California Lawyers Brian Joseph to Brian Lance

Firm: Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery

100 Stony Point Road, Suite 200 , Santa Rosa , California 95401

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Brian is an experienced trial attorney that has obtained numerous 7 and 8 figure verdicts and settlements. In 2024, Michael Green and Brian won a record-setting medical malpractice verdict of $26.2 million, the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Sonoma County.. Brian’s entire legal career has been dedicated to representing people who have been harmed by others throughout California. Brian has experience in a wide array of cases involving product liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, elder abuse, trucking collisions, public entities, and traumatic brain injuries. Brian has extensive experience in elder abuse cases against nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Brian has unique, personal knowledge in the nursing home and assisted living industries, as his family operated several nursing homes in California for over 75 years. Brian utilizes that background to quickly evaluate potential elder abuse cases against those types of facilities.. Brian has received numerous accolades by nationally respected legal peer review organizations. Brian has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney in the Civil Plaintiff Division since 2017, a limited invitation extended exclusively to lawyers under the age of 40 that embody the highest standard of trial advocacy and leadership. Brian has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers since 2022, and Brian was selected as a "Ones to Watch" by the Best Lawyers in America in 2023.

Firm: Brian J. Kramer, Professional Corporation

12100 Wilshire Blvd. Ste 800 , Los Angeles , California 90025

Practice Areas: Civil , Family , Family

Ten Almaden Boulevard Eleventh Floor , San Jose , California 95113

Practice Areas: Estate Planning,Probate ,Taxation - State & Federal,Trusts

3699 Wilshire Boulevard   10th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90010

Practice Areas: General Practice

710 Sansome Street , San Francisco , California 94111

Practice Areas: General Practice

1901 Avenue of the Stars   1700 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy,Business & Commercial,Corporate

Firm: Haynes & Boone, LLP

525 University Avenue , Palo Alto , California 94301

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Brian Kwok helps clients build, manage, and successfully monetize patent portfolios. A trusted advisor to technology companies around the world, Brian evaluates patent portfolios and negotiates deals ranging from a few hundred thousand to many billions of dollars. He recently represented an international technology company in a multi-billion dollar patent portfolio acquisition involving thousands of patents related to wireless telecommunications, cellular systems, and consumer electronics.. Brian also counsels clients through pre-litigation conflicts to resolve assertions and licensing disputes before patent litigation ensues. An experienced engineer, he provides clients with insightful and pragmatic advice, based on his ability to understand deeply the technical merit of a case and to explain its intersection with legal strategy. For example, Brian counseled a Fortune 50 technology company in a pre-litigation patent assertion relating to 3G/4G smartphone technologies, resulting in the asserting party dropping all its assertions against Brian’s client on favorable terms.. When patent disputes mature into formal litigations, Brian has significant expertise in patent matters before the International Trade Commission and numerous federal district courts. Brian represented Samsung in ITC proceedings against Ericsson’s cellular phones, Intel in a declaratory judgment action against Wi-LAN’s WiMAX and Wi-Fi patents, and Apple in various federal court and ITC actions against HTC and Nokia relating to smartphone technologies. Brian is well versed in all aspects of litigation, including deposing expert and fact witnesses, case-dispositive motions practice, and Markman proceedings. Brian’s practice also includes representing clients in contractual disputes involving patents and the enforcement of related indemnification rights.. Brian’s technical experience includes with a wide range of high-tech subject matter, such as standards-essential wireless telecommunications (e.g. LTE, UMTS, cdma2000, GSM, and Wi-Fi), user experience design, GPS, semi-conductor circuits, mobile payment systems, liquid crystal displays, and other consumer electronics technologies.. Brian is licensed to practice in California, Wisconsin, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Firm: Shell Beach Law Group

1435 Shell Beach Rd , Shell Beach , California 93449

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Education:. Brian is an alumnus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and recieved a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Political Science. Brian possess a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law, located in San Diego; Brian passed the California Bar in 1992.. Occupation:. Brian established his law practice, the Shell Beach Law Group, in Pismo Beach in 1992. In 2011 he received the Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce "Business of the Year" award. Along with practice of the law, Brian has taught Political Science at Cuesta College, as an adjunct professor, for the past 20 years. Brian teaches courses related to the Constitution and Government of the United States. In 2003 Brian received Cuesta’s Award for Faculty Excellence, and in 2013 he received Cuesta’s student honor society’s Teaching Excellence award.. Political Experience:. Brian was elected and previously honored to serve the voters and residents of San Luis Obispo County as their Harbor Commissioner; he served as Harbor Commissioner for 12 years, twice in the position of President of the Board. In his role and tenure as an elected official he traveled to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to promote the Central Coast and interact with State and Federal agencies and their elected officials, to acquire grants and funds to apply to local infrastructure projects which benefitted his community and improve its quality of life.. Community Service:. Co-founder and Board Member of the Central Coast Aquarium Society.. Co-founder and Board Member of the Dinosaur Caves Preservation Society.. Member of the Board and Past President of the History Center of San Luis Obispo County.. Member of the Board and Past President of the Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos.. Member of the Board of the Shell Beach Improvement Group.. Member of the Board of Campfire of the Central Coast.. Member of the Board of the Cal Poly Political Science Department Alumni Advisory Board.

