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Jason Thomas Riddick
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Real Estate
University of California - Berkeley
Jason Riddick is an experienced and entrepreneurial business litigator representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants in state and federal courts throughout the country. Jason’s practice focuses on complex business litigation, including contract and business tort disputes, defamation, securities, trade secrets, and corporate governance disputes. Jason also represents clients in connection with internal investigations, class actions, SEC enforcement matters, FINRA inquiries, arbitrations, and employment matters.
Jason’s clients include financial institutions, registered representatives, employers, entertainment and pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, insurers, investors, and high net worth individuals. Jason has extensive expertise with trial and pretrial motions, taking and defending depositions, and devising trial and settlement...
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Jeremy Scott Hyndman
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
(800) 487-4660
Union Bank Plaza
445 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2700
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Free ConsultationBusiness, Real Estate and Securities
Emory University School of Law
My practice focuses on estate planning and helping investors recover losses caused by unethical or incompetent financial advisers. I am the managing attorney at Basalt Legal PLLC, a law firm nestled in Washington wine country but serving clients throughout Washington State and California.
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Karl Anthony Gerber
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Business, Employment and Workers' Comp
Southwestern Univ School of Law
I have represented employees since 1993. My trials have involved cases in which large group of employees sue. I have written over 1,000 articles of employment law, and have a weekly radio show about employment law on Sundays from 8-9 AM on 105.1 FM in Los Angeles. Old episodes can be heard at: https://worklawyerca.info/list/?kkgo/
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My law firm handles sexual harassment, unpaid wages including groups, PAGA,...
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Joshua Kroot
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(213) 677-0856
355 South Grand Avenue
Suite 2450
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Securities
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Business attorney with demonstrated record of success in high-stakes litigation. Adviser to multi-national corporations, growth-focused startups, closely held companies and non-governmental organizations. Skilled in dispute resolution, class actions, insurance, financial and regulatory actions. Experience growing businesses from idea to exit. Founder of and adviser to multiple companies in U.S. and abroad.
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Susan Aurelia Rodriguez
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Business and Employment
Univ of Michigan Law Sch
The Law Offices of Susan A. Rodriguez, APC guides employers through the maze of California employment law to help clients assess and minimize risk. We resolve employment, commercial and bankruptcy adversary disputes on their behalf in a results-oriented and cost-efficient manner that enables business owners to focus on productivity and growth.
In addition to handling employment law matters such as harassment and discrimination, DFEH complaints, and wrongful termination, Susan and her team specialize in defending class action employment lawsuits as well as litigation under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and wage and hour laws.
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Andy Gale
Orange, CA Business Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
(714) 634-4838
1820 W Orangewood Ave, Ste 104a
http://www.IncorporationAttorney.com/
Orange, CA 92868
Business
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Attorney at Law Offices 1820 West Orangewood Avenue, Suite 104a, Orange, CA 92868 Office: +1 (714) 634-4838.
With more than a 1000 small business owners as clients, Andy Gale clearly knows his way around the legal ramifications of small business law. He has been practicing law at Gale & Vallance since 1987.
Andy started his career as a trial attorney for the Office of the District Attorney in Orange County, California working there from 1980 through 1987.
He has served in his community as the Director for the Foundation for Personal Financial Education from May 2009 to January 2011.
He has received many...
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Erik Swen Syverson
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Communications, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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James Eric Kirkland
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Business, Communications, Securities and Trademarks
Pepperdine University School of Law
I am the founder of Kirkland Law PC, and I have the privilege of representing fast-growing companies in the US and Canada as well as private equity funds in the emerging cannabis industry. I provide a broad array of legal services with a focus on corporate structure, private offerings, secured debt financing, and tax matters. I have been the lead attorney on over $260 million in private offerings for cannabis companies since May of 2016. I also handle licensing agreements, equity incentive plans, and other legal issues that businesses face as they expand. I also assist companies through the arduous...
