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Address
601 South Figueroa Street, Twenty-Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017-5759 (Los Angeles Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
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(Main Office) Jones, Bell, Abbott, Fleming & Fitzgerald L.L.P. is engaged in a sophisticated business and litigation practice. The firm, located in the downtown Los Angeles financial district, is the successor to a firm that originated in Los Angeles during the early 1900's. The firm's practice includes business litigation, class actions, securities, litigation and arbitration, real estate, environmental, employment and probate law, as well as broker litigation in the insurance, real estate, and securities fields. The firm's corporate practice provides business planning advice and counseling to its clients on all aspects of business law. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Business Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Environmental, Estate and Trust and Elder Abuse Litigation, Real Estate and Securities Law. Representation Before Administrative and Regulatory Tribunals. Firm Size: 16
Representative Clients:Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
TD Ameritrade, Inc.
Pacific Life Insurance Corp.
LPL Financial Corp.
Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Sunbeam Products, Inc.
K2, Inc.
IDS Real Estate Group
The Black & Decker Corporation
Southwest California Synod, ELCA
Risk Strategies Company
Crowell, Weedon & Co.
Kwikset
National Association of Independent Broker Dealers, Inc.
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Address601 South Figueroa Street, Twenty-Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-5759, (Los Angeles Co.)
PhonePhone: 213-785-6844
Telecopier: 213-689-1004
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Website
http://www.jonesbell.com
Maurice Jones, Jr. (1902-1987).
Eugene W. Bell (1926-1996).
Michael J. Abbott (Member) born Madison, Wisconsin, July 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1973, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1966); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1972). Author: "Discovery and Evidentiary Issues in NASD Arbitrations," Los Angeles County Bar and U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 31st Annual Securities Regulation Seminar, 1998; Informal Discovery - What Works? What is Ethical?" California Litigation, the Journal of the Litigation Section, State Bar of California, 2000. Judicial Arbitrator, Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1985. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1986. Arbitrator, National Futures Association, 1989. Member: Los Angeles County and American (Co-chair, Subcommittee on Court Annexed Rules of the ADR Committee, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; The Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Securities Industry Association (Member, Legal and Compliance Division). Practice Areas: Business Law; Securities Litigation.Email: Michael J. Abbott
G. Thomas Fleming III (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, July 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1976). Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1982. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, 1986. Arbitrator, National Futures Association, 1989. Member: The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Securities; Business Litigation; Business Arbitration; Real Estate; Regulatory Matters.Email: G. Thomas Fleming III
Kevin K. Fitzgerald (Member) born Emporia, Kansas, May 9, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Duke University (J.D., 1981). Staff Member, 1979-1980 and Editorial Board Member, 1980-1981, Duke Law Journal. Arbitrator, National Futures Association, 1989. Member: The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Securities; Broker-Dealer Litigation.Email: Kevin K. Fitzgerald
Craig R. Bockman (Member) born Woodstock, Illinois, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1979); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1982). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law. Author: "Business Torts: The (Correct) Statute of Limitations for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Under California Law," 16 Cal. Bus. Law News 9, Winter 1994. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1988-2008. Arbitrator, National Futures Association, 1990. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Craig R. Bockman
Fredrick A. Rafeedie (Member) born Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1984); Santa Monica College; University of Southern California (J.D., 1988). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Securities; Employment Law; Business Litigation; Class Actions; Real Estate; Appellate Practice; Arbitration.Email: Fredrick A. Rafeedie
Trenton J. Hill (Member) born Salem, Oregon, February 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1985); University of Southern California (J.D., 1989). Author: "How to Distance Yourself From a Lawsuit," Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Professional Report, Fall 1998. Arbitrator: National Futures Association; Los Angeles Superior Court. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Trenton J. Hill
John L. Erikson, Jr. (Member) born San Mateo, California, March 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1993; J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate.Email: John L. Erikson, Jr.
William M. Turner (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, October 26, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1994); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Appellate Courts Committee. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Class Actions; Unfair Competition.Email: William M. Turner
Usman S. Mohammed (Member) born Los Angeles, California, November 5, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Recipient, Dean's Scholarship. Member, Pepperdine Law Review. Co-Author: with G. Thomas Fleming III, "NYSE Rules 405, the `Know your Customer' rule: Current Application and Limitations," Securities Arbitration Commentator, Vol. XII, #5. Languages: Hindi and Urdu. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Transactions; Commercial Litigation.Email: Usman S. Mohammed
Joseph R. Becerra (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1996); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.
OF COUNSELRichard F. Miller (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, May 9, 1937; admitted to bar, 1964, California; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction, 1959; LL.B., 1963). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Pasadena, Los Angeles County (Member, Trust and Probate Law Section) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section). (Also Practices Individually in Pasadena; Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Probate Law; Estate Planning.Email: Richard F. Miller
Michael J. Gill (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, November 9, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Redlands (A.B., 1966); Loyola University (J.D., 1969). Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Probate and Trust Law Section; Executive Committee, 1984-1987, 1996-1998), Orange County (Member, Sections on: Probate and Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Law; Secretary and Vice Chairman, 1973-1975) and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Probate and Trust Administration; Conservatorship; Financial; Elder Abuse; Recovery; Estate Planning.Email: Michael J. Gill
Karen Maarse Fitzgerald (Of Counsel) born Pasadena, California, December 3, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1987). Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Trusts and Estates Section); Los Angeles Estate Planning Counsel; Pasadena Bar Association; Fiduciary Roundtable of the San Gabriel Valley. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Probate Litigation.Email: Karen Maarse Fitzgerald
ASSOCIATESPeter W. Howell (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Virginia Wesleyan College (B.A., 2001); University of Southern California (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Peter W. Howell
Kasumi L. Takahashi (Associate) born Japan; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 2002); Chapman University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Business Law; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation.Email: Kasumi L. Takahashi
Mahvish Z. Madad (Associate) born Calgary, Canada; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., magna laude, 2005); Pepperdine University (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Business Transactions.Email: Mahvish Z. Madad
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