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Daniel Sallus
Manhattan Beach, CA Attorney with 10 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Daniel Sallus is a partner of Stone & Sallus, LLP focusing on business litigation, business and real estate transactions, estate planning, entity formations, and real estate litigation. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Daniel obtained his B.S. in Management from the Eller School of Business and a minor in Spanish at the University of Arizona. Previously he worked at a large bank where he interacted with businesses and obtained a deeper understanding of their needs.
While in college, Daniel started investing in real estate where he was able to manage and rent the property to pay for his undergraduate...
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Thomas W Porter
El Segundo, CA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Communications, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Southwestern Law School
Tommy helps entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses of all kinds build great companies. His goal is to be a team member of your company to provide business and legal strategy in an effective and efficient manner. He serves as outside general counsel and advises clients in many different sectors, including technology, media, entertainment, retail, food and beverage, and outdoor recreation industries, among others. He prides himself on personalized services and building lasting relationships with his clients. He likes to work with teams bold enough to build epic brands, solve big problems, and make a dent in the universe.
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Peter Goldstein
Culver, CA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Whittier Coll School of Law
Free Consultation & Support Trial attorney Peter Goldstein graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in 1977, and then earned his juris doctor from Whittier School of Law in 1985 with honors. He and his family live in Las Vegas but maintain a residence in Culver City, California. Peter has tried over 80 trials including over 30 jury trials, and is familiar with the judges, mediators and arbitrators in Southern Nevada and Southern California. His practice areas include personal injury, car accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, premises liability, police misconduct and...
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Ingrid M. Evans
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 29 years of experience
6701 Center Drive West
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Consumer, Elder, Personal Injury and Stockbroker Fraud
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Ingrid M. Evans is the founding partner of the Evans Law Firm. Ms. Evans is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, and was named as a Finalist for Consumer Attorney of the Year, Consumer Attorneys of California, 2009. Ingrid Evans is a veteran in the courtroom and was previously undefeated in jury trials as a former Deputy City Attorney for San Francisco. Ingrid Evans is an experienced litigator in state and federal courts and is licensed to practice law in California, the District of Columbia, and New York. Ms. Evans has been named as a 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers...
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Jeffrey Lewis Gold
El Segundo, CA Attorney with 42 years of experience
400 Continental Blvd
6th Floor
El Segundo, CA 90245
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Hastings College of the Law
Attorney Jeffrey Lewis Gold is a criminal and DUI defense attorney with the law firm Gold & Witham, representing the accused throughout Southern California. Mr. Gold is a graduate of Hastings College of Law in San Francisco (1983) and was admitted to the California State Bar the same year. Throughout his educational career, Mr. Gold received a number of legal honors and accolades such as “Best Appellate Brief and Oral Argument” and graduating with Magna Cum Laude honors from his undergraduate program. Prior to forming Gold & Witham with partner Nigel Witham, Mr. Gold worked for a variety of other...
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Earl Schurmer
Marina Del Rey, CA Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Southwestern Law School
Attorney Earl Schurmer is a Southern California personal injury lawyer who has more than two decades of experience in the field. He has handled hundreds of arbitrations and has tried numerous cases to verdict. Mr. Schurmer is a member of the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Ventura County Bar Association, and the Santa Barbara County Bar Association. To find out about retaining the representation of Attorney Schurmer, contact The Schurmer Firm today.
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Vida Monica Holguin
El Segundo, CA Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Employment
UC Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley Law graduate specializing in labor and employment matters representing employees in State and Federal courts as well as small employers (less than 10 employees) with preventative measures and advice. Former in-house Hughes Aircraft labor counsel and State Bar prosecutor.
