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Whether the particular matter on which I am working involves a trial, an appeal, or a transaction, I believe that the best way to provide valuable and effective representation to my clients is to (1) assist the client in identifying the objective or objectives to be accomplished, and (2) always maintain focus on those objectives. The client's objectives are paramount, and define success in the matter.  And, the success that I am able to achieve is always the result of care, attention to detail, creativity, and experience.

Vince Finaldi has had plenty of years experience representing clients in California with their needs. If you are in need of assistance with business and construction law, personal injury litigation, real estate matters or a matter related to those, please contact California attorney Vince Finaldi at today.

Stan A. Grombchevsky dedicates a large portion of his practice to litigating cases of employee and consumer rights, business disputes, products liability, and catastrophic personal injury. He also has considerable experience in complex asbestos and construction defect litigation, representing individual plaintiffs from all walks of life, as well as corporate and insurance defendants.. Mr. Grombchevsky joined Spray, Gould & Bowers in 2000, became a Partner in the firm in 2003, and Managing Partner in 2004. In 2020, the name of the firm was changed to Harris Grombchevsky LLP. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Grombchevsky practiced with another law firm in Newport Beach, California. Previously, he spent nearly a decade working in the real estate industry, and maintains a current California Real Estate Broker license.. Courts Admitted to Practice Law Before:

My Resume:. EDUCATION. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF LAW                            Champaign, Illinois. Juris Doctor (J.D.) – Summa Cum Laude, Top 10% Class Rank – May 2007. •Law Review - Journal of Law, Technology & Policy – Managing Editor, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006.. •Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – Editor-in-Chief, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006.. •Order of the Coif – Spring, 2004.. •Academic Honors (Dean’s List) – Fall 2004 - Spring 2007 (6 semesters).. •Undergraduate Professor – Fall 2005 – Spring 2007 -- Led undergraduate classes in Creative Writing and Speech Communication for 2 years.. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS                        Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) – Magna Cum Laude – April 2004. •James B. Angell Scholars (consecutive semesters of 4.0 GPA).. •University Academic Honors – Fall 2000 – Spring 2004 (8 consecutive semesters).. •Phi Beta Kappa Society – Spring 2004.. •Golden Key Honour Society – Spring 2004.. EXPERIENCE. DAVID A. BESER, ATTORNEY AT LAW                                                     Irvine, California. General legal representation including business, real estate and commercial transactions and civil litigation.. (renamed: “”)                    Irvine, California. Senior Corporate Counsel, February 2012 – March 2015. •Joined financial tech company as corporate counsel and strategic advisor to the company’s executives, where I focused on a variety of commercial and real estate transactions, state-to-state/government compliance, IP registrations and protections, sales, marketing, licensing and joint venture agreements, land use/zoning permit applications, state municipal hearings and day-to-day legal counsel on a variety of matters.. •Developed bespoke compliance and standard operating procedures for company employees, executives, partners and independent contractors.. •Drafted, reviewed, negotiated and amended several real estate contracts, including a variety of complex commercial purchase and sale agreements, and a number of complex industrial, office, multi-family, retail, agricultural/farming and other commercial property leases.. •My other work included stock and asset purchase agreements, subterranean mineral rights sales, employee stock option grants, 1031 property exchanges, entity formations, construction contracts and bids, investment valuations and risk analysis, and various other agreements.. NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP                            Newport Beach, California. Associate Attorney - September 2007 – February 2012. •My practice focused on business, real estate, licensing, IP and employment transactions and litigation, including drafting, negotiating, and amending highly complex corporate agreements, real property purchase, development and lease contracts, land use/zoning applications and commission filings, and a variety of other legal instruments and negotiations (strategic mergers, start-up Angel/Seed/Series and venture capital investments, corporate formations, REIT multi-unit acquisitions and sales, and mezzanine/bridge financing).. •Assisted in commercial property developments and project management, lease negotiations, landlord/tenant disputes, construction bids and negotiations and various other matters.. •I also worked as a litigator, taking a number of cases through pleadings, discovery, dispositive and evidentiary motions, and winning 2 trials as the 1st chair attorney.. •  While the majority of my practice focused on complex corporate matters, I did have the opportunity to litigate a diverse set of cases while at Newmeyer & Dillion, ending with multiple trial victories and 0 losses. These multi-day jury and bench trials involved causes of action for breach of contract, accounting, financial loss, unjust enrichment, fraud, conspiracy to defraud, breach of express warranty and promissory estoppel, among others, with all verdicts awarding my clients all requested damages and legal fees.. CLERKSHIP. HONORABLE RONALD BARTKOWICZ                                   Chicago, Illinois. State of Illinois Supreme Court – Judicial Clerkship – 2005. •Clerk to Circuit Court Judge handling civil litigation matters.. •Drafted bench memoranda regarding complex legal issues, including motions to dismiss, MSJs, motions to compel discovery and a variety of other pleadings.. •Also provided detailed legal research, drafting bench orders and judicial decisions, analyzing motions and pleadings filed, and advising Judge Bartkowicz and other staff attorneys on the legal arguments (written and oral) and thematic positions of all parties in over 50 cases.. PERSONAL. •Member, California Bar.. •Born and raised in Newport Beach, CA, with very strong ties to the Orange County community.. •Currently live in Irvine with my wife and 2 dogs.. •Court admissions: Certified to appear in all California Federal District Courts.. •Active member of ASPCA, Wounded Warriors Project and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital charitable organizations.. •Enjoy CrossFit, hiking, traveling the world, NCAA sports, the LA Dodgers, Rams and Lakers, and the occasional Texas hold-em poker night.. •Annual participant in the U.S. Marine’s - Camp Pendleton “Mud Run” (First Place winner: 2011).. •Lifelong automotive enthusiast (I enjoy rebuilding and racing old sports cars in my free time).

