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101 distinguished attorneys in Los Angeles, California, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Aaron Setareh

Aaron Setareh

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

10433 Wilshire Blvd, 1006, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Dual-licensed in California and Nevada, Aaron Setareh brings dedication, professionalism, and urgency to every client’s case. Mr. Setareh graduated summa cum laude with College Honors from UCLA before attending Loyola Law School, where he specialized in litigation practice. His distinguished academic record included First Honors in Fundamentals of Solo Litigation and Honors in Civil Litigation and Advocacy. The excellence in litigation Mr. Setareh demonstrated during law school has continued throughout his legal career. At one of the state’s largest personal injury law firms, he guided clients through complex legal matters, drawing on his deep understanding of the law and broad range of experience. Driven by a commitment to putting clients first and vigorously advocating for their rights, Mr. Setareh founded his own law firm, where those principles remain at the heart of his practice.

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Alan Heinrich

Alan Heinrich

Distinguished Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

1800 Ave of the Stars suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA

Alan J. Heinrich is a partner at Irell & Manella LLP in Los Angeles, where his practice centers on intellectual property litigation. His patent work spans biotechnology, medical devices and high technology. He has represented both patent owners seeking damages and companies defending against infringement claims. Computer interfaces are among the technologies involved in his cases. Heinrich represented Immersion Corporation in litigation against Sony Computer Entertainment over PlayStation products. Immersion alleged infringement of two patents concerning computer-controlled vibrotactile technology—the use of touch in interactions with computers. He also represented Avago Technologies in a dispute with PixArt Imaging over optical navigation technology used in computer mice. That case concerned PixArt’s CMOS optical mouse sensors and ended in a settlement under which PixArt agreed to a worldwide license to certain Avago intellectual property. Outside his litigation work, Heinrich teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles as an adjunct faculty member. His course, Patent Intensive, is an advanced patent law seminar. His teaching has also included Patent Law and Federal Courts at Loyola Law School. Within Irell, he previously sat on the Executive Committee and chaired the Hiring Committee. Heinrich was admitted to the California bar on April 18, 2001, and the State Bar lists his license as active. His firm biography also lists admission to the federal district courts for California’s Central and Northern Districts and to the Ninth and Federal Circuit courts of appeals.

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Alice Kyureghian

Insurance Law

2029 Century Park East, 300, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Alice Kyureghian handles complex litigation matters in the areas of insurance recovery, as well as commercial contract and indemnification-related disputes. Her practice primarily focuses on representing individual and corporate policyholders in disputes with their insurance providers.

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Amir Aghnami

Amir Aghnami

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1801 Century Pk E 24th, Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Area of Practice: Personal Injury & Employment Law

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Ariella Perry

Ariella Perry

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3055 Wilshire Blvd 12th fl, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

Senior Attorney Ariella E. Perry, Esq. is a passionate champion for the rights and interests of her plaintiffs. After serving as a defense lawyer for over a decade, she now leverages this experience to fight for her clients to secure the highest possible financial settlements. Ariella specializes in helping clients navigate a multitude of cases: catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries, wrongful deaths, automobile and bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and premises liability cases.

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Personal Injury Law

9545 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90212

Azin Barzin practices personal injury and wrongful death law with Makkabi Law Group, APC, in Beverly Hills. She moved to the firm in May 2025, having previously worked at a Southern California firm where her practice encompassed workers’ compensation as well as personal injury. Her case history includes injuries from motor vehicle collisions, falls, dog bites and burns. Representing injured individuals has been the focus of her career since she passed the California bar examination in 2016. Her education took her from California State University, Fullerton, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts, to Ventura College of Law in Ventura for her Juris Doctor. On September 22, 2016, she was admitted to the State Bar of California. Barzin holds California license number 310806, which the bar lists as active. Her listed office is at 9454 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 900, Beverly Hills, under Makkabi Law Group’s name. Her firm also reports recognition by Lawyers of Distinction beginning in 2021, identifying personal injury law as the area associated with that recognition. Away from her cases, Barzin spends much of her free time supporting her daughter’s interest in music. Her daughter plays several instruments, and the two attend concerts, recitals and live performances together.

