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Brett Markson does not shy away from challenging cases.  In 2012, Mr. Markson argued and convinced the California appellate court to recognize a new legal claim to protect his client and others who otherwise had no protection under California law.  The result achieved is so unusual that in the October 2012 edition of the Orange County Lawyer magazine a commentator wrote, “The addition of a common law tort to our law is a stellar event almost as rare as the return of Halley’s comet.”  (The new legal claim is now known as “Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance” and the case is Beckwith v. Dahl (2012) 205 1039.). These days, Mr. Markson focuses on employment lawsuits including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage/payroll claims, etc.  Mr. Markson exclusively represents workers and employees.. Mr. Markson received his Law Degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1991 and his Bachelor’s Degree from University of California San Diego in 1987.  Having started as a prosecutor with the San Diego City Attorney's office, Mr. Markson remains ready and willing to try his cases to a jury.. Before forming Markson Pico LLP in 2005, Mr. Markson practiced as a litigator for the national law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP and (the now-defunct) Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon LLP. He has represented numerous large, national and Fortune 500 companies in cases involving complex issues of state and federal law. While at the big firms, Mr. Markson handled a wide-range of business litigation, including real estate matters, insurance, employment, wage & hour class actions, product liability, intellectual property litigation, celebrity right-of-publicity matters, partnership disputes and more.. "My experience and training as a former prosecutor and former 'big firm' lawyer provide me with a unique advantage in civil cases.  I'm tough with insurance carriers but I don't overreach.  I can discuss technical points of law with a judge, but also speak plain English to a jury.  Most important, I know how critical it is to be fully prepared for trial.  My clients win because I listen, I care and I come prepared," says Markson.. Mr. Markson started his own firm in 2001 before joining forces with Tim Pico (another former Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi colleague) to form Markson Pico LLP.  Mr. Markson is licensed to practice before all California state and federal courts.  He is a member of the California Employment Lawyers Association, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Santa Clarita Valley Bar Association, and Los Angeles County Bar Association. Mr. Markson was selected for inclusion in 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers, and received a perfect score "10.0" under AVVO--both indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.. Call Mr. Markson for a FREE initial consultation.

Brandon A. Takahashi is Head of Labor and Employment at ADLI Law Group. His practice specializes in advice and counseling, and employment litigation in both State and Federal Court, on behalf of private sector and public entity employers. Having handled hundreds of employment matters, Mr. Takahashi utilizes his experience and skills to advise and counsel clients on all manner of employment-related issues, including employee management, discipline and termination, internal investigations, leave management, proper employee classification, and sexual harassment training.. As an experienced litigator, he has handled all aspects of litigation, up through and including trial preparation, in numerous cases and claims regarding all types of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, Fair Employment and Housing Act retaliation, whistleblower retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract, Family Medical Leave Act and California Family Rights Act violations, and wage and hour claims.. Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Mr. Takahashi was Senior Associate with the national employment law firm, Jackson Lewis P.C. In this capacity, he focused on employment issues in several areas, including the hospitality, retail, restaurant, banking and commerce, medical and medical device manufacturing, sports, and software programming industries. In his years as an employment litigator, Mr. Takahashi represented, among other clients, the Regents of the University of California in a case of first impression involving interpretation and application of California Government Code section 12940(g) with respect to claims of employer retaliation following alleged reports of suspected patient abuse at medical facilities. He also assisted in the defense of a series of cases throughout California which addressed a split of authority between the Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal regarding the continued viability of the judicial exhaustion defense for public entities.. Mr. Takahashi was selected to the Lawyers of Color inaugural “Hot List” in 2013, consisting of the top 100 minority attorneys under the age of 40 in the Western Region of the United States. He has also been named a Rising Star by Southern California Super Lawyers, a designation reserved for the top 2.5% attorneys, for 4 years running, 2013 – 2016.. Mr. Takahashi received his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior from the University of California, Davis in 2001, and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 2006.. Areas of Practice:. Education:. Bar Admissions:. Awards & Honors:. Languages:

Based in Los Angeles, Gary K. Kwasniewski is an experienced, pre-eminent lawyer who has practiced for over 30 years.. Recently selected as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California for 2013 by the Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal.. Mr. Kwasniewski has reached the heights of professional excellence. He is “AV-rated”, the highest rating possible for legal ability and integrity by Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer directory (a rating that only about 12% of all lawyers nationwide achieve).. Mr. Kwasniewski has Successfully Litigated and Tried Insurance Bad Faith Cases On Behalf of Individual & Small Business Policyholders. Since founding the Los Angeles law firm of Viau & Kwasniewski with his partner Jeanette L. Viau, Gary Kwasniewski has developed a strong practice in the area of insurance bad faith.. The law firm handles matters involving all types of insurance, including: Homeowner, Automobile, Motorcycle, Theft, Commercial Liability Policies, Truck Policies, Cargo Policies, Health Care Policies, Life Insurance Policies and Disability Policies.  Viau & Kwasniewski has been very successful in cases involving insurance company refusals to pay, under payment of claims, refusals to defend, delay, and abuses of the appraisal, Examination Under Oath, and policy cancellation processes. Complex insurance dispute and insurance bad faith cases in California have become the primary specialty at the Law firm of Viau & Kwasniewski.. Gary Kwasniewski’s Product Liability experience includes cases involving chemicals, explosives, guns, solvents, PCBs, EMFs, cars, seatbelts, insecticides, indoor air pollutants, caustics, solvents, fumigants, defective packaging, farm machinery, forklifts, industrial explosions, bottled gases, military ordnance, bicycles, climbing equipment, hydraulic hoses, high pressure gas hoses, medical devices, and other products and chemicals.

Attorney Eric Renslo exclusively practices criminal defense in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Unlike most criminal defense lawyers, his expertise lies in bringing cases to trial, and more importantly, securing the best possible outcome for you. He is a UCLA Law graduate, has significant winning trial experience, is very accessible, and offers affordable pricing.. As a former prosecutor, Attorney Renslo has successfully handled serious and violent felonies throughout Southern California. He has also litigated, as sole counsel, dozens of challenging jury trials and contested court hearings in many different Los Angeles County courts, obtaining favorable results in nearly all matters. He maintains great relationships with prosecutors, judges, police officers, and bailiffs.. Attorney Renslo is highly-regarded by his peers for his effectiveness and results as a trial lawyer. He has extensive training in aggressive trial advocacy from UCLA School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree. His work in advanced pre-trial, trial, and appellate criminal litigation has been recognized by UCLA School of Law with the Masin Family Academic Excellence Gold Award.. Call or text today for a free consultation.

At Blair & Ramirez, LLP, we firmly believe that it is innate in our being to be valued and that one should never take that away from another. Our goal is to help our clients understand their rights, to empower them to protect those rights, and to advocate on their behalf. To do so, we bring to bear professional excellence, personal sensitivity, and constant focus upon the most effective way to achieve fairness. During the course of your matter, we promise to abide by our credo to “move forward with a persistent purpose”.

Armen S. Martin is an experienced corporate attorney with an extensive background in merger and acquisition transactions, venture capital, corporate securities, and capital markets.  Mr. Martin represents clients in diverse fields including technology, media, financial services, manufacturing, life sciences and telecommunications.. Mr. Martin’s mergers and acquisitions experience includes the representation of numerous companies in sell-side transactions, leading to successful liquidity events for his clients.  Mr. Martin has also represented a number of acquirors including Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (a subsidiary of Warner Music Group), Catapult Communications Corporation (acquired by Ixia), Life Technologies (LIFE), Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM), Actel Corporation (acquired by MicroSemi) and Solectron Corporation (acquired by Flextronics).. Mr. Martin’s venture capital financing experience includes representation of companies and investors in well over 60 financings, constituting over $650 million in aggregate proceeds.  The investors in these financings have included a diverse set of funds such as Alloy Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Canaan Partners, Charter Life Sciences, ComVentures, Crescendo Ventures, D.E. Shaw & Co., Draper Fisher Jurvetson, HM Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayfield Fund, Mission Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Telesoft Partners and TL Ventures.  These venture capital financings have also involved a number of strategic investors, such as Bertelsmann Media Worldwide, Intel, Lions Gate Entertainment, Lucent Technology, Nokia, Qualcomm, Pramer Television, Sony and Warner Music Group.. Mr. Martin has also represented several public companies in connection with public offerings and securities compliance work including Actel Corporation, Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (ANH), Catapult Communications Corporation, Loronix Information Systems, Inc. and Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc.. Mr. Martin also advises corporate clients and their boards of directors with respect to acquisitions and strategy, corporate governance, corporate finance and various other matters pertinent to their day-to-day legal requirements.. Mr. Martin is a member of the Armenian Bar Association and the Los Angeles Venture Association.  He has served on numerous non-profit boards and organizations including the Armenian National Committee of America, the largest Armenian American grassroots organization in America, the Armenian National Committee Political Action Committee and the ANC Professional Network.

