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Farinaz Cohen specializes in all aspects of employment law, such as wage and hour issues, exempt status, independent contractor status, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, hiring and firing issues, leaves of absence (including FMLA/CFRA), benefits, personnel practices, vacation, and sick leave.. Mrs. Cohen's law practice is dedicated to employment litigation and administrative hearings as well as advice and counsel regarding employment law issues, including Human Resources concerns and compliance checks.. Litigation and Administrative Hearings:. Mrs. Cohen has extensive litigation experience. She represents clients in U.S. District Court, California State Court, and administrative agencies, including the Labor Commissioner's office, EEOC, unemployment appeals in CUIAB, and Labor Code 132a Petitions in the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.. Advice and counsel:. Mrs. Cohen provides clients with detailed advice and counsel regarding Human Resources concerns and compliance checks, prepares employee handbooks and severance agreements, and conducts sexual harassment prevention training.. Background:. Mrs. Cohen received her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and her B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of California, where she graduated cum laude. While in law school, Mrs. Cohen was a law clerk at Kabateck Brown Kellner, as well as Khorrami, Pollard & Abir, where she was involved with various class action lawsuits in areas such as wage and hour disputes and products liability.. Mrs. Cohen is admitted to practice law in California, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Farar & Lewis LLP was founded by Joel D. Farar. Mr. Farar possesses extensive knowledge of personal injury law, as well as a steadfast dedication to helping injured individuals. He recognizes that the aftermath of an accident can be overwhelming and filled with suffering. That is why he has devoted his life to helping accident victims obtain the financial compensation and justice they need and deserve.. As a litigation and trial attorney dedicated to the protection of the rights of his injured clients, Mr. Farar practices throughout Southern California and is an active member of several legal associations. Mr. Farar is a lifetime member of the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum whose members are limited to trial attorneys who have obtained a settlement or verdict of one million dollars or more. Mr. Farar was also named a 2012 - 2015 Super Lawyer Rising Star, an honor awarded to no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in California.. Mr. Farar is a graduate of the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law in Los Angeles, California.

Established in 2006.. Mr. Delshad is a graduate of the top Law School in Los Angeles. Prior to opening his own office Mr. Delshad had five years of experience at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angels.In 2016 Mr. Delshad was selected as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers for his work in wrongful termination cases as well as admitted to both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum® & the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®  Which recognizes "The Top Trial Lawyers In America" for wage and hour class action cases.Mr. Delshad limits the number of clients he takes so he can focus on providing excellent service to only the most discerning clients looking to receive the highest quality and caliber of employment law services and access to Mr. Delshad's knowledge in the areas of discrimination, disability, harassment, failure to pay commissions, wages, overtime and wrongful termination law.  Mr. Delshad also reviews severance agreements.

Enright Premier Wealth Advisors is a financial planning, wealth advisory, and investment management firm specializing in the needs of affluent individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Our mission is to develop a customized plan with strategies designed to achieve specific goals and objectives. Our team of Certified Financial Planners (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA®) works closely with each client to create and maintain a secure financial future.

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.

Dylan Ruga is a trial lawyer focused on intellectual property, professional liability, and commercial litigation.  Professional but tenacious, Dylan has earned a reputation among his clients and colleagues as a dedicated advocate who obtains results by outworking and outmaneuvering his opponents.. Dylan was raised in San Francisco and attended college in Ohio, where he played both varsity football and baseball.  He came back to California for law school and graduated in the top 10% of his class at UCLA.  He began his legal career working in the chambers of a Southern California federal judge, where he learned how to be an effective advocate from the other side of the bench.  From there, Dylan went into private practice as a litigation associate at Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP, and then at Steptoe & Johnson LLP.  Dylan became an equity partner at Steptoe in 2013 and remained there until 2016 when he opened Stalwart Law Group.. Dylan is a member of the Los Angeles Copyright Society, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and the American Bar Association.  He has been recognized as a Southern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine every year from 2009-2016, which is an achievement limited to no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in California.

