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My practice focuses on representing workers (discrimination, pregnancy, race, age, wrongful termination, sex harassment, etc.) as well as juvenile and adult criminal defendants.. I am not afraid to take cases to trial if an adventageous out of court resolution is not possible.. I personally supervise all cases with the assistance of my great team of attorneys and staff members.. I also offer free phone consultations.

My practice focuses on advising sports and entertainment companies, musicians, songwriters, producers, and other entertainment professionals across a spectrum of industries in advertising & marketing, licensing & merchandising, intellectual property, privacy and general corporate matters.. I counsels clients in the interactive entertainment, music, sports  and technology/digital media industries, among others.. I received his B.S. in Sports Management from the University of Kansas in 2009 and his J.D., cum laude, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2013. I am admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Ms. Chun is an associate attorney with the firm’s criminal defense practice, focusing on white collar criminal defense and appellate work. She has represented clients in criminal investigations, including the Hobbs Act, Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act, False Claims Act, securities fraud, money laundering, wire fraud, and tax evasion. Ms. Chun has previously represented a CEO of a major defense firm and executive director of a large non-profit organization in Washington DC.. Since joining Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, Ms. Chun has participated in numerous high-profile state and federal trials in Baltimore and throughout the country. In addition to her trial work, Ms. Chun has been responsible for writing numerous successful appellate briefs in both Maryland’s highest court and the Fourth Circuit.. Ms. Chun was recently appointed to serve on the Diversity Task Force for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the nation’s leading organization devoted to ensuring a just legal process for all criminal cases. She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of California, District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Voigtmann has practiced immigration law since 1993.  He has lived in Taiwan and he speaks Mandarin Chinese.  In addition, Mr. Voigtmann has served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association's Investor Committee and he is a sought-after mentor and advisor to other immigration attorneys in the area of employment-based business immigration matters.

Mr. Scott is the founder of the Scott Law Firm. He has over 21 years experience representing clients in workers' compensation and other litigation matters.

Mr. Naziri graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in communications before receiving his law degree from the University of Laverne, College of Law.  He was admitted to the State Bar of California and the Ninth Circuit of Appeals, Central District, Northern District, Eastern District and Southern District of California. Mr. Naziri has been practicing in the field of law since being admitted to the bar in 2001. Mr. Naziri is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Valley Community Legal Foundation.. In addition, Mr. Naziri is a real estate broker and a general contractor.  He is also a member of the National Association of Realtors, Southland Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors.

Mr. Harris attended the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated with honors in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He attended DePaul University School of Law, receiving a juris doctor degree in 1983.. Mr. Harris was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, and the California Employment Lawyers Association. He specializes in labor and employment, wage and hour, commercial, and consumer rights matters. He is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.. Mr. Harris was previously a partner at Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, and prior to affiliating with Knapp, Petersen & Clarke Mr. Harris served as a law and motion attorney to the Honorable Judge L. Cole of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Central District.. Mr. Harris focuses on all areas of litigation, with particular emphasis on employment, wage and hour, consumer rights and class and representative actions.

Mr. Epsha attended Michigan State University, receiving his BA in 1992. After a short break, he graduated cum laude from The Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University having been a member of both Law Review and the International Moot Court Team. Since first admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1997 and the California Bar in 1999, Mr. Epsha has represented individuals and companies by counseling his clients in a broad range of both litigation and transactional matters.. Since 2012, he has focused his practice exclusively on employment matters, representing individual employees harmed by their employers throughout the State of California. Mr. Epsha advocates for the protection of the rights of California employees in wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment claims based on race, age, sexual orientation, gender, disability and pregnancy. As well as matters of wrongful termination and retaliation claims for medical or disability leave, pregnancy leave, whistleblower and Labor Code violations, including wage and hour. Mr. Epsha has also devoted significant pro bono efforts to combat homelessness in Los Angeles, including establishing transitional/bridge housing shelters and permanent supportive housing facilities in Los Angeles.. Mr. Epsha is admitted to practice before all state Superior Courts of California and all California U.S. District Courts: Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern.. Outside the office, Mr. Epsha spends time in the great outdoors of California as a trail runner, mountaineer and snowboarder, is a former member of Marin County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team and the Mountain Rescue Association. He is also a licensed real estate broker and published songwriter. He has two children and currently lives in Pacific Palisades.

