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Charles Cornell Brown
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 29 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Charles Brown is a veteran trial lawyer with an exceptional track record of success. A former deputy federal defender, he has tried nearly 60 federal cases and has resolved thousands of wide-ranging federal criminal issues. These include cases presenting a wide array of complex federal criminal issues such as white collar tax and fraud offenses, international commerce clause offenses, complex multi-defendant cases, computer/internet offenses, death penalty litigation, and immigration offenses. His hard-earned victories have produced deep insights into the complexities of a federal criminal case. He has superior wisdom and knowledge that only comes with experience. He is...
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Armand Avazian
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 23 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Immigration
Pepperdine University School of Law
Armand Avazian received his undergraduate degree from University of California Riverside in 1997 and Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2000. During law school he had internships with a District Court Judge and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. After law school he began working at the Law Offices of Avazian & Avazian focusing on criminal defense, immigration and personal injury. He was recognized by Super Lawyers magazine and his peers as a rising star in the Southern California legal community.
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Everett Sanders Hinchcliffe
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Personal Injury, Construction and Employment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Everett Hinchcliffe is a partner at McCathern’s Los Angeles office. He was previously a senior partner with Braden, Hinchcliffe & Hawley and joined McCathern through their merger. At Braden, Hinchcliffe & Hawley, Mr. Hinchcliffe served as Litigation Director, overseeing all litigation and handled all major trials.
Mr. Hinchcliffe has practiced as an attorney since 1974, litigating more than 50 cases to jury verdicts, including complex personal injury, professional liability, and employment cases. In a recent jury trial, he successfully defended a medical practice in a highly contentious and potentially high-exposure sexual harassment and wrongful termination case. His most recent victory was...
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Jonathan M. Ritter
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 18 years of experience
330 W 11th St
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of West Los Angeles
As a founding partner of El Dabe | Ritter Trial Lawyers Jonathan Ritter dedicated his career to serving personal injury victims throughout Southern California. Jonathan stated law school at the young age of 20, and passed the California Bar Exam by the time he was 23. He knew immediately that he wanted to focus his career on personal injury, with a focus on trial work.
In 2011, Jonathan founded Ritter Law, which rapidly grew into a renowned legal practice under his leadership. Focusing his career on trials, in 2016 at the age of 35, he was...
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Michael Ghozland
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Tulane University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
If you are dealing with injuries from a personal injury accident, you need to take immediate action and seek out the help of an attorney you can trust. Injury accidents can result in all kinds of complications and hardships. It is at just such a time that you need to seek out the support of a Whittier personal injury lawyer from Ghozland Law Firm. Attorney Michael Ghozland received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Southern California. He went on to Tulane University School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctorate. He is a member of several...
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Michael Alves Stone-Molloy
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Personal Injury, Consumer, Elder and Products Liability
Univ of Florida COL
Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I am an attorney with a diverse world view and a demonstrated ability to interact successfully with people from immensely varied backgrounds. A persuasive advocate with strong negotiating skills, hardened to the demands of a heavy workload with inflexible deadlines, I am dedicated to the cause of the unjustly injured.
Education
University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Juris Doctor, December 2000, with Certificates in International Law and County Court Mediation. Performed the Law School’s first-ever Brazilian Externship, with the State Environmental Prosecutor’s Office in Paraná.
University of Massachusetts – Boston, Bachelor...
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Matthew Bremont
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Pepperdine University School of Law
It is universally acknowledged that no matter where Matthew Bremont shows up, he is fully equipped to do battle. When Mr. Bremont takes on a client’s case, they benefit from his considerable knowledge, work ethic, and excellent personal investment.
Mr. Bremont graduated from Pepperdine Law School with certificates from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law. While in law school, Mr. Bremont competed with law students from across the country on the Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Team. Matthew also served as an Associate Editor for the Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law.
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Andrew Hubert
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 39 years of experience
Personal Injury and Insurance Defense
Pepperdine University School of Law and Southwestern Law School
Andrew C. Hubert. Over 30 years experience in general casualty litigation, including catastrophic injury, and SIU. Practice also includes products liability and premises liability matters. Clients include major regional and national insurance carriers and self-insured corporations. Education and Certifications: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., English Literature, concurrent B.A., Political Science, 1981); University of Nantes, France (Political Science); Southwestern University (J.D., 1984); Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Program. Court Affiliations: Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court (1994-1995), United States District Court, Arizona, Central District of California, the Ninth...
