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Glenn Fuller
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 33 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business, Real Estate and Securities
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Glenn Fuller is a partner and business lawyer with Raines Feldman LLP, where his practice centers on a wide array of matters including real estate acquisition, financing, and leasing of a variety of commercial urban and regional development, redevelopment and revitalization projects.
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Aren Mark Avaness
Burbank, CA Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Aren Mark Avaness is the founding attorney at Avaness Law; a leading firm that represents personal injury victims.
Mr. Avaness has always been attracted to the practice of law. As an underdog advocate, he firmly believes that everyone deserves to have quality legal representation and fights to the bitter end when his clients are facing tough opposition.
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Gary W Allen
Valencia, CA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Southwestern University School of Law
Mr. Allen received his Bachelor of Science degree from California State University Los Angeles in 1991. He went on to complete his Masters studies and received his degree in Public Administration from California State University Northridge in 1996. He then continued his studies and obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1998 from the Southwestern University School of Law.
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Okorie Okorocha
Studio City, CA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Cannabis Law, Civil Rights and Employment
Whittier Law School and California State University - Northridge
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Hagop Jack Bazerkanian
Burbank, CA Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Jack Bazerkanian is a founding member of C&B Law Group, LLP, located in Los Angeles, California.
Since 2014, Jack has represented many clients in personal injury and employment law matters. He has experience as a trial attorney and has argued multiple cases at the California court of Appeals. His clients describe him as a hardworking and ethical attorney, prepared to do everything in his power to obtain a favorable outcome for them in a timely fashion.
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Adrianos Facchetti
Burbank, CA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
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Adrianos Facchetti founded the Law Offices of Adrianos Facchetti in 2006, driven by a passion for justice and personalized client care. Serving Los Angeles for nearly two decades, Adrianos specializes in aggressive representation for clients injured in auto, pedestrian, motorcycle, trucking, and premises liability accidents, as well as cases of police misconduct.
Adrianos’s journey began with his adoption by a loving Argentinian-Brazilian couple, sparking a lifelong determination to fight for justice. His early years were marked by his bold challenge against a principal’s public shaming of students, setting the tone for his fearless advocacy.
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Mark Thomas Young
Valencia, CA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Probate and Real Estate
University of California - Davis
As a partner at Donahoe & Young LLP, Santa Clarita attorney Mark T. Young offers legal services for bankruptcy, business law, estate planning and civil litigation issues. He has more than 35 years of experience in the legal community. Mr. Young received his undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles and his Juris Doctor from the University Of California Davis School Of Law. He is AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell®. In addition to his legal work, he serves on the board of directors of the Santa Clarita Community Development Corporation. Contact his firm today for a complimentary consultation.
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Sindee Levin
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationEntertainment & Sports
Loyola Law School
Sindee Levin, ESQ is a veteran entertainment a1orney whose creden7als include business affairs at major film
studios, music publishing, mechanical collec7on and extensive private prac7ce with invaluable contacts with
music publishers and record labels.
• As former owner and past president of American Mechanical Rights Agency, Inc. she handled licensing of
copyrights with record companies: issuing licenses, monitoring accoun7ng and payments; issues
synchroniza7on licenses to film, television, radio, and adver7sing agencies specifying the scope of permission
granted. She offered expert guidance through all emerging technologies and new media formats: website
exploita7ons, digital downloading, ring tones and ring backs before selling AMRA to Kobalt Music Publishing.
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Jan Trent Aune
Burbank, CA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Civil Rights and Employment
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Mr. Aune focuses primarily on employment matters including wrongful termination; discrimination based on protected categories such as age, disability, gender, national origin, and race; harassment and hostile work environment; retaliation; sexual harassment; whistleblower retaliation and whistleblower protection; breach of contract; and employment torts such as battery, sexual battery, and assault.
Mr. Aune represents whistleblowers in employment matters in both California state and federal court in cases involving violations of California Labor Code section 1102.5 Whistleblower Retaliation, the False Claims Act (FCA), the Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act (DCWPA), and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These whistleblower cases often involve retaliation...
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Gordon Philip Firemark
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Gordon Firemark practices entertainment (Theatre, Film, Television, Digital Media), media and business law in Los Angeles. He helps creative industry professionals make deals that make sense, and that get their productions developed, financed, produced and distributed. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media, business transactions, and corporate matters for clients in the fields of media, entertainment, content and digital business.