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Brett Drouet

Brett Drouet

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1801 Century Park East, 24th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Brett C. Drouet, Esq., is a sixth generation Southern Californian, who has served Southern, Central and Northern California clients for over two decades as a member of the California State Bar. Mr. Drouet is recognized as a litigator’s litigator, who is uniquely experienced in catastrophic personal injury and death actions for trauma victims in auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, bicycle accidents, worksite accidents, DUI victim/plaintiff, construction defect, product liability and medical malpractice. Having represented Fortune 500 companies and major insurance companies’ insureds in thousands of catastrophic personal injury and death actions for over a decade, Mr. Drouet is a seasoned litigation veteran representing trauma victims, who have suffered life-changing injuries. Traumatic, catastrophic personal injuries require an attorney with extensive, broad-based knowledge of evidence based medicine, treatment, and medical causation to best serve trauma victims, which is why Mr. Drouet is called upon to co-counsel and consult with other attorneys and law firms representing California trauma victims. Mr. Drouet has significant experience and expertise in product liability in catastrophic personal injury and death actions involving consumer products, chemical products, toxic substances, industrial products, industrial machinery, construction equipment, vehicles, tires, wheels, housing components, construction materials, and finished products. Mr. Drouet has substantial experience and practice in brain injury, loss of brain function, burn injury and Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome injuries.

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Brian Panish

Personal Injury Law

11111 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90025

One of the country’s leading trial attorneys, Los Angeles personal injury lawyer Brian Panish has obtained some of the most significant jury verdicts in United States history on behalf of plaintiffs. His courtroom victories include a $4.9 billion record verdict in the landmark products liability case Anderson v. General Motors, over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, six verdicts in excess of $50 million, and more than 500 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars in personal injury, car accident, wrongful death and business litigation cases. Mr. Panish consistently serves in a leading role in the largest personal injury cases in California and the country — he currently serves as Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Woolsey Fire litigation, Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Southern California Fire Cases litigation arising from the 2017 Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flows in Montecito, California and serves on the Plaintiffs Executive Committee for the 2017 North Bay Fires in Northern California. Additionally, Mr. Panish has been appointed as Lead Trial Counsel in the Porter Ranch/Aliso Canyon Gas Well Blowout Litigation and has served in leadership roles in the Asiana Airlines Crash Litigation, the Olympus Superbug CRE Litigation and DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, among others. Since 2011, Mr. Panish has obtained more than $500 million in verdicts including, among others, a $23,720,996 bench trial award for a Southern California man and his wife after the man suffered a lower leg amputation as a result of being struck by a 28-foot utility truck while riding his motorcycle, a $21,503,420.48 verdict for a man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle, a landmark $53,745,374 verdict for two Southern California brothers who were severely injured following a head-on collision with CRST big rig, a $41,864,102 jury verdict and subsequent $46,000,000 settlement for a United States Air Force Captain who suffered catastrophic injuries after being struck from behind while on his motorcycle and then dragged the length of a football field and a half by a Southern California Gas Company truck, a $36.5 million jury verdict against Schneider National for a big-rig crash that left a woman with severe spinal cord injuries, a $34.5 million verdict for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after being hit by a tractor trailer, a $21,503,420.48 jury verdict for a Southern California man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle and sent him careening across three lanes of traffic and into a passing flatbed trailer, a $17.4 million verdict for a Ph.D. student who suffered brain and jaw injuries during a rear end chain collision accident, a $17 million jury verdict against the Los Angeles MTA in the wrongful death of a visually impaired passenger, a $17.845 million award in a wrongful death case involving four family members killed when a Marine jet crashed into their home, a $20 million jury verdict for a woman who suffered a brain injury in a hit-and-run accident involving a J.B. Hunt tractor trailer, a $17 million jury verdict for a 84-year old man hit by a bus resulting in a leg amputation, a $15.3 million jury verdict for a woman and her daughter after the woman was severely injured on a negligently driven Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District bus, a $10.45 million jury verdict for the family of a security guard killed on the CBS studio lot and a $8.3 million jury verdict in the first DePuy ASR Hip Implant case to go to trial. Because of his expertise in personal injury, wrongful death, mass tort and product liability cases, Mr. Panish has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering and Executive committees in numerous high profile mass torts and major disaster cases, including litigation involving train crashes (co-lead counsel in the the Chatsworth Metrolink disaster, the Glendale Metrolink crash, and the Placentia Metrolink collision), airplane disasters (Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes), pharmaceuticals (Vioxx and diet drugs), and defective product cases (Welding Rods, DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, and Toyota Unintended Acceleration cases.) He is currently handling numerous cases involving the Asiana Flight 261 plane crash as well as serving as Plaintiffs Co-lead Trial Counsel, representing over 7,000 clients in the Porter Ranch Gas Leak litigation. Mr. Panish has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations as being among the top trial lawyers in the country.

