Top best Appeals Lawyers Near me in ZIP 90025

Spolin Law P.C.’s founder, Aaron Spolin, is a former prosecutor and award-winning Los Angeles criminal appeals attorney. He has achieved successful outcomes on hundreds of criminal cases, including numerous dismissals of major felony cases; non-criminal resolutions to complex fraud and insurance fraud defense cases; dismissals of drug, DUI, murder, and other violent-crime charges; successful appellate outcomes from the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court; and multiple not-guilty jury verdicts at trial.. Aaron is the recipient of various awards for his advocacy, including the American College of Trial Lawyer’s Medal for Excellence in Oral Advocacy as well as Princeton University’s Lynde Prize. He is ranked in the top 1% of criminal law attorneys in California, is on the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” list of The National Trial Lawyers, and is recognized as one of the “10 Best Criminal Law Attorneys” in California by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys.. Before becoming a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, Bronx County. At the District Attorney’s Office, Aaron was assigned to the economic crimes bureau, where he managed some of the office’s more complex cases. He also served as trial counsel on a high-profile murder case, which he won, that was prosecuted in conjunction with the office’s Gangs and Major Cases bureau. Throughout his career, Aaron has also filed hundreds of legal motions regarding suppression of evidence and Constitutional rights.. Aaron received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). He is a former member of California Law Review. Aaron is also the author of Reforms for the Process of Eyewitness Identifications in Criminal Trials, a Princeton university thesis, and co-author of the Harvard Law School Public Interest Office’s advocacy guide Serving Immigrants and Refugees. Prior to serving as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, Aaron worked for the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, California, and for federal judge Shira Scheindlin in the Southern District of New York. To learn more about Spolin Law P.C., what we do, and how we can help, call us for a free consultation. We are available at.

Ms. Jennifer Peabody is a graduate of UCLA where she majored in English and graduated with Honors. Following graduation, she enrolled in Southwestern University School of Law’s SCALE program, a two year accelerated law school program. Ms. Peabody’s practice focuses on criminal matters and post conviction remedies. She is admitted to practice in all State Courts, all Federal Courts in the state of California and The United States Supreme Court.

Mary graduated from Loyola University School of Law (Los Angeles) in 1976, where she was on the staff of the Loyola Law Review, authoring a Note and Comment on Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores, 421 U.S. 723 (1975), and its analysis of the standing requirement for private causes of action under Rule 10b-5. She received her bachelor's degree from UCLA in 1971. She became a partner in the firm of Cheong & Denove (now Cheong, Denove, Rowell and Bennett) in 1977, where she handles the day to day management of the firm, as well as specializing in appellate work, primarily in the area of tort law.. Mary has been an issues editor of The Advocate since 2000, a magazine published monthly by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Her issues have dealt primarily with the area of products liability and accident reconstruction techniques.. She is a member of that association, as well as the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, California Women Lawyers, and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. She is a past president of the Cowboy Lawyers Association, where she currently serves as 's interests outside the practice include horseback riding and breeding and raising Morgan horses.. Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett has the extensive resources to handle the most complex legal matters, yet is small enough to offer individualized service to our clients.. At Cheong, Denove, Rowell & Bennett we believe the more you know, the better choice you will make.

Los Angeles attorney Kelly C. Quinn is certified by the California State Bar as an Appeals Specialist.. Ms. Quinn has special expertise in researching and drafting motions, writs, and appeals. Ms. Quinn has successfully overturned several convictions, and her motion practice has resulted in numerous serious felony cases being dismissed.. A former substitute special education teacher, Ms. Quinn also represents students with disabilities in all stages of IEP proceedings and is very active in ensuring each child is receiving all protections available under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Ms. Quinn also represents students in school discipline hearings, including suspension and expulsion hearings.. A graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law, Ms. Quinn was formerly employed by outside counsel for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and California Rifle and Pistol Association (CPRA), which has given her an advantage in representing gun owners in Federal and State cases.

Joseph's practice concentrates in the areas of class actions, trademarks, trade secrets, partnership and startup disputes, and general commercial litigation. In addition, Joseph has extensive experience in appellate matters and patent law. He has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in state and federal courts throughout the country.

