Top best Corporate Lawyers Near me in ZIP 90067

Theodore J. Roper’s practice focuses on corporate, contract and commercial law. He is an established advisor on a wide range of legal matters concerning Japanese corporations from mergers and acquisitions, to employment related laws and immigration law. Mr. Roper serves as a general counsel to various Japanese corporations. Mr. Roper frequently speaks on topics such as sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, and immigration  He has written articles for and been featured in publications such as International Legal Strategy, Bridge USA, Tee Up Magazine, UJP News for Japanese Executives, and Japanese Business News.. Mr. Roper was recognized in the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine in 2007, a designation bestowed on only the top 5% of lawyers in this region.

Pedram Amini has been practicing law for over a decade. He received his undergraduate education at UCSD and his Juris Doctorate from UWLA in 2008.. Pedram cares deeply about his clients putting his heart and soul into giving them the best representation possible. He has helped many professionals, business owners and startups with their legal needs, primarily in the areas of buying and selling businesses and professional practices, contracts, corporate law and healthcare.. What makes Pedram unique is his ability to listen and fully understand every client’s situation. He is committed to going above and beyond the call of duty as simply doing the job is not enough. In Pedram’s spare time, he is an avid reader, enjoys hiking and loves classical music.. Pedram represents Business Owners and Startups, Physicians, Dentists, Surgery Centers and Medical Spas.

Neema Ghannadi is a member of Stroock's corporate and entertainment groups. His practice focuses on general corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities matters. Mr. Ghannadi also advises clients on the operation of investment adviser businesses and provides on-going regulatory advice related to these entities.

My practice focuses primarily in the areas of high technology, biotechnology, entertainment and real estate.

Mr. Ficksman's practice includes securities, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and domestic and international corporate finance. He acts as U.S. securities and corporate counsel for a number of clients based both inside and outside the United States.

Mr. Benko's practice focuses on providing corporate and securities counsel to emerging growth and middle-market companies, ranging from start-up to publicly held companies. He represents clients in all stages of development, including their organization, public and private equity financings (both initial public offerings and follow-on public and private offerings), and mergers and acquisitions.

Michael M. Baranov has developed a complex litigation and transactional practice in the areas of business, employment, entertainment and intellectual property law. An experienced litigator, over the past 35 years, he has prosecuted and defended large scale commercial and intellectual property disputes, as well as labor and employment cases. He has represented numerous celebrity plaintiffs in defamation suits against various publications. He has represented businesses and individuals in unfair competition suits, and trademark, patent and copyright infringement matters. As a transactional attorney, he has guided the development and growth of diverse national and international companies, including well-known cosmetics and apparel brands and a rocket components manufacturer, as well as the careers of notable producers, writers, and directors. His clients include various corporations, such as Time Warner, Casio, Trimark, Hard Candy, Tokidoki, New Horizon Health, ITC and Spelling Entertainment. His individual clients ranged from the legendary actor/comedian Rodney Dangerfield to the Oscar-nominated writer/director Jason Reitman.

I practice primarily in the areas of corporate and securities laws. I have represented corporations and other entities in a wide variety of industries and businesses, including technology, computer, medical, entertainment, natural resources, financial institutions, mortgage banking and consumer products.. In 2014, I was elected President of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA).

I am a member of the firm's Corporate Department. Before joining the firm, I worked on political campaigns at the state and national level. Prior to law school, I worked as an auditor at KPMG Peat Marwick.

H. Jacob Lager’s practice is concentrated in domestic tax, international taxation, and trust and estate matters.  He possesses extensive experience in the structuring of business transactions, and advising domestic and cross-border clients on tax implications related to corporate mergers, asset acquisitions, spin-offs, and debt exchanges.  Mr. Lager routinely drafts information disclosures for proxy statements, public filings, and private offerings, and also advises clients regarding the inception and maintenance of special status entities such as S corporations, disregarded limited liability companies, partnerships, REITS, and tax-exempt charitable organizations. He has advocated for clients at all levels of tax dispute resolution.. Mr. Lager has developed specific experience in tax implications of cross-border matters, which often encompasses the US treatment of domestically-held foreign interests, including whether such interests might trigger Subpart F income and/or an entity’s Passive Foreign Investment Company status.  He counsels clients on Tax Treaty benefits and corresponding withholding obligations related to international loan agreements, royalty arrangements and dividend payments.  He frequently assists non-US clients in making tax-efficient investments within a variety of US-based companies.. In addition, Mr. Lager provides estate planning services to high net-worth individuals, encompassing a range of basic to complex issues related to estate taxation, generation-skipping taxation, fiduciary income tax and post-mortem tax planning.  He has experience in probate and private trust administration, and from living trusts to more involved GRATs, QPRTs, family limited partnerships and LLCs, ILITs, charitable trusts, and other manners of deferred giving.  He also advises his foreign clients who want to make cross-generational gifts to US heirs.