Mr. Bhartia earned his Juris Doctor from Chapman University School of Law. While there, he served as President of the International Law Society, Editor for the Law Journal, Academic Fellow, and Student Ambassador. Prior to Syndicate Legal, Neil has worked in the legal department of the Screen Actors Guild where he was involved with arbitration between studios/producers and the Guild, and has also held positions with the Public Law Center in the area of consumer fraud, and Macey & Aleman, the largest consumer bankruptcy firm in the country, where he was Senior Attorney for their Glendale office. Additionally, he was a partner at Shatford Law and continues to be of counsel to that firm.. Neil possesses a Bachelor of International Business degree from Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario), with a focus in International Management and Spanish. He completed his MBA with a triple-major in finance, real property development, and strategy from York University (Toronto, Ontario). He has broad international work and study experience in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico. Along with finance, marketing, and business development positions, Neil has worked in industries ranging from military and high-tech to education. Neil is fluent in French and Spanish and currently heads the bankruptcy practice area.. Mr. Bhartia is admitted to the State Bar of California, the US Federal Court, and the Central and Southern Districts of California. He is a member of the LA County Bar Association and volunteers with Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles

Mr. Alon focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation.. Mr. Alon was a Federal Prosecutor in Los Angeles from 2008 to 2015. In that role, Mr. Alon investigated and prosecuted a variety of criminal offenses including bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, tax evasion, false claims, money laundering, National Security violations, securities violations, identity theft, defense procurement fraud, theft, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) violations, drugs, gangs, and murder.. At the U.S. Attorney's Office, he held several leadership positions, including the office's Financial Institution Fraud Coordinator and Northern County Initiative Coordinator. In these positions, he coordinated criminal investigations and prosecutions with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and many other federal and state law enforcement agencies.. For seven years, Mr. Alon successfully prosecuted cases in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office's Major Frauds, National Security, and General Crimes Sections. As the Financial Institution Fraud Coordinator, Mr. Alon participated in federal and state mortgage fraud working groups with all levels of law enforcement. In this Coordinator role, Mr. Alon also trained federal agents regarding successfully investigating fraud cases. As part of the Northern County Initiative, Mr. Alon coordinated cases out of Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo.. As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Alon has successfully represented numerous individuals and entities in connection with a wide range of federal and state investigations and prosecutions.. In civil litigation, Mr. Alon has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in both state and federal court. Mr. Alon successfully defended numerous individuals and companies in complaints brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as well as litigation involving the False Claims Act, fraud, false advertising, kickbacks, breach of contract, RICO, employment, malicious prosecution, copyright infringement, and trademark violations.. Mr. Alon has successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals. His advocacy resulted in several published decisions.. Mr. Alon has received numerous awards and honors for his legal achievements from the FBI, United States Secret Service, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ventura County Sheriff's Office, and Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office.

Michael Karagozian practices criminal defense and also serves as a mediator in civil disputes. Michael’s father was a criminal defense attorney and taught Michael the fundamentals to our criminal justice system at a young age. Throughout his life, his schooling and his career, Michael has been passionate about protections given to us by the United States Constitution. Michael’s knowledge of issues concerning searches, seizures and improper conduct by the government provides his clients with the quality representation they deserve. Michael believes an injustice upon one person that is not fought for creates an injustice that can potentially happen to all of us more easily. In addition, Michael has mediated hundreds of cases on a variety of matters. With a background in real estate and civil litigation, Michael brings specific knowledge from his litigation experience to his mediations.. He is currently on the panel of mediators for the Central District of California and is an adjunct professor for the mediation clinic at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. Michael attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. He then obtained his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Michael then went on to achieve his LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.

Michael B. Adreani specializes in the areas of bad faith litigation, class actions, wage and hour laws, civil appeals, insurance regulation, administrative actions and appeals, employer liability and legislative action.  He has been a Chairperson of the Southern California Employment Law and Human Resources Forum the past several years.  Mr. Adreani represents employers, brokers, public entities, school districts, trade organizations, reinsurers, sureties and individuals in a wide variety of insurance related matters with an emphasis on risk management, coverage and workers' compensation cost containment. Mr. Adreani also represents both employers and employees in prosecuting and defending against various wage and hour matters. Prior to joining RPNA in 1997, Mr. Adreani gained valuable experience in insurance related issues while working at the California Department of Insurance, legal division, in San Francisco, and with the in-house legal team at Hannover Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers located in Hannover, Germany.  Mr. Adreani also served as a legal extern in the Eastern District of California, and worked in the international division of The Coop Bank in Basel, Switzerland.

Michael Ashoori, Esq. is a United States immigration lawyer. He is the founder of Ashoori Law, a Los Angeles based immigration law firm. Michael's practice focuses on helping families, professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs to get visas and green cards to the United States. Michael also assists his clients with setting up their businesses, preparing and reviewing contracts, and negotiations.

