Top best Litigation Lawyers Near me in ZIP 91362

T. Randolph Catanese, Esq. has been in law practice since 1983 - almost 40 years. He is licensed in the state of California. He is the founding member and senior attorney at Catanese & Wells, ALC formed in 1989. He graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in 1980 and he is a graduate of the Pepperdine University School of Law where he graduated cum laude in 1983. He was on the Law Review while in law school where he had two articles published. In his career Mr. Catanese has tried many cases before juries and before judges both at the state and federal levels with great success. He has also filed numerous appeals at both the state and federal level - he has published appellate opinions in California and in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Catanese limits his legal services to litigation in business/commercial and trust/estate matters.

Sara Fazio focuses her practice on the representation of clients with respect to corporate law, business and civil litigation, professional liability, real estate litigation, homeowner association law and insurance coverage.  Prior to joining the firm, she worked in several areas of law, including family law, landlord-tenant, insurance subrogation, judgment execution, workers’ compensation and lien negotiation, and immigration. Sara graduated with honors from the Ventura College of Law.. While in law school, Sara interned with the Ventura County District Attorney and served as a member of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.  She received several awards for academic excellence, including a place on the dean’s honor list, the Witkin Award, and the highest grade in tort and constitutional law.  Sara now represents her clients with the same dedication that earned her these honors.. Sara received her B.A. in history from San Francisco State University, where she had the opportunity to hone her research, writing, and analytical skills.  While at SFSU, Sara was a member of the History Students Associations and vice president of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society.  She also earned several other academic awards, including the Undergraduate Distinguished Scholar Award, the Joe Martin Memorial Scholarship, and was invited to join the Golden Key International Society.. Sara is admitted to practice before all courts in the State of California and the Central District of the United States District Court.  She is a member of numerous professional legal organizations, including the Ventura County Bar Association and State Bar of California.

Mr. Villaseñor has successfully represented a variety of clients, from Fortune 50 companies to individuals, in litigation in both federal and state courts, as well as regulatory agencies.  Mr. Villaseñor specializes in complex business and employment litigation, particularly in the areas of unfair business practices, harassment/discrimination, and wage and hour lawsuits.  He also handles litigation involving public utilities, including alleged unfair debt collection practices, power-burn damages, catastrophic personal injury, and eminent domain cases.. In addition to his work as an attorney, Mr. Villaseñor has been involved in a number of legal organizations.  From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Villaseñor served as District Representative (Southern California) at the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division, and was named Star of the Quarter for his pro bono work coordinating the Disaster Legal Services program for victims of the 2007 wildfires in San Diego County.  From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Villaseñor served on the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA) as District Representative for Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, and on CYLA’s Executive Committee.  In 2004, Mr. Villaseñor was selected to be one of the inaugural Scholars in the State Bar of California’s Access and Fairness Leadership Academy, a pilot program to provide leadership training to promising young attorneys.  Mr. Villaseñor has also served on the Board of Directors of the Ventura County Bar Association and the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association.  In 2010, Mr. Villaseñor served as the organizer for the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Moot Court program.. Mr. Villaseñor graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, where he was on the Dean’s List and an editor at The Harvard Crimson.  He subsequently attended the UCLA School of Law, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award in Professional Responsibility and was on the Executive Board of the school’s Moot Court program.  Prior to forming Taketa | Villaseñor LLP, Mr. Villaseñor worked for the office of the Oxnard City Attorney, DreamWorks SKG, the Ventura County Superior Court, the Paris office of Coudert Brothers, and Sullivan Taketa LLP.. Mr. Villaseñor is fluent in Spanish, French and Italian, and has lived and worked in several countries, including Mexico, France, and Switzerland.

Mr. Sullivan has over forty years of litigation experience in multiple state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as before administrative agencies.  His trial experience includes federal tort and contract litigation, aviation liability, products liability, securities fraud litigation, and other complex litigation.  He is admitted and licensed to practice law in California, New York, Michigan, Hawai’i and North Carolina.  He is an experienced and active general aviation pilot with a commercial and multiengine rating.. Mr. Sullivan represents both individuals and businesses and does not limit his practice to only being a plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel.  His diverse background includes litigation of serious personal injury cases (including cases in maritime law,) military court-martial representation, public and private sector labor arbitrations, public utilities commission proceedings in multiple states and federal Merit Systems Protection Board appeals.  Mr. Sullivan has a notable academic background ( summa cum laude and #1 in his class at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., honors graduate of the nationally-ranked University of Michigan Law School) and prides himself on being willing to “take on” non-routine cases that require scholarship and diligent lawyering.. Mr. Sullivan is highly qualified to provide mature, competent counsel to business leaders on a broad range of federal and state law issues, including issues in the states other than California in which he is licensed.  Prior to early retirement and entering private practice in 2000, Mr. Sullivan had a full career as a senior in-house counsel with a major telecommunications company.  In addition to being a corporate officer of and the lead litigation lawyer for a large publicly-traded company, Mr. Sullivan was the “go to” expert on California employment law for that company’s law staff, serving as president of the California Employment Law Council and as an employment law lecturer to lawyers and human resource specialists.. During his corporate career, Mr. Sullivan simultaneously served in increasingly responsible positions as a judge advocate in the Naval Reserve Law Program.  Mr. Sullivan’s Navy duties included service overseeing a staff of lawyers providing wills and related advice to Navy and Marine Corps families, as well as duty as a command legal adviser on major staffs in California and Hawai’i and in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

