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Ilyse Fern Klavir
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Workers' Comp, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
Univ of West Los Angeles
Iyse Klavir specializes in the practice of bankruptcy law at her law firm Klavir & Associates based in Lancaster, CA in the Antelope Valley with a satellite office in Woodland Hills, CA serving the San Fernando Valley. Worker's Compensation and Personal Injury cases are also areas of consiberable practice focus and experience. Ilyse Klavir assisted nearly a thousand debtors last year through the bankruptcy process. She was recognized with the William J. Lasarow Award by the Debtor Assistance Project for her work on behalf of debtors.
Ilyse Klavir has over 20 years of experience as an executive,...
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Otto Philip Cipolla Jr
Agoura Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Seton Hall University School of Law and Pepperdine University
Otto P. Cipolla, Jr. is the founder and owner of The Law Offices of CIPOLLA, CALABA, MARRONE, WOLLMAN & SILVA. Mr. Cipolla founded the firm in 1995. He has since grown the firm from 2 attorneys to 30 attorneys. The firm now has seven offices throughout California. Mr. Cipolla has taught, lectured and given seminars in all aspects of Workers’ Compensation Law for employers, insurance carriers, brokers and third party administrators. Mr. Cipolla has been a Judge Pro-Tem not only at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board but also in both Municipal and Superior Court. CCMW&S practice is...
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Gerald L. Marcus
Calabasas, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Southern California Institute of Law
Gerald Marcus began his career as a licensed private investigator, developing and preparing personal injury cases for one of the largest personal injury law firms in Los Angeles County at the time. His investigative work (1980-1986) overlapped with his time at the Southern California Institute of Law (1982-1985) at the Ventura Colleges of Law campus. There, Mr. Marcus’ work earned him honors from the Sandra O’Connor society.
In 1987, Mr. Marcus founded The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus and the Professional Accident Injury Network, Inc. (P.A.I.N.), to represent accident victims. Both are run according to his...
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Vanessa Jean Cooksey
Calabasas, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(818) 743-4850
5000 N. Parkway Calabasas
Suite 304
Calabasas, CA 91302
Workers' Comp
UCLA School of Law
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Sheryl Lam
Van Nuys, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School
Sheryl Lam, esq. a certified specialist in workers' compensation is known as a fierce litigator and is well respected by both her clients and her peers while in deposition and in court.
Ms. Lam has experience in many areas of the law including immigration, family law, personal injury and criminal law. She currently devotes her time exclusively to representing injured workers but is able to apply her vast knowledge of the law to the many issues that cross over into workers compensation. In addition to English, Ms. Lam speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese, to assist our clients that speak...
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Neil B. Shouse
Sherman Oaks, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Employment, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Harvard Law School
An honors graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Neil Shouse uses his experience as a former insurance company defense lawyer now to fight for injury victims. He helps secure big money settlements to compensate victims for medical bills, lost wages, lost opportunities and pain and suffering.
Mr. Shouse practices in Los Angeles County and Las Vegas. He represents clients injured or killed in car accidents, workplace accidents, dog attacks, dangerous products and harmful drugs.
Mr. Shouse learned personal injury law by first working on the other side. He defended large insurance companies at Sidley & Austin, one of the...
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Kevin Cortright
Thousand Oaks, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
University of La Verne College of Law
Kevin Cortright is a distinguished Workers' Compensation Attorney whose career is defined by a deep commitment to representing individuals in their time of need. With an unwavering dedication to justice and a reputation for tenacity in the face of daunting legal challenges, Cortright has positioned himself as a beacon of hope for workers navigating the complexities of workers compensation law. Grounded by a solid foundation in legal studies, Kevin launched into the workers' compensation niche after being moved by the plight of injured employees struggling to negotiate the labyrinth of regulations governing workplace injuries. Recognizing the imbalance of power between...
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Scott Douglas Silberman
Van Nuys, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Western State University College of Law
Scott Silberman, esq. is a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation. He has also been recognized by the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers Compensation as an Arbitrator. He has experience representing both injured workers as well as employers and insurance companies, but now exclusively represents injured workers and their dependents.
