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Taylor E. Hubbard, a transplant from Northern California’s Bay Area, obtained his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and his juris doctorate from Western State College of Law in Southern California. Mr. Hubbard is admitted to California State Bar and has been involved in civil litigation since 2012. Prior to getting involved in litigation, Mr. Hubbard worked for several years in the real estate lending services industry processing non-judicial foreclosures, supporting property management services, and handling title curative related issues. Currently, Mr. Hubbard's practice focuses primarily on real estate and business litigation, including affirmative and defensive Quiet Title litigation, title curative matters, title disputes, title fraud, and disputes between homeowners and their HOA's. Mr. Hubbard regularly practices in the state and federal courts throughout California.

Specializing in general business litigation and representation of developers and homebuilders, including in all areas of litigation, focusing on defense of complex litigation matters, construction defect actions, insurance subrogation actions and risk transfer. California “B” licensed general contractor with over a decade of construction experience including the oversight of design build residential and multi-million dollar commercial tenant improvement projects.  Currently admitted to practice before the Central and Southern District California Courts and The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Saul Acherman is an attorney at Jafari Law Group, where he focuses on intellectual property matters. Saul is a registered patent attorney licensed to practice in patent matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (registration number 72,898). He works on all aspects of intellectual property, including procurement, licensing, and litigation. Saul is also involved with other business and civil litigation matters including business formation, and contractual matters, and is admitted to practice in all courts of the State of California as well as the United States District Court for the Central District of California.. After receiving a BA in Philosophy from the University of Southern California, Saul earned a JD from Northwestern California University, Sacramento. He went on to study Physics, with an emphasis on Computational Physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before returning to California to practice law. As a native of Colombia, Saul is also fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Caplin joined Kushner Carlson’s pre-litigation department in July of 2018. A native of Southern California, Mr. Caplin obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his law degree, cum laude, from the Pepperdine University School of Law, where he focused on real estate, land use, and corporate law.. During law school, Mr. Caplin was the Lead Articles Editor of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary and won numerous awards, including receiving the CALI Award for the Highest Grade in the Course for Legal Writing, Real Estate Finance, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Caplin was also published in a national employment law journal for his article “Why the NLRB Can be ‘Facebook Friends’ with both Employees and Employers.”. While Mr. Caplin’s practice at Kushner Carlson, PC is focused on representing homeowners in disputes with their HOAs, he has knowledge and experience in all manner of real estate and business transactions and litigation. Mr. Caplin brings a high degree of intelligence and tenacity to the firm’s clients, and he’s widely respected for his creative approach to complex legal issues.

Maya G. Brenes is an experienced trial attorney who has spent the last decade litigating on behalf of consumers and employees to hold businesses accountable when they fail to comply with minimum community standards, be it employment rights or standards of care in personal injury cases. Maya also holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from one of the most prestigious engineering programs in the country, Stanford University. This background makes Maya well situated to litigate complex medical device and pharmaceutical cases, which often turn on complex engineering principles.. Maya G. Brenes has always had a strong passion for civil and consumer rights. While earning her Juris Doctorate at Loyola Law School, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Teresa Sanchez-Gordon of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, where she evaluated civil claims for personal injury, malpractice, and employment rights.  In law school, Maya was a member of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, studied abroad at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy where she took courses in international and comparative law, and served as President of a student organization dedicated to advancing the representation of minorities in the legal field.  Further, during her time as a law student, Maya coordinated the Young Lawyers Mentoring Program, which has been honored as the best law school public interest program in the United States.. She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA), the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association, and the Latina Lawyers Bar Association.  Maya is trained in conflict resolution under the California Dispute Resolution Programs Act.. Maya G. Brenes is a Member of the California State Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California.

Matthew Murphey is a trial attorney. From the start of his legal career as a courts martial clerk in the United States Army in 1985, Matt has worked in courtrooms. As counsel, Matt has tried cases to juries in three different states and five different federal districts. Matt’s background in science coupled with his trial experience with prosecution agencies allowed him to transfer his trial skills to private practice fifteen years ago to complex patent and other intellectual property, financial institutions, and commercial litigation cases.. Matt has argued cases before the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, state trial and appellate courts throughout California, Washington, Arizona, and Texas, as well as federal district courts in California, Washington, Arizona, Oregon, Texas, New York, Wisconsin, and Florida.. Matt is qualified as an expert witness in standard of care for patent litigation, patent law trials, trials in federal courts, the Rules of Professional Conduct as it relates to litigation generally and for reasonableness of attorneys’ fees incurred in litigation. He has testified as an expert witness before a jury, and has given expert opinions in this capacity for both plaintiff and defendant litigants.. Matt provides pro bono representation for indigent veterans of the United States Armed Forces in civil litigation and Veterans Administration and Department of Defense matters.. Matt has represented financial institutions and major corporations in jury and bench trials involving guaranty, surety, and all types of litigation matters, including workouts, foreclosures, bankruptcy and purchase and sale disputes. He regularly defends financial institutions against claims of lender liability.. Matt’s intellectual property litigation practice focuses on a particular expertise in patent cases involving a range of technologies. These include chemical and molecular biology disciplines related to the biotechnology industry, including polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) DNA/RNA isolation assays, gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectroscopy, and in vitro diagnostics (“IVD”). He has also litigated mechanical and electrical/electronic engineering patents related to the diving, sporting goods, food service, computer and mass media technology industries. Matt is an elected member of the Jurisprudence Section of the American Academy of Forensic Science.. Matt also maintains an active trademark, trade dress and copyright litigation practice related to the retail apparel, food service and manufacturing industries. These include matters pending before district courts, the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and numerous alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) tribunals.

Full time Mediator and Arbitrator since January 2010, having started neutral work in approximately 2001/2002.  Previous litigation practice included all forms of employment law including sexual harassment, discrimination (race, age, disability, ethnicity, cultural, gender, sex, sexual orientation, etc.), retaliation, termination, wage & hour, and other employment related claims.  Handled single plaintiff, multi-party and class action matters.  Serves as neutral mediator and arbitrator in employment, personal injury and commercial matters.  For more biographical information see website