PARTNERS
Michael S. Kalt (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Labor and Employment.Email: Michael S. Kalt
Lois M. Kosch (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: Adelphi University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Class Action Defense.Email: Lois M. Kosch
Frederick W. Kosmo, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1982); University of Southern California (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Labor and Employment; Class Action Defense; Products Liability Defense; Health Care Litigation.Email: Frederick W. Kosmo, Jr.
Meryl C. Maneker (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1990, Virginia; 1992, Georgia; 1997, California. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1983); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Class Action Defense; Labor and Employment; Products Liability Defense; Business Litigation.Email: Meryl C. Maneker
Robert Shields (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois; 2000, California. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1993); Southern Illinois University (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Warranty Law; Heavy Equipment Products Liability.Email: Robert Shields
Vickie E. Turner (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of Nevada (B.S., 1978); University of San Diego (J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Warranty Law.Email: Vickie E. Turner
Claudette G. Wilson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1978); University of California School of Law at Davis (J.D., 1983). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Class Action Defense; Trade Secrets.Email: Claudette G. Wilson
Robin Assaf Wofford (Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1984); North East London Polytechnic College (M.A., 1985); Pepperdine School of Law (J.D., 1988). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Litigation; Class Action Defense; Trade Secrets; Health Care Litigation.Email: Robin Assaf Wofford
Leonid M. Zilberman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1990); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1995). Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Class Action Defense; Trade Secrets.
OF COUNSEL
Theresa Osterman Stevenson (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1982, Maryland; 1984, District of Columbia; 1987, California. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., Journalism, cum laude, 1978; J.D., with honors, 1982). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Products Liability Defense.Email: Theresa Osterman Stevenson
ASSOCIATES
Sotera L. Anderson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1997); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Automotive Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Labor and Employment; Business Litigation.
Krista M. Cabrera (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: California State University, Chico (B.A., 1994); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Krista M. Cabrera
Jessica A. Chasin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1997); University of California, Davis (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment.Email: Jessica A. Chasin
Lisa A. Hill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Class Action Defense.
Hubert Kim (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1994); University of San Diego (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Products Liability; Labor and Employment.Email: Hubert Kim
Dessislava P. Nintcheva (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Guilford College (B.S., with honors, 1995); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1999). Languages: Bulgarian and Russian. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Health Care Litigation.
Robert C. Rodriguez (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Warranty Law; Automotive Products Liability.Email: Robert C. Rodriguez
Christian S. Scott (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: California State University, Hayward (B.S., 1994); University of San Diego (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Warranty Law; Automotive Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability.Email: Christian S. Scott
Mary Philbrook Snyder (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Portland State University (B.A., 1996); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation.