| | Law Firm in Venice, California |
| | Address | | 723 Ocean Front Walk | | Venice, California 90291 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 310-396-0731 | | Fax: 310-399-7040 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.sdshh.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow
Harris & Hoffman LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment Law, Employment Class Actions, Employment Discrimination, Race and Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, Defamation/Slander, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour, Equal Opportunity, Whistleblower, Severance, Negotiations, Civil Rights, Affirmative Actions, Womens Rights, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Consumer Class Actions, First Amendment, Police Misconduct/Brutality, False Arrest/Imprisonment, Landlord Misconduct, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Mass Torts, Tort Defense, Manufacturers Liability, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Motorcycle and Trucking Accidents, Brain and Head Trauma, Severe Injuries, Dog Bites, Sexual Abuse, Negligence, Wrongful Death, Civil Litigation, Mediation, Contracts, Trademark, Copyright, International Litigation. | | Firm Size: 5 | | MEMBERS OF THE FIRM | | Benjamin Schonbrun (Member) born Kfar Sava, Israel, November 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Brooklyn College (B.A., Political Science, 1975); Tel Aviv University; University of West Los Angeles (J.D., 1983). Member: Santa Monica and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Civil Rights Law; Employment Law; Personal Injury Law. Email: Benjamin Schonbrun | | Vincent James DeSimone (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, July 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1981); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1985). Staff Attorney, Westside Legal Services, Santa Monica, California, 1987-1990. Speaker: Trial Tactics and Techniques; Discovery in Police Misconduct Cases; Current Trends in California Employment Litigation; Nuts and Bolts of Employment Settlement Agreements. Reported Cases: Mogilefsky v. Silver Pictures, 20 Cal App. 4th 409 (1993). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Personal Injury; Civil Rights. Email: Vincent James DeSimone | | Michael D. Seplow (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 12, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1985); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1990). Judicial Extern for the Hon. Abner J. Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1989. Associate, Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, Los Angeles, California, 1990-1992. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Griffith v. Davis, 161 F.R.D. 687 (C.D. Cal. 1995); Sanders Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 25 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001); Chism v. County of San Bernardino, 159 F.R.D. 531 (C.D. Cal. 1994). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Products Liability; Defamation. Email: Michael D. Seplow | | Wilmer J. Harris (Member) born Los Angeles, California, April 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., Economics, with distinction, 1986); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1990). Founded the Firm's Pasadena office in 1999. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Moot Court Executive Board. Finalist, Roscoe Pound Competition. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Evidence, Remedies and Moot Court. Florence Wilson Scholar. Law Clerk to the Honorable David W. Williams, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Personal Injury; Civil Rights. Email: Wilmer J. Harris | | Paul L. Hoffman (Member) born New York, N.Y., July 8, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1972); The London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., Econ., 1973); New York University (J.D., 1976). Member: State Bar of California (Committee on Human Rights, 1983-1986; Committee on Private Bar Involvement in Pro Bono Work); California Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Los Angeles Copyright Society. Practice Areas: Civil Liberties; First Amendment; Civil Appeals; Trial Practice; Criminal Appeals; Civil Rights. |
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