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Known as a tough civil litigator who represents property owners in construction defect and real estate lawsuits, and employees in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination, Kenneth G. Ruttenberg is an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest designation an attorney can earn, nationwide. In 2014, he was named a Southern California “Super Lawyer” by his peers, and from 2015 through 2022, has been listed among the Top 100 Super Lawyers of Southern California. Ken’s aggressive approach to litigation has earned him rave reviews for acting as his clients’ voice and fierce advocate in the legal system. One of his past clients wrote: “You will never find an attorney as qualified and dedicated as Mr. Ruttenberg. His strength of character cannot be matched.” Over the 25+ years that he has been practicing law, he has settled numerous cases involving sexual harassment, disability and racial discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.. Similarly, on matters of construction defects, he has obtained multiple six and seven-figure settlements and awards on behalf of property owners, both in court and in arbitration. Additionally, he has obtained verdicts or settled lawsuits involving real estate disputes, personal injury, mold exposure, medical malpractice, wrongful death, breach of contract, business disputes, and insurance bad faith. He also has two published opinions from the California Court of Appeals. All told, Ken is considered one of the best civil litigators in Southern California.. Ken’s expertise in representing the owners of single-family homes, apartment buildings and condos in construction defect lawsuits comes from his years of practicing real estate law. Over that time, Ken has built valuable relationships with construction experts in all fields to assist in uncovering hidden defects and calculating damages. With all of his clients, Ken is able to win their trust and get the job done.

Kenneth S. Wolf possesses more than forty years of experience in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, litigation and dispute resolution.  Mr. Wolf is also an experienced mediator of trust and estate litigation matters, having handled more than 100 mediations with a 95% success rate.. Mr. Wolf has qualified and testified as an expert witness in several Los Angeles County Superior Court cases involving probate and trust issues.  He has been appointed by the Los Angeles County Probate Court as PVP counsel or guardian ad litem in at least ten cases over the past thirty years, and on two occasions has been appointed as a special master to render written reports to the Court on probate-related matters.. Mr. Wolf has routinely presented before various local bar associations, professional groups, and conferences in the areas of estate planning as well as trust and estate administration and litigation.. Mr. Wolf has been awarded an AV Preeminent® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review, the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards. Since 1995, he has been consistently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® editions. He has been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list for fourteen consecutive years (2004-2017).

Kaplan | Wanger LLP is a boutique family law practice with a mission to provide efficient quality legal services.. Janet Kaplan's practice is dedicated to providing family law services, including mediation and collaborative law, as well as traditional representation. In representing my clients, Janet's focus on all family law issues: marital dissolution actions, paternity actions, child custody and visitation issues, domestic violence matters, division of community property assets, child and spousal support, and prenuptial or post-nuptial agreements. As a former clinical social worker, Janet has particular expertise in complex child custody and visitation matters, including cases involving substance abuse, psychiatric issues, parental alienation, children with special needs, and other complex issues. She also has extensive experience dealing with complex financial and property issues.

Joyce H. Ma focuses her practice in the areas of securities litigation, domestic and international business litigation, and general liability matters in State and Federal Court.  Her extensive experience as an entrepreneur and business woman has helped Ms. Ma consistently attain exceptional results in the courtroom as well as dispute resolutions forums, while maintaining her sensitivity to each client’s personal and enterprise concerns.    Ms. Ma’s clients include major corporations including Fortune 500 Companies and multi-national corporations, as well as small businesses and sole proprietors.  She has assisted in the successful defense of large corporations in various delicate matters, including a defamation/libel action involving a renown international corporation and a domestic business entity.  She has also assisted and acquired favorable settlements on behalf of individuals and corporation alike, including a multi-million settlement in a products liability case.. During her graduate career, Ms. Ma served as Copy Editor for the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, and authored the article, “Proposition 8 and Education: Teaching our Children to be Gay?”  (19 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Social Justice 149).  She also was engaged as a summer associate for a top five ranked law firm in Seoul, South Korea.  She has participated in the Post-Conviction Justice Project through the advance clinic program at University of Southern California where she represented an inmate as a certified student.  In addition to acting as counsel in parole hearings, Ms. Ma also appeared before the California Court of Appeals on a Habeas Corpus petition on behalf of her client, which was granted by the Appellate Court.

