Beverly Hills, CA Lawyers

Corporate and Transactional Law

433 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA

Beau Boudreaux advises clients on high-stakes business transactions, complex corporate matters, commercial disputes, real estate transactions, and multi-jurisdictional matters from his base in Eisner’s Beverly Hills office. Beau’s practice is centered on providing strategic counsel to high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, artists, companies, and nonprofits with a focus on navigating sophisticated deals across California and internationally. Known for his meticulous attention to detail and creative approach, Beau structures deals that align with clients’ business objectives. Clients value his ability to address both immediate needs and long-term goals with clarity and precision in every transaction. Beau has a foundational knowledge based in corporate, real estate, and litigation. He is one of few attorneys that can advise, negotiate, and draft deal documents, as well as enforce clients’ rights in court. In addition to his real estate work, Beau advises on a range of corporate, commercial, and entertainment matters, including licensing agreements, leases, construction agreements, publishing agreements, distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, company formation, mergers, acquisitions, sales, and high-profile executive compensation packages. He brings the same business-minded, strategic approach to these corporate transactions, ensuring that each aligns seamlessly with his clients’ broader objectives. Beau’s clients trust him for his practical solutions and strategic insight, allowing them to confidently pursue opportunities and navigate complex deals.

Personal Injury Law

509 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Christopher Bulone, a native of Florida, is now a fast rising star in California courtrooms where he continues to rack up record results. Mr. Bulone graduated from the public interest minded law school of The University of San Francisco in 2011 and spent his entire career since working tirelessly on behalf of the injured, the forgotten and the abused. For the last three years at the Dordick Law Corporation that experience is almost exclusively in the handling of complex and catastrophic personal injury actions across several states, against many of the world's largest corporations and most powerful insurance companies. Over the last three years those results include a $31 million verdict, a $4.1 million verdict, settlements of $17 million, $14 million, $12.5 million, to name a few. In June of 2019 Christopher Bulone was identified by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California and is a Lawyer of Distinction.

Family and Divorce Law

321 S. Beverly Drive, Suite A, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Christopher R. Mallicoat is a Beverly Hills attorney whose office bears his name, the Law Offices of Christopher R. Mallicoat. The office is on South Beverly Drive. Registered with the State Bar of California as Christopher Robert Mallicoat, he holds an active license and was admitted on June 3, 2003. Before his admission, Mallicoat worked at the Law Offices of Ronald A. Litz as a law clerk from 1998 through 2002. His education includes a UCLA bachelor’s degree in economics and a J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. The attorney biography on his firm’s website records law review research and editorial work for 1998–2000, along with an externship with Candace Decarol Cooper in 1999. It also lists a 2000 Witkin Award in Ethical Lawyering and admission to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2003. At the firm level, the published services cover business disputes as well as personal legal matters. Contract negotiation, lawsuits and landlord-tenant matters appear in its business-law listing. The estate-planning offerings range from preparing or revising a will to powers of attorney, trusts and guardianships; probate is listed separately. In family law, the office lists divorce and legal separation alongside custody, child support, domestic partnerships and domestic violence. Personal injury is another listed firm practice, including auto accidents, wrongful death and product liability.

Civil Litigation

321 S Clark Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Family and Divorce Law

9100 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 725E, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Emily E. Rubenstein practices divorce and family law in Beverly Hills, California, where she is the founding attorney of Emily Rubenstein Law. Her cases range from amicable divorces to contested family matters, with work at both the negotiating table and in litigation. On the financial side of those cases, she brings in appraisers, forensic accountants and other financial professionals to help identify assets and income, determine their characterization and protect them. Her California bar admission dates to March 13, 2014. The State Bar lists her license as active and her office at Emily Rubenstein Law PC on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Rubenstein completed her undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University in 2009, earning a B.A. magna cum laude. Her J.D. followed in 2013; the firm lists the law school as University of California Law San Francisco. Bar association service is also part of her professional background. In 2016, she was co-president of the LGBTQ Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. Her firm biography records service on two Los Angeles County Bar Association committees in 2020: Judicial Appointments and Access to Justice. It also lists membership in the county bar association and the State Bar of California. A Los Angeles native, Rubenstein spends time away from work reading, enjoying music, following sports and exploring California’s mountains and coast.

