Board of Directors

Mehry is a native San Diegan, and a Certified Family Law Specialist. She has been an active member of Lawyers Club since 2012. In 2018, she received the C. Hugh Friedman New Lawyer Award from Lawyers Club. She served on the board for Run Women Run from 2014 to 2023, which is an organization that trains and endorses pro-choice women to run for office. From 2017 - 2020, she served as Secretary on the Board of Directors for Free to Thrive, a nonprofit that provides, in part, legal services to survivors of human trafficking. She was a 2016 fellow of the San Diego Leadership Alliance. She now serves on the Lawyers Club Board of Directors and was Co-Chair of the 2024 Annual Dinner. 

Tamra is the Owner/Principal Attorney of Bayside Legal, APC,  a San Diego-based firm specializing in family and divorce law. She is a third-year board member of Lawyers Club. She is an active member of the San Diego Family Law Bar Association. Tamra also serves as a pro bono attorney for San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program, primarily assisting clients with custody and domestic violence disputes. Tamra graduated from the SDCBA 2024 Leadership Academy and serves on its subcommittee, as well as the Executive Committee of the SDCBA DEI Division. Previous to joining the family law community, Tamra completed an AmeriCorps Attorney Fellowship handling elder abuse restraining orders, real estate fraud and consumer fraud. She then moved from Los Angeles to San Diego, and worked at Legal Aid Society of San Diego for 2 years. Much of her free time is spent building community connections, planning family getaways, and walking her dog. She will continue to serve on Lawyers Club Board of Directors until 2027, enthusiastically advocating for the organization’s mission and values.

Seana Scholtemeyer is an attorney at Klinedinst, whose practice focuses on casualty and general liability defense and counseling employers in California employment law, including wage and hour, wrongful termination, discrimination and sexual harassment. Prior to attending law school, she was an intern for Senator John McCain in Washington D.C.

Scholtemeyer earned her J.D. from California Western School of Law and undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. While in law school, she was a legal intern for the Honorable Ronald S. Prager at the San Diego Superior Court. She is proud of her Irish heritage and was formerly the Secretary of the Irish American Bar Association. 

Before her Board service, Scholtemeyer co-chaired the Professional Advancement and the Red White and Brew Committee. She has served as an Ambassador for the Fund For Justice Committee. Outside of Lawyers Club, Scholtemeyer enjoys spending time with her family, reading, travelling, and trying new restaurants. 

Kelly is a trusted legal advisor and seasoned employment law practitioner with extensive experience in advising and representing clients in both the public and private sectors. Prior to founding Gemelli Employment Law, Kelly was a partner at one of California’s leading workplace and campus investigation law firms.

Kelly also spent over a decade at one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, where she was a partner, providing employment law advice to both large, institutional clients as well as smaller, start-up clients. During this time, Kelly gained extensive experience in partnering with clients to find practical solutions to everyday employment decisions. 

Kelly is often asked to conduct training seminars on a wide variety of employment topics. She has presented and trained professional groups and all levels of management in specialized areas of employment law, including the prevention of harassment and discrimination, how to conduct workplace investigations, recognizing unconscious bias, workplace accommodations, managing leaves of absence under FMLA and California state leave laws, and the effective management and prevention of claims.

Kelly graduated from the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) Training Institute and is an AWI Certificate holder. Kelly is the Vice-President of Planning and Development for Lawyers Club of San Diego, is actively involved with the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) and graduated from the inaugural SDCBA Leadership Academy. She is a Board Member and President for Crown Point Junior Music Academy and volunteers time with Professional Alliance for Children. Kelly also spends a significant amount of time volunteering as a mentor to law students and new attorneys in San Diego.

In her free time, Kelly likes to travel, hike, camp and spend time at the beach with her husband and two sons.  She also loves attending wine and food festivals, playing pickleball, and watching the San Diego Padres.

Chelsea Mutual has been a Lawyers Club member since 2015 and has co-chaired the Gender Equity Committee, Reproductive Justice Committee, Women’s Advocacy & Reproductive Rights Committee, Awards & SDCBA Endorsements Committee, and Bylaws & Policy Committee. She currently works at the California Court of Appeal in chambers as a senior appellate attorney. Before joining the court, Chelsea practiced civil litigation at DLA Piper and was later the lead attorney for a gender equity nonprofit, where she oversaw litigation, policy, and education efforts relating to reproductive rights, gender discrimination in sports, domestic violence, and pay equity.

