Bobby J. Ochoa III

Bobby J. Ochoa III is an Associate at Bowles & Verna where he represents individuals and businesses in their civil litigation matters in state and Federal court to help resolve those disputes fairly and equitably.

Prior to entering private practice in California, he served as an Assistant General Counsel in Washington, DC with the Department of Justice in the Office of Justice Programs, which awards billions of dollars annually to enhance the nation’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, support victims of crime, and improve the nation’s capacity to prevent and reduce crime. Before joining DOJ, Bobby served as an Attorney Advisor with the Administrative Conference of the United States, an independent federal agency charged with promoting efficiency, participation, and fairness in the promulgation of federal regulations and in the administration of federal programs.

Before joining the Federal government in Washington, DC, Bobby started his legal career in Philadelphia as a law clerk to the Honorable Alice Beck Dubow of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Honorable Daniel J. Anders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.

Bobby has written extensively on a wide range of legal topics, including state civil procedure, discovery, evidence, criminal procedure, and appellate litigation. Since 2015, he has served as the Associate Editor of the leading evidence treatise in Pennsylvania, Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence. Bobby is also the Associate Editor of three legal practice guides published by LexisNexis: Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice, Pennsylvania Civil Trial Practice, and Pennsylvania Civil Discovery. Bobby also serves as co-author of two LexisNexis treatises: Pennsylvania Criminal Trial and Pennsylvania Criminal Pre-Trial.

Bobby has participated in several community and legal organizations since joining the bar, including the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia as an At- Large Member of the Board of Directors, the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Appellate Courts Committee, the University of Pennsylvania Law School American Inn of Court, the Philadelphia Criminal Law American Inn of Court, the Support Center for Child Advocates, and Justice at Work (formerly known as Friends of Farmworkers). He is admitted in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Bobby earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and his B.S., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University, where he graduated as valedictorian.