Long Beach Lawyers

After being raised in Torrance, California, I began pursuing my career in law by attending the University of California Irvine for undergraduate studies. I continued my studies at Loyola Law School and completed my education in 2001, and shortly after was admitted to the California State Bar.

*Attorney Admitted in California and Japan (licensed foreign attorney) at GOH Foreign Law Office *California law firm and in-house counsel experience *Adjunct Lecturer

Mr. Perez is a former federal prosecutor.
Mr. Perez was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the criminal division in the Central District of California in 1977. He has been in private practice since 1981. He has concentrated his practice in the defense of federal crimes and of individuals and businesses under IRS criminal tax investigations. He is a skilled negotiator and trial lawyer who consistently gets good results for his clients. He believes that the defense of anybody facing any criminal charge is a serious undertaking requiring a unique skill-set because the client’s liberty is at stake. Defending...

Glen L. Rabenn has practiced family law in the Superior Courts of Orange and Los Angeles counties since 1975. In 1981 he became one of the first attorneys in California to be certified as a Family Law Specialist. Mr. Rabenn is a past chairperson of the Long Beach Bar Association Family Law Section and is the founder of the Family Law Mediation program in the Long Beach Courthouse. Mr. Rabenn handles all aspects of family law, with emphasis on the division of businesses and professional practices, child support and spousal support (alimony). He can be...

Kerry P. O'Brien is an established, well known and respected plaintiffs personal injury and workers' compensation lawyer. He is the founder and managing Partner of the Law Office of Kerry P. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien formed his law practice to help represent families, loved ones, workers, and consumers who have been seriously injured due to the negligence and willful misconduct of others. Our firm represents consumers who have been injured in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, truck and bus accidents, dog bits as well as work injury claims which include claims for orthopedic injuries, neurological, internal, stress,...

I act as my clients outside general counsel and advise them on the full range of legal issues facing their businesses. In addition, I mediate both litigated and non-litigated matters and do workplace investigations. I built my reputation by achieving outstanding results for the clients and colleagues with whom I have been privileged to work.

I handle cases in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Riverside counties, and am licensed to practice in California's state and federal courts. I handle personal injury cases that involve bicycles.

Sherif Edmond El Dabe, born and raised in Los Angeles, graduated from UCLA and earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2001. In 2003, Sherif founded the El Dabe Ritter Law Firm, which now has offices in Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, and Torrance, California. Sherif specializes in handling serious personal injury cases stemming from car, motorcycle, truck, and rideshare accidents. He also deals with wrongful death, slip and fall, trip and fall, and pedestrian injury cases. The common injuries he addresses include concussions, traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, herniated discs, ligament injuries, quadriplegia, arm and leg injuries, dog bites, facial injuries, burns,...

Ms. Kingston has been licensed to practice law since 2008 and is in private practice at her firm Law Office of Christine A. Kingston. She received her Juris Doctor from Pacific Coast University School of Law (2005), and undergraduate degree from California State University, Long Beach (B.A. 1989), where she studied Speech Communication. She is admitted to practice law in California and before the United States District Court, Central District. Recent Results: 2012: Schaffer v. ECMC we won at trial, discharging more than $57,000 in student loans. Case no. 2:11-ap-01878-RN. In 2010, she reached a settlement against Litton...

After going through my own divorce in my early-20s at the Torrance courthouse, I went to law school, became an attorney, and established a family law office in Torrance in 2013 to assist other families in transition. After 10 years of grueling court battles, and after I became a parent to young children, I made a conscientious decision to step away from the courtroom and work with families using mediation and collaborative divorce principles of conflict resolution.

Thomas L. McKenzie received his Juris Doctor degree from Western State University College of Law, in Fullerton, California. While working full-time at night and attending full-time daily classes, Tom graduated law school with honors in 1993. While at law school, Tom was on the Dean’s List, and was selected as Associate Editor of Western State's Law Review. He also received several American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in academics and real estate. Passing the bar on his first try, Tom established McKenzie Legal & Financial, and went on to practice in...

Paul R. Kelly, Esq. is a litigator and estate planning attorney experienced in trust, estate, probate, elder abuse, real property, and civil disputes. His past experience working for a trial judge gave him unique insight into the judicial process. Then as a former criminal prosecutor and civil litigator, Paul Kelly, Esq. spearheaded trials before both juries and judges. Today in private practice, Mr. Kelly has narrowed his focus to concentrate on the complexities of probate, trust and property law. Paul R. Kelly has represented a wide variety of clients, ranging from the elderly to professional fiduciaries, from corporations...

Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I graduated Beverly Hills High School (Class of ‘76) and received my Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UCLA in 1980. Right out of school I started selling apartment buildings right here in the Southland and obtained my real estate brokers license in 1981. In 1989, I moved to Kahala, Hawaii to develop properties for sale to the Japanese investors. After the Tokyo Stock Market crashed in 1990, I moved back to Los Angeles and attended law school at the University of West Los Angeles.

My legal career began as a law clerk with Magana,...

Sylvia V. Gonzalez graduated from Western State University, School of Law in the city of Fullerton. She worked as the lead litigation attorney at a personal injury law firm for three years before opening her own practice. While running her law office, she practiced many areas of law, including personal injury, eviction cases, bankruptcy, immigration, family law, and criminal law. Currently Sylvia limits her law practice to Personal Injury cases, which include vehicle collisions, animal attacks, and premises liability such as dog bites, dog attacks, ceiling collapses, and trip-and-falls and clients that were injured as a result of a third party...

Kenechi R. Agu, JD/MBA received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from USC and later went to Law School to become an Attorney. He passed the bar in 2011 and a few years later he started his own practice. He is a Personal Injury Attorney located in the heart of Torrance, CA. If you have been wronged in an accident and are seeking compensation, the organized team at KRA Legal will fight to get you the compensation you deserve. Call today for a free consultation.

Danner & Chonoles, L.L.P. is a business law and business litigation boutique. We counsel and represent clients in business formation and dissolution, purchase and sale of businesses, business operation and transactions,and business disputes and lawsuits. Michael J. Danner is one of the firm's two founding partners. He counsels and represents clients in all of the firm's practice areas. He is licensed in California and Nevada. Mr. Danner is an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization of trial lawyers dedicated to the preservation of the civil jury trial and to the improvement of ethical...

Ms. Iqbal is a former Assistant Chief Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), where she represented the government in immigration cases. She also previously served as a criminal prosecutor, which has provided her with a deep understanding of the impact of criminal convictions on immigration benefits. Ms. Iqbal’s well rounded experience in government and private practice, handling thousands of immigration matters covering all aspects of immigration law, allows her to provide innovative solutions to the most complex immigration matters. Ms. Iqbal is admitted to practice law in the state of California and has...

Mohammad Khan’s work ethic was embedded when he was 10 years old. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, he learned the complexities and risks of business ownership at an early age. From stocking inventory at his parents’ convenience store on the weekends to managing their restaurant full-time in high school, Mohammad saw how decisions affect the whole of operations — and by extension, his family’s livelihood. This empathy laid the bedrock for Mohammad’s professional career. In his roles, he has relied on this perspective of a business owner’s stake. He believes that good strategy comes from seeing the whole...