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Zev Weinstein
Santa Monica, CA Attorney
2665 Main St.
240 B
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Free ConsultationElder, Insurance Claims, Legal Malpractice and Medical Malpractice
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
The Law Offices of Zev Weinstein has dealt with all types of personal injury cases for so many years. The firm has experiences in cases with watercraft injuries, truck accident, train accidents, toxic chemicals, swimming pool accidents, sub rollover accidents, slip, trip, fall accidents, seatback failure, product liability, and premises accidents. Interested in receiving more information? Please visit us at any of these websites:
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Tanvir A. Anis
Manhattan Beach, CA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(310) 939-9000
1500 Rosecrans Ave.
Ste. 500
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-2472
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Tulane University
My experience includes years as a senior district attorney with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and Orange County District Attorney's Office. My time as a prosecutor has been invaluable in my work as a criminal defense attorney. I received my legal education from Yale University and Tulane University. As a defense attorney, I have been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, a top 10 criminal defense attorney in California, and a Top 40 under 40 trial attorney nationwide in the field of criminal defense. I have additionally received awards for client satisfaction from Avvo.com
My practice is founded upon a...
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Rodney Alves
Manhattan Beach, CA Attorney with 30 years of experience
(310) 948-6477
1590 Rosecrans Ave.
Suite 327D
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and International
University of California - Los Angeles and Mackenzie University Law School
Mr. Alves's practice focuses on advising startups, emerging growth and middle market companies across a spectrum of industries in corporate, finance and business transactions with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, contracts and project finance.
Licensed in Brazil and the U.S., he practiced for several years at major law firms in Brazil and the U.S. advising domestic and international clients on, among other things, corporate, mergers and acquisitions and investments matters.
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Gregory Wong
Culver City, CA Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of California - Berkeley
A graduate of the UC Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall School of Law) and Stanford University, Greg Wong has practiced exclusively in the area of labor and employment law throughout his entire career as an attorney.
Mr. Wong joined the Barkhordarian Law Firm in January of 2019 in order to establish the firm’s Labor and Employment Department. He currently serves as the head of the Labor and Employment Department and the Firm’s Managing Attorney.
Throughout his 20+ year career as an employment litigator and counselor, Mr. Wong has assisted clients ranging in size from Fortune 100 Corporations to closely held family businesses...
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Melissa A Agnetti
Los Angeles, CA Attorney
(844) 230-7676
5757 W. Century Boulevard
Suite 680
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Southwestern Law School
Ms. Agnetti’s defective drug and medical device practice primarily focuses on personal injury and mass tort litigation, including pharmaceutical product liability.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Agnetti clerked for the City Attorney’s Office of Torrance, California. While there, she prepared and drafted various pleadings and motions for all stages of civil litigation and criminal prosecution, as well as helped to draft an ordinance for the city’s police department. She worked as a legal aid volunteer for the Entertainment and the Arts Legal Clinic, providing production business and legal affairs services for independent films, which included drafting client engagement letters, location...
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Patricio Tomas Barrera
El Segundo, CA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Univ of Texas School of Law
Pat Barrera has been practicing law in California and Texas for 28 years. Pat has been listed in Southern California Super Lawyers for 16 consecutive years. In 2018, Pat obtained a $1,002,361 verdict in an age discrimination case and a $1,750,000 verdict, including punitive damages, in a disability discrimination case. Pat was recognized by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as a 2018 top Labor and Employment Specialist in California, and was nominated for CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year. Pat is a member of The American Board of Trial Advocates, and is listed...
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Amy K. Saechao
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, IP and Trademarks
Golden Gate University School of Law and Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Next Level Legal aims to reimagine the legal experience by disrupting the way that law firms have traditionally delivered services. We believe that everyone should be able to access an attorney when they need it and continue to establish solutions to make that access possible, including the utilization of technology, transparent pricing, flexible payment options, legal subscription memberships, and options for virtual representation.
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Chris Harvey
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
University of San Diego School of Law
In 2015, Chris Harvey formed Harvey Esquire APC, a venture capital law firm in Los Angeles. Chris has over 12 years of experience in private practice. Chris started the firm to work with entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, and investment professionals. Later, the firm moved to focus specifically on venture capital law for emerging fund managers and VC-backed startups in early stages.
