LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2025 – Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP (KCO) is pleased to announce the addition of Chiemela Okwandu to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Chiemela joins as an associate in the Financial Services Litigation practice.
“We are excited for Chiemela to join our Los Angeles office,” said Michael Kabat, KCO’s founding and managing partner. “She is a great addition to the firm, and we look forward to the addition of her background and experience on our team.”
Okwandu was previously an attorney in an Am Law 200 firm’s consumer financial services group. She defended lenders and servicers in litigation cares related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). Okwandu has experience negotiating settlements that saved clients millions in potential liabilities and costs, responding to regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions from the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and preparing for trial. Okwandu earned her undergraduate degree at University of California, Los Angeles, with honors, and her law degree from Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Academic Merit Scholarship and the law review editor for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Journal.
About Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP
Kabat Chapman & Ozmer LLP (KCO) is a boutique labor and employment, business and white collar litigation law firm with offices in Atlanta; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Portland, Oregon. KCO represents Fortune 500 companies in class, collective and representative actions, labor and employment disputes, complex commercial and consumer-facing disputes, and white-collar investigations and litigation in jurisdictions across the country. KCO also provides consulting services, training and day-to-day advice and conducts internal investigations in all areas in which it litigates. KCO occupies a unique position in the legal market: While most smaller boutique firms tend to be regional and small market in scope, KCO has a truly national client base and scope of practice that it manages out of its four offices across the country. This unique mix allows KCO to offer clients the personal attention and efficiency they expect from a smaller law firm with the expertise and resources of a much larger firm. For more information, visit https://www.kcozlaw.com.