Appeals lawyers in California Matthew Barhoma to Richard Pfeiffer

Firm: Power Trial Lawyers, P.C.

835 Wilshire Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Appeals

Firm: Matt Moore Law

2600 West Olive Ave , Burbank , California 91505

Practice Areas: Appeals

Matthew has a wealth of experience in the class action, mass torts, product liability, and catastrophic injury arenas, as well as in civil appellate practice.. Matthew spent the first 15 years of his career in Boston and Los Angeles as a marketing and management executive in the video production, multi-media and e-commerce industries. A desire for new challenges brought him to law school where he graduated summa cum laude from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2009. He was also editor in chief of the Nova Law Review and received the Student Bar Association's Award for Academic Excellence, an honor chosen by his peers.. While still in law school Matthew clerked at a boutique "plaintiff's firm" and was a key part of helping to shape and draft the litigation that became In re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, which has resulted in over $1 billion in settlements from dozens of U.S. banks that charged customers unjustified overdraft fees. He was also a key part of shaping and drafting the litigation that became In re: Chinese Manufactured Drywall Product Liability Litigation, which also resulted in a $1 billion settlement for thousands of homeowners who unwittingly had defective drywall installed in their homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the mid-2000's building boom.. After graduation, he continued along the mass torts/class action path with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation. Then in September 2014, he was appointed co-class counsel in the Red Bull false advertising class action in the Southern District of New York. Leading the oral argument, the settlement hearing resulted in $13 million to the class and a separate attorney’s fee award of $3.4 million.. Working of counsel to the Van Horn Law Group, Matthew has also handled dozens of consumer law cases in state court, and adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy court.. Apart from his litigation and appellate focus, Matthew has remained interested in the entrepreneurial spirt. He has helped existing businesses navigate joint ventures and expansions into new territories, and new businesses navigate the start-up and seed capital process.. While maintaining a business presence and clients in Florida, 2019 has found him returning to Los Angeles as a new member of the California Bar, where he will continue to focus on his established areas of practice.

Firm: Burkley Greenberg Fields & Whitcombe

21515 Hawthorne Boulevard Suite 450 , Torrance , California 90503

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business , Intellectual Property , Real Estate , Appeals, Appeals, Appeals

4040 Civic Center Dr #200 , San Rafael , California 94903

Practice Areas: Appeals

I was drawn to law practice by my love of justice, whether in or outside the legal system.  There is no better feeling than winning a case for the right side, or putting to end a wrongful order or ruling.. Having worked on trial court matters in 33 California counties and two other states, I now work exclusively on appellate practice (appeals).

Firm: Bach Mili LLP

1800 Vine St Ste 100 , Los Angeles , California 90028

Practice Areas: Appeals

2046 Hillhurst Avenue, #13 , Los Angeles , California 90027

Practice Areas: Appeals

I am a State Certified Appellate Specialist.. I have practiced appellate law continuously since 2012 when I got my start serving as a law clerk to the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. As Judge Noonan's elbow clerk, I prepared bench memoranda on a wide array of issues including civil rights, employment discrimination, and tort law and worked on over 25 different federal appeals. Since then, I have briefed and argued many civil and criminal appeals in both state and federal courts. All told, I have worked on approximately 50 separate appeals that have included both serious criminal felonies and civil cases involving multimillion dollar judgments. I am also a proud graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming and am committed to the cause of being a people's lawyer.. My prior successes include favorable settlement of decades-old prison litigation originating from an inhumane, year-long lockdown at a California prison; dismissal of an action that reunited a wrongfully accused Native American woman with her children; and a total reversal on appeal of a criminal conviction based upon a faulty plea agreement.. I graduated from New York University where I double majored in mathematics and history. After law school, I worked as a waiter, a high school math teacher, and a computer programmer at a fintech firm in New York City and San Francisco. Later, I received my law degree from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. During law school, I was an extern to the Honorable Robert H. Henry of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Oklahoma City.

Firm: Stris & Maher LLP

777 S Figueroa St , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Litigation, Appeals

Firm: Kantor & Kantor Llp

19839 Nordhoff Street , Northridge , California 91324

Practice Areas: Appeals

Kantor & Kantor is one of the most experienced and highly respected law firms dealing with the prosecution of claims against insurance companies. We represent clients whose insurance companies have failed or refused to pay claims arising out of Disability, Health, Life, Long Term Care and other liability insurance claims.. Our firm also has extensive experience with the complex appeals procedure and Federal Court litigation of ERISA matters. If you, or anyone you know has questions about claims against their insurance company, contact us for a free consultation.