James Azadian joined the firm in 2010 and became a partner in 2012. Mr. Azadian serves as the Chair of the firm’s Appellate, Writs, and Constitutional Law Group. He is admitted to practice in the California state courts, District of Columbia courts, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Ninth, and Federal Circuits, as well as the United States District Courts for the Central District of California, the District of Columbia, and the District of Maryland. Before joining the firm, Mr. Azadian was a litigation and appellate associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin LLP, and earlier held judicial clerkships with the Honorable Consuelo M. Callahan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.Mr. Azadian’s practice focuses primarily on appellate, constitutional law, regulatory law and affairs, and intellectual property litigation. He has served as lead counsel in dozens of appeals and writ proceedings in a wide variety of areas. In particular, Mr. Azadian has developed an expertise in the First Amendment, Article 1 of the California Constitution, and the application of California’s anti-SLAPP statute in federal court. Mr. Azadian also works on regulatory matters, with a focus on the 8(a) Business Development Program administered through the United States Small Business Administration. Additionally, Mr. Azadian counsels a variety of clients affected by the redevelopment agency dissolution process mandated under the California Community Redevelopment Law, including city attorneys, city managers, city finance departments, successor agencies, oversight boards, and private parties to redevelopment agency contracts. Mr. Azadian has represented clients in the telecommunications, outdoor advertising, aerospace, pharmaceutical, medical device, agricultural, entertainment, insurance, and banking industries, among others, as well as religious institutions and trade and sports associations. He has authored numerous briefs and pleadings in cases before state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He has substantial experience litigating high-stakes disputes involving complex issues and overseeing considerable discovery production and review of sensitive information in a variety of forums, including state and federal regulatory agencies. He also has substantial experience in internal corporate investigations, high-profile congressional and U.S. Department of Justice investigations, and in creating and implementing strategic mass-media and public-relations campaigns to preserve client interests. Mr. Azadian frequently serves as special counsel to other law firms to prepare advocates for oral argument and to assist with the drafting of appellate briefs as well as critical motions at the trial court level.In addition, Mr. Azadian is an adjunct professor teaching graduate courses for Legal Ethics at the University of Southern California, and Appellate Advocacy at Pepperdine University School of Law. He has also served as an adjunct professor for an undergraduate course in Law and Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and supervised students of the Northwestern University School of Law Supreme Court Practicum in preparing merits briefs, petitions for certiorari, and in conducting moot courts for lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court of the United States.

I'm an appellate attorney. My unique background helps me win post-trial motions, writs, and appeals for clients ranging from banks, to insurers, to developers, to other businesses and individuals, in all areas of civil litigation.. Before joining GMSR, I clerked for Judge Paul J. Watford at the Ninth Circuit, where I honed my writing skills and saw up close how judges decide cases. My writing about the law has appeared in Law360, The Business Lawyer, UCLA Law Review, and UCLA’s Journal of Law and Technology. I graduated first in the class from the UCLA School of Law.. But before I became a lawyer, I was a professor of music theory, most recently, on a tenure track at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Indeed, I have yet to encounter a legal problem more daunting than music theory at its most arcane.

I represent businesses of all sizes and individuals in federal and state litigation, appellate, administrative, and arbitration matters. These matters fall generally within the realms of business, real estate, IP, entertainment, and insurance coverage. I help clients achieve their objectives through creative, proactive, efficient, and ethical representation.. Areas of practice:Trials, appeals, arbitration, mediationBreach of contractFraudUnfair competitionTrade secretsReal EstateIP / Domain name disputesPrivacy/Data BreachEntertainmentInsurance coverage. Any and all endorsements appearing below do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

I handle civil and criminal tax controversy administrative practice and litigation, including audit defense and collection matters. I represent business entities and individuals before state and federal taxing authorities, including the IRS, Department of Justice, United State’s Attorney’s Office, California State Board of Equalization, California Franchise Tax Board, California Employment Development Department and California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Previously, I worked at the United State’s Attorney’s Office as an Assistant United States Attorney for over 20 years.

I am a State Certified Appellate Specialist.. I have practiced appellate law continuously since 2012 when I got my start serving as a law clerk to the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. As Judge Noonan's elbow clerk, I prepared bench memoranda on a wide array of issues including civil rights, employment discrimination, and tort law and worked on over 25 different federal appeals. Since then, I have briefed and argued many civil and criminal appeals in both state and federal courts. All told, I have worked on approximately 50 separate appeals that have included both serious criminal felonies and civil cases involving multimillion dollar judgments. I am also a proud graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming and am committed to the cause of being a people's lawyer.. My prior successes include favorable settlement of decades-old prison litigation originating from an inhumane, year-long lockdown at a California prison; dismissal of an action that reunited a wrongfully accused Native American woman with her children; and a total reversal on appeal of a criminal conviction based upon a faulty plea agreement.. I graduated from New York University where I double majored in mathematics and history. After law school, I worked as a waiter, a high school math teacher, and a computer programmer at a fintech firm in New York City and San Francisco. Later, I received my law degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. During law school, I was an extern to the Honorable Robert H. Henry of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Oklahoma City.