Mr. Firemark is frequently referred to as “The Podcast Lawyer™”, and is the author of The Podcast, Blog, & New Media Producers’ Legal Survival Guide. (Https://podcastlawbook.com)
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Anthony Rios
Burbank, CA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniversity of Wisconsin Law School
Mr. Rios is an experienced and skilled Criminal Defense Attorney with the Kraut Law Group Criminal & DUI Lawyers, Inc. His practice is focused on Criminal Law matters such as DUI & DWI, White Collar Crime, Domestic Violence, and Juvenile Law. Mr. Rios has eight years of experience in the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, where he has been a leader in the forensic science community.
Mr. Rios is recognized by colleagues for both his expertise and exceptional litigation skills. He is committed to providing an aggressive and relentless defense for clients facing criminal charges. Mr. Rios is dedicated to effectively...
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Chaz Rainey JD/MBA
Burbank, CA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Communications, Entertainment & Sports, IP and International
London School of Economics and Political Science and UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Chaz Rainey advises clients in the film and television industry on matters related to: copyright litigation, financing, production, new media technologies, rights of publicity, defamation, trade secrets, trademarks, unfair competition and other transactional issues. An internationally recognized lawyer, licensed in the practice of law in California, Nevada, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia, Chaz Rainey is an accomplished litigator, negotiator, and advocate. Chaz has served as lead counsel on over 200 cases in both state and federal court. He has first-chaired more than a dozen jury and bench trials, argued before federal and state appellate courts,...
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Stephen Danz
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer
Steve is known for his expertise in employment law, the firm regularly consults with hundreds of clients throughout California and carefully screens the best cases for full trial representation. Steve has had 40 jury trials and has handled hundreds of employment mediation and arbitration since 1988. Steve is widely published in employment law, including “Aviation Employment Law”, Punitive Damages and other topics related to whistleblowers and termination for engagement in protective activity. He is Chair of the Board of Angel Flight West. Areas of Practice Employment Law Litigation Percentage 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation - See more at: http://www.employmentattorneyca.com/attorney-profiles/stephen-danz/#sthash.nxLpghub.dpuf
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Norvik Azarian
Burbank, CA Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Norvik Azarian is the Managing Attorney at Tact Law Firm, APC. His practice focuses on assisting individuals with long-term disability and short-term disability ERISA claims, personal injuries, and appellate matters. While advocating for his clients, Norvik draws on his past experiences to provide unique insights to their cases and level the playing field.
Prior to starting Tact Law Firm, Norvik worked at two prestigious defense firms in Los Angeles, where he defended major insurance companies, ERISA benefits administrators, managed care entities, and Fortune 500 corporations. During his time as a defense attorney, Norvik represented many ERISA benefits lawsuits involving claims for long-term...
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Bruce Kokozian
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
The skillful attorneys at Kokozian Law Firm handle litigation arising out of all types of workplace misconduct. We have secured settlements and verdicts in the millions of dollars for employees in Los Angeles County. Some of the cases that we have handled have involved discrimination based on protected characteristics, such as disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, race, and age. We also consistently handle cases for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and retaliation lawsuits, as well as claims based on a failure to provide medical leave of absence. Our attorneys can represent workers in wage and hour or overtime claims, failure...
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Brian K. Andrews
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Univ of West Los Angeles
Brian K. Andrews is a conscientious, detailed-orientated, determined attorney with expertise in litigation and Personal Injury and Work related injuries. Mr. Andrews has substantial experience in complex civil litigation that has resulted in several important published appellate court rulings and certified class action multi-million dollar settlements* that have benefited consumers throughout California. Mr. Andrews has handled scores of Personal Injury and Worker's Compensation cases.
*This does not guarantee, warranty, or predict the outcome of your case. Education Cal Poly Pomona Watterson College University of West Los Angeles, School of Law, 2004 Admitted to Practice Law State of...
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Beth A. Schroeder
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 40 years of experience
(310) 440-4100
1800 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business and Employment
UCLA School of Law and University of Wisconsin
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Debbie Yeh Joe
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Estate Planning and Workers' Comp
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Debbie Joe is a Founding Partner of Joe, Southard & Yeoh LLP with over 15 years of legal experience. She works tirelessly balancing an empathetic ear and an aggressive case handling approach on behalf of injured workers. She is well regarded in the legal community for her detailed case analysis and effective advocacy skills, which she uses to achieve favorable results time and time again for her clients.
A native of Southern California, Ms. Joe earned her B.A. degree in Communication Studies from University of California at Los Angeles in 1998 with high academic distinction. She earned her law degree in...
