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Laurence Mandell

Personal Injury Law

5950 Canoga Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

Larry he has championed the rights of injury victims, consumers and small business owners throughout Southern California. His expertise encompasses all aspects of personal injury matters, including dog bites, motorcycle accidents, car accidents, premises liability, and product liability. Larry is a graduate of the prestigious National Institute of Trial Advocacy and a member of consumer advocacy groups such as the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles and Consumer Attorneys of California. His victories include several multi-million dollar-plus awards, including a high profile freeway accident case against the City of Los Angeles which garnered $2.8 million (Randall v. City of LA). Larry has numerous serious injury trials and arbitrations to his credit and is well respected on both sides of the fence as an aggressive advocate and worthy opponent.

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Laurence P. Greenberg

Family and Divorce Law

299 Broadway, Suite 1405, New York, NY 10022

Laurence P. Greenberg is a matrimonial powerhouse who was recently rated one of NYC’s top ten divorce lawyers. He has handled numerous trials in his career, which spans over 20 years and has been devoted to representing clients in complex divorce cases. Mr. Greenberg has keen interpersonal skills and unique ability to understand the nuances surrounding every client matter, each of which he recognizes is distinct and individual in nature.

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Lauri Goldstein

Lauri Goldstein

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1330 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994

Lauri J. Goldstein, an attorney for over 25 years, has built a successful law practice with over 20 employees. She is well known for her community involvement and philanthropy. Mother of 2 children and wife of Dr. Elliott Scher, Lauri has balanced it all while overcoming obstacles. An aggressive trial lawyer who started the femaleinjurylawyer.com brand and has taken the lead in a traditionally male dominated industry, empowering other females along the way. Mrs. Goldstein contributes to the following non-profit organizations: American Red Coast Tykes and Teens The United Way of Martin County's White Doves House of Hope Not only is Mrs. Goldstein a formidable force in the courtroom and an aggressive defender of the injured, she is also very involved in her local community. Recently nominated for Small Business Philanthropist of the Year, Ms. Goldstein is dedicated to giving back to the community that she feels has given her and her business so much.

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Laurie A Kemp

Real Estate Law

1994 Charlestown New Albany Pike, Suite 100, Jeffersonville, IN 47130

Employment Law and Real Estate Law Laurie A. Kemp is the co-owner of Momentum Title Agency and Kemp Law Offices and Of Counsel at Church, Langdon, Lopp and Banet Law. In addition to her real estate practice where she assists lenders, real estate agents and individuals in commercial and residential purchases and refinances, Laurie also handles an employment law practice where she represents and defends local employers in human resource and employment law matters. Laurie assists clients with implementing proactive and effective strategies for handling day-to-day employment issues including disciplinary matters, terminations, investigations, and policy review. She also works with clients to develop and conduct in-house trainings for employees and management. Laurie practices in all state and federal courts in Kentucky and Indiana, handling a variety of employment cases stemming from discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and retaliation claims as well as contract and restrictive covenant disputes.

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Laurie Ann Annunziato

Laurie Ann Annunziato

Featured Lawyer

Medical Malpractice Law

220 East 42nd Street, 13th Floor, NY, NY 10017

Ms. Annunziato joined Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP in 2010 as Special Counsel and became Partner in 2011. She focuses her practice on the defense of professional liability cases and health care law matters. Laurie handles the defense of physicians and hospitals from inception through trial. She has also successfully represented health care professionals in professional disciplinary proceedings. Laurie is a member of the firm’s Continuing Legal Education Committee and has published articles in MD News. Laurie has also been a guest speaker at several outside seminars involving topics related to nursing care and support, interdisciplinary support in hospital settings, and Electronic Medical Records. As a result of her broad practice and extensive litigation experience, Laurie is able to understand the issues from all viewpoints, and manages her cases to a successful conclusion. She has tried several complicated and high exposure cases successfully, and is endlessly committed to meeting each client’s individual needs. Prior to joining the firm, Laurie was a Trial Attorney with Benvenuto, Arciero & McAndrew and an Assistant District Attorney with the Bronx County District Attorney’s office. As an ADA, Laurie successfully tried several more felony criminal cases. Her extensive experience as a former prosecutor and being an advocate for victims of crimes, including children has transcended into her civil practice. Laurie tirelessly strives to focus and resolve the critical and sensitive issues important to her clients.

