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John F. Ramey
Los Angeles, CA Construction Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Construction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Wake Forest Univ School of Law
John F. Ramey has practiced for over 22 years in Southern California since relocating to the region after practicing law in North Carolina. He has practiced in the area of construction law, personal injury, attorney and medical malpractice and products liability.
John has represented many prominent contractors, manufacturing corporations, property management companies and retailers in cases of construction defect, work site injury and premises liability claims. He has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts, and has tried over forty-five cases in state and federal courts. His trial experience includes personal injury, property damage, construction defects and professional malpractice...
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Steven Jeffrey Mehlman
Walnut Creek, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Animal, Business and Real Estate
University of Michigan
Mehlman Law Group is an East Bay (Walnut Creek, CA) real estate, business, and civil litigation law firm. We practice in all San Francisco Bay Area state and federal courts.
I believe all clients should have access to high-quality legal services. Many of my clients see me as their "in-house" counsel or trusted personal legal advisor. For legal advice or representation, contact me at (925) 935-3575 or steven@mehlmanlawgroup.com for a free consultation.
I have thirty years of experience representing small businesses and individuals. I consult with, provide guidance to, and refer clients to other professionals, including real estate and mortgage brokers, accountants,...
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Jason William Wansor
Santa Barbara, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Construction, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Mr. Wansor is an accomplished civil litigator. His practice is focused on personal injury, real estate, land use, hospitality, products liability, business torts, construction, and will and trust contests.
Mr. Wansor's analytical strengths allow for the accurate assessment of potential exposure and liability and the creation and implementation of sophisticated litigation strategies. Mr. Wansor's strategic sense and writing abilities lead to successful results, whether by keen negotiation or motions leading to the disposition of cases.
Prior to joining Rogers, Sheffield & Campbell, Mr. Wansor worked as a litigation partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, where he defended Fortune 500...
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Daniel Halimi
San Diego, CA Construction Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
California Western School of Law
Daniel Halimi began working at the law firm D’Egidio Licari Townsend & Shah, APC as an intern during his second-year of law school. In time, the firm promoted Mr. Halimi to Senior Associate Attorney, heading the firm’s litigation division. At the firm, Mr. Halimi became known for zealously advocating for his client, successfully resolving complex multi-million dollar disputes against large firms. Mr. Halimi continues to advise the firm, but now focuses his expertise on his own clients at Halimi Law Firm..
Mr. Halimi attended California State University, Northridge and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Real Estate. Mr....
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Steven Robert Lovett
Los Angeles, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Construction, Business and Real Estate
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Attorney Steven R. Lovett has over 40 years of experience in law, receiving a J.D. from Southwest University School of Law in 1978. In that time, he has represented clients in hundreds of complex real estate, construction, and commercial litigation cases. He has also authored "California Partnership Handbook 2d," "Search and Seizure Courtroom Book," has co-authored "Arbitration Handbook 2d," and has edited over a dozen legal publications in the area of business law, real estate law, commercial law, and other legal areas.
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Paul Gerard Minoletti
San Mateo, CA Construction Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
(650) 638-9601
Waters Technology Park
1 Waters Park Drive, Suite 98
San Mateo, CA 94403
Free ConsultationConstruction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Jim Schaefer
Lancaster, CA Construction Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Divorce and Real Estate
Thomas Jefferson School of Law and California State University - Northridge
The Law Firm of Schaefer and Associates is located in Lancaster, CA within the Antelope Valley and serves the entire Lancaster and Palmdale areas including all of the Los Angeles County and Kern County areas within Southern California. We are a full service civil law firm with an emphasis in Business Law, Contract Law, Construction Law, Divorce and Family Law, Estate Planning, Landlord & Tenant Law, Probate and Real Estate Law. Schaefer and Associates mission is to provide the highest quality legal representation for individuals, businesses, contractors, builders, institutions, material suppliers, subcontractors and others at reasonable rates...
