Attorneys

Olivia Ahlswede joined LFLM as an Associate Attorney in 2014, in our San Diego office. She now practices in our San Jose office representing...

Seeta Ambati is the Managing Partner of our San Jose office. She initially joined LFLM in 2001 as an Associate Attorney and took on...

Donald E. Applegate, III, is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Sonya Arellano is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2019, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured...

Kent Ball is an Associate Attorney in our Concord office. He joined LFLM in 2013 following four years as the Litigation Manager for a...

Martha S. Ballesteros is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. She joined LFLM in 2015 with state workers’ compensation litigation experience since...

Barbara P. Banez is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2016, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Brigget K. Barrios is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Omar Behnawa is the Managing Partner of our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2008, and represents employers and insurance carriers in all...

John J. Bostanzoglou is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2021. Mr. Bostanzoglou has been involved in workers’ compensation...

George L. Brummer is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. He joined LFLM in 2018 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Brian G. Calcagno is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Kevin Calegari is the Managing Partner of our San Francisco office. He joined our firm in 1993, and also served clients in our San...

Nat Cordellos is a Partner in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2010. He represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...

Desiree L. Cordovadee is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

W. Devon Craft is Of Counsel in our San Jose Office. He had joined the firm in 2010. Mr. Craft represents insurance carriers, third...

Susan L. Crowell is an Associate Attorney in our San Bernardino office. She joined LFLM in 2002, and currently practices state workers’ compensation defense....

Christopher T. Dangaran is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. Mr. Dangaran represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all...

Brian Egan is a Senior Partner who has been with LFLM for more than 24 years. He is heavily involved in the marketing of...

Anthony L. Elsetinow is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2018 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Nada N. Elshaari is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Jake Falbo is a Partner who joined our firm in 1992. He also served clients in our Redding and San Jose offices. Mr. Falbo...

J. Scott Ferris is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. Mr. Ferris joined LFLM in 2017 and handles all aspects of Workers’...

Jessica L. Field is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and has worked in the field defending...

Mark Filippi is a Partner who joined our San Jose office in 2001. Mr. Filippi represents insurance carriers, third party administrators, self-insured employers and...

Kathleen M. Foy is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2016, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Russell Fung is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. He joined LFLM in 2018 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...

Austen M. Gabbard is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2022, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Danny Gamulao is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County Office. He joined LFLM in 2017 after approximately 16 years of state workers’ compensation...

Manuel Garcia is a Partner in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 1994, and represents the interest of insurance companies, third party...

Yoseily V. Garcia is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

John V. Geyer is the Managing Partner of LFLM. He began working as an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office immediately after taking the...

G. Dean Guerrero is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. He joined LFLM in 2014, and specializes in all aspects of state...

Robert A. Guttman is the Managing Partner of our San Bernardino office. He joined LFLM in 1998 as the Managing Associate Attorney of the...

Ricky W. Halladay is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Anne M. Hartman is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2017 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Susan Hastings is the Managing Partner of our Oakland/Concord office. She joined LFLM in 2001 following eight years practicing state workers’ compensation insurance defense...

Scott Haustein is a Partner in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2000, and has over fifteen years experience representing the interest...

Brian Hull is an Associate Attorney in our Concord office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...

Eric V. Jackson is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2011. Mr. Jackson’s practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party...

Mr. Javan is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2015, and his current legal practice involves state workers’ compensation...

Bruce Jennett is the Managing Partner of our Sacramento and Redding offices. He joined LFLM in 1988 after graduating from McGeorge School of Law....

Demetra Geges Johal is the Managing Partner of our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 1988, and became a Partner in 1993. She...

Tanya Johnson is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all areas of...

Connie L. Jones is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2016, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

YoungHoon “Tommy” Joo is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Hector M. Jorrin is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2015. Mr. Jorrin began practicing state workers’ compensation defense...

Jenna E. Kahl is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2018, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Paul D. Karasoff is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Julie S. Kennedy is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2022 bringing many years of legal experience including 12...

Marijo Kuperman is the Managing Partner of our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 1997 bringing extensive experience in state workers’ compensation litigation....

Michael Kvyat is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Joanna Kwong is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Brita Z. Leal is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Charles A. Leath is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2018, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Chris Lee is a Senior Managing Associate in our San Francisco Office. He joined LFLM in 2022 following 15 years of practicing state workers’...

Matthew B. Lee is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2017 after practicing in the areas of securities...

Jennifer M. Lee is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2015, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Marc Leibowitz is a Partner in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 1997, and has exclusively practiced in the area of state...

