Jeffrey Torres

1. What year did you first join the Board? 

2024

 

2. Where did you go to school? 

Juris Doctorate (J.D.) - University of La Verne College of Law

Master of Education (M.Ed.) - University of La Verne

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - University of California, Berkeley

 

3. Fun fact about yourself 

I used to work as a cast member at Disneyland before attending law school.

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4. Hobbies

Reading, cooking, traveling, stargazing, and golfing.

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Bio

Jeffrey Torres is an attorney working for Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. At AALRR, he represents school districts and educational entities throughout California in both general education and special education law. Before Mr. Torres became an attorney, he worked for AALRR as a law clerk while attending law school.

 

Previously, Mr. Torres has also worked as a legal intern at the Office of General Counsel at Los Angeles Unified School District and worked for six years in various capacities at San Bernardino City Unified School District. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He also received both an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and a J.D. law degree at the University of La Verne. He is currently pursuing an LL.M. in Higher Education Law at the Samford University Cumberland School of Law.

 

During law school, Mr. Torres was elected the President of the Student Bar Association, the law school’s student government. He also competed against dozens of other law schools throughout the country in three National Moot Court competitions where he wrote an original U.S. Supreme Court brief and argued in front of a panel of appellate judges on issues that ranged from 4th Amendment search & seizure, tribal gambling law, and affirmative action in college admissions. He is most proud of winning “Best Petitioner Brief” during the Appellate Advocacy Competition where his brief defended a public school district on Establishment Clause issues. He was presented with various awards such as the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, the Certificate of Achievement in Legal Research, a Fellowship in the Terrence E. Deal Leadership Institute, the 30 Most Influential Leaders Under 30 awarded by the California State Assembly Majority Leader, and various scholarships from entities that included the Federal Bar Association of the Inland Empire. Additionally, Mr. Torres is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of the Inland Empire.