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For 32 years, I've represented entrepreneurs, business owners and companies of all sizes in a variety of employment, business litigation, corporate transactional work, and estate planning. When the economy ebbs and flows, I counsel individuals and companies on how to resrtructure or eliminate debt.. CORPORATE/TRANSACTION: I help during the start-up phase to incorporate and set best practices in place on corporate governance, labor and employee issues (hiring to firing, employee manuals and compliant policies, and by updating business owners and franchisees on changing requirements in Labor, ADA and other laws), during growth phases as shareholders negotiate agreements and expand stock offering rights, and then when owners prepare for retirement and turn over management and holdings to other shareholders or family members.. EMPLOYMENT LAW: We defend companies, executives, and management in all facets of employment law, ranging from compliance with state and federal statutes to internal investigations and administrative agency complaints through pre-litigation negotiations, trial and appeal.. ESTATE PLANNING: with over 23 years of designing comprehensive and efficient estate plans for individuals and couples, we've developed a Revocable Trust Package offered at a flat fee, so that the process is easy, understandable, and quick to establish.  See link to video presentation "Wills & Trusts: Estate Planning" from May 2020, below).. BANKRUPTCY: Whether you seek to eliminate or restructure your debt, the process can be confusing and intimidating. Worse yet, if you try to navigate the process on your own, you will likely find out that you won't meet requirements and deadlines on time, your assets might be taken, and a defective filing may be dismissed and you barred from refling. Having represented so many clients when they have family, business, income and debt concerns driving them crazy, I help to chart a path through debt elimination to financial recovery and stability.. SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINING: My partner Azim Khanmohamed and I have traveled throughout Californina for our franchisee clients to present seminars of 45 minutes or more (see list of presenations below), and are available to me with you companies, managers and franchisees.  Since March 2020, we continue to do so through video conferencing technology on both estate planning, Legislative Updates (FFCRA and CARES and PPP application procedures and qualifications).

Eminent Domain attorney Mark R. Fox is a skilled litigator who focuses exclusively on representing commercial business and property owners in eminent domain matters.. Over the course of his career, Mark R. Fox has obtained tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients from various government agencies throughout California. Mark R. Fox has represented owners of commercial property, multi-family residential property, farmland, industrial property, vacant land, special use property, and high-rise office buildings.   He has also represented a full range of businesses including liquor stores, automotive repair shops, smog testing centers, recycling centers, motels, restaurants, night clubs, churches, industrial businesses of all sizes, retail stores, warehouses, multi-acre manufacturing plants, medical facilities, nursing homes, funeral homes, and various food and clothing markets.

Elan Darvish is an experienced real estate and business attorney whose passion for both transactional and litigation practice gives him a powerful edge to provide exceptional services to clients. Elan is also a licensed California Real Estate broker who has experience handling transactions ranging from complex, commercial leases to small residential purchases and sales.. With a proven track record as a property and business lawyer, Elan represents both plaintiffs and defendants in real estate litigation matters and continually provides consulting services for various lenders, escrow agents, brokers, private equity firms and borrowers in Southern California.. Elan has also served as general counsel for numerous corporations, including but not limited to brokerage firms, developers, businesses and escrow companies throughout Southern California. He also specializes in litigation of fraud, breach of contract, negligence, construction defect and real estate matters.. Elan is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the United States District Court, Central District of California.. Elan earned his law degree in 2000 from California Western School of Law, where he was named to the school's trial team. In 1997, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

Do you wonder if you need a Trust or a Will? How a Power of Attorney and a Health Care Directive work?What’s the best way for the deed to your house to show title?. Deborah's practice is based on explaining in simple and clear terms how Estate Planning documents work andwhy each of the components of Estate Planning is important. I provide efficient, affordable legal services.Deborah's clients know that she is easy to reach to discuss questions and their legal matter, and thatshe gives personal attention to each client.. Deborah believes in the importance of educating her clients about the purposes and goals of estate planning, as well asproviding tools for the best way to accomplish those goals. Deborah’s thoughtfulness and sensitivity, combined with herlegal experience, form the basis of trust that she develops with her clients, who feel comfortable and taken care of duringthe estate planning process.. Deborah believes in providing affordable legal services to those who need it and encourages anyone who is thinking about howto structure gifts after death to call and schedule an appointment. Learn how to distribute your assets to the beneficiaries you choose,and how your heirs can avoid unnecessary legal proceedings.. Deborah provides legal services in the area of recovering surplus funds after a foreclosure sale, an area of law in which Deborahhas extensive experience.