Coming from a family of workers compensation attorneys, and his father being a retired workers' compensation Judge, Scott has literally grown up with workers' compensation. He has written law review articles and lectured to bar associations in regards to changes in workers compensation law.
Prior to becoming one of the founding...
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Nikki Mehrpoo Jacobson
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 27 years of experience
(888) 207-9600
10401 Venice Blvd.
Suite 204 - 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Attorney at Law | Professor of Law | Certified Specialist
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(888) 207-9600 (310) 277-2266
(818) 276-9866 (213) 275-3012
For over 20 years, Attorney Nikki Jacobson has been a dedicated advocate for California injured workers and immigrants from all over the world. She has focused her practice of law exclusively on workers’ compensation and immigration law. Los...
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Richard Barkhordarian
Culver City, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Employment
Pepperdine University School of Law
I have been practicing law for over 20 years now. My passion is to help employees who are being taken advantage of by their employers. So whether you have been injured at work, feel body pain from performing your regular job duties or feel like your employee rights are being violated, I and the lawyers at my firm can help you.
We get the job done.
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Andrew Wainwright
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Asbestos, Construction and Personal Injury
Suffolk University Law School
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...
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Haleh Shekarchian
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(800) 692-9080
9440 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 707
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Whittier Law School
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.
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Eliot M Houman
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
Northwestern University School of Law
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...
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Mark V. Larson
Mission Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Employment
Southwestern University School of Law
Mark Vomacka Larson (born in 1980) is an American award-winning attorney, currently a named-partner at Larson, Larson & Dauer, a renowned workers’ compensation law firm based in Mission Hills, LA, California. Larson is a noted and top-rated litigation attorney and focuses his practice on workers' compensation, and employment law.
Due to his success at such a young age, Larson has received countless awards, including being voted one of the Best Attorneys in America by the American Academy of Attorneys and the American Institute of Law. He was also repeatedly named as a Top 40 under 40 Attorney.
Since the...
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Chandao Nina Nantha
Santa Monica, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
Pacific Coast Univ
Chandao Nina Nantha-Willyard is founder of Nantha & Associates. She is a top rated personal injury and workers compensation attorney in Southern California.
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Yi-Hsuan Rachel Lin
Encino, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights, Consumer and Employment
Southwestern Law School and Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Yi-Hsuan Rachel Lin practices exclusively in the area of employment law since May 2015. She has worked on a variety of single-plaintiff employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases against private and public employers in state and federal courts. She also represents whistleblowers under the California Labor Code, federal False Claims Act, and other equivalent state acts. Her work includes all aspects of case management including drafting pleadings and motion papers, arguing motions in state and federal courts, handling written discovery, taking and defending lay and expert depositions, negotiating in mediations, and preparing for trial/arbitration. She also drafted...
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Alexander Gerard Cozzaglio
Van Nuys, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Employment and Personal Injury
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Mr. Cozzaglio is a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law and has been practicing law since 1996. Mr. Cozzaglio has extensive experience in both defense and applicant representation. As a defense attorney, Mr Cozzaglio has agressively defended employers and insurance companies in cases of applicant fraud and over reaching, while helping to facilitate benefits to legitimately injured workers. As an applicant's attorney Mr. Cozzaglio continues to maximize benefits to legitimately injured workers and fiercely fight against employer abuse of his injured worker clients. Mr. Cozzaglio speaks, writes and reads fluently in Spanish. He prides himself on his ability to...
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Troy William Slaten
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Criminal Defense, Employment and Personal Injury
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Troy Slaten, a criminal defense attorney at Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, is a partner and the managing attorney of our firm's criminal defense practice. Located at the Beverly Hills criminal headquarters office, Mr. Slaten graduated with honors from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and continued his education at Pepperdine University School of Law, there earning his Juris Doctorate.