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Lawrence Buckfire

Personal Injury Law

28411 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 300, Southfield, MI 48034

Daniel L. Buckfire earned his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Michigan Business School in 1989. Mr. Buckfire was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated in the top 10% of his class. He graduated cum laude from the prestigious University of Michigan Law School in 1991 and has been engaged in the private practice of law since his successful completion of the bar exam. Daniel L. Buckfire specializes in Michigan car accident cases, no-fault insurance claims, dram shop liability, and general negligence cases. His adept knowledge of these areas of law have resulted in numerous significant settlements and verdicts on behalf of his injured clients. He recently settled a claim on behalf of woman who suffered paralysis as the result of an automobile accident for $1,375,000.00.

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Lawrence Buddoo

Lawrence Buddoo

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

4228 1st Ave, STE 5, Tucker, GA 30084

Atlanta personal injury attorney, Lawrence Buddoo, established Buddoo and Associates, P.C. in 2003, making it his personal mission to provide compassionate and top-notch legal assistance to those injured in accidents. More than 21 years have passed since Lawrence was first admitted to the Georgia Bar after graduating from John Marshall Law School. Throughout those years, he has devoted himself personally to each client, each case and each accident victim. Lawrence was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges before graduating from Andrews University and going on to law school. He is a member of the American Association of Justice. He’s admitted to appear before a wide range of Georgia courts — including the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals — and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Lawrence has dealt with personal injury cases large and small, often settling them to clients’ satisfaction without the necessity of trial.

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Lawrence Castle

Corporate and Transactional Law

4100 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80246, USA

Achievements: AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement, Professional of the Year 2015, 2017 Inductee, Elite American Lawyers Lawyers of Distinction 2018 Marquis Who's Who 2018-2019. Affiliations/ Associations: International Association of Outsourcing Professionals; American Bar Association Colorado Bar Association: Real Estate Section, former Section Council Member and Legislative Liaison; Business Law Section; Tax Section; Colorado Creditors Bar Association; Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association, Member Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry; Colorado Housing Council; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver

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Workers Compensation Law

P.O. Box 61680, Harrisburg, PA 17106

Larry Barone has conducted a worker’s compensation and general liability practice since 1993. Larry is Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He spent the early years of his practice representing only injured workers and plaintiffs. He has the unique prospective of having represented employers and insurance carriers in litigating, negotiating and settling worker’s compensation and civil litigation matters for nine years. Since joining Freeburn Hamilton in 2005, Barone has resumed his practice of only representing injured workers and plaintiffs. In addition to his worker’s compensation experience, Larry has also taken auto, medical malpractice, product liability and premise lawsuits to trial. A graduate of Dickinson College and Ohio Northern University College of Law, Larry is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. In addition, Larry is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, The United States District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He has also been a lecturer for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the National Business Institute. Barone has been a member of Widener University School of Law’s faculty for their Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.

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Personal Injury Law

14240 Interurban Ave S, Tukwila, WA 98168, USA

Larry has three passions in life: family, giving a hand to those less fortunate and making his community a safer place. Larry’s area of focus is on serious injury and wrongful death. He is strongly committed to protecting clients and the community-at-large against those who choose mayhem over safety. Imagine, the more trials we do, the easier it is for our clients to settle cases and get institutional change in the bargain. While we prepare every case for trial from the moment it comes in the door, we only go to trial when we have no choice: the insurance company (behind every defendant in every trial) is looking to prevent full and fair justice.

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Lawrence LeBrocq

Lawrence LeBrocq

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

235 Livingston Ave, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901-3060

After graduating from Erskine College in South Carolina with a degree in secondary education and history, Mr. LeBrocq enrolled at the Mississippi College School of Law to pursue his noble goal of serving others. He earned his Juris Doctorate in 1988 and went on to obtain an Advanced Diploma in international legal studies from the University of the Pacific in 1989, rounding out his education with an LL.M. in international business law from the University of London in 1990. Attorney Lawrence A. LeBrocq is a widely recognized authority on personal injury law. Mr. LeBrocq is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney as well as an Arbitrator and Mediator in Personal Injury Law. LeBrocq has recovered more than $100 million on behalf of his clients over the course of his career.