Barry Lesch has been with LFLM since its inception, and is currently Of Counsel in the Oakland Office. His practice includes representing insurance carriers,...

Jonathan Liff is a Partner in our Sacramento office. Mr. Liff joined LFLM in 2013. His practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Vicki N. Lindquist is a Partner in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 1998. Her practice is devoted to advising and defending employers...

Priscilla W. Lloyd is Of Counsel in our Orange County office. She joined LFLM in 1992, and represents insurance companies, TPA’s, and employers in...

Luis A. Lopez is an Associate Attorney in our Concord office. He joined LFLM in 2014, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Kate Lozano is a Partner in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2007, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers in...

Austin S. Mandujano is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2022, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

John T. Marin is a Partner in the San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2008, and practices in federal and state workers’ compensation...

Nathaly P. Martinez is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Cory L. Massey is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Aleah McGraw is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Loren N. Meador is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2018, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Brian Mellor is a Partner in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 1998 as an Associate Attorney. In 2009 Mr. Mellor became a...

Jesus “Jesse” Mendoza is a Partner in our San Francisco office. He represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers in all areas of...

Sean Monaghan is a Partner in our San Francisco office. He represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all areas of state...

Liliana C. Naficy-Royal is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2022.  She has over 20 years of experience as...

Stephen K. Nakata is a Partner in our Los Angeles office. Mr. Nakata has over 25 years of experience representing employers and insurers against...

Michael I. Neale is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Emma Nelson-Munson is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2017 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...

Glenn D. Olsen is an Associate Attorney in our Redding office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

John S. Orman is a Partner in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2015. His practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

John J. Parente is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Nicholas S. Pavlovich is a Partner in the Orange County office. Mr. Pavlovich joined LFLM in 2003 in the Fresno office. His practice includes...

John A. Petrouski is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

James Pettibone is Of Counsel in our Concord office. In 1986, he joined LFLM as a Law Clerk. He became an Associate Attorney in...

Alisha E. Pritchard is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Shelley A. Quinn is the Managing Partner of our Fresno office. She joined LFLM in 2001 but her experience in state workers’ compensation began...

Julio C. Salazar is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. He joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Travis Sams joined our San Jose office as an Associate Attorney in 2016. He represents insurance carriers, third party administrators and self insured employers...

Josephine A. Sanchez is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2012, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Anthony Santos is a Partner in our Los Angeles office. He joined LFLM in 2013, and specializes in the area of state workers’ compensation...

Matthew C. Schell is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

David J. Schmit is an Associate Attorney in our Concord office. He joined LFLM in 2019 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Michelle C. Sebring is a Partner in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 2018 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Maryann C. Shirvell is Partner in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 1997, and specializes in the defense of claims under the...

Johnny Shiu joined our San Jose office as an Associate Attorney in 2015. He represents insurance carriers, third party administrators, self-insured employers and public...

Sean Silen is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Laurence Sjauwfoekloy is a Partner who joined our San Jose office in 2002. Mr. Sjauwfoekloy represents insurance carriers, third party administrators, self-insured employers and...

Larry Solaegui is a Partner in our Fresno office. Mr. Solaegui joined LFLM in 1999. Mr. Solaegui’s practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators,...

Jim E. Swenson is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Crystal Tappin is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. Ms. Tappin joined LFLM in 2016, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Lindsey Telesmanic is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. She joined LFLM in 2014. Ms. Telesmanic’s practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators,...

Trisha A. Toyne is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 2019, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Adrian H. Triminio is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Mark Turner is a Partner in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2014. His practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Nicholas Valenzuela is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2016, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured...

Johann Van Kolken is an Associate Attorney in our San Bernardino office. He joined LFLM in 2000, and practices state workers’ compensation defense. Mr....

Lindsay Wagenman is a Partner in our San Francisco office. She represents self-insured employers in addition to insurance companies in all areas of state...

Erin Walker is a Partner in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2009, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers in...

Christopher D. Warren is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Carroll A. Wheatley is currently a senior Partner in our San Bernardino office. Mr. Wheatley has been a member and partner at LFLM since...

Justin A. Williams is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. He joined LFLM in 2020 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Paul G. Wolfe is an associate attorney in our San Francisco Office.  He joined LFLM in 2022 following 17 years of practice in workers’...

Nathan R. Yannone is an Associate Attorney in our Concord office. He joined LFLM in 2018 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Aaron C. Zaglin is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2021 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...