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Brian K. Andrews
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Univ of West Los Angeles
Brian K. Andrews is a conscientious, detailed-orientated, determined attorney with expertise in litigation and Personal Injury and Work related injuries. Mr. Andrews has substantial experience in complex civil litigation that has resulted in several important published appellate court rulings and certified class action multi-million dollar settlements* that have benefited consumers throughout California. Mr. Andrews has handled scores of Personal Injury and Worker's Compensation cases.
*This does not guarantee, warranty, or predict the outcome of your case. Education Cal Poly Pomona Watterson College University of West Los Angeles, School of Law, 2004 Admitted to Practice Law State of...
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Bruce Kokozian
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
The skillful attorneys at Kokozian Law Firm handle litigation arising out of all types of workplace misconduct. We have secured settlements and verdicts in the millions of dollars for employees in Los Angeles County. Some of the cases that we have handled have involved discrimination based on protected characteristics, such as disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, race, and age. We also consistently handle cases for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and retaliation lawsuits, as well as claims based on a failure to provide medical leave of absence. Our attorneys can represent workers in wage and hour or overtime claims, failure...
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Peter Goldstein
Culver, CA Civil Rights 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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Jeffrey Wrubel Cowan
Beverly Hills, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 33 years of experience
(310) 394-1420
9401 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2975
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Elder and Employment
UCLA School of Law
Based in Los Angeles (now Beverly Hills and near Santa Monica), employment and business trial lawyer Jeffrey W. Cowan has an "AV î Preeminent" rating from Martindale-Hubbell. From 2007 through 2021, Mr. Cowan was named a "Southern California Super Lawyer". Professional Experience. Mr. Cowan specializes in employment and business litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants, and has recovered many millions of dollars for his clients (and also saved millions for his defendant clients). He also successfully sued Donald Trump's golf club. Learn more at http://www.cowan-law.com/results.php. Mr. Cowan earned his B.A. (cum laude) from Cornell...
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Okorie Okorocha
Studio City, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Civil Rights, Cannabis Law and Employment
Whittier Law School and California State University - Northridge
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James A. De Sario
Pasadena, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 16 years of experience
301 N Lake Ave #600
Pasadena, CA 91101
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
University of West Los Angeles Law School
Too often, workers are mistreated by their employers. It is important to retain a Los Angeles employment attorney who understands how crucial it is that justice is secured in discrimination and unpaid wage disputes between employers and employees. James A. De Sario is an attorney at the Nourmand Law Firm who has successfully handled cases in the areas of employment discrimination, wage and hour, and personal injury. He takes great satisfaction from advocating on behalf of workers because he comes from a working class background.
Mr. De Sario is dedicated to securing justice and compensation for people wronged by an employer,...
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Jan Trent Aune
Burbank, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business and Employment
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Mr. Aune focuses primarily on employment matters including wrongful termination; discrimination based on protected categories such as age, disability, gender, national origin, and race; harassment and hostile work environment; retaliation; sexual harassment; whistleblower retaliation and whistleblower protection; breach of contract; and employment torts such as battery, sexual battery, and assault.
Mr. Aune represents whistleblowers in employment matters in both California state and federal court in cases involving violations of California Labor Code section 1102.5 Whistleblower Retaliation, the False Claims Act (FCA), the Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act (DCWPA), and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These whistleblower cases often involve retaliation...
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Steven Isaac Azizi
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 6 years of experience
3460 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1210
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Employment
Southwestern Law School
Steven I. Azizi is a graduate of the prestigious SCALE 2-year JD program at Southwestern Law School. Steven is a dedicated employment lawyer. He specifically works with claims involving wrongful termination, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower, and other complex employment law matters.
Steven understands that a person's job and health are the most important facet's of their life and therefore, he takes his work seriously.
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Justin Kirk Tabayoyon
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Personal Injury
John F. Kennedy University
Mr. Tabayoyon is an experienced trial attorney that focuses on personal injury and family law matters, including federal and state trial litigation.
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Levik Yarian
Glendale, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 25 years of experience
700 N Central Ave
Suite 470
Glendale, CA 91203
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Animal, Elder and Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
Trial Attorney, Levik Yarian is the founder of the firm Yarian & Associates. Our experienced team is recognized in our community as a leading, and trustworthy provider of quality legal services, collecting over $35 million dollars in settlements for our clients. Our clients include victims of car or truck accidents, construction injuries, birth injuries, pedestrian accidents, dog bites and other serious, or catastrophic injuries. We have been a valued resource in Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange county and San Bernardino counties serving personal injury clients for nearly twenty years.
