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Yasmin Cader is a Partner at Cader Adams LLP where she specializes in complex civil litigation, internal investigations, and white collar defense.. As a former federal defender, Yasmin Cader has tried more than thirty criminal cases to resolution before juries and judges in state and federal courts in Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C. At the Offices of the Federal Public Defender in the Southern District of New York and Los Angeles, Yasmin represented witnesses and individuals facing a variety of federal criminal charges, including complex white-collar criminal and regulatory matters. Yasmin also served as the Chief of Training in Los Angeles, a position in which she developed and implemented substantive legal and trial skills training programs for attorneys in Los Angeles and other offices across the country. While representing individuals in Washington D.C. with the Public Defender Service, she defended juveniles and adults facing the most serious felony charges in Superior Court.. Yasmin is also an experienced civil litigator. She began her career as an Honors Program Trial Lawyer with the Employment Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, where she litigated individual and class-action claims of sexual and racial harassment and discrimination. Prior to that, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Damon J. Keith of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.. In private practice, Yasmin continues to teach trial skills to practicing lawyers and law students alike. She is a member of the faculty at Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop and the National Criminal Defense College. She has served as a guest lecturer at local and national bar associations across the country, as well as at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, UCLA School of Law and Loyola Law School. She currently serves on the Yale Law School Executive Committee and is also on the board of a national non-profit dedicated to effective messaging for social justice issues.

With over twenty-five years of experience in the public and private sectors, Christine Adams is a skilled litigator who specializes in internal investigations, civil litigation, SEC investigations, and white-collar criminal matters. Christine has represented multiple Fortune, including companies in the global media and entertainment, gaming, and banking industries. She has also represented major universities in C-suite and Title IX investigations.. Christine has successfully led dozens of investigations, including for claims of sex- and race-based harassment and discrimination, assault, retaliation, conflicts of interest, breaches of fiduciary duty, anti-competitive conduct, bullying, embezzlement, and fraud.. Before founding The Adams Law Group, Christine served as a federal prosecutor for eleven years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, where she served as the Defense Contractor Fraud Coordinator for the Central District of California. In that role, she coordinated and directed investigations by federal law enforcement agencies throughout the Central District. She also led multiple complex investigations relating to Department of Defense contracts, aircraft testing, trade secrets, corruption, and other areas. Christine successfully prosecuted a major defense contractor for trade secrets violations in connection with launch services contracts worth billions of dollars, resulting in the largest criminal and civil penalties on record ever imposed on a defense contractor at the time for both the Department of Defense and NASA. Christine served in the Government Fraud and Public Corruption and, subsequently, the Major Frauds sections of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where she also specialized in complex fraud matters, including SEC investigations, tax, bank and mortgage fraud, and environmental crimes.. Christine also served as an instructor in fraud training programs for federal prosecutors and for several law enforcement agencies. She has received commendations from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the Army Criminal Investigation Command, the Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Section, the NASA Office of Inspector General, and the Internal Revenue Service.After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Christine served as Associate General Counsel for The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. In that role, she advised and represented institutions, including The Broad Center, which trains leaders in public school education, and The Broad, a contemporary art museum, regarding various matters, including negotiations with public entities, litigation involving the museum, and sensitive investigations.. Before she became a federal prosecutor, Christine was a litigator at O’Melveny & Myers, where she specialized in defending against claims of securities fraud, antitrust violations, and white-collar crimes. She also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John G. Davies of the United States District Court of the Central District of California.. Christine currently serves on the Pro Bono Civil Rights Panel for the Central District of California. Christine is a past chair and president of the Yale Law School Executive Committee and past chair of the board of The Industry, a non-profit dedicated to creating and producing diverse and inclusive, site-specific art and music in Los Angeles.