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Jeff Hoang Pham
Costa Mesa, CA Business Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Business
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Jeff Pham has devoted his career to counseling businesses and providing them with the legal expertise required to realize their goals. Mr. Pham began his career as corporate counsel to CoreLogic, Inc. (NYSE: CLGX), the world’s largest provider of real estate data and analytics. During his tenure, Mr. Pham advised the company on a broad array of legal matters—from routine business transactions, to trade secret enforcement, to international corporate acquisitions. In 2010, Mr. Pham formed Pham Law Group, bringing his years of experience in the legal department of a large corporation to bear on behalf of small and...
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Jerry J. Jen
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
With over almost two decades of experience in the collections industry, Mr. Jen serves as the principal attorney for Jen Law Firm, APC, a commercial collections and judgment enforcement law firm that focuses on assisting businesses in the manfacturing, supply chain, and professional services space with the collections and judgment enforcement needs.
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Kevin Kump
Manhattan Beach, CA Business Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
(844) 317-9251
1230 Rosecrans Ave.
Suite 300
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy, Consumer and Real Estate
Western State University College of Law
Kevin Kump has practiced law in California since 1988. His career began by representing banks, financial institutions and landlords. He held executive positions as an in-house lawyer for WFS Financial (now Wells Fargo), BBVA Bancomer USA (a division of one of the world’s largest banks), and Toyota Financial Services (the world's largest captive auto finance company). This experience gave Kevin a unique expertise in financial litigation and consumer compliance for financial institutions and automobile finance companies. The Law Office of Kevin Kump now helps consumers and individuals in their fight against big corporations. If you are being harassed by...
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Timothy Lawrence Norton
Manhattan Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Tulane Univ Law School
34 years experience litigating construction defect and real estate litigation cases. $190m in jury verdicts. $72m in punitive damages. Sole practitioner offering exception personal service and attention. Highly skilled in all phases of litigation. Trial, Arbitration, Mediation, Settlement. Experienced in high-end custom home construction defects, real estate fraud and non-disclosure, complex business litigation.
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Kurt Maahs
Los Angeles , CA Business Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Mr. Maahs has tried, arbitrated, and mediated hundreds of cases throughout his career. These cases involve multi-million dollar exposure and significant injuries such as traumatic brain injury, paraplegia and burns. Mr. Maahs’ experience and practice includes automobile liability, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, trucking accidents, workers’ compensation, employment law, insurance, and commercial litigation.
Throughout his career, Mr. Maahs has represented consumers and numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Walgreens, United Technologies, Nationwide, State Farm, Chubb Insurance, Auto-Owners, Hartford, AIG, Johnson and Johnson, Marriott, Phillip Morris, Home Depot and DaVita. With 26 years of extensive experience, Mr. Maahs is committed to...
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Yashdeep (Jesse) Singh
Brea, CA Business Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, 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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Janis Hui Ozaki
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(213) 457-1720
333 South Grand Avenue
Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Business and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
Janis Hui Ozaki is a business and real estate litigator. Ms. Ozaki provides intelligent, strategic, and aggressive advocacy. She successfully prosecutes and defends cases in state and federal courts and arbitrations. Her strengths include understanding her clients’ goals and opponents' psychology, developing custom-tailored and efficient solutions to legal and business problems, and effectively communicating client narratives in the courtroom. She also works with Hong Kong and Chinese clients. She is fluent in Cantonese.
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William Larson
Brea, CA Business Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Whittier Law School
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Stuart Neil Senator
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Business and Antitrust
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Stuart N. Senator is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.
His practice focuses primarily on complex business litigation in trial and appellate courts, and investigations led by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. Mr. Senator’s clients include a diverse group of national and international companies, and his major areas of practice include antitrust, unfair competition, legal malpractice/malicious prosecution and law firm ethics and conflicts of interest.
Mr. Senator provides antitrust counseling and compliance advice on numerous subjects, including distribution practices, pricing, trade association activity and mergers. Mr. Senator has also been an...
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Daniel Sallus
Manhattan Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Daniel Sallus is a partner of Stone & Sallus, LLP focusing on business litigation, business and real estate transactions, estate planning, entity formations, and real estate litigation. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Daniel obtained his B.S. in Management from the Eller School of Business and a minor in Spanish at the University of Arizona. Previously he worked at a large bank where he interacted with businesses and obtained a deeper understanding of their needs.