Joshua Briones advises clients regarding compliance with state and federal laws, which govern the use and disclosure of consumer information. For example, Mr. Briones advises companies in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and associated FTC regulations, privacy, the cloud, social networks, blogs and user generated content, sponsored links, spamming, phishing, identity theft, and in the defense of data privacy, advertising and other privacy and Internet related class actions.. He is the co-author of the legal Practice guide, Social Media as Evidence: cases, Practice Pointers and Techniques, published by the American Bar Association. Mr. Briones is a member of DLA Piper's Electronic Discovery Readiness and Response group. He is also co-chair of DLA Piper's Social Media practice. Since 2011, Mr. Briones has been named a Southern California Rising Star. No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state of California are named to the list.. Beyond privacy matters, Mr. Briones also has an active complex business litigation practice, including representing parties in consumer class actions, trademark and trade secret litigation and shareholder derivative and securities litigation. A trademark litigation case, v. Money Management International, Inc., resulted in a favorable reported decision for our client.

Joseph Tojarieh is a relentless, passionate advocate for his clients. Since 2009, he has recovered millions of dollars against insurance companies, businesses, and individuals. He has fought against some of the largest companies in America.. Mr. Tojarieh primarily practices employment law and class actions. He represents plaintiffs exclusively. He advances all costs on the cases he accepts and represents clients on a contingency fee basis, which allows even the most indigent client to afford an attorney and avoid paying high hourly attorney fees.. Mr. Tojarieh leverages information not available to the public and a network of professionals to help his clients achieve superior results. In addition, Mr. Tojarieh is highly adept at legal research and fact investigation. He is up-to-date with the latest law practice tools and technologies, giving him an edge over his adversaries.. Mr. Tojarieh offers free case reviews. If you need to speak with an attorney about your case, contact Joseph Tojarieh for a complimentary and confidential case review today.

Jonathan Shin is an associate in the litigation department of Hooper, Lundy, & Bookman.  Mr. Shin’s practice comprises a wide range of matters on behalf of hospitals, medical staffs, and other health care providers.. Mr. Shin obtained his J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2012 as a member of the Order of the Coif and Moot Court Honors Program. While in law school, he also served as Managing Editor of the Pacific Basin Law Journal, and served as an intern for the New York County District Attorney’s Office during the Summer of 2011.. Prior to joining Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Mr. Shin was an associate for Shumener, Odson & Oh, LLP where he represented clients on a variety of commercial litigation matters, with a particular emphasis on commercial real estate litigation.. Mr. Shin is admitted to practice law in the State of California, the United States District Court for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Jonathan Handel practices in the areas of entertainment, technology and intellectual property transactions. He brings to his practice a broad range of experience in the entertainment and technology industries.

Jon S. Summers is one of the founding partners at Summers, Levine & Kretzmer, LLP. With nearly 30 years of experience, Mr. Summers brings not only a thorough understanding and compassion to his cases, but a sincere and principled advocacy as well. As no two matters are alike, Mr. Summers crafts a goal-oriented legal strategy at the outset of each case, whether the issue concerns a contested custody issue, a carefully negotiated global settlement or a detailed Prenuptial Agreement. Having represented many high asset individuals, he is highly regarded for his expert advice on all issues related to Family Law, in particular, the complexities of child custody, the division of assets and the preservation of wealth.. Mr. Summers graduated in 1986 from University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Relations. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University in 1989 and immediately began his practice in the field of Family Law.. Mr. Summers was trial and appellate counsel for the prevailing party in Marriage of Usher (2016) 6 347.. Within the Family Law Community, Mr. Summers served as co-chair of the Family Law Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association in 2010 and 2011. During that time he hosted several panels of discussion related to the current strategies and recent case authorities related to child custody, financial matters, discovery, prenuptial agreement and the like. In addition to having been awarded an AV® rating from Martindale Hubbell and the distinction of Super Lawyers® since 2006, Mr. Summers also sits on the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center and on the Board of Councilors of the USC Libraries.. Mr. Summers enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, and proclaims himself a master pie baker.