Christopher E. Ng is an equity partner of Gibbs Giden and primarily represents companies in a wide range of business, commercial and construction negotiations and disputes. Chris, a member of the State Bar of California and District of Columbia and licensed to practice in all California state and federal courts, is also an educator, active speaker, published author and frequent contributor to local, regional and national legal publications. For his achievements, Chris has been named a “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine and Super Lawyers® (Thomson/Reuters) regularly since 2009, a distinction conferred upon less than 2.5% of all California attorneys. Chris was also named the 2015-2016 “Educator of the Year” by Credit Management Association (CMA), the largest affiliate of the National Association of Credit Management.. Chris is nationally recognized in the field of construction law and regularly pens articles and contributes to treatises for construction industry professionals and other lawyers including publications by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (California Construction Law), BNi® (Acret’s California Mechanics Lien Laws), the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) (California Mechanics Liens and Related Construction Remedies) and the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on the Construction Industry.  In addition to his position an Associate Professor of Business Law at the School of Business and Economics at California State University Northridge and guest lecturer of construction law at Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), Chris is also a frequent speaker and educator on construction law for organizations including the ABA, Los Angeles County Bar Association, CMA, Lorman Education Services and American Society of Professional Estimators, and was a featured speaker at both the 2012 (Las Vegas) and the 2015 (Boca Raton) Annual ABA Forum on Construction Law meetings.  In 2013, Chris was appointed to the Division 9 Steering Committee of the ABA Forum on Construction Law primarily representing the interests of subcontractors, specialty trade contractors and suppliers in the construction industry.  In 2015, Chris was appointed to the ABA Forum’s Diversity Committee.. Construction Law. Chris represents owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals in connection with all aspects of private and public projects, from contract negotiation to enforcing and defending contract, mechanics lien, stop payment notice, bond and other statutory claims.  These projects include commercial and industrial complexes, federal and state government projects, universities and schools, theaters, hospitals, retail stores, hotels, office buildings, restaurants and solar power projects.  Clients range from recognizable world-renowned hotel owners and publicly-traded steel and solar panel manufacturers, to local specialty contractors and supply companies.. Business Law. Chris is uniquely well-equipped to counsel all types of business (corporations, LLCs, partnerships, startups, entrepreneurs and other business owners) in a wide variety of legal issues.  He provides a broad range of legal services to protect and grow a company in every stage of the business life cycle, including: the proper formation of the appropriate business entity; drafting and negotiating all types of contracts to manage risk; protecting trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property; resolving claims before litigation; prosecuting and defending business-related litigation; collections; restructuring debt; enforcing judgments; and protecting creditors’ rights in bankruptcy.  Chris is also an Associate Professor of Business Law at the School of Business and Economics at California State University, Northridge, where for more than a decade, he has taught subjects including contracts, commercial law, civil procedure, alternative dispute resolution, remedies, negligence and intentional torts such a defamation, trespass, nuisance, commercial misappropriation, and fraud.. Commercial Law. Chris also regularly assists manufacturers, distributors and retailers with a vast array of commercial law issues, including: drafting standard terms and conditions for the sale or purchase of goods; advising clients regarding troublesome contract terms; ensuring proper contract administration; handling shipping disputes and risk of loss; representing clients in commercial disputes and litigation; and assisting with enforcing judgments and collections.  Chris’s varied commercial clientele includes buyers and sellers of all types of goods including steel, solar panels, oil and petroleum products, apparel, electronic components and composite goods.

Carol Chow's practice concentrates on complex litigation arising in and pertaining to bankruptcies and other insolvency events.  Ms. Chow is highly experienced in the preparation and trying of cases under time pressures often found in complicated bankruptcy litigation.    Ms. Chow represents clients on a wide range of bankruptcy and commercial disputes, including avoidance actions, plan confirmation, claims objections, debt recharacterization, breach of contract, landlord tenant, and insurance coverage.  She has represented debtors, trustees, creditors, and creditors’ committees across various industries, including real estate, automotive, banking, manufacturing, and entertainment.   She has represented clients at both the trial and appellate levels.   Ms. Chow holds a BS in mathematics and computer science and brings a deep understanding of finance and technology to all of her cases.

