Top best R Lawyers in ZIP 92707 | 156 available

Eric V. Traut is one of the top trial attorneys in Southern California. He distinguished himself early in his career as the youngest recipient of the Orange County Trial Lawyer Association's "Trial Lawyer of the Year" award in 2003, and then received it again in 2023. Recently, he was selected by the nine chapters of CAL-ABOTA as their “Trial Lawyer of the Year” (2024) which is the highest honor for a trial lawyer to receive in California. He was chosen by the leaders of nine chapters in the state following a presentation on behalf of all the nominees. In his 34 years practicing law, Eric has successfully tried over 100 jury trials.. Eric’s reputation for civility, ethics, and fair-play precedes him. Judges, arbitrators, and mediators alike have openly admired his integrity, compassion for his clients, impressive trial skills, and his gift of advocacy. Often handling unique, high-profile cases, Eric has the respect of his peers and the community in and out of the courtroom. Eric has earned interviews and appearances on Good Morning America, Fox News, Court TV, ABC’s “Primetime” and CBS News.. Eric’s leadership skills have been sought after by numerous legal associations and charitable boards. He has served as President of five prestigious legal organizations in Orange County, including OCTLA, ABOTA, Project Youth-OCBF, Banyard Inn of Court, Italian American Lawyers of Orange County and he will be President of the 7000 member Orange County Bar Association in 2027. Eric has received many awards and honors. In addition to CAL-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year, Eric has won the award from the local Orange County Chapter of ABOTA, and the Joseph D. McNeil Civility Award. In September 2023, Eric was honored as a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Marcus M. Kaufman Jurisprudence Award.  This highly notable award recognizes outstanding members of the legal profession who are role models of ethics and leadership in the legal community.. While Eric loves being a lawyer and changing the lives of his clients, he truly enjoys giving back to his colleagues and the community. As the Past President of Project Youth, Eric led a non-profit organization strengthening Orange County youth and families through unique, award-winning health and educational programs. He continues to serve on the Executive Committee, donating many hours and thousandsof dollars each year to help local at-risk youth. Eric continues to give back to the legal community by volunteering to speak at countless seminars on litigation and trial skills and donating money to charities supported by law firms and legal organizations.. When not practicing law, Eric enjoys traveling the world with his wife, Pam. He cherishes time with his three children, two stepchildren, grandsons Vance and Calum, and granddaughter Holland.

Edward Susolik specializes in complex insurance litigation and catastrophic personal injury, as well as a broad spectrum of commercial and business litigation from both plaintiff and defense perspectives, including professional liability, intellectual property, construction law, employment law, real estate, securities law, directors and officers liability, governmental liability and numerous other areas of commercial litigation.. Mr. Susolik is chair of the Insurance Department at Callahan & Blaine. He has been responsible for many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements over the years, including settlements in the amount of $28 Million, $15.5 Million and $8.1 Million.. In the insurance area, Mr. Susolik has wide expertise in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation covering the full spectrum of insurance law. First, Mr. Susolik has extensive experience in representing policyholders who have been denied insurance benefits. For example, he has successfully represented many professionals in insurance disputes, including doctors, lawyers, accountants, brokers, directors, architects and consultants. Likewise, Mr. Susolik has represented many corporations, homeowners’ associations, municipalities, charitable organizations, contractors and other business organizations in complex insurance disputes. Mr. Susolik also has broad experience in the representation of insurance industry professionals, including agents, brokers and insurance companies in disputes within the insurance industry, including litigation with reinsurers, excess and umbrella insurers and the Department of Insurance.. Mr. Susolik has broad expertise in resolving both first party and third party insurance disputes. In the first party context, Mr. Susolik has tried, litigated and handled hundreds of first party insurance claims, including major claims arising out of the Northridge earthquake, landslides and mudslides, toxic mold contamination, fire claims, water damage, pollution, life insurance, disability insurance, health insurance and numerous other contexts. Likewise, in the third party context, Mr. Susolik has litigated hundreds of liability insurance disputes, including advertising injury claims, Cumis counsel, duty to defend and recovery of attorneys’ fees, wrongful failure to settle, reimbursement, rescission, and other third party insurance disputes.. Mr. Susolik is a frequent speaker on insurance and litigation issues to lawyers, business groups and others. Mr. Susolik is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at USC Law School, where he teaches Insurance Law. He was also Chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association for 12 years. Mr. Susolik has been retained on many occasions as an expert witness on insurance law issues by both insurance companies and policyholders. He is also frequently retained by attorneys to provide expert insurance advice and consultation.. Mr. Susolik is the author of many articles on litigation and insurance issues and is a frequent contributor to periodicals, treatises and other legal publications. Mr. Susolik was an editor for the Rutter Group California Practice Guide on Insurance Litigation for over 15 years, where he updated chapters on Insurance Bad Faith and the Duty to Defend.. Mr. Susolik's many awards and accolades speak to his reputation in the legal community. For example, Mr. Susolik has been recognized by his peers as one of the "Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California" for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 , 2017, 2018, and 2019 -- one of only a handful of Orange County attorneys given that distinguished honor by Super Lawyer Magazine.. On the personal side, Mr. Susolik was born in Trnava, Czechoslovakia. He graduated from the University of Southern California with degrees in Philosophy, English and History. He also received his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School, where he graduated Order of the Coif and was an Articles Editor on the Law Review.