Firm: Horvitz & Levy LLP

18th Floor 15760 Ventura Boulevard , Encino , California 91436

Practice Areas: Appellate , Appeals, Appeals, Appeals

Firm: Law Office of Paul Kujawsky

Culver City , Los Angeles , California 90230

Practice Areas: Appeals

Firm principal Paul Kujawsky has thirty years of experience as an appellate attorney.  He began his career as a staff attorney with the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, where he drafted scores of opinions for the court in all areas of civil and criminal law.  From 1989 to 1994, he was employed by the firm of Wasserman, Comden and Casselman, in Tarzana, California.  There, he drafted and reviewed discovery, performed legal research, prepared motions, and wrote appellate briefs and writ petitions for the firm’s complex insurance defense and government liability cases.. In 1994, Mr. Kujawsky opened his own appellate law practice in Studio City, California.  Since that time, he has focused exclusively in appellate practice, in all areas of civil and criminal law.  Over the years, he has had the opportunity to use his expertise to help many clients and fellow attorneys through the appeals process. Mr. Kujawsky is proud to have written an amicus brief for members of Congress in Zivotofsky v. Clinton, 10-699. [An American citizen born in Jerusalem is entitled to have “Israel” listed as his birthplace in his passport. Congress shares foreign policy management with the President; the President can’t nullify Congressional legislation with a “signing statement.”] The brief helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the important Constitutional questions in the case.. Mr. Kujawsky received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Yale University.  He was admitted to practice in the state of California in 1983.. Mr. Kujawsky is an independent, creative thinker who has exceptional writing skills.

Firm: Pine Tillett Pine LLP

14156 Magnolia Boulevard , Sherman Oaks , California 91423

Practice Areas: Appellate , Appeals

Appellate specialist with significant background both in plaintiffs' substantive law (employment rights law, personal injury, product liability, etc.) and in complex business litigation. Formerly with Manatt, Phelps & Rothenberg; antitrust boutique Blecher & Collins; and appellate firm Horvitz & Levy. Our firm handles the full range of appellate-related law practice including consulting at the trial court level on issues likely to have significant appellate consequences and handling appeals throughout the state, in both state and federal courts. I have practiced exclusively as an appellate lawyer since 1990 and am a Certified Appellate Law Specialist (California Board of Legal Specialization).