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Brian Turnauer

Brian Turnauer

Distinguished Lawyer

Sports Law

1801 Century Park W, Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA

Area of Practice: Sports and Entertainment Litigation Liner Freedman Taitelman Cooley LLP Partner Brian Elliot Turnauer is an experienced civil litigator whose practice focuses on entertainment, sports, employment, and commercial litigation. His twenty-three years of litigation and trial experience extends to both State and Federal Courts, and he has arbitrated before numerous arbitration tribunals including the California Labor Commissioner and International Television and Film Alliance (IFTA). Brian’s entertainment practice includes the representation of talent agencies, personal managers, actors, musicians (DJs, song-writers, composers), social media and cultural influencers, motion picture and television producers, and publishing companies. His sports practice includes the representation of professional athletes (boxers, wrestlers, basketball players and extreme sport athletes). He is also a licensed NBA agent. Brian often works with the FBI and the LAPD's Major Crimes, Celebrity Protection and Cyber-Crime division.

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Bryan Freedman

Bryan Freedman

Distinguished Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

1801 Century Park West, 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Bryan has been a trial lawyer since 1991 and has extensive experience litigating unique and complex entertainment, real estate, employment and commercial disputes. Bryan's wide ranging experience, including a vast knowledge of asset based judgment collection, allows the client the opportunity to not only successfully litigate a case through trial but also be able to collect assets to satisfy the judgment through both domestic and international mechanisms and resources. Bryan's trial experience includes successfully defending numerous large corporations and achieving multimillion dollar verdicts on behalf of real estate development companies. Bryan and his partner, Michael Taitelman (also named a Southern California Super Lawyer and Rising Star) have been friends since their college days at the University of California at Berkeley, and started Freedman + Taitelman, LLP in 1997 to provide the same large firm litigation expertise and aggressiveness along with smaller firm client attention and efficient cost management.

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Caleb Mason

Featured Lawyer

Criminal Defense Law

888 West Sixth Street, Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Caleb Mason practices criminal and civil litigation in Los Angeles as a partner at Werksman Jackson Quinn & Mason LLP. His cases take him to both trial and appellate courts, and his background includes service as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California. One of his civil cases concerned a Nevada police officer disciplined over comments on his personal Twitter account. Mason sued on the officer’s behalf, alleging retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment. According to the firm’s account, the city ultimately agreed to remove the discipline from the officer’s record and pay a $525,000 settlement. His work also includes consulting and appearing as an expert witness in drug-trafficking cases. Through the Ninth Circuit’s Criminal Justice Act and Pro Bono panels, Mason has represented people unable to afford counsel, among them prisoners, immigration petitioners and criminal defendants. His public service has included two terms on the Claremont Police Commission, from 2015 to 2023. Mason earned his law degree at Georgetown in 2005, after degrees from Colby College in 1995 and Columbia University in 2001. At Georgetown, he edited the law journal as editor-in-chief; he later clerked for Judge D. Michael Fisher of the Third Circuit. He writes about criminal justice and legal affairs and is the author of the crime novel Stand Up for Bastards. The California State Bar lists his license as active, with admission recorded on December 4, 2006.

