California Lawyers Christine Martin to Christine Tornatore

Firm: Christine Martin Law

23276 South Pointe Drive, Suite 216 , Laguna Hills , California 92653

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

During Christine Martin’s legal and law school career, Martin sought out work in the criminal defense field defending the rights of innocent men and women. At a young adult age, Martin volunteered at the Seton Hall Exoneration Project for several years, located in Newark, New Jersey. During that time, she worked with many innocent people wrongfully accused of murder, double homicide, drug possession and sales, gang violence, and many other cases. Martin utilized the facts and legal reasoning in an attempt to free those wrongfully accused from prison sentences they did not deserve.. Christine Martin went to Whittier Law School where she excelled, beginning her law school career with an Admission Merit Scholarship. During law school, she kept her active schedule by holding positions such as:. • Whittier Law Review, Article Editor. • Center for Children and Families Fellowship and Scholarship, Fellow. • Criminal Trial Advocacy, Lead Defense Counsel. • Honor’s Award Dinner, Graduate with Honors. After working in various fields including Personal Injury, Contract and Transaction Law, Family Law, and Adoption Law, Christine Martin found her calling in Criminal Defense. Martin has successfully closed many cases and has worked on over 350 different cases at various stages, ranging from infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies. She has worked closely with cases, such as: DUI, DWI, Theft Crimes, Sex Crimes, Violent Crimes, and White-Collar Crimes. She also offers Post Conviction services.. Currently, Christine Martin is the Managing Partner at the Law Office of Christine R. Martin. Starting her business from the ground up, Martin consults with specialists on every case to ensure the client has many options before coming to a settlement. Martin is endorsed for her professional demeanor, communications skills, and work ethic. She can handle any type of criminal case and offers fair competitive pricing.

Firm: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

1000 Marsh Rd , Menlo Park , California 94025

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Advertising

Firm: Silberman & Lam, LLP

603 N. Court Street , Visalia , California 93291

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Attorney Christine Taheran has a background of being a Nurse Practitioner for over 20 years prior to entering the field of law. This background is a great asset to our firm and our clients, especially in the current environment of Utilization Review denials and independent medical review, both of which have become a hindrance to injured workers in California in obtaining their needed care.. Ms. Taheran is able to use her nursing knowledge and legal expertise to both ensure that our clients are receiving the appropriate treatment and that Utilization Review and Independent Medical Review have all of the information that they need so that our clients have the maximum chance of approval for their treatment. In addition, her skills are a great asset in giving her an upper hand in deciphering medical reports, cross examining doctors and defending our clients at their depositions.. Attorney Taheran also keeps her Nurse Practitioner license as well as her DEA and Furnishing licenses current in order to make sure that she is up to date in the ever-changing medical field.

Firm: Law Office of Christine M Stouffer

2000 Hearst Avenue, Suite 401 , Berkeley , California 94709

Practice Areas: Immigration

Christine is the owner and principal attorney of Stouffer Law in Berkeley, California and has been practicing exclusively immigration law since 2006. She is a certified specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law with the California State Bar. She previously worked as Interim Staff Attorney for Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco with their Pro Bono Asylum Program, and as Staff Attorney for Arab American Legal Services, part of the San Francisco Immigrant and Legal Education Network.. A variety of experiences over the years led Christine to immigration law. She has traveled extensively and lived in Morocco and France. Her mother and her husband are both immigrants to the United States. Based on her personal experiences, she has a deep appreciation for the challenges faced by individuals and families living in a new country. What is already challenging is only made more difficult when, as in many cases, life in a new country brings separation from loved ones. It means a lot to her to work in a field that allows her to help clients navigate the complicated immigration laws so they can focus on moving forward with their lives and reuniting with their families. Christine feels truly honored by the chance to get to know people from all over the world, learn their unique histories, and help translate the law in such a way that allows her clients to make the most informed decisions about their immigration matter. Once the appropriate path is identified, she enjoys working as a team with clients to present the strongest case possible to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service or the Immigration Court.. Christine is fluent in French, and conversant in Arabic and Spanish.

