West Hills Personal Injury Lawyers

In April of 1998, Scott formed The Law Offices of Mann & Elias, a Los Angeles based law office handling employment law and personal injury cases. Mann & Elias have successfully settled hundreds of claims, and completed nearly 100 jury and bench trials. Since the founding of the office, they have recovered over $18 Million in settlements and verdicts for their clients. Practice area includes: Workplace Discrimination Wrongful Termination Retaliation Harassment at work Whistle blower Car accidents Truck accidents Motorcycle accidents Wrongful death Dog bites Product liability Premises liability Our success is based on our considerable trial experience (over 40 years combined), excellent advocacy skills, intense preparation and research, experienced and specialized staff, and...

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts – University of California, Los Angeles (1991)

Juris Doctor – West Los Angeles School of Law (1995)

BACKGROUND

For more than 24 years, Pejman “Tony” Rahnama has represented clients on their personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. He has successfully represented more than 1000 clients and applicants, recovering more than 600 million for his law firm clients.

Tony graduated from West Los Angeles School of Law with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree and received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from UCLA and was admitted to the California Bar on 1995.

Tony is Licensed and authorized to practice before all courts...

Brian Panish, a leading Los Angeles trial attorney, has secured some of the nation's most impactful jury verdicts for his clients. His groundbreaking victories include: A record-setting $4.9 billion verdict in Anderson v. General Motors, a landmark product liability case. Over 100 verdicts and settlements exceeding $10 million. Seven verdicts exceeding $50 million, demonstrating his ability to tackle complex high-stakes cases. More than 500 verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 million, highlighting his consistent success across various personal injury, car accident, wrongful death, and business litigation matters. Panish's dedication to his clients and relentless pursuit of justice have earned him recognition as one of the country's...

William Crawford Appleby IV is one of Wisner Baum’s top legal writers who focuses primarily on complex law and motion matters, in-depth legal research, and case strategy. Crawford’s unique skillset underpins the firm’s casework in several practice areas at both the trial and appellate level. Throughout his career, he has received awards and recognition from the National Law Journal, the National Trial Lawyers, and Southern California Super Lawyers®. Call Wisner Baum today to schedule a free case consultation with Attorney Appleby.

Arnold W. Gross is a nationally recognized, honored and experienced trial lawyer with expertise in all types of personal injury cases, wrongful death matters, criminal defense cases and real estate cases. Mr. Gross is a pre-eminent AV rated Martindale Hubbell attorney, an honor he has enjoyed for over 30 years. Mr. Gross was been selected as a California Super Lawyer in plaintiff personal injury cases in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and will be again in 2024. Arnold W. Gross has been involved in more than 90 major jury trials and hundreds...

Matthew is an associate trial attorney with practice areas focusing on plaintiffs-side employment discrimination, wrongful termination, elder abuse, medical malpractice, and personal injury. Matthew is a graduate of Southwestern Law School's SCALE, two-year J.D. program. During law school, he externed for a judge in federal District Court and for an assistant city attorney. He graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology, and earned a Master's Degree in Education while working as a public school teacher and leader in Los Angeles.

5 years experience with a personal injury firm. Solo practice so I will have plenty of time to provide individualized focus to each of my clients. Entertainment contract review and drafting experience. Cannabis brand business formation experience and trademark filings.

Attorney Scott J. Corwin is a renowned personal injury lawyer and the founder of Scott J. Corwin, A Professional Law Corporation. Based in Los Angeles, Scott J. Corwin represents victims of serious motor vehicle accidents, catastrophic injuries, and dog bites, as well as the families of those wrongfully killed, throughout Southern California. With more than 30 years of experience and over $130 million recovered for his clients, Scott J. Corwin has the dedication to effectively advocate for you. Scott J. Corwin is widely recognized for his extensive experience, litigation skill, and longstanding history of success. He is a member of the...

I am Employment Labor and Personal Injury Lawyer. My top attributes are that I am a motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new skills quickly, I am extremely organized, have great time management skills, can maintain composure under pressure and able to work autonomously with little direct supervision.

Prior to forming Lavinsky Law, Alexandra Lavinsky was a litigator at the Law Offices of Ronald A. Litz (2007- 2012, 2003-2005) a general civil litigation firm with an emphasis on Family Law. As an associate, she was involved in all aspects of the practice and had the advantage of working directly with Mr. Litz, a pillar in the Southern California family law community. Prior to that, she practiced law as a defense attorney at the law firm of Ford, Walker, Haggerty and Behar (2005-2007) where she handled cases from the pre-litigation stages through trial, arbitration, and mediation and learned how...

Bruce M. Bunch represents people and their families who have suffered major injuries or death throughout California. He handles all types of catastrophic personal injury cases and concentrates on medical malpractice. Over the past 50 years, Bruce has tried more than 100 jury trials. His expertise as a trial lawyer makes him one of the most sought after personal injury lawyers in Los Angeles. He holds the rank of Diplomate in ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) and is a member of CAALA (Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles), Million Dollar Advocates Forum, AV/Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubbell, and has been...

A Los Angeles motorcycle accident attorney, Howard Kornberg is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating an attorney can receive from his or her peers. He has extensive experience assisting clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from accidents involving motorcycles, bicycles, scooters, Segways, and other motorized vehicles.

Attorney Jeffrey R. Lamb practices in all areas of civil litigation, including personal injury, civil rights, medical malpractice, elder abuse, wrongful death, employment and mass tort actions. He has dedicated his career to representing victims against large establishments like insurance companies.

We are a boutique law firm with attorneys that specialize in personal injury, criminal defense and business law services, as well as entertainment law. We provide aggressive and efficient legal representation for each of our clients and work hard until we get you the results you need and want. Our attorneys will also travel to you if needed.

Mayra A. Maturana is an active member of the California Bar and was admitted 2nd December 2022. Mayra graduated from Southwestern University SOL.

Employment law and Personal Injury also have constructive defect, property, and immigration law background

R. Brent Wisner is an attorney and senior shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Wisner Baum. A Los Angeles native, Brent is driven by a deep-rooted passion for using the law to help those who have been marginalized and hurt by large, and sometimes malicious, corporations. Brent has dedicated his practice to vindicating his client’s rights and holding wrongdoers accountable. He concentrates his practice on pharmaceutical class action litigation, toxic-tort injuries, and consumer fraud litigation. Brent is one of Baum Hedlund’s lead trial attorneys and manages a highly-trained team of attorneys on all aspects of the cases in his department....

With nearly 20 years of experience in all areas of civil litigation, Senior Lawyer Courtney C. McNicholas focuses her practice on law enforcement employment, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, products liability, habitability and sexual abuse cases. She has a wide range of skills, including spearheading client interviews, case analysis, mediation and settlement negotiations and trial preparation.

Founding Partner John McNicholas has more than five decades of experience representing plaintiffs in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, employment law, class actions, sexual abuse and other consumer-oriented matters. He is a recognized leader with more than 150 jury verdicts and 20 reported appellate decisions in copyright infringement, breach of contract, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and aviation cases.

As one of the leading trial lawyers in California, Partner Matthew McNicholas represents victims in a range of areas, including catastrophic injury, wrongful death, employment law, product liability, sexual assault and other consumer-oriented matters, such as civil rights and aviation disasters.

With more than 25 years’ experience as a trial lawyer, Partner Patrick McNicholas exclusively represents victims in catastrophic injury, product liability, sexual assault and other consumer-oriented matters, such as civil rights, aviation disasters and class actions.

Ani M. Akopyan received her bachelor’s degree, with honors, from UCLA in 2001 and her law degree from Southwestern Law School in 2004. Since law school, Ani has worked exclusively in the field of labor and employment litigation. Prior to joining the Akopyan Law Firm, Ani was a member of a well-known, reputable defense firm where she represented employers and their insurance companies in all stages of labor and employment litigation including wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and whistle-blower litigation, as well as high stakes wage & hour class action cases. Ani’s 10+ years of experience in defending employers both...

Attorney C. Ray Carlson is the founding attorney at the Law Offices of C. Ray Carlson, a personal injury law firm in Santa Clarita, California. A skilled trial attorney with over 40 years of litigation experience, C. Ray Carlson frequently represents plaintiffs in complex personal injury and wrongful death matters, including cases involving car accidents, truck accidents, slip and falls, nursing home abuse, mass transit accidents, and dog bites.
C. Ray Carlson spent eight successful years as a partner with another Los Angeles-area firm before founding the Law Offices of C. Ray Carlson. He earned his law degree from Pepperdine...

Medical malpractice and personal injury lawyer, Neil M Howard Attorney at Law, Santa Monica CA, will investigate your medical malpractice claim to determine who is responsible in Los Angeles CA. Our medical malpractice and personal injury lawyer works with you directly to get you a just settlement, and because he is in court fighting for clients all the time, he is on top of the current interpretation of the statutes. Neil M Howard Attorney at Law has represented numerous clients in a wide variety of personal injury cases. A Litigation Lawyer and medical malpractice specialist, Neil works with clients...

Mr. Saba’s practice consists of prosecuting and defending individual, class action and mass action claims. He has considerable experience in a wide range of federal and state civil litigation and trial actions, including consumer litigation, employment litigation, women’s rights, complex business and entertainment disputes, catastrophic injury claims, professional responsibility, copyright/trademark, civil rights, maritime, and municipal, landowner and product liability.

As a partner at The Injury Law Firm, LLP, we service all California based injuries including automotive accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, dog bites, and all general negligence cases. We are California personal injury lawyers that put your interest first and ensure that you get maximally paid for your injuries that arose from someone else's fault. https://www.theinjurylawfirm.com

Ryan Block is a seasoned trial attorney who spends most of his time as a lawyer in the courtroom doing trials. He has done many thousands of trials as the lead attorney and has been in front of over 50 different judges in Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. Mr. Block's familiarity with court personnel along with his innate ability in the jury selection process selecting appropriate jurors has been paramount in maximizing the recovery of his clients. As a member of many plaintiff's attorney associations of Los Angeles including the Jewish Bar association of Los Angeles and the...

Michael Akopyan received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in 2001 and his law degree from Southwestern Law School in 2005. Before establishing his own firm in 2009, Michael worked as an associate attorney with Keith Fink & Associates and Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of cases including employment cases, personal injury cases, civil rights cases, business disputes, and administrative proceedings. Michael has successfully represented clients in civil and administrative trials and appeals.

Michael has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. He was named to the CaliforniaRising...

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The Law Office of Kevin S. Conlogue represents people who have experienced any civil rights violations. We handle police misconduct and police brutality cases, and also discrimination. If you are unsure if your civil rights have been violated, please call us immediately. We also represent individuals who have suffered a maritime injury or maritime accident. This includes Longshoremen and Jones Act Seamen for any injuries that they suffer from on the waterfront or while at sea. We also represent injuries that occur while passengers are on cruise ships.

Imad Elias is a founding partner of The Law Offices of Mann & Elias, a Los Angeles based law firm handling employment law and personal injury cases. Contact Mann & Elias at (323) 857-9500 for a free consultation.

David P. Kashani is a personal injury attorney based in Los Angeles, but has locations in Lancaster and Seattle. His team provides exceptional service and representation in cases relating to dog and animal bites, car accident injuries, bicycle accidents, elevator accidents, pedestrian injuries, traumatic brain injury, and more. For many individuals, an injury can be a traumatic experience that also creates complex legal situations. David Kashani is experienced and trained in managing these cases with the help of his first-rate team.

Mark Russ is one of the premiere young criminal defense attorneys in Los Angeles County. Part of a 6-lawyer team at Shouse Law Group, Mark has successfully helped clients to secure case dismissals in numerous DUI, misdemeanor and felony cases.

Mark practices extensively at the Los Angeles Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, the Torrance Courthouse, the Inglewood Courthouse, the Compton Courthouse and the Long Beach Courthouse. He works closely with each of his clients, devising custom-tailored strategies to keep them out of jail and to keep their records clean.

Abdi & Associates is located in Los Angeles and serves clients throughout the entire state of California. Practice areas include workers compensation, personal injury, car, truck, Lyft/Uber, and motorcycle accidents, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, brain and spinal cord injuries, burn injuries, dog bites, premises liability/slip & fall, and wrongful death.

Our firm is a contingency fee-based practice which means that clients pay no attorneys’ fees unless and until we recover for you. No recovery, No Fee. We even offer a free, no obligation, case evaluation and consultation. Abdi & Associates provides personalized, customized, caring service and pursues maximum compensation that you...