MICHAEL S. WILDERMUTH joined the Nevers, Palazzo, Maddux and Packard Litigation/Arbitration/Mediation Group in 1998. Mike's practice focuses on representing large and small corporations, limited liability companies and individuals in complex business and real estate related litigation matters. Mike's clients have included various local, regional and national businesses and real estate ventures.. Mike has represented public and private entities in state and federal business litigation and commercial real estate disputes, including breach of contract, fraud, trade secret violations and unfair competition, partnership and corporate dissolution, shareholder derivative claims, real estate disputes, insurance coverage declaratory relief/”bad faith” actions, employment related disputes, land acquisition matters, easement and boundary disputes, collections matters, and construction contract disputes.. Mike also represents insurance companies and policy holders in evaluating the obligations of the insurers under numerous different lines of insurance policies, for many types of claims. Additionally, Mike assists business entities and individual clients in disputes with insurance companies over coverage for liability and property claims under various types of insurance policies. He works with clients, their brokers and other trusted advisors in connection with the acquisition or renewal of various types of insurance policies and lines of coverage.. Mike received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from UCLA. Prior to joining Nevers, Palazzo, Maddux and Packard, he practiced law with Morris, Polich and Purdy, LLP, supervising litigation of significant liability cases. He also served as environmental and entertainment insurance coverage case manager for CNA’s Los Angeles coverage counsel unit.

Michael has lived and worked in the Ventura area since the 1980's and believes in serving the community where he grew up, went to school, and has a family. He has concentrated his practice on civil litigation from the very beginning of his legal career. He has over a decade of experience dealing with litigated claims, including those related to personal injury, employment, general negligence, fraud, consumer protection, contractual issues and insurance related disputes. Mr. Peterson is admitted to practice law in all State and Federal courts in California. When not working, Michael enjoys cooking, motorcycles, making music with a variety of instruments, and most of all quality family time.

Law Practice: Represents primarily employees in nearly all types of employment-related cases, including cases involving whistleblower claims, sexual harassment, discrimination based on race, age, religion, pregnancy, gender or disability, wage and hour violations, leave law violations, ERISA violations, and trade secret/intellectual property issues.  Represents and advises small businesses in business-related disputes and on employment issues.. Academic Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University in New York City; Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Graduated Cum Laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California; Full Dean's Merit Scholarship, Pepperdine University SOL 1988-1991.. Volunteer Activities: California State Bar Committee on the Administration of Justice, member 2007-2010; California State Bar Litigation Section, Executive Committee, member 2011-present, Chair 2016-2017; California Lawyers Association, Litigation Section, Advisor, current; Pepperdine University School of Law, Preceptorship Program, mentor, 2016-current.. Bar Admissions: California State Courts; United States District Court, Central District of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Supreme Court, 2006. Current Association Memberships: California Lawyers Association Litigation Section; California Lawyers Association Labor & Employment Law Section; California Women Lawyers; Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Jim was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 14, 1947. His father was in the military and his family moved to Germany when Jim was 5. In 1956, his family relocated back to the United States and lived in Georgia. In 1965, Jim graduated from Northside High School in Warner Robins, Georgia, where he was President of the Student Body, Honorary Mayor of the Town and selected as Most Versatile Student.. Jim attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and graduated with a degree in psychology in 1971. He moved to Hawaii to work for United Airlines and to enjoy his passion for worldwide travel. He also managed to attend the University of Hawaii for a few extra enrichment classes.. In 1973, Jim moved to Los Angeles to attend Southwestern University School of Law. He was on the Dean's List, President of the Student Bar Association, and was the recipient of the prestigious Frederick Graff Award for most outstanding student. Jim married Karen Dutcher in 1984 and they have two children, Justin and Travis.. After graduation from Law School, Jim became an associate in the Law Offices of Edward L. Masry. Jim worked for several years as an associate attorney and in 1982, Jim became a partner. The Law Offices of Edward L. Masry was renamed The Law Offices of Masry & Vititoe. Masry & Vititoe was the firm that employed Erin Brockovich and was portrayed in the film Erin Brockovich. After Ed Masry passed away, Jim formed Vititoe Law Group to continue his work as a dedicated advocate for injured parties.. Over the past 30 plus years, Jim has specialized in civil tort litigation. He has handled thousands of wrongful death cases, work-related injuries, and personal injuries. Typical cases have included auto collisions, product liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, and environmental exposure. Recently, his focus and specialty has been brain injury cases including severe and mild traumatic brain injuries [MTBI].. Jim was appointed to the Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles in 1998; the Board of Governors for the American Trial Lawyers Association in 2001; the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in 2001; and the Consumers Attorneys of California in 2001. Jim continues to sit on the Board of Governors for all these organizations.. Jim is currently a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