Aaron B. Swerdlow joined Gerard Fox Law as corporate and transactional counsel with an emphasis on guiding entertainment and emerging technology clients with transactional, and employment law matters.. As the general counsel of a boutique sports agency, Mr. Swerdlow advised professional basketball coaches and retired NBA athletes on employment, licensing, sponsorship, estate planning, and equity investment matters.  He worked with high-profile coaches and sports executives, including NBA coaches, general managers, team presidents, and NCAA head coaches, and managed the agency’s internal legal matters.  He has assisted clients with the development and initial launch of new businesses, while also providing advice regarding corporate formation, intellectual property, and arbitration.. Mr. Swerdlow has experience drafting and revising secured and unsecured credit and mortgage-backed lending facility agreements. He also has experience with commercial mortgage loan agreements and performing due diligence on behalf of regional banks lending to mid-market commercial and residential investors. Mr. Swerdlow’s work on complex business transactions and esports has been nationally-recognized in legal, business, and mainstream news publications, including Law360, USA Today, VentureBeat, the California Daily Journal, and InsideCounsel.  He is the editor-in-chief of the sports law section in Matthew Bender’s quarterly treatise, “Entertainment Industry Contracts,” has consulted for a Los Angeles-area NCAA Division II athletic department, and regularly serves on sports law panels.. Mr. Swerdlow also worked as in-house counsel with a venture-backed technology start-up, where he negotiated partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and worked on finance and corporate transactions, including private equity, convertible debt, and private placement transactions.. Mr. Swerdlow has also worked for the athletic department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and two mid-sized east coast law firms. He also is the Community Service Chair of the Georgetown Club of Los Angeles and maintains an active pro bono practice.. Mr. Swerdlow received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2011, where he was an Executive Articles Editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy and a member of the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance.  He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with honors in 2006.

A.  Lawyer - corporate and securities transactional matters (federal securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, business combinations, public and private offerings, complex financing transactions, takeovers and related matters) - entity transactional business matters from formation, financing, marketing, branding, to multiple exit strategies.. B.  Admitted to bar, 1967, California and United States District Court, Central District of California and Eastern District of California, and State Bar of California. C.  United States of America Supreme Court, 1972. D.  Alpha Epsilon Pi Social Fraternity and Tau Epsilon Rho Professional Law Fraternity. E.  United States Army/California National Guard (1965 - 1971). F.  Corporations Counsel, Department of Investment, Division of Corporations, State of California (Los Angeles, California Office) 1965-1967. G.  Judge Pro Tem, various dates Los Angeles Court and Mediator, various dates Riverside Superior Court). H.  Principal in various firms from 1967 to present (Ronald J. Stauber; Blacker & Stauber; Stauber & Gersh; Stauber & Ungar; Ronald J. Stauber, Inc.). Recognized and listed in “The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers,” LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell Register of Most Distinguished Law Practices, 2006 to present.. Listed in various professional biographical publications (including, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory [av rating] and Who's Who in American Law [various editions]).. Member, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Riverside County and American Bar Associations  (various dates from 1967 - member of various law sections, real estate, business and corporate law, etc.;  Member of the Business Law Section and the Corporate Compliance Committee of American Bar Association).. MVAT Foundation, a non-profit corporation (Wounded Warrior Project, Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Green Beret Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, K9s for Warriors, Gary Sinise Foundation - support),  co-founder and member of Board of Directors.  $1.2 Million disbursed to charities serving U.S. military veterans and families since 2007.. Has received City of Los Angeles Certificates of Appreciation in recognition and acknowledgment for community service and/or pro bono legal services, 1995-2002.. Is an avid golfer, member of two country clubs, active in club “politics.”  Is a philatelist, specializes in 19th Century United States classic stamps. Owns, shows and races classic automobiles – pre-war automobiles - invited to and participated in Concours d’ Elegance (GreyStone Manor, Rodeo Drive, Palos Verdes, San Marino, CA -  award winner).  Holds competition racing permits - licenses – Sports Car Club of America, SVRA and Vintage Auto Racing Association. Invited to race and raced at 2014, 2015 and 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion – Pebble Beach, CA.. Active in various professional, social and hobby associations related to interests.