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Lawrence S. Katz

Lawrence S. Katz

Featured Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

9130 S Dadeland Blvd, Miami, FL 33156, USA

Lawrence S. Katz is a Fellow in The International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)[1]. He focuses his practice on family law, complex jurisdictional issues, interstate and international cross border family law as well as child abduction. He has practiced law for five decades. In 2010, the U.S. Chapter of the IAFL established the Bill Hilton Memorial Award for Exceptional Contributions to International Family Law. A Fellow cannot apply, and it is not an annual award. The first time it was given was in June 2014 and Mr. Katz was a recipient. This is the highest and only such award given by the U.S. Chapter of the IAFL. He has been counsel of record, mentored or consulted in about 400 Hague Convention and child abduction cases. Mr. Katz was the first and in the majority of cases, the only U.S. attorney to recover children from: Turkey, (non-Hague) Iran, Saudi Arabia and Japan (using “Special Family Circumstances”) as well as to return children to Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Russia and Trinidad. Mr. Katz also conducted the first mediation in a Hague case in a pilot program for NCMEC and the U.S. Dept. of State in November 2005. He continues to mediate only child abduction cases. Mr. Katz has lectured and published on international relocation for the ABA, a portion of the article was quoted by the Georgia S. Ct. in Sahibzada v. Sahibzada, 2014 Ga. LEXIS 219 (S.Ct. Ga. 2014). He has successfully represented clients in international relocation cases and responsible for drafting the relevant portions of the agreement and final decrees with respect to relocation, jurisdiction, homologation and enforcement. He has litigated international relocation cases: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. In 2012 he testified as an expert and prepared provisions of the final judgment (7 pages) permitting a mother to relocate to Argentina with her two minor children. In 2013, he was co-counsel in relocation from the U.K. to Florida. He has often drafted proposed language and given written opinions that has been utilized by foreign courts for custody, residency, relocation and Hague orders. Mr. Katz has testified on numerous occasions as an expert witness in international matters especially concerning The Hague Abduction Convention, relocation, abduction factors/profiles, preventive measures, drafting and enforcement of court orders. In July 2013-present, his testimony resulted in orders that prevented travel of children to Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Japan and Russia. Likewise, he has testified that has permitted cross border travel of children. The last case in 2023 permitted the child to travel to Chile. He has been requested by various courts to draft provisions of orders or decrees. In addition, he is retained as counsel, consultant, co-counsel or an expert for: complex jurisdictional cases; drafting provisions of agreements, court orders, judgments; international abduction cases, preventive measures, travel, and international or interstate relocations. [1]“The IAFL is a worldwide association of practicing lawyers who are recognized by their peers as the most experienced and expert family law specialists in their respective countries” www.IAFL.com

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Securities Law

205 Hudson St 7th floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

Lee Squitieri is a partner of Squitieri & Fearon, LLP. Mr. Squitieri represents stockholders, consumers and pension plan participants in complex class actions and individual lawsuits throughout the United States. His primary practice involves pursuing class actions on behalf of investors and retirement plans. He has received an “AV” rating by Martindale Hubbell, indicating the highest level of professional excellence and was named a “Super Lawyer” for the New York Metro area in 2010. Mr. Squitieri has successfully litigated class actions in the antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, ERISA, consumer and labor areas of practice. Mr. Squitieri has also successfully prosecuted private and class action securities fraud and other types of claims on behalf of large investors. Mr Squitieri has obtained significant recoveries for diverse clients such as an improperly terminated attorney at a large prominent law firm; a wrongfully terminated executive of a Fortune 500 company alleging race discrimination whose case Mr. Squitieri tried to a jury for five days before a settlement was reached and has defended through trial and jury verdict a former CEO of a multi-national food retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer and distributor against charges of self-dealing, mismanagement and bad faith. Currently, Mr. Squitieri is currently court appointed lead counsel in such major matters, among others, as an antitrust class action suit against Live Nation alleging monopolization of the concert promotion business; a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit against CA, Inc.’s former officers and directors for breach of their duties; an ERISA suit against the fiduciaries of AIG’s various pension plans for losses of hundreds of millions of dollars of pension assets. Mr. Squitieri is also representing institutional investors against Royal Bank of Canada in a fraud and fiduciary breach action arising out of the Canadian Norsheild investment scandal in 2005 and private investors in a fraud and fiduciary breach action against a notorious Madoff “feeder” fund. Since he began practicing law, Mr. Squitieri has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for the people he has represented, in many class actions and individual lawsuits.