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Dennis Brager is a California State Bar Certified Tax Specialist and a former Senior Trial Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service's Office of Chief Counsel. In addition to representing the IRS in the United States Tax Court, he advised the Service on complex civil and criminal tax issues.. He now has his own five-attorney firm in West Los Angeles, and has been featured every year from 2008-2021 as a Super Lawyer in the field of Tax by Los Angeles Magazine. Dennis Brager has filed cases in the United States Tax Court on behalf of over 320 taxpayers.. Mr. Brager has limited his practice to representing clients having criminal and civil tax disputes with the IRS, the Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (formerly the State Board of Equalization), and the Employment Development Department--both at trial and administrative levels.. He has been quoted as a tax expert by US News and World Report, Business Week, Fox News, CMDA, National Journal, Fox Business, Trusts & Estates, New York Daily News, Bloomberg Politics, the Daily Journal, The Daily Beast, USA Today, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Tax Analyst, The Chicago Tribune, CNN Money, Bloomberg BNA, Cannabis Daily, Morning Star, Accounting Today, Sputnik, Tax Notes Today, Tech Times, and The National Law Journal.. He has appeared on ABC Television’s Good Morning America, and ABC 7’s Eyewitness News, Fox Business News, TV One Access, and radio stations KFGO, KGSN, KFNX’s A Call to Rights with Steven Kates, KFWB Money 101, and KABC’s The Larry Elder Show.. Mr. Brager has also spoken and given webinars before the IRS sponsored Nationwide Tax Forum, the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the California Society of CPAs, the UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, the California State Bar Tax Section, the Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, the California Trial Lawyers Association, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the American Bar Association, the Warner Center Estate and Tax Planning Council, the National Association of Enrolled Agents, and the Orange County Tax Bar Association.. Dennis Brager has been an instructor at Golden Gate University's Masters in Taxation Program and a guest speaker at the University of Southern California. Mr. Brager has also testified as an expert witness on Federal tax matters.. His articles have appeared in the California Lawyer, Marijuana Venture, Daily Journal, Taxation for Lawyers, Los Angeles Lawyer, The Consumer Advocate, Family Law News, California Tax Lawyer, Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure, Journal of Taxation of Investments, and Accounting Today.. They include “Offshore Voluntary Disclosure – The Next Generation,” “Partial Offshore Tax Amnesty – Voluntary Disclosure 2.0,” “Anatomy of an OPR Case (Definitely Not R.I.P.),” “FBAR and Voluntary Disclosure,” “The Tax Gap and Voluntary Disclosure,” “Circular 230: An Overview,” “Recent Developments in Tax Procedure,” “Damages, Rescission and Debt Cancellation as Client Income,” “The Taxpayer Bill of Rights--A Small Step Toward Reining in the IRS,” “Challenging the IRS Requires a Cohesive Strategy,” “The Innocent Spouse Defense,” “IRS Guidelines for Installment-Payment Agreements,” “IRS Tightens Inventory Rules for Marijuana Businesses,” “What a Practitioner Needs to Know About Tax Assessment Dates,” “IRS Collection Issues: The Consequences of California Community Property,” and “How Your Clients Can Lose Their Passports by Falling Behind on Their Taxes”.. Mr. Brager received his undergraduate degree from Pace University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1975, Accounting/Finance), and his law degree from New York University (J.D., 1978). He is a former chair of both the Tax Compliance, Procedure and Litigation Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the California State Bar Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee.. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second, Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Tax Court, the District Court, and the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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).

David R. Fullmer is a leading Business Immigration Lawyer. He was designated a “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics as published in Los Angeles Magazine. David is also featured in the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers. His firm, Ivener & Fullmer is also noted in The Chambers & Partners Directory as one of a handfull of Band One immigration law firms in the State of California. Throughout his years of practice, David has advised numerous corporate executives, IT professionals, scientists, scholars and those in the entertainment film and television industry including actors, editors, cinematographers, directors and producers to obtain their required temporary work visas as well as green cards. Sought out by In-Counsel, HR Managers, corporate employers, and investors for his business immigration expertise, he is able to successfully evaluate and resolve complex and multi-faceted technical immigration issues. David also strives to provide impeccable customer service.

