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Do Kim

Do Kim

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Constitutional Law

3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Civil Rights Do Kim is a passionate advocate for the civil rights and human rights of all people. As the founder of Law Offices of Do Kim, APLC, Do is a civil rights attorney specializing in employment discrimination, wage and hour, police misconduct, prisoner abuse, wrongful conviction, and human rights. He was selected as a Rising Star for 2007 and 2012-2014 and a Super Lawyer for 2016-2021 by Law & Politics Magazine. Do graduated from Harvard College with a joint degree in Afro-American Studies and Sociology and went on to receive his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he concentrated in Critical Race Studies and the Program in Public Interest Law & Policy.

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Donald Murphy

Personal Injury Law

1104 Corporate Way, Sacramento, CA 95831, USA

Don Murphy has been helping serious injury and wrongful death victims, their families and grieving survivors since 1984. He has spent well over 100 days in jury and court trials. Don is a member of national and state trial lawyer organizations (American Association for Justice, California Association for Justice and Wisconsin Association for justice) and has spent over 100 days in jury and court trials. Don graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1984 and is a member of both the California and Wisconsin Bar Associations. He is the firm’s managing attorney and works closely with the other lawyers and paralegals and personally supervises each injury file. He represents injury clients throughout California and Wisconsin and appears in both jurisdictions on a regular basis. Don’s practice focuses on serious bodily injury and wrongful death caused by all types of motorized vehicle accidents and he has been responsible for over 2,000 successfully resolved injury claims.

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Donald R. Holben

Real Estate Law

5030 Camino De La Siesta ste 350, San Diego, CA 92108, USA

Area of Practice: Employment Discrimination/Wage Hour/Real Estate Litigation/Small Business Litigation Don has been a member of the California Bar Association and a civil litigation attorney since 1983. He served as an officer with the Highway Patrol Division of the Arizona Department of Public Safety for eight years. While there, Don began his undergraduate education. He later returned to school full time to complete his undergraduate education and pursue a legal career. Don earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1979 and received his Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in San Diego in 1982. Don is also a veteran, having served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971. Upon graduation and receiving his license from the State Bar of California, Don worked for General Electric for a period of time. He then began his independent practice as a civil litigation and insurance defense attorney in San Diego. Don's practice expanded from his initial work in construction defect, personal injury and litigation defense into a more general civil litigation practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He represents individuals and business entities, including sole proprietorships, general and limited partnerships, and corporate clients, before state and federal courts in a wide array of civil litigation such as business and corporate litigation; real estate litigation; domestic, labor and discrimination cases; contract litigation; and construction defect and mold litigation. He has successfully represented individuals and business entities in a wide array of administrative matters before municipal, county, state and federal agencies and boards as well as state and federal administrative courts, including matters relating to professional licensing and credentialing. During his extensive years of practice, Don has represented hundreds of individuals and business entities in simple and complex litigation in hearings and arbitrations and at trial. He has tried cases before state courts, United States District Courts, state and federal administrative courts, and administrative agencies throughout California. Don has argued cases before the 4th District Court of Appeal and United States Court of Appeal. Don is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association (ABA), the San Diego County Bar Association, and the Riverside County and Desert bar associations. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Consumer Attorneys of California. He has presented seminars on behalf of and before many professional organizations in various fields, including real estate and labor.

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