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Leigh H. Sutton

Personal Injury Law

30 Wall St 8th floor, New York, NY 10005, USA

Leigh is a founding partner of Sutton & Smyth, LLP. Born and raised in New York City, Leigh learned valuable lessons in street smarts, which provided him with a relentless work ethic and a tireless dedication to excel. Combined with his legal education and extensive experience, Leigh is a formidable trial attorney that does not shy away from the courtroom and has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Leigh has dedicated his practice to zealously representing hard-working New Yorkers injured as a result of someone else’s negligence and representing victims who experienced property damage due to a fire or water loss. He gained invaluable early experience as a Partner of a renowned insurance defense firm, working closely with insurance adjusters and learning the ins and outs of how insurance companies value personal injury and property damage cases. He uses this knowledge, together with excellent negotiating and litigation skills, to maximize his client’s monetary recoveries. Leigh believes that all victims deserve a lawyer that truly cares about them. To that end, he makes himself available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and will continually communicate with clients to provide updates as their case progresses. He provides his cell number so clients can contact him whenever the need arises and is committed to excellence in the representation of his clients to bring them the justice they deserve and the compassion they need. Leigh is a native of Manhattan and is proud to continue to live there with his family. He attended college at Columbia University and Boston University and graduated from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in all the Courts of New York State, the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. If you have been injured in an accident, or have sustained property damage due to the fault of another, Leigh will fight for you. Call (866) 935-1862 to schedule your free consultation.

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Leighton Rockafellow Sr.

Medical Malpractice Law

2438 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA

Leighton Rockafellow began his law practice in Tucson in 1973. A native of Geneva, Illinois, Leighton graduated from Geneva Community High School in 1966 and attended Southern Illinois University for his freshman and sophomore years. Transferring to the University of Arizona in 1968, Leighton completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1970 and graduated from the Arizona College of Law in May 1973. Leighton was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona on September 29, 1973, the United States District Court on October 15, 1973, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 30, 1975, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America on March 26, 1979. Leighton has held the certification “Specialist in Injury & Wrongful Death” from the State Bar of Arizona since 1991.

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Leisa Talbert Peschel

Intellectual Property Law

1401 McKinney Street, Suite 1900, Houston, TX 77010

Leisa Talbert Peschel is both an intellectual property trial lawyer and counselor. She has considerable experience litigating intellectual property matters, including over seventy patent infringement cases. Leisa leverages her scientific background to gain an understanding of a client’s technology to better position her client throughout a case. She has been involved in cases dealing with a wide array of technologies, including streaming television, automatic content recognition, targeted advertising, authentication and encryption technology, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), biotechnology research tools, chemical compositions, dental imaging technology, secondary containment structures, audio compression technology, display technologies, battery technologies, plastics, pipe thread compounds, blow-out preventers, hydraulic fracturing technologies, security systems, computer software methods, and electronics. Leisa also has had lead roles in numerous patent post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews and ex parte reexaminations. In addition to her litigation experience, Leisa maintains an active transactional practice. Leisa counsels clients on how to obtain, enforce, and license intellectual property, including trademark acquisition and brand management. She also gives strategic guidance regarding intellectual property transactions, which includes performing due diligence on intellectual property portfolios. Her transactional practice also includes preparing patent opinions of counsel, including freedom-to-operate, noninfringement, and invalidity opinions. Leisa’s scientific background is particularly helpful to clients seeking an opinion of counsel relating to biotechnology, chemical, or oil field services products. Leisa is also a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property law topics. She has spoken on matters relating to corporate patent policies, patent infringement defenses (including a special emphasis on patent-ineligible subject matter), licensing, patent damages, patent reform, concurrent district court litigation and post-grant review proceedings, the Lanham Act, standing, e-discovery, the intersection of science and the law, and design patent infringement.

