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The strength of Netzah & Shem-Tov lies in its successful integration of cutting edge legal knowledge and reliable experience, coupled with the skill and flexibility to maintain a vision of the bigger picture. Our attorneys and legal staff are constantly being trained and retrained in all new advancements of their specific area of the law, yet rely on years of collective firm-wide legal expertise that is the backbone of Netzah & Shem-Tov.

Steve Wang graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor degree in Political Economies. Steve graduated with honors from Golden Gate University School of Law where he earned a juris doctorate degree and a master's degree in tax law (LL.M. in Taxation). Steve has served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Marshall Whitley, Alameda County Probate Court as well as the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, San Francisco County Superior Court.. Prior to joining AdoptHelp, Steve worked as a transactional attorney at the nationally respected law firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP. Steve has had the honor of being selected by Los Angeles Magazine as a “Southern California Rising Star” among California attorneys. He also has been honored by Pasadena Magazine as a Top Attorney.. Steve’s two immigrant parents moved their family to the United States in order to provide their children with better opportunities in life. With this in mind, Steve’s lifelong goal has always been helping families and children in need.. Steve’s practice is devoted to domestic adoption, including termination of parental rights and interstate compact compliance. In addition to successfully representing adoptive parents in the finalization of their adoptions, Steve devotes countless hours assisting underprivileged children on a pro bono basis. His legal experience and lifelong goal were the driving force behind his decision to pursue adoption work.. Steve was recruited by AdoptHelp for both his excellence as an attorney and his dedication to building families through adoption. Steve is also an experienced trust and estates attorney. Steve brings to AdoptHelp a combination of elite education and training, seasoned experience and an unfettered passion for helping many people realize their dream of becoming a family and making sure their families are protected in the event of an unexpected event.. Steve has a strong work ethic and is an integral part of the AdoptHelp team. Steve specializes in domestic adoptions and estate planning and shares the goals of providing each client with superior service and legal expertise in every step of their adoption journey.

Steve K. Wasserman is the principal in the firm, Wasserman Law Group. The firm was founded over 35 years ago on the premise that a sound and successful legal practice must be based upon effective communication between attorney and client, and efficient and cost effective service.. As one of the oldest San Fernando Valley based law firms, Wassenman Law Group has earned a reputation for aggressive pursuit of innovative solutions, timely response to clients’ needs, and an ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters in a cost effective manner. Mr. Wasserman serves as general counsel to a wide variety of business enterprises drawing on his substantial experience in finance, banking, factoring and as an owner and operator of garment and textile manufacturing, importing and distributing companies. Mr. Wasserman has acquired special expertise as a lawyer and business person in international trade with the Orient, including the negotiation and drafting of import-export documentation, purchase agreements, letters of credit, customs and shipping documentation. He has served on the advisory board of a major Japanese and California bank.. Mr. Wasserman specializes in real estate law, including finance, construction, zoning, taxation and leasing. His knowledge in those areas has been greatly enhanced by his experience as an owner and developer of industrial and commercial real estate, including shopping centers, industrial warehouses and factories. Virtually all of the specialties which the firm has developed in its domestic transactional practice have been brought to bear in structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing commercial and financing transactions which have an international dimension.

Scott E. Shapiro is a successful business litigator and trial attorney. He is admitted to practice law in all California State and Federal Courts. Mr. Shapiro has represented the prevailing parties in several seven figure actions, jury trials, class actions, and appeals, including in actions defended by highly regarded and successful Los Angeles litigation firms.. Mr. Shapiro graduated from the University of California, at Riverside, earning a B.A. degree in Liberal Studies, with a dual emphasis on Administrative Studies and American History. Mr. Shapiro speaks and reads Spanish fluently, as he was raised in Puerto Rico and thereafter continued Spanish studies in High School and College. Mr. Shapiro's bilingual skills are particularly useful in Los Angeles.. Mr. Shapiro attended Southwestern University School of Law, in Los Angeles, California, where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree. During law school, Mr. Shapiro participated in externships with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, obtaining a conviction in a jury trial on behalf of the DA's office prior to graduating law school, and also clerked in Department 66 of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Writs of Attachment and Possession Department.. For several years, Mr. Shapiro worked for Aaronson & Aaronson in Encino, California, handling contract, fraud, construction, and intellectual property actions. In 1999, Mr. Shapiro established his own practice, focusing on complex business litigation, trial work, and class actions.. While continuing to handle select litigation matters for his own practice, Mr. Shapiro also worked for three years as General Counsel for a successful factoring and trade finance company, and regularly handled factoring (purchase and financing of accounts receivable) transactions and other trade finance transactions (purchase order financing, letters of credit, etc.).. Mr. Shapiro's clients have prevailed in hundreds of collection lawsuits and lending disputes. Mr. Shapiro is highly experienced in the use of provisional remedies, such as applications for Writs of Attachments andWrits of Possession, and regularly uses such tools to ensure his clients will actually benefit from a successful prosecution of their claims (halting the transfer of assets while litigation is pending, or obtaining possession of the same in summary fashion). Mr. Shapiro has successfully handled several class actions while working with attorney Barry M. Appell, including seven figure wage and hour actions. Mr. Shapiro has now joined with Mr. Appell, as a founding partner of Appell Shapiro, LLP.