With over 26 years expereience as an attorney, and 13 years as a Senior Deputy District Attorney Ambrosio E. Rodriguez is the lawyer you turn to when everything is on the line. While at the D.A.’s Office, Mr. Rodriguez led the prestigious Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit and then became one of only four Senior Deputy D.A.’s in the elite Homicide Unit.. As a Homicide D.A., Mr. Rodriguez tried almost every type of murder case including the ultimate case: Death Penalty cases.. Mr. Rodriguez has an unmatched record of wins in the courtroom and he knows how “the system” works. After 13 years as a decorated Senior Deputy D.A. Mr. Rodriguez doesn't just know “the system,” he was “the system.” Not only did Mr. Rodriguez unparalleled practical training as a criminal trial attorney, he received his formal legal training at the prestigious Georgetown University, earning his law degree in 1997. If you have been charged with a crime, contact The Rodriguez Law Group - Los Angeles Criminal Lawyer today.. Practice Areas:

With nearly 20 years of experience in all areas of civil litigation, Senior Lawyer Courtney C. McNicholas focuses her practice on law enforcement employment, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, products liability, habitability and sexual abuse cases. She has a wide range of skills, including spearheading client interviews, case analysis, mediation and settlement negotiations and trial preparation.. As mediator, judge pro tempore and arbitrator for the California Superior Court, Ms. McNicholas negotiates and assists in settling active cases. She also acts as presiding judge in many civil matters, including matters of personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, sexual harassment and racial/gender discrimination.. She is actively involved in her community and has served as Executive Vice President for the Juniors of Social Service and Development Chair for St. Brendan School. Ms. McNicholas also serves as Food & Beverage Chair for Marlborough School’s Annual Winter Fest.. She is admitted to practice before all California State Courts.

We have handled 15,000 bankruptcy cases, with offices in Long Beach and Los Angeles, CA.. I am a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the State Bar of California. I am passionate about the practice of bankruptcy because it provides an amazing platform to deliver legal services to deserving people in need. I will give you a free consultation.. I have 35 years of experience practicing bankruptcy law.. Our emphasis is on providing low cost, affordable bankruptcy.. Established 1989

Trial lawyer with emphases on complex business, intellectual property, securities, employment, real estate, and professional negligence disputes.

The Salamati Law Firm provides legal representation to clients throughout Los Angeles County, including the cities of Long Beach, Glendale, Lancaster and Santa Clarita. We are results-oriented personal injury attorneys eager to pursue civil actions arising from negligence, car and motorcycle accidents, dog bites, slip and fall accidents, serious pedestrian injuries and more.

Thank you for your interest in my practice, which combines in-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry and the laws that govern it with litigation expertise, particularly at the appellate level. I specialize in medical staff law and healthcare operations issues such as consent, privacy, EMTALA, ERISA, and the False Claims Act, and also defense of healthcare entities in litigation under California's broad Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code Section 17200, et seq.

Steve Haney is an aggressive litigator and an experienced and successful trial attorney. He does whatever it takes for his clients to win.

Southern California business attorney whose decades of successful experience drive results in trial and appellate courts and complex negotiations.. Areas of Practice:

Sommer Salam is a former criminal prosecutor who served as a District Attorney for over eight years before becoming a criminal defense attorney. As a result of her substantial time at the D.A.’s office, she handled virtually every type of criminal case, from filing and investigation stages, to negotiating plea bargains, to preliminary hearings, all the way through trial.. Sommer Salam’s level of experience handling this vast array of both felony and misdemeanor cases for so many years gives her a unique perspective on what the D.A. needs in order to successfully prosecute a case…and what it will take to weaken and eventually break the D.A.’s case.. In her final years at the District Attorney’s office, Sommer Salam specialized primarily in Domestic Violence cases at both the felony and misdemeanor levels, giving her a deep and specific understanding of cases involving Domestic Violence and how to beat them.. Sommer Salam is passionate about what she does. She cares immensely about each of her clients and will take the time to listen thoroughly to the facts of their cases and strategize with them in order to achieve the best result possible. She understands that a criminal case - at any level - can be devastating to a person's life and affect their job, their family and their overall well-being, so she puts her all into making sure they come out of their cases feeling extremely satisfied with the result. Sommer Salam takes winning very seriously, and has never lost a case at trial.

Shaheen F. Manshoory is a highly skilled and knowledgeable Criminal Defense Attorney with a proven track record of success. As a graduate of SCALE, a highly-regarded two-year Juris Doctor program at Southwestern School of Law, he received a well-rounded education that equipped him with both substantive knowledge and essential professional skills. During his time at SCALE, he honed his expertise in oral and written communication, case planning and negotiations, making him a formidable force in the courtroom.. With a deep understanding of the criminal justice system and a commitment to delivering the best possible outcome for his clients, Shaheen Manshoory is widely recognized as an expert in criminal defense. He and his team understand the value of building strong relationships with local prosecutors and judges, and they leverage these relationships to achieve the best possible results for their clients. Whether facing charges for a minor infraction or a major crime, Shaheen Manshoory is dedicated to providing his clients with the highest standard of representation and the best possible defense.

