Alan W. Hersh focuses his practice on general litigation matters. He is experienced in handling asset purchase negotiations, lien and land restrictions on client holdings, immigration issues, and criminal appeals.

Area of Practice: Political and Election Law Over the past 35 years, Bradley W. Hertz has handled numerous high-profile political and election law and litigation matters in California. Brad has represented clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts involving initiatives, referenda, recalls, ballot access matters, election contests, voter pamphlets, campaign finance, and First Amendment issues. A graduate of Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center, Brad opened his own firm in 2024 after serving as a Partner of the Sutton Law Firm, Of Counsel to Reed & Davidson, and an associate at Buchalter Nemer. Brad has represented clients in Federal Election Commission, Fair Political Practices Commission and local enforcement agency actions. For many years, Brad taught Election Law and Civil Procedure at Chapman University School of Law and served as a member of the Los Angeles County Superior Court mediation panel. ? Before practicing law, Brad worked as a political consultant, served as a delegate to a national Presidential Convention, and was a statewide communications director for a Presidential campaign. Brad was also an aide to a United States Senator in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Brad is a Past President of the California Political Attorneys Association and a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Brad is a frequent lecturer and author in the area of political and election law and has been a member of several non-profit boards. He is married, with three adult children, and resides in Woodland Hills, CA.

Julie A. Herzlich is an experienced civil litigator with more than a decade of experience. She recently joined Cohen & Blostein, P.A. as an associate in the plaintiff’s division where she focuses her practice on plaintiff’s personal injury and medical malpractice. Prior to joining Cohen & Blostein, P.A., Julie represented both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation. She was a partner at a large insurance defense firm where she represented corporations, hospitals, insurance companies, inter and intrastate motor carriers, government agencies and their subcontractors in automobile negligence, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, transportation litigation and wrongful death litigation. Thereafter, she shifted her focus to plaintiff’s personal injury and joined the nation’s largest personal injury law firm as a trial attorney where she represented individuals and their families in wrongful death, automobile negligence, premises liability, and negligent security matters. She also has extensive experience in consumer rights litigation and has successfully tried over 500 bench trials appearing in nearly half of the 67 counties in Florida. Julie is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell®. with special recognition from the judiciary. In 2025, she was selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, an invitation-only organization of trial lawyers from each state who have demonstrated superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, and stature in the legal community. Born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts she began her legal career in the Northeast before moving to Florida in 2011. She received her Bachelor of Science in Real Estate and Urban Economics from the University of Connecticut School of Business in 2007 and her Juris Doctor from Western New England University School of Law where she graduated with a concentration in Real Estate in 2010. During law school, Julie was a recipient of the Marjorie Sullivan Scholarship awarded to those students who demonstrate an unusual determination in overcoming obstacles to pursue a legal education. She also received Honorable Mention by local judges and school faculty for her performance during the oral advocacy competition. Upon graduating, Julie was admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2010), the state of Connecticut (2010) and the state of Florida (2012). She is also admitted to the federal bars for the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and is in the process of becoming a Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil Certified Mediator. Julie is a zealous advocate who believes that civility and fierce advocacy can coexist. Outside the courtroom, she enjoys spending time with her family. She loves dogs, participates in athletic activities, and supports collegiate and professional sports teams.

James was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. James graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1988 with a degree in business administration, specializing in finance. James then went on to attend and graduate from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. While in law school, James interned for both a federal bankruptcy judge in Los Angeles and the Texas Supreme Court. After graduating from Pepperdine, James moved to Houston and founded The Heston Law Firm, a consumer law firm concentrating in bankruptcy. James is a proud member of both the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Houston Association of Debtor’s Attorneys and the Bankruptcy Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the Texas Bar. In 2006, James expanded the focus of the firm from just bankruptcy law to its current, much broader orientation of debt relief law. In his career as a debt relief lawyer, James has helped over 10,000 Texans resolve their debts either through bankruptcy, debt settlement, or debt lawsuit defense.