Leslie Daff, JD, MBA, is a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, a designation earned by  fewer than 100 of the 15,000 licensed attorneys in the County.  She is also certified as an Estate Planning Law Specialist and has been designated an Accredited Estate Planner® by Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, a designation earned by three attorneys in the County.  Formerly with 1,000-attorney international law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP and regional law firms Best Best & Krieger LLP and Palmieri, Tyler, Weiner, Wilhelm & Waldron LLP, she founded Estate Plan, Inc., a professional law corporation, in Laguna Beach and Irvine in 2005.. Leslie received her BS degree in Finance from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and her MBA degree from the University of California, Irvine Paul Merage School of Business. Prior to law school, she worked as a Financial Analyst and as Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at subsidiaries of the Coca-Cola Company and Baxter Healthcare, respectively.She received her JD degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she served as an editor on the Loyola Law School Entertainment Law Review, received the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing, the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Ethical/Practical Lawyering, and was installed as a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Sheila Prell Sonenshine, Associate Justice on the California Court of Appeal.. Named for seven consecutive years by OC Register Metro Magazine as one of the region's top lawyers, granted the highest rating of "10/10 Superb" by independent attorney rating service Avvo, and granted the highest designation of "AV Preeminent  5 out of 5" by national legal directory Martindale Hubbell, which signifies her peers rank her at the highest level of professional and ethical excellence, Leslie has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in Southern California Top Rated Lawyers, published by  and the Los Angeles Times every year since its initial publication.  She has also been named a Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters, a designation granted to no more than 5% of attorneys based on peer recognition and professional achievement.. In 2012, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees appointed Leslie to serve as one of nine commissioners on the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Advisory Commission to advise the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization about its program - and to write the exam - that certifies legal specialists in the area of estate planning, trust and probate law.  In 2016, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees reappointed Leslie to a second term on the Commission.  Leslie currently serves as Chair of the Commission.Leslie is co-author of the Estate Planning Considerations chapter update for the State Bar of California Continuing Education of the Bar book Buy-Sell Agreements.  She is co-author and co-editor of the books The Closing Wealth Transfer Window: Post-Election Steps to Take Immediately to Protect Your Family Legacy and Estate Planning Strategies, Collective Wisdom, Proven Techniques.  She is a regular columnist on tax and estate planning matters for The Journal of Financial Planning.  Recent published articles include:. Leslie has been involved with a number of organizations and charities, including the Alumni Board of Directors for the University of Southern California Marshall School ofBusiness and the Dean’s Leadership Circle of the University of California, Irvine Paul Merage School of Business. She has served on the Board of Directors of the South Orange County Bar Association, as Co-Chair of the Laguna Beach Community Foundation Professional Council, and as a member of the Board of Directors for non-profit organizations, Laguna Beach Seniors, Inc. and Laguna Beach Rotary Club Foundation. She is a Fellow of the Orange County Bar Foundation Society of Fellows. She is also a member of the Orange County Estate Planning Council, the Trusts & Estates Section of the State Bar of California, and the Trusts & Estates Section of the Orange County Bar Association. Leslie has provided pro bono legal advice and services to seniors at the Susi Q Senior Center on a monthly basis since 2012.  She regularly speaks on estate planning topics for a variety of groups and organizations, including the Financial Planning Association, the National Business Institute (NBI), and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.

