DeAnne Ozaki

DeAnne Ozaki is the founder and principal of Ozaki Legal Search. DeAnne is a dedicated and effective legal recruiter who provides top service to her attorney candidates and law firm/company clients. DeAnne handles associate, counsel and partner placements at law firms, as well as in-house placements. With over 20  years of experience practicing law, DeAnne has developed a unique knowledge and understanding of the needs and objectives of firms/companies and attorneys, and is able to utilize such knowledge, experience and contacts to the benefit of her firm/company clients and attorney candidates.

Prior to founding Ozaki Legal Search, DeAnne was a Director at a large legal search firm. Prior to transitioning to legal recruiting, DeAnne was Head of Trademarks at Universal Music Group, where she managed over 4500 active trademark applications and registrations, and handled all trademark related matters for the company worldwide. Prior to that, DeAnne was an Of Counsel at Latham and Watkins LLP, Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and Associate at Paul Hastings, where her practice focused on intellectual property and general corporate transactional matters.

DeAnne received her J.D. from the University of California – Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law) and B.A. from the University of California – Los Angeles.