Early in my practice of the law, I exercised poor judgment and failed to meet my obligations to some of my clients. I was rightly sanctioned for this. Honest acknowledgment is part of the process of winning back one’s good name and building a reputation for excellence.. I believe the client reviews and attorney endorsements I've received during the intervening quarter-century reflect my commitment to legal excellence and ethical service. I’ve worked hard to earn the trust of my clients and the respect of my colleagues. I will do my best to ensure your rights are protected and to keep your interests paramount as we proceed with your case.

David E. Hayen is an experienced civil litigator, specializing in complex commercial and insurance litigation, including contract disputes, intellectual property, including unfair competition, trade secrets and trademarks, and insurance bad faith. Mr. Hayen has also specialized in the arbitration and mediation of commercial, employment and insurance matters, serving as an arbitrator and mediator with The Center for ADR, the American Arbitration Association and Judicate West.. Mr. Hayen attended law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review. He graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in Economics, Business Administration and Philosophy.. For ten years, Mr. Hayen was Assistant General Counsel for Aramark Inc., where he assisted clients in various industries, including the magazine and publishing industry, the transportation, the uniform rental and food service industries. Mr. Hayen supervised litigation matters, negotiated and drafted trade secret, service mark and patent license agreements, drafted complex agreements for the purchase of computer hardware and software and represented Aramark before various governmental agencies.. Mr. Hayen is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association ("LACBA") and Century City Bar Associations ("CCBA"). For the CCBA, Mr. Hayen was the Founding Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Chair from 1997–1999; and Chair of the Corporate Law Section from 1983-1986. For the LACBA, Mr. Hayen was a Founding Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Executive Committee.. Selected Speaking Engagements: Continuing Education of the Bar panelist, "Contractual Arbitration" and "Judicial Arbitration." LACBA panelist, "Evaluating Cases for ADR-The State of the Art." CCBA Corporate Law Section, "Employee Termination." LACBA Real Property Section panelist, "Aftershocks-What Litigators and Real Estate Attorneys Need to Know About the Northridge Quake." LACBA Construction Litigation Section panelist, "“The Availability of Attorney’s Fees Under the AIA Form Contract." Panelist or Moderator for eighteen CCBA Corporate Law Section Programs, including, "The Art of Legal Negotiation" and "Negotiating and Enforcing Computer Contracts.". Bar Activities: Member of the State Bar Standing Committee On the Administration of Civil Justice, 1993-1995.. Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, CCBA, 1997–99, 1985–88.. Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1984–86.. Member, CCBA Board of Governors 1983–86.. Delegate to the California State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1983–1986.. Recipient, Award for Service in the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program, State Bar of California, 1984.. Mr. Hayen has also traveled extensively and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Ethnic Arts Society.

