MEMBERS OF FIRM
Stacy D. Phillips (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., cum laude, with high distinction, 1980); Columbia University (J.D., 1983). Recipient: "Women to Watch," Jewish Women International; Women of Achievement Award, Family Law and Mediation, Century City Chamber of Commerce, 2001, 2002; Representative, Pro Bono Panel for Abused and Neglected Children Pacific Associates, Mediators of Children's Issues in Divorce, 1986; Listed: The Best of the Bar, The Los Angeles Business Journal 2007; Top 50 Female Super Lawyers of Southern California, 2005-2008; 50 Women Litigators, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2003-2004; Top 75 Women Litigators, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2005-2007; Top Twenty List of Attorneys Under 40 Years Old, The Los Angeles Daily Journal-California Law Business, 1998. Named: Los Angeles Daily Journal, "The 50 Most Powerful Woman in Los Angeles Law," May, 1998; "500 Leading Lawyers in America," Lawdragon, 2006 and 2007; "Southern California Super Lawyer," 2004-2008; Los Angeles Area's Best Lawyers, Los Angeles Times West Magazine, 2006 and 2007. Ranked: Top 100 voter-getters, Los Angeles Magazine, 2006-2008. Recipient: Women of Action Award, Israel Cancer Research Fund, 2000; Patricia McClure Award, Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, 2001; Women Who Make a Difference Award, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2001; Women of Achievement 2001, B'nai Zion; Columnist for Yahoo! Personals and Divorce magazine; Commentator: National Televisions and Radio shows, ABC News' "20/20," "Good Morning America," Entertainment Tonight, Court TV (radio and television) and Fox News: Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine and California Family Law Monthly. Author: Divorce: It's All About Control-How To Win The Emotional, Psychological and Legal Wars, ExecuProv Press, 2005, www.controlyourdivorce.com. Founder, Adopt-a-Center program that offers assistance for one non-profit a year, 1999-; Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court; Member: Board of Director, Legal Momentum; Board of Governors, Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services; Board of Trustees, Alternative Living for the Aging; Chancery Club Member. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Family Law Section); Los Angeles County (Member: Alternative Dispute Resolutions Committee, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Family Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (member, Child Custody and Visitation Committee). (Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). (Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Family Law; Custody; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Stacy D. Phillips
Peter A. Lauzon (Member) born Montreal, Canada, April 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1986); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1990). Member: Los Angeles City Park Advisory Board, 1998-2000; Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles City Voluntary Neighborhood Oversight Committee, 1999-2000. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Family Law Section), Los Angeles County (Member, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Family Law Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Family Law Section). Practice Areas: Family Law; International Child Custody.Email: Peter A. Lauzon
Marc Lerner (Member) born Los Angeles, California, March 7, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971). Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court, Family Law. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Family Law Section) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Richards v. Superior Court; Rossi v. Superior Court. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Marc Lerner
Grace A. Jamra (Member) born Damascus, Syria, September 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, California, U.S District Court, Central District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Whittier College (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1991). Whittier Scholars Program. Recipient, Economics Fellowship Award, 1985. State Finalist, American Trial Lawyers Association, 1990. Co-Author: "MCLE Self Study: New Procedures And Protections In Family Law," California Lawyer, August 1996; "Support Checks," Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 13, 1996; "Yours or Ours," Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 13, 1996; "Hide and Seek, The Unconditional Nature of Support for Minor Children," Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 8, 1997. Mediator, Los Angeles County Superior Court. Founder and President, Whittier Law School Alumni Network, 1995-1998. Secretary, Whittier Law School Alumni Board of Directors, 1995-1998. Vice President, Whittier Alumni Board of Directors, 1998-2000. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Family Law Section), Los Angeles County (Member, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Family Law Section); Los Angeles Women's Clinic & Counseling Center (Member, Board of Directors, 1999); Free Arts for Abused Children (Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2003); Women of Los Angeles; Professional Network Group. Languages: Armenian and Arabic. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Grace A. Jamra
Azita Avedissian (Member) born Tehran, Iran, March 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1986); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Family Law Section) and Los Angeles County (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Family Law Section). Languages: French, Farsi (Persian), Armenian. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Azita Avedissian
Ram F. Cogan (Member) born Tel-Aviv, Israel, September 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984) Phi Beta Kappa; University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1987). Articles Editor, U.C.L.A. Environmental Law Journal. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Family Law Litigation Section); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Ram F. Cogan
OF COUNSEL
