Gardena Personal Injury Lawyers

Attorney Sean Bral is an experienced personal injury attorney representing clients in a variety of matters including motorcycle, automobile, trucking, biking, and pedestrian, spinal cord injuries, burn injuries, premises liability, slip and falls and dog bites. He has practiced law for over 20 years and over the years have helped tens of thousands of clients recover millions of dollar. With Sean and his diligent team you can rest easy knowing that your case is in the hands of a team that cares for you and your family and that will work day and night seeing to it that every aspect...

Ryan Banafshe established Banafshe Law Firm, PLC in 2002 in order to provide client focused and results oriented legal services. After years of representing clients in several areas of law, he knew he found his passion the first time he represented an injured client. He has a sincere passion representing injured victims against insurance companies and does not allow insurance companies to take advantage of his clients. Ryan prides himself on being a skilled negotiator, an advocate of the people and fights for those who ho have been injured as a result of the negligence of another. Through many years...

Yosi Yahoudai is a founder and the managing partner of J&Y. Yosi is an inspired, aggressive and successful advocate for his clients. He is personally committed to making a difference in his clients’ lives. Nothing makes Yosi happier than getting his clients’ lives back on track.

Yosi’s practice is comprised primarily of cases involving automobile and motorcycle accidents that have caused his clients catastrophic and life-altering injuries. In addition, he represents people in premises liability lawsuits, including suits alleging dangerous conditions of public property, third-party criminal conduct, and intentional torts. He also has expertise in challenging cases involving product defects, dog...

Andrew is a Thornton Law Firm partner and trial attorney. Andrew manages the Thornton Law Firm asbestos trial practice. He has successfully litigated hundreds of asbestos cases in the Massachusetts Superior Court. Andrew has also successfully argued cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. (Spellman v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., et al, 445 Mass. 675 (2006)). He has lectured before nationwide continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of asbestos litigation and the admissibility of expert testimony. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the United...

Michael P. Thornton is founder and chair of Thornton Law Firm LLP. A nationally recognized expert on toxic tort litigation, Mr. Thornton graduated from Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School. In the 1970’s he successfully undertook the representation of a number of shipyard and construction workers who had developed asbestos-related diseases. Over the years, the firm has grown to become the largest firm in the Northeast representing victims of asbestos and other toxic materials. The firm has brought justice to workers who contracted cancer and other health issues from exposure to chemicals, defective drugs, and defective products, and to...

Mr. McMorris is a trial lawyer and directs Thornton Law Firm’ workplace injury and health care subrogation practices. He is a member of the Massachusetts and New York bars and the American Association for Justice. Mr. McMorris’ trial experience has included several jury verdicts in excess of $1 million dollars in cases involving products liability, construction accidents, toxic exposures, lead paint poisoning, and asbestos exposure. Mr. McMorris is appointed by the federal district court to serve as plaintiff’s liaison counsel in asbestos litigation, and has served in that positions since 1993. He was appointed by the Superior Court of...

Marilyn McGoldrick concentrates her practice on pharmaceutical and medical device litigation and class action. She represents clients throughout Massachusetts and nationally. Ms. McGoldrick is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School. She is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar Association (Co-Chair, New Lawyers Section 2000-2001; Steering Committee Member, New Lawyers Section; Membership Committee), and the American Association for Justice. Ms. McGoldrick is Pro Bono counsel for the Central Square Theater, Arlington Underground Railway Theater Company, and...

Simon Stepanyan is the founder of Stepanyan Law Firm. Growing up in a family of attorneys, it was only a matter of time before Simon would become one himself. He is a graduate of law schools in the United States, France, and Armenia. Simon’s legal education is complemented by his work experience at law firms in all three countries. Immediately prior to founding Stepanyan Law Firm, Simon worked at a Los Angeles law firm, where his practice was focused on multi-million dollar complex state and federal cases, consumer class actions, business law, and immigration law. Having a unique background and international legal...

Haleh Shekarchian has successfully represented thousands of clients in the areas of Personal Injury and Work-Related Injuries since 1993. Haleh Shekarchian is renowned for her expertise in settling and litigating a wide range of claims, including personal injury, automobile and motorcycle accidents, products liability, wrongful death, and slip and fall, and is well respected by defense attorneys, judges, and insurance companies in Los Angeles and neighboring counties for her integrity and compassionate representation of her clients. Her clients are confident they will receive the highest level of service and maximum protection possible under the California laws. Personal injury and work-related injuries...

Robert has been helping injury victims and the families of wrongful death victims since graduating from Pepperdine Law School and becoming an attorney in 2006. Robert has obtained millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients every year and especially gets great satisfaction out of successfully resolving difficult cases. Robert has obtained many fantastic results for clients when police reports have blamed his client for the accident or prior attorneys have dropped the case. Robert is an animal lover, member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund and other animal welfare organizations and is always available for a...