Firm: Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, LLP

222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 2100 , El Segundo , California 90245

Practice Areas: Corporate , Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

has obtained many multimillion-dollar verdicts, including in the 1999 General Motors case in which a defective fuel tank was found responsible for the burn injuries of two adults and four children. The jury returned with a landmark $4.9 billion verdict. She was co-counsel in the largest personal injury verdict in California, which resulted in a $58 million verdict for a man severely burned by a defective O-ring. In July, 2010, she and partner Bruce Broillet obtained a $5 million verdict against Ford Motor Company for a man injured in when the roof of his van crushed in a rollover causing permanent spinal cord injuries.. She plays a leading role in representing people injured in tire tread separation cases. She is a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for Ford/Firestone cases in California and participated in ground-breaking depositions of Ford witnesses including former CEOs Jacques Nasser and William Clay Ford, Jr.. Additionally, she is Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel for Cooper Tire cases in California. Her representation of a former LAPD bomb squad officer paralyzed in a Goodyear tread separation case involving Goodyear LRE tires led to the opening of a NHTSA investigation and the voluntary recall of the tires. On another Goodyear matter, Chris was lead attorney on Frankle v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which involved defective tires equipped on a large sport utility vehicle. The case settled confidentially.. Her achievements cover the full range of personal injury and product liability cases. Chris has earned widespread recognition for her work as co-counsel in the 2001 negligence case against Southern California Edison, which resulted in a $21 million verdict for an electrocuted avocado picker. Among her other cases are Brezovec v. State of California - $8.8 million, a brain/motor vehicle injury case, Ogden v. Hamm Brothers Construction - $6.4 million, a personal injury matter, and McGee v. The City of Alameda - $25 million, an electrocuted construction worker.. Chris was named Most Outstanding Young Trial Lawyer of 2001, the F. Scott Baldwin Award, by the American Association for Justice (AAJ), New Lawyers Division. She also received Loyola Law School's 2001 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. She has been nominated as a finalist for the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Trial Lawyer of the Year three times, including most recently in 2010.. Within professional organizations, Chris has assumed numerous leadership positions. She served as the President of the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) in 2009 and was the 2002 president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA).  She was elected as a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers in 2007 and is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) where she holds the rank of Associate. Her other memberships include the American Association for Justice (AAJ), where she served as a Chair of the Product Liability Section, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, an organization specializing in automotive product liability cases. In 1998, she was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to the Civil Jury Instructions Committee (CACI), where she still serves.. Chris has been ranked as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal , which has also named her as one of the Top 50 Women Litigators since 2002. She has also been named among the Top Women Southern California Lawyers in since 2004, and a Super Lawyer in the since Southern California Super Lawyers peer-nominated listings compiled and published by Law & Politics. She was named by to its inaugural list of "The Lawdragon 500 Plaintiffs Lawyers" in the United States. She was also named one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White, Inc. based on a survey of her peers.. From 1991-1994, Chris was Editor-in-Chief of the CAALA "Advocate," the organization's monthly publication. In 1995, she was Editor-in-Chief of the CAOC "Forum," a statewide trial lawyers monthly publication. She also is the co-author of a CAOC Amicus Brief in Soule v. General Motors (1994) in which the California Supreme Court rejected manufacturers' efforts to overturn landmark strict liability consumer expectation tests. As a frequent lecturer and author, Chris has shared her expertise on various trial techniques including demonstrative evidence, direct and cross examination methods, written discovery and demonstrating head trauma injury in children. Among the organizations she has addressed are CAALA, CAOC, AAJ, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and Western Trial Lawyers Association.

Firm: Sidley & Austin

555 West 5th Street , Los Angeles , California 90013

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Law

Firm: Patterson Law Firm

1800 E Imperial Hwy , Brea , California 92821

Practice Areas: Business

I am a Trust and Estates attorney with Patterson Law Firm, APC, specializing in Estate Planning, Business Succession Planning, Probate Estates and Conservatorships.

Firm: Mullen & Henzell L.L.P.