David A. Ventura is an Associate Attorney at The Law Offices of Bryan R. Kazarian and specializes in criminal law. Mr. Ventura predominantly practices in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties.  He obtained his undergraduate degree for Political Science and Philosophy at California State University of Fullerton. Mr. Ventura then attended Trinity Law School and earned multiple American Jurisprudence Awards, served as Vice President on the Student Bar Association, and worked on Trinity Law Review until graduating in 2013. Mr. Ventura has worked with Bryan R. Kazarian since 2011 as an intern and Attorney, along with David Howell, Esq., for the Trinity Law School Mobile Legal Clinic. That clinic, in conjunction with the Orange County Rescue Mission continues to be responsible for the provision of pro-bono legal aid to homeless and indigent populations in Orange County.. As a Criminal Defense Attorney, Mr. Ventura has defended clients facing a variety of criminal charges which range from traffic citations all the way to serious felonies.. In addition, Mr. Howell and Mr. Ventura created the Trinity Law School Alumni Association and are part owners of Burn Ward LLC, a multimedia corporation.. Mr. Ventura is a member of the California Bar Association (#306392) and licensed to practice in all California State Courts.

Copenbarger & Copenbarger LLP. began in 1979 when Lloyd Copenbarger was admitted to practice law in California and opened a firm known as Copenbarger & Associates. Since that time, Lloyd and his associate attorneys have provided substantial services in the personal estate planning and business succession planning areas and have helped thousands of people to create estate plans that include contributions to their favorite charities. Throughout the years, the firm has seen many changes, and is now comprised of three full time attorneys and one additional attorney who is of counsel to the firm, and it continues to grow. However, despite any surface changes, one thing has always remained constant: Copenbarger & Copenbarger LLP provides clients with excellent legal services in personal estate planning and other related fields.. James M. Kosareff is an attorney practicing estate administration, probate, and tax law in the firm’s office.. Practice Areas / Responsibilities. Mr. Kosareff is the leader in the trust administration and probate section of the firm. He currently handles the vast majority of probate and trust administration matters, routinely advising clients and making court appearances on their behalf. He is also heavily involved in the tax and general estate planning areas.

Connor J. Traut, Esq., is an attorney at Traut Firm, representing plaintiffs in serious personal injury cases involving trucks, automobiles, motorcycles, bike/plane/boating accidents, assault/battery, and property owner negligence, including slip/trip and falls. These cases involve brain and spinal injuries, severe fractures, and wrongful death of a loved one.

Christopher R. Aitken,  who received his B.A. from the University of California (Los Angeles) in 1992 and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1996, is a partner in the Santa Ana firm of Aitken, Aitken, & Cohn. Mr. Aitken represents plaintiffs in major civil jury trial litigation involving personal injury, insurance bad faith, wrongful death, and general business litigation. He also is the creator and lead contributor of the Consumer Personal Injury Lawyer Blog.  He has also been a frequent continuing education speaker for the various California bar associations, and is a contributing member of the Consumer Attorney of California and the Orange County Bar Association.  For a complete biography, you can find me at: .

C. William “Bill” Dahlin is a real property attorney who focuses his practice on litigation and strategic decision making for his clients. His passion for over 25 years has been to assist real property owners and investors in all facets of being an owner of real property.. Many of Bill’s clients are owners of mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities, and a good portion of his practice involves not only the purchase and sale of real property, but change of use applications, such as closures and subdivisions, failure to maintain, property rights and rent control. He assists owners navigate the complexities of rent control regulations and the constitutional issues that arise out of such regulations. Bill helps his clients resolve disputes which arise out of long-term ground leases, with a specific emphasis on how these leases impact mobilehome park operations. A true advocate—Bill has traveled to Sacramento to testify on issues that affect his clients in the manufactured housing industry, and has handled significant property rights cases on behalf of community and park owners throughout California. He provides his clients with the legal support they need to operate commercial, industrial and retail properties in today’s regulatory environment. It is the daily fabric of Bill’s practice.