Deborah Clark is a partner in the corporate and finance department of Russ August & Kabat, where she primarily focuses her practice on real estate matters.. Ms. Clark joined the firm in 2001 and represents a wide range of real estate clients and focuses primarily on secured lending transactions, purchases and sales, property development, and leasing.. Ms. Clark has recently handled the negotiation of acquisition financing for a client's purchase of a major interest in one of the world's largest mixed use projects (located in New York); the purchase (including the negotiation of acquisition financing) and/or sale of numerous hotels throughout the country, the sale of a television and film production studio in Los Angeles; the purchase of a multi-building office complex in downtown Los Angeles; the sale of a corporate office campus in West San Fernando Valley, California; and the negotiation of financing for numerous residential developments, mixed use projects, and shopping centers throughout California. Ms. Clark has also handled numerous matters with respect to land use and entitlement issues, title review, litigation consultation and a variety of other real estate and commercial transactions. Ms. Clark was previously a partner at Loeb and Loeb in Los Angeles, California, where she handled diverse real estate transactions with an emphasis on secured transactions, representing lenders nationwide in the origination of over $750,000,000 in acquisition, development, construction and permanent loans for both residential and commercial projects.. Ms. Clark also negotiated the financing for the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California and coordinated the master development of the Aviara residential, hotel and golf planned community in Carlsbad, California. In addition to her broad-based real estate activities, she handled numerous litigation matters, including arbitrations, mediations, discovery and trials.. For the past ten years, Ms. Clark has been a member of the board of directors of CRTD (a non-profit corporation that builds and leases low-income and senior housing).

Dawn B. Eyerly is a trial attorney with substantial litigation experience, including several jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations. She also has extensive appellate experience in both State and Federal courts. Ms. Eyerly represents individuals as well as entities, ranging from small, family-owned businesses to multi-million dollar international corporations. She specializes in a variety of areas, including contract disputes, real estate litigation, employment matters, construction disputes, and negligence/premises liability litigation. She also has extensive experience representing self-storage facilities in all aspects of litigation.. Ms. Eyerly’s achievements have been recognized by clients as well as her peers. Indeed, for eleven years, she has been named a "Rising Star" by Southern California Super Lawyers magazine. Significantly, only 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 are selected for this honor.. Ms. Eyerly is the current President of the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club and a National Judge and Technical Panel member for U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of all figure skating in the United States. She further serves as a member of several important committees within U.S. Figure Skating.  Ms. Eyerly volunteers hundreds of hours each year mentoring competitive figure skaters to reach their goals within the sport.

DavidSwedelson limits his practice to the representation of California homeownerassociations: condominiums, planned developments and cooperatives.. Davidprovides legal counsel and has litigated hundreds of lawsuits ranging fromarchitectural violations, pet issues, hard surface flooring disputes,discrimination and fair housing complaints, assessment collection, contractorand vendor contract disputes, and construction defects.

David Tabibian is a creative problem solver and proven deal maker who never loses sight of his clients' business goals. As a Partner in JMBM's Real Estate Department, David provides counsel and legal representation to his clients in a variety of real estate transactions from inception to closing. He has successfully handled and closed more than $4 billion worth of real estate transactions across the country. His success comes from his ability to strategically, yet efficiently, pursue his client’s objectives while keeping all parties focused on closing the deal.. David represents a diverse group of clients, including institutional and non-institutional real estate developers, owners and operators, private equity investors, funds, REITs, borrowers, lenders, commercial landlords and tenants, law firms, celebrities, and high net worth individuals. His practice focuses on acquisitions and dispositions, 1031 exchanges, construction, leasing, debt and equity financing, and joint ventures. He has dealt with a variety of asset classes, including hotel, studio, office, retail, industrial, multi-family and mixed-use projects, as well as residential properties and vacant land.. David typically takes on the role of outside general counsel for his clients, handling all matters from complex, high-dollar commercial projects to smaller residential deals. He has drafted and negotiated numerous purchase and sale agreements, various types of leases (including office, industrial, retail and residential leases totaling more than 5 million sq. ft.), and loan documentation for more than $1 billion worth of sophisticated real estate and commercial loans (including traditional real estate, refinance, construction, bridge, mezzanine, asset-based and hard money loans). He also counsels and assists his clients in a broad range of due diligence matters, including reviewing title and surveys as well as forming new entities.. In 2019, the Daily Journal publication selected David as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California. He was also named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list each year from 2018 through 2020, an honor achieved by no more than 5% of the lawyers in California, after being recognized on the Southern California Rising Stars list for multiple years. In 2016, he was named as one of “The 5 Best Real Estate Lawyers in Los Angeles” by Investopedia’s Real Estate Column.. David Tabibian's bio can be viewed at the following link:

Damon M. Juha specializes in transactional real estate matters with an emphasis on assisting clients in buying, selling, developing, finance and lease all types of real property (industrial, retail, office, multi-unit housing, hotel and residential).  His clients, which include publicly traded companies, start-up businesses, developers and other individuals, retain him to negotiate and document the various stages of a real estate transaction: from acquisition to construction to leasing and management to disposition of the property.  Mr. Juha handles real estate matters throughout the United States, as well as abroad, and has acted as lead real estate counsel for transactions in Canada, Mexico, Australia and parts of Asia.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Juha worked at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, representing lenders, developers and REITs.  Previously, he was a Border Patrol Agent.. Mr. Juha has been listed in the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star" since 2009, an honor earned by only 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in Southern California.  He was also named “One To Watch” by Hastings’ Magazine.

Damon G. Saltzburg is a highly experienced and dedicated legal professional representing both large companies and small businesses in the industrial, financial, manufacturing, technology and retail sectors on contract, real estate, transactional, corporate, litigation and bankruptcy matters.. Damon is a native Angelano and came back after law school to plant his roots in Los Angeles.  He lives in West Los Angles with his wife, who is also an attorney, and one daugther.  He ia an avid sports fan and roots for the Lakers, Kings and Dodgers.  He grew playing ice hockey In Los Angeles (yes hockey) and was thrilled when the Kings finally one the Cup after 45 years and was there in June when the Kings won the Cup again.. Damon is an active skiier and runner.  He also coaches his daugther's soccer team and volunteers at her elementary school.

Cyrus Whittaker is a California and Nevada-licensed trial attorney and the principal of Whittaker Law, a litigation-focused firm that represents clients in employment law, tenant rights, personal injury, and judgment enforcement matters. In addition to direct client representation, Cyrus is frequently retained by other attorneys and law firms as co-counsel or Of Counsel on complex litigation and trial-stage matters, particularly when experienced courtroom advocacy is needed on short notice. He accepts a limited number of direct cases at a time to ensure each receives hands-on attention and trial-focused preparation.. Since becoming licensed in 2016, Cyrus has tried more than 25 jury trials to verdict across both civil and criminal courts in California and Nevada. He is often brought into litigation at critical stages to drive favorable outcomes well beyond pre-trial offers.. His litigation background includes positions at two international law firms, several trial-focused boutique firms, and service as a criminal prosecutor with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, where he handled numerous jury trials through a post-graduate fellowship program.. Cyrus earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington and his Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law, a law school consistently ranked among the top 15 in the country. He has taught California and Federal Civil Procedure as an adjunct professor and is fully fluent in Spanish, frequently representing monolingual Spanish-speaking clients.. Whittaker Law does not operate as a volume-based practice. Cases are carefully screened before acceptance, and all clients work directly with Mr. Whittaker throughout the life of their case. His practice is focused on delivering results through aggressive litigation strategy, trial execution, and post-judgment enforcement.

Complex Business Litigation And Employment Attorney. Johnny Darnell Griggs is an attorney with an exemplary record of achievement. Mr. Griggs is an award-winning litigator who has handled all aspects of complex business litigation, includingdefense and prosecution of claims related to business torts and complex business transactions, prosecution and defense of real estate and real estate related claims, defense of toxic tort claims, and defense of land subsidence claims. Mr. Griggs has successfully tried numerous cases in state and federal courts, as well as before arbitration tribunals. He is also recognized as an expert in employment law (including, among other things, privacy, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, diversity and elimination of bias in the workplace). Mr. Griggs serves as an HR consultant specializing in organizational development, workplace investigations and training, and expert witness services. He is a popular speaker on issues pertaining to public education reform, civil rights, diversity and inclusion, and elimination of bias in the legal profession.

Community leader and volunteer.  Active Rotarian.