Summary:
• Top writer on Quora
• 12 years of practicing law
• Former coder turned legal wordsmith-for-hire
• Author of “Financing a Business” chapter in Emerging Companies Guide, a legal practitioner’s guidebook published by the ABA and edited by former Cooley lawyer/distinguished author,...
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Emily Ruby
El Segundo, CA Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Jessica F. Anvar
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Collections, Consumer and Products Liability
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
We are California’s premier lemon law firm, serving clients throughout the State of California.
The Lemon Law Experts have helped thousands of consumers recover millions of dollars in refunds and cash compensation for their defective vehicles.
If you have purchased or leased a new or used vehicle that has repeated problems, the Lemon Law Experts can help you.
As California’s best lemon law firm, the Lemon Law Experts work with the major vehicle manufacturers including GM, Ford, Chevrolet, Fiat, Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Land Rover…and all others.
Call us today and learn how we can help you with your defective vehicle.
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David Joshua Staub
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Business, Collections, Consumer and Employment
Tulane Univ Law School
D. Joshua Staub's practice emphasizes general civil litigation with experience resolving disputes for plaintiffs and defendants through arbitration, trial, and mediation involving the following areas of law: automobile accidents, breach of contract, commercial collections, consumer claims (including class actions) fraud, harassment, judgment enforcement, and nonpayment of wages (wage & hour).
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Stacey Lind Widger
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 22 years of experience
(310) 306-8000
13101 W Washington Blvd
Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Evan Braunstein
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
The George Washington University Law School
The Law Offices of Evan Braunstein provides fixed fee services for all of your divorce and family law needs. Our practice areas include divorce, premarital agreements, child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, and modification of orders. Unlike most other family law attorneys, we do not bill by the hour but instead charge a fixed fee for our work on your case. This efficient billing approach offers you the predictability of knowing how much our services will cost and the assurance of knowing that everything necessary will be done. You will be able to talk to us and ask...
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Frank Sandelmann
Manhattan Beach, CA Attorney with 29 years of experience
(310) 229-9911
324 Manhattan Beach Blvd # 201
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Business, Construction, Employment and Real Estate
Boston University School of Law
Mr. Sandelmann has represented large and small clients in real estate litigation, construction defects, complex title insurance litigation, employment matters, partnership disputes, manufacturing disputes, class actions involving wage & hour and other matters, medical malpractice, administrative proceedings before California governmental agencies, appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Appellate Courts, real estate acquisitions, real estate developments, drafting homeowners association bylaws and rules and regulations, commercial leases, contracts, telecommunication license acquisitions, entertainment and banking. Mr. Sandelmann has represented clients extensively in State and Federal courts, in arbitrations and mediations, and in administrative...
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Jeannine V. Stepanian
Marina Del Rey, CA Lawyer with 8 years of experience
4712 Admiralty Way # 794
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Business, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
UCLA School of Law
Jeannine Stepanian is a versatile transactional attorney. Her diverse practice includes entertainment law, intellectual property law, and business transactions. She has represented clients in the entertainment industry, including actors, writers, producers, and directors. She has also represented a wide variety of corporate clients, from small businesses and tech start-ups to non-profit organizations, production companies, and film studios.
Prior to forming SLF in 2019, Ms. Stepanian practiced litigation. She has experience in family law, appellate law, and insurance defense. As a former litigator, she is uniquely suited to drafting and negotiating contracts with an aim to protect her clients from future...
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Thomas Alan Widger
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 22 years of experience
(888) 806-5445
13101 West Washington Blvd.
Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Divorce and Family
Loyola Marymount University
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Bonnie Yates
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 41 years of experience
(310) 204-6624
13323 W. Washington Blvd.
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Free ConsultationEducation
Loyola Law School
The Law Offices of Bonnie Z Yates employs a team approach in securing your child’s education rights. We have helped hundreds of children obtain vital educational services throughout California.
