California Lawyers Gary Shoffner to Gary Stern

Firm: SternLaw; The Law Office of Gary N Stern

5850 Canoga Avenue , Woodland Hills , California 91367 Zip code: 91367

Practice Areas: Elder , Employment & Labor , Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

Gary N. Stern is known as a lawyer’s lawyer, passionate about his clients and equally passionate about bringing honor, dignity and respect to the legal profession. For 38 years, he has been a trial and consumer attorney; primarily representing injured folks, particularly those victimized by health care negligence and elder abuse.  He has gained the respect not only of his colleagues on the plaintiff side of the legal profession but also on the defense side.  As a result, his career has included personal representation of doctors alongside the insurance company lawyers who are called on to defend health care practitioners sued for malpractice. Gary Stern has been committed to professionalism at every stage of a proceeding, earning the respect and admiration of opposing counsel, judges, mediators, arbitrators and his fellow trial lawyers.. Effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Stern will open "SternLaw", based in Woodland Hills.  He will turn his attention to a consulting and freelance practice; accepting a limited number of significant cases in the fields of health care negligence and elder abuse.  He is available to consult and work with lawyers who wish to outsource special projects and he will be available as a mediator and arbitrator.  Mr. Stern is also available for case evaluation and to serve as lead or co-counsel with colleagues Mr. Stern knows are just right for the particular client.. He has tried and settled hundreds of cases resulting in six and seven figure recoveries. In a recent case Mr. Stern obtained over $7 million in long term annuities that will pay out over $40 million for a 20 year old student left a quadriplegic when emergency room doctors failed to recognize and treat a subdural hematoma. He obtained $5 million for two mine workers severely injured when a coupling failed on a construction boom. He obtained a successful result while on appeal in 1992 in a case that marked the first trial of a nursing home abuse case following the expansion of the law governing available damages for nursing home residents. In the mid 1990’s, Mr. Stern fashioned a settlement of a road design case in Moreno Valley that not only saw a wrongful death recovery for the parents of a 16 year old student killed while riding his bicycle to school, but resulted in a 10 year acceleration of the then new city’s general plan for installation of bicycle lanes that have undoubtedly saved many lives since those lanes were constructed.. Mr. Stern’s 38 years of legal experience began while he was earning a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA. He served as a Field Representative and Legislative Aide for Congressman Henry A. Waxman and Assemblyman Herschel Rosenthal, where his work was instrumental in passing legislation that protects renters from security deposit abuses and legislation that provides senior citizens with preference in civil trial date calendaring.. Mr. Stern is widely published in the areas of elder abuse and nursing home reform, disability discrimination, medical malpractice and the judicial arbitration system. In addition, he is a well-respected speaker on elder abuse law.. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice, the Consumer Attorneys of California and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles where he has served on that organization’s Government Affairs Committee. In addition, Mr. Stern has served as Judge Pro Tem and Settlement Officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court.. A community activist, Mr. Stern has volunteered his time for a wide variety of organizations, including Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles, the State of California Respiratory Care Board and the Glendale Crescenta Volunteers Organized in Conserving the Environment.. Mr. Stern is married to Sandy. His son Daniel is a special education teacher working with autistic children. His daughter Laura was a competitive figure skater and recently completed a 7 year career as a cast member with Disney on Ice as well as a public relations and media mentor for the Disney on Ice owners, Feld Entertainment.  She now works for a West Los Angeles entertainment public relations agency.

Firm: Starre Cohn and Albaum

15760 Ventura Blvd Ste 801 , Encino , California 91436 Zip code: 91436

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Business , Collections, Housing , Landlord & Tenant, Premises Liability, Real Estate , Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Firm: Cruser Mitchell & Zimet

800 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1500 , Los Angeles , California 90017 Zip code: 90017

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Firm: Harting, Simkins & Ryan, LLP

3711 Long Beac Blvd , Long Beach , California 90807 Zip code: 90807

Practice Areas: Civil , Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents

Firm: Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP

9720 Wilshire Boulevard Penthouse Suite , Beverly Hills , California 90212 Zip code: 90212

Practice Areas: Appellate , Copyrights, Entertainment & Sports , Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Intellectual Property

610 Newport Center Dr Ste 1700 , Newport Beach , California 92660 Zip code: 92660

Practice Areas: Corporate , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Business

Firm: Law Office of Gary Sirota, Apc

385 N Vulcan Ave , Encinitas , California 92024

Practice Areas: Public Finance & Tax Exempt Finance

Firm: Coleman & Horowitt, LLP

499 W. Shaw Ave. , Fresno , California 93704 Zip code: 93704

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Sparks Family Law, Inc.

