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A Certified Specialist attorney in estate planning, probate and trust law by the State Bar of California Legal Specialization.. Practice focused on: Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probates, Healthcare Directives, Conservtorships, Elder Law, Medi-Cal Planning and Guardianships.. A Personal Approach To Important Estate Planning DecisionsAt the Law Offices of Alice A. Salvo, we have the resources and tools to help you and your family protect what is important. As you get older, it is beneficial to plan how you will be taken care of, as well as making sure your wishes regarding health care and financial matters are clear. There are many avenues to pursue, and the decisions you make can having lasting effects on you and your family.. Estate planning tools are complex, and the terminology can be difficult to understand. We use a personable approach that puts our clients at ease. It begins by taking the time to fully understand each client’s unique situation and objectives, and then developing a strategy that achieves their goals.. Experienced And Highly Regarded Among Her PeersAttorney Alice A. Salvo has more than 25 years of experience helping clients with the full range of estate planning matters. She is certified by The State Bar of California in estate planning, trust and probate law. This certification has been earned by only a select few distinguished California Attorneys.. Whether you need to create a new estate plan, have an existing plan updated, navigate the estate administration process, or create a conservatorship or guardianship, we are here to help. Many of our clients say other lawyers they have worked with are hard to reach and do not return messages left for them. All of our clients work directly with Ms. Salvo, from the initial consultation through the resolution of their matter. She returns messages promptly with clear answers that keep you informed.. Our Probate ServicesOur firm helps executors and administrators requiring appointment by the probate court. Once you appoint us as your probate attorney, we then offer the following probate service:. Protecting Assets As You Get OlderWith proper planning, it is possible to prevent life savings from being depleted on assisted living and health care late in life. We guide people through Medi-Cal planning and other methods of asset protection.. Conservatorships Help Protect Loved OnesConservatorships and guardianships provide individuals the legal authority to make financial decisions for those who are unable to make decisions for themselves. We help establish conservatorships and guardianships.

A business trial and appellate lawyer since 1982, Drew E. Pomerance specializes in the areas of insurance coverage, insurance bad faith and employment litigation. Mr. Pomerance has dedicated his practice to representing the business community in all aspects of insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, employment and privacy issues, and trial and appellate argument.  .  He represents businesses of every size and type in a variety of matters, typically involving insurance coverage or bad faith issues, as well as labor and employment counseling.  He also litigates trade secret issues for businesses, including insurance coverage matters for misappropriation lawsuits.  Mr. Pomerance is one of the most experienced class action attorneys in the country, having represented a number of different classes of employers against a variety of property and casualty insurance carriers for bad faith practices impacting hundreds of millions of dollars in premiums.. He has also represented different classes of consumers against their automobile carriers for violations of law in the manner of assessing premiums. He is one of a select group of lawyers to handle a class action lawsuit through its beginning stages, to trial, and ultimately on appeal.. Reported Cases. Drew has served as lead counsel or co-counsel on more than 10winning published appellate decisions and counting, including:. Palm Medical Group v. State Fund (2008) 161 Cal. App. 4th 206. Donabedian v. Mercury Ins. Co. (2004) 116 968. State Compensation Insurance Fund v. The Superior Court of Orange County; Shaefer Ambulance Service, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest (1999) 24 930, 103 662. Joe Notrica dba. Notrica’s 32nd St. Markets v. State Fund, (1999) 70 911, 83 89 [rev. denied 7/14/99]. MacGregor Yacht Corp. v. State Fund, (1998) 63 448, 74 473 [rev. denied 7/29/98]. Air-Sea Forwarders v. Air Asia, 880 F.2d 176 [9th Cir. 1989]. Tozer v. LTV Corporation, 792 F.2d 403 [4th ]. Hingson v. Pacific Southwest Airlines, 743 F.2d 1408 [9th Cir. 1984]. Stud v. Trans International Airlines, 727 F.2d 880 [9th Cir. 1984]. James v. Bell Helicopter, 715 F.2d 166 [5th ]. Community. President of one of City of Hope’s fund-raising chapters for two years. Currently sits on the Board of Trustee for the Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.. Articles. “Settlement Negotiations” chapter in Mark Dombroff’s 1987 treatise Personal Injury Defense Techniques. “Trade Secret Insurance” published in the November 1999 issue of the California Lawyer magazine