Our team is composed of attorneys, skilled education professionals and support staff committed to assisting you in obtaining all the education services to which your child is entitled.
If you would like to schedule an initial free phone consultation, please take a minute
to fill out our “Family Intake Form“.
Once completed, our office will call to set up a convenient appointment time with you.
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Amir Nayebdadash
El Segundo, CA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Civil Rights and Employment
Pepperdine University School of Law and King’s College London, School of Law
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Michael Korte Teiman
los angeles, CA Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Michael K. Teiman is an experienced trial attorney and personal injury lawyer based in California. He specializes in handling a wide range of cases, including personal injury, wrongful death, government lawsuits, and mass torts. Throughout his career, Michael has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to advocating for justice on behalf of his clients.
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Stephen Kane
Playa Vista, CA Attorney
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and IP
Stanford Law School
I have legal and business experience ranging from corporate to small business to startup. As a business owner and entrepreneur, I’ve confronted many of the same challenges my clients encounter. I can give you practical legal advice from the perspective of a lawyer who “gets” business.
Relevant Experience and Background
- Associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP (AmLaw 100 law firm)
- In House Corporate Experience, Legal Tech Experience
- Fellow, Stanford CodeX Center for Legal Informatics
- Education: Stanford University, Stanford Law School
I started GRID110, a 501c3 partnered with the LA Mayor’s office to provide mentorship & resources to underserved entrepreneurs. Through GRID110 I’ve...
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Nelson Alejandro Quintero
Venice, CA Attorney with 29 years of experience
IP
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
QUINTERO LAW OFFICE, OC focuses on intellectual property, principally patent and trademark prosecution before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. The firm also provides intellectual property services in connection with portfolio management, due diligence, legal opinions, licensing, strategic counselling, and litigation support.
Our client-focused practice emphasizes providing quality and personalized service in an efficient and cost-effective manner. We are committed to helping our clients intelligently navigate the patent and trademark systems to maximize the value of their intellectual property.
Schedule your initial consultation with QUINTERO LAW OFFICE, PC today — 310-909-8535. We look forward to learning how we can help.
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Will Jay Pirkey
Venice, CA Attorney with 46 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, IP and Probate
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Steven M. Sweat
Los Angeles, CA Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Products Liability
California Western School of Law and Florida State University - Panama City campus
Steven M. Sweat is an award winning personal injury attorney based in Los Angeles, California. He is the principal founding member of Steven M. Sweat, Personal Injury Lawyers, APC. The firm has been representing the victims of negligence and wrongdoing throughout California seek compensation for personal injury and wrongful death in a variety of contexts including but, not limited to auto accidents, bicycle mishaps, boating accidents, commercial and residential property accidents including slip and trip and falls and negligent security claims, dog bites, explosions and fires, motorcycle crashes, nursing home and elder abuse, railroad collisions, sexual assault and abuse...
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Premkiran B Reddy
Los Angeles, CA Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Concord Law School
I am among the few attorneys holding a M.D., residing professionally at the crossroads of Law and Medicine. My training and experience in various Psychiatry settings, my 15 years of operating a Rehab Clinic, along with my arbitration & mediation certifications, as well as having lived in different countries around the world gives me a unique and distinct broad understanding of the human mind. This includes various Neurological, Endocrine, and Psycho-social factors influencing human behavior.
In 2012, my aunt, a Medical Doctor and Christian Missionary, and my uncle, a full-time minister, experienced a severe head-on collision in my hometown. Unfortunately,...
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Tamara Shari Benefield-Faulk
Beverly Hills, CA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(310) 271-7675
9454 Wilshire Blvd, Penthouse Suite
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Free ConsultationFamily
Loyola Law School
Tamara Shari Benefield is a top-notch family law litigator for over 20 years handling high asset divorces, contested custody proceedings, as well as providing aggressive and compassionate representation for all things family law from child support and spousal support hearings as well as international and interstate child abduction cases.