Firm principal Paul Kujawsky has thirty years of experience as an appellate attorney.  He began his career as a staff attorney with the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, where he drafted scores of opinions for the court in all areas of civil and criminal law.  From 1989 to 1994, he was employed by the firm of Wasserman, Comden and Casselman, in Tarzana, California.  There, he drafted and reviewed discovery, performed legal research, prepared motions, and wrote appellate briefs and writ petitions for the firm’s complex insurance defense and government liability cases.. In 1994, Mr. Kujawsky opened his own appellate law practice in Studio City, California.  Since that time, he has focused exclusively in appellate practice, in all areas of civil and criminal law.  Over the years, he has had the opportunity to use his expertise to help many clients and fellow attorneys through the appeals process. Mr. Kujawsky is proud to have written an amicus brief for members of Congress in Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 10-699. [An American citizen born in Jerusalem is entitled to have “Israel” listed as his birthplace in his passport. Congress shares foreign policy management with the President; the President can’t nullify Congressional legislation with a “signing statement.”] The brief helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the important Constitutional questions in the case.<!– Mr. Kujawsky is proud to have written an amicus brief for members of Congress in Zivotofsky v. Secretary of State, 444 F.3d 614 (D.C. Cir. 2006) [American citizen born in Jerusalem entitled to have “Israel” listed as his birthplace in his passport; President can’t nullify Congressional legislation with “signing statement”].–>. Mr. Kujawsky received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Yale University.  He was admitted to practice in the state of California in 1983.. Mr. Kujawsky is an independent, creative thinker who has exceptional writing skills.

Brett received his BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. At Hastings, he was a member of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing and Research. He also received the CALI Award for Excellence as the top student in Trial Advocacy. He has twice been selected by Thompson/Reuters Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the areas of Labor and Employment Law, an honor reserved for only the top 2 1/2% of attorneys in the state during their first 10 years of practice, as determined by their peers.Since 1998, Brett has worked at firms specializing in domestic and international transactional work and civil litigation. He started his career working on product liability cases. In that capacity, he assisted in the representation of plaintiffs with malignant mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos. One of these ultimately settled his case for what was, at the time, the largest single plaintiff pre-trial settlement in history. His work in developing the case for liability and damages against one of the largest privately held companies in the country has been utilized by numerous firms throughout the United States to obtain multi-million dollar Plaintiff's verdicts.Since 2000, Brett has handled litigation involving employment, business, real estate, securities fraud, intellectual property, trade libel and other forms of defamation, landlord-tenant disputes and professional malpractice. His practice has ranged from small landlord-tenant, contract and wage disputes with as little as $10,000 at issue, to multi-million dollar securities fraud, RICO, unfair business practices and intellectual property suits. In 2003, he helped to obtain a $4.7 million arbitration award in a multi-forum international theft of trade secret case. In 2004, he represented a textile designer against more than two dozen of the largest retailers in the world in more than 40 federal copyright violation cases.. Brett has successfully assisted plaintiffs and defendants in both the public and private sector in sexual harassment, race and gender discrimination and wage & hour suits. He began representing workers seeking to collect unpaid overtime wages as a member of the Hastings Civil Justice Clinic in 1997. Since then, he has recovered unpaid wages for numerous plaintiffs, from minimum wage earners through high level executives owed in excess of $75,000 in bonuses alone. He has also represented both plaintiffs and defendants in representative wage actions under California's unfair business practices law and Labor Code § 2699, which permits aggrieved employees to seek recovery on behalf of all similarly situated employees of a company. He has experience in federal and state courts, and in a number of different alternative dispute resolution forums.. In recent years, Brett has also successfully handled several high-value judgment enforcement actions, and has obtained positive rulings in appeals brought before both state and federal Courts of Appeal.Brett is a member of the State Bar of California, and the Labor & Employment section of the California State Bar. He is admitted to practice before the courts of California, the United States District Court, Central District of California and the Ninth Cicuit Court of Appeals. He is a co-author of Advanced Legal Drafting for California Paralegals (2001), and the author of GAF Corporation: The Case for Liability and Punitive Damages, published by the 2000 Plaintiff's Asbestos Lawyers Seminar.

Benjamin G. Shatz is Certified as a Specialist in Appellate Law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization. His practice covers state and federal civil appeals and writs.

Attorney Matthew Sichi is actively engaged in multiple civil law practice areas, primarily focusing on business and real estate law. He possesses a unique blend of knowledge, holding undergraduate degrees in economics and philosophy. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Sichi worked as a plumbing contractor and at a mortgage brokerage, experiences that have enriched his understanding of real estate. He completed his bachelor’s degree in three years and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 2014. His legal career began with an internship at The Firm, which transitioned into a full-time role. Mr. Sichi also expanded his legal education by studying international law at Zhejiang University in China and participating in volunteer work in Ethiopia. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing drums in bands, winter sports, traveling, and backpacking, reflecting his adventurous spirit and diverse interests.

As an appellate lawyer, I have handled many cases before the courts of appeal in California, and have obtained results in several published cases.. As a litigator, I have worked in employment law for more than 10 years and have obtained results for employees in all walks of life - from laborers working minimum wage to highly paid executives - in cases involving: discrimination, harassment, retaliation, medical leave, pregnancy/maternity leave, disability accommodation and wage & hour violations.. I also help employers seeking representation and consultations.