Category Archives: California Attorneys
Julian Duarte
Julian Duarte is an associate at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses primarily on complex employment matters and class actions. Prior to joining the firm Mr. Duarte defended public entities regarding employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and […]
Victor Balladares
Victor Balladares is an associate at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is an experienced litigator with extensive involvement in prosecuting and defending commercial, business, and complex litigation disputes in federal courts, state courts, and arbitration. Prior to joining […]
Jeffrey Pomerance
Jeffrey Pomerance is a partner in the Business Transactions & Corporate Law department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Jeffrey has experience representing and advising businesses, management, investors, entrepreneurs throughout the business “life cycle”- from start-up through sale/dissolution. […]
Christopher Muno
Christopher Muno is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Mr. Muno has broad real estate transactional experience representing institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial […]
Edward Weiman
Edward Weiman is Of Counsel in the law firm of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is a seasoned entertainment, media, and intellectual property lawyer with over twenty-five years of litigation experience. Mr. Weiman has handled a wide […]
James Gilbert
James Gilbert is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He has extensive experience in state and federal courts, and has represented clients at both the trial court and appellate level. With over thirty years of legal […]
Steven Zidell
Steven Zidell is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Mr. Zidell’s practice focuses on transactional real estate and corporate matters. He has published several articles on real estate and business law topics. Mr. Zidell has been […]
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf is the founder and managing partner of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He works with a variety of commercial enterprises, helping them with a diverse and wide scope of legal matters. Mr. Wolf’s expertise includes the […]
Matthew Wolf
Matthew E. Wolf is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on counseling start-up businesses, small to medium-sized companies, and individuals in connection with a broad range of transactional matters. Matthew advises clients in […]
Norman Wisnicki
Norman Wisnicki is a partner of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, and practices in various areas of civil, homeowner association, real estate, and construction litigation. Mr. Wisnicki employs efficient and effective strategies to achieve maximum results for his […]
Ross Winn
Ross Winn is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP working primarily in the areas of estate planning, tax, and business law. Through his multi-disciplinary approach, he assists clients with all aspects of estate and income tax […]
Johnny White
Johnny White is a partner in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, where he focuses primarily on bankruptcy and insolvency litigation. Mr. White has extensive experience in state and federal court across a variety of […]
Kelly Weil
Kelly Weil is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP and a member of the community association and real estate law departments. She has significant experience in representing homeowner associations and other clients in all types of […]
Adam Weg
Adam Weg is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, with a practice that focuses on complex business, real estate, antitrust and trade secret matters, cross-border international arbitration disputes and sophisticated insurance […]
Neal Tabachnick
Neal Tabachnick is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on representing creative talent, production and distribution interests in production, distribution, and licensing agreements in all facets of entertainment and digital media.
Mindy Sheps
Mindy Sheps is a senior partner in the firm and is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group, with over 25 years of diverse experience in the area of transactional real estate, advising clients in all aspects of real […]
Daniel Shapiro – Retired
Daniel Shapiro co-founded the partnership known as Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP which has successfully served its clients for more than 35 years. Although full-service, the firm has earned an impressive reputation in Southern California as one of […]
Sahil Shah
Sahil Shah is a senior associate with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP and practices within the firm’s Real Estate and Community Associations departments. His practice focuses on transactional real estate and finance including all aspects of the purchase […]
Brian Schall
Brian Schall is a partner in the Entertainment Law department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP with over 20 years of experience as an entertainment lawyer. Throughout his career, Mr. Schall has advised and guided the careers of […]
Jason Sampas
Jason Sampas is an associate at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on real estate, general business transactional matters, and related tax matters. In addition to him being a licensed attorney in both California and Florida, Mr. Sampas is a […]
Brandon Sadigh
Brandon Sadigh is an associate at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on a range of litigation matters. While Mr. Sadigh primarily works on matters which involve real estate and construction defect litigation, he has experience handling […]
Mark Rosenbaum
Mark Rosenbaum is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, and is manager of the commercial collections and foreclosure department. He represents small businesses, individuals, as well as international companies, in litigation matters. Mr. Rosenbaum’s expertise provides […]
Michael Schulman
Michael Schulman is a partner in both the Las Vegas office and Los Angeles office of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is the leader of the firm’s Nevada Community Associations practice. Mr. Schulman regularly acts as counsel […]
John Samberg
John Samberg is a partner in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP. John enjoys a diverse practice and handles cases throughout Nevada and California. Through admission pro hac vice John has represented clients in numerous […]
Marc Rohatiner
Marc Rohatiner is a partner in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. As a business litigator and trial attorney, Mr. Rohatiner has over 40 years’ experience representing parties with contract-based disputes in all industries. His […]
Robert Rivas
Robert Rivas is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He represents clients in global intellectual property portfolios including the protection of trademarks and trade dress and implementation of anti-counterfeit strategies. He is also seasoned in cross-border […]
Roy Rifkin – Retired
Roy Rifkin is of counsel in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Mr. Rifkin handles a variety of litigation matters for corporate and entertainment clients, as well as in the areas of real estate and […]
Michael Rabkin
Michael Rabkin is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, and is the manager of the firm’s Real Estate Department and Community Associations Department. His practice involves all aspects of real estate transactions, including purchase and sale […]
Joseph Petro
Joseph Petro is a corporate partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He represents sole proprietors, small to mid-sized businesses and privately-owned entities and organizations in a variety of areas. Having a master’s degree in business administration, Mr. […]
Matthew Oster
Matt Oster is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Matt has extensive experience defending and prosecuting complex civil actions in the California federal and state courts with an emphasis […]
Daniel Medioni
Daniel Medioni is an associate in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice is focused primarily on complex civil litigation, real estate, community associations, commercial collections, foreclosures, bankruptcy and alternative dispute matters. In 2022, […]
Leslie Steven Marks – Retired
Leslie Steven Marks is Of Counsel with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He was a former partner of the firm and managed the firm’s litigation department. Mr. Marks currently serves as a full time “Neutral” in connection with […]
Jay-Jay Lord
Jay-Jay Lord is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, where he practices in the areas of entertainment law, intellectual property law, and contract law. Mr. Lord represents recording artists and songwriters, social media influencers, record labels, […]
Eric Levinrad
Eric Levinrad is a partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He focuses his practice on complex business litigation and intellectual property litigation, including trademark, copyright and trade secret cases and has considerable experience litigating class actions, probate […]
Elsa Horowitz
Elsa Horowitz is a partner in the litigation department of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Her practice focuses on business, real estate and commercial litigation, provisional remedies, and enforcement proceedings. Elsa practices in both State and Federal courts […]
David Hochman
David Hochman is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. His practice focuses on counseling small and medium-sized companies, start-up businesses, and individuals in connection with a broad range of transactional matters. Mr. Hochman advises clients in […]
Chris Heck
Chris Heck is a general litigation partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. He focuses his practice on complex […]
Simon Aron
Simon Aron is Of Counsel in the law firm of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is an accomplished trial practitioner having appeared before the Bankruptcy Courts of the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, as […]
Jeff Finn
Jeff Finn is Of Counsel in the law firm of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. He is a seasoned technology lawyer serving start-up, emerging growth and multinational corporations. Mr. Finn approaches his practice with single-minded focus: to help his […]