Our Team

Denise Koeller

Associate
Denise H.D. Koeller has dedicated her entire legal career to family law, bringing more than a decade of experience and intensive trial advocacy training to clients across Orange County.
Denise Koeller

Biography

Denise H.D. Koeller has dedicated her entire legal career exclusively to family law, beginning with her work in the field as a law student. She earned her J.D. from Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law, graduating cum laude in the top 15% of her class and completing Chapman’s Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Emphasis Program. In 2024, Denise further developed her courtroom advocacy skills by completing the intensive nine-day National Family Law Trial Institute program in Houston, Texas.

An Orange County native through and through, Denise grew up in Fountain Valley and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine. She remains involved in the local legal community and was recently re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association for her second term as their Social Chair.

Outside of the office, Denise and her husband are blessed with their beautiful and energetic toddler girl, infant son, and their charismatic long-haired dachshund, George Costanza.

Bar Admission

California

Experience

  • Family law attorney with more than a decade of experience devoted exclusively to family law.
  • Active member of the Orange County legal community (including the Orange County Women Lawyers Association, Hispanic Bar Association, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California, and Southern California Asian Bar Association).
  • Board Member and Social Chair, Orange County Asian American Bar Association (OCAABA), currently serving a second term through 2029.

Affiliations & Credentials

Education

  • Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Orange, California
    • J.D., cum laude
    • Graduated in the top 15% of her class
    • Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Emphasis
  • University of California, Irvine
    • B.A., Sociology
    • Minor in Political Science
  • National Family Law Trial Institute, Houston, Texas
    • Nine-day intensive trial advocacy program (2024)

Professional Associations

  • Board Member and Social Chair, Orange County Asian American Bar Association
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Member, Orange County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
  • Member, Orange County Women Lawyers Association
  • Member, Hispanic Bar Association
  • Member, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California
  • Member, Southern California Asian Bar Association

Recognition

Honors & Recognitions

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Family Law, 2023–2027
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation, 2027
  • Graduated cum laude and in the top 15% of her class from Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Awards, Certifications & Associations