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Michael is a partner in the trust, estate and inheritance disputes team at Withers Bergman LLP and is the regional division leader of the US private client and tax team. Michael has extensive experience representing individuals, families, charities, corporate trustees, private professional fiduciaries and creditors in litigation involving complex trusts and estates. Michael’s diverse practice includes will and trust contests, accounting disputes, breach of duty actions, elder abuse and ...
Mark D. Kemple is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Mark D., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2016. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mark D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Matthew Gershman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Real Estate and Litigation - Trusts and Estates. Matthew, 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 Matthew is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Gregory W. Knopp is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Gregory W., who practices law in Los Angeles, California, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gregory W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Skillfully navigates complex and controversial development and infrastructure projects. More than 25 years of experience helping clients accomplish their land use, environmental law and litigation goals. Significant experience in CEQA matters. Diane offers her clients—developers, investors, cities and other private sector clients—land use and environmental law counsel, as well as proven litigation skills. With a deep understanding of public agency administrative processes, she str...
Morgan Ricketts is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Morgan, who practices law in Pasadena, California, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Morgan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Dora R. Arash is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Dora R., 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 Dora R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
As chair of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones’s post confirmation practice group, Mr. Caine oversees the entire spectrum of claims and avoidance litigation for debtors, creditors committees, trustees, liquidation or post-confirmation trusts, and defendants, from “mega cases” to smaller, individual matters. While many lawyers handle this type of work few, if any, can produce outstanding recoveries for all parties by calling upon the same case experience and litigation backgro...
H. Mark Mersel is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy. H. Mark, 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 H. Mark is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Steven M. Spector’s practice focuses on receiverships and assignments for the benefits of creditors as well as other alternative methods of managing or liquidating businesses, he also represents debtors and creditors in reorganization proceedings and represents banks and financial institutions in bankruptcy and state court. Mr. Spector also represents lenders as well as buyers and sellers in transactional matters.
Ivan Kallick’s bankruptcy, insolvency and workout practice concentrates on large reorganization cases and bankruptcy litigation. He represents a broad range of stakeholders, including debtors, creditors, creditors' committees, franchisors, real estate enterprises and large corporate/institutional interests.
Ms. Cho has more than twenty years' experience advising debtors, creditors’ committees, creditors, and purchasers. She has represented some of the largest companies in America to restructure billions of dollars of debt, acquirers of assets out of bankruptcy, and dozens of committees of unsecured creditors across a variety of industries. Ms. Cho also has significant experience representing U.S. debtors involved in cross-border proceedings and has also represented foreign creditors, inclu...
Lourdes DeArmas is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Lourdes, who practices law in Beverly Hills, California, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lourdes is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Farhad Bahar represents commercial finance companies, commercial banks, hedge funds, factors and other lenders in complex, secured and unsecured, single lender, club or syndicated, commercial loans, asset-based transactions, factoring, trade finance, acquisition finance, film finance, charter school finance, health care finance, public finance and letter of credit transactions. He also has extensive experience in workouts, debtor-in-possession financing, reorganization financing, inter-credit...
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.