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Casey Sypek

Casey Sypek

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Business Litigation Casey is a business litigator admitted to practice in California and New York. She represents clients in state and federal courts in diverse matters including contract, fraud, employment, copyright, trademark, entertainment and false advertising disputes. Casey is an active member of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and California Lawyers for the Arts, a nonprofit organization devoted to empowering California’s creative arts communities. Casey is also on the advisory board of Guidelight Group, an organization that provides services to teens and adults with developmental disabilities. A Florida native, Casey received a Bachelor’s Degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University. She received her Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law. Casey was recognized by her peers in Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Prior to joining Miller Barondess, Casey practiced in the New York and Los Angeles offices of a large, international firm and also worked in the legal department at Estée Lauder Companies.

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Clark Anthony Braunstein

Clark Anthony Braunstein

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1080, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Clark Anthony Braunstein has a wide range of experience representing individuals in complex business litigation, real estate litigation and copyright litigation. Notably, Mr. Braunstein successfully obtained a judgment for over $18,000,000.00 in a real estate dispute in Los Angeles Superior Court. Mr. Braunstein is also well versed in labor and employment law and has represented employees in wage and hour class actions throughout the state. In addition to his exceptional litigation expertise, Mr. Braunstein is skilled at resolving disputes through alternative means. Mr. Braunstein has mediated and arbitrated cases relating to contract and copyright law. Mr. Braunstein also handles transactional matters in an array of practice areas including entertainment, business formation and real estate development. Mr. Braunstein received his J.D. from the Southwestern Law School, in Los Angeles. During law school, Mr. Braunstein served as an extern for the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., at the United States District Court, was the lead articles editor for the Southwestern Journal of International Law and was a member of the Moot Court Honors Program. Specialties: Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Class Action, Wage and Hour, Copyright, International Law, Entertainment Law and General Civil Litigation

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D. Shawn Burkley

D. Shawn Burkley

Featured Lawyer

Criminal Defense Law

888 West Sixth St., Fourth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attorney D. Shawn Burkley is ready to help you with virtually any legal challenge affecting your livelihood, your business, your freedom and your future. Whether incarcerated or facing off against the government to protect your fundamental rights, just trying to navigate the legal system can be an intimidating and confusing experience. Let us guide you through the process. Our focus is your freedom, your due process rights, and fairness for you.

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Daniel G. Whalen

Daniel G. Whalen

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

11601 Wilshire Boulevard, 14th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Area of Practice: Mass Torts A member of the firm since 1986, Daniel Whalen specializes in representing victims of wildfires, defective products and bad faith conduct by insurance companies. An experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Whalen is admitted to practice before the California State and Federal Courts, as well as the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His significant published opinions include McDonald v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company regarding juror misconduct and Fogel v. Farmers Group, Inc., a Class Action involving inappropriate conduct by an insurer’s attorneys-in-fact, affecting millions of policyholders across the nation. In 2011, the Fogel case was described by The Reporter as the top settlement for that year. In 2014, Mr. Whalen and the firm recovered damages suffered by more than 200 victims from Southern California Edison in the largest loss of homes due to fire in Los Angeles history. He has, and continues to, successfully represent consumers in residential and business fire losses, insurance policyholders faced with bad faith conduct, and families who have suffered significant injuries or death due to defective vehicles and products. He has been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2005, 2013 and 2014, with particular recognition in Los Angeles Magazine, The Recorder, Law Dragons, and the National Law Journal.

