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Daniels, Fine, Israel, Schonbuch & Lebovits, LLP specializes in civil trial practice in all California State and Federal Courts, representing institutional and private clients, with emphasis in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, insurance (including defense, coverage, and bad faith), business litigation, real estate and construction law (including litigation, commercial leasing and transactional matters).
PAUL R. FINE, admitted to bar, 1972, California, U.S. District Court, Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1969); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., 1972). Associate Editor, Defense Dialogue, a Monthly Publication of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1975-1981. Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; State of California, Office of Administrative Hearings, Public Contract Arbitration Panel (1984-2003). Member: State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (President, 2004); California Defense Counsel (President, 2009); International Association of Defense Counsel; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Los Angeles County Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Trial Law; Insurance, Business, Real Estate and Construction.
Email: Fine@dfis-law.com.
MARK R. ISRAEL, admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., with high honors and distinction, 1983). University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Honors Society. AmJur Constitutional Law. Author: Defending Claims for Pre-Tender Defense Costs, Verdict (Second Quarter 1997). Co-Author: Defending the Bad Faith Action: The Empire Strikes Back, (Presented at the Consumer Attorneys of California 34th Annual Tahoe Seminar). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. PRACTICE AREAS: Appellate Law; Insurance Coverage.
Email: Israel@dfis-law.com.
MICHAEL SCHONBUCH, admitted to bar, 1990, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); Boston University (J.D., 1990). Phi Alpha Delta. Senatorial Intern, United States Senator Alfonse D’Amato, 1986-87. Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel – Director; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). PRACTICE AREAS: Jury Trials.
Email: Schonbuch@dfis-law.com.
MOSES LEBOVITS, admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude 1972; J.D., 1975). Member: Moot Court Executive Board of Judges, 1974-1975; 1st Place Southern California Moot Court Tournament, 1975. Licensed Pilot. Adjunct Professor, Aviation Law, Southwestern University School of Law, 1981-1983. Arbitrator, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, 1979—-. Member, Special Panel for Referrals for Special Litigation Needs of Dependent Children of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Juvenile Department, 1980—-. Member, Arbitration Panel, Reynolds Aluminum Torrance Can Plant (Labor Disputes), 1981-1990. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Federal Courts and Practices Committee, 1982-1984; Delegate, 1982) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Conference of Delegates, 1982); Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1985); Consumer Attorneys of California (Member Board of Governors, 1995-1997); National Order of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates (President – Los Angeles Chapter, 2009). State Bar of California. PRACTICE AREAS: Trial Law; Products Liability; Professional Negligence; Aviation Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Personal Injury.
Email: Lebovits@dfis-law.com.
ERIN O. HALLISSY, admitted to bar, 1995, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., 1991); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation; Appellate Practice.
Email: Hallissy@dfis-law.com.
MAUREEN M. MICHAIL, admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1993); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Co-Author: “Defending an Insurance Bad Faith Case: Tips From the Other Side” (2003). PRACTICE AREAS: Construction Law and Defect; Contract-Business disputes; Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation.
Email: Michail@dfis-law.com.
BERNADETTE CASTILLO BROUSES, admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 2001); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. PRACTICE AREAS: Construction Law and Defect; Contract-Business disputes; Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation.
Email: Brouses@dfis-law.com.
GERONIMO PEREZ, admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1996,); Southwestern University of School of Law (J.D., 2002); Southwestern University of School of Law, Entertainment and Media Law (LL.M., 2003). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Gperez@dfis-law.com.
JOHNATHAN R. GERBER, admitted to bar, 2012, California, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts.
Education: University of Florida (B.A. 2009, cum laude); Loyola Law School (J.D. 2012). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Gerber@dfis-law.com.
MARY R. FERSCH, admitted to bar, 2015, California.
Education: B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, (B.A., 2012); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2015). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Fersch@dfis-law.com.
KARINA VILLA, admitted to bar 2016, California. Education: University of California Irvine (B.A. 2013); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2016). Member: State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Villa@dfis-law.com.
NICOLE R. ARIAS, admitted to bar, 2021, California. Education: B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016; J.D., Southwestern Law School, 2020. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Arias@dfis-law.com.
JULIE TAKASH, admitted to bar, 2021, California. Education: J.D., Southwestern University Law School, 2020; B.A., Arizona State University, 2016 Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Takash@dfis-law.com.
MAX A. LEVY, admitted to bar, 2021, California. Education: Denison University (B.A., 2017); Southwestern University Law School (J.D., 2021); Member: State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Levy@dfis-law.com.
DAVID R. LANG, admitted to bar, 2020, California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., 2014); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 2019); Member: State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Lang@dfis-law.com.
RYAN A. ZELIG, admitted to bar, 2021, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 2012); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 2020); Member: State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Zelig@dfis-law.com.
SEOYOUNG “MIA” AHN, admitted to bar 2021, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 2016); Southwestern Law School (J.D., 2021). Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.
Email: Ahn@dfis-law.com.
DANIELLE M. DOUMAR, admitted to bar, 2014, California.
Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 2010); Southwestern University Law School (J.D., 2014); Member: State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California.
Email: Doumar@dfis-law.com.
JOHN P. DANIELS, founding partner (1937 – 2016).
Our firm is proud to represent a vast variety of private as well as institutional clients. Our institutional clients include, but are not limited to: California Capital Insurance Company; California Insurance Group; CIBA Insurance Services; Garrison Property & Casualty Company; Great American Insurance Company; Harco National Insurance Company; Indian Harbor Insurance Company; Infinity Insurance Company; KB Insurance Co. Ltd.; Kiewit Corporation; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.; Magna Carta Companies; Monterey Insurance Company; Occidental Insurance Company; OneBeacon; ProSight Specialty Insurance; Public Service Mutual Insurance Company; Rite-Hite Corporation; Starr Companies; The Travelers Companies, Inc.; Ticketmaster; TransGuard Insurance Company; United Services Automobile Assn. (“USAA”); USAA Casualty Insurance Company; USAA Federal Savings Bank; Westfield, LLC; Wilshire Insurance Company; Steadfast Insurance Company; Uber Technologies, Inc.
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