John P. Godsil possesses over eighteen years of experience litigating complex business, real estate and insurance disputes. During that time he has handled all aspects of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, law and motion, settlement conferences, mediations, arbitrations and trials. The subject matter areas of those cases include real estate disputes, contract disputes, partnership disputes, bad faith matters, title matters, receiverships, commercial lease disputes together with matters involving claims of lender liability, trade secret misappropriation and business torts.. Mr. Godsil has tried or arbitrated over a dozen cases as lead trial counsel, and participated in multiple additional trials and arbitrations as part of a larger team.

Jill Casselman practices in the areas of general and complex civil litigation, and intellectual property.  She has experience handling copyright, trademark, inverse condemnation, products liability, breach of contract, negligence, fraud, and animal law cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.. Ms. Casselman has substantial experience representing clients in all stages of litigation up through and including at trial. In 2010, she co-chaired two cases through trial, while preparing for trials in several other matters.  Representing the plaintiff in an inverse condemnation matter, the court found liability at trial, resulting in a $1.5 million settlement.. Ms. Casselman graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 2009.  She received her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, where she graduated summa cum laude in three years.

Jeremy N. Miller is the founder of Miller Health Law Group. Jeremy provides transactional and compliance services for the firm. For the past 30 years, he has specialized in counseling medical groups, hospitals, managed care organizations, individual physicians, IPAs, MSOs, healthcare facilities, companies, joint ventures and suppliers for organizational, operational and regulatory matters, managed care contracting, third party reimbursement, hospital-physician contracting and alignment, fraud and abuse, “Stark” and other federal and state compliance issues, Medicare and Medicaid audits and medical practice and facility purchases, sales, syndications, affiliations, mergers and dissolutions.. Jeremy is deeply involved in advising the firm’s clients on strategies for adapting to health reform and the rapidly changing healthcare delivery and payment system. To date, Jeremy has authored six articles and made more than a dozen presentations on the new health reform law.  He has published over 60 articles and has made more than 160 presentations to local, state and national healthcare industry organizations. Jeremy is the former Chairman and a current member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Health Care Law Section. He is also a member of the American Society of Medical Association Counsel, the Medical Group Management Association, the American Health Lawyers Association, and the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, and a former member of the Medical Board of California’s Corporate Practice of Medicine Working Group.. In 2012, Best Lawyers named Jeremy its Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Los Angeles.  Jeremy has been recognized every year from 2006 – 2015 as a healthcare “Super Lawyer” by Los Angeles Magazine. The peer-based award recognizes the top 5% of health care attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He was also selected for inclusion in the 2009 – 2015 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.. Jeremy is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. Jeremy received his undergraduate degree in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Illinois.

Jerad Beltz focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, wealth preservation, philanthropic planning and succession planning for high-net-worth individuals and privately held businesses.  Mr. Beltz also advises clients in a wide range of corporate and business matters.  Many clients look to him as their outside general counsel, and he enjoys the variety and familiarity of serving as a trusted legal advisor in that capacity.  In each case, Mr. Beltz strives to understand the unique goals and motivations of each client and to develop long-term strategies and solutions that will serve generations to come.. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Beltz has served as an Adjunct Professor at Trinity Law School in Santa Ana, California.