Bryan R. Kazarian, Attorney at Law, specializes in criminal law and practices predominately in the Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties of California. Mr. Kazarian obtained his undergraduate degree from California State University, Fresno while participating in the University’s football program on an athletic scholarship. Mr. Kazarian then attended Western State University College of Law in Fullerton California and earned various honors such as American Jurisprudence Awards, Cum Laude, and Dean’s List and served on the Law School’s newspaper as a Law Review honors recipient before graduating in 1990. Mr. Kazarian spent over six years as a prosecutor beginning with the Juvenile Division and ending up in the elite Gang Unit assigned to a specialized gang enforcement team. During his time as a prosecutor Mr. Kazarian spoke at high schools, community colleges and served on a city’s School Attendance Review Board for monitoring the attendance of students in local elementary and high schools.. As a prosecutor Mr. Kazarian handled high-profile cases such as white collar embezzlement, attempted murder, elder abuse/poisoning, child molestation, jewelry store take over robbery, various forms of hate crimes and of course gang crimes. As a Criminal Defense Attorney, Mr. Kazarian has defended clients facing a variety of criminal statute violations such as burglary, grand theft, vandalism, vehicle theft, automotive “Chop Shop” crimes, DUI, drivers license crimes, drug possession/sales amongst others. From these forums, Mr. Kazarian has acquired a wealth of experience as a criminal attorney.. In addition, Mr. Kazarian has spearheaded the creation and administration of the Trinity Law School/Orange County Rescue Mission’s partnership for the pro bono Legal Clinic and Mobile Legal Clinic. He also serves as an adjunct Professor of Law at Trinity Law School.. Needless to say, if you are seeking an aggressive criminal defense attorney who is not timid or one to avoid confrontation, then look no further. Mr. Kazarian will conduct a thorough investigation in his client’s defense and pursue every avenue to ensure his client’s Constitutional Rights are protected in every step of the process.. Mr. Kazarian is a member of the California Public Defenders Association, California State Bar Association (#152804), Orange County Bar Association, Orange County Criminal Defense Bar Association and a attorney licensed to practice in Federal Court and all California State Courts.

Brian J. McCormack is a Principal Attorney with the law firm of Callahan & Blaine, in Santa Ana, California, where his practice focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including business and contract disputes, business fraud, serious personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases.. In October, 2002, Mr. McCormack and Daniel J. Callahan negotiated a settlement on behalf of the plaintiffs in a traumatic brain injury case which resulted in payments to the plaintiffs in excess of $28 million dollars.. In November, 2003, Mr. McCormack and Mr. Callahan obtained a jury verdict of $934,419,108 in Beckman Coulter, Inc. v. Dovatron International, Inc., Flextronics International, Inc. et. al. The verdict was the largest in Orange County, California history and was the largest verdict in the State of California in 2003.. Mr. McCormack was born in Salem, Massachusetts on August 23, 1959. He attended the Pennsylvania State University, receiving his B.A. in 1983. He received a J.D. from Western State University, College of Law, in 1993. Mr. McCormack is admitted to practice in California and in the United States District Court, Central District of California.. Mr. McCormack is a member of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, The Association of Business Trial Lawyers and the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.