Outside of work and Lawyers Club, Chelsea volunteers with SD Pride, Planned Parenthood, the USD Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic, and the SD County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and as a mentor with various organizations. She also serves on the Advisory Board of CEDAW Rising and is an active member of the Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Law Association and the San Diego County Bar Association. Chelsea received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan, and she previously served on the UM Alumni Club of San Diego Board of Governors. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, and going to live music, stand-up comedy, and drag shows with her partner and friends.

Stacy Dooley practices general and professional liability defense as a partner with Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead LLP, where she specializes in the defense of serious personal injury claims. Before joining LBBK, Dooley was a deputy attorney for the State of California, Department of Transportation, concentrating on dangerous condition of public property torts and construction delay and disruption claims.

Dooley earned her J.D. from California Western School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While in law school, she was a judicial extern for the Honorable Justice Alex C. McDonald at the Fourth District, Division One Court of Appeal, and a legal intern for the Honorable Steven R. Denton at the San Diego Superior Court. She has also been an adjunct professor and mentor to law students at California Western in the STEPPS program.

In addition to serving on the Lawyers Club Board of Directors (2024-2026), Dooley co-chairs the Professional Advancement Committee and serves on the History, Bylaws & Policies Committee. She also serves as a mentor in the Law Student Mentorship Connection Program. She is also a past co-chair of the Fund for Justice Committee and Life and Law/Parenting Committee. Outside of practicing law and attending Lawyers Club events, Dooley enjoys gardening, hot yoga, fancy coffees, and driving her daughter to ballet multiple times a week.

A proven transformational coach, facilitator, and trainer, certified in Results Coaching™ by the NeuroLeadership Institute, Dawn is experienced in helping professionals, leaders, and teams break through boundaries to access their full personal and professional potential through individual and group coaching, training and development.

Dawn spent a total of eighteen years at one of the world’s largest energy companies, including leadership roles in labor and employment law, diversity and inclusion, and ethics and workplace culture. Prior to that, she was an attorney at a large international law firm for seven years. Each of these roles afforded Dawn the opportunity to coach, train, and counsel employees from the mailroom to the C-suite on a variety of issues that inform her coaching and training today.

Nicole Heeder is Principal at Law & [M]ocean, APC, exclusively practicing plaintiff-side labor and employment law. She helps workers throughout the public and private sectors enforce their rights when facing discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage theft in the workplace.

A member of Lawyers Club since 2010, she currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors, and co-chairs the Advocacy and Reproductive Justice Committee. She previously co-chaired the Annual Dinner, Professional Advancement, Community Outreach, and Awards and SDCBA Endorsements Committees, and is also a member of the Diverse Women's Committee. In 2026, she co-chaired the Annual Dinner, and in 2022, the General Counsel Luncheon. She has led multiple hands-on projects through COC, while also continuing to volunteer twice a year at the Central Elementary read-ins. 

Outside of Lawyers Club, Nicole is a CLA Labor and Employment Law Executive Committee Advisor, chairing its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She is dedicated to mentoring lawyers as leaders, and changing the relational norms of the profession, supporting sustainability and mental wellbeing. She spends her pro bono hours with the SDVLP Domestic Violence clinic helping to obtain restraining orders.

Nicole is grateful for quality time with her husband, rescue Thoroughbred, and hot yoga community.

Claudia Ignacio is the Founder and Managing Attorney of CI Tax Law, Inc., a boutique law firm focused on domestic and international tax law. She advises individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses on complex tax planning, tax controversy, business transactions, and cross-border tax matters. Claudia regularly represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the Employment Development Department (EDD), the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), and local taxing authorities.

Claudia is committed to advancing the legal profession through leadership, mentorship, and community service. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lawyers Club of San Diego and previously served on the Board of Directors of the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association, where she held several leadership positions, including Treasurer, and co-founded the organization's Community Service Committee. She is also a former Chair of the Tax Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association and a graduate of the 2024 Leadership Academy.