Colette T. Davis obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University, School of Law, cum laude, in Los Angeles, California and Bachelors of Arts from California State University, Los Angeles. Ms. Davis is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and California, including the United States District Court in California and North Carolina.. During Ms. Davis’ 23 years of practice, she has spent 20 years as an entrepreneur managing a private practice. Ms. Davis’ firm focuses on Probate, Estate Planning, Guardianship and Conservatorship law. The firm handles cases in both California and North Carolina, administering probate estates, advising clients on building and maintaining estates, tailoring estate plans to meet client’s specific needs, while educating client on how to pass wealth and build a future for their loved one.   Ms. Davis also works extensively with caregivers and the individuals who find themselves in need of care.  While working as an advocate for seniors, disable persons and incapacitated individuals in her private practice, Ms. Davis spent 10 years protecting the financial, personal and civil rights of minors, seniors and disabled individuals in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings through Court appointments.. Whether counseling small business owners on succession planning so the business will not die with the founder, or advising a bankruptcy client how to recover and thrive after bankruptcy, Ms. Davis has spent her legal career assisting families in building and preserving legacies for generations to come, while focusing on family care and providing for loved ones that are currently in need of assistance.. In addition to her practice, Ms. Davis has taught Wills, Trusts and Estates  and Bankruptcy for the National Bar Association Paralegal program at CPCC. She also lectures and participates in workshops on elder and disabled care planning, starting and maintaining a small business, preserving and transferring family wealth and consumer bankruptcy relief in person and through several radio and television programs.. Ms. Davis is currently managing the Law Office of Colette T. Davis, PLLC where she continues her focus on maintaining and preserving family wealth through estate planning, seniors’ rights, small business matters and bankruptcy relief.   In addition to managing her practice, she spends time giving back to her community by volunteering with the Mecklenburg Bar through various committees and with Crossroads Charter School as a Board member.  She is a former Board member of Girl Talk Foundation and currently serves on a committee for Girl Talk Foundation.  Ms. Davis also volunteered with Hospice Palliative Care, Charlotte Region for 5 years, previously served on the Executive Committee of the Probate Division of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and Judicial Committee with Black Women Lawyers of Los Angeles.  In addition to her membership in the North Carolina and California State Bars, Ms. Davis is a member and participates in a number of other bar association in North Carolina and California.

Christopher J. Hoo, Owner of Hoo Law, is an estate planning attorney in California.  He is eager and available to serve individuals, families, and business owners throughout the state.. Prior to opening his own practice, Christopher worked as a bankruptcy and foreclosure litigation attorney at a multi-state law firm.  Additionally, he worked for the largest debtor bankruptcy law firm in Southern California.. Christopher’s background representing both creditors and debtors gives him a unique perspective, which he has brought with him to similarly administrative-heavy probate court.  He fully incorporates this experience and passion when serving his clients’ interests, and ultimately, into their estate plan.

Chet Bhavsar is an experienced and effective personal injury and wrongful death lawyer who focuses his practice on helping victims and their families in the Los Angeles community and greater Southern California area.. Mr. Bhavsar is a 1994 graduate of Southwestern Law School. Prior to law school, Mr. Bhavsar attended the University of Southern California where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1990.. Mr. Bhavsar was a founding partner in the Pasadena law firm of McNally & Bhavsar, representing injured clients and their families in automobile accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability accidents, product liability accidents, catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters from 1996-2006. In 2007 he joined the law firm of Russakow, Ryan and Johnson to manager their personal injury division. In 2011 he established the Law Office of Chet R. Bhavsar to provide more focused and personalized legal services for his clients.. Mr. Bhavsar's extensive litigation experience consist of numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations, through which he has been able to protect the rights of his clients, level the playing field with the vast resources of insurance companies and recover millions of dollars for his clients.

Charles D. Ferrari is a Senior Associate at ADLI Law Group. Mr. Ferrari focuses on transactional work in addition to business, real estate, construction defect, environmental and toxic tort litigation.. With 30 years of experience as an attorney, Mr. Ferrari possesses the uncommon blend of vast litigation experience with an extensive general business background. Armed with a degree in economics and years of experience as a restaurant owner and supermarket manager, Mr. Ferrari successfully served as a general counsel for a NASDAQ-traded corporation and related entities. Later, as general counsel for the Oregon State agencies, advising them on all aspects of their operations from regulation promulgation and rule enforcement to employment issues and contract procurement/enforcement. But Mr. Ferrari transcends the traditional role of business counsel, providing litigation representation in all judicial and administrative forums. His representation has ranged from class action and complex commercial and environmental cases to limited jurisdiction premises liability cases and administrative hearings, successfully arguing appellate cases such as Resolution Trust Corp. v. Rossmoor Corp. (1995) 34 th 93, Ryan v. Lustre-Cal (2014) WL 7384613, McCormick v. San Pedro Bait Co., Inc. (2009) WL 4801962 and the federal district court decision, Ameripride Services, Inc. v. Valley Industrial Service, Inc. (2007 E.D. Cal.) WL 656850. He also has successfully briefed numerous 42 U.S.C. section 1942 and other constitutional issues in California and Oregon.. Mr. Ferrari is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in California and Oregon, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a graduate of California State University- Northridge and holds a juris doctorate from University of California-Davis School of Law.