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Danielle Eanet

Labor Law

550 S. Hope Street, Ste 750, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Area of Practice: Employment Law Danielle G. Eanet is an experienced labor and employment attorney who counsels and vigorously defends clients in California and Federal courts on a wide range of employment law matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation, wrongful termination, wage & hour, PAGA and trade secret issues. Danielle has significant litigation experience including complex-designated litigation and arbitration and has a demonstrated record of obtaining success for her clients before trial via law and motion, mediation, and settlement. She also handles disputes involving wage and hour claims, employee misclassification, termination appeal and disciplinary proceedings before state administrative agencies, arbitrators, and commissions. Among her notable successes, she has successfully tried employment cases in Los Angeles Superior Court obtaining verdicts in favor of her clients. Danielle also assists clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), Employment Development Department (EDD) and the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). She regularly drafts and negotiates employment, commission, arbitration, separation, proprietary information, non-solicitation, independent contractor and settlement agreements. Prior to joining Eanet, PC, Danielle was an attorney with the Los Angeles Office of Littler Mendelson P.C., the world’s largest employment law firm.

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Darren Darwish

Personal Injury Law

11400 W Olympic Blvd suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

Darren Darwish, the Founding President and Managing Attorney of The Darwish Law Firm, APC, is an award-winning and top-rated consumer attorney who represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, lemon law, and insurance bad faith. Darren has a passion for representing injury victims and consumers, and he is committed to seeking Justice For The Little Guy®. Darren has made a commitment to protect the rights of individuals who have suffered personal injuries due to the negligence of others. He is committed to providing excellent legal services to his clients and making sure that they receive the treatment and compensation they deserve in order to get better and live a happier life. Unlike many other personal injury law firms who assign a case manager, Darren prides himself on communicating directly and building trust with each of his clients. With a true passion for the law, Darren has a hunger for success and focuses on obtaining the best possible results for his clients. As one of Southern California’s rising leaders in his profession, Darren has been recognized by his peers and selected to the 2019 and 2020 Southern California Rising Star list, an honor reserved for lawyers who exhibit excellent in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction. Before starting The Darwish Law Firm, Darren was an attorney at Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo, LLP and Geragos & Geragos, APC. Darren was raised in Los Angeles. With the support and guidance of his family and friends, he became the first of his family to graduate college. In his spare time, Darren enjoys spending time with his family and friends, hiking, traveling, and rooting for his beloved Los Angeles Lakers. Darren is conversational in Hebrew and Arabic.

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David Kashani

David Kashani

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3780 Selby Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034

Prior to law school, Attorney David P. Kashani worked in personal injury law firms for several years. After graduating from law school, he began his career as a securities and compliance lawyer. However, while working at a securities firm, he realized that personal injury law was his passion, not only because he loved helping the injured who were in need of legal help, but also due to losing someone near and dear to him in a tragic accident. As a result, David made the decision to open his own personal injury law practice to protect the rights of individuals and families who have suffered injuries as a result of the negligence and wrongdoing of others. He takes every injured client’s case personally, as though a member of his own family has been injured, and fights aggressively on their behalf to hold those who caused them harm accountable. His passion for justice and for helping those who have been injured have resulted in millions of dollars recovered for his clients. Throughout the years of practicing personal injury law, David has gained a thorough understanding of the nuances of the law and how to aggressively and passionately handle his clients’ cases against some of the nation’s largest insurance companies. His passion for personal injury law has led David to become licensed to practice law in the states of California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and Arizona. In the process, David has gained extensive experience handling personal injury cases in each jurisdiction.

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Diane Finston

Workers Compensation Law

4601 Wilshire Blvd #301, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

Diane Finston hails from McKeesport/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—home of the Steelers and the Pirates—and is an avid fan of her hometown sports teams. Although a lover of winter, nevertheless she moved west to California, settling first in Berkeley and then relocating to Los Angeles. Diane graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Berkeley and then received her Juris Doctor from University of California at Davis. Her journey toward being a workers’ compensation attorney was not necessarily a direct route. Wanting to either be in politics or a cellist, and prior to attending UC Berkeley, Diane ended up at the University of Chicago Hospital as radiologist in the oral surgery trauma unit and was the first Director of the Berkeley Free Clinic Dental Clinic Program. Diane applied to the University of California, ostensibly to become a dentist, but ended up with a degree in Anthropology. After graduating law school, she became a family lawyer with an 18-year association with Steven Adams of the California Law Reports Organization. Going into her ninth year, Diane is blessed to now be a member of the Hinden & Breslavsky team, empowering injured workers to receive their legal and medical rights as a RIGHT, not a PRIVILEGE.