Ms. Benefield is a highly skilled cross examiner and exceptionally gifted trial attorney. She knows the rules and laws regarding evidence and knows how to successfully raise objections and keep out certain evidence. She is a former professor at West Los Angeles College of Law and taught Civil Procedure to prepare students...
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Samuel Landis
Beverly Hills, CA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationTax
Southwestern Univ School of Law, Southwestern University School of Law and Boston University
Samuel possesses a Master’s Degree in Taxation (LL.M.) from Boston University. Since 1997, Samuel has been the founder and managing partner of the tax law firm Segal, Cohen & Landis, P.C. (SCL). Under Samuel’s leadership, SCL has distinguished itself as one of the preeminent specialty tax law firms in the United States having successfully represented over 15,000 clients. Samuel has personally handled thousands of tax cases himself, many of which have been the largest and most complex cases in their respective industries including sports, entertainment and gaming. Because of the high profile nature of many of Samuel’s cases, they have...
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Michael Cohen
Beverly Hills, CA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Southwestern University School of Law
Mr. Cohen is the founder and principal of the Cohen IP Law Group, P.C. His practice involves intellectual property, business and entertainment law.
Mr. Cohen is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent attorney and is experienced in all phases of IP litigation relating to patent infringement validity and enforceability, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and interference with contractual relations. He specializes in matters involving UDRP proceedings, cybersquatting, and other domain name issues, and has successfully obtained preliminary injunctions against cybersquatters.
Mr. Cohen is also active...
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Michael Eric Kraut
Beverly Hills, CA Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(888) 334-6344
8484 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 660B
Beverly Hills, CA 90211-3220
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Harvard Law School and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Kraut Criminal & DUI Lawyers is a premier criminal defense firm located in the media center of Los Angeles. The firm specializes in DUI defense and other criminal matters. Prior to becoming one of Southern California's top notch criminal defense attorneys, Mr. Kraut is a former Deputy District Attorney. He has over 14 years of trial experience, contacts, and understanding of how to best handle his client's cases. He has obtained a success rate of 99% in jury trials.
Los Angeles Criminal defense attorney Michael Kraut has been featured on CNN and Fox News as well as in...
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Dmitry Gorin
Los Angeles, CA Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(310) 328-3776
2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
UCLA School of Law
Mr. Dmitry Gorin specializes in major criminal defense matters throughout Southern California courts. He left the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office after 12 years of extensive trial experience. Mr. Gorin has litigated everything from Death Penalty murder cases to complex fraud cases, being nominated Prosecutor of the Month several times. Many of his cases have been profiled in the media including ABC, NBC, Court-TV and others. Mr. Gorin is also a Professor at Pepperdine and UCLA, teaching courses to undergraduates and law students on jury trial advocacy, public speaking, and comparative trial systems.
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Lawrence Taylor
Beverly Hills, CA Lawyer with 55 years of experience
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI
UCLA School of Law
Guided by the nationally-renown "Dean of DUI Attorneys", The Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor is a 4-attorney firm specializing in DUI defense exclusively since 1979, and maintains offices in Long Beach, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Irvine, Riverside and Carlsbad. A former Marine and graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1966) and the UCLA School of Law (1969), Mr. Taylor served as deputy public defender and deputy district attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice. He was the trial judge's legal advisor in People vs Charles Manson, was Supreme Court counsel in the "Onion Field" murder case,...
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William S. Kroger
Beverly Hills, CA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCannabis Law, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of California - Los Angeles and Oxford, England
Criminal defense attorney William S. Kroger has dedicated 100% of his career to helping men and women caught up in a criminal prosecution. He regularly defends clients in court throughout the Los Angeles area, including all Southern California Courts State and Federal.
Every day in court, I work to place checks on the power of the prosecution. I am honored to defend each one of my clients, no matter what crime they are accused of or where they come from.
Sometimes the best results in a criminal case can come from meeting with the prosecutor and convincing them that the charges...