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Robert Briant Jacobs
Livermore, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
Brigham Young Univ J Reuben Clark LS UT
Our office provides legal services in matters involving business law, real estate, construction, employment law, contracts, and litigation. With over 20 years of experience we are highly skilled and experienced in the various legal issues that involve our clients. We represent business owners, brokers, landowners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, sellers, and purchasers. Our clients include both businesses and individuals. We represent clients throughout the State of California. In addition, Mr. Jacobs provides top-notch mediation and arbitration services.
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Gregory Scott Walston
San Francisco, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
I have extensive experience in all phases of litigation and trial. Before going into private practice, I have served as Deputy Attorney General in California. I've worked with individuals in major class actions and other cases with state and nationwide ramifications. I've also successfully handled a wide range of civil rights matters, especially cases involving police misconduct and employment issues.
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Frank Sandelmann
Manhattan Beach, CA Construction Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
(310) 229-9911
324 Manhattan Beach Blvd # 201
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Construction, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Boston University School of Law
Mr. Sandelmann has represented large and small clients in real estate litigation, construction defects, complex title insurance litigation, employment matters, partnership disputes, manufacturing disputes, class actions involving wage & hour and other matters, medical malpractice, administrative proceedings before California governmental agencies, appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the California Appellate Courts, real estate acquisitions, real estate developments, drafting homeowners association bylaws and rules and regulations, commercial leases, contracts, telecommunication license acquisitions, entertainment and banking. Mr. Sandelmann has represented clients extensively in State and Federal courts, in arbitrations and mediations, and in administrative...
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Douglas Kershaw Poulin
Walnut Creek, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(925) 933-9800
1850 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 340
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Free ConsultationConstruction and Real Estate
Boston College Law School
Mr. Poulin is experienced in the areas of real estate, business, and construction litigation. He has trial experience in both state and Federal court, and has experience in all aspects of dispute resolution. Mr. Poulin has successfully represented clients in broker disputes, foreclosures, neighbor disputes, title insurance coverage, fraud, breach of contract, breach of lease and landlord-tenant issues. Real estate issues include construction defect cases, damages on behalf of contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers in mechanic's liens, stop notice, payment and performance bond actions.
Prior to joining The Williams Firm, Mr. Poulin was an associate at the law...
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Paul Tokar
Encino, CA Construction Law Lawyer
Construction, Business, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Southwestern Law School
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Howard L Hibbard
Burlingame, CA Construction Law Attorney
Construction, Business, Collections and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Law School
Howard L. Hibbard is owner and principal attorney of the Law Office of Howard L. Hibbard, founded in 1979. With over 30 years experience as a trial attorney in both state and federal courts, his primary focus has been on corporate law and complex real estate matters, including construction defect lawsuits. In addition, his clients rely upon him for other legal services including insurance litigation, debt collection, bankruptcy issues, labor relations, elder law and estate planning.
He has extensive experience in real estate and construction defect litigation, with a case history of achieving multi-million dollar settlements involving large housing developments,...
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Omel Andres Nieves
Pasadena, CA Construction Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Construction, Business and Real Estate
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Omel Nieves is a construction lawyer serving Los Angeles, CA. His practice focuses on real estate and business law matters. He has represented a number of reputable clients, including Scripps College, Art Center College of Design, Peterson Brothers Construction, Inc., Morrison Concrete, PT Hutchins Ltd., and the Philippines based Church of Christ.
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Robert Christian Weaver Jr
San Diego, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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William M. Kaufman
Mountain View, CA Construction Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Bankruptcy, Collections and Insurance Defense
Santa Clara University School of Law and University of Arizona
William Kaufman has been a litigator throughout his career and has extensive experience in multiple practice areas of civil litigation. Mr. Kaufman’s legal career began representing individuals in bankruptcy and family law matters. Over the last several years, his focus has been exclusively on construction litigation. Prior to joining Lockhart Park. LLP, Mr. Kaufman was an associate attorney at Leonidou & Rosin representing large general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in construction litigation matters involving mechanic’s liens, stop payment notice, payment bonds and delay claims. Thereafter, Mr. Kaufman was a senior associate at LaMore, Brazier, Riddle &...
