Dean Austen Parrish interviews Kelly Lucinda Galligan ’15, Partner at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, about charting her path to corporate mergers and acquisitions work, prioritizing community involvement especially as President of Orange County’s Project Youth OCBF, and her fondest memories and people of UC Irvine Law.
Austen Parrish
Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Expertise: Transnational Law and Litigation, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts
Austen Parrish assumed the role of Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law of the University of California, Irvine School of Law in August 2022, becoming its third dean. He previously served as the Dean and James H. Rudy Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. In 2018 and again in 2021, he was named a Wells Scholars Professor for his work with Indiana University’s prestigious Wells Scholars program. In 2019, he was bestowed with IU’s Bicentennial Medal and, in 2022, he was awarded the Provost’s Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Office of the Provost, recognizing outstanding and transformative contributions to Indiana University Bloomington. He serves on the board of directors of AccessLex Institute and is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Prior to academia, Parrish practiced law at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles. He earned his law degree from Columbia University.
Kelly Lucinda Galligan ’15
Partner, Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Corporate and Tax
Kelly Lucinda Galligan stands at the forefront of corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate governance with a dynamic and strategic approach. Her expertise spans a comprehensive range of corporate transactions, where she adeptly navigates the complexities of stock and asset acquisitions, divestitures, privately-held company mergers, joint ventures, litigation funding, and private equity investments. Focused on the middle market, Kelly has skillfully guided transactions valued between $5 million and $500 million, earning her a reputation as a pivotal advisor in high-stakes negotiations.
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