Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in ZIP 90025 | 13 available

Roberta represents companies and executives in employment law, business law and entertainment law matters, including litigation and transactional matters, and US and cross-border multinational matters.

Robert Estrin is an experienced litigator specializing in high stakes complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes.  As an effective and efficient advocate, Mr. Estrin focuses on obtaining great results while minimizing costs and inconvenience to his clients.  With a background in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and nearly a decade specializing in litigation damages, Mr. Estrin has a unique ability to appropriately value cases to further his clients’ interests.. Mr. Estrin has represented companies and individuals in state and federal courts throughout California and the United States including:. ·         Fortune 500 companies such as Google, ExxonMobil, Motorola, The Walt Disney Company, and Pfizer;. ·         Life sciences companies such as Allergan, Sequenom, Affymetrix, and Avon Products;. ·         Financial services companies such as Experian, KeyBank, and City National Bank; and. ·         High profile individuals such as Brandy Norwood and Jill Scott.. For these companies, persons and others Mr. Estrin has provided his keen legal instincts to obtain incredible results.  Mr. Estrin has participated in three trials, all complete victories.  Mr. Estrin has also written, argued and won crucial motions and appeals.  Mr. Estrin has successfully opposed summary judgment motions in several cases leading to impressive settlements.  Mr. Estrin is also experienced in both arbitrations and mediations.. Prior to joining Klein and Wilson, Mr. Estrin practiced for over 7 years at Kaye Scholer LLP’s Los Angeles office as a member of both the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property groups.  While at Kaye Scholer, Mr. Estrin won Kaye Scholer’s Pro Bono Award in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015.  His many pro bono accomplishments include successfully returning full ownership for several homeowners who were induced by fraud to sign quitclaim deeds.

Marina Manoukian is Head of Family Law at ADLI Law Group. Her practice primarily focuses on Civil Litigation, Business, Construction Law, and Family Law. With over 22 years of experience in the legal profession, Mrs. Manoukian utilizes her trial experience and negotiation skills to advise and counsel clients including individuals and corporations in Business matters including transactional work as well as litigation and negotiation. She also brings her extensive experience in Construction and Family Law.. Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Mrs. Manoukian was a Partner at O’Rourke, Fong & Manoukian. During such time, she was first chair in many bench and jury trials, as well as arbitrations and mediations.. Mrs. Manoukian graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science and obtained her Juris Doctor degree at Loyola Law School. Mrs. Manoukian is committed to helping clients and providing them efficient and effective courtroom representation to resolve complex construction disputes, real estate and development disputes, and business disputes. In addition to business and construction law, Mrs. Manoukian practices family law that she built before her partnership at O’Rourke & Fong. Fluent in Armenian and English, Marina assists individuals seeking a divorce, assists clients in reaching agreement or going to court for marriage dissolution, division of marital assets, child custody, and child and spousal support.

