Rancho Santa Margarita Insurance Claims Lawyers

We are a boutique business law firm with over twenty-five years of combined experience representing privately held small to medium sized businesses, in the areas of business/corporate law, beverage law (wineries, breweries, restaurants) asset protection, intellectual property and real estate law. We adhere to a pragmatic approach in representing our clients by first understanding the needs/goals of our clients and then offering feasable solutions to those needs.

Brian Shapiro is committed to prosecuting challenging claims on behalf of deserving and injured victims. He passionately represents people with spinal, brain, and other serious injuries, and families of those who have passed away, due to the negligence and carelessness of others. He handles matters involving auto/trucking accidents, premises liability, government liability, medical malpractice, and insurance denials/insurance bad faith. A ‘measure twice, cut once’ kind of person, Brian approaches each case, issue, and challenge in a meaningful and calculated way. He’s obtained countless millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. In addition to practice, Brian’s very involved with...

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....

The Law Offices of Scott Glovsky was founded in 1999 in Pasadena, CA, and specializes in insurance bad faith, catastrophic personal injury, and health-related litigation. Scott has appeared in the Michael Moore documentary SiCKO and in People Magazine, and his cases have been profiled on CNN and other major networks. A Cornell Law School graduate, Scott has received the Consumer Attorneys Association of California’s “Street Fighter of the Year Award” and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ President’s Award of Merit.

Cyndie M. Chang is the Managing Partner of the firm's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's governing Partners Board. Ms. Chang manages risks and resolves business challenges. She advises and partners with clients to defend them in commercial disputes, enforce their rights, mitigate exposure, and litigate their commercial disputes. She has often handled corporate litigation involving mergers & acquisitions, asset or stock sales, fraud, securities, purchase and sale agreements, business or partner break-ups. She also has handle many other complex or class action disputes involving contracts, trademarks, licensing, products liability, product safety and recall, construction defect, trade...

Admitted to practice law in the State of California in 1999 after graduating from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California, with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration (BA) from The Central London Polytechnic, London, England. In 2000, after completing a course in Mediating the Litigated Case at the Pepperdine University School of Law, I served as a volunteer Mediator at the Los Angeles Superior Court. I started practicing law in 2000 and managed to garner valuable and extensive experience in Estate Planning, Real Estate law, Business Contracts, Commercial transactions and Personal Injury cases. My ancillary experience in insurance, real estate,...

Thom loved pursuing his legal education and is thrilled to put his knowledge to use in the personal injury world. He most looks forward to protecting the financial interests of children who’ve been injured.

Thom Bunnell has worked for Harris Personal Injury Lawyers in the Oceanside office for nearly two years. Thom earned his undergraduate degree in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. During his time at BYU, Thom published an article in BYU’s academic student journal, Studia Antiqua. He then received his Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law where he graduated Cum...

In practice since 1977. Practice currently limited to Living Trusts.

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...

Alise began her career in law school with the intention of helping those with limited resources. While attending law school, she pursued this career goal by becoming one of thirteen selected from her class to join the California Innocence Project. This experience solidified her desire to help those in need, provide a voice to her clients and seek justice.

Alise is a compassionate professional who keeps her clients well informed and supported during what can be the most physically and emotionally exhausting times of their lives. Alise’s ability to think outside the box, attention to detail, and experience with large bureaucracy...

Mr. Ho received a B.S. degree in business management from California State University, Los Angeles, with a minor in economics and obtained a J.D. degree from University of West Los Angeles, achieving Dean’s List for academic excellence in the second year of law school. The principal attorney, licensed in 2002, is admitted to practice in the State of California, United States District Court, Central District of California and United States District Court, Southern District of California.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Ho had job experience in retail, sales, manufacturing and government. During law school, Mr. Ho clerked for the District...