27 years of experience in commercial litigation and business transactions; advising new businesses on formation of corporations and other business structures and serving as their general counsel; structuring and negotiating commercial transactions here and in Latin America; drafting and negotiating distributions agreements, purchase/sale agreements, independent contractor agreements and litigating all types of business disputes. (Biliterate in English and Spanish)

. Looking for an attorney can be stressful during a difficult time like this, especially finding counsel who you can trust, and will represent you the way you deserve to be. My team and I are here to do just that. In that regard, let me tell you a little about myself.. I am the founding partner at The Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. I am a Plaintiff[s attorney who represents, you, the consumer. I pride myself in my unique ability to force Defendants to come to the table with favorable settlements with my clients, by balancing a direct bulldog mentality with a patience and understanding required to be successful in any time of resolution. I concentrate my practice in consumer litigation, including fair debt collection, employment matters, lemon law, fair credit reporting and personal injury litigation. Prior to opening my practice, I was the managing attorney at a top consumer litigation firm, beginning in July of 2002.. In 2014, I was awarded lead counsel rating in the legal disciplines of Consumer Protection, Lemon Law and Civil Litigation, by the prestigious Lead Counsel Review Board. In that same year, I was voted by the American Society of Legal Advocates as one of the Top 40 lawyers under 40 in the entire nation. I have authored various books to help consumers, including an 18 pages Consumer Rights Guide that encompasses several areas of Law Including Employment and Debtors issues, as well as a Book Entitled, "7 Deadly Mistakes that Will Wreck Your Car Crash Case," both of which are available at no cost on this website.. I have successfully litigated over 5,000 individual Plaintiff’s cases, mainly using the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the California Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (RFDCPA), as well as Lemon Law, Employment and Personal Injury/Wrongful Death matters. I am regarded as a one of the predominant Plaintiff’s practitioners in California. My vast array of experience and knowledge in these practice areas along with my extensive trial skills, make me one of the premiere advocates within these areas of law. In conjunction with my consumer litigation practice, I have spoken as a guest lecturer before the California Association of Collectors, and will be speaking this year at the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals’ (ACA) annual national conference, both groups whose members I have filed several individual and class action lawsuits against, on behalf of wrong consumers.. I also focus a significant portion of my practice on class action litigation. I have, over the past several years, orchestrated nation-wide consumer driven class litigation before a number of state and federal courts. I have been lead or co- counsel in over 100 national class actions in the last 4 years. This includes class actions against some of the nation’s largest banks, credit card companies and other fortune 500 companies. The majority of my class action experience is in litigation involving TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act), FDCPA, RFDCPA, CA Penal Code 630, et seq., CA Business and Professions Code §17200, et seq. and misrepresentation cases.. I was recently part of the class action Gehricht, et al v Chase Bank, et al, which was approved preliminarily as the one of the biggest TCPA class action settlements in US jurisprudence history and also recently, Friedman v. Los Angeles Clippers and Dancer v L.A. times, both of which achieved final approval status in 2014.. I was admitted to both the Illinois Bar and the California Bar in 2002, as well as the Pennsylvania Bar in 2010. I have been admitted to practice before the U.S. District for the Central District of Illinois and the US District for the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California and District of Colorado, and have argued in front of the Ninth Circuit court of appeals. I earned my Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 2001 and my undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. I was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio.. Feel free to contact me via phone or email at any time. I pride myself in being quickly responsive to your communications and look forward to assisting you with any legal issue you may have.

"Many people have come into my office over the years and said that I'm not the first attorney with whom they've met. They're impressed by the fact that I spend a good hour or more with them, even if I realize within the first five minutes that they're not a good bankruptcy candidate. I try to put myself in their shoes and think about how I would want it to be presented to me, if I were the guy on the other side of the desk." — Attorney Jeffrey Hagen