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Experienced Los Angeles civil rights/police misconduct trial attorney and flim, tv, and music entertainment transactional & litigation attorney.. Antonio K. Kizzie, Esq. (“Kizzie”) is the founder of The Kizzie Firm, APC, and is an experienced state and federal litigation, trial and appellate attorney with hundreds of cases and over a dozen state and federal civil and criminal jury trials as first chair under his belt. As founder of The Kizzie Firm, APC, Kizzie proudly and fearlessly represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights/police misconduct/discrimination cases to obtain justice and compensation for their injustices. Kizzie also proudly represents creatives, artists, talent, writers, producers, influencers, and production companies in transactions and litigations in the music, film, fashion, and television industries.. In 2015 at the age of 28, the National Bar Association named Kizzie as one of the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40.” In 2022 at the age of 35, Kizzie was selected to join the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”), an invitation only national association of more than 7,300 experienced trial lawyers and judges and consists of 96 chapters spread across all 50 states and the District of Colombia with a mission to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to the end that individual litigants may receive more effective representation and the general public be benefited by more efficient administration of justice consistent with the traditional principles of litigation.. In 2008, Mr. Kizzie received his Bachelors of Arts in Legal Communications from Howard University (“HU”) in Washington, D.C. At HU, he became the first Richard D. Parsons Time Warner Cable Scholar, received a full HU Academic Legacy Scholarship, was a Rhodes Scholar nominee, and is featured on the John H. Johnson School of Communications Hall of Fame. Mr. Kizzie was also a participant in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute, Diversity Leadership Program, and the American Institute of Foreign Study in Granada, Spain, where he developed a conversational fluency in Spanish. While in undergrad, Mr. Kizzie interned at the United States Department of Justice, Office of Communications and the Executive Office of the D.C. Superior Courts.. Kizzie is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, D.C.; and has been admitted to all federal districts of California; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the U.S. District Court for Colorado and Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and was lead trial and appellate counsel in a matter that went before the United States Supreme Court.. In 2008, Kizzie received his B.A. in legal communication magna cum laude from Howard University. After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with his J.D. in 2011 at the age of twenty-four (24), Kizzie served as a Volunteer Deputy City Attorney prosecuting DUIs for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Metropolitan Branch.. During the beginning of his legal career, Kizzie primarily worked as a public entity defense attorney for the County of Los Angeles regarding civil rights claims, including excessive force and wrongful arrest, where he became a successful defense trial attorney with a near perfect record of victories on behalf of his clients. During this same time, Kizzie also took on personal injury and civil rights plaintiff cases involving excessive force and discrimination against other law enforcement agencies, at times even winning a plaintiff civil rights case via federal summary judgment/adjudication before trial, which was unheard of at that time. This combination of experiences provided Kizzie with the invaluable insight and rare skillset to be able to evaluate, strategize, and litigate a case from both a plaintiff’s and defendant’s perspective from pleading to trial and appeal. Accordingly, Kizzie brings over a decade of deep understanding of police training, policies, and tactics to the civil rights practice, which makes him a formidable ally and advocate for plaintiffs who are victims of police misconduct.. As a first-generation graduate student and attorney, Kizzie values youth mentorship and community service. Accordingly, Kizzie routinely speaks to high school students at Dorsey, Crenshaw, and other Los Angeles high schools regarding their duties, rights, and responsibilities “When You Turn 18.” Kizzie also enjoys coordinating and volunteering with free legal clinics through the County of Los Angeles to educate the community on their rights, provide expungements, provide referrals to non-profits and legal resources, and perform other pro-bono services. You may also find Kizzie volunteering to pack food at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, cooking breakfast for unhoused women at the Downtown Women’s Center, planting trees in urban areas with TreePeople, and providing legal services to creatives at California Lawyers for the Arts.