Michael Tam is an associate in the Riverside office of Fernandez & Lauby. Mr. Tam graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science. In 2008 he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school Mr. Tam received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Professional Responsibility. Additionally, during his time in law school, Mr. Tam was a research assistant for a renowned corporate law professor and participated in the Tax Clinic for low income tax payers. He also...

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.

See www.uscis.us for detail attorney profile. Attorney Profile: Sam Akintimoye Since 1999 Sam Akintimoye has been practicing law in California. His primary areas of practice include: immigration, tax law, bankruptcy and citizenship. Mr. Akintimoye represents clients throughout all of San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County and Riverside County. Education * Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California (Juris Doctor Degree, 1998) * California State University, Los Angeles, California (Master of Business Administration – Finance, 1988) * San Diego...

After years of practice at one of the world’s largest law firms, the California Court of Appeal, Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Zandi joined with his mentor, friend, and one of California’s leading trial lawyers, Shawn Steel, to form Steel Zandi, APLC. Mr. Zandi is nationally recognized as one of the leading experts in Qui Tam and state and federal whistleblower litigation and policy. While serving as an assistant United States attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Zandi led the DOJ’s Affirmative Civil Enforcement Task Force (ACE). As director of...

Marc Colen received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in engineering from U.C.L.A., studied economics and C.S.U.N and then received his J.D. from Loyola Law School on an accelerated program. He was elected a member of the Law Honor Society and received the American Jurisprudence award. Marc immediately passed the bar examination. After working for law firms, including Jones, Day, Marc began his own practice in 1990. Marc has taught and lectured at U.C.L.A., the RAND Graduate School and Pierce College. He is the author of many papers and has made...

Intent on helping those victimized by insurance companies, John Clayton goes to battle for countless people injured due to someone’s negligence and recovers the compensation they deserve. As a litigation attorney at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers, Inc., John focuses exclusively on personal injury cases and only represents injured persons and their families. An aggressive litigator, he takes pride in providing passionate, caring, and personalized service to each one of his clients. John is also fluent in Spanish.

John’s recent litigation success includes settlements in the cases of Hales v. Schulze for $1.5 million, Weaver v. Chamberlin for $1 million, and Albino...

Mr. Kaiho is the primary attorney at Dragan & Kaiho. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Mr. Kaiho is fluent in Japanese and intimately familiar with the Japanese culture. With respect to his undergraduate education, Mr. Kaiho attended Boston University, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. After graduation, Mr. Kaiho moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he worked for a multi-national chemical manufacturing company and was a law clerk in a Japanese law firm. For his legal education, Mr. Kaiho graduated from Arizona State University with his JD/MBA, specializing in business law. During law school, Mr. Kaiho was a judicial law...

Derek began working in the field of personal injury law in 2002 after graduating from UC Irvine. He has dedicated his entire professional career to serving injured people and their families.

Derek has handled thousands of cases from the preparation stage to negotiation and settlement. His experience includes auto accidents, wrongful deaths, dog bites, slip and falls, and many other types of personal injury cases. Derek has an adversarial but professional relationship with many of the adjusters from the major insurance companies. Derek is also fluent in Spanish and is comfortable helping his Spanish-speaking clients understand the legal process.

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Scott J. Sterling is the founder of Sterling Law Firm, APC which provides legal advice to people who have suffered personal injuries or property damage. Scott has been a licensed California attorney for two decades and is a former partner at a national law firm specializing in the litigation of serious personal injury, construction, and insurance claims. Scott has experience in all aspects of discovery, arbitration, mediation, trials, and appeals in California and Federal Courts.

Mr. Tower is a top rated attorney with over 30 years of experience. He has achieved the highest AV rating and is respected by his peers in the legal community and his efforts and results are appreciated by his
clients.

After working in law firms handling civil litigation matters for both Plaintiffs and Defendants in various types of litigation, he applied his experience and expertise to form TowerLaw San Diego as a boutique firm specializing in targeted practice areas to deliver the best possible first hand legal representation.

Mr. Tower represents clients who are having problems with pending claims or have had claims...