I counsel businesses and individuals in a broad range of matters with a focus on complex real estate, land use, and construction litigation and appeals. I have extensive experience resolving disputes arising from the conveyance of commercial, residential, and agricultural real property interests; disclosure requirements; broker and agency duties; landlord tenant issues; quiet title and partition actions; unlawful detainer; title and title insurance disputes; development entitlement; zoning and land use restrictions; construction defects; mechanics liens; natural resources interests, including mineral, oil and gas, and water rights; as well as various other state, federal and municipal administrative regulatory compliance matters affecting real property in this state.  I have litigated numerous cases involving these issues in state and federal courts at the trial level, on appeal, and in alternative dispute resolution forums.

I work very hard for my clients and care for them like family. I have always put the client ahead of the money in this business but bring both together well by partnering with clients on hourly and percentage basis on good business or estate and trust cases to make it affordable to get justice. My full resume and details of my results are set forth in my website. I have record verdicts I am proud of including in 2007 I won the largest dental medical malpractice case in the world at that time. I have a great educational back ground at a top midwest ABA law school and continue to get education in my fields300-400% in excess of what is required. My extensive media coverage and writing are all set out in my website. You are getting one of the best in the country when you get J. Grant Kennedy. And I will guarantee my fees are less than any attorney with comparable background.

I work closely with Never's Palazzo's corporate and litigation attorneys. I counsel in the areas of business transactions, corporate and partnership formation and dissolution, and due diligence for sales and acquisitions. My litigation experience includes drafting motions, document productions, and legal research. While attending the University of Colorado Law School, I served as a public service scholar for the United States Department of Education and an extern for a judge at the Colorado Court of Appeals. I am also a member of the Colorado Bar, and I joined Nevers Palazzo as a law clerk in 2014 until my admission to the California State Bar in 2015.

I represent business owners and corporations in resolving complex and troublesome business and real estate disputes. I am sensitive to the unique nature of every matter. I apply legal knowledge, experience and common sense gained from over 30 years of practice to guide my clients tactically to the proper solutions. I have been successful in prosecuting and defending civil action before judges and juries in state and federal trials. I have obtained and defended against prejudgement remedies including writs of attatchment, temporary restraining orders, and preliminary injunctions. I have briefed and argued appeals and writ proceedings in California Courts of Appeal and United States Circuit Courts of Appeal resulting in published opinions and reversals of judgements.

I help minimize risk by developing employer best practices, protecting the brand and documenting dealings with third parties. I lead clients through problematic terminations, harassment and discrimination claims, wage and hour matters, and complex business/real estate disputes and transactions.

A former Professional tennis player, Yael Tobi is the founding member of Tobi Law Group.  Ms. Tobi represents businesses and individuals in a broad range of counseling and litigation matters focusing on commercial disputes, civil litigation, fraud, intellectual property, and labor and employment matters.. Prior to forming Tobi Law Group, Ms. Tobi has been practicing as a civil litigator for over a decade at prestigious International law firms, including Jones Day and Manatt Phelps & Phillips.  Ms. Tobi has represented defendants and plaintiffs.  Thus, with each matter on which she is engaged, clients can benefit from her strong understanding of how the other side is thinking.. Ms. Tobi has experience in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings. She represented Fortune 500 corporations, public and private companies, law firms, and high-profile individuals in complex high stake matters, including intellectual property disputes, commercial litigation, labor and employment, real estate disputes and fraud.. Ms. Tobi’s entertainment practice includes representing entrepreneurial production and visual effects companies in entertainment and related industries, including dealings with studios, networks, and production companies.. Ms. Tobi also cares about her community and is committed to giving back by providing pro bono services, including the representation of non-profit and charitable organizations.  Ms. Tobi has been recognized by the United States District Court for her involvement as a member of the Central District Pro Bono Panel.