Ronnivashti Whitehead is a solo practitioner in the Los Angeles area at the Law Office of Ronni Whitehead. Ms. Whitehead is a Graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law. Ms. Whitehead was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 2003 and California in 2006.

Ms. Whitehead practices in the areas of Family Law, Personal Injury, and Employment Law. Ms. Whitehead has served on the Board of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) since 2009. She has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Consumer Attorneys Association for Southern California (Advocate Magazine) since, 2014. She received the CAALA Presidential Award in 2008 and 2011. She currently serves as a Board Member of the Black Woman Lawyers Association of Greater Los Angeles. 

She also served as: the Vice Chair of the CAALA New Lawyers Committee from 2008-2009, the Chair of the CAALA New Lawyers Committee from 2010-2011, and the Co-Chair of the CAALA Public Relations Committee from 2012-2014. She was a Board Member of Consumer Attorneys Association of California from 2009-2010.

Ms. Whitehead is also a member of the American Association of Justice, American Bar Association, California Association of Black Lawyers, Consumer Attorneys of California, John M. Langston Bar Association, the National Association of Professional Women, and the Southern California Family Law American Inn of Court.

Past Speaking Engagements:

CAALA LAS VEGAS CONVENTION –THE NATION’S LARGEST TRIAL LAWYER CONVENTION

Speaker 2014:   -Reining in the Defense Expert MILs & 402 Hearings

Speaker 2011:   -Essential Toolkit for Trial: Timelines

Speaker 2010:   -Elimination of Bias –Gender Bias in the Courtroom

BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS OF LOS ANGELES AND ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN PHYSICIANS

Speaker 2014:   -A joint symposium panel discussion on Proposition 46 and its potential impact on physicians, lawyers and the California economy. 

LONG BEACH BAR ASSOCIATION

Speaker 2013:   -Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession

CAOC ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION – COLLEGE OF TRIAL ARTS

Speaker 2013:   -Negligence Per Se A Code Violation in the House

Speaker 2008:   -Handling the Client Intake

Event Moderator and/Chair:

CAALA Webinar Series

Panel Moderator 2015:    – Recognizing Civil Rights Cases

CAALA LAS VEGAS CONVENTION –THE NATION’S LARGEST TRIAL LAWYER CONVENTION Convention Co-Chair (2012 and 2013)

Panel Moderator 2012:    -Government Torts

                                               -Legal Ethics

                                              -Medicine for Lawyers

Panel Moderator 2013:    -Technology

                                              -Employment Law

                                              -New Court Procedures  

CAOC ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION – COLLEGE OF TRIAL ARTS

Panel Moderator 2011:    -Personal Injury Cases

Panel Moderator 2010:    -What You Wanted to Know About a Judge But You Were                                                  Afraid to Ask

                                             -Nut & Bolts – Practice Tips From Top Lawyers With                                                           Emphasis in Government Liability