Larry Russ is a founding partner and co-head of the litigation department of Russ August & Kabat.. As an active trial attorney, Mr. Russ has focused on trademark, copyright, patent, business torts, trade regulation and advertising law and complex litigation. Mr. Russ has also worked extensively on antitrust and unfair competition matters.. Directly after being admitted to the California Bar in 1978, Mr. Russ launched his career by successfully challenging Levi-Strauss & Co’s resale price maintenance program related to men’s jeanswear in Levi Strauss & Co. v. Federated Pants, et al., 1979-2 Trade Cases #62,727 (C.D. Cal. 1979). In 1981, as co-lead trial counsel, Mr. Russ achieved a multi-million dollar jury verdict in one of the first private Section 7 Clayton Act cases that directed Pillsbury Flour Co. to divest itself of Wilton, Inc., a dominant cake decorating equipment specialty firm.. Throughout his career, Mr. Russ has successfully represented clients in the direct marketing industry and the apparel industry. Mr. Russ also has extensive experience representing clients in the home entertainment, technology and communications sectors, including video game hardware manufacturers, computer software developers, electronic toy makers and wireless communications companies.. In 1985, Mr. Russ obtained the highest Superior Court sanctions award in California history in connection with his representation of plaintiffs in a complex Malibu real estate fraud matter in which the trial judge delivered a seven-figure verdict and awarded punitive damages.. In 2002, Mr. Russ negotiated a highly publicized settlement on behalf of Yodeler Wylie Gustafson against Yahoo. Gustafson, who had recorded a single yodel for a Yahoo radio commercial, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Yahoo after the company began using Gustafson’s distinctive and unique yodel as the company’s audible signature on a myriad of company products and releases.. Mr. Russ represented the prevailing parties in several major apparel cases. In 2010, Mr. Russ successfully defended Forever 21 in a copyright and trade dress infringement action filed by Express. Mr. Russ obtained Summary Judgment in Forever 21’s favor, as well as an award of attorney fees.. In 2016, Mr. Russ was lead Class counsel in Perkins, et al, v LinkedIn, a privacy class action challenging LinkedIn’s ubiquitous ad- connection emails. The Class was approved and LinkedIn agreed to modify its practices and pay the Class $13,000,000+.. More recently, Mr. Russ has been re-focusing his attention on consulting with established and emerging companies in connection with e-commerce, financing, expansion, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, strategic alliances and intellectual property issues. Along with the new chair of the Mergers & Acquisition Department, Christine Shin, Mr. Russ is tasked with the mission of building a pre-eminent M&A team rivaling the talent and depth of knowledge of big law M&A departments.. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Russ is the past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish National Fund Los Angeles zone. Mr. Russ is also involved as a principal of several well-known Los Angeles apparel companies including world renowned retailer, American Rag Cie. In 2014, Mr. Russ/ American Rag Cie was selected as a finalist by the Los Angeles Business Journal at the prestigious Southern California Apparel Awards, and WeAr Magazine, a world-renowned international magazine focusing on the apparel industry, announced that American Rag Cie was voted as the best retail denim store in the world.. Mr. Russ is also active in helping emerging and troubled companies raise funds. For a number of years, Mr. Russ served as an associate editor of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers quarterly publication. He is an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law Sections as well as an active member of the American Bar Association Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law Sections. Mr. Russ was recognized as a Super Lawyer by the Publishers of Los Angeles Magazine from 2008-2019. From 2013-2019, Mr. Russ was recognized as a Southern California Top 100 Super Lawyer. Mr. Russ was also selected to The American Lawyer’s Top Rated IP Lawyers list in 2015 and to The Best Lawyers In America list for Patent Litigation from 2012-2019.. AdmittedState Bar of California (1978)U.S. Supreme Court (1989)Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1978)

Gene Williams is a complex business litigation and trial attorney with experience in a wide array of practice areas.  Gene has handled intellectual property matters, including trademark, trade dress, and copyright disputes, as well as consumer and wage and hour class actions on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.  Gene has also handled partnership disputes, complex trust and estate matters, and even bankruptcy adversary proceedings.  Gene has first chaired a multi-million dollar federal jury trial and has participated in a number of other trials in both state and federal court.. Gene's current practice is focused primarly on plaintiff's side labor and employment class action work, helping employees who have been deprived of their legal rights to recover unpaid wages and applicable penalties.  He also works with companies to advice them on labor & employment compliance issues, including drafting and reviewing employee handbooks and providing advice on hiring and terminating of employees, as well as employee discipline.

Currently the Chair of the Patent Prosecution Department at Cislo & Thomas.  Experienced in all aspects of Intellectual Property procurement and enforcement, including preparing and filing U.S. and International patent applications in a variety of technological areas, such as mechanical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological, alternative energy, and business methods.  Prosecuted many U.S. and International applications and is experienced in preparing and filing inter partes and ex partes reexaminations, and preparing legal opinions regarding patentability, patent validity, patent infringement, and freedom to operate.  Litigated cases involving allegations of patent infringement and trademark infringement, and successfully negotiated settlements and licensing agreements.