Bonnie is a Shareholder in the firm's Orange County office. She has been practicing law for 11 years. Prior to becoming an attorney, she was a public health microbiologist for the Orange County Health Department and owned a medical device manufacturing company.. Bonnie's practice consists of defending veterinarians in litigation and administrative actions in addition to providing general counsel services for humane societies throughout California. Due to her unique practice areas, she has extensive knowledge of the California Veterinary Medicine Practice Act and the laws which regulate humane societies. She is also an experienced litigator and has defended over 100 veterinarians and humane societies. Bonnie also assists other animal rescue organizations and occasionally defends owner in dangerous dog hearings.. Bonnie is an accomplished lecturer and writer. She frequently speaks at conferences and seminars held by the SCVMA, CVMA and VetPartners in addition to speaking to veterinary and law students. She has published articles in The Pulse, California Veterinarian and Veterinary Economics and has been interviewed for articles in Sheltering Magazine. She is the advisor to the State Humane Association of California and on the advisory committee of the National Canine Research Counsel.. Bonnie was born in Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts and California Western School of Law.

Bill Hart is the managing partner of Hart King, and is the client relationship partner for the firm’s Manufactured Housing Community practice group. He has a national AV® Preeminent™ rating of 5.0 out of 5. Since 1982, Bill has been an advocate for his clients from pre-litigation negotiation through trial and appeal from judgment. He represents clients in the prosecution and defense of a broad range of business, commercial and real estate disputes, including breach of contract, insurance coverage, landlord/tenant, product liability, trade secret and unfair competition, broker commission disputes, construction defects, and probate litigation. Bill represents companies from a diverse range of industries, including residential and commercial property developers and managers, high-tech manufacturers, insurance marketing organizations, financial institutions, independent dealers and distributors, and corporate and partnership interests of all types. He has also been retained as an expert witness and consultant by other attorneys in support of their Superior Court litigation.

Amir M. Kahana, Esq. is managing partner of Kahana & Feld LLP. Mr. Kahana, an AV Preeminent Rated business litigator and proven trial attorney, focuses his practice on labor and employment defense, general business litigation, and shareholder and partnership disputes. Mr. Kahana has a long track record of success, including obtaining one of the largest jury verdicts in Orange County history and effectively defending hundreds of cases for business clients.. Mr. Kahana began his career at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and later worked at Paul, Hasting, Janofsky & Walker.  Mr. Kahana started his own law firm in 2006 with an eye towards providing big-firm expertise at smaller-firm rates. In 2008, Mr. Kahana obtained one of the largest jury verdicts in Orange County history, more than $43 million. Mr. Kahana also has successfully defended numerous multi-million dollar lawsuits for his business clients.. Mr. Kahana is a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the California Bar Association and has extensive experience with Labor and Employment litigation. He has defended large wage and hour class actions, and successfully compelled those cases to arbitration. He also has significant experience with partnership and shareholder disputes, which also often involve employment claims.. Mr. Kahana graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a Bachelor of Arts and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. He lives in Irvine with his wife and three children and is active in his community, sitting on a non-profit board and volunteering time through numerous organizations.

Aggressive and Compassionate representation of injured victims.. Taylor joined Traut Firm in September 2011. She tried and won her first jury trial within one year of practicing law. She has since tried numerous personal injury cases, as well as co-trying all of Jim Traut's cases. She has achieved numerous six-figure verdicts and Arbitration awards.. Taylor represents plaintiffs in serious personal injury cases involving truck, auto, motorcycle, bike accidents, and property owner negligence. These cases involve brain injuries, spinal injuries, severe fractures, and wrongful death cases. She also represents individuals pursuing legal malpractice claims against other lawyers.. She is known for top-quality, aggressive, tenacious representation of her clients, and for her negotiation ability.. Taylor has been selected as a “Rising Star” for 2020. No more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state are named to the Rising Star list. She has also been recognized as the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in California based upon her achievements.. Taylor attended the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of Science in economics in 2004. Taylor was admitted to the California Bar in 2011, after receiving her Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law. During law school she served as law clerk to the Honorable James R. Dabney of the Los Angeles Superior Court, and at Consumer Watchdog. Taylor is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Orange County Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Banyard Inns of Court.