane-Irwin.

Mr. Irwin is a member of the California State Bar, and the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA). He is also a member of the Family Law Sections of both the OCBA and the California Lawyers’ Association (CLA).

Mr. Irwin served on the Orange County Family Violence Council as a member of their Steering Committee from 2004 to 2009. He was instrumental in the development of the Orange County Family Justice Center, a one-stop, multi-agency facility in Orange County which provides services for victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, and elder/dependent adult abuse. Mr. Irwin has almost thirty years of prior experience in law enforcement. His investigative background includes complex criminal and administrative law matters. Mr. Irwin served as the Vice-President of the non-profit Orange County Family Justice Center Foundation, Inc., from 2006-2009, and he is currently still a member of the Friends of the Foundation. Mr. Irwin has also been involved in his neighborhood youth soccer and Little League baseball organizations in past years.

Mr. Irwin has served as a Mentor with the USC Annenberg Advantage Alumni-Student Mentoring Program. As part of this program he mentored seniors completing their undergraduate degrees at the University of Southern California, and helped prepare them to succeed in the “working world.” Mr. Irwin has served as a guest lecturer on Family Law, and Ethics in Family Law, at Western State University College of Law. He has also served as a Moot Court competition judge at WSU law school, and has authored several published articles on family law issues.