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Kourosh Danesh Moghadam
Beverly Hills, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of California - Los Angeles
As a skilled Los Angeles personal injury attorney, Kevin Danesh represents clients throughout the area. He is a founder and managing partner at BD&J, a prestigious, highly respected personal injury law firm in Beverly Hills. Kevin is extremely professional and provide compassionate, caring representation to clients throughout every step of the process. In his years of experience, he has brought in more than $235 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. Kevin has a reputation for helping clients feel at ease during what is often a very stressful and complicated process. He is driven to provide the best representation...
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Frank Arnold Bayr
San Juan Capistrano, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(949) 538-3050
30320 Rancho Viejo Road
Suite 101
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Construction, Employment, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Univ of LaVerne COL
For over 20 years Frank A. Bayr, Esq. has aggressively protected the rights of clients in products liability, employment, personal injury, construction and business claims valued at over $100 million. His clients have included large corporations, small family-owned businesses and individuals. He has significant construction law experience, developing close working relationships with some of the nation’s top construction industry experts. Since 1996, he has utilized his expertise to provide his clients with the very best in legal representation.
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Dominic Matthew Carucci
Laguna Niguel, CA Construction Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
Georgetown University Law Center
Mr. Carucci was born and raised in San Diego, California. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of San Diego where he graduated from the Honors program with a degree in Business Administration. Mr. Carucci then attended law school at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.
During law school, Mr. Carucci interned for the Honorable Frederick H. Bysshe of the Ventura County Superior Court and externed with the Department of Justice in their Fraud Department. At Georgetown, Mr. Carucci was also a Senior Articles Editor on the American Criminal Law Review and a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution...
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Alec Brian Wisner
Tarzana, CA Construction Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Since forming Wisner Dispute Resolution Services in 2003, Alec Wisner has been using his unique and diverse background to assist hundreds of clients successfully resolve their disputes. Thoroughly trained in all aspects of mediation, especially in the areas of divorce and family mediation as well as commercial mediation, Alec provides both an understanding of the underlying issues and an ability to facilitate positive communication.
Alec brings a rich and diverse background to his mediation practice. While attending U.C.L.A., he won numerous national debate awards, graduating in 1971. Alec matriculated at the University of Southern California Law Center,...
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Santino Michael Tropea
San Jose, CA Construction Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Construction, Business, Environmental and Insurance Defense
Univ of San Diego School of Law
Santino Tropea is a founding partner of Tropea McMillan. A significant portion of his practice includes representation of clients in toxic tort claims, actions brought under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and all phases of CERCLA and the Superfund process. He has successfully represented clients in regulatory disputes and negotiations with both state and federal agencies, and has implemented supplemental environmental projects/pollution prevention plans to reduce or eliminate fines and penalties. He defends Proposition 65 cases and citizen's suits alleging False Claim Act violations and other related matters. Santino's experience includes representation of California municipalities, large chemical,...
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Sarah Ananda Perry
Los Angeles, CA Construction Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Construction
Arizona State Univ COL
Sarah Perry is an experienced and successful Los Angeles construction defects attorney with extensive experience handling a wide range of different types of construction law cases throughout Los Angeles County and the entire state of California. Sarah Perry is a dedicated construction defect attorney who makes sure each individual client that she represents gets the best possible legal representation. Contact Sarah for a free legal consultation if you or someone you love is in need of excellent legal representation.
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Dinesh Ravindra Badkar
Los Angeles, CA Construction Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
(213) 703-4228
2934 1/2 Beverly Glen Circle, Suite 594
Los Angeles, CA 90077
Construction, Business, Foreclosure Defense and Real Estate
University of Minnesota Law School
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Brandon James Vegter
San Diego, CA Construction Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Construction, Environmental and Insurance Claims
University of San Diego School of Law
Brandon is committed to direct, effective representation of clients and their interests. His practice includes complex environmental litigation, insurance coverage, and business disputes.