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Melody Ann Trujillo
Temecula, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
Melody Trujillo is a graduate of McGeorge School of Law who brings to her clients 28 years of legal practice. She and her partner have successfully litigated thousands of cases in Southern California. Ms. Trujillo practices primarily in Family Law representing clients in Hemet, Riverside, San Bernardino, Victorville and all of the San Diego Courts. She is dedicated to her clients. The attorneys and paralegals at Trujillo & Trujillo, APLC are all caring individuals who put their client's needs as paramount. Each paralegal has at minimum a paralegal certificate and an Associate Degree. The...
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Michael Nourmand
Pasadena, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 27 years of experience
301 N Lake Ave #600
Pasadena, CA 91101
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mr. Nourmand has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in the areas of employment law, wage and hour, class action, personal injury, and insurance bad faith.
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Joel William Baruch
Irvine, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
I received my JD from UC Hastings in 1976. I went on to work for the Orange County Public Defender's office from 1979-1986. After that I was partner at Earley & Baruch until 1992. Then I ventured out on my own and have continued to practicing law.
During my many decades of successful personal injury, employment law, business litigation and civil rights law practice, I have achieved a stellar firm-wide win rate in more than 200 trials, scores of impressive civil case victories and millions of dollars won for clients in negotiated settlements and in court.
Combined with these special...
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Yashdeep (Jesse) Singh
Brea, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Consumer and Employment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
At Yash Law Group, Yashdeep “Jesse” Singh, Esq. focuses his practice in the areas of employment and labor law and business law. Specifically, Jesse has litigated matters in state and federal courts and arbitration that involve claims of wage-and-hour violations, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, breach of contract, and fraud, among others. Representative clients include employees of small retail stores to large multi-national companies, consumers of goods and services, and small- to medium-sized businesses. As the Principal Attorney at Yash Law Group, Jesse handles every aspect of clients’ cases—something he has prided himself in since opening the doors at Yash...
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Douglas Adam Rochen
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
California Western School of Law
With extensive experience in product liability, trucking litigation, sex abuse and other loss of quality of life injuries, Doug Rochen is committed to professional and personal excellence in creating a comprehensive solution to the client's needs and goals without jeopardizing the quality of the work or results.
Before practicing law on behalf of catastrophically injuries parties, he spent several years at a defense firm, acquiring essential skills that make him a powerful litigator on the plaintiff’s side. With his unique background and experience, Mr. Rochen is better able to anticipate defense firm strategy and counter with advance...
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Michael William Parks
Sherman Oaks, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 34 years of experience
Civil Rights, Consumer, Employment and Personal Injury
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Attorney Michael Parks has over two decades of experience under his belt. Since cofounding Schimmel & Parks, APLC, he has dedicated his practice to helping those facing complex legal matters involving class actions, employment law, bad faith insurance, consumer law, and personal injury law. He is committed to safeguarding the rights of clients who have been harmed or neglected by insurance companies and other persons. As an experienced litigator, he has what it takes to fight against large corporations and organizations in order to pursue justice for his clients. Currently, he is licensed to practice in the United States District...
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Patricio Tomas Barrera
El Segundo, CA Civil Rights 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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Judith Yedidsion
Beverly Hills, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Employment and Medical Malpractice
Fordham University School of Law
Judith Yedidsion is a native of Los Angeles and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology from UCLA. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law in New York City.
Prior to founding Yedidsion Seber LLP, Ms. Yedidsion worked at the law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, which is consistently recognized as one of the most esteemed law firms in the world. There, Ms. Yedidsion assisted in the areas of investment management and alternative investment vehicles for firm clients including hedge funds, private equity funds, family corporations, and more.
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Andrea Lenore Cook
Long Beach, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Civil Rights, Elder and Employment
Southwestern Univ School of Law
I am hardwired to help people, to solve problems, right wrongs, and fight injustice. My job is to bridge the gap between my client’s rights and the systems that secure and enforce those rights. Our firm works tirelessly to get the best possible results for our clients.