Setara Qassim is an attorney at Geragos & Geragos, APC.  She is a criminal defense lawyer whose practice focuses on pretrial investigations, trials, and appeals of federal and state criminal cases. Ms. Qassim began her career with Geragos & Geragos as a law clerk during her second year at Loyola Law School.  She has since taken on prominent roles in the criminal trial and litigation teams under Mark Geragos' direction in connection with numerous high profile felony and misdemeanor cases which have concluded favorably for the firm's clients.Ms. Qassim graduated from Loyola Law School in 2011. She received her Bachelor of Arts from UCLA.

Sean M. Kneafsey is the founder of Kneafsey & Friend LLP.. Mr. Kneafsey is an intellectual property, real estate, and general commercial litigator. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants on a wide variety of complex matters. Mr. Kneafsey has successfully obtained and defended against temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and has obtained favorable judgments both in arbitration and at trial.. Mr. Kneafsey’s intellectual property experience includes litigating patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters. He is a Past President of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association and was previously on the Board of the LAIPLA for eight years.. Mr. Kneafsey’s real estate practice includes litigating partnership, purchase and sale agreement, leasing, and ownership disputes. He also advises clients regarding commercial leases. Mr. Kneafsey served for two years as an adjunct professor of real estate law at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles.. Mr. Kneafsey was previously associated with the nationally recognized law firm of Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman. He maintains a close working relationship with the Hennigan firm, with whom he has acted as co-counsel on a wide variety of matters.. Mr. Kneafsey graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law where he was in the top 10% of his class. He was Managing Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review, member of the Moot Court Board, received several academic scholarships, and published the comment: The Fourth Amendment Rights Of Probationers: What Remains After Waiving Their Right To Be Free From Unreasonable Searches And Seizures?, 35 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1237 which was cited by the California Supreme Court in People v. Sanders, 31 318, 329, (2003), as well as in numerous treatises on criminal and constitutional law including the Witkin Treatises.. Mr. Kneafsey was previously affiliated with the following firms: Cathcart, Collins & Kneafsey LLP - Partner (2005-2007); Palmer Lombardi Kneafsey & Donohue LLP - Partner (2004 – 2005); Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP - Associate (2000 –2003); Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft - Associate (1997-2000); Gassett, Perry & Frank -Associate (1995 –1997).

Scheherazade (“Shazi”) Rastegar is an attorney and mediator specializing in employment and family law. She is a Panel Mediator for the Los Angeles and Ventura Superior Courts ADR Programs and a Certified Mediator for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Dispute Resolution Program, the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Center for Civic Mediation, and the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center. She is also a Panel Mediator for the LACBA Attorney Client Mediation and Arbitration Services, a facilitator and coach for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office Dispute Resolution Program, and an evaluator and coach for the Center for Civic Mediation. She has also served as a facilitator for the Los Angeles Police Department.. Ms. Rastegar draws on herdiverse educational background to provide creative and innovative solutions to legal issues. She obtained her B.A. and M.A. in International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and also studied abroad in Canada and Switzerland. Rastegar returned to the United States to earn her J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law, where she was awarded the Sacramento County Bar Association Fellowship.. As a litigator, Ms. Rastegar has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in employment matters. Her practice areas include discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and invasion of privacy. Prior to founding MAC Services Group, Ms. Rastegar clerked and worked at Carlton, DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, Palmer Kazanjian Wohl Hodson LLP, and Alexander Krakow Glick LLP.. Ms. Rastegar has served as a neutral for a wide variety of disputes, including, but not limited to: professional malpractice, employment, commercial, business/partnership, general litigation, family, real estate and property disputes. In 2012, Ms. Rastegar was awarded a Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles, served as a panelist on mediation at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, and was recognized in The Mediator. Ms. Rastegar is also actively involved in the mediation community, and was recently elected to the Board of the Southern California Mediation Association.