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Do Kim

Do Kim

Member

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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Drew Sherman

Drew Sherman

Featured Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

44 South Flower Street, Suite 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90071

His main focus is civil, entertainment and intellectual property litigation and transactions. He has spent his career representing industry clients, such as producers, production companies, artists, agencies, and distributors in all aspects of the television, recording, modeling, and motion picture industries. His work also includes film and television financing, television and film distribution, literary options, contract interpretation, copyrights and trademarks, idea submissions, shopping agreements, royalty accounting, TV syndication, music rights and licensing, and rights of publicity. Mr. Sherman has experience in all aspects of intellectual property and entertainment litigation from inception through post-trial briefs. Mr. Sherman is a member of the California, Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. He can also regularly be heard as a legal contributor to the Jim Daniels Show on NBC Sports Radio and Sunday mornings during Sports on Tap on 95.5 KLOS.

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Edward Y. Lee

Edward Y. Lee

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3731 Wilshire Blvd, STE 940, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Edward Y. Lee is the founder and a trial attorney at Providence Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles. His California admission dates to December 2, 1994, and he established the Law Offices of Edward Y. Lee in 1995. That practice now operates as Providence Trial Lawyers. The State Bar lists him as Edward Young Lee, license number 171996, with an active license. Lee’s account of the practice’s purpose includes his Christian faith and his responsibilities as an employer. His firm biography describes a goal of giving employees financial stability alongside opportunities for personal and professional development. He also expresses a wish for the firm’s work to support charitable efforts, both locally and internationally. The question “What is the cause?” serves as the firm’s motto and, in his biography, as a way of explaining those priorities. Providence represents people injured in California and identifies itself as a Los Angeles personal injury firm. It advertises free consultations and a no-fee-unless-it-wins arrangement. The firm website gives an office address on South Figueroa Street; Lee’s State Bar profile instead lists the Law Offices of Edward Y. Lee on Wilshire Boulevard, also in Los Angeles. Away from work, Lee’s interests include golf and time with his family. He follows both the USC Trojans and the Los Angeles Rams.

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Edwin Essakhar

Edwin Essakhar

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

10880 Wilshire Blvd #2070, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA

Edwin Essakhar is the co-founder and the lead trial counsel at Hillstone Law Accident & Injury Attorneys. His practice focuses on protecting the rights of individuals who have been wrongly injured. He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work, including inclusion on the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars list (an honor reserved for 3% of attorneys in Southern California) and winner of one of the Top 30 Breach of Contract Verdicts in California in the year 2017. Prior to starting Hillstone Law Accident & Injury Attorneys, Edwin worked for several years as an attorney representing insurance companies against personal injury plaintiffs. He understands how the insurance companies operate because he spent years on the insurance side. Unlike other attorneys, Edwin now uses this specialized knowledge to obtain maximum recovery for his clients.

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Civil Litigation

3756 Santa Rosalia Dr, Suite 326, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Eean L. Boles represents plaintiffs in Los Angeles, where he founded The Boles Firm, APC and serves as its principal attorney. His work concerns complex civil cases: catastrophic personal injuries, wrongful deaths, dangerous conditions and premises liability. Before opening his own firm, he tried cases in criminal defense as well as employment, civil rights and plaintiff-side personal injury. His trial work has taken him into courtrooms across the Greater Los Angeles area. A Los Angeles native, Boles earned his undergraduate degree in business administration at Loyola Marymount University. He held the presidency of the Black Student Union there and received the Barack H. Obama Leadership Award. Law school brought another student leadership position: while earning his Juris Doctor at UCLA, he was president of the Student Bar Association. Boles joined the California bar on June 1, 2017. His State Bar record lists an active license under number 315134 and a Los Angeles professional address at The Boles Firm. In addition to his litigation work, he has been published twice in Plaintiff Magazine, according to his firm biography. That biography also lists membership in the Langston Bar Association and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Away from work, his sports loyalties include the Rams and Lakers—and, outside Los Angeles, the New York Yankees.

