About Kevin L.
Kevin L. Dorhout built his legal foundation at Santa Clara University, earning a B.S. in Political Science in 1984 and a J.D. in 1988. He finished law school in the late 1980s and began a career that would alternate between public service and private firm work over the following decades.
He first appears in the record as a lawyer for the American Consulting Group in 1992. Two years later he took a position as a deputy at the Ventura County District Lawyer s Office in 1994. That public-sector stint was followed by a return to private practice in the late 1990s, when he worked as an associate at England, Whitfield, Schroeder & Tredway, LLP in 1998.
The pattern of firm associate roles continued into the 2000s. In 2000 he joined Norman, Dowler, Sawyer, Israel, Walker & Barton as an associate. He moved to Arnold, Bleuel, LaRochelle, Mathews & Zirbel, LLP in 2004, again serving as an associate. By 2005 he was listed as an associate at Manfredi, Levine, Eccles, Miller & Lanson, APC. Those positions reflect steady engagement with litigation and client representation in multiple California firms.
Across those years he handled matters typical for associates at mid-size firms and a county office. The record shows experience in both courtroom settings and office practice, acquired in short tenures at several firms and in the Ventura County office. The trajectory illustrates a lawyer comfortable shifting between public-sector responsibilities and the demands of private firm work.
Dorhout’s education and early career place him among attorneys who entered the profession in the early 1990s after completing law school in 1988. That era shaped his initial professional steps and informed subsequent moves back into private practice. He has worked under a number of firm names and in a county legal office, accumulating a variety of case experience along the way.
As of 2026 he continues to practice law. He maintains an active legal practice.