Aric N. Williams, Esq focuses his practice on the representation of businesses and individuals in complex commercial and business litigation as well as large real estate development projects. Mr. Williams also serves as general counsel for many South Florida businesses, handling transactional matters ranging from corporate formation, to contract negotiation and preparation. Mr. Williams also represents clients in civil disputes involving medical and professional malpractice, premise liability, negligent security, landlord/tenant issues, and personal injury.. Since founding his firm, Mr. Williams has represented businesses in disputes not limited to breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, breach of contract and partnership disputes, fraud, and misrepresentation. Mr. Williams will also represent individuals in claims involving medical malpractice, other professional malpractice, negligent security, personal injury, defamation, civil theft and a variety of other claims.

ANGELA J. REDDOCK-WRIGHT - Employment Mediator, Los Angeles. A practicing attorney for nearly 25 years, Angela is the founder of the Reddock Law Group (RLG), a LA-based minority and woman-owned law firm specializing in the mediation, arbitration and investigation of employment law, Title IX sexual assault and misconduct, hazing, and bullying legal claims.. She also is a member of the panel of mediators and arbitrators at Signature Resolution, a private dispute resolution firm with offices throughout California.. Prior to opening RLG in 2011, Angela was an employment and labor law litigator for 15 years. During this time, she represented clients in the full array of employment law cases and handled two of the top hazing, wrongful death, and personal injury cases involving top sororities. She also handled the appeal in a high-profile juvenile criminal case involving a wrongful death resulting from teen bullying. Additionally, she handled two seminal cases involving gas and car wash industry owners who had administrative (NLRB), civil and criminal claims asserted against them for their alleged failure to pay proper wages and to provide meal and rest breaks, among other claims, to workers.. As a workplace and Title IX investigator, Angela is certified through the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI-CH). She has extensive experience investigating and mediating traditional workplace claims, along with Title IX sexual assault, hazing and bullying cases for K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Angela also serves on the LA County Equity Oversight Commission, a panel of expert attorneys who review the County’s human resources and equity investigations.. In recent years, Angela has worked on some of the most compelling projects in Los Angeles, including serving as a co-Administrator for the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the So-Fi Stadium where the LA Rams and Chargers football teams play; in the wake of the “Me Too” movement, Angela has worked with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) to assist in updating its member policies relating to the reporting of claims of sexual harassment; and serving as the Compliance Manager for the multi-billion dollar LAMP construction project at LAX. She also worked in-house as General Counsel, Chief Operating & HR Officer for the LA Urban League.. Angela has extensive experience in the government, civic, community, and non-profit sectors. She has run for and served in public office and has served on numerous public and non-profit sector boards and commissions.. Angela is driven by her life’s mission is to help employers and employees create great and healthy workplaces.

Amy Duerk has over two decades of civil litigation experience defending corporations in matters including employment, fraud, antitrust, multidistrict class action, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, product liability, and contract disputes. As a litigator, Amy has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, including companies in the technology, energy, media and entertainment, gaming, and insurance industries, as well as law firms, non-profit organizations, and individuals.. Amy specializes in highly sensitive and complex internal investigations and is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH). She follows the highest standards of excellence to perform neutral, thorough and trauma-informed investigations across all industries. Amy has investigated claims of sex- and race-based harassment and discrimination, assault, retaliation, conflict of interest, breach of fiduciary duty, bullying, embezzlement, and fraud.. As part of her pro bono work, Amy represented survivors of domestic violence, which moved her to look for better solutions to family disputes. Trained as a mediator, Amy occasionally serves as a pro bono mediator in divorces to help families mitigate the financial and emotional toll of litigation.. Amy is licensed to practice in California and Montana, and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts of California and Montana as well as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She currently serves on the board of a local food security nonprofit organization, Garden City Harvest.

Almuhtada Smith is the managing partner at ARS IP Law Firm, P.C. He focuses his practice on all aspects of intellectual property and capital raising in the technology and real estate industries. His practice encompasses advising early stage companies from formation to startup financing, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and private placements, and securities law.. Mr. Smith has extensive experience representing clients in connection with financing and related securities matters. He continually advises early-stage clients on capital raising transactions spanning friends and family rounds to Series A rounds and beyond. He also advises individuals and companies on how to structure a real estate syndicate and other real estate capital raising transactions.. In addition to his practice, Mr. Smith serves as Chairman of the Los Angeles Southwest College Foundation Board and as a Young Professionals Board member of the Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools. He has served as an officer and board member of the John M. Langston Bar Association and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of West Los Angeles.

