Top best Business Lawyers Near me in ZIP 91302

When you are looking for a Calabasas lawyer, it may be to your benefit to consider Rori Ridley of Ridley Legal to represent your business. At her firm, Ms. Ridley handles a variety of matters and serves as outside general counsel for both public and private companies throughout the Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Ms. Ridley has been involved in the negotiation of hundreds of business agreements, and served in high-level compliance and counsel positions at several major corporations, including The Cheesecake Factory, Incorporated. Through her experience, Ms. Ridley has gained an extensive understanding of regulations and compliance.. Prior to serving as corporate counsel, Ms. Ridley was a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice and deputy district attorney for Ventura County. She is also a graduate of the Pepperdine University School of Law.. Contact her firm today to receive a complimentary consultation.

Ms. Podein assists clients in navigating California’s rapidly-evolving cannabis market. Her focus is on licensing, permitting, regulatory compliance, business entity formation and regulation, and corporate governance. Ms. Podein is also a contributor to various cannabis magazines, websites and the firm’s own legal blog.. Ms. Podein’s background in intellectual property and business law has provided a solid foundation for her to build her cannabis practice. Before joining the firm, she represented and litigated claims for intellectual property and commercial business disputes in federal and state court; negotiated and drafted contracts for licensing, real property and financial agreements; and advised clients on corporate governance.. In her spare time, Ms. Podein enjoys trail running, volunteering with Mountain Restoration Trust and attending live theater and music concerts.

Michael Raichelson grew up in the Los Angeles area and has been practicing law for more than 20 years.  He focuses on all aspects of bankruptcy, business, and commercial disputes. He has been involved in numerous bankruptcy cases throughout Southern and Central California.

Ira Rosenblatt, Founder + Managing Partner, represents businesses, high-net worth individuals, and entrepreneurs. He advises clients on matters involving business formation, operations, growth, advisory matters (think outside general counsel), and strategy. He also provides a suite of strategic consulting services including Board Building, Coaching, and Ideation Workshops.. Mr. Rosenblatt has been named a “Southern California Super Lawyer” and recognized as “one of the top” lawyers in Southern California by his peers in Los Angeles Magazine, Law & Politics Media, Inc., and Super Lawyer publications every year since 2002, the first year the publications began to recognize California lawyers for such honors. He has also earned the highest rating (“AV”) for legal ability and ethics by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in Martindale- Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Ira Rosenblatt was also recognized and named one of “The Top 25 Lawyers of the Valley,” by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.. Since Mr. Rosenblatt is both a business lawyer and a business owner (with a thriving entrepreneurial streak), he provides valuable legal advice and counsel in a business context. In fact, he provides a suite of strategy consulting services including Board Building (a process whereby he facilitates constructing Advisory Board of Directors designed to take your enterprise to the next level), Virtual Partner (a process whereby he is retained to collaborate with sole shareholders and founders to help add value to your enterprise), and Litigation Vetting (a process whereby he is retained in advance of litigation to provide independent (unbiased) critical feedback regarding other available options designed to achieve your desired results, ensuring you see litigation as a last resort).. Mr. Rosenblatt is a counselor in the truest sense of the word, and routinely finds practical, creative, or “real world” solutions to the challenges facing his clients. Due to his even-temperament and high ethical standards, Mr. Rosenblatt also has been called on to mediate business disputes by and between shareholders, partners, and family owned businesses.. Although Mr. Rosenblatt currently leaves active litigation to his partners, he has significant litigation experience, having successfully litigated state and federal cases (including bench and jury trials) in Northern, Central, and Southern California, as well as in Arizona; argued before appellate courts in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties; and represented employers before the California Labor Commissioner. Despite, or perhaps because of, his litigation successes, Mr. Rosenblatt is acutely sensitive to the financial and often emotional burdens litigation clients face. As a result, he continually seeks creative and cost-saving opportunities designed to achieve his clients’ defined objectives with the least financial and emotional expense.. Mr. Rosenblatt serves as de facto outside general counsel to small and mid-market private companies and has assembled and sat on Advisory Board of Directors in a further effort to support and facilitate his clients’ strategic goals in a host of industries.. Mr. Rosenblatt is admitted to practice before all state courts in California; the Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of the U.S. District Court, California; the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.. Mr. Rosenblatt has authored articles or been quoted, depicted, mentioned, or featured in a variety of business, legal, and entertainment publications, including the following:. Mr. Rosenblatt is a Los Angeles native who grew up in the San Fernando Valley. An avid sports enthusiast, he enjoys hiking, basketball, mountain biking, competitive tennis, UCLA and University of Michigan basketball and football, and Dodger games. He also enjoys sharing good music, food, company, and conversation with friends. Mr. Rosenblatt makes his home in Westlake Village with his wife, two daughters, and dogs.

Eric J. Gold has been a Los Angeles lawyer since being admitted to the California State Bar on December 20, 1999.. Mr. Gold obtained his law degree (Juris Doctorate) in 1999, from the University of LaVerne, College of Law.  Mr. Gold opted to attend the four-year, part-time, evening program, so that he could pursue his business interests during the day.  While in law school, Mr. Gold was a contributing author to the law review (The Journal of Legal Advocacy and Practice) and received various academic achievement awards.. In 1993, Mr. Gold earned a Master of Science degree in Macomb, Illinois at Western Illinois University.  This advanced degree focused primarily on macro-level administration in the recreation and tourism industry.  The degree was completed through a professional internship with a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit outdoor cycling advocacy organization.  At the conclusion of the internship program, Mr. Gold became the first full-time, paid employee of that organization. Today, Mr. Gold remains an avid cyclist.. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1991, from Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado.  His major was Human Development and Family Studies, with an interdisciplinary focus in gerontology (the study of the elderly and the aging of America).  This program was through the CSU, College of Applied Human Sciences.  This background provides a unique perspective into family related issues and dynamics.. Through his  experience and background, Mr. Gold's perspective and demeanor are unique.  He handles each and every project personally.  When you work with The Law Offices of Eric J. Gold, APC, you are working with him.