Nicole's Career Timeline.
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University of the Witwatersrand
Earns her B.A. and LL.B. at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Called to the Bar, South Africa
Admitted to the Supreme Court of South Africa (“called to the Bar”). She begins her career as a state prosecutor in the criminal division of the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court, trying criminal cases before moving to civil and commercial litigation.
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Admitted to the California State Bar
Immigrates to the United States and is admitted to the California State Bar. She starts over, learning a new legal system and building a practice from scratch. She argues her first American jury trial in an Orange County courtroom. Her sister flies in from South Africa to watch.
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Co-founds Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara
Starts the law firm that becomes Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara with Keith Bremer. Six years after arriving in the United States, she is a name partner in a startup practice.
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Construction & Insurance Litigation Circuit
Becomes a regular on the construction defect and insurance litigation circuit: the West Coast Casualty Seminar, Mealey’s, Lorman. She still speaks at all three.
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Admitted in Nevada
Admitted in Nevada as Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara grows beyond California.
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California Super Lawyer
Named a California Super Lawyer for the first time.
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Strategies for Family Law in California
Authors a chapter in Strategies for Family Law in California (Aspatore), with a second chapter in the 2012 edition. She joins the Sheila Sonenshine Pro Bono Committee and has served on it ever since.
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Admitted in Washington, D.C.
Admitted in Washington, D.C. The Banyard Inn of Court gives her its Angelo Palmieri Award for Excellence in Professionalism and Civility (2011–12).
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Admitted in Washington State
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Top 100 Women Attorneys
Named one of California’s Top 100 Women Attorneys by the Daily Journal, and a Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyer from 2015 through 2018.
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UCI Chief Executive Roundtable
Becomes a member of the UCI Chief Executive Roundtable
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OCBA Board of Directors
Joins the OCBA Board of Directors, where she now co-chairs the Law School Liaison Committee.
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President, Public Law Center
Serves as President of the Public Law Center, after ten years on the Board she joined in 2014.
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Receives the ADL American Jurisprudence Award
and becomes a Fellow of the AAML.
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Founder, Women for Justice
Founds Women for Justice to support the Public Law Center, and is inducted into ABOTA. That year she also watches her oldest son sworn in as an attorney.
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Top 50 Most Prominent Businesswomen
Orange County Business Journal - Special Report.
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Candidate for OCBA Secretary
Bremer Whyte has grown to 240 lawyers in ten offices across five states. She speaks at the AAML Southern California Trial Institute, Consulegis in Sofia, and the OCBA Family Law Section. Now she is asking Orange County attorneys for their vote for OCBA Secretary.