Allan N. Lowy earned his B.A. degree with Departmental Honors from UCLA, his J.D. degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, and his certificate in mediation from Pepperdine Law School.  He was admitted to the practice of law in California in 1976, and in addition he is admitted to practice in front of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Supreme Court.. Mr. Lowy’s practice is focused on the broad array of real estate transactions, with a special emphasis on real estate development and complex real estate financing vehicles, including tax exempt bonds and low-income housing tax credits.  Additional practice areas encompass land use and entitlements, business formations and joint venture agreements, purchase and sale, commercial leasing, construction contracts, economic development and re-development, tax and business consulting, wills and trusts and partnership disputes.  Mr. Lowy has extensive experience appearing before both administrative bodies and courts of law, and his clients include high net-worth individuals, real estate developers and investors, non-profit corporations, private schools, health care providers and private lenders. Typical transactions range in size from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000, with completed transactions in over 20 states.  Mr. Lowy is also a real estate broker and licensed general contractor, and serves as a neutral mediator/arbitrator in real estate and construction matters.. Mr. Lowy is a member of the Real Estate Section of the California State Bar, the Affordable Housing and Community Development Section of the American Bar Association, and the Urban Land Institute, and he is the former President of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Building Industry Association (NAHB).  He has also lectured on development issues for the Continuing Education of the Bar and at UCLA, USC, UCI, CSU-Northridge and  CSU-San Jose.

Albert S. Golbert is a principal in Golbert & Associates, Los Angeles. He earned degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of Denver before attending the University of Michigan Law School and completing his Doctoral studies at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales of the University of Geneva. He is a frequent lecturer before national and international bar associations and has lectured for the Praticing Law Institute (NY) for more than 20 years.. After practicing for ten years in Europe and the Middle East and two years in Africa and the Far East (where he was, inter alia, counsel to Chrysler in its acquisitions of control of or joint venture interests in, respectively, Rootes Motors, Ltd. in the United Kingdom, Simca Automobiles in France, Stanley Motors in Johannesburg, Rootes Ltd. in Melbourne and Mitsubishi Motor Industries in Japan), Mr. Golbert returned to California in 1970 and, in 1973, was Certified as a Specialist in Taxation Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California. In 1973, he co-founded the tax boutique of Forry Golbert Singer & Gelles and, in 1980, merged his practice into Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts (now, Bryan Cave LLP) where he was a Senior Partner until 1990. Mr. Golbert has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Southwestern University School of Law and at Whittier Law School, and a Lecturer in Law at the University of Southern California Law Center, Loyola Law Center, UC Davis and UCLA. He has authored more than 50 articles as well as five books including: Latin American Laws and Institutions (with Nun, Praeger, N.Y., 1982), Problems and Materials on International Trade and Investment (with Rosett, UCLA Press, 1973), and International Operations Handbook (Southwestern University Press, 1974). From 1976 to 1983 he was a member of the Board of Editors and from 1977 to 1983, Assistant Editor-in-Chief of The International Lawyer, the journal of the Section of International Law and Practice and, since 2001 has served as the Section’s liaison with the Tax Section of the American Bar Association; and is: (i) a founding member of the Committee on International Practice of the Business Law Section (1986-87) and of the Section of International Law (Member of the Executive Committee, 1987-90, Treasurer, 1989-90, Advisor, 1990-93 and Advisor Emeritus, 1993--) of the State Bar of California; (ii) a member of the International Tax Committee (1991--), Member of the Executive Committee (1995-98), Vice Chair of the Executive Committee (1997-98), Chair, Standards of Tax Practice Committee (1998-00) and Chair, Tax Practice, Policy and Legislation Committee (2000-2002) of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California; (iii) a past Chair (1984-85) and since member ex officio of the Executive Committee of the Section of International Law of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and past Chair of the Association's Pacific Rim Committee (1989-91); (iv) past Chair of the Foreign Tax Committee, member of the Executive Committee (1989-1995) and past Chair (1993-94) of the Section of Taxation of the Los Angeles County Bar Association from which he received the Dana Latham Award, 2000, for lifetime achievement and commitment to the tax bar; (v) member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (1999 – 2005); and (vi) a founding member, former Vice President and currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for International Commercial Arbitration in Los Angeles. He was named to Best Lawyers in America 2006-8 (Taxation) and 2007-8 (International Trade and Finance Law), and Southern California Super Lawyers 2006-8 (Taxation) and (International Trade Law) 2007-8. Languages: French, Italian and German.