Mr. Slaten clerked at the Los Angeles District Attorney's (DA's) office and was involved in a multitude of cases as a volunteer prosecutor. Dealing with misdemeanor and felony cases, including drug, theft, sex, and a multitude of other complex cases, Mr....
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Shayda C. Yamini
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Southwestern Law School
Shayda Yamini was born in raised in Los Angeles CA. She graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology. She attended law school at the Southwestern University School of Law, receiving her J.D. in 2012. She is a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association; the State Bar of California, and CAALA.
Shayda is a highly talented, resourceful and aggressive trial attorney, bringing tremendous passion and enthusiasm to her work as an advocate for the rights of her clients. She is an expert in representing injured individuals and their families...
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Kenton Koszdin
Van Nuys, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Social Security Disability
University of San Francisco School of Law
Attorney Kenton Koszdin's life challenges has provided him with a unique background to understanding client's trials and tribulations.
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Debbie Yeh Joe
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Estate Planning
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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Gary Russell Rodich
Woodland Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Whittier Coll School of Law
Gary Rodich has three decades of legal experience fighting for the rights of injured workers. He is a Board Certified Workers’ Comp Specialist and an established leader in the field. Throughout his career, he has recovered substantial sums for his clients and provided effective legal representation at each step of the claims process. He is a dedicated advocate who is always accessible to clients, delivering first-class service for the best possible results. Mr. Rodich also represents union and non-union members, and has extensive knowledge of union laws, labor laws, and contract laws.
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Jeffrey Knoll
Canoga Park, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Employment and Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
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Jennifer Yeoh
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Estate Planning
Loyola Law School
Jennifer Yeoh is a Founding Partner of Joe, Southard & Yeoh LLP, with over 14 years of experience, specializing in workers’ compensation law. She aggressively defends the rights of those who have been injured on the job so that they receive the financial compensation they deserve. She represents a wide variety of workers in both public and private sectors, including construction workers, caretakers, nurses, healthcare workers and airline employees. Ms. Yeoh has an in depth understanding of the intricate workers’ compensation laws and provides individualized attention to her clients to help them navigate through the complex process.
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William John Kropach
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Workers' Comp
UCLA School of Law
I am a certified Worker's Compensation Specialist with over 40 years of proven courtroom experience. My firm has been committed to protecting the rights of injured workers for decades and our commitment to compassion and service is evident in the work we do.
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Matthew Nezhad
Woodland Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 25 years of experience
(877) 539-5366
5353 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Suite 100
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Glendale University College of Law
As a personal injury attorney, Matthew Nezhad, has dedicated his entire legal career to protecting the rights of injured victims and helping them get the maximum compensation possible for their injuries. That is why, in 2002, he founded the Oaks Law Firm. He is committed to fighting for the rights of injured victims in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, and holding those responsible accountable for their negligent actions. He does this by aggressively pursuing his clients’ best interests and to obtain the best possible result for each case. Matthew established his law firm with theses objectives in mind...
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Sean-Patrick Wilson
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 17 years of experience
(310) 277-7200
2029 Century Park East
Suite 3500
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Workers' Comp, Business, Civil Rights and Employment
UCLA School of Law
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Peter Lazarus
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Arbitration & Mediation, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Peter M. Lazarus has prodigious experience encompassing nearly twenty-five years. Mr. Lazarus worked the first decade of his legal career for some of the most well known insurance companies defending their insured. Mr. Lazarus then turned attention to representing exclusively injured victims of accidents for close to fifteen years now. This unique experience has afforded Peter a comprehensive knowledge of the practices and procedures of insurance companies and their tactics. Simply put, he knows all insurance companies cheap tactics and uses the same knowledge against the insurance companies to make certain that his injured client's rights are protected and maximum...
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Ardy Pirnia
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 11 years of experience
(844) 747-5294
8549 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1193
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Pepperdine University School of Law
Being a graduate of both the University of California Los Angeles and Pepperdine University School of Law, Ardy Pirnia comes with a solid educational background as an attorney. He began his practice in 2013 after graduating from Pepperdine, and he carried the distinguishment of being the Best Oral Advocate in his class. Mr. Pirnia cut his teeth in practice starting as a new attorney at both Keller, Fishback & Jackson LLP and the One Law Group, where he worked as a clerk before becoming a licensed lawyer. Since 2014, The Pirnia Law Group has been responsible for over $1,000.000.00...