Jeff Love is a partner with Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP. His practice encompasses all facets of real estate transactions, including drafting and negotiating purchase, sale, syndication, and financing transactions in connection with commercial, industrial, and residential assets. He also regularly drafts and negotiates office, retail, and industrial leases for regional landlords and tenants throughout the West Coast. Mr. Love has extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and reviewing real estate loan documents, including originations, modifications, note purchase agreements and other finance-related transactions from structuring through loan closing. He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California.. Mr. Love also has significant experience in representing clients in a wide range of corporate transactions, including private securities offerings of debt and equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, federal and state securities laws, and asset-based lending and borrowing. He frequently serves as outside general counsel to a variety of businesses, advising on joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnership arrangements, entity formation, and general contract preparation.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Love served as general counsel in the private sector, providing him valuable insights into client needs and expectations. Such experience enables Mr. Love to advise his clients on relevant legal issues and balance business considerations to result in effective, but cost-efficient representation while also creating and maintaining positive working relationships with all parties

Jeff Krieger is a business lawyer specializing in bankruptcy related matters.  He specializes in advising clients in minimizing financial risk when entering into a variety of types of agreements, including loan agreements, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, and settlement agreements.  He also creates solutions for clients who have already entered into transactions with troubled companies, including representing them in proceedings before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.  Mr. Krieger also represents investors who are purchasing stock in private companies or acquiring assets both in and outside of bankruptcy proceedings

Jason received his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University where he was appointed by the Dean of Student Life to head the judicial board and risk management panel which oversee ASU's fraternities and sororities.  He was named Greek Man of the Year in 1993.  After graduation, Jason returned home to Birmingham, Alabama where he attended law school at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He was a member of Cumberland's Moot Court Team and competed nationally against students from all over the United States.  He passed the Bar Exam in Alabama in 1996 and began his legal career at Boardman, Carr et al.  where his practice focused on the defense of big box retailers including Kmart and Toys R Us in lawsuits arising out of personal injuries and accidents.  In 2000,he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to Southern California.  Jason joined Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch & Lebovits, LLP in July of 2000 and has defended bars and night clubs along the world famous Sunset Strip since that time.  He also represents concert venues, private security companies, commercial trucks, motor carriers, products manufacturers, musicians, and artists in litigation throughout California and Alabama.  He and Jennifer have four children and also serve as resource parents for the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services and Long Beach Head Start.  Aside from spending time with his wife and family, Jason is a food and wine enthusiast and an avid college football fan.

Jason H. Tokoro is an experienced trial attorney who has prosecuted and defended actions in both state and federal court.  He has prevailed in complex commercial disputes involving a wide variety of issues, including intellectual property, entertainment, real estate, class actions and general business disputes.. Notable accomplishments include:. Prior to joining Miller Barondess, Jason was a litigation counsel at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP in its Business Trial and Litigation practice group and served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Dean D. Pregerson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.. Jason received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 2007, Order of the Coif.  During law school, he was a Supervising Editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal.  Jason graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Political Science.

Inna Demin, the founding Partner of Injury Justice Law Firm, LLP, modeled the Firm after her ideals and principles of what skilled, aggressive and tenachious representation of individual clients should embody. Ms. Demin's mission is to level the playing field, and provide her clients with the same level of representation enjoyed by the insurance companies on the other side. In representing victims who have suffered  injuries as a result of car accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, assaults and other types of serious personal injury, Ms. Demin strives to not only obtain the highest possible recovery for her clients, but to provide them with closure, to assure them, through her vigorous representation of their interests both in and out of courts, that their rights and interests have been fully and skillfully protected, and that everything possible was done for the injuried victims and their families.. Ms. Demin has extensive experience in representing clients in state and federal courts in high-stakes cases including wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and other serious injury cases. Ms. Demin is an active member of numerous attorney organizations including the Beverly Hills Bar Association, where she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Personal Injury Section. She has lectured to other lawyers in the area of personal injury litigation for several years. Ms. Demin is passionate about her work and devoted to her clients, going above and beyond the call of duty on all her cases to make sure that no stone is left unturned. She consistently achieves outstanding results for her clients because she cares.. Behind every personal injury, Ms. Demin sees a person, first and foremost, and works closely with her clients on issues ranging from receiving appropriate health care to property damage to occupational, physical and psycho-therapy and rehabilitation to ensure that they can return to their normal lives as seamlessly and painlessly as possible. Ms. Demin gives back to the community by working with Bet Tzedek Legal Services assisting Holocatust survivors in securing end-of-life services, such as IHSS. Ms. Demin received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Art History and Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she graduated in the top 2.5% of her class with Highest Honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Demin is fluent in Russian. She is admitted to practice in State and Federal Courts throughout California.