I am a passionate California attorney with expertise in Personal Injury, Vehicle Accidents and Wrongful Death matters. I provide aggressive representation for clients throughout the state.

Handling injury claims since 1976, I have been involved in the recovery of over 100 million in compensation. With extensive experience, I am dedicated to fighting for the rights of my clients. I keep my clients fully informed as we pursue the best possible results.

Outside of work, I am an avid volunteer for community groups including coaching for Little League baseball, basketball, and soccer. Additionally, I am a proud Eagle Scout.

Phil Israels graduated from the University of California at Berkeley where he studied Economics. He then attended the University of San Francisco, School of Law, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award. After graduating in 1975, he worked for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office for four years as a prosecutor. In 1979, he decided to work as a criminal defense attorney. He is now a Board Certified Specialist in the field of Criminal Law During his tenure as a defense lawyer, he has successfully defended his clients against a wide range of criminal charges, including drunk driving, domestic violence, sexual related...

Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star," Karthik Krishnan has emerged as one of the young criminal defense and DUI attorneys in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties. The criminal system can be a stressful and insensitive place, where your voice is not heard. However, that is not the case with Karthik. The focus of his representation is his clients and what they need. "I want to tell the client's story," he says. In Karthik's decade plus experience as a criminal defense attorney he has handled various cases ranging from serious felonies, thousands of DUI matters, domestic violence cases,...

I am a passionate personal injury attorney who understands the significance of empathetic one-on-one representation you deserve. I have taken extensive measures in designing an exclusively personal experience at Brand Law Group, APC. My boutique law firm will provide you with a sense of comfort and relief during a painful, confusing, and stressful time. As an attorney, I greatly believe in transparency and take pride in being available to all my clients. I will work tirelessly to secure your financial concerns, as well as address and guide you towards receiving individual, physical, and emotional care that you require. I will...

The Law Office of Nabil E. Chelico is committed to providing professional and aggressive representation to clients while adhering to strict ethical standards. I have successfully represented clients before USCIS, the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals; the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. I represent clients in family-based petitions; fiance/fiancee petitions; employment-based petitions; complicated naturalization applications; removal proceedings; appeals; petitions for review, and writs of mandamus. Each case will be given the appropriate attention it needs and no client will be left...

I have served in the State of California since 1988, handling Social Security Disability, Workers’ Compensation Law, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury matters. At the Law Offices of Norman J. Homen, our goal is to provide injured clients with the best results in a timely and cost-effective manner. For over 30 years, our outstanding litigation team has remained dedicated to the rights and welfare of the injured and disabled throughout Southern California. The cornerstone of my success is the quality of relationships that I maintain with clients. Clients are treated with integrity and respect for their needs, goals, and objectives. We...

Philip Shakhnis is a forceful, meticulous and compassionate attorney with over 20 years of experience representing tenants. Philip has represented hundreds of tenants forced to live in slum conditions. Philip has also helped tenants poisoned by carbon monoxide leaks, exposed to mold and whose children have been lead poisoned. Philip is at the forefront of representing tenants wrongfully evicted from properties protected by local rent control laws. Philip focuses his law practice on representing tenants because he strongly believes that every family and every person deserves the right to a safe, decent and healthy home. As part of his experience...

Attorney Simon Aval has been practicing criminal law since 1999. Over the years he has gained invaluable experience handling thousands of criminal cases and has completed over 150 Jury Trials. He is a Certified Specialist in criminal law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He has been chosen as a Superlawyer by Los Angeles Magazine. He has been selected as one of the Best Attorneys in Los Angeles.

Matthew K. Joy is a trial attorney at The Dominguez Firm. With over a decade of experience litigating difficult liability cases, Attorney Joy has helped hundreds of accident victims in California recover millions in compensation. He’s a fierce advocate of road safety and promotes the firm’s values by delivering outstanding legal representation and client service, as part of the personal injury trial team.

Matthew is known for handling complex cases involving wrongful deaths, amputations, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, paraplegic injuries, auto accidents and premises liability; as well, cases of serious accidents involving trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles, drowning, construction and elevators;...

Mr. Reyes was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and obtained his law degree from the UCLA School of Law. Mr. Reyes specializes in employment law, wage and hour matters, personal injury law, real estate litigation, business litigation, and landlord/tenant matters. He is a member of the California State Bar and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Mr. Reyes has been a licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of California since December of 2008. He is admitted to practice law in...