1125 Missouri Street, Suite 208 , Fairfield , California 94533 Zip code: 94533

Practice Areas: Family, Estate Planning, Probate, Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support, Alimony, Trusts, Wills, Power Of Attorney, Adoption, Domestic Violence, Prenuptials, Uncontested Divorce

Gary D. Sparks is an accomplished attorney who has successfully represented hundreds of husbands, wives, parents, military service members and same sex couples with their divorce and other family law legal disputes for more than a decade.. In fact, you may have heard Gary during one of his multiple appearances as a special guest on the Ronn Owens Program on KGO-AM 810 in San Francisco discussing current California divorce and family law issues, and he has been interviewed by both local and national publications in addition to publishing several of his own legal guides and blog.. Gary graduated 1st in his class from the John F. Kennedy University School of Law, where he was awarded Magna Cum Laude honors for excellence in academic achievement, in addition to numerous other scholarly awards. He clerked for the Family Law court while in law school and served as the managing editor of the Law Review.  As a result of his good standing and academic accomplishments, Gary was certified by the State Bar of California to engage in the limited practice of family law while still a law student. He worked for several years as a student instructor, and then afterwards as a teaching assistant at the School of Law, and today continues to privately tutor and advise law students in their studies and in preparation for the bar exam and their future careers. He also serves as a mentor for new lawyers.. Prior to founding his own firm in 2009, Gary was a partner at Holmes, Moore & Sparks, a well-known family law firm in Walnut Creek with a rich 25+ year history of successful family law advocacy across the East Bay.. Gary has a reputation in the legal community for being firm, yet fair, in dealing with other parties and attorneys. His time clerking for the court gave him valuable insight and experience into the inner workings of our legal system, flawed as it may be. Gary enjoys legal research and analysis, and is highly skilled at presenting oral argument in court. Gary practices law from the perspective of a divorced father who learned the legal system firsthand during his own highly contested custody case, which eventually drove him to attend law school with the objective of practicing family law.. Gary is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, the Solano County Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is a member of the Bay Area Regional Standing Committee (BARSC) of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California which proposes, reviews and recommends legislation to our state assembly and senate each year. Gary regularly presents pro-per divorce clinics and has served as a “Lawyer in the Library,” and also volunteers to assist self-represented parties reach agreements at their mandatory Settlement Conferences at the courthouse.. Gary is admitted to practice law in all state courts throughout California.  He is also active in community service and is an ardent supporter of students in public education.  Gary is a recipient of the Unsung Hero Award for his past efforts with the Vanished Children’s Alliance to locate, recover and reunify missing and abducted children with their families, and is a member of the Masons of California and a supporter of the Masons 4 Mitts program providing baseball gloves to underprivileged children here in the Bay Area.. Gary is an avid golfer with a handicap that is far too high for his liking. He enjoys football, baseball, mountain and road biking, loves riding on his Vulcan Mean Streak cruiser and spending time with his family and dog, Harley.

Firm: Pearson, Simon, Soter, Warshaw & Penny, LLP

15165 Ventura Boulevard Suite 400 , Sherman Oaks , California 91403 Zip code: 91403

Practice Areas: Class Actions, Employment & Labor , Insurance , Professional Malpractice, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

600 Hansen Way , Palo Alto , California 94304 Zip code: 94304

Practice Areas: Tax

25 Van Ripper Ln , Orinda , California 94563 Zip code: 94563

Practice Areas: Business

1300 Dove St Ste 250 , Newport Beach , California 92660 Zip code: 92660

Practice Areas: Litigation

3605 W Hidden Ln Unit 116 , Rolling Hills Estates , California 90274 Zip code: 90274

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Law Ofc Gary S Smolker

14014 Moorpark St Apt 112 , Sherman Oaks , California 91423 Zip code: 91423

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: The Law Office of Gary M Sirbu

1999 Harrison Street , Oakland , California 94612 Zip code: 94612

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

15760 Ventura Blvd Ste 700 , Encino , California 91436 Zip code: 91436

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Flynn Sean P ESQ

The Pavilion , Jenkintown , California 19046 Zip code: 19046

Practice Areas: Litigation

11100 Washington Blvd , Culver City , California 90232 Zip code: 90232

Practice Areas: Immigration

Firm: Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Three Embarcadero Center 12th Floor , San Francisco , California 94111 Zip code: 94111

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Land Use & Zoning, Litigation, Litigation