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.

CEO/Founder/Managing Attorney

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

Deanna Maxfield brings a decade of litigation experience to DLHA. After graduating from
UCLA School of law, she moved to San Francisco and began working in the busy field of
landlord-tenant litigation for two years before finding her passion in employment law. Prior to
joining DLHA, Ms. Maxfield represented employees in matters including discrimination, failure
to accommodate disability, sexual harassment, wage and hour, and executive contract claims.
This perspective allows her to identify and address potential areas of liability for employers prior
to any legal action, as well as understand the most effective means of addressing employee
claims when they do arise.

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.