Julie Fellmeth

Administrative Director and Supervising Attorney of the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law?s Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL), Julianne Fellmeth advocates for workplace regulation within a variety of fields. Notably, Julianne Fellmeth has specialized in the standardization of California?s health care professions since the early 1990s. Based in Coronado, California, Julianne Fellmeth is a legal professional spearheading exemplary medical regulation work.

For almost two decades, Julianne Fellmeth has advanced the regulation and reform of the Medical Board of California. In 2003, Fellmeth was selected to monitor the Medical Board of California by the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Fellmeth?s main duties included suggesting ways the Board could promote efficiency for its enforcement and diversion programs. As a result of her work, several of the Board?s enforcement programs have been revamped and a higher level of public disclosure has been achieved. A diversion program that was in place to service doctors struggling with substance abuse was dismantled.

Julianne Fellmeth has testified on a number of occasions before state legislature and health care industry representatives to obtain commitments from the California government for tighter regulation and better accountability from medical agencies. Julianne Fellmeth of CPIL was a key player in the 1993 decision for heightened transparency of the state Medical Board's policy on what information can be disclosed to the public.

Julianne Fellmeth maintains an impressive number of professional affiliations and has received a variety of accolades for her work. In 2005, Fellmeth was awarded the Ben Shimberg Public Service Award from the Washington, D.C.-based agency. A 2010 recipient of the USD School of Law?s Distinguished Alumni Award, Fellmeth also mentors CPIL interns and team-teaches regulatory law courses with her husband, Robert C. Fellmeth.