D/L/H/A Law Group, A division of De La Housaye & Associates, A Law Corporation

Ms. Chao is a valued associate attorney at DLHA Law, working closely to support the litigation, transaction, and employment teams. Ms. Chao graduated from the University of the Pacific before entering Cornell Law School for her juris doctorate degree. During law school, she enjoyed various legal experiences, such as an internship with the Securities Exchange Commission, where she assisted attorneys in the evaluation of initial and annual corporate public filings.  She also worked as a teaching assistant in legal and professional ethics, assisting fellow law students with navigating the professional rules of conduct.

Angela De La Housaye founded the business law firm of De La Housaye & Associates in 2000 in Los Angeles, California. It has since expanded to two additional cities in California, Walnut Creek & San Francisco. Ms. De La Housaye began her legal career in civil litigation with a focus on business protection, and uses this experiential knowledge in managing DLHA’s litigation strategy.  Ms. De La Housaye also specializes in the transactional areas of business law, mergers and acquisitions, liability protection, business succession, trade secrets, and proprietary information protection, and employment matters for her clients.

Ms. De La Housaye manages all DLHA offices and, in addition, works deeply within the community and East Bay region.  She speaks on legal business matters and coaches business clients regarding preventative legal work.  

Kala joined DLHA Law Group in 2022 and she has become a versatile team player, working extensively in client billing and providing legal support to the Attorneys & Paralegals. Kala has considerable experience working within the legal realm from her prior work as an Ambassador/Advocate helping current & former foster youth.

She has Associates Degrees in Language Arts and in Social Science. She is currently working towards achieving her BA in Political Science while obtaining her Paralegal Degree at Merritt College. In her free time, Kala enjoys going on adventures & hiking with her dog Mickey, and playing slow pitch softball.

Kellen Stevens is a transactional attorney for DLHA. He formerly worked as in-house counsel for a San Francisco financial institution delivering capital market solutions to commercial real estate developers throughout the United States. In this role he split time between legal affairs and managing the organization’s compliance program. 

As corporate counsel, Kellen negotiated financial agreements with institutional investors, drafted resolutions for corporate entities, and handled a variety of commercial agreements for the organization, such as office leases, non-disclosure agreements, and vendor agreements. He also formed, managed and dissolved corporate entities and supported corporate governance initiatives.  As the compliance lead, Kellen designed and implemented an enterprise-wide online compliance platform, performed internal audits on business lines, and drafted policies and procedures.