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Eleazar Kim

Featured Lawyer

Civil Litigation

612 S Broadway, Ste 600, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Eleazar Kim Eleazar Kim is an experienced trial attorney in both federal and state courts prosecuting cases involving complex tort litigation, product defects, breach of warranty, and consumer fraud, with a focus on representing consumers in Song-Beverly, Magnuson-Moss, and fraud actions against automobile manufacturers. Eleazar has helped secure millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements and takes an active role in representing thousands of clients across mass tort proceedings such as: In Re Ford Motor Co. DPS6 Powershift Transmission Products Liability Litigation, Multi-District Litigation (MDL) No. 2814;Ford Motor Warranty Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding (JCCP) No. 4856 and 4924;Nissan North America Warranty Cases, JCCP No. 5059.As trial counsel, Eleazar has won all his trials and secured jury verdicts in favor of plaintiffs in federal and state trials and has helped thousands of clients achieve maximum recovery through strategic litigation. Eleazar enjoys taking depositions and is dedicated to protecting and enforcing the rights of his clients.

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Eric F. Boim

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

530 S. Barrington Ave, Suite 106, Los Angeles, CA 90049

Eric F. Boim is a personal injury attorney with LA Century Law in Los Angeles. His California bar admission dates to January 13, 2021; the State Bar lists license 334203 as active. The address on that record is 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1101, Los Angeles, where the firm also lists its headquarters. Boim’s work is on behalf of injured individuals. Automobile collisions are one part of the practice described in his firm biography, which also names claims against government entities, product liability, dog bites and attacks, and injuries from assaults. For premises liability cases, the profile specifically identifies slips, trips and falls. It describes settlement negotiations as well as preparing cases for litigation, and identifies investigating cases and developing evidence among his work. At the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, Boim received the Witkin Award in Trial Advocacy. His professional affiliations include the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, or CAALA. LA Century Law lists several recognitions in his biography: Lawyer of Distinction in 2023 and The National Trial Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 in 2024. The firm also reports a 2026 Rising Star recognition from the American Institute of Legal Advocates. These are the distinctions reported for Boim individually, rather than awards attributed to the firm as a whole.

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G.  Cresswell Templeton III

Civil Litigation

515 Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

G. Cresswell Templeton III (“Cress”) is a highly sought after and nationally recognized trial attorney known for his successful and creative defense of large and multinational companies in significant and high-exposure exposure matters throughout the country.

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Gerald Marcus

Personal Injury Law

11500 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA

Gerald L. Marcus has been practicing law since 1987; however he worked in the personal injury field of law since 1980 as a private investigator for one of the largest personal injury firms in the San Fernando Valley. The experiences that Mr. Marcus gained as a full-time negligence investigator inspired his passion of fighting for the rights of innocent injured victims against the insurance industry. Mr. Marcus attended California State University Northridge, and later attended law school at the Southern California Institute of Law at the Ventura College of Law campus. Mr. Marcus is dedicated to the principals, and the philosophy, that every innocent injured victim is entitled to the best possible representation, regardless of their personal financial status, and of the size or complexity of their case.

