Patrick W. Emery

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

Abbas Kazerounian is one of the founding partners at Kazerouni Law Group, APC, and the Injury Recovery Group. Mr. Kazerounian’s areas of specialty are personal injury, consumer rights and class actions.In 2013, 2014, 2015 Abbas was selected by his peers as a rising star and in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 as a Super Lawyer (a prestigious recognition given to only 2.5 percent of the attorneys in the state). He was also voted as a Rising Star by the San Diego Daily Transcript in 2012. Abbas ...

Robert Clayton is a partner at Taylor & Ring. He represents clients in catastrophic personal injury actions in both federal and state courts throughout California. His practice areas include wrongful death; premises liability; dangerous conditions on public and private property (including roadway design issues and structural failures); mass transit accidents involving trains, planes and buses; products liability; motorcycle accidents; vehicular accidents; Uber and Lift cases; scalding/bur...

Matt Easton has been a central figure in some of Easton & Easton’s most prominent cases in recent years, including a 2019 mediated settlement for $20,000,000, a 2016 settlement for $3,060,000, a 2013 settlement for $2,750,000, and two 2017 settlements for $1,875,000 and $1,800,000 — all of which were selected as Top Million-Dollar Settlements in California for their respective years, and which contributed to Matt’s lifetime selection to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates...

Karen Albence is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Karen, who practices law in San Diego, California, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karen is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alison R. Weinberg-Fahey is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Alison R., who practices law in East Palo Alto, California, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alison R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Vito A. Costanzo is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Vito 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 Vito A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alisha Patterson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Land Use and Zoning Law. Alisha, who practices law in Irvine, California, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alisha is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Tiffany Switzer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Tiffany, 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 Tiffany is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Attorney Erin Joyce has extensive experience in State Bar investigations and disciplinary proceedings, plus over thirty years of civil litigation practice. Erin was admitted in 1990 and practiced for nearly eight years in an intellectual property boutique before joining the Office of Chief Trial Counsel as a prosecutor for the State Bar, from 1997 through 2016. Erin has over twenty-five years of experience handling all aspects of discipline cases against attorneys in State Bar Court, from the...