Born in Mexico City, Claudia immigrated to the United States as a teenager. Her personal journey has shaped her passion for advocacy, service, and expanding access to justice. She is dedicated to mentoring future attorneys, supporting diversity within the legal profession, and empowering clients to make informed decisions through strategic legal counsel.

Shreya Kapoor is a dual qualified attorney in India and California and is currently practicing workers' compensation law at the law firm - Yrulegui & Roberts. In 2022, Shreya packed her bags and moved to the United States with the hopes of building a community and making a difference wherever she is. For Shreya, Lawyers' Club became that community. Service has always been central to her journey. Throughout her life, she has worked towards bettering one’s life, be it educating the girl child and women in rural India due to lack of schools, organizing vocational trainings for women, working with acid attack survivors, serving as the Secretary with the Rotary Club’s student chapter or providing support to foreign law students navigate the US legal system. It is an honor for Shreya to serve on the Lawyers’ Club Board to work towards the goals of the association including empowering women in the legal industry, be an olive branch to the law students and young lawyers and increase visibility of Lawyer Club. 

Julia Sherwood is an attorney at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice. Sherwood represents employers in both class action / PAGA and single-plaintiff cases, and also counsels clients through day-to-day workplace issues. Sherwood serves as a member of Lawyers Club’s Board of Directors and co-chair of the Bench Bar Committee.

Irean Swan is a sophisticated attorney who represents clients in complex civil litigation in state and federal court. With a focus on business law, intellectual property disputes, and professional liability matters, she delivers premium legal solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.

Irean earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego. She is a first generation Chinese-American and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Beyond Lawyers Club, Irean is a member of the State Bar of California, the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Legal Ethics Committee of the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA), and the San Diego Defense Lawyers (SDDL). 

Ms. Warren became a licensed attorney in 2006 and a Certified Specialist - Family Law in 2012. Ms. Warren handles complex, high-conflict cases.  She also represents minor children in divorce, custody, and paternity cases.  Ms. Warren was honored to be awarded the 2020 Michael Shea Award and the 2021 Norby Award for her service to the San Diego family law community. 

Ms. Warren obtained her B.A. from USD in 2000 and her J.D. from McGeorge School of Law in 2005.  Ms. Warren became a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst in 2018.  Ms. Warren has been recognized for her excellence in practice by Superlawyers, Best Lawyers, the Daily Transcript, and other legal organizations.  Ms. Warren was listed in Who’s Who in America in 2020 and 2021.  In her spare time, Ms. Warren enjoys spending time with her family and friends and traveling. 

Jessica T. Wetzel specializes in the litigation and trial of catastrophic personal injury cases.  Her fields of interest include premises liability and traumatic brain injury litigation.  She currently is a Board Member and Co-Chairs the Annual Dinner Committee of Lawyers Club.  She previously Co-Chaired the Trial Advocacy, Professional Advancement, Leadership Development, Beyond the Law and Awards and Endorsements Committees.  She spends all her free time with her husband and two sons. 

Born in Afghanistan, Elmira and her family emigrated to Pakistan and Iran before eventually coming to the United States when she was four years old. Growing up in a post-9/11 America, Elmira experienced discrimination and prejudice for being an Afghan Muslim. These experiences taught Elmira an invaluable lesson on race and ethnicity and encouraged her to study hard and work to make a difference in her community. Having witnessed her family overcome so much to attain a pathway to United States citizenship, Elmira has dedicated her career to making a difference in the lives of the more vulnerable individuals in our community, those facing criminal charges and the potential loss of their freedom and future.

Elmira graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine. She graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law and was selected as one of ten graduating students for membership into the Order of Barristers.

She has been a LC member since 2022 and is currently the co-chair of the Awards and SDCBA Endorsement Committee for 2024-2025.

I practice high-stakes real estate and business litigation.  My typical cases generally include litigation for undisclosed material defects after a real estate transaction, easement or boundary disputes between neighbors, and HOA issues.  On the business side we work a lot with LLCs, partnership disputes, and contract disputes.

I joined Lawyers Club in 2023, and immediately knew I wanted to be more involved. I joined the Fund for Justice and Red, White, & Brew committees, and co-chaired Red, White & Brew my second year.

I am thrilled and honored to join Lawyers Club's Board of Directors!