Santa Monica, CA Lawyers

Labor Law

1112 Montana Ave suite 315, Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

Benjamin J. Treger is a distinguished employment attorney with over a decade of experience in successfully defending employers against a broad spectrum of employment-related claims, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, intellectual property claims, and more. Renowned for his analytical prowess in wage and hour lawsuits, effective employee relations, and strategic early dispute resolution, Mr. Treger has become a trusted legal advocate for employers, and has been consistently recognized as a top attorney in the field. Beyond litigation, Mr. Treger excels in advising on compliance with state and federal labor laws, focusing on the implementation of best practices to optimize operational efficiency while minimizing legal risks. He also conducts large-scale, independent investigations and serves as a Title IX hearing officer for multiple University of California campuses. In these roles, Mr. Treger applies the same rigor and analytical precision that define his litigation practice. His investigative work encompasses complex allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other forms of workplace or campus misconduct, often involving sensitive, high-stakes matters. Known for his meticulous fact-finding and impartial judgment, he ensures every investigation is comprehensive, procedurally sound, and defensible under applicable law and policy. Whether acting as a neutral third-party investigator or adjudicator, Mr. Treger's work is distinguished by its fairness, attention to evidentiary integrity, and unwavering commitment to objectivity, qualities that have earned him the trust of institutions and counsel alike.

Health Care Law

401 Wiltshire Blvd., 12th Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Kathryn Coburn is the Founder and Principal of KATHRYN COBURN, Attorneys at Law. Before starting her own practice, Kathryn Coburn was a Partner in the Santa Monica office of Murphy Cooke Kobrick LLP. Ms. Coburn managed the Health Law Practice; focused on health information technology, information privacy, security and digital evidence. She has represented health plans, pharmacy benefit administrators and healthcare providers, in complex transactional matters involving Health IT, government investigations and audits, pharmacy benefit administration and e-commerce. Prior to entering private practice, Kathryn was Chief Technology Counsel and Intellectual Property Counsel at a Fortune 100 company, where she counseled health plans and their Pharmacy Benefit Manager for 15 years. Kathryn is an Editor of the California Health Law News. She is past Co-Chair of the Healthcare Technology Committee of the American Bar Association; past Co-Chair of the Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association and former Chair of the Health Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Civil Litigation

100 Wilshire Blvd #1300, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA

Paul is a founding member of our firm. His years of impressive results for our clients are reflected in his highest possible ratings in Avvo and Martindale Hubbell, and in honors he regularly receives as one of the preeminent attorneys in his field, such as the Daily Journal’s Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California. In 2020, California’s Daily Journal named Paul and our partner Daniel Csillag’s defense verdict in a difficult federal False Claims Act case one of the Top Defense Verdicts of the Year. In 2022, Paul and the firm’s collective body of work resulted in the Daily Journal naming Murphy Rosen California’s Top Complex Business Litigation Boutique. Paul’s experience focuses primarily on litigating and trying complex business disputes in a wide variety of areas including breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts; corporate and partnership disputes; breach of contract; professional malpractice; theft of trade secrets; and copyright and trademark infringement. Paul represents clients throughout the United States as well as abroad, including clients based in Great Britain, the Netherlands, China and Taiwan. Paul also has extensive experience in filing anti-SLAPP motions, a vehicle by which we get cases against our clients thrown out at the initial pleading stage, often with our clients recovering their attorneys' fees. Over his career, Paul has filed and defended dozens of anti-SLAPP motions. Paul’s work in this area contributed to Murphy Rosen being honored as “Best for Anti-SLAPP Motions in California” by Legal Elite. Paul is licensed to practice law in the states of California and New York, and has litigated and tried cases across the nation in state, federal and administrative law courts as well as in arbitration. He has also represented clients in various congressional investigations and has defended them in their testimony before Congress.

Civil Litigation

100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Roger Clark is the founding member and managing partner of The Clark Law Group, a firm with offices in California and Florida. Roger has practiced in aviation for approximately 32 years. He is a visiting Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where he teaches Aviation Law, and is a past Instructor of Business Law at Florida International University. Rutgers Law School honored Roger as Adjunct Professor of the Year for 2009 and honored him again in 2012 with the Armitage Distinguished Alumni Award which is awarded annually upon a single individual for outstanding achievement. The Armitage Award is the highest award Rutgers Law School can bestow. He is the founder and president of The Iraida Foundation, a federally registered public charity that supports impoverished children in Africa, and children of active duty American military. Roger is the immediate past Chairman of the New Majority Los Angeles, and is on the Board of Directors of New Majority California, an organization that is dedicated to political reform in California. He served as a Trustee of Viewpoint Educational Foundation in Calabasas, California from 2000 – 2009 and is currently a Trustee Emeritus. He earned his pilot certificate in 1982. He is licensed in California and Florida and in federal courts in these and other states. He has been listed in Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers every year since 1986. Roger is a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and was appointed to the Board of Examiners for the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is Board Certified in Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy. He is a graduate of the Master Advocate’s Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and a Graduate of the Advanced Teacher Training Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He is a past Judge Pro Tempore in Los Angeles, California. Roger is a “Fellow” of the Litigation Counsel of America, a National Trial Lawyers Honorary Society. He is the recipient of the Litigation Counsel of America’s inaugural 2013 Peter Perlman Service Award. He has also been named “Super Lawyer” every year from 2006 through 2015 by the publishers of Law and Politics Magazine. He has also been annually recognized as one of the “Top Attorneys in Southern California” as published in Los Angeles Magazine. He has served as an expert on pilot certification actions before the FAA. He is the author of Is Lessor More?, appearing in the SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Volume 75, Winter 2010, Number 1. Over his career he has instructed and presented at numerous events, including the Renaissance Symposium at the Harvard Club, in New York, in 2011 and 2014, the CEO Effectiveness Group, in Orange County, the CEB program Advanced Negotiation and Settlement Techniques held in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the American Conference Institute’s Aviation Litigation Conference held in Boston, the Embry Riddle Air Law Symposium and SMU Air Law Symposium in Dallas, Texas. Roger was the Co-Host of KTLA’s Law Business Insider radio program, a syndicated radio program airing nationwide on ABC radio from 2005 - 2011. He has been a contributing author to the Los Angeles Lawyer’s Magazine and has been featured on KTLK Radio’s Meet America’s Best Lawyers and Forbes Radio Channel America’s Best Lawyers. He is a periodic guest legal expert on Serious XM 111, where he has offered comments on the Germanwings Disaster and the efforts of Congress to privatize the air traffic control function of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Real Estate Law

2719 Wilshire Blvd #200, Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

Greene & Chaplan, LLP is an AV Rated (r) business boutique law firm with local knowledge and international reach. We serve family offices, financial institutions, mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, real estate investors, developers and brokers and select non-profit organizations. Heavily weighted in both transactional and civil litigation, we serve as a "one call solves all" resource for our elite clientele. Our board and trustee services offered to our family offices likewise sets us apart from our competition.