David J. Glass is a uniquely qualified family law litigator who holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology in addition to his law degree.  Glass has practiced Family Law exclusively for over 20 years, and is a Certified Family Law Specialist (State Bar of CA, Board of Legal Specialization).  His experience as a former therapist and evaluator, in addition to his accomplishments as an attorney, make him an especially talented family law practitioner.  Glass serves as the Chair of the Firm's Family Law Department.. In child custody cases, the psychological issues often overshadow the legal issues.  Glass has a unique abiilty to understand and address both types of concerns.  Although concentrating on child custody and relocation litigation, Glass handles the full range of family law matters, including divorce, dissolution, division of property, child and spousal support, child custody, paternity, and prenuptial agreements.

Darrell Padgette represents personal injury plaintiffs in state and federal courts. Darrell Padgette's specialty includes personal injury, products liability and wrongful death cases.. Darrell Padgette focuses his litigation and trial practice on actions against individuals, businesses and government entities responsible for causing or creating defective products, automobile collisions, trucking crashes, and dangerous conditions of property.. BAR ADMISSION: State Bar of California, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and 10th Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; multiple District Courts around the country on a Pro Hac Vice basis.. REPORTED CASES:  Helman v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc., 637 F.3d 986 (9th ) (involving Death On the High Seas Act); Getz v. The Boeing Company, 547 F. 1080 (N.D. ) (involving government contractor defense); McKinley v. XL Specialty Insurance Company (2005), 131 1572 (involving suits against own insureds); United States v. Reyes-Platero, 224 F.3d 1112 (9th ) (involving Hague Convention on Consular Relations).. PUBLICATIONS: Combatant Activities Defense: Another Option for Military Product Manufacturers, DRI Skywritings Aviation Law Committee (Dec. 2012); Severing Bureaucratic Red-Tape to Secure Evidence from the Federal Government in Aviation Cases, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report (Fall 2012); Death On the High Seas Act and the New Frontier, Aircraft Builders Council, Inc. Law Report (Fall 2009); California Adopts the Sophisticated User Defense by Placing a Label on Already Existing Legal Principles, Newsletter of DRI Aerospace Law Committee (Fall 2008). PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS: AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell; Super Lawyers; The National Trial Lawyers Top 100; The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyers; The Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2015; Bronze Star Medal, U.S. Army, Afghanistan

Daniel D. Geoulla is a co-founder and partner of this firm. He earned his B.A. in 2003 from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated with high honors, ranking high amongst his class. He then received his J.D. in 2007 from Loyola Law School, where he ranked in the top third of his class. Daniel is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, the U.S. District Courts of California, and California Superior Court. Daniel serves as managing partner of the firm's litigation department. Prior to practicing law, Daniel had owned and managed numerous successful businesses throughout the Southern California area, and remains an active member of the business community. Daniel also holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Loyola Marymount University were his emphasis was in accounting and finance.. State Bar of CaliforniaU.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of CaliforniaU.S. Tax Court. Member, State Bar of CaliforniaMember, Los Angeles County Bar AssociationMember, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Languages English, Persian

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.

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.

Casey Hultin is an associate at Lederer & Nojima LLP. She attended University of California, Los Angeles, where she obtained her B.A in Business Economics with a minor in Chinese Language.. Casey earned her J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was the Member Relations Editor of the Berkeley Technology and Law Journal and member of the Trial Team. Casey was the first place prosecutor in the Bales Trial Competition and a semi-finalist in the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Regional Trial Competition. Casey also externed at the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.. Upon graduation from law school, Casey was a litigation associate at Venable LLP and Irell & Manella LLP where she worked on a variety of complex litigation matters. Casey came to Lederer & Nojima in 2017 to pursue her passion for trial advocacy. She practices all types of personal injury litigation. Casey is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).. When not at work, Casey teaches fitness classes at The Bar Method and competes in a karaoke league. She is a life-long citizen of Raider Nation. Casey is also fluent in Swedish.

