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Lisa R. Zonder is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Collaborative Law: Family Law, Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Lisa R., who practices law in Calabasas, California, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lisa R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Elizabeth Staggs Wilson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Elizabeth, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Elizabeth is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gerald Serlin, a founding partner of Benedon & Serlin LLP, is a distinguished appellate attorney with nearly four decades of experience. As the current managing partner of B&S, one of Southern California’s premier appellate boutique law firms, Gerald’s practice spans a wide range of substantive areas, such as employment, contracts, civil rights, torts, arbitration, and anti-SLAPP. Gerald actively contributes to a number of professional organizations, including the Los Ange...

Christopher D. Carico is a board certified specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law with over 30 years of legal experience. His practice includes all facets of trusts and estates, and he represents families, individuals, professional trustees, conservators, guardians, and beneficiaries. Mr. Carico is one of a handful of California attorneys with expertise in both the estate tax planning and litigation components of trust and estate law. Because of this dual expertise, Mr. Carico ...

Alan A. Ahdoot is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Alan A., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alan A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Elliot Freier is a Partner and concentrates his practice on the taxation of mergers and acquisitions, establishing and growing companies, bankruptcy and workout taxation and tax controversy representation. Recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers USA, Elliot counsels clients on the taxation of transactions in multiple sectors, including high tech, medical devices, retail, media and entertainment, among others. He has substantial experience advising private equity and other business clie...

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....

Stephanie C. Silvers is recognized by many of her peers as a trailblazer in the world of commercial real estate. Silvers became one of the first women to advance to the position of partner at Pircher and has helped carve the path for the female partners who have followed. Over the past four decades, she has established herself as one of the most trusted attorneys in real estate law and now holds the highest rating available, “AV Preeminent,” in the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review R...

Bruce M. Macdonald is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Bruce M., who practices law in El Segundo, California, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Bruce M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Michael Heimbold is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Michael, who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.