Personal Biography
Diane Mancinelli was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1955. An “Army brat”, she moved frequently, first from Germany, then to Boston, Massachusetts, arriving in Holland, Michigan where her mother was a homemaker and her father an Army Recruiter. There, she attended both high school and college. After college, she attended the University of San Diego School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate Degree. She has two brothers, both attorneys. Diane lives in Orange County. She is married and has one son. Diane loves to travel, cook, garden and read science-fiction books and loves science-fiction movies, especially Star Trek!
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Diane Lynn Mancinelli
Attorney at Law
Mentis Law Group, PLC
14751 Plaza Drive, Suite J
Tustin, CA 92780
(714) 734-8999 (714) 734-8669 (fax)
www.mentislaw.com.avaxclientserver.com e-mail: Diane@mentislaw.com.avaxclientserver.com
Education:
University of San Diego, School of Law
San Diego, California
Juris Doctorate Degree, 1982
Hope College
Holland, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts Degree: Political Science, 1979
Admitted to Practice in Front of the Following Courts:
- Member of the State Bar of California 1983, Bar Number 112777
- Admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California, Central Division
- Admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division
- Admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division
- Admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California, Northern Division
- Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Member of the State Bar of Michigan 1986
Professional Associations:
- American Bar Association
- California Bar Association
- Orange County Bankruptcy Forum
- Orange County Bar Association including the following sections:
- Business & Corporate Law Section
- Business Litigation Section
- Commercial & Bankruptcy Section
- Labor & Employment Law Section
- Orange County Women Lawyers Association
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- California Employment Lawyers Association
Publications:
Publication: Main Street Business & Venture
Dates of Publication: August 1993, April 1994
Title of Publication: “The Employers Documentation Requirements When Hiring An Employee.”
Awards and Honors:
American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Law
Moot Court Award for Best Oralist-Jessup International Moot Court Competition.
Relevant Experience:
Savig & Dawe
Irvine, California
1983-1987
Defense counsel in multiple complex litigation involving the Federal Savings and Loan failures of the 1980’s.
Volt Informational Sciences, Inc.
Parent corporation of Volt Temporary Services and Volt Telcon
Western Headquarters, Orange, California
1987-1992
- Assistant General Counsel for operations including staffing services, telecommunications, telephone directory,electronic publications, and typesetting and computer systems
- Oversaw employment issues for more than 40,000 employees from the full-time permanent staff and the temporary labor work force from the temporary services division
- Analyzed, negotiated and prepared contracts for mergers and acquisitions for the parent corporations and all subsidiaries
- Review all contractual agreements
- Conducted defensive litigation in wrongful termination, discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit
- Analyzed foreign laws and the application to anticipated corporate matters
Mentis Law Group, PLC
Formerly Known as Law Offices of Diane L. Mancinelli
Tustin, California
1992-present
Founding member of Mentis Law Group, a consumer law firm specializing in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy; wage and hour cases; personal injury including auto accidents, slip and fall and dog bites; employment actions such as sexual harassment and discrimination; commercial and civil matters including but not limited to civil litigation, contract preparation and review, business formations such as incorporation and LLC; collection matters; issues regarding contracts and interpretation; and trust and estates (estate planning).