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Alison L. Plessman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Alison L., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alison L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Behram V. Parekh is an attorney at Wisner Baum in the firm’s Los Angeles office, where he focuses his practice on mass torts, products liability, and class action litigation. A seasoned attorney with over 30 years of experience litigating complex class action and mass tort cases, Behram has represented individuals and institutions in high-stakes litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He has earned appointments as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous cases involving consumer fraud,...

Cliff Melnick is a Partner at Keystone Law Group, P.C. where his practice focuses on trust, estate and conservatorship litigation. With more than 23 years of litigation experience overall, including the last 18 years in probate, Cliff has successfully represented a broad range of clients state-wide including trustees, beneficiaries, executors, administrators, conservators, guardians, private professional fiduciaries, life insurance companies, and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining Key...

Jeff Rosenfeld brings clients three decades of experience handling complex commercial litigation and understands how costly such disputes can be to a company’s bottom line. He is adept and experienced at preemptively ending expensive disputes by negotiating favorable settlements before litigation and by securing early dismissal. Jeff, partner-in-charge of Alston & Bird’s Los Angeles office, focuses his practice on trial and appellate litigation, with an emphasis on class actio...

Naeun Rim is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Naeun, 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 Naeun is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Carolyn has experience with advising investors in virtually all aspects of their film, television, interactive gaming and other finance and distribution matters. She represents domestic and international financial institutions, funds, high net worth individuals and media and entertainment companies in their corporate, intellectual property and entertainment-related transactions. Carolyn routinely counsels clients on the legal and business issues of entertainment financing transactions, includ...

Michael A. Sherman is a Partner and Chair of the Firm's Business Litigation Practice. Michael brings decades of experience in successfully handling disputes and litigation in an extraordinarily diverse array of industries and businesses. His peers in the legal community describe Michael as the consummate trial lawyer, and he approaches every trial as an opportunity to tell his client’s story, in order to win. In an era of “specialization” in the legal profession, Michael has...

Dan Laidman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - First Amendment and Media Law. Dan, 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 Dan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jeffrey R. Lamb is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Jeffrey R., 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 Jeffrey R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Roland Tellis is the Chair of Baron & Budd’s Los Angeles-based Class Action Practice Group and co-manages the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on complex, high-profile litigation, including consumer class actions, financial fraud, business torts, corporate misconduct, automobile defects, securities fraud and environmental contamination. He has held leadership roles in numerous multi-district, complex class action cases, including: Appointed Co-Lead Counsel in In...