112 E Victoria St , Santa Barbara , California 93101

Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, Employment & Labor , ERISA

I am a California attorney practicing exclusively in the employment benefits (ERISA) and employment law area. My goal is to help employers use the powerful tool of tax-qualified and other benefits to attract and retain quality employees.  My client base includes for-profit and non-profit organizations ranging in size from a handful of employees, to several thousand.   I also have a number of clients who are benefit brokers and advisors, and whom I help navigate legal compliance issues including federal health care reform and HIPAA privacy, security and breach disclosure issues.

Firm: Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP

100 N. Sepulveda Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90245

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

I began my undergraduate studies as a chemistry major at the University of Southern California, but then quickly found my calling in law. After obtaining my Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology in 2001, I went on to attend Loyola Law School. During law school, I had the opportunity to work for a renowned appellate firm and intern with a Justice at the Court of Appeal, Second District. I also earned the First Honors Award for the highest grade in my Trial Advocacy class. I graduated from Loyola in 2004, and after passing the bar and being sworn in, went to work at a general business firm in Orange County, California.  But after handling an elder abuse cae, I quickly realized that I wanted to focus my legal talents on representing people who have been wronged by others.. My husband and I relocated to Northern California due to his job in the U.S. Coast Guard, and since then I have been representing clients who have suffered due to asbestos exposure. I manage all pre-trial matters of a case, including conducting and responding to discovery, taking corporate representative depositions, and preparing and opposing pre-trial motions. I use my writing skills to obtain key facts and documents from defendants and to defend against the numerous motions defendants file to try to get out of a lawsuit.. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two young daughters.

Firm: K&L Gates

630 Hansen Way , Palo Alto , California 94304

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Firm: McManis Faulkner and Morgan

8850 Williamson Dr # 1148 , Elk Grove , California 95759

Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Criminal Defense , Litigation

Firm: Law Office of Christine Padilla

320 Encinitas Blvd Ste C , Encinitas , California 92024

Practice Areas: General Practice, Insurance , Estate Planning

San Diego Attorney Christine Padilla specializes in Estate Plans, Wills, Trusts, and Probate for San Diego and the North County. Are you unsure of the difference between a will and a trust, or how to avoid probate? We welcome you to contact us for a free estate planning consultation.

Firm: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP

1111 Broadway 24th Floor , Oakland , California 94607

Practice Areas: Environmental , Environmental and Natural Resources

2029 Century Park E Ste 2600 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Firm: Law Office of Christine T. Nelson

141 Duesenberg Dr. , Westlake Village , California 91362

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Christine Nelson has been fighting for the rights of injured California workers for over 25 years. A Graduate of Southwestern Law School, Christine has experience representing injured workers as well as insurance companies. Christine has been certified as a Workers' Compensation Specialist by the State Bar of California since 2005. In 2009, she left her position as a partner of a large firm in Ventura to open her practice: a boutique law office in Westlake Village advocating solely for injured workers.. Most recently, Christine opened her second location in the Antelope Valley. "This office was established for the convenience of my existing clients as well as the growing demand in this community for quality legal representation in this field," said Christine. "Over the last decade, workers' compensation laws have changed significantly, mostly benefitting the insurance companies. Now, more than ever, proper legal representation can dramatically affect medical treatment and indemnity payments as well as the outcome of a case. I want all my clients to understand and obtain all the benefits to which they are entitled." Along with Christine's extensive background, compassion and personal attention separates her offices from impersonal large firms. Christine and her staff have the experience and knowledge you can trust.

Firm: MCCLANE LAW CORPORATION

21021 Devonshire Street , Chatsworth , California 91311

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

1999 Harrison St Ste 1650 , Oakland , California 94612

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Law Offices of Harold La Flamme

12437 Lewis St Ste 205 , Garden Grove , California 92840

Firm: Office of The County Counsel

201 Centre Plaza Dr Ste 1 , Monterey Park , California 91754

Practice Areas: Juvenile

Po Box 94581 , Pasadena , California 91109

Practice Areas: Mediation