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| | Address | 1875 Century Park East
Suite 850 (Century City) | | Los Angeles, California 90067 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Schwartz, Wisot & Wilson, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Business Corporate, Civil Litigation, Real Property Transactions, Litigation and Title Insurance, Probate Litigation, Construction Litigation. | | Year Established: 1984 | | Firm Size: 5 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Bruce Edward Schwartz (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Los Angeles City College (A.A., 1967); California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1970); University of San Diego (J.D., 1973); University of Southern California. Author: "A Psychiatrist On Trial For Medical Malpractice," University of West Los Angeles Law Review, 1985. Adjunct Professor of Evidence Law, University of West Los Angeles, 1978—. Los Angeles County Superior Court Settlement Hearing Officer, 1986. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court, 1983. Arbitrator: Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1984—; Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1987—. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Probate), Los Angeles County (Member: Business and Corporate Law Sections; Lawyer-Client Relations Committee, 1982—) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section; Investigator, Office of Trial Counsel, 1986). Practice Areas: Business; Corporate; Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Probate Litigation. Email: Bruce Edward Schwartz | | Valerie Wisot (Member) born Long Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1968); University of California at Los Angeles; University of West Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Guest Lecturer, ABA General Meeting 1988: "Significant Changes in 1987 ALTA Owners Policy," Practicing Law Institute Faculty Member, 1989. Faculty, ABA National Institute, "Attorneys' Role in Title Insurance," 1990. Co Author: "Title Insurance," the American Law of Real Property, Matthew Bender, 1991. Lecturer: Los Angeles Escrow Association, 1990, 1991, 1992; Los Angeles County Bar Association. Speaker, Benjamin S. Crocker Real Property Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2000. Guest Speaker, Title Insurance, Real Estate Transactions, 2003. Member: Beverly Hills (Member: Real Property Section; Business Law Section), Los Angeles County (Member: Real Property Section; Business Law Section; Executive Board, Real Property Section, 2005—) and American (Member: Real Property Section Standing Committee Membership; Residential Task Force, Business Law Section, Title Insurance Section; Committee Chair, Homeowners and Community Association Committee, 1988-1991) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Business Property Council; Association of Real Estate Attorneys; Community Associations Institute; American Land Title Association. Practice Areas: Real Property Transactions; Commercial; Business Law. Email: Valerie Wisot | | John D. Wilson (Member) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., cum laude, 1976); University of West Los Angeles (J.D., with honors, 1980). Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Small Claims Court, 1986-1987. Arbitrator, Los Angeles County Bar, 1990—. Guest Lecturer, Escrow Institute of California, 1994: "Mock Trial For Escrow Offices", California Escrow Association, 1995; "The Role Of The Expert Witness In Escrow Litigation"; "Anatomy of a Lawsuit, Forcing Your Opponent To Show All the Cards Through Discovery," Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1998. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Sections on: Business Law and Real Property) and Los Angeles County (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Construction Law and Real Property Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Property Litigation; Business Litigation; Escrow and Title Insurance Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: John D. Wilson | | —————————— | | Robin B. Ratner (Associate) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1979); Loyola University (Master's of Business Program in Accounting, C.P.A., 1986); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1997); Cornell University, the Sorbonne, Paris, France (Honors Program of International Law and Finance, 1995). Member, Moot Court. Certified Public Accountant, 1986. Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association Inn of Court, 2004-2005. Author: "What is so Unique About Financing a Ground Lease," Real Property Section Reporter, 2004; "Top Ten Leasing Issues," Real Property Section Reporter, 2005. Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Real Property Section, 2004—; Steering Committee, 2006—) and Beverly Hills Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Trial Practice Inn of Court Los Angeles Chapter (Board Member, 2006—); Southern California Complex Litigation Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Probate Litigation; Employment Law Defense; Business Litigation. Email: Robin B. Ratner | | OF COUNSEL | | Paula Reddish Zinnemann (Of Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: Marjorie Webster Junior College (A.A., 1955); University of West Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1983). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Real Property and Civil Procedure. Real Estate Salesperson, California, 1965—. Real Estate Broker, California, 1969—. Author: "Alternatives to Litigation," California Real Estate, July/August, 1990. Member, 1973-1992 and President, 1984, Beverly Hills Board of Realtors. Member, California Association of Realtors, 1976—. President: Real Estate Mediation and Arbitration, 1987—; Westside Exchange Accommodators, Inc., 1987—. Settlement Officer, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1984-1993. Member: California Department of Real Estate, Task Force on Broker Supervision, 1987-1988; Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Southern California Roundtable Steering Committee, 1984-1988; Member of County of Los Angeles Assessment Appeals Board, 1998—. Commissioner, Department of Real Estate, State of California, 2000-2003. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chairperson, Real Estate Brokerage and Escrow Subsection, 1989-1992, Executive Committee, Real Property Section, 1992-1994, Chairperson, Real Property Section, 2005-2006); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Property Law. |
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