Matthew S. Erickson is the principal and founder of the Law Offices of Matthew S. Erickson.  Matthew's firm focuses primarily on personal injury and insurance coverage litigation.

Marshall F. Goldberg, founder and managing partner of Glass & Goldberg, is a nationally recognized expert in commercial finance law, with an emphasis on secured and unsecured transactions, equipment leasing, creditor rights, and real estate including litigation, documentation, transactional and bankruptcy matters. He leads his firm in counseling and representing a sophisticated array of individuals and many of the largest commercial companies in the country.  Marshall was showcased in the December 2011 issue of Forbes Magazine, as the Magazine’s exclusive Southern California choice for outstanding lawyer in the area of Bankruptcy, Property, Commercial and Creditor/Debtor Rights law  Marshall is the sole 2009 recipient of the Excellence in Leasing Award, the highest award presented to an attorney by a national network of in-house and outside counsel representing the finance and leasing industries. Bringing over 36 years experience to these industries, Marshall is a highly regarded speaker and writer in these fields, and is the recent co-author/co-editor of guides for executives dealing with legal remedies and loan/lease documentation issues. He is responsible for developing and managing an innovative and powerful industry-wide legal website, which includes a 50 state legal compendium, legal updates and an online high traffic forum for attorneys to discuss pertinent legal issues on a daily basis

Marc L. McCulloch is a solo practitioner and also of counsel to the Marcarian Law Firm with a special emphasis on law and motion practice.  He holds his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of La Verne College of Law where he received numerous awards for academic excellence and wrote for the Juvenile Law Review.  The practice of law is Mr. McCulloch’s second career to which he brings a wealth of prior business experience.  He has written and argued several appeals on behalf of Marcarian Law Firm clients, resulting in favorable opinions in half of those cases.. In 2012, Marc McCulloch and Armond Marcarian were honored for their work in a ground-breaking class action based on California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 56 et seq.)  For those efforts, on behalf of 1.6 million Californians, they were each named Consumer Champion 2012 by the Consumer Federation of California and finalists for the 2012 Street Fighter of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of California.. Mr. McCulloch is licensed to practice in the State of California and admitted before the California Supreme Court, the California Courts of Appeal, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He is a member of the President’s Club of the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Lior Behdadnia serves as an Associate Attorney at Sasooness Law Group, focusing on personal injury cases in California. His expertise spans auto accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, and premises liability, and he is dedicated to guiding clients through the legal process to secure the justice they deserve.. In 2022, Lior was selected for the Honorable Victor E. Chavez American Board of Trial Advocates Fellowship program, where he gained hands-on experience with both plaintiff and defense trial firms. He also clerked for the Honorable Michael B. Harwin and the Honorable James E. Blancarte at the Superior Court of California in Van Nuys, further honing his understanding of trial procedures and courtroom dynamics.. Lior holds a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from UCLA. His academic and professional background equips him with the skills and knowledge to effectively advocate for his clients.. When he’s not practicing law, Lior enjoys playing sports and cooking for his friends and family, combining his love for activity and connection to create meaningful moments outside of work.

Laurence H. Mandell has championed the rights of injury victims, consumers, and small business owners throughout Southern California since 1978. As the managing partner of The Mandell Law Firm, Laurence's areas of practice encompass all aspects of personal injury matters, including dog bites, motorcycle accidents, car accidents, premises liability and product liability.. Mr. Mandell is a graduate of the prestigious National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a member of consumer advocacy groups such as the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles and Consumer Attorneys of California. His victories include several multi-million dollar-plus awards, including a high profile freeway accident case against the City of Los Angeles which garnered $2.8 million. (Randall v. City of LA).. Mr. Mandell has some 40 trials and more than 250 arbitrations to his credit. He is well respected on both sides of the fence as an aggressive advocate and worthy opponent. Mr. Mandell has also served as an arbitrator and mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court. He accepts inquires on his personal email at

