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Daniel Agle
Klinedinst PC
501 West Broadway, Suite 600
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 239-8131 (voice)
(619) 238-8707 (fax)
 dagle@klinedinstlaw.com
Practice Areas:  Discipline defense, Legal Malpractice defense

Jonathan Arons
Law Office of Jonathan Arons
221 Main Street, Suite 740
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 957-1818
jia@aronslaw.com
Practice Areas: Discipline Defense, Admissions, Legal Ethics Advice

Merri Baldwin
Chapman, Popik & White LLP
650 California Street 19th Floor
San Francisco, California 94108
Voice:  (415) 352-3000
Fax: (415) 352-3030
Email:  mbaldwin@chapop.com

Practice areas:  legal malpractice, fee disputes, discipline defense, expert witness.

Samuel C. Bellicini
Fishkin & Slatter LLP
1111 Civic Drive  215
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Phone: 925.944.5600
Fax: 925.944.5432
samuel@FishkinLaw.com
FishkinLaw.com
Practice Areas: Admissions, State Bar Defense


David Cameron Carr
Law Office of David Cameron Carr PLC

530 B Street, Suite 1410
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 696-0526
dccarr@ethics-lawyer.com
www.ethics-lawyer.com

Practice Areas:  Discipline defense, Admissions, Ethics Advice, Expert Testimony


R. G. "Jerry" Coughlan
Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman LLP
501 West Broadway, Suite 400
San Diego, California 92101
(619) 232-0800
www.csl.com
Practice Areas: Discipline Defense, Professional Liability Defense, Criminal Defense, Business Litigation

Phil Feldman
Law Offices of Phillip Feldman
14401 Sylvan St. Ste. 108
Van Nuys, CA 91401
(818) 986-9890 (voice)
(818) 986-9897 (fax)
StateBarDefense@aol.com
www.CaStateBarDefense.com
Practice Areas: State Bar Defense, Medical Board Defense, Expert Witness Legal Malpractice
Jerome Fishkin
Fishkin & Slatter LLP
1111 Civic Drive  215
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Phone: 925.944.5600
Fax: 925.944.5432
Jerome@FishkinLaw.com
FishkinLaw.com
Practice Areas: State Bar Defense, Ethics Advice, Expert Witness


Michael Gerner
425 South Beverly Drive, Suite 210
Beverly Hills, California 90212
(310) 556-1300
 mggethics@msn.com
Practice Areas: Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatement, Ethics Advice.


James I. Ham
Pansky Markle Ham LLP
1010 Sycamore Avenue
Suite 308
South Pasadena, CA  91030
Tel. (213) 626-7300
Fax (213) 626-7330
jham@panskymarkle.com
www.panskymarkle.com
Practice Areas:  State Bar discipline defense, admissions, expert testimony, conflicts of interest, fee and partnership disputes, medical and attorney liens, professional negligence.
 


Diane L. Karpman
Karpman & Associates
9777 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Beverly Hills, California  90212
(310) 887-3900 voice
(310) 887-3901 fax
Karpethics@aol.com
www.karpman.com
Practice Areas: Legal Ethics, Expert Witness, Class Actions, Malpractice, Disqualifications, State Bar, Outside General Counse
l.


Edward O. Lear
Century Law Group LLP
5200 W Century Blvd., Suite 345
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 642-6900 voice
(310) 642-6910 fax
info@CalStateBarDefense.com
 
www.CalStateBarDefense.com
Practice Areas: Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatement, Ethics Advice, Expert Testimony


Steven A. Lewis
Lewis & Bacon, A Prof. Corp.
Affiliated with Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, an Independent Law firm
1050 Fulton Avenue, Suite 125 Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 485-5005 voice
(916) 485-5119 fax
slewis@lewisandbacon.com
www.lewisandbacon.com
Practice Areas: Ethics Consultation, Fee Disputes, Discipline, Admissions, Disqualification Motions, Malpractice Defense, Expert Testimony


Ephrahim Margolin
Law Office of Ephrahim Margolin
240 Stockton Street, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, California 94108
Voice (415) 421-4347
Fax (415) 397-3801
Email: emargolin@mailpass.com
Practice Areas:  Discipline Defense, Criminal Defense


Arthur Margolis
Margolis & Margolis LLP Attorneys at Law
2000 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, California 90039
(323) 953-8996 tel.
(323) 953-4740 fax
margolis41@la.twcbc.com
Practice Areas: Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatements, Expert Witness, Ethics Advice


Susan Margolis
Margolis & Margolis LLP Attorneys at Law
2000 Riverside Drive
Los Angeles, California 90039
(323) 953-8996 tel.
(323) 953-4740 fax
margolis54@la.twcbc.com
Practice Areas: Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatements, Ethics Advice


Howard R. Melamed
Law Office of Howard R. Melamed
319 Lennon Lane Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 932-0417 voice
(925) 256-9542 fax
hmelamed@gmail.com
Practice Areas: Discipline, Legal Malpractice Defense & Prosecution; lawyer/client fee disputes


Ellen A. Pansky
Pansky Markle Ham LLP
1010 Sycamore Avenue
Suite 308
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Phone 213-626-7300
Fax     213-626-7330
Practice Areas:  State Bar discipline defense, admissions, expert testimony


Noah Rosenthal
Howard Rice
3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 930
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 434-1600 (voice)
(415) 217-5910 (fax)
nrosenthal@howardrice.com
Practice Areas:  Discipline defense, Legal Malpractice defense


Sean SeLegue
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, a Professional Corporation
Three Embarcadero Center, Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
T 415.434.1600
F 415.217.5910

sselegue@howardrice.com
www.howardrice.com

Practice areas:  State Bar Defense, Ethics Advice, Expert Testimony, Civil Litigation Defense, Disqualification Motions, Appeals

Lindsay Slatter
Fishkin & Slatter LLP
1111 Civic Drive  215
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Phone: 925.944.5600
Fax: 925.944.5432
Lindsay@FishkinLaw.com
FishkinLaw.com
Practice Areas: Admissions, Ethics Advice, Expert Witness, State Bar Defense


John Steele, Attorney at Law
2225 E. Bayshore Road; Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94303
dd: 650-320-7662
cell: 650-307-0300
john.steele@johnsteelelaw.com
www.johnsteelelaw.com

Areas:
Legal Ethics Advice , Disqualifications  Discipline Defense,
legal malpractice, fee disputes, expert witness.



Stephen J. Strauss
Karpman & Associates
9777 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Beverly Hills, California 90212
(310) 887-3900
strauss@karpman.com
Practice Areas: State Bar discipline defense, Reinstatements, fee disputes, Plaintiff's legal malpractice

Paul J. Virgo
Law Offices of Paul J. Virgo
Post Office Box 67682
Los Angeles, California 90067-0682
(310) 666-9701 voice
(310) 785-9081 fax
virgoethics@sbcglobal.net
Practice Areas: Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatement, Ethics Consultations


Zachary D. Wechsler
Law Offices of Zachary Wechsler
6100 Center Drive, Suite 600
Los Angeles, California 90045
(310) 642-4600 voice
(310) 642-4646 fax
email: zdw@zdwlaw.com
website: www.zdwlaw.com
Practice Areas:  Discipline Defense, Admissions


Michael E. Wine
Attorney at Law
301 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 800
Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 796-6688; (415) 433-0124 voice
(626) 796-6106 fax
(626) 252-1731 cell
ethicsatty@verizon.net
www.ethicslawyer.net

Practice Areas:  Discipline, Admissions, Reinstatement, Ethics Advice, Expert Testimony, Preventive Law

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