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RYAN E. MOWRY

Ryan E. Mowry is a Partner of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.  Mr. Mowry leads the Firm’s Discovery practice team, and is responsible for the strategic coordination of all aspects of the discovery process for a variety of clients, including written discovery, depositions, and motion practice.  Prior to joining Tharpe & Howell, LLP, his legal work focused on business and securities law matters, including antitrust class action lawsuits.

Practice Areas
  • Civil Litigation
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Insurance Defense
Education 

J.D., Read More

HEATHER M. MCKEON

HEATHER M. McKEON is a Partner of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.  For more than 20 years, she has counseled and represented clients in a comprehensive range of insurance matters relating to potential exposure and bad faith disputes.   Currently, her legal practice focuses on the representation of carriers in litigation involving all lines of insurance (personal and commercial general liability and property coverage, E&O liability, and health).  Ms. McKeon also defends clients in mass and class action lawsuits. Read More

STACEY A. MILLER

STACEY A. MILLER is a Partner and Senior Trial Counsel of the Firm’s Sherman Oaks, California, office.  Ms. Miller represents a variety of clients in personal injury, premises liability, construction defect, and contract disputes.  She also represents financial and credit establishments and vehicle lending institutions, on such matters as creditor representation and asset protection in all Bankruptcy matters, defense of Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices and Rosenthal Act claims, Consumer Legal Remedies Act defense, and civil replevin and money judgment actions.  Read More

CHARLES D. MAY

CHARLES D. MAY is a Partner of the Firm in its Sherman Oaks, California, office.  His practice focuses on all phases of civil litigation, including arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, trial and appellate work.  Mr. May represents a broad range of clients, including self-insured entities, on matters related to business and contracts/real estate contracts, civil litigation defense, business litigation, administrative law, and first and third party general liability defense.

Education 

J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1984
B.S., Read More

TIMOTHY D. LAKE

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