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Leland Backus

Civil Litigation

3050 S Durango Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89117, USA

Leland Eugene Backus is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law and has been counsel in some of the largest complex cases in the country, including the MGM Grand Hotel fire litigation, DuPont Plaza Hotel Fire litigation, the PEPCON plant explosion, bone screw litigation, tobacco litigation, yellow brass fitting litigation, Venetian Resort construction litigation, and CityCenter Harmon Tower construction and lien master litigation. Mr. Backus is a Fellow in the trial lawyer honorary society of Litigation Counsel of America and the Order of Justitia honorary trial order. He is a founding member and Director of Eagle International Associates. Mr. Backus is a founding shareholder of Backus, Carranza & Burden rated by Martindale Hubbell as a Preeminent Law Firm with the highest rating of AV. He has been recognized as a Superlawyer, Top Lawyer, Best Civil Law Firm in Nevada and his firm as one of the Best Law Firms in Nevada by U. S. News & World Report.

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Lena Louis

Lena Louis

Distinguished Lawyer

Insurance Law

6 Havenhurst Drive, Coto De Caza, CA 92679

Lena M. Louis is co-founder of Resnick & Louis, P.C. and has been working in the fields of construction defect, professional liability, bodily injury, transportation defense, automobile liability, commercial litigation, construction law and general liability matters since 1995. She concentrates her practice on representing commercial property owners, businesses, developers, general contractors and trade contractors. She also provides business services and represents clients in contract related transactional matters. Lena has extensive experience in both analyzing claims for coverage under advertising injury and personal injury coverage as well as defending contractual and extra-contractual claims against clients under these coverage. She has represented several personal injury and advertising claims including trademark claims. Lena is a “hands-on” lawyer and prides herself in giving personal attention to her clients to obtain the best results possible. She has also participated in representing clients in recovering multi-million dollar settlements in California and was recently granted California Supreme Court review in a case involving the effect of repressed memory on statutes of limitations in California. Lena also provides risk management services to her clients, which have helped her clients avoid significant claims. Through Lena’s counsel, an Arizona developer resolved a potential lengthy and costly complex construction defect suit prior to the initiation of discovery with zero recovery to the plaintiffs. Lena has handled hundreds of cases in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Lena is licensed to practice law in the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

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Lenni Benson

Immigration Law

185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA

Lenni B. Benson has been teaching and writing in the field of immigration law since 1994. She is the Distinguished Chair of Immigration and Human Rights Law at New York Law School. She founded the Safe Passage Project, which recruits, trains, and mentors attorneys to assist unaccompanied youth who are facing deportation. Safe Passage Project began as an NYLS pro bono project/clinic and is now a nonprofit with a staff of over 40 professionals housed at NYLS that partners with the School’s clinic. With more than 500 pro bono attorneys, Safe Passage Project is currently assisting over 1,000 unaccompanied minors in New York. Professor Benson has won national awards for her pro bono leadership and excellence in immigration teaching. She has served as a member of several national task forces on the needs of migrant youth and has been a speaker for the federal government at national trainings. She also served as one of the founding steering committee members of the American Immigration Representation Project, formed in 2017, to expand pro bono representation of detained immigrants. In 2012, she completed, with Russell Wheeler, a study of the immigration courts for the federal government’s Administrative Conference of the United States. She served as the chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2012 to the end of 2014. Professor Benson is an emeritus trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation (now the American Immigration Council), is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and served on the board of the Center for Human and Constitutional Rights. Her co-authored book Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies was published by LexisNexis in 2013 and a new edition was issued in December of 2019 by Carolina Academic Press. In addition to teaching at NYLS, she has also served as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School. Most recently, Professor Benson edited an academic volume of international essays with Professor Mary Crock of the University of Sydney entitled Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice. She will prepare a new book for Elgar Press in its Advanced Legal Studies Series on U.S. Immigration Law that is expected to be published in early 2021. Professor Benson teaches Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and several advanced seminars ranging from asylum to business immigration.