Firm: Evans Kingsbury LLP

50 Old Courthouse Square , Santa Rosa , California 95404

Practice Areas: Appeals

We look forward to personally meeting you virtually or in our Sonoma County office. Contact us today. Noreen is certified by the State Bar as an appellate specialist. She has decades of experience in civil appeals and in civil litigation. As a former State Legislator, Evans offers a unique background and perspective for your case on appeal and at trial. She has argued numerous cases in the state and federal trial and appellate courts and the California Supreme Court, involving land use, environmental law, CEQA, trust litigation, and personal injury litigation. She is the author of numerous pieces of significant legislation, including the Electronic Discovery Act, the Expedited Jury Trial Act, and the Homeowners Bill of Rights, the first law of its kind in the nation providing homeowners certain rights in foreclosure proceedings.. Noreen has been practicing law since 1982. While in law school, she clerked for the Third District Court of Appeal. She served in the California State Legislature for a decade and was responsible for numerous pieces of legislation relating to the administration of justice. In 2012, she was honored by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court with the Stanley Mosk Defender of Justice Award. She chaired the State Senate Committee on the Judiciary and served on the Judicial Council for 4 years. She also co-chaired a statewide committee on access to justice.. EDUCATION. Noreen received her BA degree in Government (with honors) in 1978 from California State University, Sacramento. She graduated from University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1981. In her third year at McGeorge, she wrote for and edited the first-ever edition of the Silversheets, a review of Nevada law.. After graduation from law school, Noreen studied International Business Law at the University of Salzburg, Austria, She completed an international law internship in Dublin, Ireland with A & L Goodbody, Solicitors.. EARLY LEGAL CAREER. From 1980-81, Noreen clerked for Justice Edwin Regan of the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.. In 1982, Noreen was hired as an associate at Spridgen, Barrett, Achor, Luckhardt, Anderson, James & Ziegler, at that time the oldest and largest law firm north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Noreen was the firm’s first full-time female litigation attorney.. When the Spridgen firm dissolved later that year, Noreen became a litigation associate with Gray, O’Brien, Watters & Davis. She was made an equity partner in 1987.. PUBLIC SERVICE. In 1993, Noreen was appointed to the Santa Rosa Planning Commission, where she worked extensively with land use planning issues and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). She helped the City adopt its first Child Care Plan and Creek Restoration Plan.. In 1996, Noreen was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council, She served two terms on the City Council. As a City Councilmember, she was responsible for implementing the Creek Restoration Plan, the City’s Bike Plan, working to build the Prince Memorial Greenway on Santa Rosa Creek. Her vision, when first elected, was to build a passenger rail system and restore Santa Rosa’s downtown, including reunifying Courthouse Square. More than 2 decades later, this vision has become a reality with SMART rail service beginning in 2017, and Santa Rosa’s reunified Square.. In 2004, Noreen was elected to represent the 7th Assembly District in the California State Assembly. While in the Assembly, she was appointed by the Speaker to chair the Joint Legislative Committee on Budget in 2008, and charged with balancing the State’s budget during the global economic crisis of 2009/2010.. In 2010, Noreen was elected to the State Senate to represent the 2nd Senate District, including Solano, Napa, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Humboldt Counties. In 2012, she chaired the Joint Legislative Committee on California’s Foreclosure Crisis, which resulted in the passage of The Homeowners Bill of Rights (AB 278/SB 900). The Homeowners Bill of Rights implements the historic 49-State Attorneys General settlement with five of the national’s largest banks and was the first of its kind in the nation. Noreen also chaired the Joint Legislative Women’s Caucus in 2010-2012 and served on the State Commission on the Status of Women.. From 2010-2014, Noreen chaired the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. and served four years on the Judicial Council, the governing body for all State courts.. In 2011, Noreen was honored as the first and only woman to receive the Judicial Council’s Stanley Mosk Defender of Justice Award for her decades of work ensuring access to justice.. Noreen is a founding Director of the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, located in Sonoma County and formerly served on the Board of Directors of Greenbelt Alliance.. RECENT LEGAL CAREER. Noreen returned to the full-time practice of law after completing her term in the State Senate in late 2014. Since then, she has been Of Counsel to O'Brien Watters & Davis, LLP, where she has handled numerous civil cases in the trial and appellate courts. Her practice focuses primarily on civil appeals and writs. In 2018, she won a significant victory for a local neighborhood organization in a high-profile matter against the County of Sonoma, based on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Her clients not only obtained a writ of mandate compelling the County to invalidate its development agreement, but they also recovered all of their fees and costs. Noreen recently successfully argued a groundbreaking case in the 9th Circuit, limiting the IRS' ability to obtain taxpayer records by subpoena. (JB v. United States, 916 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir., 2019.) In addition to her appellate and writ practice, she is representing thousands of local plaintiffs in litigation arising out of the 2017 wildfires in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino Counties.. PUBLIC OFFICES HELD. 1993-1996 Planning Commissioner, City of Santa Rosa1996-2004 City Councilmember, City of Santa Rosa2004-2010 Assemblymember, CA State Assembly2010-2014 Senator, CA State Senate. COMMITTEES CHAIRED. Assembly Human ServicesAssembly Committee on BudgetJoint Legislative Committee on BudgetSenate Committee on JudiciarySenate Committee on Banking & Financial InstitutionsAssembly Select Committee on WineSenate Select Committee on WineLegislative Women’s Caucus. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND CAUCUS MEMBERSHIPS. Senate Legislative Ethics CommitteeSenate Human ServicesSenate Committee on BudgetSenate Natural ResourcesSenate Governmental OrganizationAssembly JudiciaryAssembly Human ServicesAssembly Committee on BudgetAssembly Committee on Banking & FinanceAssembly Committee on Toxic MaterialsAssembly Governmental OrganizationJoint Committee on Fisheries and AquacultureAssembly Select Committee on Foster CareLegislative Women’s CaucusSenate Rural CaucusSenate Caucus on Ending Poverty and Inequality in California. LEGAL MEMBERSHIPS. Judicial Council 2011- 2014Law Revision Commission 2005-2008Commission on the Status of Women 2006-2014CA Coastal Conservancy 2008--2014CA Bar Association - Current memberSonoma County Bar Association - Current member. SIGNIFICANT LEGAL AWARDS. McGeorge School of Law Distinguished Alumni 2015. California Judges Association, Legislator of the Year 2010Judicial Council, Stanley Mosk Defender of Justice Award 2012Consumer Attorneys of California, Legislator of the Year 2013. SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION AUTHORED. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICEElectronic Discovery Act (AB 5 of 2009; now Code of Civil Procedure §§ et seq.) Establishes rules for discovery of electronically-stored information in civil casesExpedited Jury Trial Act (SB 2284 of 2010; now Code of Civil Procedure §§ et seq.) Reduces the number of jurors in small civil casesSmall Claims Court: (AB 712 of 2009 amending Code of Civil Procedure §) Enables Small Claims Courts to grant equitable reliefState Bar Governance Reform: (SB 163 of 2011) Reformed the governance structure of the California State Bar Association, expanding public participation and improving accountability.. FORECLOSURESHomeowners Bill of Rights (SB 900, 2012). WINERIESNon-profit donations: AB 323 (2007) enabling wineries to donate wine to non-profit organizationsWinery picnic areas: AB 2004 (2008) allowing visitors to a winery to drink wine in the winery picnic areaTasting events: AB 2090 (2008) creating a temporary license to allow wine grape commissions, associations and other organizations to organize tasting eventsSecond tasting rooms: AB 1470 (2009) allowing second tasting rooms not located on winery groundsSonoma County wines: AB 1798 (2010) protecting wine produced in Sonoma County by establishing stricter labeling requirements. OTHERVeterans: SB 10 (2011) Permits Allied Councils to represent the interests of veterans in Veterans Homes before the State LegislatureCounty fairs: AB 2258 (2008) protecting county fair funding originating from licensing fees on horseracing eventsConsumer protection: AB 1216 (2009; amending Food & Agriculture Code §29413) requiring labeling for honey produced in CaliforniaCriminal Justice: SB 59 (2013) broadens the statutory definition of rape to include rape by fraud