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Melissa J. Lyons
West Hollywood, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney
Workers' Comp
Pacific Coast University, School of Law
The Law Offices of Melissa J. Lyons, Inc., is here to help injured workers across Southern California navigate the complicated Worker's Compensation system. We understand the devastating impact work injuries can have, both on the injured work and their loved ones. We strive to make the process and simple as possible and enable workers to rest and heal.
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Syndel Lisette Knoll
Canoga Park, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Employment and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Jonathan Goldstein
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Appeals, Business and Employment
The George Washington University Law School
JONATHAN A. GOLDSTEIN graduated with Honors form the George Washington University School of Law. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University with a major in Political Science and a minor in Women's Studies.
Mr. Goldstein served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice A. William Maupin of the Nevada Supreme Court.
Mr. Goldstein is licensed to practice law in the States of California, Nevada and in the District of Columbia. He is admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Southern District Court of California, the...
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Michael Burgis
Sherman Oaks, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney
Workers' Comp and Employment
Michael Burgis, Esq., is a knowledgeable, experienced, and aggressive trial attorney who focuses on obtaining maximum results for the injured. Mr. Burgis’s current focus is workers’ compensation and employment law, but his practice also includes handling personal injury cases.
A California native, Mr. Burgis earned a B.S. degree in Economics with a minor in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2003. In 2008, Mr. Burgis earned a J.D. from Southwestern Law School and was admitted to the California Bar.
Mr. Burgis began his career working with Glauber Berenson, a well-known and respected worker’s compensation law firm. During his...
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Eugenia Hicks
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(310) 472-8073
9595 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Civil Rights and Employment
UCLA School of Law
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Rick Hicks
Beverly Hills, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 51 years of experience
(310) 472-8073
9595 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Pejman Rahnama
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Elder, Employment and Personal Injury
Univ of West Los Angeles
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Bachelor of Arts – University of California, Los Angeles (1991)
Juris Doctor – West Los Angeles School of Law (1995)
BACKGROUND
For more than 24 years, Pejman “Tony” Rahnama has represented clients on their personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. He has successfully represented more than 1000 clients and applicants, recovering more than 600 million for his law firm clients.
Tony graduated from West Los Angeles School of Law with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree and received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from UCLA and was admitted to the California Bar on 1995.
Tony is Licensed and authorized to practice before all courts...
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Scott Alan Schwartz
Encino, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
UCLA School of Law
The Law Office of Scott A. Schwartz has over 100 years of cumulative experience in the field of workers' compensation and personal injury lawsuits.
We specialize in fighting for the rights of workers throughout Southern California. If you have been injured on the job, there are California state laws that protect you and help provide medical assistance and compensation benefits. You may not even realize that you have been injured on the job, but afflictions like a nagging back ache or brain trauma caused by an on-the-job concussion can be attributable to your employer.
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Teddy Snyder
Los Angeles, CA Workers' Compensation Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Workers' Comp and Arbitration & Mediation
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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Matt Balmuth
Santa Monica, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp, Employment and Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
Employment law and Personal Injury also have constructive defect, property, and immigration law background
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Lori S De Cristo
Canoga Park, CA Workers' Compensation Attorney
(818) 888-8888
7500 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
2nd Floor
Canoga Park, CA 91303
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp and Personal Injury
University of La Verne College of Law
Attorney Lori S. DeCristo has successfully represented thousands of clients for personal injury, social security and workers' compensation claims throughout California since 1988. Her representation includes handling the matter from the Administrative Law level up to the District Court.
In her practice, Lori represents clients and their families who have been injured at work, in a car accident or suffered some other type of personal injury, and need assistance with social security & workers' compensation claims & appeals.