In my free time, I love spending time with my wife and boys, doing anything active, like surfing, playing basketball and soccer, and skiing, which my boys all love to do with me!

In 1991 Attorney David A. Schechet established his private practice, the Law Office of David Schechet. Located in Los Angeles, CA, Attorney Schechet has more than 30 years of legal experience. Knowledgeable in many areas of law, Attorney Schechet offers legal help and representation in a wide variety of matters, including estate planning and probate, estate administration, business disputes, mediation and arbitration, and real estate transactions. Representing individuals, families, and businesses throughout the state of California, Attorney David A. Schechet offers potential clients a free consultation. To speak with Attorney Schechet, visit his website or call .

I seek knowledge and to share that knowledge to help as many people as possible.  I have been able to take advantage of the opportunities I've been presented to feed my hunger for knowledge.  And continue to do so, always seeking to learn more and to share what I have learned to help others.. I also enjoy building things and working with my hands.  All of my passions revolve around solving problems.  Whether they be physical or mental challenges I am ready to tackle them.

I represent a wide array of clients in securities litigation and enforcement matters, and in complex business litigation. I represent private equity funds, including hedge funds, broker-dealers, underwriters, placement agents and issuers (including their officers and directors) in SEC and FINRA (formerly NASD) enforcement proceedings, and in white collar criminal proceedings. In addition, I defend both underwriters and issuers (and their officers and directors) in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions and takeover defense litigation.. Beyond securities matters, I also have an active complex business litigation practice, including representing parties in California consumer class actions involving claimed violations of the Right to Privacy, Section 17200 and RICO.. In addition to representing private and public companies in a variety of industries in both national and international business disputes as well as in securities class and derivative actions, I also represent both domestic and international market participants (including many Chinese issuers traded in the US, as well as underwriters and placement agents with respect to those transactions) in a wide range of securities litigation and enforcement matters, including pre-litigation crisis management counseling.. I have been approved by American International Group, Inc. (AIG), and XL Group PLC, as one of the few lawyers in California to represent directors and officers in securities and other complex (class action) litigation matters.

I joined the Los Angeles office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in February 2000.  My practice is focused on advising employers in various aspects of human resources and employee relations, employee handbooks and personnel policies, discipline and termination decisions, position statements and internal investigations, including leave of absence issues, and compliance with state and federal employment laws. I also have extensive employment litigation experience in California and Federal court, involving wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment claims.

I help clients achieve their real estate goals.  I am a partner in my firm’s real estate department, and my practice focuses on the leasing of office, retail and industrial properties, including “green” leasing and cell site leasing, for a wide variety of landlord and tenant clients.  In addition, I regularly assist institutional landlords in their ongoing management of office projects and retail shopping centers, and have lectured on a variety of leasing topics, including guest lecturing for graduate students at USC.. I've represented a broad selection of institutional and entrepreneurial tenants, and I have extensive experience in representing landlords in their on-going leasing activity at projects totaling well over 10 million square feet of space, including a 2.65 million square foot office portfolio in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, a 2.25 million square foot project in Century City, California, a 2.21 million square foot project in Chicago, Illinois, a 950,000 square foot project in Long Beach, California, and a 930,000 square foot project in San Francisco’s SoMa district.

I have ejoyed a 24-year career in California's constantly evolving area of insurance coverage litigation, focusing on novel and complex issues involving multi-million dollar disputes.  I have represented some of the largest and best known insurance carriers in the United States in cases pending in state and federal courts.  In addition, my practice involves representing companies and individuals involved in a wide range of business and commercial disputes.