✉ dguzman@guzmanlg.com☏ 310-321-6640@guzmanlawwww.guzmanlg.comDenise M. Guzman has been working in the South Bay for more than 30 years and has established a reputation for providing start-ups and already established private businesses with cost-effective legal counsel. She often functions as virtual in-house corporate counsel for many clients and is an integral part of key decision making and ongoing operational activities of her clients. Ms. Guzman is also the founding partner of Guzman Law Group, P.C., a firm which focuses on providing high caliber legal services for businesses, entertainment, intellectual property and estate planning clients.Ms. Guzman earned her Bachelors degree from USC and a law degree from UCLA. After passing the bar, she founded her first law practice. A mainstay in the community, Denise has been a trailblazer who has earned a strong reputation as a leader and mentor to business women and young attorneys. In 1993, Ms. Guzman founded the South Bay Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, a national organization dedicated to fostering professional and personal growth for businesswomen. Over the next 12 years, she served on ABWA’s board of directors. In 2003, Ms. Guzman received “Woman of the Year” from The Switzer Center for her service to the community from this pioneering organization for special needs education. She continues to serve as a board member for the Joy2Learn Foundation, an organization that donates high quality art content to schools, as well as the P.S. I Love You Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to bringing enrichment programs to at-risk youth in Los Angeles. In 2010, Comerica Bank, in partnership with the Los Angeles Lakers, named Ms. Guzman, as their “Woman of Entrepreneurship” honoree in the 2010 Best of L.A. Women’s Business Awards. Ms. Guzman is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on business, estate planning and trust administration issues.