Ellie K. Vilendrer as Neutral in Los Angeles from Vilendrer Law PC.

Throughout her impressive career, Vilendrer has successfully represented a diverse array of clients, from individuals to large corporations, in fields such as commercial, employment, and intellectual property law. In 2013, she founded Vilendrer Law PC, specializing in supporting technology firms, from emerging startups to established enterprises. Her broad experience includes serving as outside general counsel and advising on intellectual property and privacy matters, underscoring her adaptability and depth of understanding in the tech industry.

Alice Yuan as Partner in Los Angeles from Massumi + Consoli LLP.

Yuan advises private equity firms, portfolio companies, and other public and private companies across various industries on complex transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, growth equity investments, special situations transactions, and joint ventures. She also advises clients on general corporate and governance matters.

Bram Alden as Counsel in Los Angeles from U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.

Alden spent the last eight and a half years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office. In his most recent role as chief of Criminal Appeals, he handled and oversaw the most complex appeals, supervised nine other appellate prosecutors, advised hundreds of trial attorneys, and taught legal writing. During his tenure in the U.S. Attorney's Office, he also tried five felony jury trials and one misdemeanor bench trial, never losing a single count, including for attempted murder, threats to kill major presidential candidates, bank robbery, false impersonation of a federal agent, conspiracy, and fraud. Alden also argued over 30 cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and drafted multiple successful en banc petitions. He received the Department of Justice Director's Award for devising responses to novel legal issues arising from the pandemic and guiding federal prosecutors nationwide.

Steven J Pearse as Senior Counsel in Los Angeles from Chapman Glucksman Dean Roeb.

Pearse's practice focuses on Professional Liability (with an emphasis in accountancy and legal malpractice), Employment (litigation, including single-plaintiff, wage & hour, and PAGA claims, administrative investigations, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the California Civil Rights Department ("CRD") and the California Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR"), and counseling), Business and Commercial, and General Liability matters. He is a seasoned litigator with an eye for strategic risk assessment and strives to prevent, minimize, or eliminate his clients' potential liability exposure from the onset. He is well-versed in all aspects of civil litigation and handles matters from inception through trial.

J. Andrew Wright as Senior Counsel in Los Angeles from Chapman, Glucksman, Dean & Roeb.

Wright's practice focuses on representing CPAs, fiduciaries, attorneys, directors and officers, and other professionals in litigation and regulatory matters. He also represents creditors in post-judgment enforcement and prosecutes commercial litigation matters. He has achieved first-chair success in civil trial, arbitration, and the Court of Appeal.

Paul S. Yong as Partner in Los Angeles - Century City

Yong helps clients successfully navigate some of their most difficult and complex litigation matters. As an experienced and skilled securities litigator, he regularly defends public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, and government and internal investigations. He is a creative advocate who innovatively approaches complex legal and factual issues. He represents clients from a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on technology and life sciences. He has experience handling all phases of a lawsuit, from complaint to trial.

Camille A. Brooks as Partner in Los Angeles - Century City

Brooks represents financial services firms, landlords and other companies in class actions and complex litigation in state and federal court throughout the country. She has significant experience in commercial, class-action and other complex litigation, defending clients at all stages. She has defended against a variety of claims, including claims for breach of contract, violations of consumer protection statutes, and violations of federal banking statutes and regulations. She also has handled the defense of financial services firms and other companies in individual arbitrations.

Jeffrey A. Rudman as Neutral in Los Angeles from Rudman Mediation.

Rudman has 26 years of experience in personal injury and employment matters. He founded his own boutique trial law firm, The Rudman Law Firm APC, in 2010, specializing in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. He has successfully handled more than 1,000 cases involving vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, and dangerous conditions of public property. In 2023, he pivoted to Rudman Mediation, where he focused solely on dispute resolution.

Jon Dean as Partner in Los Angeles from McDermott Will & Emery.

A former prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer, Dean focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters, including patent and trade secrets cases, antitrust actions, securities matters, unfair competition cases, trademark disputes, employment actions, OSHA cases, and healthcare matters. Dean also represents companies and individuals in connection with civil and criminal government investigations, including investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and local law enforcement agencies.

