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Dan Laidman is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - First Amendment and Media Law. Dan practices law in Los Angeles, California Best Lawyers has recognized Dan Laidman since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Dan Laidman is held by other lawyers.

Gabrielle Vidal is co-chair of Loeb & Loeb’s Trust and Estate Litigation Practice. She concentrates on high-net-worth trust, probate, conservatorship, and guardianship litigation, and is known for her success at trial in high profile private wealth disputes. Most recently, she served as lead trial counsel to Sumner Redstone, controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp., securing complete dismissal of the matter after the first day of trial. Cited by The Wall Street Journal a...

Mark T. Quigley is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Employment Law - Individuals. Mark T. practices law in El Segundo, California Best Lawyers has recognized Mark T. Quigley since 2007. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Mark T. Quigley is held by other lawyers.

Elizabeth is a partner in the private client and tax team at Withers Bergman LLP. She focuses her efforts on estate planning, planned giving and tax-exempt organizations. Elizabeth represents clients in matters related to family wealth transfers for large estates, sophisticated estate and gift tax saving techniques, charitable planned giving, and complex probate and trust administrations. She also regularly represents tax-exempt organizations in formation, organizational and operational issue...

Luke is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial cases. He has first-chaired many civil jury trials, obtaining some of the highest jury awards in venues throughout the country. His practice extends to appeals; he has appeared and argued before state and federal courts of appeals, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Luke also appears and argues before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and ...

Melanie Howard’s practice focuses on the acquisition, protection, licensing, exploitation and sale of intangible assets for major brands and individual talent. Known for her business-minded approach, she represents clients across a variety of industries, including fashion and luxury retail, esports, automotive, technology, entertainment and media, and financial. Clients regularly turn to Melanie for strategic brand protection guidance and counsel on data privacy matters in the context o...

Damaris Medina is a Shareholder in Buchalter’s Los Angeles & Orange County offices. She is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Health Care & Life Sciences Practice, a member of the Board of Directors, the Firm’s Chief Diversity Officer and a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Health Care Practice Groups.

Shahzad Malik is a partner within Nixon Peabody’s Corporate & Finance practice group and a member of our Tax team. He concentrates on tax issues for mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments and fund formation matters as well as tax controversy issues. My focus Corporate and Transactional Tax Issues I have extensive experience advising corporate clients on tax matters relating to mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, fund formation and cross-border transactions....

Kahn A. Scolnick is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Appellate Practice and Litigation - Securities. Kahn A. practices law in Los Angeles, California Best Lawyers has recognized Kahn A. Scolnick since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kahn A. Scolnick is held by other lawyers.

Mr. Au has been with Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara LLP’s Los Angeles office since 2001 and became a partner with the firm in 2005. He has experience in a variety of civil litigation areas including construction defect, general liability, business litigation, municipal defense, premises liability and personal injury. Mr. Au’s primary focus is construction defect litigation, where he has over thirty years of experience. Mr. Au has defended general contractors, developers as...