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Paul Lee
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Business, Employment and Products Liability
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Paul Lee is engaged in the relentless pursuit of justice for victims of serious injuries. He has successfully handled hundreds of major personal injury matters, including those involving vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, products liability, toxic torts and premises liability, including severe spinal cord injuries, brain damage, fractures, amputations, third degree burns, severe lung damage, leukemia and other injuries.
In the area of defective and dangerous products, Paul has successfully settled cases involving automobiles, heavy machinery and equipment, consumer products, chemicals and pharmaceutical products.
Before founding Kaplan Lee LLP, Paul was a litigation partner at Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, one of...
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Nicholas Milan Loncar
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 12 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Elder and Products Liability
Villanova University School of Law
Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney Nicholas Loncar is a fierce competitor and powerful negotiator. He uses his intensity, charisma and passion to achieve the best results for his clients. Nicholas represents people charged with crimes throughout Southern California, providing passionate, highly effective and affordable criminal and DUI defense services.
Nicholas is a graduate of Villanova University School of Law in Pennsylvania. Prior to enrolling at Villanova Law, Nicholas attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where he was an active member of the school’s nationally ranked varsity debate team. During law school, Nicholas...
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Anthony Telleria
San Gabriel, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 60 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Univ School of Law
With more than 50 years of experience, Attorney Anthony A. Telleria brings an impressive level of insight and counsel to his firm, Telleria, Telleria & Levy, LLP. As one of the principal attorneys and partners at his Los Angeles firm, Mr. Telleria prides himself on delivering exceptional service to his clients. He is Board Certified in workers’ compensation law, allowing him to offer a unique level of guidance to injured workers. Whether you were injured while lifting heavy equipment or sitting in an office chair, his firm is ready to help. Interested in learning more about Mr. Telleria? Call his...
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Matthew James Telleria
San Gabriel, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 20 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Glendale Univ COL
Having handled thousands of workers’ compensation cases over his career, Attorney Mathew J. Telleria is a dedicated and well-versed professional. After graduating in the top of his class at Glendale School of Law, he began his career as a Los Angeles workers’ compensation lawyer. He prides himself on working around-the-clock to secure the best possible results for his clients. Mr. Telleria makes his legal services personal, ensuring his clients feel cared for and supported during this difficult time in their lives. He is multi-lingual and can offer representation to clients from all backgrounds. Call his firm to find out more!
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Shawn S. Rokni
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 12 years of experience
Personal Injury
Harvard Law School and Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Prior to founding Countrywide Trial Lawyers, APLC, Shawn was a senior trial attorney at one of the best personal injury law firms in the country, where he broke records with an astonishing 99% victories in personal injury cases he litigated.
Formerly a senior defense attorney at one of the largest defense firms representing dozens of insurance companies, Shawn was the lead handling attorney on some of the most serious personal injury cases, involving wrongful deaths, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, spine surgeries, fractured bones, and product liability cases against automobile manufacturers.
Shawn was also an in-house attorney for the largest auto insurance...
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Nicholas Steven Nassif
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 39 years of experience
(800) 286-2862
3055 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Bankruptcy, Business and Criminal Defense
Drake University
The Law Offices of Nicholas S. Nassif is a diverse, full service law firm dedicated to helping clients protect their legal rights. Our firm works hard to fight for you and represent your case to reach a fast and just resolution. You will receive individual attention from Mr. Nassif, as he is personally involved in every case. Mr. Nassif handles a diverse array of legal matters in the areas of Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Contracts, Lease Negotiation Real Estate, and Criminal issues. In the area of Personal Injury, through dedication and commitment, Mr. Nassif has secured...
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Richard Louis Lara
Alhambra, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
A passion for justice has guided Richard L. Lara's education and career. While earning BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy and history and his Juris Doctorate, he thought deeply about ethics, political philosophy, and history.
Today, he pursues his passion for justice by defending his clients' rights. Richard believes a nation best serves its citizens by diligently protecting their rights. He also believes attorneys play a crucial role in providing such protection, and he is honored to be a part of our nation’s legal profession.
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Mike Montes Jr.