Civil Litigation

280 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Since his admission to the State Bar of California, Mr. Levine has made a name for himself in the legal field. Mr. Levine accomplished his reputation for innovation and creativity by taking cases that other lawyers feared to engage. His maverick approach has served him well as he has shown numerous defendants that he has the will and the skill to overcome difficulties and obstacles that every case is fraught with. He has handled cases involving the corporate giants such as the Disney Studios, Warner Brothers, Xerox Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, Quest Diagnostics, and Ford Motors to name just a few. What inspires Mr. Levine is the never-ending battle of the Big Guy versus the Little Guy. Mr. Levine is dismayed by the vast insurance company powers of this state and country, which seek to take advantage of people by denying benefits and coverage. Mr. Levine has also made it his goal to remedy the injustice stemming from employers unfairly discriminating against their employees

Family and Divorce Law

9465 Wilshire Blvd #333, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Hossein F. Berenji is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Berenji Divorce & Family Law Group and a highly experienced family law practitioner with a practice focused on complex, high-net-worth divorce and family law matters. For more than two decades, Hossein has represented professionals, executives, business owners, and high-asset individuals in sophisticated divorce proceedings involving substantial assets, business interests, and sensitive parenting issues. His disciplined, strategic approach has resulted in consistent multi-million-dollar property settlements, favorable spousal and child support orders, and strong custody outcomes throughout Los Angeles County. Known for his sound judgment and meticulous preparation, Hossein advises clients through every stage of the legal process—whether resolving matters through negotiation and settlement or litigating decisively when necessary. He is widely respected for his ability to evaluate risk, anticipate opposing strategies, and craft solutions tailored to each client’s priorities and long-term interests.

Family and Divorce Law

9777 Wilshire Blvd., 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Joseph Kibre is a 1975 Order of the Coif graduate of the UCLA School of Law. He received his B.A. Degree from UC Berkeley with distinction in general scholarship and an honors program in political science with distinction. Joe was an NDEA Graduate Fellow at UCLA, where he received M.A. and C.Phil. Degrees in European and American history before attending law school. Joe began the private practice of law in Los Angeles in 1975. He is a member of the bars of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Central and Eastern Districts of California. Since 1985, Joe’s practice has been devoted to family law, and entertainment and business litigation. Joe has handled complex and high profile cases, including the successful defense of prominent family law attorney Marvin Mitchelson against a civil rape action brought by one of his former clients and made public on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Sondra Locke’s action against Clint Eastwood for “palimony” and infliction of emotional distress, and an action brought by Mohamed Al Fayed against fraudsters who attempted to sell him forged government documents concerning the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. Joe has handled hundreds of family law cases, including matters for actors, directors, producers and other prominent people, including Sandra Bullock, Dick Wolf (Law & Order), Joss Whedon (Avengers, Buffy) Bruce Helford (Drew Carey, George Lopez), former California State Controller Kathleen Connell, pianist/composer George Winston, actors Pat Morita and Julie Brown, and the spouses of Joe Eszterhas, James Brolin, Christopher Lloyd, and Ronald Meyer (one of the founders of Creative Artists Agency), among others. (All of the foregoing were cases filed in courts as a matter of public record; the names of clients in matters in which there was no such public filing, including numerous premarital agreements, are not listed in order to protect their privacy.) Joe has also handled sophisticated and often high-profile business litigation matters for Sony Music and such “mini-major” independent motion picture production companies as Carolco Pictures Inc., Cinergi Pictures Inc., C-2 Pictures LLC, New Regency Productions, Inc. and Hyde Park Entertainment, including litigation on major motion pictures such as L.A. Confidential, Terminator 2, Rambo 3, Evita and others. Joe has also handled numerous appeals, including one resulting in a published opinion reversing a trial court, Lefton v. Kessler, 141 Cal. App. 3d 94; 190 Cal. Rptr. 109 (1983). He is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

Personal Injury Law

433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Karin Mayelan is a California attorney and founding partner of K & L Associates, with a State Bar address in Beverly Hills. Her California law license is listed as active, and she was admitted to the State Bar on June 2, 2017. The firm’s website identifies Mayelan and Liana Ter-Oganesyan as its founding partners. While Mayelan’s bar profile lists a Beverly Hills address, the firm’s website gives its contact address in Encino. K & L Associates represents plaintiffs in personal injury matters. The firm describes its work as encompassing claims at each stage of the process, with preparation for potential litigation. Its stated service area includes greater Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Riverside, San Bernardino and Sacramento. The firm’s published services include injuries caused by negligence, catastrophic injury accidents, rideshare accidents and insurance claims. Its rideshare services address accidents involving Uber or Lyft, while its insurance work includes claims that insurers delay or deny. The practice also lists traumatic brain injury cases and slip-and-fall matters involving unsafe property conditions. On its homepage, the firm additionally lists automobile collisions, truck accidents, train accidents and wrongful death among its services. These are the firm’s stated practice areas, rather than a separate description of Mayelan’s individual caseload.