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Leonard Shulman

Leonard Shulman

Distinguished Lawyer

Bankruptcy Law

100 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 600, Irvine, CA 92618

Area of Practice: Mergers and Acquisitions; Banking; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Reorganization; Creditor Rights; Commercial Law; Financial Transactions Leonard M. Shulman is the Managing Partner of the firm and primarily carries out his practice in the Irvine office. Mr. Shulman's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions along with creditors' rights and bankruptcy, and he has handled all aspects of litigation, creditors' rights, mergers and acquisitions, trustee, creditor's committee and the representation of debtor's in the insolvency context. More recently, Mr. Shulman has been hired multiple times as an attorney fee and fraud examiner. Mr. Shulman has participated in dozens of mediations as party counsel and has overseen numerous mediations and settlement conferences as a neutral. Based on the recommendation of other attorneys in the Orange County legal community, the legal publication Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Mr. Shulman an AV rating denoting excellence both in legal practice and in professional ethics. Mr. Shulman graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, in 1983. While at UCSD, Mr. Shulman was awarded the Regent Scholar Award for excellence in academics. At the University of San Diego School of Law, Mr. Shulman was an editor for the San Diego Law Review and first became a published author in 1986 with, "Compensation for Collegiate Athletes: A Run for More than the Roses," 22 San Diego Law Review 701 (1986). Since that time, Mr. Shulman has published dozens of articles on various issues within his practice areas. Over the past 35 years, Mr. Shulman has been very active in his professional community, having spoken and moderated continuing education seminars on various topics related to creditors' rights, bankruptcy, real estate and commercial law. Mr. Shulman is a former president of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum and is currently on the Editorial Board of California Bankruptcy Journal. Mr. Shulman was the president of the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (2006-2007) and is currently a Board member.

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Leonardo Heidner

Estate Planning Law

60 East 42nd Street, 3200, New York, NY 10165

Area of Practice: International Estate Planning and Asset Protection Leonardo Heidner is a licensed attorney in Brazil and New York State with over 20 years of combined international legal and private banking experience focusing on high net-worth clientele. In addition to providing consultation services to corporations on a range of global transactions, he has consulted American and International clients on cross-border transactions involving personal and commercial matters. Mr. Heidner has managed extensive non-U.S. and U.S. trust accounts, and served as a Director of the tax and corporate consulting division for an international firm, in addition to practicing tax planning and litigation for an extensive law practice. Heidner has earned a law degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and an LL.M degree from Fordham Law School in Corporate, Banking and Finance.

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Leron E. Rogers

Leron E. Rogers

Distinguished Lawyer

Sports Law

999 Peachtree St NE suite 1500, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA

Area of Practice: Entertainment, Sports & Media Leron’s practice includes complex litigation, business and commercial transaction matters in a variety of fields and industries, primarily in the areas of entertainment, intellectual property, technology and media. He counsels institutional and individual clients on a range of issues related to crisis management, business disputes and litigation prevention, as well as non-litigation matters, frequently in the capacity of outside general counsel.

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Leslie M. Bassett

Leslie M. Bassett

Distinguished Lawyer

Labor Law

138 Bulloch Ave., Roswell, GA 30075

Area of Practice: ERISA For over 20 years, Leslie has provided efficient, creative, energized, and personalized employment and ERISA representation to clients on all sides of employment and benefit matters. She has represented sponsors and fiduciaries of employee benefit plans in complex employee benefit and ERISA litigation matters in federal and state courts throughout the country, including litigation involving breaches of fiduciary duty and employer stock held in 401(k) plans. Leslie also counsels clients in connection with governmental investigations and other regulatory matters involving benefits issues and executive compensation agreements. Leslie has helped countless clients navigate employment transitions with ease, providing empathetic, efficient employment strategies and solutions to executives, individuals, boards of directors, and human resources professionals. Leslie has a unique ability to evaluate a matter from a holistic perspective and to create and negotiate a workable solution for all involved. Perhaps equally importantly, she has counseled and resolved numerous disputes in early stages, preserving the goals of cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and discretion for her clients. Leslie “balances” her legal career with her active single parenting of her two sons and their puppies. She can often be found watching her boys play baseball, walking puppies in the park, or cheerfully feeding and hydrating her sons and their twenty closest friends. Leslie has maintained her commitment to giving back to the community by, among other things, representing children in the juvenile justice process and advocating for victims of child trafficking.

