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Address
2530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 310
Santa Monica, California 90403 (Los Angeles Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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5.0
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(Main Office) We represent management in employment-related matters, both pre-litigation and in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, arbitration and mediation. We represent commercial landlords and tenants. We also litigate in the areas of real estate and business issues. We represent all parties to assisted reproduction, including intended parents, gamete and embryo donors, surrogates and agencies. Statement of PracticeLabor and Employment, Employment Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Construction Defect Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Unlawful Detainer, Assisted Reproduction, Bioethics. Year Established: 1997
Firm Size: 1
Representative Clients:Fortune Fashions Industries, LLC
The Outdoor Recreation Group
IN Publications
Visionaire Lighting
Pac Western Real Estate d/b/a Pacific Ocean Properties of California
Financial Asset Trading & Technology of California, LLC.
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Address2530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 310
Santa Monica, CA 90403, (Los Angeles Co.)
PhonePhone: 310-829-0678
Fax: 310-829-5923
Website
http://www.fruchtmanlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Cynthia E. Fruchtman (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, August 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1979); IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1986). Received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for Legal Ability and Ethics. Law Clerk to: The Honorable N. Fred Woods, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, Central District, California, 1986; The Honorable Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1985. Co-Author: "Ethical Aspects of Genetic Testing," 20 Whittier Law Review, No. 2, p. 411 (1998); "Advising California Employers Supplement" (CEB, 2003); "Genetic Testing in Assisted Reproduction," Hastings Center Report (November-December 2003). Author: "Considerations in Surrogacy Contracts," 21 Whittier Law Review, No. 2, p. 429 (1999); "Equal Employment Law Development," CEB Business Law Quarterly (Spring 2004); "Reducing Employer Liability to Whistleblowers", California Business Law Practitioner, Volume 20, No. 4 (CEB Fall, 2005) p. 112; "The Facts of Life: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Child Care Leave Laws for Litigators", Civil Litigation Reporter, Volume 27, No. 3, (CEB June 2005) p.88.; "Reducing Employer Liability to Whistleblowers", California Business Law Practitioner, Volume 20, No. 4 (CEB Fall, 2005) p. 112. "Advising California Lawyers and Employees", (co-authored), Ch. 16 "Whistleblower Issues" CEB 2005), Volume 2, pp1449-1463 and Updates for 2006, 2007 and 2008; "Coping With Leave Laws", California Business Law Practitioner, Volume 23, No. 2 (CEB Spring, 2008) p. 63. Reviewer: Practice Under the California Family Code, Ch. 8a "Parentage" (CEB 2009), pp. 363-423. Visiting Scholar: 9/03-10/03 The Hastings Center for Bioethics, Garrison, New York. Guest Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles Law School, 1987-1990. Adjunct Professor: California State University, Los Angeles, 1991-1992; Whittier Law School, 1993-1997. Mediator, Los Angeles County, Superior and Municipal Courts, 2002-2008. Arbitrator, Los Angeles County Superior and Municipal Courts, 1991-1997. Board Member: The Center for Research & Training in Humane and Ethical Medical Care; Santa Monica/UCLA Medical Center, 2003. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Bioethics Committee, 1987; Co-Chair, 1998-2000); Joint LACBA-LACMA Bioethics Committee, 1998 American Society of Reproductive Medicine; Academy of California Adoption Lawyers/Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers; Society of Assisted Reproduction Professionals; Chicago-Kent Alumni Association of Southern California (Founder); CEB Business & Intellectual Property Law Advisory Committee. Reported Cases: In re Conservatorship of Wendland, 93 Cal.Rptr.2d 550 (2/4/2000), review granted; Bluestein v. Producstion Arts Management, et. al. (DLSE 11/4/99), http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/TAC/24-98.pdf (last accessed 3/14/09); B.U.M. International, Inc. v. Kaplan, (PTO 9/23/97) (not to be cited) http://uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/foia/ttab/2dissues/1997/98027.pdf (last accessed 3/14/2009); Malee Bureerong, et al., v. Tavee Uvawas, et al., 922 F.Supp. 1450 (C.D.CA 1996); Malee Bureerong, et al. v. Tavee Uvawas, et al., 167 F.R.D. 83 (C.D.CA 1996); In re NSB Film Corp., 160 Bankr.Rep. 151 (Bankr.C.D.CA 1993). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Defect Litigation; Landlord and Tenant; Unlawful Detainer; Bioethics; Assisted Reproductive Technology.
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