Attorney
CurrentDarin M. Karpel has been a member of the State Bar of California for the past 23 years. He is admitted in California and the U.S. District Courts of California.Mr. Karpel has experience in the firms comprehensive practice including Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense, Real Estate & Cannabis law. Mr. Karpel has experience with numerous insurance and subrogation matters with clients such as United Services Automobile Association, State Farm and Allstate Insurance Company.Mr. Karpel has has been a regular lecturer teaching Continuing Legal Education Seminars on Legal Research and Technology and Deposition Skills for Thomson-Reuters for over 18 years.Mr. Karpel recently joined the Business Law department as part time faculty and lecturer at the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, California State University Northridge.Mr. Karpel was also CEO and General Counsel to ZeroCostSolar.com where he managed a 50 person team specializing in sales and marketing support for NASDAQ traded SolarCity/Tesla Energy.Mr. Karpel was a California State Bar Continuing Legal Education lecturer and National Sales Specialist at Thomson Reuters (Westlaw) for 18 years where he assisted large law firms, Fortune 500 Corporate Legal Departments, State/Federal Courts and Government entities with legal research and compliance support.In this role he was instrumental in providing free legal research programs for Bet Tzedek, an organization that provides free, comprehensive legal services for low-income individuals and families in Los Angeles.Mr. Karpel also was a frequent lecturer, teaching online legal research at numerous law schools in Southern California including UCLA, Loyola, Pepperdine and Southwestern.Mr. Karpel is passionate about the environment and Solar energy policy. He frequently lectures on alternative energy and the future of electricity in the United States.