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 … Read More

Jessica Klarer Pride is the managing partner at The Pride Law Firm. She has dedicated her entire legal career to the representation of victims of catastrophic injuries, wrongful death and sexual assault.  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 renowned and oldest personal injury firm, … Read More

Laura M. Kelleher is an Associate at the Pride Law Firm advocating on behalf of the firm’s clients since January 2017.  Ms. Kelleher specializes in Employment Law and is a zealous fighter for workers who have been mistreated and abused in the workplace, including victims of discrimination and harassment.  She received her B.A. in Sociology at the University of California, Davis, where she rowed on the Women’s Crew Team and won several national championship regattas, including winning the San Diego Crew Classic in both 2007 and 2008.  After her undergraduate studies, Ms. Kelleher served 28 months as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador, where she lived and worked within a remote mountain community to help improve the community’s health, … Read More

Teri A. Gibbs is a law clerk at The Pride Law Firm and is completing her last year of law school at the University of San Diego School of Law (USD). Before law school, Ms. Gibbs received her B.A. degree in Psychology and minor in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University. Post-graduation, she participated as a Graduate Fellow in the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she had assignments as a consultant for The Pittsburgh Promise, BNY Mellon, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. She then received her M.S. degree in Public Policy and Management in 2014 from Carnegie Mellon University. At Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Gibbs was a … Read More

Alexis Ahlzadeh is a Law Clerk at The Pride Law Firm and in her second year of law school at the University of San Diego. Before law school, Alexis received her B.A in Strategic Communications from the University of Utah, where she was on the dean’s list. During this time, Alexis worked at The Innocence Center, working to exonerate prisoners who were wrongfully convicted of crimes.

Alexis is a member of the Mock Trail team at USD, where she is honing her trial advocacy skills. Alexis is also involved in USD’s Domestic Violence Clinic, where she and a team of students obtain protective orders for victims of domestic abuse. Her passion for justice and equality brought her to the Pride … Read More

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 … Read More