Workers’ Compensation Defense
As workers’ compensation defense specialists, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP traces its roots to the mid-1930s. This area continues to be the largest part of the Firm’s practice.
Attorneys in this specialty represent insurance companies, self-insured employers and public agencies before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court. In addition, they represent employers in Serious and Willful Misconduct and Labor Code Section 132a actions.
LFLM attorneys handle disputed workers’ compensation claims through advice to clients, assistance in discovery, representation through all phases of litigation and negotiation of resolutions. They also assist in developing evidence that has led to prosecution for insurance fraud.
This field has grown more complex and technical in recent years with laws/statutes varying the practice from year to year. LFLM’s workers’ compensation attorneys conduct educational classes and seminars for clients and professional organizations. We are pleased to address individual companies on any subject in the field that may be of interest or about which they believe their staff should be better informed. These may include seminars on medical issues, as they relate to disability cases, or on legal issues, such as research and advocacy. We also offer updates on recent appellate decisions in the workers’ compensation field or any other topics that will assist our clients with compliance with educational requirements. Attorneys
Workers’ Compensation Defense Attorneys
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Seeta Ambati is the Managing Partner of our San Jose office. She initially joined LFLM in 2001 as an Associate Attorney and took on...
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San Jose Office Managing Partner
San Jose
Martha S. Ballesteros is an Associate Attorney in our Orange County office. She joined LFLM in 2015 with state workers’ compensation litigation experience since...
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
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...
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Associate Attorney
Los Angeles
Omar Behnawa is the Managing Partner of our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 2008, and represents employers and insurance carriers in all...
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Orange County Office Managing Partner
Orange County
Kevin Calegari is a Partner in our San Francisco office. He joined our firm in 1993, and also served clients in our San Jose...
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Partner
San Francisco
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...
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Partner
San Francisco
Crystal C. Tappin is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. Ms. Tappin joined LFLM in 2016, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
W. Devon Craft is Of Counsel in our San Jose Office. He had joined the firm in 2010. Mr. Craft represents insurance carriers, third...
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Of Counsel
San Jose
Susan L. Crowell is an Associate Attorney in our San Bernardino office. She joined LFLM in 2002, and currently practices state workers’ compensation defense....
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Associate Attorney
San Bernardino
Brian D. Egan is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. Mr. Egan has been with LFLM for more than 24 years. He is...
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Of Counsel
San Francisco
Jake Falbo is a Partner who joined our firm in 1992. He also served clients in our Redding and San Jose offices. Mr. Falbo...
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Partner
San Francisco
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...
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Partner
San Jose
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
Danny Gamulao is a Partner in our Orange County Office. He joined LFLM in 2017 after approximately 16 years of state workers’ compensation defense...
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Partner
Orange County
Manuel Garcia is a Partner in our Orange County office. He joined LFLM in 1994, and represents the interest of insurance companies, third party...
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Partner
Orange County
John V. Geyer is the Managing Partner of LFLM. He began working as an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office immediately after taking the...
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Firm Managing Partner
Sacramento, Administration (Concord)
G. Dean Guerrero is an Associate Attorney in our Los Angeles office. He joined LFLM in 2014, and specializes in all aspects of state...
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Associate Attorney
Los Angeles
Robert A. Guttman is a Partner in our San Bernardino office. He joined LFLM in 1998 as the Managing Associate Attorney of the San...
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Partner
San Bernardino
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...
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Oakland/Concord Office Managing Partner
Oakland/Concord
Scott Haustein is a Partner in our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2000, and has over fifteen years experience representing the interest...
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Partner
San Diego
Bruce Jennett is the Managing Partner of our Sacramento and Redding offices. He joined LFLM in 1988 after graduating from McGeorge School of Law....
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Sacramento and Redding Office Managing Partner
Sacramento, Redding
Demetra Geges Johal is a Partner in our Los Angeles office. She joined LFLM in 1988, and became a Partner in 1993. She currently...
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Partner
Los Angeles
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
Hector M. Jorrin is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2015. Mr. Jorrin began practicing state workers’ compensation defense...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
Marijo Kuperman is Of Counsel in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 1997 bringing extensive experience in state workers’ compensation litigation. Ms....
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Of Counsel
San Diego
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...
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Associate Attorney
Los Angeles
Marc Leibowitz is the Managing Partner of our San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 1997, and has exclusively practiced in the area of...
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San Diego Office Managing Partner
San Diego
Barry Lesch has been with LFLM since its inception, and is currently Of Counsel in the Oakland Office. His practice includes representing insurance carriers,...