Cara J. Luther is an attorney of counsel at the Washington, D.C. office of Wisner Baum, where she has worked for more than 30 years on many of the firm’s cases involving mass disasters and commercial transportation accidents. From aviation accidents to bus and truck crashes, rail disasters, and defective pharmaceutical products, Cara is proud to help her clients in a range of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.. Many attorneys claim to be passionate about helping their clients, but Cara is more than just talk. In fact, she is known among her clients and colleagues for her steadfast commitment to each case she takes on, for winning her clients’ trust, and for her comprehensive approach to legal counsel.. One client praised Cara’s work in a testimonial to the firm, writing:On behalf of our entire family, we would like to express our deepest gratitude for all that your firm did for us during a very difficult process… We are extremely grateful to Cara Luther who literally held our hand through the legal process and not only kept us updated, but helped us to understand throughout the entire evolution. She was very responsive to all questions and provided support to each of us that will never be forgotten. She took the time to listen and provided not only her legal expertise but her compassion for what we were all going through. She knew how difficult losing Patricia was for all of us and she did not force us to relive any details of her death unless absolutely necessary. Thank you just doesn’t seem enough. But we thank her from the bottom of our hearts for her never ending professional and emotional support.Sincerely,J.A. and family. What’s more, Cara’s genuine care for her community extends outside office hours. She is an active member of various church committees in D.C. and provides pro bono legal counsel to underprivileged groups, helping them find education and employment. For instance, she is a member of the humanitarian group Presbyterian Women; a supporter of Safe Haven, a Prince George’s County Church Consortium Winter Housing for Homeless Men; and a friend of the Ron Brown Scholarship Fund. She has said that, to her, community work means keeping in touch with people and helping them meet their needs.. Education and Career HistoryIn 1968, Cara earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She focused her undergraduate studies primarily on medical technology, which armed her with the skills she needed to work in medical research after graduation. In this field, she familiarized herself with medical documents, records, and terminology, all of which proved critical to her cases at Wisner Baum.. Cara eventually pivoted to work in insurance—first as a sales representative, then as a claims adjuster. This time of her career would also prove beneficial to her clients at Wisner Baum, as she now knows how the defense thinks and operates. As a result, she can communicate more effectively with the defense and their insurance adjusters.. After working in the medical and insurance fields, she was inspired to pivot once again—this time to practice law. She attended the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, graduating with her J.D. in 1986. She has obtained numerous court admissions in the time since:• Pennsylvania• District of Columbia• The District of Columbia Court of Appeals• Maryland• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Awards and Accoladesrecognition. Cara is listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™; and awarded the Martindale-Hubbell® Client Distinction Award. She also received the National Air Disaster Foundation Safety Award in 2002. She also helped the firm earn its recognition as a Law360 California Powerhouse.. To find out more about how Cara can help you, visit or call. Your consultation is free!

Call for a free case evaluation at .. Former LA Prosecutor. Selected as "Super Lawyer" in 2019. Client's Choice Award Winner in 2014.. Sam J. Israels is a law firm partner with the Law Offices of Cron, Israels, & Stark. Mr. Israels received his J.D. degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law. Mr. Israels also previously worked at the Los Angeles Office of the City Attorney. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California.. Mr. Israel's practice focuses on the areas of criminal defense, including driving while intoxicated cases, drug crimes, sexual assault cases, white collar crimes, domestic violence cases, and traffic violations; and personal injury and administrative law matters. Mr. Israels is a member of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

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

Born in New York, but nearly a life-long California resident, Peter began handling personal injury cases in 1980. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and obtained his law degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. He is the founder of Steinberg Injury Lawyers.  Throughout Peter's career he has won millions of dollars for his clients. He has over 34 years of experience exclusively in accident and injury cases. Peter's goal is to obtain the highest settlement for every client in the shortest time possible.. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Kelli, and his two adult daughters.

