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# Nancy Drabble

Nancy Drabble came to CAOC in 1986 after a stint with Ralph Nader’s consumer rights organization, “Nader’s Raiders.” At CAOC, she was a behind-the-scenes player in the “napkin deal” crafted at Frank Fat’s restaurant in 1988, helped defeat the “Terrible 200s” initiatives in 1996 and has played an instrumental role in budget negotiations to protect the courts. A native of Los Angeles, Drabble received her law degree from UC Berkeley.

### Articles written by this author:

## [COVID, court budget and civil rights](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-august/covid-court-budget-and-civil-rights "COVID, court budget and civil rights")

Halfway through the legislative year, we’re battling court funding cuts and tort reformers

[Nancy Drabble](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/n "Nancy Drabble")

[2020 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-august)

## [It’s been a year of success for CAOC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-september/it-s-been-a-year-of-success-for-caoc "It’s been a year of success for CAOC")

From MICRA to financial responsibility limits

[Nancy Drabble](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/n "Nancy Drabble")

[2022 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-september)

## [New California law bans State Bar’s pursuit of corporately owned law firms](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/new-california-law-bans-state-bar-s-pursuit-of-corporately-owned-law-firms "New California law bans State Bar’s pursuit of corporately owned law firms")

The State Bar’s attempt to change the practice of law in California meets an abrupt end – for now

[Nancy Drabble](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/n "Nancy Drabble")
[Saveena K. Takhar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/saveena-k-takhar "Saveena K. Takhar")

[2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november)