Catherine T. Hergenreter is experienced in Estate Planning and Trust Administration. She enjoys cultivating meaningful and productive relationships with her clients to meet their estate plan goals.. Catherine graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. She attended Whittier Law School where she was an Articles Editor for the Law Review. She had the high honor of having her article published in the Law Journal during her second year of law school. During law school, she also clerked for a civil and criminal judge in Orange County. She earned her Juris Doctor in 2013.. After law school, Catherine worked as a consumer debt attorney helping clients resolve their private student loans. She left that field in early 2019 to work in estate planning as that was always her true passion. She cares greatly about helping her clients protect themselves as well as their loved ones.

Business, Corporate & Real Estate Attorney in Los Angeles with over 20 years of experience.

Brian R. Linnekens has been a licensed attorney for over a decade.  He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law, and he also earned his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.  During the past 10 years, Mr. Linnekens has built a specialized law practice helping property owners and investors acquire and develop myriad real estate properties and projects.  Mr. Linnekens has also built a high-end real estate development company, Global Innovation Development, Inc which has given Mr. Linnekens the unique ability to understand the debt and credit markets.  Mr. Linnekens is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker, and a Class B General Contractor.

Bret R. Carter concentrates his practice on estate planning, probate and trust administration matters. He also has significant business and real estate expertise and advises his clients in corporate, business and real estate transactions.. Mr. Carter earned his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he was a member of The Order of Barristers and The Moot Court Board. Mr. Carter was awarded the American Bar Association Young Lawyer Award Achievement (1990) and is a former member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Board of Governors.. Mr. Carter is a member of the State Bar of California, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a member of the Los Angeles Venture Capital Association and the Apartment Owner’s Association of Greater Los Angeles. In addition, he is active in numerous community affairs groups including Rotary Club of Santa Monica.

Brandon Anand is a seasoned attorney, entrepreneur, and Court-appointed Referee. As an attorney and as a business partner, Brandon has advised as to countless matters at each stage of the business life cycle—from formation—to operations (partnerships/joint ventures, IP protection, licensing/sales, and litigation/conflict resolution)—to reorganization, sales, and mergers. Brandon currently runs a Los Angeles-based law practice, where he focuses on the entertainment/intellectual property and real estate industries.. Brandon is well-versed in media relations, and has been interviewed by major publications including the Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, TMZ, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.

Bernard M. (Bernie) Resser is a seasoned and accomplished trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor. He applies experience gained over 30 years and uses cutting-edge technology to deliver winning results for a diverse and sophisticated business clientele.Bernie's client-centered approach achieves successful resolution of disputes as quickly as possible through strategic motions and mediations and, when necessary, trials and appeals. His litigation practice encompasses business disputes involving corporate, real estate, intellectual property, commercial, and unfair competition matters across many industries.Bernie's effective use of state-of-the-art trial presentation techniques has been featured in the National Law Journal and on . Successes achieved for his clients have been reported in the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Bernie's consistently strong performance is reflected in his preeminent (AV 5.0 out of 5) peer review rating with Martindale-Hubbell. Also, he has been recognized as a "Southern California Super Lawyer" in Business Litigation every year since 2005, as published in Los Angeles Magazine and the New York Times.Bernie grew up and attended high school, college, and law school in Los Angeles. He is active in the community, having served on the boards and as an officer of non-profit organizations, including as president. Bernie and his wife of over 30 years have two adult children. He enjoys golf, gardening and Lakers games in his free time.

Barry Guterman has saved individuals, their families, and their closely held businesses millions of dollars by representing them before federal and state tax agencies in the determination and collection of taxes. He advises clients with their income, estate, and gift tax planning. Accountants, business managers, attorneys, and other professionals regularly retain him to assist them with their clients’ civil tax litigation, planning, and transactional matters. His objectives are to provide long-term, practical, effective representation to clients and their professional advisers.

Attorney and MBA. Specializing in Real Estate, Development, and Corporate/Business.. Feel free to contact us with any legal needs.