John L. Wong advises individuals and business owners on all aspects of estate planning. John also represents trustees, executors, administrators, beneficiaries, heirs, guardians and conservators in all matters related to probate, trusts and conservatorships.. John believes that quality and experienced legal representation should not be cost-prohibitive. With estate planning, regardless of the size of the client’s estate, John provides each client with a customized and well-prepared estate plan that meets the client’s individual situation and desires within the confines of the law. In litigation, he believes in zealously advocating for his clients in a fashion that allows for a quick and favorable result, but with the experience to take matters to trial.. For several years before establishing Modern Wealth Law, John worked at one of the nation’s preeminent estate planning law firms. He was an integral part of the team that represented several well-known estates.. John has advised and prepared estate plans for clients that range from young professionals beginning their career and starting a family, to mulit-millionaire business owners that seek business succession planning for the next generation.. He is one of the few attorneys in the area who has expertise in both estate planning, administration and related litigation. John’s trust and probate litigation and trial experience includes:. John L. Wong received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School and was a member of the Dean’s List.. John is a member of the Trusts and Estates section of the California Bar Association, a member of the Trust and Estates section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Trusts and Estates section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.. John resides in Irvine, California, with his wife, Anh. In his spare time, he enjoys hot yoga, golf and anything outdoors.

I want to listen to the thoughts and concerns of my clients and help them design an estate plan that addresses their specific needs and desires. My desire is to ensure that my clients appreciate the value of carefully-crafted estate plans that are tailored to their needs.

I enjoy baseball games, my daughter playing the piano at Orange County High School of the Arts and golf tournaments.

Halli Heston also handles bankruptcy cases for individuals and small businesses. She is a Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California and has held that position since 1994. Ms. Heston also handles the firm’s probate and estate administration practice. Ms. Heston’s legal career includes reported appellate decisions, speaking engagements, as well as public service and providing volunteer legal services.

Attorney Larry G. Copenbarger has over 25 years of experience assisting individuals, their families, non-profit groups and business organizations in various areas of estate planning and taxation law. He also has extensive experience in the fields of Living Trusts, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning and Asset Protection. Copenbarger & Copenbarger, LLP specializes in Estate Planning for families, for businesses (large and small), and for high net-worth individuals, using an array of tools such as Family Limited Partnerships and other business entities to help provide Asset Protection for all heirs and beneficiaries. Larry is an active Member of the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Orange County Bar Association (Trusts and Estates Section) and currently serves on the boards for KidCare International of Orange County, Delta Theta Phi International Law Fraternity.. Copenbarger & Copenbarger, LLP has expanded its law practice throughout California, and currently serves clients in seven offices. The primary office is in the heart of Orange County in Irvine, CA. Other convenient office locations include: Pasadena, Sacramento, and San Jose. Larry is also well-known as a friend to the non-profit community, having assisted numerous organizations by providing educational, fundraising, and counseling services. Larry’s expertise in matters relating to estate planning have made him a much sought-after public speaker on topics such as Charitable Remainder Trusts, Family Living Partnerships, Various Irrevocable Trusts and Medicaid Planning and Qualification. For over two decades, he has provided FREE seminars on Living Trusts, Asset Protection and Wealth Transfer for various churches, corporations and organizations. Copenbarger & Copenbarger, LLP also provides FREE public estate planning and elder law workshops throughout California.. In addition to his legal endeavors, Larry has an active home life, having been married to his wife for almost 30 years, they have five wonderful children. The family resides in Orange County, CA where Larry enjoys spending his free time coaching the childrens’ athletic teams, traveling, and working out. He is currently completing the draft of his first book, “Estate Planning for Young Families.” The firm practices all aspects of estate planning, from the creation of simple wills and living trusts, to the more complex handling of corporate succession and tax planning matters. Our team finds satisfaction in providing excellent client service and maximum client protection.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the California Western School of Law, Jeffrey Wittliff helps clients navigate a variety of family law cases including divorce, child support and custody, spousal support, property division, and domestic violence restraining orders. Jeffrey Witliff strongly believes in the important of negotiation during cases, helping parties reach mutually beneficial arrangements to limit legal fees and costs wherever possible. He continuously researches the latest developments in family law, allowing him to deliver cutting-edge legal representation to his clients.Jeffrey Witliff’s relentless work ethic shines through in his legal representation, enabling him to deliver highly personalized case strategies and fearless advocacy to his clients.