Andrea Cook is a native of Long Beach, attended Long Beach Wilson High School and moved to Mammoth Lakes, California, where she raised her two sons and ran a small restaurant for ten years. Returning to Long Beach, Ms. Cook attended college (UCLA, Honors) and then Southwestern University School of Law. Ms. Cook spent...
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Kyle Todd,
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Consumer and Employment
University of California - Los Angeles
The Law Offices of Kyle Todd represent individuals and class groups in employment and civil rights cases.
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Mark Jonathan Hayes
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Civil Rights, Bankruptcy and Business
Loyola Law School
Mr. Hayes is a partner at Resnik Hayes Moradi LLP, a boutique firm of six attorneys located in Encino, California. The firm practices bankruptcy and insolvency law and general civil litigation.
Mr. Hayes has been a member of the panel of mediators of the Bankruptcy Mediation Program for the Central District of California since the program’s inception in 1995. He estimates that he has presided over at least 125 mediations in total. He received has received the following awards and commendations:
2016-2017 Mediator Who Settled the Most Number of Mediations, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, San Fernando...
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Natalie K. Karamian
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney
Civil Rights, Business, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Brody McBride
Carlsbad, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Appeals and Personal Injury
California Western School of Law
Brody McBride is an experienced civil rights attorney who fights for people who have been injured or killed by police. He handles the most serious civil rights cases, representing the families of people who have died in jail or police custody, as well as the victims of police shootings, beatings, and false arrests. His passion is obtaining justice for his clients and his goal is to fundamentally change policing in San Diego for the better.
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David Mitchell Pflaum
Vista, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 37 years of experience
Civil Rights, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Loyola Law School
Dedicated to defending the rights of the accused for over 25 years, defense attorney David Pflaum is known as "The Right Defender." Here is why. 1) EXPERIENCE: David provides the professional services of a skilled lawyer with over 25 years of experience. With so many years of experience comes a high degree of expertise and the ability to know how to help his clients, with whatever legal problem they might have, as quickly and successfully as possible. It also means knowing how to protect his clients, assert their rights, get them out of...
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Kevin Michael Kneupper
Huntington Beach, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 19 years of experience
(714) 786-5045
17011 Beach Blvd., Suite 900
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Civil Rights, Consumer, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The University of Texas School of Law
I represent consumers in arbitrations, individual lawsuits, and class actions when they've been mistreated by companies using unfair business practices or false advertising. We primarily represent clients on a contingent fee basis, so any money we make comes from any recovery we get.
I spent a number of years litigating high-profile technology cases for one of the top plaintiff's firms in the country, so I have lots of experience going up against the best lawyers a big company can buy.
In my free time I write novels as a hobby and I helped fight for romance novelists to be able to...
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Saul Evan Wolf
Irvine, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Civil Rights and Personal Injury
Chapman University
At Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, we strive to deliver you the most comprehensive and excellent legal counsel possible. With over 13 years of experience, senior attorney Saul Wolf focuses on advocating on behalf of survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault, applying every possible resource to successfully represent these victims in their civil claims. His extensive practice includes all state and federal civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.
Attorney Wolf has dedicated his entire career to empowering his clients and giving a voice to those whose voice has gone unheard. He is one of the few...
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Mr. Jihad M. Smaili
Santa Ana, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Criminal Defense and Insurance Claims
Jihad M. Smaili, Esq., is a principal and partner of the firm Smaili & Associates, P.C., in Santa Ana. Mr. Smaili graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (magna cum laude, law review editor), where he received numerous academic awards, and was immediately admitted to the practice of law in September of 2008 in Ohio and was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio in its Corrections Litigation Section in Columbus, Ohio. After serving in that position for a few years, Mr. Smaili was appointed as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the General Felony Unit for Cuyahoga County...
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Joseph C. Rosenblit
Fullerton, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
Southwestern University of Law
When you face serious legal matters like personal injuries or bankruptcy, you need to be sure you are getting the best possible results. I will fight for you. You do not have to go it alone.
Here at The Law Offices of Joseph C. Rosenblit, we have represented the California community in their legal needs for more than 30 years. We take pride in setting ourselves apart from other California attorneys through our compassion and commitment to our clients.
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Emanuel Shirazi
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business and Employment
I am an employment and litigation attorney who represents both individuals and businesses.