Ryan W. Koppelman is a highly accomplished attorney with a national reputation for solving complex legal challenges. With two decades of experience, including roles as a criminal prosecutor with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and as a defense lawyer at one of the nation’s largest law firms, Ryan has handled countless jury and bench trials. His dual perspective as both a prosecutor and defense attorney equips him with the insight needed to secure the best possible outcomes for his clients.Ryan is widely regarded as a talented and trusted advocate who excels at achieving favorable resolutions, whether through negotiation or litigation. His practice is dedicated to defending clients facing DUI and misdemeanor charges in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Clients value his legal ingenuity, creativity, and unwavering commitment to their defense.Ryan’s exceptional work has earned him national recognition, including rankings as one of the top lawyers in the country by Patexia and IAM. He was also recently honored as an Attorney of Excellence in Criminal Defense Law by Lawyers of Distinction, a distinction featured in the Wall Street Journal.

Roland Tong focuses his practice in all areas of intellectual property. He has prepared, filed, and prosecuted numerous utility, continuation, and design patent applications as well as federal trademark applications. He regularly conducts telephonic interviews with USPTO Examiners, prepares claim amendments and office action responses, renders invalidity or infringement opinions, and performs patentability and infringement studies. Mr. Tong has substantial experience in litigating unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and patent, trademark, copyright, and trade dress infringement cases.He has served as General Counsel and In-house IP Counsel for industry leading companies. In these capacities, Mr. Tong built their IP portfolios, conducted brainstorming sessions with their inventors, designed and implemented IP review systems for their products so that IP infringement risks are minimized, and prepared various types of IP agreements. Mr. Tong's clients come from a broad range of industries, including gaming device, medical device, printer cartridge remanufacturing, video games, and golf equipment design and manufacturing. For two consecutive years, Mr. Tong has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars in 2011 and 2012. Only 5% of the practicing attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction.

Robin R. Scroggie provides powerful criminal defense representation to individuals and professionals in Los Angeles, throughout California and nationwide when they need it most.  Offering more than two decades of successful criminal defense experience, founder Rob Scroggie has the legal knowledge and proven skills to effectively defend his clients in a wide range of federal and state charges. Whether you have been accused of a federal fraud or other federal offense, or charged with a state felony or misdemeanor, Rob Scroggie can help you.  With a strong reputation and solid track record as a skilled trial lawyer, Rob Scroggie will vigorously fight for your rights. He has extensive experience in a variety of state and federal courthouses across the country, both as a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. His goal is to help you achieve the best possible outcome, and he will fight for you every step of the way.

Richard S. Conn is a partner in the Firm's Los Angeles office.  Mr. Conn specializes in business, creditors' rights and probate litigation. His practice also involves defense of professional liability claims against attorneys arising in the context of business, bankruptcy or probate representation.  Mr. Conn has also represented several Southern California universities in trust and commercial litigation.

Representing employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, and senior executives in non-litigation matters such as negotiation of employment contracts and severance agreements.

Professional Experience. Mr. Stoner began his legal career as a litigation associate with the law firm of Lillick McHose & Charles (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and became a full equity partner in 1987.  He left Pillsbury in 2000 to join Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP, a nationally recognized litigation firm based in Los Angeles.  In 2006, Mr. Stoner was one of the founding partners of Yuhl Stoner Carr LLP.  While at the Pillsbury Winthrop, Hennigan Bennett and Yuhl Stoner Carr firms, Mr. Stoner specialized in complex commercial litigation and his practice included cases involving emerging companies, securities, contracts, intellectual property, business torts, real estate litigation and employment disputes.. Mr. Stoner passed the CPA exam the summer between college and law school and uses his accounting and economics background effectively in his commercial litigation practice.  He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, State Bar of California, and Association of Business Trial Lawyers.. Educational Background. William E. Stoner graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wittenberg University in 1978 with a B.S. degree in Economics and Accounting.  He earned his Juris Doctor from Duke University in 1981 where he was member of the Duke Law Journal editorial board from 1980-81.  He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1981 and the Illinois State Bar in 1982.. Personal Interests. Mr. Stoner is an avid skier, golfer, youth softball coach, and lives with his wife and three of their children in La Canada, California.. Pro Bono, Charitable and Civic Activities. Mr. Stoner is currently President of the La Canada High School Spartan Boosters and previously served as Vice President Baseball in the LCBSA Association.  He was a board member of the La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation for six years and is active in the La Canada Presbyterian Church.. Mr. Stoner has served as a Judge Pro Tem in the Los Angeles Superior Court and has provided pro bono legal services to a variety of charitable organizations including Los Angeles Child S.H.A.R.E.  While at Pillsbury Winthrop Mr. Stoner was Managing Partner of the firm’s Southern California Pro Bono program.

