Pacific Palisades Lawyers

With extensive experience in product liability, trucking litigation, sex abuse and other loss of quality of life injuries, Doug Rochen is committed to professional and personal excellence in creating a comprehensive solution to the client's needs and goals without jeopardizing the quality of the work or results.

Before practicing law on behalf of catastrophically injuries parties, he spent several years at a defense firm, acquiring essential skills that make him a powerful litigator on the plaintiff’s side. With his unique background and experience, Mr. Rochen is better able to anticipate defense firm strategy and counter with advance...

Full service entertainment law practice handling corporate, financing, production, marketing and distribution matters worldwide across all media for studios, networks, cable companies and independent producers.

Attorney Michael Kade is licensed to practice before all Federal and State Courts in the State of California, Texas Federal District Court, and the United States Supreme Court. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of West Los Angeles teaching Criminal Law & Practice, Introduction to Legal Studies and Contracts. During his experience as a criminal defense attorney, he has handled a number of high-profile cases and successfully defended numerous people wrongly accused of serious crimes. Crimes as minor as Shoplifting, and as major as attempted Murder and Homicide. Prior to entering law school, he was an officer...

Kristi W. Dean, Managing Partner, is a skilled trial lawyer who represents clients in business disputes. Kristi was named a 2013 Trusted Advisor by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. She has been consistently named a "Southern California Super Lawyer" and recognized as "one of the top" lawyers in Southern California by her peers in Los Angeles Magazine, Law & Politics Media, Inc., and Super Lawyer publications. Kristi represents corporations and business organizations in various litigation disputes, including breach of contract, shareholder disputes, unfair business competition, trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, wage & hour, shareholder derivative actions, and breach of...

Robyn M. McKibbin, Partner, has a broad-based litigation practice representing both corporate and individual plaintiffs and defendants with primary emphasis on employment law including wage and hour, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. She represents clients in private mediations and arbitrations, before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts. She provides preventive personnel advice concerning hiring, firing, leaves of absence, internal investigations, and disciplinary action. Robyn prepares and evaluates client personnel manuals, policies and forms, and negotiates and drafts employment, confidentiality, separation, and severance agreements. She also provides anti-harassment, discrimination and retaliation training for supervisors and...

With more than 20 years of experience in law firms—including large, medium, and small firms, and running his own law firm for years—Mr. O’Rielly counsels and advises California law firms on critical issues at every stage of law firm life. He provides insight, analysis, and judgment to California law firms seeking to solve their most important challenges:

+ Law firm General Counsel. Serves as an outside General Counsel to California law firms, advising on attorney ethics, compliance, and practice management. Identifies and implements best practices for risk management, including identifying and resolving potential ethics compliance issues and practice management issues.

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Over 25 years of experience with all aspects of tax law, I act as a trusted advisor to clients on strategies targeted at optimizing tax efficiency of transactions and tax audits.

My education is rooted in the University of Southern California and culminated with a Bachelor of Science and MBA at Valley Christian University. I graduated from the University of La Verne School of Law in Woodland Hills, California. I am a hands-on, solo, general practitioner and I have been practicing law in the San Fernando Valley serving Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Since 2009 I have actively prticipated in the Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts. This is a volunteer, non-paid public service.

Alice Yardum-Hunter, Former Commissioner, Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California, practices complex immigration law, though appreciates the simpler matters too. A 14-year Thomson Reuters “Super Lawyer,” she served on its Blue-Ribbon Panel. She is distinguished by Martindale Hubbell. She edited two books for the American Immigration Lawyers Assn. and she is a Congressional Liaison for AILA. She has delivered talks for AILA on O-1 status, waivers of inadmissibility and relinquishment of U.S. citizenship. Alice was the Chair of the L.A. County Bar Association Immigration (LACBA) Section and has served its executive committee since 2006. She established liaison with...

Steven R. Vartazarian is a founding principal attorney of The Vartazarian Law Firm in Sherman Oaks, California. Steve specializes in medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Steve takes each case personally and spends time getting to know his clients and their case. Each case is then worked up with no stone left unturned. It is this type of dedication that is the hallmark of his work ethic and resulting verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements. Steve recently won a rare favorable ruling on a California medical malpractice and fraud claim that will allow his client to not only proceed, but will also allow...

Backed by more than three decades of legal experience, Attorney Schimmel is devoted to providing his clients with top-tier, professional services day in and day out. Due to his passion, Attorney Schimmel cofounded Schimmel & Parks, APLC in order to help those in need. While he possesses a wide range of legal skills, Attorney Schimmel focuses the majority of his practice handling cases involving bad faith insurance, property damage, employment law, homeowners associations, and construction defects. Over the years, Attorney Schimmel has demonstrated a commitment to pursuing legal distinction. As a result, he has earned an AV® Rating by...

Attorney Michael Parks has over two decades of experience under his belt. Since cofounding Schimmel & Parks, APLC, he has dedicated his practice to helping those facing complex legal matters involving class actions, employment law, bad faith insurance, consumer law, and personal injury law. He is committed to safeguarding the rights of clients who have been harmed or neglected by insurance companies and other persons. As an experienced litigator, he has what it takes to fight against large corporations and organizations in order to pursue justice for his clients. Currently, he is licensed to practice in the United States District...

Personal and compassionate representation of victims of personal injury and wrongful death. For 36 years Fox has fought and won against big insurance companies, manufacturers , negligent doctors and hmo's.

Michael Wellen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, where he was on Law Review. While pursuing his law degree, Mr. Wellen worked in the Orange County Distrct Attorney's Office, felony panel unit.

Mr. Wellen has been practicing for over ten years and has concentrated on civil liability with a focus on medical malpractice, personal injury, public entity liability, premises liability and general civil liability matters. He has also worked on employment law matters and public entity defense.

Mr. Wellen currently focuses...

Mr. Goodstein has more than 26 years experience representing corporations, individuals and municipalities in real estate, business, tort, employment and insurance litigation matters. He regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout California, and is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Published opinions include Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Ensley, 174 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 1999); Stuart v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 217 F.3d 1145 (9th Cir. 2000); Hub City Solid Waste Management, Inc. v. City of Compton, 186 Cal. App. 4th 1114 (2010).

Mr. Goodstein is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell,* a peer-review...

Armen Kiramijyan graduated from University of Southern California with a accelerated B.A. and M.A. in Economics. Armen is experienced in: Law, Economics, Education, Money Management, Accounting, Finance, Medical, Real Estate, Automotive, Politics, Non-Profit, Governance, Technology, Banking, and Retail. Armen graduated from California Western School of Law, San Diego with an accelerated J.D. As an attorney, Armen primarily practices general litigation and trial. He has litigated, settled, or triad cases combined over $500,000,000 in recovery. He served as a Professor of Economics, Social Science, and Law. He served as a Expert Economist. Armen cites his diverse academic, professional, and...

Richard F. Taub is the managing partner and President of the Sherman Oaks legal office, Taub & Taub, P.C. Attorney Taub began his legal career in 1993 as a state prosecutor, and three years later switched his focus to the practice of criminal defense. With experience from both sides of the courtroom and an extensive understanding of the criminal justice system, Attorney Taub is prepared to take on even the most complicated cases. To find out more about working with Mr. Taub, do not hesitate to give the firm a call today!