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Seena Max Samimi
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(310) 785-5344
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Administrative, Business and Cannabis Law
University of California - Berkeley and University of California - Los Angeles
Seena Max Samimi is an attorney in JMBM's Government, Land Use, Environmental and Energy practice, focusing on assisting clients in successfully navigating complex regulatory, zoning, and environmental issues. He is uniquely positioned to support clients with their development projects, and with litigation, due to his extensive experience throughout his career as 1) outside-firm counsel for public entities such as cities and counties, 2) in-house counsel for an international construction company, and 3) litigation and environmental counsel in the large firm setting, representing major private commercial enterprises.
Seena spent several years representing a wide range of public entities such as cities,...
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Sherwin Sean Arzani
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 20 years of experience
Consumer, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Michigan Law School
Sherwin Arzani is a personal injury with almost a decade of experience successfully representing clients injured due to the negligence of another.
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Ann Michael
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Ann Michael has a broad background across estate planning, estate and trust administration and probate and trust litigation. She applies this knowledge to draft various estate planning documents, including, but not limited to, living trusts, gift trusts, GRATs, QPRTs, and life insurance trusts.
Ann is a member of Phi Delta Phi legal honors fraternity and is admitted to practice law in California, Oklahoma and Illinois (inactive).
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Lisa M. Burkdall
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Business and Estate Planning
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and UCLA School of Law
Lisa M. Burkdall provides sophisticated wealth transfer services for high net worth individuals and families. She specializes in multi-generational planning designed to preserve the client's values while achieving both tax and non-tax objectives. Adept at drafting complex, integrated estate plans, Lisa coordinates the disposition of assets through revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, customized beneficiary designations for retirement plans and lifetime gifting strategies, such as grantor retained annuity trusts and residence trusts. Her practice also includes the modification and reformation of irrevocable trusts to accommodate the beneficiaries' evolving needs and circumstances, while staying true to the trust creator's intent. Lisa enjoys...
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Mark Herbert Schlein
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 54 years of experience
(310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.
Ste. 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury
Mark H. Schlein is Wisner Baum’s top false claims and whistleblower protection Attorney of Counsel. Throughout a career spanning over 40 years as a police officer and a lawyer, Mark has been committed to public service and protection. His unique experience as an urban police officer and attorney makes him particularly effective fighting fraud against the government.
While a government attorney, Mark participated in whistleblower litigation resulting in the recovery of billions of dollars at the state and federal level since 1993. As a result, Mark has extensive experience working with whistleblowers in qui tam actions brought under the False Claims...
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Frances Phares
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer
(310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Blvd
Suite 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Tulane University School of Law
Frances M. Phares is of counsel to Wisner Baum where she concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical product liability, toxic tort cases and major transportation accidents. Known for the caring attentiveness she brings to each case, Fran has been honored with the Martindale Hubbell Client Champion Silver award and the Avvo Clients’ Choice award. To schedule a free consultation, contact Wisner Baum today.
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Timothy Ananda Loranger
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.
Ste. 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Timothy A. Loranger is an attorney and senior shareholder at the national mass disaster law firm of Wisner Baum. A consumer attorney, pilot, and avid citizen advocate, Tim concentrates his practice on product liability law, aviation, and commercial ground transportation accidents (including truck accidents, train crashes, and military vehicle accidents), and military accidents resulting in catastrophic personal injury or wrongful death.
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Bijan Esfandiari
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 23 years of experience
(310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.
Ste. 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury and Products Liability
UCLA School of Law
Bijan Esfandiari is a senior shareholder and pharmaceutical product liability attorney at Wisner Baum. He leads the firm’s Gardasil litigation team representing hundreds of individuals who sustained adverse events after receiving the HPV vaccine. A ceaseless advocate for those harmed by dangerous pharmaceutical products, Bijan has litigated a multitude of complex cases that shaped and developed the law to benefit consumer safety and change the behavior of reckless corporate entities. Contact the firm to speak to Attorney Esfandiari about your claim.
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Michael Doland
Santa Monica, CA Attorney with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, International and Trademarks
Georgetown University Law Center
I am a business attorney doing both transactions as well as litigation.
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Pedram Minoofar
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 27 years of experience
(310) 919-0091
1875 Century Park East
Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business, Construction and Real Estate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Pedram Minoofar handles all aspects of complex real estate and construction litigation including representing clients' interests in all dispute resolution forums (mediation, arbitration, litigation, and other forms of dispute resolution).
Today, Pedram represents a diverse client base in the real estate and construction industries including owners/developers, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in both public and private sectors.
Aside from counseling clients in real estate matters, Pedram counsels clients and litigates numerous other types of disputes including, corporate, partnership, and limited liability company dissolutions, and other commercial disputes.
Pedram also provides advice to clients in real estate transactional matters including, private developments, contract negotiations,...
