I am proud to be a professional peacemake.I am an experienced attorney, mediator, and arbitrator with nearly two decades of experience resolving disputes and advising businesses, with an emphasis in securing successes for my clients in employment matters, complex commercial disputes, business formation, compliance, and partnership matters, employment compliance and litigation, personal injury actions, defamation, and real property actions. I have settled hundreds of disputes both as an advocate and as a neutral. As a civil litigator and business advisor, I advocate for and achieve peaceful resolutions with strength, intelligence, creativity, and persistence. In 2023, I secured a verdict of over $1.1 million dollars in favor of my clients who suffered physical injuries, emotional distress, and property damage and the judgment was collected in full. I have frequently succeeded in the Court of Appeal and have even appeared before the United States Supreme Court.Clients appreciate “aggressive and reasonable” approach that focuses on achieving the parties' desired objectives, always considering the costs and benefits of any approach, using strength when necessary, engaging with energetic and zealous advocacy, legal acumen, and incisive analysis that gets to the heart of the matter, all while maintaining a healthy sense of humor. My firm and I have handled matters for a broad range of clients including small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, private individuals and Fortune 500 companies, large banking and financial services companies, real estate investment trusts, federal government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare agencies, logistics firms, manufacturers, and retailers.I am committed to public service, through pro bono and public interest representation, and serve the Los Angeles community as a temporary judge with the Los Angeles Superior Court, a court-appointed mediator and settlement officer with the Los Angeles Superior Court, and , and as an arbitrator with the Los Angeles County Bar Association Attorney-Client Mediation and Arbitration Services program (ACMAS).I find joy as an improviser, writer, actor and comic. I have written, produced and performed in a full-length law-and-comedy show, “Law & Disorder.” I perform original sketch and improv comedy monthly with my team, "You're on Mute," at the Hollywood Independent Theater. I host the podcast “Laying Down the Law” in which we analyze real legal cases through the lens of improvised comedy to educate and entertain our listeners.