Lauren Wood is a partner at the Law Offices of Schurmer and Wood. She is a civil litigation attorney specializing in all types of plaintiffs’ personal injury and wrongful death matters. Ms. Wood has both trial and arbitration experience, as well as extensive experience settling cases through mediation and other methods of alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Wood has significant experience in trial with automobile cases.  Her specialties include truck, automobile, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, premises liability, and construction accidents. Ms. Wood has negotiated numerous six and seven figure settlements for her clients.. Ms. Wood is an active member of the State Bar of California and is licensed to practice law in California state courts as well as the United States District Court, Central District of California.. Ms. Wood is actively involved in many local and statewide attorney organizations. Ms. Wood currently serves on the State Bar’s California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA) Board of Directors and will retain her seat on the board until 2018. She is the Secretary of the Ventura County Barristers and is a board member as well. In addition to board memberships, Ms. Wood is also a member of numerous professional organizations, such as the Ventura County Bar Association, the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, the Santa Barbara County Barristers, Santa Barbara Young Professionals, Santa Barbara Women Lawyers, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), American Association for Justice (AAJ) and both the Ventura and Santa Barbara County chapters of the American Inns of Court.. Lauren Wood is a Board of Director of Los Angles Trial Lawyers Charities (LATLC). She serves as a co-chair on both the Golf Committee and the Website Committee and is a committee member of the Casino Night Committee as well as the Public Relations and Social Media Committee. LATLC is an entirely volunteer run 501c3 nonprofit organization whose officers and directors donate their time and resources to help make a positive difference in the quality of life for people within the greater Los Angeles Area, focusing on issues related to education, children, battered women, persons with disabilities, and the homeless. Ms. Wood is also an honorary board member of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities (LATLC) as a result of her participation and her charitable contributions.. In addition to her success both in and out of the courtroom, Lauren Wood has received numerous professional accolades. Ms. Wood has been named a 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star. Ms. Wood was also nominated by the Santa Barbara Young Professionals for the 2015 Santa Barbara Young Professional of the Year, an award that recognizes professional achievements as well as community involvement and volunteer work.. Prior to practicing at Schurmer & Wood, Ms. Wood worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity office in San Francisco. While in law school, Ms. Wood also clerked at Cooley Manion Jones Hake Kurowski, a former San Francisco toxic tort firm that specialized in asbestos defense. Ms. Wood began her personal injury career when she interned for plaintiff's personal injury litigation firm, Rahman Law, which specializes in automobile accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents and dog bites.. Lauren Wood received her law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California. While in law school, Ms. Wood also studied at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense in Paris, France.. Ms. Wood received her undergraduate degree from the University of California Santa Barbara and earned her Bachelor of Arts with a major in Political Science and a minor in Global Peace and Security.  Office:

Kyle Dominguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Dominguez earned his Bachelor's Degree in History and Policy with a minor in Professional Writing from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California.. During his time in law school, Mr. Dominguez was a member and president of the Pepperdine Labor and Employment Law Association. Mr. Dominguez spent a summer abroad studying in London, England where he worked for a Solicitor's Office.. Previously Mr. Dominguez worked for an insurance defense firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico as an administrative assistant. Before Joining the Bohm Law Group, Mr. Dominguez worked as a law clerk for the Law Offices of Cathe L. Caraway-Howard.. Mr. Dominguez lives in Southern California where he works for the Bohm Law Group's Woodland Hills Office.

Kristi W. Dean, Managing Partner, is a skilled trial lawyer who represents clients in business disputes. She focuses on complex litigation matters and litigates cases in both State and Federal Court.. Kristi represents corporations and business organizations in various litigation disputes, including breach of contract, shareholder disputes, unfair business competition, trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, wage & hour, shareholder derivative actions, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.  She also acts as general counsel for businesses who seek to avoid litigation through effective risk management techniques.. Kristi has a unique understanding of the operations, procedures, responsibilities and concerns of the insurance industry, retail agencies and brokerages, surplus line brokers and underwriters in MGA and GA capacities. Her experience spans a broad and exhaustive spectrum of insurance issues, including errors and omissions claims, drafting and negotiating agent and broker agreements, producer agreements, insurance policy construction and interpretation, drafting of manuscript endorsements, insurance coverage analysis, declaratory relief and insurance bad faith litigation, third party defense litigation, and both corporate and regulatory matters specific to the insurance industry. She represents insurance professionals and businesses ancillary to the insurance industry such as loss adjusters, auditing agencies, premium finance companies, property and risk inspectors, and software providers. Utilizing her knowledge of the inner-workings of the insurance industry, Kristi helps her clients navigate through regulatory and litigation environments.  She counsels in employee disputes, Title VII claims, wrongful termination and sexual harassment claims, and fashions pathways to minimize e&o claims and employer risk management.. Kristi is a regular speaker and panelist throughout the United States and U.K on issues affecting the insurance industry for groups such as the insurance committee of the California legislature, California Insurance Wholesalers' Association, Los Angeles Insurance Women's Association, West Valley Claims Association, San Gabriel Valley Claims Association, California Insurance Wholesalers Association; and several Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Associations. She also is qualified as a continuing education provider for the California Department of Insurance and provides CE courses to her clients.