Hussein Saleh is a seasoned personal injury litigation attorney at The Dominguez Firm. He handles all types of personal injury cases and has helped thousands of individuals and families obtain the compensation they deserve, representing clients against at-fault third party and negligent businesses.

Attorney Saleh graduated from California State University, Long Beach, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Finance. Thereafter, he attended Whittier Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor.

Since an early age Attorney Hussein Saleh has wanted to help those most in need. Of Lebanese descent, he grew up in Southeast Los Angeles and witnessed the social challenges,...

Highly experienced, focusing on criminal defense, personal injury and general litigation. From providing pre-litigation counsel to winning intense jury trials, I have worked closely and effectively with my clients to fight for their best interests. As a former criminal prosecutor, I have handled hundreds of cases in court. Therefore, I know how to present my cases in a light most favorable to a judge and jury. I have also worked for some of the greatest civil litigation law firms in the nation and handled many areas of practice including but not limited to personal injury and criminal law.

I was born...

From 1987 to 1990, he was a staff attorney at Westside Legal Services, in Santa Monica, California where he was the lead trial lawyer representing lower income families and individuals who could not afford a lawyer. In 1990, DeSimone founded the cutting edge civil rights law firm Schonbrun & DeSimone. Later known as Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, the firm established a reputation as one of the most prestigious civil and employment rights law firms in the State of California and in the entire country.

After twenty-five years as a partner, Jim decided to carve out his own path by...

Michael Avanesian, the group’s president and managing partner, has developed a reputation for being an assertive lawyer who is fearless and committed to winning. Michael represents the face of Avian Law Group and never hesitates in accepting the challenge of defending his client’s rights. Michael’s leadership is founded on the principles of ethics and justice. In his tenure as a lawyer, Michael Avanesian has taken heavy responsibility by handling challenging cases of real estate fraud, contested probate, partnership disputes, and trust disputes. With his skillful negotiation skills and grasp of the system, he has achieved the best results for some of...

Attorney Stoker is the principal attorney of Stoker Law Firm. He is the second youngest out of five children with three brothers and a sister which led him to thrive on competition. His mother often reminds him of when he was in elementary school telling her he wanted to be a lawyer.

While attending Suffolk, Attorney Stoker served as a fellow in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, studied international law at Lund University in Sweden, and earned a concentration in Business Law and Financial Services.

Attorney Stoker's legal career began with an internship his senior year at Merrimack with Gomez & Palumbo,...

Sergio Alejandro Copete is the owner of Copete Law Firm, a full service law firm that provides legal services in the areas of: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Immigration Law, Landlord / Tenant, Real Estate, Business Litigation and general Civil Litigation. Sergio Alejandro Copete is bilingual, speaks English and Spanish fluently and provides individual attention to every case and every person that contacts the firm. In his years of experience, he has successfully obtained great results for his clients, as shown by the reviews he has received by his clients on his various pages on the web. Sergio Alejandro Copete provides services all...

Admitted to the California Bar in 2001, I aggressively advocate for clients with Civil Rights, Employment, Constitutional, Personal Injury and General Civil law needs. I represent individuals, business and government entities in the State of California, the 9th Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court, as well as U.S. District Courts throughout California.

I am an accomplished attorney with proven results including settlement, trial and appellate cases. With innovative and effective litigation strategies, I aggressively pursue justice for my clients. I am dedicated to outstanding service and representation focused on the best possible outcomes.

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A Los Angeles-native, Ms. Berjis received her Bachelors of Arts in History, from California State University, Long Beach, and subsequently earned her Juris Doctorate from Trinity Law School. As a law student, Ms. Berjis received the Academic Achievement Award (i.e., the highest grade in her class) in an impressive six (6) courses, which included Civil Procedure II, Remedies, Evidence, Legal Research & Writing II, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure. In addition to her academic success, as a law student, Ms. Berjis also was a member of the Trial Advocacy Team. Prior to founding the Law Office...

Derek Pakiz heads the litigation department at The Reeves Law Group and supervises the firm’s attorneys. Drawing upon decades of practice, Derek offers clients exceptional skills and a deep understanding of cases involving personal injury law. Over the course of his career, Derek has successfully resolved thousands of cases for clients through mediation, arbitration, litigation and numerous trials. Derek’s practice covers a wide range of personal injury cases from serious car accidents to slip and fall accidents, with a specialty focus on catastrophic injury cases, including traumatic brain injury, paralysis, amputation, and wrongful death. His expertise has garnered significant results,...

Top-rated and award winning Los Angeles lawyer representing clients in business and alcohol-liquor law, focusing on advising entrepreneurial startups, emerging and established companies with respect to business formation and structuring, ABC liquor licensing, ABC disciplinary defense, conditional use permitting (CUP), administrative and governmental proceedings, trademarks, commercial contracting, and commercial leasing. Our firm also represents clients in criminal and DUI law, including land use and municipal code enforcement defense. In addition, we represent clients in personal injury claims.

