Westlake Village Lawyers

Janet Greathouse has dedicated her legal career to assisting individuals and businesses of all sizes in meeting their immigration needs. Whether representing a client in overcoming a visa application denial or a business in petitioning on behalf of a foreign worker, Ms. Greathouse strives to meet the highest professional standards. Ms. Greathouse has extensive experience in a wide range of visa matters, such as successfully assisting investors in obtaining E-2 and immigrant investor (EB-5) visas. In representing corporate clients, Ms. Greathouse assisted companies in obtaining nonimmigrant work related visas (H-1B, L-1 and TN), and employment based lawful...

Kent W. Keating is an attorney specializing in comprehensive estate planning and business transactional matters. He provides estate planning services including living trusts, irrevocable trusts, health care directives, power of attorneys and related documents. He also provides business services such as drafting contracts and agreements of all kinds as well as business succession services to protect family owned businesses for future generations. He takes great pride in providing quality services for his clients and working diligent with his clients to ensure they are protected from future liability or future family disputes with regard to their businesses or estate plans.

David A. Esquibias is a lawyer who also has a post graduate Master of Laws in Taxation degree. Mr. Esquibias is one of few attorneys certified by the State Bar of California as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law. Mr. Esquibias has nearly 30 years of experience as a successful trust and estate trial litigator. Mr. Esquibias specializes in attacking or defending complex trust and estate administrations and accountings. Mr. Esquibias represents high net worth families, their trustees and executors.

Franchise Legal Support is a law firm dedicated to assisting residents in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas of Southern California with their franchise law and mediation matters. For 26 years, Attorney David Levaton has been a dedicated representative of the franchise community. Unlike most franchise lawyers, Mr. Levaton is a former owner and operator of a multi-unit franchise operation. Due to this experience from both the legal and business side of the operation, Mr. Levaton is committed to acting as a neutral to all aspects of franchising. He believes it is important to treat each case individually, in order...

Kathryn (Katie) Clunen is a partner at Clunen and Oakman Law, LLP in Thousand Oaks, CA. She is a family law attorney and mediator. Katie also has training in collaborative divorce. She helps clients with paternity actions, child support, child custody and visitation, spousal support, property division and post-judgment issues. In 2020, Katie was the president of the Ventura County Bar Association and remains active within the Association.

I had a 27-year career with the IRS as an Estate Tax Attorney. My focus is on valuation issues relating to intellectual property (music/film copyrights, name and likeness rights) and business (partial interest discounts) assets.

Our driving belief is based on old-fashioned advocacy. We are a small Westlake Village-based firm and recognize the importance of being accessible to our clients. We believe in personal attention, and our clients have direct, responsive contact with us. At the Law Offices of Richard J. Uss, we take particular pride in the quality of service that our clients receive. We believe in forming relationships.

Mr. Sullivan has an impeccable academic background, including being #1 in his class at Georgetown University and an honors graduate of the nationally-ranked University of Michigan Law School. He has been admitted in multiple jurisdictions and has over forty years of litigation experience in state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as before administrative agencies. He also served over thirty years as a judge advocate in the U.S. Naval Reserve Law Program, retiring as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps ("JAG"). His trial experience includes federal tort, contract and employment law litigation, aviation...

I’ve helped California businesses confidently navigate workplace compliance and employee issues since 2009, first as a litigator, now as a trusted advisor. After several years in the litigation trenches, I shifted my focus to preventing legal disputes before they escalate. Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with hundreds of organizations from startups to established enterprises, crafting clear policies, minimizing risk, and resolving complex employment issues efficiently. Jamie Stein and I co-founded EmployLaw Group with a shared belief: legal services should be built on genuine client relationships, transparent communication, and practical solutions. Traditional firms often create distance between partners and clients. We’ve...