Brandon represents clients in a wide variety of toxic tort litigation, bad faith insurance cases, and construction disputes. He successfully argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He collected over $2.0 million in construction funds. He won summary judgment motions for clients in a number of cases. Brandon represented clients in environmental and personal injury defense cases, including several substantial exposure federal and state environmental clean-up litigations involving CECRLA and RCRA, as well as analogous state statutes...
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Hovanes Margarian
Glendale, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury and Stockbroker Fraud
HOVANES MARGARIAN, ESQ. USC – Biological Sciences, B.A; USC – Gould School of Law, J.D. Admitted to the California State Bar, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Hovanes Margarian is lead trial counsel and founder of a preeminent consumer protection law office in Sherman Oaks, CA. Margarian has extensive litigation experience in consumer fraud, automobile dealership fraud, automobile repair fraud, products liability, automobile defects/lemon law, legal and medical malpractice, business law, criminal law, employment law and personal injury litigation. He has litigated cases against Intel Corporation, Toyota...
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Martin Ross Sances
Lafayette, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Construction, Business, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Univ of Wisconsin Law School
Areas of Expertise
Business advice and counseling
Contract drafting and review
Corporate structure and transactions
Licensing and regulation
Employment and labor negotiation
Insurance coverage and claims handling
Education
B.A., Colgate University, 1991
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1994
Martin is an experienced business attorney who facilitates transactions while minimizing the risks and pitfalls facing his clients. Martin takes a “can-do” approach to legal problems that focuses on crafting deals through an integrative and value creating process rather than conflict.
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James Glenn Bohm
Costa Mesa, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Construction, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
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Fred Knez
Riverside, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
For over thirty years, attorney Fred J. Knez has been representing individuals and corporations in serious personal injury and business litigation (plaintiff and defendant). Attorney Knez graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California in 1979, was a member of the Honor Board and Law Review, admitted to practice law in California in 1980, admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court in 1981, admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1983, and in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984. Attorney Knez began his private practice in 1984.
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Julia Michelle McGuinness
Torrance, CA Construction Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Construction, Business, Collections and Personal Injury
Southwestern University School of Law
Ms. McGuinness has extensive experience in all phases of litigation, including pleading, pre-trial discovery, depositions, motion practice, mediation, and trial practice, in both state and federal court. Ms. McGuinness also has experience litigating in other state jurisdictions.
Ms. McGuinness’s primary areas of practice include labor & employment law (including wage and hour, retaliation and discrimination), civil and business litigation, construction, breach of contract, tort law and entertainment related litigation. Ms. McGuinness has represented Fortune 500 companies both prosecuting and defending against major construction defect claims and cross-claims.
Prior to working at McGuinness & Associates, Ms. McGuinness practiced at a plaintiffs’ class...
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Mr Kenneth L Gibson
South Pasadena, CA Construction Law Attorney with 53 years of experience
(626) 626-4039
Ext. 812
2130 Huntington Dr. Ste 309
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Elder and Insurance Claims
UCLA School of Law
I've tried over the years to avoid the pitfalls of bad lawyers. I try to be humble, polite and hard working. I never lie to a client. I strive for excellent results for a fair price. I never steal from my clients. A good nightâs sleep is worth far more than ill-gotten gains.
The highest duty of every lawyer is loyalty to his client. A good lawyer returns calls from his clients and works on his cases to move them along as quickly as the court allows.
I show clients what they canât do for themselves....
