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Firm: Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen, LLP

12011 San Vicente Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90049

Practice Areas: General Practice, Admiralty & Maritime

Neil S. Lerner is a partner with Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen, LLP (CWL), a regional law firm with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Honolulu serving the Western U.S. and the Pacific Rim. Neil practices maritime and transportation law (including trucking) and has been designated a Southern California "Super Lawyer" for 2012-2018. In his core business, he represents domestic and foreign insurers in first and third party cases, and local maritime and transportation companies in business litigation involving unfair competition and misclassification and in constitutional law cases involving preemption, public trust, water and navigational rights.. Neil has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Forbes Magazine and LA Magazine. He has been designated a “Go-To” lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, the exclusive “Transportation Law Expert” by Legal Elite, a “Top Rated Transportation/Maritime Attorney in Los Angeles" by Super Lawyer and is rated “Superb” by AVVO. He was one of the first Certified Admiralty & Maritime Law Specialists in California (2012 -2/2018) and served on California's Admiralty and Maritime Law Advisory Commission until February 1, 2018.. Recently, in his core practice of maritime and transportation law, he won summary judgment in a million dollar plus cargo case, argued for a federal motor carrier at the CA Supreme Court, settled a dispute with the Port of SD over navigation rights and the public trust doctrine, which saved his client a $20 million capital expense, won a five week jury trial involving negligent hiring of a salvor, exonerated a terminal operator from claims by an injured longshoreman under the joint venture immunity defense and obtained a judgment of exoneration in a Limitation of Liability action, arising out of a dockside fire that originated on his client's vessel and caused millions of dollars in vessel and dock damage. In December 2016, the DLSE (in LA) conceded his position that CA lacks jurisdiction to fine vessel owners who carry Jones Act insurance, but not state comp. This dovetailed with his previously forcing the CA DIR (in SD) to withdraw fines it levied on vessel owners for not carrying workers compensation insurance because they carried Jones Act coverage. Notwithstanding, that fight against CA continues.. His emerging practice areas are unfair competition cases (two recent successful jury verdicts in trials involving unfair competition and unfair business practices) and advising private equity on due diligence issue re transportation and trucking (recently advised a private equity in NY on TNC issues re its participation in an Uber finance round, a private equity in Boston on TNC issues re its securing a stake in SambaSafety and a start-up in Silicon Valley on a TNC application).. Neil often speaks on panels addressing emerging issues in maritime and transportation law. He was an invited panelist on “The Legal Framework of Insurance Policy Rescission and Claims Misrepresentation Webcast,” which aired February 02, 2017 and was produced by The Knowledge Group. .  He was an Instructor at IAMI on May 2, 2017 regarding "Admiralty Law-Barratry & Marine Claims," in Nevada, and was a featured speaker on "bad faith and the duty to settle," on August 8, 2017, for The Knowledge Group.. Neil is best known, however, for representing Cigna in winning the Rex DeGeorge insurance fraud case, which started off the coast of Italy and ended in downtown LA with DeGeorge going to federal prison for sinking his vastly over-insured yacht, on its maiden voyage, in the Med. His true crime book about that 12 year saga, which involved “credible” death threats, Hollywood and ancient maritime doctrines, and which Federal Judge J. Spencer Letts called "the single most incredible story I’ve ever heard from the stand," is entitled "An Act of Piracy," and is contracted with NY publisher Morgan James.. (This page may constitute Attorney advertising.  Please know that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.)

Firm: Kaye Scholer

1999 Avenue Of The Stars Suite 1700 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice, Litigation

Firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

865 South Figueroa Street 10th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: General Practice, Business, Business, Business, Business, Business

Attorney Brian Timmons is the Global Head of Complex Litigation and Chair of the Private Investment Fund Litigation Practice at Quinn Emanuel. With a national litigation practice, he has tried numerous cases to verdict in various locations across the United States and internationally, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Cayman Islands. Clients commend him for his judgment, tenacity, and courtroom skills. Recognized for his legal acumen, Attorney Timmons has received several accolades, such as being named one of the "Best Attorneys of America" by Rue Ratings and Litigator of the Year in 2020 by the American Institute of Trial Lawyers. He was also elected to the Irish Legal 100 in 2020 and selected as one of the 500 Leading Litigators of America by Lawdragon for 2024. Attorney Timmons handles complex disputes involving finance, accounting, and corporate governance, representing clients from various industries. He holds degrees from Duke University, the London School of Economics, and Harvard Law School, where he graduated with honors and served as Managing Editor of an academic law journal. Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins and participated in the federal indigent defense panel program.

Firm: LYNBERG & WATKINS ATTORNEYS AT LAW A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

888 South Figueroa Street , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: General Practice, Defective and Dangerous Products

555 South Flower Street FortyFirst Floor Califo , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: General Practice

11100 Santa Monica Boulevard   7th Floor Califor , Los Angeles , California 90025

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP

515 South Flower Street , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Irell and Manella LLP

900   1800 Avenue of the Stars (Century City , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley and Jennett LLP

1055 West Seventh Street   2000 , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: General Practice

2029 Century Park East , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice

300 South Grand Avenue   3400   , Los Angeles , California 90071

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, A Professional Corporation

10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 16th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products

Firm: Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks and Lincenberg, A Professional Corporation

1875 Century Park East   23rd Floor   , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell

1888 Century Park East , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice, Corporate & Incorporation

300   1901 Avenue of the Stars , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Stephan, Oringher, Richman, Theodora & Miller, P.C.

2029 Century Park East Sixth Floor , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

707 Wilshire Boulevard   4450   , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: General Practice

12400 Wilshire Boulevard   7th Floor , Los Angeles , California 90025

Practice Areas: General Practice

1901 Avenue of the Stars   1100 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice

Firm: Kaye Scholer

1999 Avenue Of The Stars Suite 1700 , Los Angeles , California 90067

Practice Areas: General Practice, Business, Business, Business