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Serving Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara and Riverside. I am a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law. I am an "AV"* rated attorney with 40 years of experience in solving bankruptcy problems. I am a Mensa certified genius with a strong ability to analyze and solve problems. If you are being hounded by creditors, I can legally erase your debts and get you a fresh start. If your business needs reorganization, I can give you protection from your creditors while you reorganize. If you have a claim against an individual or company that has filed...

“Brett Drouet was relentless in the pursuit of justice for me. He is so knowledgeable and a great lawyer and person. I refer family and friends to him.” – Phil K. Brett C. Drouet, Esq., is a sixth generation Southern Californian, who has served Southern, Central and Northern California clients for over two decades as a member of the California State Bar. Mr. Drouet is recognized as a litigator’s litigator, who is uniquely experienced in catastrophic personal injury and death actions for trauma victims in auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, bicycle accidents, worksite accidents, DUI victim/plaintiff, construction defect, product liability...

With four decades of legal experience, I provide counsel for Business, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Tax, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports, and Hospitality Law matters. Based in Southern California, I represent clients as outside general counsel throughout the world. I am dedicated to delivering legal expertise and experience focused on the best possible outcomes.

Highly accomplished and respected by peers, I have been honored as the 2018 Southern California Lawyer of the Year for Closely-Held Companies & Family Businesses Law, and the 2019 Southern California Lawyer of the Year for Trusts and Estates.

Outside of work, I am committed to giving...

Daniel W. Watkins is an experienced litigator and true trial attorney with over 50 Jury and Bench trials to his credit in 30 years of practice. He has successfully represented both large companies and individuals, and achieved substantial victories in well-publicized trials throughout California and Wisconsin.

Mr. Watkins has successfully tried and litigated cases in the areas of Healthcare Compliance, Commercial Litigation, Unfair Business Practices, Fraud, Breach of Contract, Battery, Premises Liability, Product Defect, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Construction Defect, as well as Unfair Competition, Defamation, and Trade Secret. In December 2003, Mr. Watkins commenced litigation against Health South Surgery...

Richard Berberian is a partner at Berberian Ain LLP and has over 15 years of legal experience handling personal injury, medical malpractice, elder law and nursing home abuse matters. Mr. Berberian started his career on the other side defending insurance companies and self-insured entities. His experience gave him firsthand insight on tactics used by insurance companies against plaintiffs. Fast forward to 2010, where Mr. Berberian shifted his focus to defending plaintiffs against big bully insurance companies. This decision led him to meet his partner in crime, Farris Ain, a fierce litigator who brings 15 years of legal experience to Mr....

Joe Mellema's practice focuses on litigation in federal and state courts, including the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and business and commercial disputes. He has handled patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair business practices, antitrust, and business and commercial lawsuits in all phases of litigation and arbitration.

Joe is well-versed in patent and trademark enforcement, preparation and prosecution, as well as trademark enforcement and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He has considerable experience litigating patents in a variety of technical fields, including optical devices and components, computer...

Zev Rose is the senior shareholder and President of Sherman Silverstein and ex-officio member of the Firm's Management Committee. Mr. Rose is a preeminent attorney, advisor, and community leader. He has practiced real estate law for more than 50 years. He has represented major clients in the acquisition, financing, development, management, and sale of shopping centers, apartment complexes, office buildings, and residential projects throughout the eastern seaboard. Mr. Rose also has consummate expertise in corporate, partnership, business and financing law and transactions.

Before entering private law practice, Mr. Rose was Law Secretary to the Honorable Mitchell H. Cohen, US District Court,...

Mark Doré is senior counsel in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2018 and practices in the oil and gas, business and corporate and real estate groups. Mark’s practice focuses on representing upstream energy companies in Louisiana, including oil and gas transactional matters, mineral title examination, due diligence, acquisition and sale of oil and gas properties, regulatory compliance, and providing advice to attorneys and landmen at companies engaged in upstream activities.

While in law school, Mark launched his own oil and gas/real estate title company in Lafayette, Louisiana, and continued working full time as an independent...

Raised on a family cattle ranch along the Bear River in southeast Idaho, Randy’s strong ethic for hard work and responsibility has translated into success as an attorney. He has long-held Martindale-Hubbell’s AV rating, awarded to attorneys whose peers rank their ethical standards and legal ability at the highest level. With more than three decades of experience, a deep knowledge of his core practice areas, and trust from the legal community, Randy has a proven ability to effectively and efficiently resolve legal problems that confront his clients.

Between ranching, fishing and hunting, Randy developed an early appreciation for natural resources. His...

Joseph A. Gershman is a partner of Rich, Intelisano & Katz. His practice focuses on complex commercial, securities, real estate and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Gershman is rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings as an AV Preeminent attorney, its highest designation, with his peers recognizing him as “an excellent lawyer” and “an outstanding litigator”. He is also a recipient of The Legal Aid Society’s 2013 Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the Society and its clients.

Mr. Gershman has extensive experience within the areas of complex commercial, securities, real estate and bankruptcy litigation, as well as commercial...

John A. Day is the founding partner of The Law Offices of John Day, P.C., located in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. John graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist and has more than 30 years’ experience trying cases. John has served as President of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and Chair of the Council of State Presidents of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). John has also served on the boards of the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Lawyers...

EXPERIENCE Tonya is licensed to practice law in both Ohio and Kentucky. She limits her practice to Estate Planning and Administration, Family Law and Bankruptcy. She has been practicing since 2012. For the last two years, Tonya has transitioned from focusing on Family Law to focusing on estate planning and administration. She recently completed a certification in estate planning and is in the process of completing the advanced certification. She has 60 hours of mediation training and has previously been appointed as a GAL in multiple counties. MILITARY Tonya has been a member of the Kentucky National Guard since 2001. For the...