Firm: Ratto Law Firm

600 16th St , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Firm: Kowalski Employment Law Corporation

1941 California Avenue , Corona , California 92877

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Brian Kowalski began his practice in 2013 and has specialized in the practice of employment law. This law office handles all types of labor and employment claims for our clients. As a CALI award winner in law school in 2009 and becoming a California licensed attorney in the same year, Mr. Kowalski has brought that same level of success for the firm's clients and to his law practice.. Kowalski Employment Law Corp. specializes in the practice of representing employees' rights with respect to California labor code violations (ex. wage & hour disputes), discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination.  Also, we have experience providing counsel to employees for class actions, contract disputes, unions, and various other legal issues within employment law.

Firm: McInerney & Dillon

1999 Harrison St Ste 1700 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Construction & Development

1976 S. La Cienega Blvd., #187 , Los Angeles , California 90034

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: The Kinder Law Group, APC

19200 Von Karman, Fourth Floor , Irvine , California 92612

Practice Areas: Trademark Application

Brian P. Kinder is managing partner of The Kinder Law Group, APC.  He practices exclusively in the field of Intellectual Property ("IP") and is one of only a handful of Southern California attorneys who have been honored as Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars in this area of the law.  For more than a decade, he has helped his clients to develop and protect their valuable IP rights throughout the world and is well-versed in both domestic and international patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, false advertising and franchise laws.. On the development side of his practice (i.e., transactional work), Mr. Kinder focuses on assisting clients in safely promoting and selling their products and services across the globe.  He oversees and counsels clients on trademark clearance searches as well as the preparation and filing of patent, trademark and copyright applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (U.S.P.T.O.) and Copyright Office.  Over the course of his career, Mr. Kinder has not only handled broad domestic trademark registration portfolios, but has also been involved with some of the largest brand campaigns in the world - spanning more than 120 countries across the globe.  Mr. Kinder regularly drafts and negotiates license agreements, work for hire agreements, athlete endorsements, model releases, web site use policies, and trade secret protection policies and procedures.. On the protection side of his practice (i.e., litigation), Mr. Kinder has extensive experience in successfully defending and prosecuting disputes before various federal and state courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (T.T.A.B.) in Washington, D.C., and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.  Throughout numerous patent, trademark and copyright infringement cases, false advertising and unfair competition claims, misappropriation of trade secrets, and franchise disputes, Mr. Kinder has employed the effective use of discovery and motion practice to identify the strengths of his client's case while simultaneously exposing the weaknesses of his opposition.  These tactics have, in most instances, allowed Mr. Kinder to successfully negotiate settlement agreements for his clients without the time and expense of a full trial.  In those instances where trial is necessary, however, Mr. Kinder is a skilled trial lawyer who has obtained millions of dollars in arbitration awards and jury verdicts.  Recently, as lead trial counsel in a nearly month-long jury trial, Mr. Kinder earned a place among an exceedingly rare category of attorneys who have obtained punitive damage awards in franchise cases.

1620 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625 , San Diego , California 92101

Practice Areas: Class Action, Personal Injury, Birth Injury, Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Malpractice

Firm: Chapman, Glucksman & Dean, A Professional Corporation

11900 West Olympic Boulevard Suite 800 , Los Angeles , California 90064

Practice Areas: Construction & Development

Firm: Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

644 S Figueroa St , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

As a nationally recognized and respected consumer attorney, Brian Kabateck is a preeminent leader in the fight to ensure access to the justice system.  He’s a powerful advocate in the courtroom and at the California State Capitol for consumers’ rights and protections. Mr. Kabateck’s vigorous litigation on behalf of his clients has netted more than a billion dollars in recoveries. He has won many multi-million dollar verdicts, judgments and settlements in the areas of personal injury, insurance bad faith, pharmaceutical litigation, wrongful death, class action, mass torts and disaster litigation.Because of his deep knowledge of the law and dynamic speaking style, Mr. Kabateck is a frequent analyst for national, local and legal media outlets. He makes regular appearances on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and CW stations. In addition to his television exposure, Mr. Kabateck often speaks at seminars, law schools and industry events. As the former President of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Mr. Kabateck drew on his strong leadership abilities to bring change to some of the state’s most contentious problems. Under his direction, he brokered a consensus on issues including protecting patient safety and court funding. He has worked tirelessly with the California Legislature and California Department of Insurance to draft many laws for some of the state’s largest industries.Mr. Kabateck’s ability to straddle the legal and political world has made him a strategic and outspoken advocate for consumer and patient rights. In November, voters will decide whether to overturn the decades old MICRA law which caps non-economic damages at $250,000. Mr. Kabateck is a leader in the fight to lift this outdated and misguided law that deprives the state’s most vulnerable victims from getting the compensation they deserve in medical malpractice cases. Mr. Kabateck has extensive experience in all judicial forums throughout California.  He has argued cases before the California State Supreme Court, California Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

Firm: Meserve, Mumper and Hughes LLP

300 South Grand Avenue   2Fourth Floor   , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: Business ,Construction ,Corporate ,Insurance ,Probate

Firm: Kingston & Kingston

680 Telegraph Cyn Rd #103 , Chula Vista , California 91910

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: Brian P. Kamel & Associates

12400 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1150 , Los Angeles , California 90025

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

Firm: The Bickel Law Firm

100 E Boulevard   400 , San Marcos , California 92069

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Lemon