Rabeh M. A. Soofi is the managing attorney and founder of the firm. Having spent most of her legal career at a large national lawfirm of 300+ lawyers involved in million and billion dollar disputes, Rabeh’s focus is on making world-class legal skills available to individuals in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, to offer exceptional legal services in a client-focused, cost-effective, and strategic manner. Rabeh is hired most often for her unique practice philosophy and is known among the legal community as an aggressive attorney with a no-nonsense and solutions-oriented approach to legal engagements. Rabeh’s legal work combines...

Mr. Kashri is a highly experienced insurance claims lawyer and a personal injury lawyer committed to providing his clients with superior service and results. Initially, he experienced years of legal practice representing some of the most prominent insurance companies. As an insurance lawyer he handled several thousand cases in litigation. Mr. Kashri has switched gears from representing insurance companies to pursuing insurance companies. Handling thousands of cases while representing insurance companies has allowed him to have a competitive edge over other attorneys. This experience has enabled him to tactfully litigate against insurance companies! Mr. Kashri handles various types of claims,...

Eliot Houman is a co-founding partner of The Accident Guys. Mr. Houman has handled numerous complex lawsuits from their inception through trial and appeals, and has helped his clients obtain millions of dollars in judgments and settlements.

Mr. Houman graduated towards the top of his class from the prestigious Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.

Prior to founding The Accident Guys, Mr. Houman worked at some of our nation’s most well-respected law firms, including a national firm voted one of America’s “Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms of 2014.” Having honed his legal skills working alongside many of our country’s best and...

Leonard (“Leo”) Manalo is a Los Angeles-based attorney who defends clients accused of California and federal crimes. His practice covers everything from asset forfeiture, to DUI and drug crimes.

A graduate of Loyola Law School, Mr. Manalo also holds a degree in economics from San Francisco State University. With his ability to understand complicated financial evidence, he particularly enjoys helping clients get back assets seized by the government.

Mr. Manalo began his career with the San Diego County public defender's office, where he helped investigate a wide variety of crimes. While there, he discovered that even innocent people aren't always treated fairly...

Attorney Steinberger is a Personal Injury Lawyer, Celebrity Attorney, Television Legal Analyst and Commentator, Professor of Law (media studies), Federally Appointed S.E.C. Arbitrator, Class Action Attorney for Major cases. Attorney Steinberger is a veteran trial attorney with extensive experience in criminal law, personal injury law and mass product liability litigation. Attorney Steinberger is the founder and senior partner of The Law Offices of Jeffrey W. Steinberger, A Professional Law Corporation.

Bobby Saadian, Esq., JD/MBA, is the Founding Partner and Managing Attorney at Wilshire Law Firm. He has spent more than a decade dedicating his practice to representing catastrophic injury victims and their families in motor vehicle accident, product liability, wrongful death, and other complex personal injury cases. Bobby has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of his clients, including eight-figure recoveries of $17.1 million and $12 million.
Bobby’s expertise has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. Following an exhaustive peer-review process, Bobby was honored by Super Lawyers as a Southern California Rising Star from 2012 to 2017, and...

I specialize in civil litigation, representing employees in discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation cases, whistleblower and class action wage-and-hour cases. A commercial pilot and flight instructor, I am also well-versed in legal matters involving aviation. Bar admissions: State Bar of California 2006; U.S. Disctrict Court – Central District of California 2006; Education: Whittier Law School 2005 (Magna Cum Laude).

With a dedicated focus on personal injury and employment law, Jonathan litigates high profile cases since his becoming a partner at Kahn Roven, LLP.

After attending his first trial at the age of five, Andrew Biren knew he wanted to be a personal injury lawyer just like his father. Attorney Andrew is a passionate legal advocate who devotes his time to representing those who have suffered due to others' negligence in the Los Angeles area. He has extensive experience in the legal field, starting his path as a legal clerk at the young age of 14. This foundation has equipped him to provide invaluable counsel and representation to his clients. From wrongful death to catastrophic injuries, Attorney Biren is ready to stand up for...

Mr. Lesser heads Thornton Law Firm’s False Claims Act / Qui Tam litigation section, representing whistleblowers that report fraud on the Federal and State governments. While practicing in traditional areas of False Claims litigation, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud, Mr. Lesser also handles litigation involving finance and bank fraud. In 2020 Mr. Lesser's client, an FX trader who worked for Bank of New York Mellon, was awarded the then largest individual SEC whistleblower award in the history of SEC whistleblower litigation. The client's almost $50 million dollar award was for providing original information to the Securities and...