Jonathan Menkes

Kevin D. Bland is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kevin D., who practices law in Costa Mesa, California, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kevin D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeff Garfinkle represents secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, equity receivers, debtors, and other parties in a variety of bankruptcy, restructuring cases and collection matters, including out of court workouts. Jeff also specializes in matters pertaining to Articles 2 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and asset sales of bankrupt and financially-troubled companies.

Steven M. Hanle is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Steven M., who practices law in Newport Beach, California, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Steven M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jason de Bretteville is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Securities and Qui Tam Law. Jason, who practices law in Newport Beach, California, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jason is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

In 2023, Mark E. Minyard received the Orange County Bar Association's Franklin G. West Award, the OCBA's highest honor, presented to outstanding attorneys and judges whose lifetime achievements have advanced justice and the law. In 2023, Mark was selected by the Daily Journal as the only Orange County lawyer listed as a Top 20 Family Law attorney in the State of California. In 2024, Mark E. Minyard was appointed to the Orange County Collaborative Courts Foundation. The foundation provides sup...

Patrick D. McCalla is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Patrick D., who practices law in Irvine, California, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Patrick D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Assal Assassi is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Assal, who practices law in Costa Mesa, California, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Assal is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Denisha P. McKenzie is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Denisha P., who practices law in Irvine, California, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Denisha P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gabriel Mendoza is a Partner at Easton & Easton, LLP, who has been serving as a Personal Injury Attorney for Easton & Easton since 2016. Gabriel's passion to seek justice for personal injury victims drew him to Easton & Easton. Prior to law school, Gabriel was a paralegal for a personal injury law firm, where he experienced firsthand the inequities of a system that desired to take advantage of victims who had been harmed by the negligence of others, which sought to pay these victi...

Michelle Reinglass is a full-time mediator with Judicate West, one of Southern California’s leading providers of dispute resolution services. She exclusively handles mediations, with a large emphasis on labor and employment matters (discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of all types: sex, disability, race, age, national origin and ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.), wage and hour (class actions and individual cases), PAGA, whistleblowing, defamation, contract, etc.; as well as b...