While in college, Daniel started investing in real estate where he was able to manage and rent the property to pay for his undergraduate...
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Thomas W Porter
El Segundo, CA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Communications, Employment and IP
Southwestern Law School
Tommy helps entrepreneurs, startups, and businesses of all kinds build great companies. His goal is to be a team member of your company to provide business and legal strategy in an effective and efficient manner. He serves as outside general counsel and advises clients in many different sectors, including technology, media, entertainment, retail, food and beverage, and outdoor recreation industries, among others. He prides himself on personalized services and building lasting relationships with his clients. He likes to work with teams bold enough to build epic brands, solve big problems, and make a dent in the universe.
Tommy graduated cum laude...
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Paul Martin Vargas
Hermosa Beach, CA Business Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(323) 696-1891
2447 Pacific Coast Highway Suite 200
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
I am a licensed tax attorney with an advanced degree in tax law. I have been practicing for over 16 years. I practice tax planning, international tax planning, estate and gift tax, tax controversy, corporation transactional law, and mergers and acquisitions.
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Allen Basil Felahy
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Business and Employment
Loyola Law School
Allen Felahy, an LA area native, is a premier employment lawyer who has tried cases that have influenced California labor law in the areas of sexual harassment, discrimination, and trial procedure. Mr. Felahy has litigated over 1,000 cases with a 99.95% successful resolution rate. In those instances where a trial has been necessary, Mr. Felahy has a 95% trial success rate having tried over 20 cases. Known for identifying and retaining high value cases, over the past five years Mr. Felahy's average award and settlement value is over $250,00.00. Mr. Felahy is a member...
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Nicholas M. Krebs
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Business, Appeals, IP and Real Estate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Practicing attorney providing litigation services for clients across a variety of industries and jurisdictions. Admitted to practice in all California courts, the District of Columbia, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Glen D. Duvel
Santa Ana, CA Business Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Business, Employment and Products Liability
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Glen D. Duvel has represented clients in a wide variety of employment law and estate planning matters. His extensive experience means that clients are given everything they need to reach favorable conclusions to their cases. Glen graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor’s of Science in Political Science in 1994. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law in 1999. He has had several speaking engagements and publications covering topics such as employment law and estate planning. To learn more about how he can assist you and your legal...
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David Joshua Staub
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Business, Consumer, Employment and Insurance Claims
Tulane Univ Law School
D. Joshua Staub's practice emphasizes general civil litigation with experience resolving disputes for plaintiffs and defendants through arbitration, trial, and mediation involving the following areas of law: automobile accidents, breach of contract, commercial collections, consumer claims (including class actions) fraud, harassment, judgment enforcement, and nonpayment of wages (wage & hour).
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Ariel H. Mossazadeh
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Whittier Law School
Mr. Mossazadeh received his undergraduate degree at UCLA. Afterwards, he attended Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, California, where he received his J.D. While in law school, his primary concentration was in business regulation and real estate transactions.
Once out of law school, Mr. Mossazadeh was a commercial litigator at the boutique law offices of B&D in Beverly Hills, CA. After practicing there for five years, Mr. Mossazadeh went to work in-house for a successful real estate developer where he acted as in-house counsel and as a transaction coordinator.
Since 2019, Mr. Mossazadeh decided to open Mirage Law, where he assisted...
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Roman Mosqueda
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Dr. Mosqueda, a valedictorian from grade school, graduated Magna Cum Laude in B.S. Economics the Ateneo de Manila University, and Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines Law. He was elected President of Student Council of Ateneo de Manila University, University Councilor of the University of the Philippines Student Council, President of the Institute of Student Affairs Leadership Training Conference, and President of National Student League, an association of student leaders all over the Philippines. Dr. Mosqueda, aside from his published 500-page doctoral dissertation on products liability from the University of Michigan, is the author...