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Energy, Family and Insurance Claims
Glendale University-College of Law
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Derek T. Tran
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Employment
Glendale University College of Law
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Farshad Salamati
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Glendale Univ COL
The Salamati Law Firm provides legal representation to clients throughout Los Angeles County, including the cities of Long Beach, Glendale, Lancaster and Santa Clarita. We are results-oriented personal injury attorneys eager to pursue civil actions arising from negligence, car and motorcycle accidents, dog bites, slip and fall accidents, serious pedestrian injuries and more.
From initial consultation through trial preparations, our attorneys are in constant communication with clients, providing updates on litigation milestones and crossroads. We operate under the belief that clients must be empowered with information every step of the way to make well-informed decisions about their financial recovery. If the...
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Paul Lee
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Animal, Insurance Claims and Medical Malpractice
Whittier Law School
Upon graduation from law school and becoming an attorney in 1994, Paul Lee began working with an employment law firm specializing in representing police officers. Later he worked for an insurance defense firm representing various insurance companies. After seeing, first hand, how insurance companies handled various personal injury claims he decided that he needed to represent the injured parties to ensure that they were represented fairly . He formed what is now known as AA-Accident Attorneys, P.L.C. Mr. Lee currently serves the local community as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Superior Court in addition to serving his clients...
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Yolanda Annette Slaughter
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Civil Rights, Employment and Products Liability
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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Edgar Rodriguez
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 2 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Estate Planning and Immigration
Trinity Law School
Edgar Rodriguez decided to open up his own law practice due to his passion for helping others in their time of need. Mr. Rodriguez is dedicated to ensuring his clients are well-represented in any stage of their legal matter.
Mr. Rodriguez attended Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon where he obtained his Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration in April of 2017. Afterwards, Mr. Rodriguez decided to pursue his legal career by attending Trinity Law School in Santa Ana, California, where he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree in May of 2021.
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Gerald Lawrence Kroll
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Employment and Insurance Claims
UCLA School of Law
The Kroll Law Corporation was founded by California attorney Gerald L. Kroll to represent seriously injured people and victims of unfair business practices by insurance companies and other big corporations. The Kroll Law Corporation stands up for the little guy and fights to get you full compensation for your injuries and damages. Attorney Kroll has appeared on numerous television broadcasts including Entertainment Tonight, CBS Evening News, Donahue and CNN International.
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Neama Rahmani
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Communications and Entertainment & Sports
Neama is a prestigious California personal injury attorney. He is the President and co-founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
Neama graduated from UCLA at the age of 19 and Harvard Law School at the age of 22, making him one of the youngest graduates in the 200-year history of the law school. Upon graduation, Neama was hired by O’Melveny & Myers, the largest law firm in Los Angeles at the time, where he represented companies such as Disney, Marriott, and the Roman Catholic Church.
But Neama wanted to help ordinary people, not corporations, so he joined the United States Attorney’s Office, where...
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Jorge Guardado
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Employment
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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John Abassian
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Arbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
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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Samvel Setyan
Pasadena, CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Employment and Workers' Comp
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Setyan Law, APC is a trusted law firm in Los Angeles, specializing in employment law, workers' compensation, and personal injury cases. With a commitment to providing strong legal representation, Setyan Law helps clients navigate complex legal issues, particularly those wronged by their employers or injured due to the negligence of others.
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Setyan Law is dedicated to protecting employees' rights in a wide range of employment law matters. Whether you are facing wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage disputes, or retaliation, our team is ready to fight for your justice. We understand how employers can take advantage of their workers, and we...
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Jeffrey L. Fayngor
Downey, CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Whittier Law School
As the founder of the JLF Firm, Mr. Fayngor always knew that he wanted to fight for the rights of injured victims. People who were hurt through the negligence of others, only to be later told they were not hurt enough or their life was not valuable enough to warrant fair compensation. During his time at Whittier Law School, Mr. Fayngor worked at multiple personal injury based law firms, honing his skill and advocating on behalf of injured clients. This provided him with a wide range of experience and strategies that he draws from daily to help maximize his clients'...