Intellectual Property Law

9595 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Area of Practice: Entertainment Law Mr. Browning graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College in Connecticut, and Cornell Law School, and is a member of the California and New York Bars. He is an Honorary George F. Baker Scholar at the Harvard Business School and has been a practicing entertainment and transactional lawyer in Beverly Hills, California for more than thirty years, representing clients in literally all aspects of the entertainment industry. Mr. Browning is also a well-recognized Founder and operating principal of multiple consumer product companies. In this capacity, he oversees all aspects of these companies’ worldwide operations, including their conventional retail, home shopping, electronic retailing, e-commerce, and related marketing platforms and channels, and branding strategies. Mr. Browning’s companies have received numerous awards for product innovation, best in class, and best new product. Mr. Browning has been honored as a Southern California SuperLawyer® and a Los Angeles Business Journal Leader In Law®.

Estate Planning Law

9777 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Lars Kushner is an estate planning attorney in Beverly Hills and the founder of Kushner Legal. Before opening the California firm, he practiced in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his legal career began in 2010. Family law and professional regulation were part of that practice, along with estate litigation. His firm biography describes work on behalf of beneficiaries in estate disputes and appearances at all levels of court in British Columbia. Those disputes inform his approach to estate planning. In describing that connection, the firm points to the problems that incomplete or unclear plans can leave behind. Kushner now works with clients on estate plans intended to protect loved ones and reduce conflict as circumstances change. The firm serves individuals, families and chosen families throughout California; its website also identifies LGBTQ+ individuals and couples among the people he serves. Kushner Legal Corporation began operating in 2020, the year after his admission to the California bar on July 15, 2019. His active California license is recorded under his full name, Lars Franklin Kushner. The bar lists his office at Kushner Legal on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Outside work, Kushner plays tennis and pickleball, hikes and trains with weights. He follows the Minnesota Vikings. He has also spent several months living in Barcelona and speaks conversational Spanish, according to his firm biography.

Workers Compensation Law

280 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Marina R. Gordon is a workers’ compensation attorney at Law Offices of Gordon & Gordon, with a California State Bar address in Beverly Hills. Workers’ compensation accounts for 100 percent of the practice described in her individual firm biography. Her California admission dates to December 6, 2002, and State Bar license 222819 remains active. A Pepperdine University School of Law graduate with a J.D., Gordon also lists admission to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in her firm profile. The same profile names Russian and Spanish under languages. Its membership section includes the State Bar of California and the California Applicant’s Attorney Association. Gordon’s bar registration and the firm’s website give different office locations: the registration places her at 280 South Beverly Drive, Suite 316, Beverly Hills, while the website lists 11022 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 210, Los Angeles. For the firm, workers’ compensation representation includes both filing claims and appealing denials for workers throughout California. Its description of available benefits covers lost wages or salary, rehabilitation expenses and retraining costs, as well as permanent disability compensation. The firm also lists recovery for dependants following a worker’s death. Those benefit-specific descriptions concern the firm’s services; Gordon’s own practice listing identifies workers’ compensation without a separate list of claim types.