Bryan T. Forman is a licensed Texas attorney with offices in Austin, Texas and Tyler, Texas. He has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1987, and has spent the majority of his career in the brokerage industry, serving as Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel for brokerage firms which he founded. Concurrently, he gained experience in the private equity field, founding a private equity hedge fund whose strategy was private equity investments into public companies. His legal practice is focused on representing public investors and market participants in the securities industry. Mr. Forman received his Juris Doctor...

Dallas personal injury lawyer licensed in Texas since 1997. Attorney Goyen provides legal representation and services for those involved in car wrecks, truck crashes, construction accidents, and other types of injury accidents in the Dallas, Fort Worth, and North Texas areas. Client satisfaction is key to our success. We offer a free phone consultation and strategy session regarding your case where get the facts of your case, identify the legal issues involved, and identify those legal issues that will most help your case. Doug Goyen graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1997. His undergraduate degree is in Business...

Bradley H. Trushin is a co-founder of Chepenik Trushin LLP and leads the litigation department of the firm. Mr. Trushin is an AV preeminent rated attorney and has focused exclusively on litigation for over 30 years. Mr. Trushin is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the 1st, 3rd and 11th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. He authors CLE materials, lectures and moderates panel discussions. In addition, he serves as a testifying expert witness on attorney's fees, professional malpractice and insurance issues state...

Jason Riddick is an experienced and entrepreneurial business litigator representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants in state and federal courts throughout the country. Jason’s practice focuses on complex business litigation, including contract and business tort disputes, defamation, securities, trade secrets, and corporate governance disputes. Jason also represents clients in connection with internal investigations, class actions, SEC enforcement matters, FINRA inquiries, arbitrations, and employment matters.

Jason’s clients include financial institutions, registered representatives, employers, entertainment and pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, insurers, investors, and high net worth individuals. Jason has extensive expertise with trial and pretrial motions, taking and defending depositions, and devising trial and settlement...

Elizabeth Estrada is a Partner at Friedman Rodman Frank & Estrada, P.A. she represents clients in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Claims, Products Liability, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Negligent Security, Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Injuries, Nurse Home Negligence, Workers' Compensation Claims, Long-shore, and Harbor Act Based Claims. She has litigated, arbitrated, and mediated cases throughout the State of Florida.

Ms. Estrada has obtained several million-dollar settlements, judgments, and jury verdicts on behalf of her clients during her career. She is a member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a membership for trial lawyers who have won million-dollar settlements and...

Tami Wolfe is an experienced trial attorney who has practiced law in Broward County for 25 years. Prior to her arrival at KALIS & KLEIMAN she was the Senior Litigating Attorney and Managing Partner of a litigation law firm. She joined KALIS, KLEIMAN & WOLFE in 2015.

Ms. Wolfe concentrates in the litigation and trial of significant negligence cases involving Automobile Accidents, Premise Liability, Negligent Security, Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Brain and Spinal Cord injuries, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Liability. She also practices Qui Tam Law under the False Claims Act which authorizes private citizens with information...

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Lead counsel in six-week jury trial for local development company, its principal, and condominium buyers in litigation against regional bank arising from bank’s breach of contract to provide construction financing for developer’s project to convert historic apartment building to condominiums. Obtained dismissal or jury verdict for plaintiffs on $6 million counterclaim brought by bank. Obtained jury verdict of approximately $14.0 million against bank on breach of contract and tortious interference claims brought by developer and additional verdicts totaling $5.6 million for condominium buyers. The net result was a $25 million judgment for clients.

Lead trial counsel in four-week trial advancing...

I am a Shareholder at St. Denis & Davey Professional Association. Having practiced law since 1998, I provide experienced, skilled and knowledgeable representation for an array of legal needs. My practice areas include Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction Litigation, Automotive Franchise and Dealerships, Class Actions, and Nursing Home Litigation. I defend insurance companies, construction developers, contractors, retailers, dealerships, and others throughout Florida. I am committed to providing zealous advocacy and delivering successful outcomes for my clients.

I received my B.S. in Finance from Florida State University. In 1998, I obtained my...

At Yash Law Group, Yashdeep “Jesse” Singh, Esq. focuses his practice in the areas of employment and labor law and business law. Specifically, Jesse has litigated matters in state and federal courts and arbitration that involve claims of wage-and-hour violations, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, and fraud, among others. Representative clients include employees of small retail stores to large multi-national companies, consumers of goods and services, and small- to medium-sized businesses. As the Principal Attorney at Yash Law Group, Jesse handles every aspect of clients’ cases—something he has prided himself in since opening the doors at Yash...

Chris Hogan is an experienced Litigation Attorney at Zeiger, TIegs & Little. His practice areas include Business, Health Care, Insurance, Professional Liability and Media Law. He represents public and private companies, both non-profit and for-profit organizations. Chris is dedicated to providing skilled and knowledgeable advocacy for clients with business litigation matters.

Chris received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the Ohio State Moritz College of Law. He is admitted to practice in the State of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, as well as the United States Court of...

Jessica A. Murzyn has been a senior counsel at Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP since April 2013. Ms. Murzyn represents individual and institutional investors in securities arbitrations and litigation against financial firms.

Prior to joining Rich, Intelisano & Katz, LLP, Ms. Murzyn was an associate at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP from October 2008 to March 2013. At Friedman Kaplan, she represented a variety of individual and corporate clients in securities, real estate and general commercial litigation and arbitrations. For example, she represented a high net worth client in a FINRA arbitration against the client’s investment...