Attorney R. Brent Wisner is a managing partner of Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman), a nationwide law firm based in Los Angeles, California. He focuses his practice on holding negligent and sometimes malicious corporations accountable through pharmaceutical product liability, toxic torts and consumer fraud and class action litigation. One of the firm’s leading trial lawyers, Brent oversees the mass tort litigation department. He is actively involved in all litigation stages, from briefing to trial and through the appeal process when necessary.. He is passionate about vindicating the rights of those harmed by corporate wrongdoing. No matter how large the corporation or how much global influence it has, Attorney Wisner never backs down in the face of injustice. He has litigated cases against such companies as Bayer, Eli Lilly, Forest Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Monsanto and Takeda.. Attorney Wisner’s work in the Monsanto Roundup litigation earned him national acclaim as the youngest United States attorney in history to ever win a multi-billion-dollar jury verdict. In 2019, Brent and his team won a historic $2.055 billion verdict against Bayer (formerly Monsanto) for a California couple that alleged repeated exposure to Roundup weed killer caused them to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.. A year prior, Brent and his team won the first Roundup case to proceed to trial, a landmark $289 million jury verdict for a California man who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after years of spraying Roundup as a groundskeeper.. Many major legal organizations have recognized Brent and showered him with numerous awards honoring his achievements in the Roundup cancer litigation. Some of his top awards include, the “Clarence Darrow Award” by MTMP, “West Trail Blazer” by ALM, Law360’s “MVP of the Year” 2020, Daily Journal “Top 100 Lawyers in California” 2020, ALM and the National Trial Lawyers’ “2019 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year,” the National Law Journal’s “Winning Litigators-Titans of Industry 2019” and Trial Lawyer Magazine “America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers” 2019. He was also inducted into ALM’s “Verdicts Hall of Fame.”Attorney Wisner also served as co-lead counsel in the first multi-million-dollar jury verdict won against a brand name drug manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), over the health risks posed by the generic version of GSK’s antidepressant drug, Paxil (paroxetine).. When the firm learned of a widow whose husband died by suicide while taking the generic version of Paxil, Attorney Wisner and his colleagues at the firm took on GSK for inadequately warning doctors about how the drug could increase the risk of suicidal behavior in adults of all ages. In 2018 the National Law Journal honored Attorney Wisner and his firm as Elite Trial Lawyers for their work in the generic Paxil suicide case and Law360 awarded him “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar.”. His work in pharmaceutical litigation does not stop at harmful antidepressant medications. Attorney Wisner is one of the nation’s leading Zantac (ranitidine) attorneys. He represents many thousands of people throughout the country who allege Zantac (ranitidine) contains a cancer-causing ingredient at levels exponentially higher than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) legal limit.. The judge presiding over the Zantac multidistrict litigation (MDL) appointed Brent to the Practices and Procedures Team to establish protocols for handling the thousands of cases to come. Brent also serves as Co-lead Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for the Ranitidine Product Cases, also known as the Ranitidine (Zantac) Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCP 5150), California Superior Court for the County of Alameda. He also serves as the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Zantac Litigation Group Co-Chair.. Often chosen as one of a select group of remarkable trial lawyers with victories in high-stakes matters, Attorney Wisner is grateful for the many awards and accolades he has won in the early stage of his career. Not yet in his 40’s, Brent is viewed by many in the legal community as one of the country’s leading mass tort lawyers. The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch inducted him into the Verdicts Hall of Fame in 2020.. Just a portion of his recognitions from the past few years include the following:. • Clarence Darrow Award, MTMP-Mass Torts Made Perfect, 2021. • Consumer Attorney of the Year, Finalist 2021, Consumer Attorneys of California. • California Powerhouse, Law360 Regional Powerhouse Series, 2021. • The American Lawyer’s West Trailblazers, 2021. • America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers 2019, Trial Lawyer Magazine and The National Law Journal. • MVP of the Year 2020, Product Liability, Law360. • Product Liability Practice Group of the Year 2020, Law360. • The Best Lawyers in America© 2021-2022. • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40. • Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys in California, 2019, Daily Journal. • Civil Plaintiffs Trial Lawyer of the Year 2019, National Trial Lawyers and ALM. • Top 100 Lawyers in California 2020, Daily Journal. • Top Plaintiffs Lawyers in California, 2019, Daily Journal. • Verdicts Hall of Fame Inductee, The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch. • Elite Trial Lawyers Mass Tort Trial Team of the Year 2019, The National Law Journal and Trial Lawyer Magazine. • Southern California Super Lawyers® Rising Stars, 2016–2020. • Winning Litigators 2019, The National Law Journal. • Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar 2018, Law360. • Superb Score 10 out of 10. • Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer. Attorney Wisner earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, his master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, Washington, D.C., and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.. A proud UCLA Bruin, Brent served as captain of UCLA’s Mock Trial Team, which won back-to-back national championships under his leadership.. At Georgetown, Attorney Wisner was a participant in the Coro Fellowship, which proved to be a formative experience. As a fellow, he was able to work on numerous projects aimed at improving communities with the help of labor unions, Fortune 100 companies, non-profits, and local and federal governments. When he returned home for summer breaks, he worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in its civil fraud division and as a summer associate at Paul Hastings.. While in law school, Brent interned at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, where he drafted testimony, affidavits, and declarations for human rights cases. He penned a resolution on the imprisonment of outspoken human trafficking critic Sigma Huda, which passed in the House of Representatives. Brent was also intensely involved in the Georgetown Law Trial Advocacy Program. He earned the title of being one of the institution’s most successful mock trial advocates and ended up serving as its managing director.. Before joining Wisner Baum, Attorney Wisner clerked for the Honorable Helen Gillmor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, where he worked on several criminal and civil jury trials and gained invaluable appellate court experience when the judge sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Attorney Debra S. Frank has established a strong reputation as a family law attorney. Based in Los Angeles, she has built her practice on a commitment to obtaining expertise in matters of family law and divorce and is a certified specialist in the area of family law. Attorney Debra S. Frank has spent a career doing more than simply keeping up with the law — she has been a force shaping it by participating in associations that comment upon and affirmatively sponsor family law legislation. She has also used her expertise as a certified family law specialist to mentor younger lawyers and serve as a resource for other lawyers.. Attorney Debra S. Frank is equipped with the experience, knowledge and professional resources to assist individuals in the Los Angeles area with their family law needs. Attorney Debra S. Frank takes the time needed to fully assess the details of the case and consults experts when necessary, including financial forensic specialists capable of discovering hidden assets, social therapists to evaluate children's wishes and best interests, and financial experts for valuation of assets and liabilities. She is a compassionate family law and divorce attorney and is committed to understanding her clients' needs and goals. Attorney Debra S. Frank's highly personalized services are tailored to the unique needs of each client.. Attorney Debra S. Frank utilizes traditional litigation, mediation, and collaborative family law to help clients successfully resolve family law problems, and brings to her family law practice extensive criminal and juvenile law experience, including plea negotiations and trials in defense of felony and misdemeanor offenses, as well as adjudications of juvenile offenses. She also handled dependency court proceedings. She utilizes this vast experience in the handling of family law proceedings.