Karina is an associate attorney in JML Law’s Employment Law Department, and speaks fluent Spanish.. Karina graduated summa cum laude with a B.A in History, and a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Sociology from the University of Southern California, completing her honors thesis for both of her B.A. degrees.. Karina earned her J.D. from Southwestern Law School. While in law school, Karina served as an editor for the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law, received recognition for her commitment to academic excellence graduating in the top 10% of her class, recognized on the Dean’s List and received Witkin Award for Labor Law. She volunteered over 500 hours of pro bono work at various legal non-profits, and received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship, the ABTL Public Service award, the Wildman/Schumacher Scholarship and many others. Karina’s externship experience is includes taking part in Southwestern Law School’s Immigration Law Clinic, serving as a judicial extern for the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., and serving as a law clerk at a defense firm for a year. Karina developed her interest in employment law through externships at the EEOC, and while volunteering at Bet Tzedek’s Wage and Hour Clinic, where she represented workers in discrimination and wage theft cases.. After completing her law degree, Karina served as an ABOTA Fellow, and thereafter focused her practice on representing employees through all stages of litigation.. When not working, Karina enjoys tennis, gardening, volunteering, serving as a member of Bet Tzedek’s New Leadership Council and spending time with her adorable dogs.

Juris Doctor -Southwestern University School of Law 1988; Bachelor of Arts -University of Southern California, in 1985; State Bar of California since 1989 ;admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California;  United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C.

Joseph M. Lovretovich founded JML Law to carry out his commitment to the representation of the rights of the individual.  Mr. Lovretovich was first admitted to practice law in the state of California in December 1976, and in his more than 30-year legal career, he has tried numerous cases, involving almost every type of legal claim.  He has greatly expanded the rights of all California citizens by winning important court cases and has secured millions of dollars in verdicts in settlements on behalf of his clients.. Mr. Lovretovich is widely regarded as one of California’s top trial lawyers.  He was principal counsel on Colmenares v. Braemar Country Club, which substantially expanded the definition of disability in California; he successfully argued the case of Dee v. Vintage Petroleum, which added substantial protections for the victims of racial prejudice; and he won in O’Hare v. MBIA, which further defined the rights of employees as parties to pre- employment mandatory arbitration agreements.  Mr. Lovretovich is a frequently lecturer at legal conferences, and he mentors numerous beginning attorneys throughout California.. Joseph “Joe” Lovretovich was born in Los Angeles.  His father was a LAPD officer for 35 years.  Joe is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Southwestern University School of Law.

Jeff regularly litigates claims for copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising and related claims under both federal and state laws. He also has significant experience handling Internet-related intellectual property issues, such as domain name registration and dispute resolution, and the protection and enforcement of copyrights and trademarks on the Internet. In addition, Jeff extensively counsels and represents clients on the selection, clearance and registration of trademarks and service marks worldwide.. Jeff advises and represents clients across a wide range of industries in their intellectual property matters to develop, protect and enforce such rights around the world.  He has also guest lectured on intellectual property issues at law schools including the USC Gould School of Law and Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.  Prior to joining Ezra Brutzkus Gubner LLP, he spent more than eight years as an intellectual property and litigation attorney with national law firms, most recently Foley & Lardner LLP.. In addition, Jeff is an active leader within the International Trademark Association (INTA).  He is currently the National Chair of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Committee and a Project Team Leader for INTA’s newly formed Pro Bono Committee.  Jeff also regularly serves as a judge for both the Saul Lefkowitz and other moot court competitions relating to trademark and copyright law issues.. Jeff is also well known for his commitments to pro bono and community involvement.  He serves as a coordinator for Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ Holocaust Survivors Justice Network, assisting Holocaust survivors and their widows/widowers obtain reparation pension benefits for work performed while residing in German-controlled ghettos.  In 2009, he was awarded Bet Tzedek’s Elyse S. Kline Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award.  He has also received the Wiley W. Manuel Award from the State of California several times for distinguished pro bono legal services.  Jeff has also coordinated attorney participation in Lawyers for Literacy, an annual event that benefits Everybody Wins! Los Angeles, a nonprofit literacy program helping children improve their reading skills and self-esteem.  He was awarded the Lynford Lardner Community Service Award in 2006.. Finally, Jeff has also been actively involved with a number of charitable organizations, most notably the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) since 2004.  Jeff founded and has twice served as a captain of LLS Light The Night Walk teams, to raise funds and awareness for LLS and has been recognized for his outstanding fundraising efforts in the fight against cancer.  In 2013, Jeff was an honored candidate for LLS’s 2013 Man of the Year campaign, which raised over $575,000 in just ten short weeks for LLS.