Francisco Cabada as Partner in Los Angeles from Cabada & Hameed LLP.

Cabada focuses his practice on labor and employment law and commercial litigation. He has over twenty years of experience defending employers in employment litigation, including claims of alleged harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and wrongful termination. Cabada handles wage and hour matters, including class and representative actions. He conducts investigations and interviews to analyze complex wage and hour data to assess his client's risk and exposure.

Jennifer Brough as Partner in San Francisco from Locke Lord LLP.

Brough represents pipeline, electric, and renewable energy companies in corporate matters and before federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy. She has experience advising many companies on regulatory compliance issues on both the state and federal levels. Her practice focuses on guiding companies through the energy transition, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction programs, environmental justice, and community engagement.

Marina C. Gruber as Partner in Palo Alto from Davis Wright Tremaine.

Gruber represents California employers in a wide range of actions before state and federal courts and administrative agencies while also counseling employers in prevailing wage and labor-related matters. She defends against single plaintiff discrimination and harassment actions, as well as California wage and hour law class actions alleging off-the-clock work, donning and doffing claims, and meal and rest break compliance. She has also litigated California prevailing wage matters at the administrative and trial court levels, defending employers facing allegations of failure to pay the appropriate prevailing wage rate(s), employ apprentices, maintain certified payroll, failure of subcontractors to meet prevailing wage obligations, and disputes over whether the projects in question were public works at all. She also advises contractors on wage audits, contract negotiations, and compliance. In addition to litigation, Gruber counsels employers in labor matters including those involving the National Labor Relations Board, handles labor arbitrations, advises on organizing campaigns, and defends against charges of unfair labor practices.

Dale Bellitto as Associate in San Francisco

Bellitto's practice focuses on defending employers against wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wage and hour causes of action in both state and federal court. She also counsels employers on various employment practices and personnel matters - including, but not limited to, severance agreements, Family and Medical Leave Act leave, California Family Rights Act leave, and reasonable accommodations. She earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. from Dartmouth College.

Kate Kraus as Partner in Los Angeles from Allen Matkins.

Kraus is nationally recognized and has more than 20 years of experience in tax planning and structuring. She advises on a wide range of partnership, corporate, and real estate matters, including joint ventures, fund formations, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, liquidations, debt workouts, and bankruptcies.

Joseph Halloum as Partner in Silicon Valley from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Halloum represents public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in a wide range of domestic and international transactions, capital structures and investments, governance and activism defense, finance, securities and other general corporate matters.

Linda B. Oliver as Special Counsel in Los Angeles from Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.

Oliver focuses her practice on advising and defending insurance companies, national and regional retail stores, hotels, and resorts. She has more than two decades of experience handling complex civil litigation and class actions in federal and state courts and arbitration forums, often serving as lead or primary counsel. Oliver has set strategy, developed facts, and presented legal arguments that achieved successful results on motions, through settlement negotiations and mediations, and at trial.

Celia Moutes-Lee as Partner in Los Angeles from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP.

Moutes-Lee focuses on insurance coverage and bad-faith litigation. Her practice primarily involves defending bad faith lawsuits and resolving coverage disputes relating to first- and third-party claims. With extensive experience in litigating bad faith lawsuits, she handles cases involving claims under personal and commercial policies, including theft, fire, smoke, water, hail, sand, floods, earthquakes, and other catastrophic events, as well as uninsured motorist claims. Insurers regularly retain her to assist in the investigation of claims and determination of coverage, which includes conducting examinations under oath. She is highly skilled at investigating and litigating suspicious losses.

Kayla Berlin as Partner in Los Angeles from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP.

Berlin manages pre-litigation coverage issues and lawsuits related to bad faith disputes stemming from first-party insurance policies for insurer clients. Her practice is focused on insurance law, and she has achieved early dismissals and secured favorable judgments for insurers in bad-faith litigation. Berlin has extensive experience handling litigation and pre-litigation coverage matters under automobile, homeowners, renters, and commercial property policies. She also manages property loss claims for personal and commercial policies, including water damage, fire, wind, and other catastrophic losses. Additionally, she excels in conducting examinations under oath and litigating suspected fraudulent claims.

Annalisa Zulueta as Partner in San Francisco from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP.