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Gevik Yenoki

Gevik Yenoki

Distinguished Lawyer

Labor Law

11520 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

Gevik Yenoki is a Trial Attorney with Shegerian & Associates. His work as an employment discrimination attorney includes all aspects of trial and pre-trial litigation, including taking and defending depositions, pre-trial motions, discovery, mediation, and arbitration. ? His significant interest in litigation developed while volunteering at the Office of the District Attorney as a Certified Law Clerk in law school — also as a Post-Bar Law Clerk. Appearing on the record at preliminary and evidentiary hearings, he grew adept in the courtroom. Honing strong research and writing skills, he drafted trial briefs and opposed evidentiary motions. Also, while still in law school, he enrolled in Loyola’s Hobbs District Attorney Clinic because of its classroom component that significantly prepared him with the practical skills he used daily as a certified law clerk at the District Attorney’s Office.

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Homa Molayem

Homa Molayem

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1225, Los Angeles, CA 90025

The Homa Molayem Law Corporation prides itself in providing you with personal attention, dedication and commitment in pursuing your best interests. With our extensive experience, we have aggressive negotiators and litigators who will go toe-to-toe with any of the big insurance companies when defending your rights. Because we truly care about our clients, you will find our goals to match yours, to get your life back to normal with compensation for your injuries. If you have been involved in a serious Auto Accident, you may be facing devastating circumstances that could affect the rest of your life. Being affected by physical and emotional pain from injuries sustained in your accident can impact your future, and affect you for years to come. Whether your injuries have affected your ability to work or enjoy life or only caused you short term discomfort, if your accident was caused due to someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses. When choosing a personal injury attorney to help you with your claim, it is wise to review what they can do for you. At The Law Offices of Homa Molayem we have 35 years of legal experience in helping Thousands of people successfully win their cases

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Igor Fradkin

Personal Injury Law

601 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA

Igor Fradkin is a litigation and trial attorney at the DTLA Law Group with extensive experience representing clients in personal injury and litigation; he has helped clients recover millions of dollars for their injuries. He practices in both state and federal courts. He has been selected as a 2018, 2019 and 2020 Southern California Rising Stars list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction. He has also been named as a top 40 under 40 National Trial Lawyer and top 40 under 40 best Lawyer for 2018 and 2019. Mr. Fradkin graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with degrees in Political Science and Russian before graduating cum laude from Western State College of Law where he finished near the top of his class while being the Business Editor and student writer of the Law Review. Mr. Fradkin has been admitted to practice law in California. He is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Prior to helping injured victims in personal injury cases, he spent a year at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office as a certified law clerk handling over 20 preliminary hearings. Always moral but never shying away from fighting for his client’s rights, his passion and drive to help clients make him an ideal attorney to have on your side. Mr. Fradkin continually demonstrates his commitment for victim’s rights through the hundreds of hours of community service he gives back.

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James Yukevich

James Yukevich

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

355 S Grand Ave 15th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

In his 30 years of legal experience starting in the Bronx, New York District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted violent felons and murderers to Partner in a major New York Firm, to Acting General Counsel in a major international corporation, to starting his own law firm in Los Angeles, California in 1995, Jim Yukevich has done it all. With over 100 jury trials in venues across the United States, many lasting over 2 months, Mr. Yukevich has earned a reputation in the legal community as an honest, trustworthy, and tenacious litigator and trial lawyer. He is known for his keen ability to cross-examine opposing expert witnesses, and construct complex factual, scientific, and legal issues into unambiguous and straightforward narratives for both judges and jurors. Mr. Yukevich fears no judge, opposing counsel, courtroom, or complicated case. A skilled negotiator, he delivers optimal results for his clients in mediations and settlement discussions. If attempts at resolution fail, he has repeatedly tried and won the most difficult and challenging cases. In contested liability cases, Mr. Yukevich has achieved an impressive win rate, exceeding 90%, and has acted as regional and national coordinating counsel for Fortune 500 companies. His courtroom successes have been recognized among the Top 20 Defense Verdicts each year from 2009-2015, and 2017-2019. Over 25 years ago, Mr. Yukevich founded his Firm with the clear goal of providing each client a special level of service and outstanding results in civil litigation defense—this simple commitment to highly personalized expertise remains at the core of Yukevich | Cavanaugh today.

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