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Conor Teevan
Top-tier talent shouldn’t have to come with a top-tier fee. This is why Conor Teevan combines his top-tier expertise (Yale undergrad, Stanford Law) with affordability. Conor has represented Silicon Valley startups, real estate investors, artists creating companies, and even a child author in need of a book deal. Conor himself started a real estate company with holdings in five states.
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Joshua Kushner
Joshua Kushner has over 20 years of experience advising early, growth and enterprise stage companies in emerging industries. Josh brings a unique mix of legal, business, an... read more
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Sean Lowe
Sean is a tenacious business attorney who graduated at the top of his class from UCLA School of Law. He started his law career by working for a federal judge and a supreme ... read more
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Alexander Nahai
Proud to be in the 98th percentile of attorneys on UpCounsel! Having graduated from the USC Gould School of Law in 2013, and having overseen over $1.2 billion in transactio... read more
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James L. Moultrie Ⅲ
James L. Moultrie III is a partner of the law firm Haysbert | Moultrie LLP. He specializes in business, entertainment, intellectual property, and investments. James possess... read more
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Melissa Kann
Your California Attorney for Startup, Business, Corporate, Arts, Publishing, and Entertainment Matters
Melissa is a California attorney, assisting startups with general ... read more
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Mashian Law
Bryan Mashian is known as one of the top real estate attorneys in Los Angeles. Bryan has practiced law for over thirty-five years and serves as the chair of the AIR CRE Con... read more
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Negeen Roshan Ben-Cohen
Negeen Ben-Cohen is an attorney who specializes in real estate and corporate transactional matters. She has a wealth of experience handling sophisticated, complex transacti... read more
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Ritu Hasan
Ritu Hasan has more than 15 years of experience as a corporate lawyer. She has an LL.M in Banking & Financial Law, as well as a J.D. in law. Ritu has worked with both startup companies and large corporations. She primarily specializes in commercial contracts, with a strong focus on securities and finances. Since January 2016, Ritu has worked as a contract attorney under the name Ritu Hasan Consulting, where she offers legal services to companies of all sizes.
Dana Delman
Dana Delman has nearly 30 years' experience in civil litigation, transactional and appellate matters. She has particular expertise in commercial law, intricate business and... read more
William Mills
Experienced, trusted and ethical, I've represented a variety of large and small businesses, including lawyers and law firms, non-profits, and financial institutions, in gen... read more
Donna Carey
Donna is a Business and Intellectual attorney focusing on contracts, Internet, Patents and trademark matters. Ms Donna's practice includes Intellectual Property portfolio m... read more
Ursula Trimming
Immigration is an area of the law that can have a serious impact on an individual's life and few attorneys understand that better than Ursula Trimming. Ms. Trimming specializes in employment-based working visas and green cards. She can also help with Marriage Green Cards, Fiance/Spouse Visas, and Family Sponsorship. Ms. Trimming provides effective services with compassion and drive.
Jamie Davenport
Jamie Davenport is a business lawyer that specializes in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. She primarily assists startup companies and entrepreneurs overcome legal hurdles, but she is able to assist clients of any size. Jamie is also experienced in dealing with legal matters that concerns trademark and copyright law. Jamie has over 17 years of experience and she is licensed to practice law in California. She has been acting as a solo practitioner since 2012.
Robert W
Robert W is a corporate attorney that primarily specializes in legal matters related to labor and employment law. He has been licensed to practice law in California for over 12 years and has a Juris Doctor degree in law, which he received after graduating from the UCLA School of Law. Robert has been an employment counselor at The Act-1 Group since October 2014. Prior to this position, he was an associate at Ogletree Deakins and Morgan Lewis.
Ayda Aghnami Akalin
Ayda Aghnami Akalin is inspired by the extraordinary talents of her clients. Practicing U.S. Immigration-Nationality Law, Ayda advises foreign entrepreneurs, investors, artists, scientists, and athletes on inbound U.S. immigration and visa matters. For three years running (2013, 2014, 2015) Ayda has been named both a “Rising Star” (Super Lawyer) and Top Immigration Attorney (Pasadena Magazine).