I have worked at the nation’s largest and most prominent employment law firms and been a partner at a large California firm. Let me put my skills to work for you.
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Joseph Michael Kar
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Business, Employment and Landlord Tenant
New York Law School
Joseph M. Kar has been practicing law in California for over 15 years. After New York Law School conferred his Juris Doctorate, Mr. Kar founded the firm in 2000, and has since provided quality legal representation for business and personal needs to hundreds of clients and organizations consisting of 1000+ members, and attaining recoveries in plaintiff matters totaling over $10,000,000 and savings for his clients in defense matters over $50,000,000 in potential risk exposure.
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Amir Nayebdadash
El Segundo, CA Civil Rights 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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Cameron Fredman
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 18 years of experience
Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School
Cameron Fredman practices in the areas of wrongful death and catastrophic injury, civil rights, inhabitability cases, and legal malpractice. Prior to joining McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, Cameron Fredman was an associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where he practiced in the general litigation group and handled cases involving commercial litigation and class actions.
Cameron received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Southern California and his law degree from Loyola Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola Law Review. His law school awards include graduating Order of the Coif,...
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Jonathan Michael Seber
Beverly Hills, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Asbestos, Business and Employment
Fordham University School of Law
Jonathan Seber was raised in Florida and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Miami with a degree in International Studies and Political Science. While in Miami, Mr. Seber worked on various policy initiatives and regional trade agreements at the Interamerican Ethanol Commission and the Florida Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Mr. Seber received his Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law in New York City. He then went on to work at the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, where he assisted in drafting model legislation on ballot security and chain of custody procedures for New...
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Eugenia Hicks
Beverly Hills, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(310) 472-8073
9595 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment and Workers' Comp
UCLA School of Law
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Rodney Gi
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Attorney
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Consumer and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Gerald Blaine Singleton
Solana Beach, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Personal Injury
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Gerald Singleton began his legal career as a trial attorney at Federal Defenders of San Diego, where he represented federal criminal defendants in the Southern District of California and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He left Federal Defenders in 2003 to start his own practice, which has grown from a sole proprietorship to a national firm with over 100 employees.
Jerry focuses on complex civil litigation and catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death cases and is a nationally recognized expert in utility-caused fires.
Over the past two decades, he and his team have represented more victims of utility-caused fires than any other...
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Yolanda Annette Slaughter
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Western State University College of Law
Ms. Slaughter has over 20 years of trial and litigation experience in Employment and Labor Law, Civil/Business Law, Trademark Infringement, and Personal Injury.
Ms. Slaughter is also a mediator and has successfully bridged the gap to resolution of hundreds of cases. Ms. Slaughter is an adjunct Professor, teaching English, English to Foreign Learners, and Paralegal instruction.
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John Abassian
Los Angeles, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Arbitration & Mediation and Personal Injury
Trinity Law School
Abassian Marrache LLP is boutique law firm based in Los Angeles (LA) California (CA). We are dedicated to providing every client with personal and attentive representation while aggressively fighting for their rights. We strive to build relationships with our clients that last long after the resolution of the case.
We assist individuals in Los Angeles County, Riverside County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Ventura County as well as Santa Barbara County.
If you need legal assistance, an attorney is available 24 hours a day for a free phone consultation. Call Now! 888-990-0812.
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David Lee Fiol
Pasadena, CA Civil Rights Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights and Personal Injury
Harvard Law School
David L. Fiol received his BA in Government from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) in 1984 and graduated from the Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA) with his JD in 1988. He spent the first ten years of his career litigating aviation accident and other wrongful death and personal injury cases for a firm in New York City. He represented clients and family members injured by everything from automobile accidents to small private plane crashes to major disasters including the bombing and crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. During his tenure there he also litigated, insurance coverage, real estate...
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Rachelle Taylor Golden
Pasadena, CA Civil Rights Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights
Rachelle T. Golden, is admitted to practice in California and in Washington D.C. She is currently admitted to practice in all California State and Federal District courts within the State of California. Ms. Golden regularly consults with private and public entities in proactive ADA compliance, which includes creating policies and procedures that comply with Federal and State laws. She is a defense litigator who represents both public and private entities in ADA defense and employment defense.
Ms. Golden is a consultant and educator for various political organizations throughout California. She collaborates with and assists elected officials and lobbyist groups in drafting...