Attorney Elise Cossart-Daly fights discrimination and advocates for civil rights in housing, education, and employment. She supports non-profit organizations that champion environmental causes and underserved communities. She also promotes environmental preservation, protection of neighborhoods and communities, and responsible land use in both administrative proceedings and litigation.. Ms. Cossart-Daly advocated for environmental protection and housing rights as an attorney with public interest firm Venskus and Associates, A.P.C. She helped self-represented litigants with housing and general civil litigation matters at the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County and represented individuals with disabilities in civil rights cases at Metz and Harrison, LLP.. Ms. Cossart-Daly graduated from Loyola Law School with honors in Loyola’s Public Interest Concentration. As a law student, she helped enforce anti-discrimination laws with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, assisted in excessive force cases against the Los Angeles Police Department, and served indigent clients with housing and employment matters at California Rural Legal Assistance. She also externed with the Honorable Harry Pregerson at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.. At Loyola Law School, she was Co-President of Loyola’s Environmental Law Society. In addition, she led the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (“IACHR”) Project as Chief Editor for Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. Under her leadership, the IACHR Project launched the first-ever database and journal covering decisions rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. She has published several articles on human rights abuses against women, indigenous communities, and people of color.. Ms. Cossart-Daly graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She has lived with type 1 diabetes for over thirty years.

Gerald S. Ohn is an attorney with significant experience prosecuting and defending a wide range of litigation, including class actions, on behalf of individuals, businesses, corporations, and governmental entities in state and federal courts.. Mr. Ohn is a trial lawyer who has successfully conducted jury trials against major law firms. Mr. Ohn has also made winning oral arguments in appellate court. Accordingly, Mr. Ohn is well versed in all phases of litigation from inception through verdict and appeal.. AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS. For 3 years in a row from 2012 to 2014, Gerald S. Ohn was selected as a Rising Star by the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine.  This distinction is given to only a very small percentage of California's attorneys each year. Attorneys are only considered for selection if they have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement across numerous indicators. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.. In 2012, Mr. Ohn was included in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Directory of Asian Pacific American Partners and Senior Attorneys in Major US Law Firms (the "NAPABA Partners Directory"). The NAPABA Partners Directory is the most comprehensive resource of its kind for some of the best lawyers practicing in the best law firms in the country.. In 2012, Gerald S. Ohn was admitted to The Order of Distinguished Attorneys for the Beverly Hills Bar Association in recognition of Mr. Ohn's outstanding dedication to the legal profession.. PREVIOUS POSITIONS. Prior to establishing the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn, Mr. Ohn was a Principal at a prominent law firm in the San Francisco area.. Mr. Ohn is a former Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice in Los Angeles.. Mr. Ohn was a Litigation Associate at international law firms in Los Angeles.. Mr. Ohn was a clerk for the Alliance for Children’s Rights in Los Angeles.. Before law school, Mr. Ohn worked as a paralegal at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in Seoul, South Korea.. PUBLISHED DECISIONS. Harrington-Wisely v. State , 156 Cal. App. 4th 1488 (2007) (oral argument only).. Baird v. Alameida , 407 F. Supp. 2d 1134 (C.D. Cal. 2005).. PUBLICATIONS. Results from Mr. Ohn's trials and settlements were featured in the Verdicts & Settlements section of the Daily Journal on August 24, 2007, June 22, 2012, March 14, 2014 and December 12, 2014; and in Trials Digest on June 5, 2006, June 11, 2007 and June 25, 2012.. AREAS OF PRACTICE. Civil Rights. Class Actions & Mass Torts. Antitrust & Unfair Practices. Consumer Protection. Business Litigation. Personal Injury. Employment Law. Anti-SLAPP Litigation. Real Estate Litigation. Trials. Appeals. EDUCATION. University of Michigan Law School, Juris DoctorMr. Ohn was an editor on the Michigan Journal of Race & Law; a guardian ad litem with the Child Advocacy Law Clinic; and a member of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.. Brown University, Bachelor of Arts in East Asian StudiesMr. Ohn was a member of the Korean Students Association and the Korean Cultural Association. Mr. Ohn was a student representative for the Korean American Association of Rhode Island.. Semester Abroad, Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. BAR ADMISSIONS. California. Central District of California, United States District Court. Northern District of California, United States District Court. Eastern District of California, United States District Court. Southern District of California, United States District Court. Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeal. United States Supreme Court. RECENT CASES AND MATTERS. Gerald S. Ohn and his co-counsel were appointed as Class Counsel in a consumer class action on behalf of over 80,000 consumers across the United States of America and obtained final approval of a national class settlement with a total economic value of over $2 Million and injunctive relief.  In this regard, the California Superior Court Judge presiding over this complex class action litigation noted that Mr. Ohn displayed a high level of skill in presenting complicated and difficult legal issues and that his efforts in this action and the results obtained provided great value in the public interest.. When a union member's medical records were mailed, during a union election campaign, to thousands of his coworkers by a union employee in violation of his civil rights, including under the Americans With Disabilities Act, he turned to Mr. Ohn to seek justice on his behalf. Utilizing cutting edge, aggressive and efficient litigation strategies for the union member plaintiff, Mr. Ohn defeated the union employee defendant's Anti-SLAPP motion after obtaining leave of Court to take her deposition, obtain documents and subpoena third party records; exhausted the union member's administrative remedies on his claims against the defendant union entities; and ultimately obtained a tremendous settlement at a very early stage of litigation for the union member plaintiff that included a substantial monetary recovery and injunctive relief. Trials Digest called this a "notable" settlement and featured it on the cover of the June 25, 2012 issue.. When a wheelchair bound individual applied in person to rent an apartment in Los Angeles, the apartment manager repeatedly informed him that he did not meet the financial requirements to be able to rent an apartment there. Then, after the disabled individual would submit documentation indicating that he met the qualifications reflected in the rental application and the apartment’s written policies, the apartment manager would change the qualifications or add new requirements in a blatant effort to prevent the handicapped individual from renting an apartment. The disabled plaintiff came to Mr. Ohn to fight for his rights. Mr. Ohn filed a housing discrimination lawsuit for violation of the federal Fair Housing Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and the Disabled Persons Act. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Ohn obtained a strong settlement on behalf of the handicapped plaintiff that included a monetary recovery and an agreement that the property owner and apartment management company defendants would change their policies and procedures and provide training to their employees regarding applicable housing discrimination and disability rights laws.. A California based company and its officers were sued by a former business partner and officer seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensatory damages for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and violation of California's Unfair Competition law. With the trial in this California civil action scheduled to begin in less than two months, the company and its officer retained Mr. Ohn as trial counsel. Using aggressive and effective motion and deposition practice, Mr. Ohn obtained a highly favorable settlement for its clients of essentially one thousand dollars on the eve of trial.. When a California corporation and its Chief Executive Officer were sued by a much larger competitor under, among other things, California's unfair competition laws seeking monetary compensation, injunctive relief and punitive damages, they turned to Mr. Ohn. After taking just one deposition and utilizing aggressive and effective motion practice in this California civil action, the Law Offices of Gerald S. Ohn successfully obtained complete summary judgment in favor of its clients.

At Colton Law, we treat each case as the unique legal matter that it is. Carrie Ann Colton has the genuine compassion, fortitude, skills and expertise necessary to find the best legal solution that makes sense for you—whether it be a phone call…aggressive legal representation… or somewhere in between.. As irreparable steps may be taken, or strict time limits may pass, contact our office as soon as possible after a potential problem arises– to share the burden of your issue and begin seeking a resolution.. Carrie Ann Colton and her arsenal of experienced colleagues has been helping employers and employees find solutions throughout Northern California since 1997. The office is located in San Anselmo, California, with on-site parking, or a meeting can be scheduled conveniently close to you. Our office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but we offer after-hours and weekend appointments, if needed.