Alan is the former Assistant Head Deputy, Major Crimes Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office from 1995-2013.  He was named Prosecutor of the Year in 2010 by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and Prosecutor of the Year in 2008 by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, Los Angeles County.. Alan has wn numerous high profile murder cases, including the murder conviction of celebrity record producer Phil Spector; secured a murder conviction against infamous mastermind Mike Goodwin (racing legend Mickey Thompson's murderer) from a decades old cold case; and won a murder conviction of Charlie Samuel (17 year old Lily Burke's kidnapper and murderer).. Additionally, Alan led delegations to Tokyo, Japan and developed a relationship with the Japanese Ministry of Justice. This in turn led to the international extradition of a Japanese businessman who had murdered his wife in Los Angeles in the early 1980's.. Alan tried 85 cases in front of a jury with a career victory rate of over 96%.. His expertise includes the high profile, complex criminal defense cases as well as white collar criminal defense.. Alan is also a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served as a jet engine mechanic.. And, since 2013 he has been a consulting producer on the Showtime series "Ray Donovan."

Accident attorney, Robert Koenig, has been practicing law for over 20 years. During which time he has collected OVER $120,000,000 in personal injury and car accident claims.*. Robert has been a ruthless fighter, going after insurance companies to get his clients the highest settlement available. His desire to help more people in their time of need has caused him to expand across three states (California, Nevada, and Colorado) to bring his talent to as many people as possible.. The sole focus of iAccidentLawyer and their car accident lawyers is the representation of seriously injured individuals. Our attorneys, and their staff, are aggressive and feared by insurance companies and their law firms. We lead our clients through the legal and financial maze of modern civil law on their way to recovery from the damage suffered at the hands of negligent and guilty parties.. Our personal injury attorneys and accident lawyers will meet with you for in-person consultations as necessary. We are available for meetings in your office, your home, your hospital room, on the phone, on-line and in our offices. Of course, all consultations are provided free of charge to accident victims, and there is no time limit to the length of the consultation. Our personal injury lawyer knows what kind of trauma personal injuries can cause.. Virtually all cases accepted by iAccidentLawyer are done so on a contingency fee basis. This means that if we accept your case, you will pay us nothing until our personal injury lawyer collects for you. If we don’t collect, you won’t owe us a fee.*. Unlike some firms, we advance all costs and expenses of prosecuting your case, provided you follow the instructions of your doctor and the advice of your accident lawyer. As long as our clients follow our advice, if there is no recovery there is no charge for the attorney’s fee and the costs of prosecuting a case are our responsibility, not yours. Our accident attorney has the ability to handle any case be it auto accident, car accident, personal injury, truck accident or wrongful death.. We provide a top-notch car accident lawyers who can get your accident injury claim settled in a short period of time. You can find our accident attorneys in a number of places throughout California, including: San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley

A Los Angeles-native, Ms. Berjis received her Bachelors of Arts in History, from California State University, Long Beach, and subsequently earned her Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School.  As a law student, Ms. Berjis received the Academic Achievement Award (for getting the highest grade in her class) in an impressive six (6) courses, which included Civil Procedure II, Remedies, Evidence, Legal Research & Writing II, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure.  In addition to her academic success, as a law student, Ms. Berjis also was a member of the Trial Advocacy Team.. Prior to founding BERJIS l MYERS, Ms. Berjis had the privilege of working as a law clerk, at the largest trial court in the United States, for over eight (8) years.  As a student law clerk, Ms. Berjis was responsible for reviewing and analyzing all limited jurisdiction court judgments by default, stipulations for entry of judgment, and default judgments in unlawful detainer actions, as well as reviewing and processing time-sensitive ex parte motions & applications for both general and limited jurisdiction cases.  Such experience has provided Ms. Berjis with extensive and priceless knowledge & expertise in the field of civil litigation.  Ms. Berjis, also, spent one (1) summer as an extern for a Los Angeles County Superior Court (Civil) Judge, followed by two (2) summers externing as a law clerk, at the Office of the Los Angeles County Public Defender, and then, several months as an intern, for the Supervising Judge of the Los Angeles County Criminal Courts.  In fact, thanks to her work, within the court system, for so many years, Ms. Berjis brings unmatchable insight to each of her client’s cases, and, for that reason confidently knows exactly what it takes to get the job done, correctly and successfully.. Ms. Berjis' bar admissions include the State Bar of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.