Salem Khattar is an Associate Attorney at The Pride Law [...]

Tara Bennett is a Paralegal at The Pride Law Firm. [...]

Estefania White is a Paralegal at The Pride Law Firm. She attended Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga, CA, where she received a full academic scholarship and her B.A. in History. After graduating, Estefania moved back to San Diego and began working as a legal assistant for a criminal defense firm. She joined The Pride Law Firm in 2016. In 2018, Estefania was accepted to the University of San Diego’s Paralegal Program and earned her paralegal certification. She is currently applying to law school with plans to enroll by the fall of 2020. In her free time, Estefania enjoys spending time with her family and their two golden retrievers...

Maggie Strohlein is a Certified Paralegal at The Pride Law Firm. Maggie has over twenty years of experience in the legal field and has worked at several prominent firms in San Diego. She joined The Pride Law Firm in 2018 and enjoys working closely with clients and attorneys to resolve difficult cases.

Maggie earned her paralegal certificate from The University of San Diego School of Law, where she graduated with honors. She has worked for the US Marshal’s Office and Federal Defenders and considers herself to be very well-rounded in the legal industry. Her work at The Pride Law Firm has been some of the most challenging and rewarding work of her career, and she takes great pride and satisfaction...

Jessica Klarer Pride is the Managing Partner at The Pride Law Firm. For more than fifteen years, Jessica has dedicated her legal career to the representation of victims of catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. She received a B.A. in English from the University of California, Irvine before earning her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2006.  Prior to graduation, Ms. Pride garnered a position as a legal clerk with one of the nation’s largest personal injury firms, Girardi-Keese, in Los Angeles.  At Girardi-Keese, her passion for helping victims of personal injury was born.  Ms. Pride decided to return to San Diego and was offered an associate position at San Diego’s...

Dante T. Pride is the Founding Partner of The Pride Law Firm in San Diego, California. Mr. Pride attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., where he received a full academic scholarship. While at Morehouse, Mr. Pride was a member of the honors program and named to the dean’s list. Mr. Pride graduated from Morehouse with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.

Having a passion for advocacy, Mr. Pride then attended the University of San Diego School of Law, where he excelled in Advanced Trial Advocacy and was the Vice President of the Student Bar Association. During law school Mr. Pride was also a certified legal intern and worked at the Office of the Alternate Public Defender, where he defended indigent clients...

Alfred Von Kessler IV is a Partner at The Pride Law Firm. Alfred has been litigating complex cases involving serious injuries arising from sexual assault, sexual abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, and adult dependency abuse across the country for many years. He also has a long history of representing clients in catastrophic injury cases from trucking accidents, mass shootouts, product defects, residential facilities, schools, childcare facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, hotel accidents, and construction accidents. 

Alfred has handled cases that involve sexual assault trauma, quadriplegia, paraplegia, traumatic brain injury, spine injuries, amputee injuries, and wrongful death. He never backs away from a fight...

Sophia (“Sophii”) Rebecca-Marie is an Associate Attorney at The Pride Law Firm. She graduated from California Western School of Law, Magna Cum Laude. Sophii has dedicated her career to working with survivors of sexual assault.

Before law school, Sophii received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Western Washington University (WWU). She presented her research on dating behaviors at WWU’s 2017 PsychFest. During and after her undergraduate studies, Sophii worked as a Survivor Advocate for five years...

Bianca Orozco is the Survivor Advocate with The Pride Law Firm. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After graduating, she pursued a Master’s degree in Social Work from California State University Northridge. In 2019, Bianca moved back to Santa Barbara and taught sexual assault prevention education to teens and families. Four years ago, she moved to San Diego and has since been deeply committed to advocating for survivors and promoting a safer, more just community through her work with The Pride Law Firm. Bianca enjoys exploring San Diego and finding new thrift stores and coffee shops to visit.

Bianca likes to dedicate time to herself and self-care by trying new fitness classes, binge-watching her favorite shows, and spending time with her cat, Olive.

Arla Clark is a Legal Assistant at The Pride Law Firm. She attended the California State University of San Marcos, where she received her B.A. in Criminology and Justice Studies. During her junior year of high school, she began working as a legal assistant for a small defense firm in Oceanside, CA. She joined the Pride Law Firm in 2022. In her free time, Arla enjoys spending time with her family, concerts, walking her dogs, bowling, and mini golf.

When Arla was younger, she wanted to become a therapist but ended up falling in love with the legal field. She has worked on the defense side of cases for 13 years and says switching over to the plaintiff side has...