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From 1998 until 2003 Barrett continued his practice emphasizing estate planning, trust administration, real estate and business law. In 2003 his wife Jill O’Gorman left her partnership with the law firm of Griffith & Thornburgh, LLP to join him. Together they formed O’Gorman & O’Gorman, LLP. Barrett is a member of the California Bar of California and is also admitted to practice before the United States District for the Central District of California. Barrett has been a member of the Santa Barbara Sunrise Rotary Club and presently sits on the board of directors of the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation.
Jill is a member of the State Bar of California, Santa Barbara County Bar Association, Barristers’ Club of Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers (she was on the Board of Directors from 1996 to1997). In addition, she is admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Central District and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Jill has served on the Mountain View Elementary School PTA Executive Board since 2004 (as Fundraising Chair from 2004-2006, and as President from 2006-2007). Jill was a member of the Santa Barbara Inns of Court from 1996-1999, the Advisory Team for First Presbyterian Children’s and Infant Center from 2001- 2003, and the UCLA Alumni Scholarship Committee from 2001-2005. Jill and Barrett met at UCLA in 1984, and married in 1992. They have two sons, Ryan and Kyle.
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Barrett
P. O’Gorman was raised in Goleta and attended local schools, thereafter
earning his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Los
Angeles in 1986. In 1989, he received his J.D. degree from Loyola Law
School in Los Angeles. During law school Barrett was a judicial extern
to the Honorable Terry J. Hatter in the United States District Court
for the Central District of California. Thereafter, Barrett worked at
the law firms of Grace & Neumeyer and Carrick & Dale in Los
Angeles prior to returning to Goleta to practice with his father, C.
Brian O’Gorman in 1992. C. Brian O’ Gorman retired from practice
in 1998. 
Jill
M. O’Gorman was raised in Southern California. She earned a B.A.
in Communication Studies from the University of California at Los
Angeles in 1989 and a J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles
in 1992. Jill graduated with a class rank of number 3 out of 321
students from Loyola Law School, where she was a Member and Articles
Editor of the Loyola Law Review. During law school, Jill was a judicial
extern to the Honorable Stephen J. O’ Neil of the Los Angeles
Superior Court. After graduating from law school, Jill joined the Santa Barbara law firm of Griffith & Thornburgh, LLP where she became a partner in 1999 (the first female partner in the firm's 100+ year history). While at Griffith & Thornburgh,
LLP, Jill participated in jury and court trials, as well as numerous
arbitrations. In 2003, Jill joined her husband Barrett in his practice
to form