Attorney David Lederer is a founding partner of Lederer and Nojima, LLP, a reputable civil litigation firm located in Los Angeles. Mr. Lederer is known for his extensive litigation, mediation and negotiation experience in numerous areas of law, including personal injury and tort-related cases, bankruptcy law, employment and labor law, real estate law, contract law, insurance law, entertainment law, and media law. His expertise in personal injury, specifically cases that arise from automobile, truck, and motorcycle accidents, is evidenced by the rightfully-compensated settlements he has achieved for his many clients.

Ani Martirosian is an associate attorney at ADLI Law Group.. Ms. Martirosian specializes in intellectual property, patent, trademark, copyright prosecution and protection of trade secrets.. Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Ms. Martirosian was an attorney at Phil IP Law Group, where she advised her clients in all aspects of intellectual property law including copyright, trademark, and patent related legal services and client counseling. Ms. Martirosian has also represented employees in all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour class action and unfair business practices. Ms. Martirosian is passionate about the work she does and the interests of her clients come before all other considerations.. Ms. Martirosian attained her Bachelor of Science degree in Cellular Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from California State University, Northridge and graduated with honors. She worked in the Biotechnology field prior to attending law school.. Ms. Martirosian earned her Juris Doctor from Santa Clara Law School, where she received the Cali Excellence for Future Award and was a participant of honors moot court. Ms. Martirosian also participated in the Academic Success Program, where she mentored fellow law students and was the treasurer of the South Asian Law Student Association.. Ms. Martirosian is a member in good standing with the California State Bar and in the United States District Court for the Central District. She is fluent in English, Armenian and Russian.

After attending his first trial at the age of five, Andrew Biren knew he wanted to be a personal injury lawyer just like his father. Attorney Andrew is a passionate legal advocate who devotes his time to representing those who have suffered due to other’s negligence in the Los Angeles area. He has extensive experience in the legal field, starting his path as a legal clerk at the young age of 14. This foundation has equipped him to provide invaluable counsel and representation to his clients. From wrongful death to catastrophic injuries, Attorney Biren is ready to stand up for those in need.