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Kregg A. Koch
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 21 years of experience
(310) 551-3450
1925 Century Park East, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Free ConsultationPatents
UCLA School of Law
Kregg is a patent attorney in Los Angeles, focusing on patent prosecution of mechanical and medical devices, and related technologies. Large firm experience at affordable prices.
Kregg’s technical experience is among the best you will find. He spent years as a combustion devices design engineer on NASA’s Space Shuttle Program before earning his law degree from one of the top law schools in the country.
Kregg has helped clients of all sizes, from solo inventors and startups to Fortune 500 companies protect their innovations.
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Andrew Owen
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 14 years of experience
(877) 800-1700
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
As a personal injury at Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, Andrew specializes in catastrophic injuries, truck accidents, construction accidents, and property negligence. Additionally he devotes a portion of his practice to consumer class actions against businesses.
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Fay Arfa
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 43 years of experience
(310) 841-6805
10100 Santa Monica Blvd
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Appeals and Criminal Defense
Southwestern Law School
Fay Arfa has been awarded certifications in Criminal Law, Stat and Appellate Law by the State Bar of CA Board of Legal Specialization Certified Specialist. The National Board of Trial Advocacy (American Bar Association Accredited Organization) has certified her as a Criminal Trial Advocate,
Attorney Arfa handles all criminal cases and appeals including murders, sex crimes, trials, appeals and post-conviction matters. Because of her work on behalf of those accused of sex crimes, she has been awarded an attorney membership in the National Child Abuse Defense & Resource Center (NCADRC).
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Paul James Hedlund
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 52 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of California - Los Angeles
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Jeffrey E. Sultan
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer
(310) 201-3515
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business and Energy
University of California - Los Angeles
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Sean T Prosser
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(424) 259-4004
2029 Century Park East
Suite 3100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Securities, Stockbroker Fraud and White Collar Crime
New York Law School
Sean Prosser defends clients facing investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including FBI and Grand Jury proceedings, and other government agencies. He also defends companies and their executives in shareholder litigation. With offices in San Diego and Los Angeles, Sean leads Mintz Levin’s California Securities Litigation practice. His clients include public and private companies, officers and directors, board committees, broker-dealers, banks, investment advisors, hedge funds, CPAs, individual stock traders and public officials. Sean regularly represents clients before the following agencies and regulators: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
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Andrew G. Smith
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 16 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Products Liability
Georgetown University
Andrew Smith applies a broad background in litigation to resolve disputes involving trusts, estates, probate and conservatorships. He works closely with fiduciaries, beneficiaries and institutions, effectively guiding them through all stages of litigation, including discovery, mediation and trial. Andrew fervently protects the best of his clients, actively pursuing all avenues of resolution.
Before joining Weinstock Manion, Andrew began his career as an associate in the Litigation Department at Winston & Strawn LLP, where he represented corporations engaged in various types of complex commercial litigation, including trade secret, product liability, trademark and maritime disputes. He joined Weinstock Manion to specialize in estate...
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Ari Friedman
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer
(310) 909-8212
11111 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Pepperdine University School of Law
Attorney Ari S. Friedman is a partner and trial attorney of the nationwide firm of Wisner Baum (formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman). Licensed to practice in California, he focuses on the firm’s high-stakes cases throughout the country in a wide variety of practice areas, including commercial transportation accidents, mass disasters, and product liability litigation. With a multitude of seven-figure resolutions won on behalf of clients, Ari has been recognized by California Super Lawyers® Rising Stars and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
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Joel David Deutsch
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 43 years of experience
(310) 201-3579
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business
Stanford Law School
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Jill R. Skinner
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(310) 785-5381
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Santa Clara University School of Law
Jill focuses on estate and gift tax planning, probate and trust administration. She advises individuals on a broad variety of matters, including drafting living trusts, insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, children's trusts and defective grantor trusts; formation of partnerships and limited liability companies; and other transfer tax techniques.
Jill also represents trustees and executors in the administration of trusts and estates. She drafts pleadings for matters before the Probate Court and appears before the Probate Court.
In addition, Jill handles a variety of property tax matters, including appearances before the Assessment Appeals Board.
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Dan P. Sedor
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
(310) 201-3554
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Robert E. Mangels
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 54 years of experience
(310) 201-3533
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business
The George Washington University Law School
Robert Mangels has more than 35 years of experience. His practice emphasizes general business and commercial litigation including complex financial fraud, professional negligence, securities, entertainment, intellectual property, bankruptcy, class actions, wrongful termination and construction matters. He has significant experience representing the owners of hotels and office buildings in international disaster recovery, including coordinating the numerous professionals required for dealing with mass disasters and complex litigation.