Firm: Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall,LLP

1 City Boulevard West Fifth Floor , Orange , California 92868

Practice Areas: General Practice, Appeals, Appeals, Appeals

13746 Victory Blvd Ste 309 , Sherman Oaks , California 91401

Practice Areas: Appeals

Certified as an Appellate Specialist by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

Firm: Totaro & Shananhan

411 West 4th Street , Santa Ana , California 92701

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Appeals, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt

Undergraduate Degree from De Paul University. J.D. from Hastings College of the Law. LL.M. from George Washington National Law Center in Law, Psychiatry and Criminology.. Practice is devoted 90% to Bankruptcy, mostly Chapter 11 business and individual

Firm: COZEN O'CONNOR

777 South Figueroa Street , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Business , Employment & Labor , Insurance , Products Liability, Appeals, Appeals

Firm: Rains Lucia Stern, PC

2300 Contra Costa Blvd., Ste. 500 , Pleasant Hill , California 94523

Practice Areas: Appeals

Firm: Finnegan & Diba

3660 Wilshire Blvd Ste 800 , Los Angeles , California 90010

Practice Areas: Appeals

Attorney Matthew Sichi is actively engaged in multiple civil law practice areas, primarily focusing on business and real estate law. He possesses a unique blend of knowledge, holding undergraduate degrees in economics and philosophy. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Sichi worked as a plumbing contractor and at a mortgage brokerage, experiences that have enriched his understanding of real estate. He completed his bachelor’s degree in three years and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego in 2014. His legal career began with an internship at The Firm, which transitioned into a full-time role. Mr. Sichi also expanded his legal education by studying international law at Zhejiang University in China and participating in volunteer work in Ethiopia. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing drums in bands, winter sports, traveling, and backpacking, reflecting his adventurous spirit and diverse interests.

Firm: Law Office of Rich Pfeiffer

14931 Anderson Way , Silverado , California 92676

Practice Areas: Appeals

Firm: Borton Petrini, LLP

201 Needham Street , Modesto , California 95354

Practice Areas: Appeals, Business Law, Collections, Employment Law and Litigation, Insurance Defense, Misdemeanors, Personal Injury Defense, Personal Injury Plaintiff, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Transactional Law, Wills, Trusts, Probate