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| | Address | | 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 4200 | | Los Angeles, California 90017 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
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| Yoka & Smith, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General, Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1995 | Firm Profile:
Yoka & Smith, LLP is a firm of trial attorneys dedicated to providing the highest quality representation in civil litigation matters. Founded in 1995, the firm specializes in trial practice and the defense of general tort litigation, including personal injury, products liability, premises liability, business and transactional, professional malpractice, insurance, employment, construction defect, subrogation, and toxic and environmental torts. The firm's focus is upon providing its clients with zealous protection of their interests on a cost-effective basis, providing both results and value. | | Firm Size: 13 | Representative Clients:
American Household, Inc.; AMF Bowling Centers, Inc.; Colorado Casualty; Conmed Corporation; Continental Tire North America, Inc.; Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; County of Los Angeles; Denman Tire Corporation; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation; ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.; Jenkins/Athens Insurance Services; J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Manchester Tank & Equipment Company; Marlin Firearms; McKesson Water Products Company; Old Republic Insurance Company; Quanta Services, Inc.; R. Pernecky Management Corporation; Reckitt & Coleman, Inc.; Sigma Chi Fraternity; US Xpress; USB PaineWebber; Wausau Insurance Companies; Weider Nutrition Group, Inc.; Weider Health and Fitness; Unigard Insurance; Esurance; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.; Swift Transportation. | | Walter M. Yoka (Member) born Steubenville, Ohio, June 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: California State University at Los Angeles (B.A., 1977); Southwestern University (J.D., 1980). Member, Product Liability Advisory Counsel. Appointed, 2003, by Chief Justice Ronald George, to the Judicial Council Blue Ribbon Panel of Experts on the Fair and Efficient Administration of Civil Cases. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Judicial Appointment Committee) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (President, 2002); Defense Research Institute; International Society of Barristers; California Defense Counsel (President, 2005). Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Employment Law; Wrongful Termination; Business Torts. Email: Walter M. Yoka | | Stephen H. Smith (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, December 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Suffolk University (J.D., 1981). Phi Alpha Theta. Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2000—. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Propane Gas Defense Association; Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association; Western Propane Gas Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Business Litigation. Email: Stephen H. Smith | | David T. McCann (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, August 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1979); Southwestern University (J.D., 1984). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Device Litigation; Governmental Law. Email: David T. McCann | | Anthony F. Latiolait (Member) born Los Angeles, California, December 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1983); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 1986). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Research and Writing, and Civil Procedure Seminar. Law Clerk, Los Angeles Superior Court, Law Departments, 1986-1987. Member: Pasadena, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Employment Law; Wrongful Termination; Business Torts. Email: Anthony F. Latiolait | | Christopher Edward Faenza (Member) born Worchester, Massachusetts, March 15, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, New York; 2000, California. Education: Penn State University (B.S., Acctg., 1988); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Pasadena and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Business Litigation; ADA Defense Litigation. Email: Christopher Edward Faenza | | —————————— | | Christopher P. Leyel (Associate) born Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, January 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1986); Loyola University, Los Angeles (J.D., 1992). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Email: Christopher P. Leyel | | Daniel F. McCann (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Santa Clara University (B.S., 1987); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Japan America Society. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Employment Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Daniel F. McCann | | Barbara S. Harper (Associate) born Camden, New Jersey, June 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B.A., 1998); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Premises Liability; Products Liability; Torts; Eminent Domain. Email: Barbara S. Harper | | Sarah L. Harrison (Associate) born Pasadena, California, October 18, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., 1998); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Premises Liability; Torts; Litigation. Email: Sarah L. Harrison | | Rory D. Leos (Associate) born Glendora, California, February 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., Political Science, 1999); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Moot Court. Moot Court Board of Governors, 2002-2003. Alumni Leadership Scholar, University of California, Berkeley. Southwestern University Law Review, 2002-2003. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Complex Litigation; Torts; Professional Liability. Email: Rory D. Leos | | Kelly M. Douglas (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, May 16, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., Economics, 1999); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Business Litigation; Professional Liability. Email: Kelly M. Douglas | | Elizabeth A. Kurtz (Associate) born Santa Monica, California, June 27, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 2000); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: American Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability. Email: Elizabeth A. Kurtz | | Timothy Robert McCormick (Associate) born Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1996); Southwestern University Law School (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Casualty Defense; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Timothy Robert McCormick | | Peter W. Felchlin (Associate) born Pasadena, California, December 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1972); Southwestern Law School (J.D., 1978). Faculty Member, Liberty Mutual Attorney Training Program, 1999-2006. Formerly with: Ruiz Felchlin Jardine Sinatra & Houston; Sherlock & Felchlin; Haley & Bennett; Murchison & Cumming. Member, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1982-1998 and 2007. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. | | Mary Childs (Associate) born Orlando, Florida, April 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.S., 1983); University of West Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Formerly with: Wait & Childs; Dryden, Margoles, Schimaneck, Kelly & Wait. Practice Areas: Torts; Trucking Defense; Premises Liability; Fraternity Liability; Construction Defects. Email: Mary Childs | | Dana K. Etre (Associate) born Worcester, Massachusetts, May 4, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Hartford (B.A., 2001); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Roger J. Traynor Honor Society. Editor, Pacific McGeorge Global Business and Development Law Journal, 2005-2006. Transnational Lawyer. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense. Email: Dana K. Etre | | Kathy A. Schmeckpeper (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, March, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1997); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2001). Formerly with Stroock, Stroock & Lavan; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Torts; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Kathy A. Schmeckpeper | | Aaron G. Capps (Associate) born Long Beach, California, October 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A., Political Science, 1997); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: General Casualty Defense; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Construction Defects Litigation; Defense of Government Entities. Email: Aaron G. Capps |
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