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Leslie Thomas

Wills and Trust Law

2800 S Hulen St suite 101, Fort Worth, TX 76109, USA

Named one of the top ten estate planning attorneys in Texas by the American Institute of Legal Counsel, and recognized by “Who’s Who in America,” Leslie Thomas is a founding member, partner, and estate planning attorney with Thomas-Walters, PLLC. She is the author of Estate Planning in Texas and has been repeatedly named a Top Estate Planning Attorney in Fort Worth. She received her business degree from Texas A&M University in 1990, and graduated magna cum laude from South Texas College of Law in 1993, where she served as the Assistant Editor of the Law Review and received the faculty award for outstanding graduate. Leslie Thomas focuses her legal career exclusively in the area of estate planning, and sees clients in Fort Worth. She has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career, and is often asked to speak at conferences and seminars regarding important estate planning issues, changes and trends. Ms. Thomas enjoys working with families to devise a strategy specific to their needs and an estate plan best suited to protect their assets for future generations. Ms. Thomas finds that those clients who work to create an effective estate plan are much more at peace in knowing that they have everything in place for their loved ones. When she is not helping families plan their estates, Ms. Thomas enjoys spending time with her husband and two children.

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Levi Brown

Levi Brown

Distinguished Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

1580 Crestmont Way, Kaysville, UT 84037, USA

Levi Brown’s practice involves the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the computer, electrical, and mechanical arts and related strategic counseling. Mr. Brown has been registered as a Patent Agent since 2014 and currently practices before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Brown joined Workman Nydegger in 2015 as a law clerk. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Brown worked as an electrical engineer for the Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation (formerly Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory). There, he assisted in the development of a system-wide calibration program and designed a series of programs to automatically calibrate a large amount of equipment. He also designed various data acquisition systems to extract and synthesize test data. During law school, he initially served as an associate editor for the Penn State Law Review. Later, he became a member of the managing editorial board.

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Levicy F. Crawford

Distinguished Lawyer

Department of the Air Force - Judge Advocate General

1522 William Lane, Swansea, IL 62226

Area of Practice: Department of the Air Force - Judge Advocate General

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Lewis O. Unglesby

Lewis O. Unglesby

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

112 Founders Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70810, USA

Lewis O. Unglesby was born in New Orleans, LA in 1949. He received his B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1971 and went on to receive his J.D. from Louisiana State University in 1974. He was admitted to the bar of Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit in 1974. He is also admitted pro hac vice in numerous states. Mr. Unglesby has successfully won acquittals in over 50 felony jury trials in state and federal courts. He has achieved over 25 multi-million-dollar jury awards and over 45 jury awards exceeding one million dollars. Mr. Unglesby was the first person in Louisiana to successfully use the Battered Women’s Syndrome in a murder defense case. Impressively, he has won multi-million-dollar verdicts for exposure to non-fatal toxic chemicals, proven product liability defects in 3-wheelers and 4-wheelers, and achieved jury verdicts that resulted in restraint systems becoming a safety requirement for sit-down and stand-up forklifts. Moreover, Mr. Unglesby has successfully argued before the Louisiana Supreme Court over 20 times. ? Mr. Unglesby is a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and is certified as a civil and criminal trial advocacy specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (presently one of only two attorneys in Louisiana). He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 1986 and listed by Martindale-Hubbell in the “Bar Register of Prominent Lawyers” since 1996. Mr. Unglesby is a member of the Baton Rouge Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. His unique skill set and history of success led to his appointment as Special Counsel for the Louisiana State Senate from 1993-1996 and Special Counsel for Governor Mike Foster (1996-1997). In 2019 Mr. Unglesby received the Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He has presented numerous times as lecturer for the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Business Institute. Mr. Unglesby’s cases have been featured twice on ABC’s “20/20,” and he has appeared on “Good Morning America” and CNN. ? His cases have been the subject of books in the United States and Japan. Mr. Unglesby’s diverse legal career and extensive record of successes established him as a prominent figure in the legal field. Known as the “Lawyer’s Lawyer” in Louisiana, Mr. Unglesby receives referrals to co-counsel throughout the state. His contributions to criminal and civil law have been widely recognized and copied.

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