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...

Nadean H. Azzam is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

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...

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

Sebastian C. Bendeck is an Associate Attorney (* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney) in our Los Angeles office. He represents insurance carriers,...

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

Sherri L. Bridgeforth is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Francis (Frank)  J. Cabibi is an Associate Attorney in our San Bernardino office. He  joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators,...

Kevin Calegari is a Partner in our San Francisco office. He joined our firm in 1993, and also served clients in our San Jose...

Hernan O. Cetina is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2024, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Alexander C. Chaboya is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. He joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

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...

Briana Jane Del Bono is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators,...

Brian D. Egan is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. Mr. Egan has been with LFLM for more than 24 years. He is...

Stanley R. Escalante is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He first joined LFLM in 2014-2015 and re-joined the firm in 2022....

Ariel C. Escalante is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2023 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...

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 a Partner in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2016, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured...

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...

Danny Gamulao is a Partner in our Orange County Office. He joined LFLM in 2017 after approximately 16 years of state workers’ compensation defense...

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

Jameka M. Gilford is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. She re-joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

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

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...

Tamar C. Hawk is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all areas...

Matthew Hersh is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. He has been practicing state workers’ compensation defense since 2008. Mr. Hersh received his...

Brittany E. Hines is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. She joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured...

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...

Jocelyn M. Hutch is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Tiffany V. Huynh is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

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 a Partner in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 1988, and became a Partner in 1993. She currently...

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...

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

Kevin M. Kim is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. He represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all areas...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Anya M. Leonard is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

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...

Laura I. Lombarde is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

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

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

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...

Corbin A. McVeigh is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2023, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Loren N. Meador is a Partner in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2018, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

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...

Chandni B. Mistry is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

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 the Managing Partner of our Los Angeles office. Mr. Nakata has over 25 years of experience representing employers and insurers...

Jessica M. Neal is an associate in our Los Angeles office. She has been a practicing labor and employment law attorney in the state...

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...

Athena N. Niayesh is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers in all areas...

Gabrielle “Gabby” Ocaña is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

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...

Paul Oudom is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2024 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...

Jesus Pereda is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2024, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers...

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...

Brenda D. Posada is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2024 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

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...

Brittany M. Ricketts is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2024, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...

Ilona Rincon is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2024 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...

Mary R. Saade is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

Travis Sams is a Partner in our San Jose office. He represents insurance carriers, third party administrators and self insured employers in all areas...

Joseph P. Sbuttoni III is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2023, and specializes in the defense of...

Matthew C. Schell is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...

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 a Partner in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 1997, and specializes in the defense of claims under...

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...

Kristin D. Siemens is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. She joined LFLM in 2024 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

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...

Alexa A. Socha is an Associate Attorney in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 2024, and specializes in the defense of claims...

Laura M. Speakman is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. While having joined LFLM in 2023, she has been a WC Defense...

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 C. Tappin is a Partner in our Oakland office. Ms. Tappin joined LFLM in 2016, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

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...

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...

Chie I. Walker is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. She joined LFLM in 2024 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...

Lan Wei is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured...

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 Yeo is an Associate Attorney in our Fresno office. He joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers...

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...