Reena Sehgal is from Bend, Oregon and attended Portland State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in General Science. After graduating, Reena moved to San Diego, California to pursue a legal career. She graduated Cum Laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a focus in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. As a result of her dedicated studies in law school she was placed on the Honor Roll or Distinguished Honor Roll nearly every semester and received multiple CALI Excellence for Future Awards, Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence, and Jefferson Medals in classes. Reena served on numerous student organization executive boards including Intellectual Property Law Association, Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Middle Eastern Law Student Association. She was also an invitee of Law Review. Reena has always loved business, creativity and the arts, and in law school she discovered how to use her skills, education and passion in a rewarding field. She started her career working at prestigious firms and companies such as Panakos Business Law, The Exchange and Beachbody, LLC. During her time with these organizations she worked alongside, networked and engaged with industry leaders and devoted time and effort to becoming a strategic and knowledgeable attorney.

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Pioneer and expert in the cannabis field, practicing as a business and corporate attorney representing cannabis entrepreneurs and operators since 2008.  Navigating emerging cannabis markets and regulatory schemes by providing political strategizing and consulting, and assistance with cannabis business licensure for State and municipal application processes.  Clients in California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan and Illinois.

Natela Shenon, Esq. is the principal attorney of the Shenon Law Group. Ms. Shenon prides herself on combining legal dexterity with entrepreneurial innovation. Ms. Shenon has extensive experience in contract law, commercial transactions, litigation and litigation management, M&A activity, contract administration, business development, risk assessment and mitigation. She is trusted by clients to resolve litigation and business disputes, as well as for her advice regarding complicated corporate issues. Ms. Shenon counsels executives, business owners, and boards of directors in matters including strategic planning and corporate governance. Ms. Shenon provides counsel to clients ranging from, individuals, small business owners, and startups to publicly traded companies.

Luke K. Stanton is an attorney whose work over the past decade has entrenched him in the American cannabis industry.  Specializing in cannabis opportunities in both medical and recreational markets, Mr. Stanton understands the business from a variety of perspectives.  Originally from Northern California, Mr. Stanton’s legal career began with one of California’s top cannabis criminal defense firms where he specialized in California medical cannabis issues.  As his career progressed, Mr. Stanton’s work shifted away from a focus on defending medical cannabis interests and towards working with businesses on the emerging legal cannabis landscape.. In early 2015, Mr. Stanton founded the Frontera Law Group (), one of the first law offices in the state of California to truly focus on business issues in the space.  Frontera Law Group specializes in business law, corporate law, corporate formation and structuring, corporate governance, commercial contracts and transactions, strategic alliances, joint ventures and partnerships, sales and acquisitions of businesses, intellectual property, licensing and entertainment deals, trademark counseling and registration, medical marijuana compliance, cannabis entrepreneurship, cannabis industry start-ups, state licensing, multi-state expansion projects, and criminal defense.. Frontera represents a host of best in class cannabis companies, brands, products and ancillary service providers, and assists long-time cannabis entrepreneurs as well as those entering the space for the first time from other industries.  Frontera Law Group has also developed business advisory, consulting, entertainment, and accounting divisions.  Through these entities, Mr. Stanton has worked on projects in nearly a dozen state markets across the country.. Mr. Stanton is a member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Legal Committee (NORML), Americans for Safe Access (ASA), Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform (CCPR), and Reform California.  He attended the University of Notre Dame and received his B.A. in Political Science in 2003.  He then attended the Pepperdine University School of Law, as well as Pepperdine’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the nation’s leading Dispute Resolution program, earning his Juris Doctorate and Master’s Degree in the same three years.  Mr. Stanton was recently interviewed by Financial Times Magazine and the National Marijuana News, as well as by Borderline Amazing Productions for a Netflix series on drugs in America.. Mr. Stanton’s career, in all of its forms, focuses on helping clients build successful, sustainable and responsible businesses in the cannabis space, and assisting those businesses in the process of negotiating the rapidly changing landscape of cannabis laws and regulations nationwide.

Los Angeles-based trial attorney who fights for consumers and on behalf of victims of employment abuse, retaliation and harassment.  Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated and Southern California SuperLawyer.

I have been in practice for over 25 years, representing small business owners and real estate clients in transactional and litigation matters. My focus is on personal service and excellent client relationships.

Attorney Mika M. Hilaire is a founding partner of the Equal Rights Law Group (). Ms. Hilaire's practice focuses on representing the interests of employees working in Los Angeles County, the Bay Area and throughout California, as well as nationally, in a wide range of matters related to employment law and litigation, including:. Civil Rights Law. Employment Litigation. Harassment. Sexual Harassment. Sexual Assault. Pregnancy Accommodations and Rights. Discrimination. Retaliation. Wage-and-hour disputes. Wrongful Termination. Negotiating Employment Contracts. Breach of contract. Invasion of privacy. Workplace Investigations. In addition to Ms. Hilaire's representation of clients, she also provides employment-related counsel. She regularly assists clients in contract negotiations, workplace negotiations and offers training on a variety of topics, such as sexual harassment and discrimination.. Ms. Hilaire earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a major from the nationally recognized Rhetoric Department. While at Berkeley, she was a member of the Women’s Track and Field and Basketball teams. After earning her law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and her admission to The State Bar of California in 2001, Ms. Hilaire began her legal career, immediately focused on employment law, giving her almost 20 years of valuable experience in the practice area.. Thanks to Ms. Hilaire's focus and extensive legal knowledge, she has secured countless successful settlements and verdicts for her clients, including one recent case that resulted in a $47 million verdict. Her long and impressive record of success has led to a number of honors, including a "Superb" rating from Avvo. Mika was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2019 and 2020, and as a Southern Calfornia Rising Star from 2007-2013, for her representation of clients in employment law.. In addition to honors, Ms. Hilaire has also earned the respect of the legal community, in which she is an active member. She is a regular guest speaker on local, state and national levels. She is also a member of a number of organizations, including the Los Angeles County Bar Association.