Alishan Jadhavji
Alishan Jadhaviji has been providing legal services to entrepreneurs and startup businesses in California for the past six years. He primarily focuses on commercial contracts, but has extensive experience in all business-related legal matters. Alishan obtained his legal degree from the University Of California at Los Angeles. He founded his own law firm in February 2016. Prior to this position, Alishan was an associate attorney at Hinshaw & Culbertson.
Peter Chang
I've been working with startups in Venice, CA since graduating from Loyola Law School in 2015. Passionately curious, always exploring, and I love solving problems. Taking c... read more
Michelle Kennedy
Michelle Kennedy is an attorney at law with four years of experience. She was recently awarded the Super Lawyers’ Mountain States Rising Star award. Michelle is licensed to practice law in Utah and she obtained her degree in law from the University of Utah S.j. Quinney College of Law. She primarily focuses on startup businesses and creators, with exceptional experience in trademark and copyright law. Michelle founded her own legal firm in November 2015.
Desarie Green
Desarie Green is a corporate law specialist who provides legal assistance to businesses in California. She has more than nine years of experience. Desarie obtained her J.D. in law from the Western State University College of Law in 2006. She has extensive experience in dealing with legal matters related to commercial contracts, business formation and general business operations. Desarie has gained experience during the past few years as an in-house counsel, compliance officer and attorney.
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Joshua Brown
Josh is accomplished, with success negotiating, conducting legal research and analysis, document drafting, and litigating. He evaluates all issues to protect clients, compl... read more
Deborah De Niro
Deborah De Niro is a business lawyer with almost two decades of experience. She is licensed to practice law in California and obtained her legal degree from the University of London in the United Kingdom. Deborah specializes in dealing with legal matters that involve immigration law. She is also experienced in providing legal assistance to start-up companies, as well as entrepreneurs and small businesses. Deborah founded her own law office in January 2003.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeff handles all aspects of litigation with a particular emphasis in employment and investment disputes involving brokerage firms, financial advisors, and investors. He als... read more
Hannah Genton
Hannah is a former start-up attorney turned entrepreneur. After years of practice in one of Silicon Valley's leading law firms, she co-founded CGL, a virtual law firm, that... read more
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Kevin Rivera
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Kevin has 14 years of experience in providing legal advice on employment law issues and conducting workplace investigations. H... read more
Eric Kirkland
Eric Kirkland is a business attorney with a strong entrepreneurial background. He has 26 years of experience. Eric focuses on contracts, intellectual property, strategic partnerships, software licensing and other general business-related legal matters. He is the managing attorney of Kirkland Law and was previously the founder and CEO of Just Cellular Inc. Eric graduated with a Doctor of Law from the Pepperdine School of Law.
Philip Heller
A corporate and commercial transactions counsel, Philip Heller has represented leading digital media, entertainment, and technology companies, including Warner Bros, Hulu, and American Express. He is particularly knowledgeable about SaaS, software licensing, partnerships, and private equity funds. Mr. Heller specializes in negotiations and drafting complex agreements and privacy policies.
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Jonathan Delshad
Employment law affects virtually everyone in the United States. Jonathan Delshad helps both employees and employers deal with the employment law arena. On the business side, Mr. Delshad can help draft employee handbooks, termination agreements, confidentiality agreements, and more. For employees, he specializes in wrongful termination, which could also include harassment and discrimination issues.
Veronica Besmer
Veronica Besmer is Managing Partner at The Besmer Law Firm, in Los Angeles. She specializes in both international and domestic corporate and business law, internet law and e-commerce, and intellectual property law. Veronica speaks English, German, and Czech and has expertise in cross-national business transactions. Currently, she serves as co-vice chair of the California State Bar’s Cyberspace Law Committee.
R. Chris Lim
R. Chris Lim is a litigation attorney with more than 12 years of experience. He is based in Los Angeles, California. Chris received his Juris Doctor degree after graduating from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He is experienced in all business-related legal matters, including lawsuits and disputes. Chris has been an attorney at Los Feliz Law since September 2013. Prior to this position, he served as a law clerk at the US Court of Appeals.
Travis Guevara Kasper
Creativity is important in tax and estate planning and no one knows that better than Travis Guevara Kasper. Mr. Guevara Kasper helps both businesses and individuals with their tax and estate planning needs by providing a tailored experience for each entity. He understands that everyone's financial situation is unique and he approaches it that way. He can also help with general business issues as well.