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David Dene Murray
Placentia, CA Business Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
330 E. Orangethorpe Ave.
Suite J-1
Placentia, CA 92870
Business, Employment, Immigration and International
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
With offices located in Orange County, California, just south of Los Angeles, the Law Offices of David D. Murray has been concentrating in the areas of U.S. & International Business Transactions, Employment and Labor Law, U.S. Immigration Law, Negotiation and Drafting of Contracts, Formation of Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Business Buyouts, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution, since 1978.
The Law Offices of David D. Murray has been rated "A/V" by Martindale Hubbell, verifying the firm's adherence to the highest standards of professional conduct. skills, ethics, expertise, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of...
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Eric Norton
Costa Mesa, CA Business Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Real Estate and Trademarks
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Eric Norton is a business and intellectual property attorney, and the founder of Norton Law Corporation. Mr. Norton created Norton Law Corporation to provide top tier legal services at affordable prices for business owners of all types—from small business owners, to tech entrepreneurs, to officers of major multinational corporations. At the core of Norton Law Corporation is the use of technology and flat fee billing to enhance the legal services clients receive while being completely transparent about the price. Admitted to practice in California, he received his Juris Doctor from the Chapman University School of Law with an emphasis...
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Dan E Chambers
Santa Ana, CA Business Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and White Collar Crime
The founder of Chambers Law Firm, Dan E Chambers, has been in practice for over 20 years. He served as a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney for six years and was in private practice at other firms for approximately 15 years, handling a wide range of highly complex litigation matters. Dan’s primary area of practice now involves the representation and defense of individuals and businesses in all types of criminal and administrative matters, in both federal and state court throughout southern California. As a former prosecutor, Dan has unique insight into the criminal justice system that enables him to...
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Steven Craig Smith
Santa Ana, CA Business Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Business, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Brigham Young University
Experienced and successful trial attorney, with experience in business, real estate, and development.
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Mr. Jihad M. Smaili
Santa Ana, CA Business Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness 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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Gregg A. Rapoport
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals, IP and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
I represent corporate and individual clients in a wide range of business and real estate litigation matters.
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Terrence Jay Moore
Santa Ana, CA Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Tax
Boston University School of Law
Terry Moore obtained his Master in Tax Law (LLM) form Boston University and has been the senior attorney at Moore and Affiliates,PLC since 1991. He is licensed to practice law before all States and Federal Courts in California and Florida, United States Tax Court and the United States Claims Court.
This multi-state orientation provides clients with timely and cost-effective advice on financial, commercial and litigation matters involving these two states.
Moore and Affiliates, PLC provides services in the areas of Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, including Irvine, Newport Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach.
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Phillip Selio
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness
California Western School of Law and University of California - Riverside
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Dimuth C. Amaratunge
Orange, CA Business Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Immigration
Western State University College of Law
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Jennifer Michelle McGrath
Huntington Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
(714) 231-2124
7755 Center Avenue, Suite 1100
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Business, Administrative and Real Estate
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Jennifer McGrath has created a unique law practice specializing in all areas of cannabis law. With over twenty years of legal experience, Ms. McGrath provides legal support and guidance on California Cannabis Law to cannabis businesses throughout the state as well as Cities and Counties in navigating the emerging California State and local regulation of both recreational and medical marijuana in this rapidly changing environment.
– cannabis licensing (local and state)
– cannabis regulatory compliance
– appeals of cannabis license/permit denials or discipline
– cannabis litigation & administrative hearings
– development agreements
– building permits
– zoning & land use
– leases
– voter initiatives
– advocacy
– government...
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Paul Lee
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Environmental 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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Natalie K. Karamian
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness and Products Liability
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Frank Sandelmann
Manhattan Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
(310) 229-9911
324 Manhattan Beach Blvd # 201
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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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Rodney Alves
Manhattan Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
(310) 948-6477
1590 Rosecrans Ave.
Suite 327D
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and International
University of California - Los Angeles and Mackenzie University Law School
Mr. Alves's practice focuses on advising startups, emerging growth and middle market companies across a spectrum of industries in corporate, finance and business transactions with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, contracts and project finance.
Licensed in Brazil and the U.S., he practiced for several years at major law firms in Brazil and the U.S. advising domestic and international clients on, among other things, corporate, mergers and acquisitions and investments matters.