Pacific Coast University School of Law
Donations deductibleRevenue
$197k
year to 31 July 2025
Expenses
$817k
year to 31 July 2025
Total assets
$677k
$2.1m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.2 years on average
Staff
15
6 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Pacific Coast University School of Law's network
8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann L Lakhman | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Anne Arvin | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Basil George Dezes (also filed as Basil Dezes) | Dean and President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Dean Barbieri | Trustee (Thru 10/2024) | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| George Leal | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Juan Carlos Pallares | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Mark Velez | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Patrick Piggott | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Miguel Valenti | Executive Director Until 9/2020 | 2021 |
| Miguel Valenti | Executive Director (As of July 2020) | 2020 |
| Sonia Gomez | Executive Director (Until June 2020) | 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 July 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basil George Dezes | Dean and President | 44 | $168k | ||
| Mark Velez | Treasurer | 2 | $12k | ||
| Ann L Lakhman | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anne Arvin | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dean Barbieri | Trustee (Thru 10/2024) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Juan Carlos Pallares | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patrick Piggott | Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| George Leal | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pacific Coast University School of Law
- EIN
- 956002328
- Address
- 1650 Ximeno Ave Ste 300, Long Beach, CA, 90804-2188
- State
- California
- Mission
- With its long history of education, affordable tuition, flexible schedule, and small class sizes, pacific coast university school of law is the perfect law school choice for working professionals who seek a law degree program. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B50 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1927
- Principal officer
- Basil George Dezes (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1935
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥5years on the filingsBasil George Dezes
≥4years on the filingsAnn L Lakhman
≥4years on the filingsAnne Arvin
≥4years on the filingsDean Barbieri
Latest return
year to 31 July 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 July 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $677k
- Total liabilities
- $2.1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $1.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $195k
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 6
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $201k | $815k | Deficit $614k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.