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Stefan Blasig
Laguna Hills, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Construction, Energy, Environmental and International
University of San Diego and Foreign School
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Edward Sterling Wallace
Laguna Niguel, CA Construction Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
(949) 476-0668
32451 Golden Lantern, Suite 307
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Western State Univ
The Law Offices of Edward S. Wallace is a litigation and estate planning firm located in Laguna Niguel (South Orange County), California providing high quality, cost effective litigation and estate planning services. Practice areas include estate planning, personal injury, wrongful death, automobile and trucking accidents, premises liability and construction industry legal services. Mr. Wallace has successfully prosecuted and defended high value cases and has obtained excellent results to the satisfaction of his clients.
Specialties: Estate Planning; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death, Automobile and Trucking Accidents, Premises Liability, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Insurance Defense, Collections and Construction Industry Legal Services.
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Robert Joseph Carlson
Encino, CA Construction Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Construction, Business, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Attorney Robert J. Carlson has practiced law since 1975. Carlson & Cohen, LLP Attorneys at Law has represented clients in Encino and surrounding areas for 25 years. Areas of Practice include Business Law, Real Estate Law and Estate Planning.
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Kyle Dion Kring
Irvine, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Construction and Employment
Loyola Law School
Kyle D. Kring is a founding partner of Kring & Chung, LLP. He is a veteran of a number of lengthy jury trials in both State and Federal Court. He has experience in all aspects of litigation, with specialties in construction defect litigation, public and private construction law, public works contracting, employment law, products liability, insurance coverage disputes and real estate litigation matters.
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Rodney James Hahn
San Diego, CA Construction Law Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Estate Planning
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Shaun Kendig Boss
San Diego, CA Construction Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Construction, Antitrust, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of San Diego
Our operation is focused on providing cost effective solutions and expert customer service to all our clients. In addition to real estate, the firm represents clients in business litigation, construction defect problems, estate planning, arbitrations and mediations. We want our clients to fully understand the legal process and what will be involved in finding a constructive result to their legal issue. I am very active in the legal and real estate community. I continue to educate myself on the most up to date information within my field. I maintain active memberships with both local and national groups in the industry....
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Gail Victoria Phillips
Beverly Hills, CA Construction Law Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Legal Malpractice and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
Gail V. Phillips holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, as well as a B.A. in Psychology and M.B.A. from California State University Los Angeles. Ms. Phillips has over 25 years of experience in Business Law, Real Estate Law and Business Litigation. Ms. Phillips has drafted and negotiated hundreds of commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. She has counseled companies in all aspects of Business Law, from formation of entities, to contracts and dissolutions. She represents high wealth individuals as their private counsel, small companies and large, multi-national corporations. Ms. Phillips...
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Christine C Zaouk
Los Angeles, CA Construction Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Construction and Employment
Southwestern Law School
Attorney Christine C. Zaouk joined the McCathern Los Angeles office as an Of Counsel attorney in March 2016. After years of representing insurance companies in structural and property damage cases, Ms. Zaouk now represents employees in employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases, as well as Wage and Hour class actions. She also handles consumer class actions on large scale issues. Ms. Zaouk’s prior experience on the defense side gives her an advantage in prosecuting such cases and her working knowledge of civil procedure, coupled with the aggressive nature of her litigation style, correlates to successful results for her clients.
Ms. Zaouk...
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Kevin M. Sullivan
San Francisco, CA Construction Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of San Francisco School of Law
Mr. Sullivan Has Been Certified by the State Bar of California as Specialist In Legal Malpractice. Mr. Sullivan is one of the small minority of Certified Specialists focusing on representing clients, rather than defending attorneys.
Mr. Sullivan has over thirty years practicing in the field of Legal Malpractice. He has taught continuing education classes and testified as an Expert Witness in the Superior Court in legal malpractice cases.
Mr. Sullivan's practice also includes other aspects of attorney-client disputes, including professional negligence , breach of fiduciary duty, fee disputes, and other attorney misconduct.
In addition, Mr. Sullivan handles and litigates...
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Elliott H Stone
San Jose, CA Construction Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business and Real Estate
Elliott H. Stone is the founder and managing attorney of the STONE LLP.