Phil Cook is a first-chair business trial lawyer with experience in jury and bench trials, as well as domestic and international arbitrations before AAA, FINRA and ICC panels. He has argued appeals in the Ninth Circuit and the California Court of Appeal. While Phil focuses on policyholder insurance recovery, corporate governance and partnership disputes, and securities and financial products claims, he has represented clients in individual and class action cases involving contract disputes, Business and Professions Code section 17200 claims and other business torts, antitrust and trade regulation, patent and trademark infringement, trade secrets, product liability and toxic torts, governmental claims and liabilities, freedom of speech and religious protection under the First Amendment, health care, construction defect, wrongful termination and employment discrimination, and real estate, land use and environmental issues.. Before law school, Phil spent 12 years in the computer and consumer electronics fields, with business experience ranging from marketing and management positions with national Fortune 500 companies to his own entrepreneurial ventures.. In addition to teaching law school courses in trial practice as an adjunct professor, Phil has participated in seminars and workshops teaching legal research, deposition, advocacy, and trial techniques and has appeared on the faculty at local and national continuing legal education seminars.

Peter M. Hsiao is the founding attorney and principal at the California Workers Compensation Lawyers. After graduating from University of Southern California in political science, he obtained his law degree from Whittier Law School in 2002.. In his early legal career Mr. Hsiao represented various self insured employers as well as insurance carriers in workers’ compensation matters throughout the state of California. In the past he has represented claims seminars to third party administrators as well conducted claims reviews to employers. Through his decade long representation of employers and insurance carriers he has gained an unique perspective on how to prosecute claims on behalf of injured workers today. He understands how insurance carriers views each claim and more importantly how the insurance company is determining the value of each claim.. Today through his zealous representation of injured workers Mr. Hsiao has been able to place each claim in the most favorable light and successfully negotiate the maximum settlements possible. Mr. Hsiao takes pride in being accessible to clients. He is a member of CAAA and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. From time to time Mr. Hsiao holds a talk show on the radio discussing various workers compensation issues confronting the community.

Omar is a trial lawyer who practices nationally and is based in Los Angeles, California. At Qureshi Law, he represents people who have been abused and discriminated against by companies and the government. He also represents people who have been catastrophically injured and the families of people who have been wrongfully killed.. He previously worked at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, and GI Partners, a private equity firm. He then worked at Jenner & Block as a lawyer representing companies in class action and antitrust lawsuits. Omar also represented companies in nationwide multi-district litigation.. His background working in finance and representing some of the most powerful institutions in the world has helped him transition to representing people. Omar uncovered a network of nursing homes and residential care facilities that were neglecting disabled and elderly people by looking into tax records and corporate governance documents. He used the government’s history of racist policies to establish that the United States federal government was denying Native American students the right to attend a school with enough resources, teachers, and wellness services to provide a safe and effective learning environment.. Recently, Omar has represented the families of people wrongfully killed; children who were physically and emotionally abused by school district employees; people wrongfully terminated from their jobs because of their sex, race, and religion; and individuals who have been catastrophically hurt by negligent corporations, government employees, and individuals. In 2020, Omar won a sizable award in an administrative trial on behalf of a child harmed by his school.. Omar is an award winning comedian and storyteller. He tours the country performing stand up comedy. He won the Moth GrandSlam Championship, which is the top storytelling award from the top storytelling organization in the country. He has been featured on NPR and the Sundance Film Festival.. Omar graduated from Stanford Law School and The Johns Hopkins University.. He is originally from Monett, Missouri and spends as much time there as he can. Omar is licensed in California and Missouri.

Named one of "California's Top 20 Attorneys" by California Lawyer magazine, Tony Stuart's approach is to limit the numbers of cases he handles so that he can apply the highest standards of legal service to each and every client.. Pictured: Tony and his client Dana Christensen at the United States Supreme Court.