CHRISTOPHER S. MAILE is a Preeminent AV Rated Partner of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California office, having achieved the highest rating available to attorneys nationwide. He is also a fellow of the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance which is comprised of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals and attorneys who, through education and collaboration, promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. Read More
TIMOTHY D. LAKE is a Partner of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office and is Chair of the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group. Mr. Lake also serves as a member of the California State Bar Insurance Law Committee, and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee. He has authored numerous publications on insurance coverage related topics and has been an invited guest speaker at numerous events in the insurance industry. Read More
ERIC B. KUNKEL is a Senior Counsel of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office. Mr. Kunkel’s practice is focused on appellate law, including the handling of cutting-edge appeals and writ petitions. His appellate work includes first party claims and complex class-action lawsuits and has involved the substantive issues of negligence, the employer-employee relationship, contract disputes, insurance coverage and agency law, and personal injury. Mr. Kunkel has prepared and argued numerous briefs before the state appellate courts, and has handled appeals brought in the Ninth Circuit. Read More
TODD R. HOWELL is a founding Partner of The Firm. He is AV Rated – having achieved the highest rating available to attorneys nationwide. In addition to being a licensed attorney, Mr. Howell has held a California Real Estate Broker’s License since 1987 and actively assists owners and managers of Commercial and Multi-Family Dwellings on a wide range of matters including:
- Acquisitions (malls, strip malls, raw land, and single and multi-family dwellings).
- Negotiation and drafting of commercial and residential lease terms.
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GAIL T. GONZAGA is an Associate of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.
Practice Areas
- Civil Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Landlord/Tenant Law
- Transportation Law
Education
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1996
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1993
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California Read More