Anthony Horgan
Anthony Horgan is an entrepreneurial corporate attorney who has been practicing law for the past 16 years. In addition to his experience as an attorney, Anthony is also a skilled businessman. Anthony has been licensed to practice law in California and obtained his degree in law from the Villanova University School of Law. He primary specializes in legal matters that involve securities and finances. Anthony has been serving as a partner at Reliance Law Group since September 2017.
Glenn Weinman
Glenn Weinman is an attorney at law who has more than 37 years of experience. He is licensed to practice law in California and obtained a Juris Doctorate degree from the USC Gould School of Law. Glenn primarily specializes in legal matters that involve labor and employment law. He is also skilled in reviewing, negotiating and drafting commercial contracts. Glenn founded his own law firm in June 2016, where he now acts as the principal attorney.
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Cecelia Turnbeau is a business lawyer who was recently licensed to practice law in California. She obtained her legal degree after graduating from the Pepperdine University School of Law. Cecelia has represented numerous clients, including Dell, American Express and VISA. She primarily focuses on legal research and writing, and is also experienced in dealing with commercial contracts. Between January 2015 and October 2017, Cecelia served as a legal assistant at The D Firm.
Nabil Bisharat
Nabil Bisharat is an attorney at law with almost one decade worth of experience. He is licensed to practice law in California. Nabil has a Juris Doctorate degree in law, which he obtained after he graduated from the University of California at Davis King Hall School of Law. Nabil is exceptionally skilled in legal research and writing. He has represented Medtronic, The Pittsburgh Penguins and many other corporate clients. Nabil served as an associate at Reed Smith between 2010 and 2018.
Marc Weitz
A business attorney who actually knows business. I bring over 20 years of combined experience working in law and on Wall Street to your case. I am committed to understandin... read more
Arthur Lensky
Arthur L. Lensky’s practice has focused on all aspects of civil litigation, with emphasis on business law, corporate law, and personal injury. Mr. Lensky also has an extens... read more
Christine Shin
Christine Shin is a partner in the corporate group at Russ August & Kabat and chair of the M&A practice.
Christine has represented US Fortune 500 companies, int... read more
Ben Kussman
I have been a commercial litigator for over six years, with experience in a number of different areas, commercial contracts, construction, government contracts, class actio... read more
Aryele Maye
I'm a New York barred attorney with an LLM in Fashion Law. I have experience with assisting clients with various intellectual property and contract matters. I've worked wit... read more
Nuzayra Haque
Nuzayra graduated from USC law school with the prestigious Dean's Merit Scholarship. Her practice focuses on branding, trademarks, copyrights, IP infringements, trade secre... read more
Happy Birthday
I completed my undergraduate degree at UCLA graduating magna cum laude and attended law school on a merit scholarship at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. I practi... read more
Ka In Chan
Ms. Chan specializes in Intellectual Property Law. She has experience with filing trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as internationally. ... read more
Michael Shea
I am a supervising attorney with Structure Law Group, a Silicon Valley based firm focused on early stage companies. I was trained at "big law" firms, and have worked both i... read more
Tony Thompson
Tony is an accomplished attorney with 22 years of combined law firm, investment banking and in-house experience in commercial contracts, technology, financing, startups, an... read more
Don Moody
Don Moody is an attorney with over 20 years experience in technology, finance and entertainment. His practice includes IP (patents, trademarks and copyrights), privacy (dat... read more
Dayne Lee
Dayne Lee is an attorney with a decade of experience in politics and community-based movements. Previously, Dayne was an associate with Quinn Emanuel, where he represented ... read more
C. Genevieve Jenkins
C. Genevieve Jenkins is founder and managing attorney of Excelsis Law, P.C. Prior to founding Excelsis Law, P.C., Ms. Jenkins amassed nearly a decade of experience litigati... read more
Arya Mansour
I am a zealous advocate for my clients. I received my Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland, received my Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Certificate from Pepperd... read more
Vicky Huang
Vicky has extensive experience on corporate immigration, including nonimmigrant visa (H-1B, L-1, E-2, O-1, TN, B-1/2, J-1, F-1, etc.) and permanent residency applications (... read more
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