Zulueta is a civil litigation and trial attorney who focuses her practice in general liability defense and professional liability. She provides counsel and represents clients in state court, federal court, before governing agencies, and through mediation.

Coleman D. Heggi as Counsel in Los Angeles from Lester, Cantrell & Kraus, LLP.

With more than 17 years of legal experience, Heggi represents clients in civil litigation related to alleged false, fraudulent, or misleading health care benefit claims. Before joining Knox Ricksen, he advised insurance carriers on legal strategy and analysis in coverage disputes. He also represented attorneys in legal malpractice and professional responsibility cases, as well as various types of business litigation.

Jackson T. Herndon as Counsel in Los Angeles from Paul Hastings LLP.

Herndon is a business litigator who has represented leaders in the financial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, energy, and aviation industries. He has extensive experience litigating high-profile and high-stakes litigation, including bet-the-company and multi-billion-dollar disputes.

Laura Vartain Horn as Partner in San Francisco from U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.

During her time with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Vartain Horn tried nine federal cases while also holding supervisory roles in the U.S. Attorney's Office for seven years. She was the lead prosecutor on charges brought against an individual for stealing Google's supercomputing and artificial intelligence technology. Months before that, she was the lead prosecutor who secured the federal convictions against the man who attempted to kidnap then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and assaulted Paul Pelosi. Before her role supervising national security and cyber work in Silicon Valley, Vartain Horn oversaw complex corruption, civil rights, and white-collar matters, including investigations conducted in parallel with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, she was an associate at Latham & Watkins.

Arcelia N. Magaña as Associate in San Diego from Jackson Lewis P.C..

Magaña is a litigator and trial attorney specializing in labor and employment law. Focusing on creating stable and high-functioning work environments, she leverages her extensive experience to guide employers on best practices that help avoid the costly disruptions of litigation.

Daniel J. Galván as Associate in San Diego from Jackson Lewis P.C. .

Galván brings a wealth of experience in workplace law. He represents employers in various labor and employment matters, including offering preventive advice and counseling. His proactive approach equips clients with the tools and knowledge necessary to manage employee relations effectively and reduce potential legal risks.

Ariel Valerio-Meek as Associate in San Diego from Jackson Lewis P.C..

Valerio-Meek focuses on litigation and assisting employers with allegations of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and related issues. Her experience includes navigating employee relations, developing compliance strategies, and providing preventative advice and counsel to best avoid the disruption and expense of litigation.

Guillermo A. Escobedo as Partner in San Diego from Jackson Lewis P.C. .

Escobedo brings extensive experience to the table, particularly in defending claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment across various protected categories, retaliation, failure to accommodate, defamation, breach of contract, and misappropriation of trade secrets. His experience is particularly evident in handling wage-and-hour claims, including failure to pay overtime wages, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations, and misclassification issues. His litigation practice spans defending employers in single and multi-plaintiff lawsuits, class actions, and claims under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA), showcasing his ability to navigate complex legal terrain.

John Wayne Horton as Partner in Palo Alto from Goodwin Procter LLP.

Horton represents corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists on a full range of business and transactional matters, spanning the life cycle of businesses and portfolio investments. His practice focuses on business structuring, investment transactions, corporate governance, securities law, and later-stage pathway to exit, and his experience captures a broad range of industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, entertainment, and consumer goods.

Tiffany M. Spencer as Associate in San Diego from Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. .

Spencer has represented clients in all phases of litigation, including arguing motions on their behalf and serving as first chair attorney. While her work with Legal Aid covered various areas of law, Spencer's practice focuses particularly on unlawful detainer cases.

Amy Johnsgard as Partner in San Diego from Coast Law Group.

Johnsgard is a fierce and compassionate advocate and trial attorney dedicated to vindicating her clients' interests. Her extensive background in litigation and trials ensures she does not shy away from courtroom fights to achieve justice. Johnsgard's dedication and expertise in the areas of personal injury, human rights, consumer fraud, and product defects have led to significant victories for her clients. Johnsgard's passion for the law began before she attended law school when she worked as a paralegal for a La Jolla attorney. During that time, she also devoted hundreds of pro bono hours to the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, providing life-saving legal assistance to particularly vulnerable community members.