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Darrick Vallar Tan
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Family and Immigration
Southwestern Univ School of Law
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Brett Steven Markson
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 33 years of experience
(213) 895-4376
444 South Flower Street
Suite 2160
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Personal Injury, Business, Employment and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
Brett Markson is a Santa Clarita employment law attorney with considerable experience practicing law. He originally gained his law degree in 1991 from Hastings College of the Law, and since that time he has continued to expand his comprehension of the law and to gain valuable experience that assists him in better handling the cases of his clients. He has formerly served as a prosecutor and this is an experience that has given him the aptitude to take cases to court when necessary. He takes the time to listen to his clients and thoroughly prepares their cases for any direction...
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Antonio Villegas
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 18 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Family
UCLA School of Law
In 2015, The National Trial Lawyers recognized Mr. Villegas as being one of the Top 100 Criminal Defense Trial Lawyers in California. Mr. Villegas also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's (LACBA) Criminal Justice Section. After dedicating over seven years of his career to serving as a government lawyer handling complex criminal law cases, Mr. Villegas now operates The AVjustice Law Firm.
Mr. Villegas has handled approximately 10,000 criminal law cases in his career, involving all types of charges including but not limited to, driving under the influence (DUI), domestic violence, drug...
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Raymund Robles
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Personal Injury, Business, Criminal Defense and Domestic Violence
UC Hastings COL
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Richard Guy Barone
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 44 years of experience
Personal Injury
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Mr. Barone obtained his BA from UCLA in 1976 and his JD from the University of San Fernando Valley College of Law (Woodland Hills) in 1980. He is a member of the State Bar of California, American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), and the Italian-American Bar Association.
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Mark Kiran
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Personal Injury, Divorce and Family
Attorney Mark Ramos Kiran is a bilingual, prominent, and respected trial attorney. Mark is the founder of The Broadway Law Firm and has dedicated his entire legal career to providing trusted legal representation to individual people in a variety of complex and challenging cases. Mark is committed to serving his clients with attentive, zealous and effective representation, and has consistently been recognized by his contemporaries as an outstanding advocate for his clients. Throughout his career, Mark has been a fierce advocate of those in need of outstanding legal representation. Mark’s commitment to representing those that have been injured or wronged...
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Sherif Edmond El Dabe
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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,...
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Taedra Elizabeth Kogan
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Western New England University School of Law
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Jordan M. Jones
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Wayne State University Law School
For over ten years, attorney Jordan M. Jones has focused his legal practice on assisting victims of severe truck accidents. Based in Los Angeles and serving the state of California, Jordan is committed to supporting individuals whose lives have been devastated by unsafe trucking and commercial vehicle companies.
Since starting his practice, he has handled more than a hundred trucking cases.
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Randy Sarmiento
LOS ANGELES, CA Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
I pride myself on being an advocate for those accused of any criminal matter. I focus on criminal defense and have represented clients from minor traffic tickets to serious felony allegations. Defending traffic tickets includes, but not limited to defending speeding tickets, recalling active bench warrants, restoring drivers licenses, red light camera tickets, illegal u-turns, modification tickets, and any moving violation. We have successfully defended over a thousand traffic tickets!
In addition, we have successfully defended against DUI/DWI, speed contest, exhibition of speed, domestic violence, and serious felonies such as police evasion, battery/assault with a weapon, and more.
Representing clients throughout the...
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Sidney Sungchul Sohn
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Personal Injury and Business
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Stephen Daniel Demik
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 22 years of experience
Personal Injury, Civil Rights, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
UC Hastings COL
Stephen Demik specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation, and trials of all types. He is an experienced trial attorney, practicing in state and federal courts for nearly 15 years. He speaks Spanish proficiently.
A graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law and a faculty teacher at the Trial Lawyers College, Stephen Demik has a wide background in many areas– from civil plaintiffs work to criminal defense, from tribal court to immigration law, from juvenile court to Guantanamo Bay. For over 14 years, he has tried cases in both state and federal court, in both South Dakota and...
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Apemwoyah Kisob Alaric-Lorenzo
Los Angeles, CA Personal Injury Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Civil Rights, Employment and Products Liability
I am an Attorney licensed in California, New York, Nigeria and Cameroon. I have vast experience in civil litigation and a wonderful understanding of the law. I also handle transactional matters for a slew of clients. The law is not complicated and with any set of facts, if the law is on our side, I will do all it legally takes to ensure my client gets what they deserve.