Labor Law

9777 Wilshire Blvd suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Myrna Castañón is a labor and employment attorney with 20+ years of experience. Ms. Castañón has litigated federal, state and administrative cases in Northern and Southern California. Shortly after graduating from law school, Ms. Castañón worked as an associate at Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, where she practiced products liability litigation. After working in the private sector, she worked in the public sector and specialized in Labor & Employment. Ms. Castañón started working for the federal government in 2000. While at the U.S. Postal Service, she also served as an Acting Deputy Managing Counsel and in that capacity she managed attorneys in the area of Labor & Employment. During her tenure with the Postal Service, she had a 90+% success rate in handling cases. She was lead counsel in a multi-million dollar class action (race discrimination case) and was solely responsible for preparing the case for trial. This was the largest case handled by the U.S. Postal Service in the Pacific Area. Not only did she obtain a successful verdict, but she also received one of the highest awards in the organization and recognized for her outstanding litigation skills. Ms. Castañón also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorneys Office in the Northern District of California. She trained federal agents and prosecuted white-collar offenses, such as mail fraud and worker’s compensation fraud. She successfully defended a $600,000 dollar disability discrimination case in U.S. District Court for the Northern District and obtained a jury verdict in less than 30 minutes. From 2010-2012, Ms. Castañón served as Special Counsel to the City of West Covina. In this capacity, she advised the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tern, and the members of City Council on high profile labor and employment cases. In January 2012, she served as lead counsel in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the City of West Covina. She successfully obtained a jury verdict on behalf of the City of West Covina. Since 2014, Ms. Castañón has served as Special Counsel to the City of Montebello. In this capacity, she defends the City on high profile labor and employment cases. Ms. Castañón has represented management before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, California Department of Industrial Relations, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, Los Angeles Superior Court, and the United States District Courts in the Northern and Central Districts. In addition to litigating cases, Ms. Castañón advises and counsels management on various labor and employment matters, including wage and hour matters. She has trained management in the areas of sexual harassment, disability discrimination, reasonable accommodation, the interactive process, and FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). She received her undergraduate degree in History at the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, she received an academic scholarship and was on the Dean’s Honor List for four terms. Ms. Castañón received her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She is licensed to practice law before the State of California and the United States Court for the Central and Northern Districts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ms. Castañón is a native of East Los Angeles and is fluent in Spanish. She has used her language skills to assist low-income Spanish speakers. She was profiled in the San Francisco legal periodical, The Recorder, for outstanding pro bono services. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Mexican American Bar Association, and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association.

Civil Litigation

8648 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA

Mr. Kiesel has extensive experience in complex litigation, including environmental, construction defect, product defect, and pharmaceutical actions. Mr. Kiesel currently serves as national Lead Counsel in the federal Multi-District Litigation against Glaxo Smith Kline for injuries caused by its pharmaceutical drug, Avandia. There are over 20,000 personal injury cases, a half-dozen consumer class cases, and several state actions pending in the Avandia MDL. Mr. Kiesel served as Liaison Counsel in the litigation arising out of the 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash that killed 24 individuals and injured over 100 people. As Liaison Counsel, Mr. Kiesel coordinated the successful resolution of the cases for $200 million, the maximum recovery allowed by law. Currently, Paul Kiesel represents many individuals and their families in significant personal injury and wrongful death cases. Among his many clients, Mr. Kiesel represented former Governor Gray Davis in a challenge to the qualification of the 2003 recall election. Mr. Kiesel currently represents numerous municipalities, including the City of Los Angeles, in a class action on behalf of all cities in the State of California for payment of occupancy taxes owed by the online travel industry.

Personal Injury Law

8350 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Skilled Beverly Hills personal injury attorney Robin Saghian is a founding partner of Omega Law Group, PC. Robin Saghian believes that the best results are achieved through a trustful relationship with his clients, and Robin is committed to personally handling any legal issues that arise. Robin Saghian understands, however, that not every case deals only with legal matters and that his clients also face real life issues which can affect not only their case, but their livelihood. Robin Saghian knows that only through personalized representation and client service can both the legal and real life issues be addressed and maximum recovery obtained.

Personal Injury Law

8383 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA

Mr. Novak is the founding partner of our firm. He was born on the great Canadian prairies in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. After a distinguished educational career at the University of Manitoba, he attended the University of North Dakota School of Law. He was named on the academic dean’s list for his entire six semesters of law school, and was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor With Distinction. Following graduation from law school, he hung up his hockey skates and moved to the gentler climate of California. Since 1998 Mr. Novak has based his practice of law in the Southern California area. However, he has actively litigated cases throughout the State of California, and the United States. Mr. Novak has established himself as a well-respected trial attorney in the region. In particular, he is renowned for his keen legal mind and aggressive litigation approach. His commitment to fighting for clients’ rights has led to recovery of in excess of $100,000,000.00 in verdicts or settlements for clients within the past twenty years of his practice. Before concentrating his practice on protecting the rights of individuals, Mr. Novak worked for several years as a defense attorney handling primarily large-loss cases on behalf of numerous entertainment production companies, large corporations and insurance companies. During this time period he successfully protected clients from exposure to multi-million dollar claims for damages.