Gerald F. Phillips (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, May 3, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, New York; 1988, California, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1947); Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Hanover, N.H. (M.B.A., 1947); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1950). Counsel to, 1951-1979, and Vice-President, 1976-1979, United Artists Corporation. General Counsel of the J. Arthur Rank Organization, 1955-1968. Author of various articles concerning the entertainment industry including "The Recent Acquisition of Theatre Circuits by Major Distributors," Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Vol. 5, No. 3, Winter, 1987; "Block Booking - Perhaps Forgotten, Perhaps Misunderstood, But Still Illegal," Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, Vol. 6, No. 1, Summer, 1987. Author of various articles concerning ADR including: "The Entertainment Industry is Accepting ADR," Entertainment Law Reporter, Vol.21 No.1, June 1999; "A Look at ADR in the Entertainment Industry," AAA Dispute Resolution Journal, May 1999; "Alternative Dispute Resolution-Second Stage: Providing for Both Mediation and Arbitration," Los Angeles Daily Journal, p.7, July 23, 1997; "Standard Procedures Modifying Generic Arbitration Provisions," Los Angeles Daily Journal, p7, November 26, 1997; "Survey Shows Hollywood Warming up to ADR," AAA Dispute Resolution Journal, Winter 1997-1998; "New Role-The Entertainment Industry is Starting to Realize the Benefits of Resolving Disagreements Outside the Courtroom," Los Angeles Daily Journal-Verdicts and Settlements, January 30, 1998; "Is Creeping Legalism Infecting Arbitration," Dispute Resolution Journal, Feb/April, 2003; "Time Bandits," Los Angeles Lawyer, March 2001; "Reviewing A Law Firm's Billing Practices," The Professional Lawyer, Fall 2001; "The Obligation of Attorneys to Inform Clients about ADR," Professional Lawyer, Vol. 14, Issue Number 4; Author: "Same-Neutral Med-Arb: What Does the Future Hold," AAA Dispute Resolution Journal, May/June 2005; "May Arbitrators Suggest Mediation," AAA Dispute Resolution, November/January 2007; "It's More than Just Med-Arb: Transitional Arbitrators, Alternatives Vol. 23, Number 9, October 2005; "A Case Study Demonstrates How the Entertainment Business and Everyone Else-Can Benefit by Using Hybrid Med-Arb Processes," Alternatives Vol. 25, Number 4, April 2007. Co-Author: with Gary Abrams, "Out of Court," Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 23, 1998; with Tom Orewyler, "Mediator Profile," May 15, 1998. Recipient, 50 Top Neutrals in California, Los Angeles Daily Journal, 2003. "Five Cases That Shook Hollywood," Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, 2002. Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law. Lecturer, The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Director, 1982-1988 and Chairman, 1984-1988, WNYC Foundation. Chairman, Law Committee of Motion Picture Association of America, 1975-1984. Senior Vice President of American Multi Cinema, Inc., 1988-1990. Member, Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators: American Arbitration Association, Los Angeles Commercial/Business Mediation Panel, Los Angeles Entertainment Panel and Los Angeles Commercial Large Complex Panel, and Independent Film and Television Alliance (Formerly AFMA), Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel's List of Arbitrators, World Intellectual Property Organization. Settlement Hearing Officer of the Court of Appeals of the State of California, Second Appellate District. Mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court Commercial Provider Program and Appeals Committee Reviewer in the Remedial Plan for Prudential Policyholders. Member: Beverly Hills (Chair, Council of Sections and Committees; Member, Conflict Resolution Section); Los Angeles County (President, Dispute Resolutions Services, 2004; Recipient, Griffen Bell Volunteer Services Award, 2003); American (Chair, Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1986-1989). Practice Areas: Mediation; Arbitration; Entertainment law.Email: Gerald F. Phillips
Kelly Bowles Gray (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, April 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, Colorado. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Member, Executive Board, Moot Court Honors Board, 1985. National Director, Celebrities Against Cancer, American Cancer Society, 1981-1984. Member: San Mateo County (Member, Family Law Section) and Los Angeles County (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law.
ASSOCIATES
Kay West (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, Slavic Languages and Russian Literature, 1972); Loyola University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. St. Thomas More Honor Society. Member, Loyola Law Review. Former Research Attorney, Family Law Department, Los Angeles County Superior Court. Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Kay West
Robyn C. Santucci (Associate) born Greenville, Mississippi, October 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1995); Loyola College of Maryland (M.S., 1997); University of San Francisco (J.D., 2001). Member: Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law(100%).Email: Robyn C. Santucci
Michael B. Hanasab (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, May 30, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 2003); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Michael B. Hanasab
Karnig G. Dukmajian (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, October 29, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: California State University (B.A., 2004); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2007). Languages: Armenian.Email: Karnig G. Dukmajian
Jeffrey P. Bollinger (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, October 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2004, New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1988); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Formerly with: Schuchman and Marshall; Fox and Fox. Member: Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations; Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles; Multicultural Alliance of Southern California. Practice Areas: Family Law(100%); Divorce; Child Support; Spousal Support; Child Custody; Visitation Rights; Paternity; Domestic Violence.Email: Jeffrey P. Bollinger
LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Niki Horwitch born Los Angeles, California, March 14, 1947; Education: University of California (B.A., 1968; Attorney Assistant Training-Litigation Training Assistant Certificate, 1984). Practice Areas: Family Law.Email: Niki Horwitch