STEPHANIE FORMAN is Managing Partner of the Firm and oversees its daily business operations from the Firm’s Sherman Oaks, California office. Ms. Forman is AV Preeminent Rated, having achieved the highest rating available to attorneys nationwide. Her practice focuses on all phases of civil litigation in both Federal and State courts, including arbitration, mediation and trial. She represents a broad range of clients, primarily in the areas of employment and labor law, premises liability, product liability, wrongful death and mass tort litigation; and has extensive experience counseling companies on administrative and regulatory compliance issues, including environmental and diverse risk assessment matters. Read More
WILLIAM A. BRENNER is a Senior Counsel of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.
Practice Areas
- General Civil Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Business Litigation
- Personal Injury
Education
J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1999
B.S., New York University, 1994 (Finance & International Business)
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California Read More
J. CHRISTOPHER BENNINGTON is a Senior Counsel of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office. With 30 years of legal experience in insurance coverage and bad faith, Mr. Bennington has represented clients in a broad range of first and third party claims. He has extensive knowledge in the analysis of insurance policy provisions and carrier claims handling practices, and has helped clients recover millions of dollars in policy benefits for claims arising in a number of areas, including construction defects, life insurance, product liability, and toxic exposure. Read More
LAURA J. BECKER is a Senior Associate of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.
Practice Areas
- Employment and Labor Law
- Business Litigation
- Commercial and Residential Real Estate Defense
- Bad Faith and Coverage
Education
J.D., Loyola Law School, 2001
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California Read More
ROGER W. BACKLAR is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Sherman Oaks, California, office. As a civil litigator for more than 17 years, Mr. Backlar has a wide range of experience representing private, corporate and governmental clients in state and federal courts. He regularly represents companies in matters involving products liability, premises liability, employment law, and complex business litigation. Mr. Backlar also has extensive experience in wrongful death, personal injury and all areas of tort law. Read More