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Of Counsel
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Partner
Sacramento
Vicki N. Lindquist is a Partner in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 1998. Her practice is devoted to advising and defending employers...
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Partner
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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San Francisco Office Managing Partner
San Francisco
John T. Marin is a Partner in the San Diego office. He joined LFLM in 2008, and practices in federal and state workers’ compensation...
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Partner
San Diego
Brian Mellor is a Partner in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 1998 as an Associate Attorney. In 2009 Mr. Mellor became a...
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Partner
Sacramento
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...
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Partner
San Francisco
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...
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Partner
San Francisco
Stephen K. Nakata is the Managing Partner of our Los Angeles office. Mr. Nakata has over 25 years of experience representing employers and insurers...
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Los Angeles Office Managing Partner
Los Angeles
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Partner
Fresno
Nicholas S. Pavlovich is a Partner in the Orange County office. Mr. Pavlovich joined LFLM in 2003 in the Fresno office. His practice includes...
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Partner
Orange County
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,...
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Associate Attorney
Fresno
James Pettibone is Of Counsel in our Concord office. In 1986, he joined LFLM as a Law Clerk. He became an Associate Attorney in...
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Of Counsel
Oakland/Concord
Shelley A. Quinn is the Managing Partner of our Fresno office. She joined LFLM in 2001 but her experience in state workers’ compensation began...
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Fresno Office Managing Partner
Fresno
Travis Sams is a Partner in our San Jose office. He represents insurance carriers, third party administrators and self insured employers in all areas...
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Partner
San Jose
Anthony Santos is the Managing Partner of our San Bernardino office. He joined LFLM in 2013, and specializes in the area of state workers’...
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San Bernardino Office Managing Partner
San Bernardino
Maryann C. Shirvell is a Partner in our San Diego office. She joined LFLM in 1997, and specializes in the defense of claims under...
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Partner
San Diego
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Partner
San Jose
Larry Solaegui is Of Counsel in our Fresno office. Mr. Solaegui joined LFLM in 1999. Mr. Solaegui’s practice includes representing insurance carriers, third-party administrators,...
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Of Counsel
Fresno
Olivia Ahlswede joined LFLM as an Associate Attorney in 2014, in our San Diego office. She now practices in our San Jose office representing...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Partner
Sacramento
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Diego
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...
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Partner
San Francisco
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...
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Partner
Oakland/Concord
Carroll A. Wheatley is currently a senior Partner in our San Bernardino office. Mr. Wheatley has been a member and partner at LFLM since...
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Partner
San Bernardino
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
Matthew B. Lee is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2017 after practicing in the areas of securities...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Partner
San Diego
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
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...
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Associate Attorney
Los Angeles
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Diego
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Redding
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Of Counsel
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
John J. Bostanzoglou is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2021. Mr. Bostanzoglou has been involved in workers’ compensation...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
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...
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
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...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
Chris Lee is a Senior Managing Associate in our San Francisco Office. He joined LFLM in 2022 following 15 years of practicing state workers’...
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Senior Managing Associate
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
Jessica L. Field is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2021 and has worked in the field defending...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
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...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento
Paul G. Wolfe is an associate attorney in our San Francisco Office. He joined LFLM in 2022 following 17 years of practice in workers’...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
Julie S. Kennedy is an Associate Attorney in our Oakland office. She joined LFLM in 2022 bringing many years of legal experience including 12...
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Associate Attorney
Oakland/Concord
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
Paul D. Karasoff is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2022 and has defended insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...
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Of Counsel
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Diego
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
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,...
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Associate Attorney
San Bernardino
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....
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Associate Attorney
Orange County
Linda Lees is Of Counsel in our San Francisco office. She joined LFLM in 2017, and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured employers...
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Of Counsel
San Francisco
Laura M. Speakman is an Associate Attorney in our San Jose office. She joined LFLM in 2023, and represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
Andres (Andy) Mendoza is an Associate Attorney in our San Bernardino office. He joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...
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Associate Attorney
San Bernardino
Jessica M. Neal is an associate in our Los Angeles office. She has been a practicing labor and employment law attorney in the state...
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Associate Attorney
Los Angeles
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
Brian Del Bono is an Associate Attorney in our San Francisco office. He joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and...
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Associate Attorney
San Francisco
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Associate Attorney
San Jose
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...
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Associate Attorney
Fresno
John W. Miller is an Associate Attorney in our Sacramento office. He joined LFLM in 2023 and defends insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured...
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Associate Attorney
Sacramento