Criminal Defense Law

9465 Wilshire Blvd suite 300, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

Stanley L. Friedman is a preeminent criminal defense lawyer who represents celebrities, business owners, politicians, corporations and healthcare professionals in complex, high-dollar, federal cases throughout the United States and in State Courts in California and Nevada. He has had an extraordinary and unparalleled legal career. Mr. Friedman received his Bachelor of Arts from UCLA (cum laude) and his Juris Doctor from USC School of Law. Early in his 37-year career Mr. Friedman served as a Law Clerk to a prominent Federal Judge in Los Angeles in which, from the Judge’s vantage, he worked on some of the major cases of the day – from the effects on the United States of the 1970’s oil embargo to prosecution and defense of major organized crime figures in California and Hawaii. After his Federal Court Clerkship, Mr. Friedman worked at a major law firm in Los Angeles representing securities firms, banks, healthcare organizations and entertainment outlets in investigations, litigation, trial, and federal appeals. It was at this firm that he was recognized in his first published and successful Ninth Circuit decision involving securities fraud. After three years as a litigator in this major law firm, Mr. Friedman was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Criminal Division in Los Angeles, California. Because of his background and legal ability, Mr. Friedman was assigned to the Major Frauds Section in which he investigated and prosecuted high-dollar and complicated fraud cases on behalf of the United States government. In two separate instances, he was also appointed a Magistrate for France and British Hong Kong and conducted investigations on their behalf. During much of his time as an AUSA, the United States Department of Justice emphasized the investigation and prosecution of healthcare fraud. Mr. Friedman investigated and criminally prosecuted many of these healthcare fraud cases. Additionally, he investigated and prosecuted cases involving: Bank Fraud; Bankruptcy Fraud; Customs Violations; Insurance Fraud; Securities Fraud; Commodities Fraud; Investment Fraud; Embezzlement; Tax Crimes; Money Laundering; Credit Card Fraud; Counterfeiting of United States Currency and Securities; and Advance Fee Schemes. Mr. Friedman also initiated and prosecuted extradition cases involving United States citizens and residents. He was recognized by a Congressional Commission for successful prosecution of a complicated nationwide insurance fraud. In 1995, Mr. Friedman founded his own criminal defense law firm and represents clients in investigations, extradition matters, Grand Jury proceedings, search warrants, asset forfeitures, court cases and appeals. He has been a Board-Certified Criminal Law Specialist since 2005 and served as Chairman of the California State Bar Commission which tests, vets, certifies and re-certifies the comparatively few lawyers certified in the State of California as Criminal Law Specialists. In what are termed “parallel proceedings,” which are civil or administrative proceedings pursued concurrently with criminal investigations or prosecutions, Mr. Friedman has defended clients in cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Future Trading Commission, and the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Mr. Friedman is listed as counsel in United States Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court, and California Court of Appeal published decisions. Regarding his own cases, and in commenting on other cases of interest to the media, Mr. Friedman has been referenced and quoted over 200 times, including appearances on Good Morning America and The Today Show. On a variety of subjects, he has lectured to law classes at the USC School of Law. Mr. Friedman has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2012 by Thompson Reuters which reserves this designation for the top five percent or less of lawyers in each state and also received the “AV Preeminent” rating by Martindale-Hubbell in every year since 2006 based on the general recognition that Mr. Friedman has achieved the highest levels of skill, integrity and overall professional excellence.

Personal Injury Law

409 N Camden Dr, 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Family and Divorce Law

8950 W Olympic Blvd, STE 663, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

I have more than 20 years of experiecne handling a variety of family law cases, including: Negotiating and mediating the difficult and emotional issues relating to legal separation, dissolution of marriage and child custody; Effectively dealing with the complex legal issues involving community property laws, including identifying tax issues which may affect the distribution of marital property and the payment of child, spousal or family support; Handling matters relating to modification of child custody, spousal support or child support; Protecting clients who need restraining orders for domestic violence; and Offering a collaborative process enabling clients to resolve their issues without court intervention when appropriate. I am a Certified Family Law Specialist with the State Bar of California. Family law is complex and constantly changing. As a Certified Specialist, I am committed through certification to maintaining the highest level of experience and proficiency in family law.