Profiles In Law

David Lucas is an attorney who specializes in litigation for probate, real estate and civil matters.  David also has experience in and election and campaign finance law.   David works alongside the Boston auto accident lawyers and divorce lawyers of  Nigro, Pettepit & Lucas, and he is a founding member of the firm.

Mr. Lucas obtained his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School after completing his undergraduate work at Syracuse University.  His bar admissions include the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts State Courts.  David is also active in the Melrose, MA community and is currently a candidate for the 32nd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

“Litigation and the resolution of disputes can be an exhausting and emotional experience for many people,” Lucas says.  “An attorney needs to have experience with, recognize and identify these difficult emotional issues and provide the client an atmosphere which is genuinely comfortable and understanding of the client’s well being, without ever sacrificing truly excellent results.”

James G. Schwartz is a business law attorney in California specializing in representation of national, regional and local businesses financial and mortgage institutions, auto finance companies, retail companies. Mr. Schwartz has been representing local, regional and national companies since 1976.

Practice Areas: Creditor; Collections; Business and Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Education Law; Business Law; Civil Practice; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Contested Wills; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation

Admitted: 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1983, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Law School: McGeorge School of Law, J.D.

Member:  Livermore-Amador Valley, Alameda County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys; National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees; American Bankruptcy Institute; Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum.

Kevin Henderson graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, Texas, and has been licensed as an attorney since 1980. He is admitted to practice in the Northern and Western District Courts of Texas, and is a member or former member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar Judicial Section, the College of the State Bar (an organization recognizing outstanding efforts in Continuing Legal Education), the College of Probate Judges (an organization dedicated to continuing judicial education in probate and guardianship matters), and the Travis and Williamson County Bar Associations. He is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Henderson served as a Judge of County Court at Law No. 1 in Williamson County, Texas from 1995 to 2002. While he was a judge, he presided over thousands of family, criminal, civil, and probate cases.  He has extensive experience with the Williamson County lawsuit process from his experience on the bench.

After serving as a county judge, Kevin Henderson joined one of the Round Rock law firms in an “of counsel” position on January 2, 2002. Now he is a full partner at that firm, Rippy, Henderson & Taylor, LLP.

Areas of Practice:

• Divorce
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Family Law
• Criminal Defense
• Civil Law
• Probate Law

Contact Rippy, Henderson & Taylor, LLP, who understand Wiliamson County local laws and procedures, at 888-463-0690.

Howard Kornberg has 30 years of experience practicing as a Los Angeles auto and motorcycle accident attorney. Focusing specifically on helping victims of serious accidents and injuries, Mr. Kornberg has obtained over $100 million in settlement or verdict compensation for clients with cases related to:

• Brain injuries
• Spinal cord injuries
• Fractures
• Wrongful death
• Debilitating, long-term injuries

Before practicing as an auto accident attorney in Los Angeles, Howard received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1975, and was awarded his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law in 1979. Mr. Kornberg was admitted to practice in California State Courts in 1979, and has served as a Judge Pro Tem and Arbitrator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court in California and before the United States Supreme Court.

Education:

• J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1979
• B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1975

Admissions:

• California State Courts, 1979
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1981
• United States Supreme Court, 1992

Professional Associations/Memberships:

• State Bar of California
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

When you are in need of an auto or motorcycle accident attorney in Los Angeles, contact Howard Kornberg online or call toll-free at (866) 685-7259 for a free consultation.

HOWARD CRAIG KORNBERG
10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1840
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Gary A. Growe is an experienced personal injury lawyer in Saint Louis Missouri for the law firm of Growe, Eisen, Karlen, Eilerts & Ruth, LLC. He is a member of several associations, and was a recipient of the St. Louis County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 1986.

Gary was in Saint Louis, Missouri on January 12, 1952, and graduated Indiana University in 1974. He proceeded to George Washington University where he obtained his law degree and was admitted to the Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, in 1977, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, in 1980.

Gary was a contributor of, “The Federal Prudent Man Rule Under ERISA,” 22 Villanova Law Review 15, 1977, and a member of the Board of Education Laude School District, 1996. He is also a member of Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers.

Practice Areas:

• Personal Injury
• Litigation
• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability

Gary A. Growe can be contacted online or toll-free at 888-459-4903 for legal help with personal injury in Saint Louis.

Growe, Eisen & Karlen
7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 325
St. Louis, MO 63105

Sometimes an automobile accident or negligent or wrongful act results in death rather than a serious personal injury. When the death of a loved one occurs, the Los Angeles wrongful death attorneys at The Cochran Firm stand ready to represent the victim’s family in a wrongful death action against the responsible individual or entity.

A wrongful death claim differs from a personal injury claim primarily on the types of damages may be recovered and who may bring a claim.  California’s wrongful death statute allows a claim to be brought by a family member or a personal representative of the estate on behalf of the family.  Family members who are permitted to bring a claim are defined by law and include first and foremost the spouse or domestic partner and children of the deceased.  If there is no living spouse, children or grandchildren at the time of death, the next of kin or certain other individuals may bring an action.

Since the plaintiff in a wrongful death or accidental death lawsuit is a family member of the deceased, rather than the person who was killed, the types of damages that may be recovered are those which are personal to the plaintiff, not the decedent.  For instance, the plaintiff may recover for the cost of funeral and burial expenses; the loss of financial support, including gifts and other benefits the deceased would have provided; and the reasonable value of household services the deceased would have contributed.

Daniel J. Cheely, was born October 24, 1949 in Illinois, United States of America and is currently a partner in the law firm,Cheely, O’Flaherty & Ayres.  He received his B.A. degree at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, cum laude, from Princeton University in 1971, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, senior class vice president, and a leader of the undergraduate assembly.  He then received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1974.

Mr. Cheely practiced in Baker & McKenzie’s Chicago Litigation Department from 1974 to 1994 before joining the internet law firm in Chicago, Cheely, O’Flaherty & Ayres.  He was elected an income partner at Baker & McKenzie in 1981 and a capital partner in 1985.  Mr. Cheely handled a wide variety of cases at Baker & McKenzie, including commercial litigation as well as toxic tort, employment, medical malpractice, non-medical professional negligence, product liability, contractual disputes, and litigation.  He is an experienced appellate practitioner, having appeared approximately ten times in the First District Illinois Appellate Court and in the Illinois Supreme Court.  At Baker & McKenzie, Mr. Cheely headed the litigation group’s Associate Training and Evaluation Committee.

At Cheely, O’Flaherty & Ayres, Mr. Cheely, e-commerce lawyer in Chicago does not limit his legal services to computer law but also practices in the areas of toxic tort and employment litigation.  In the toxic tort field, he has defended hundreds of cases alleging injuries or disease from asbestos and other environmental agents, brought against equipment and building material manufacturers, construction contractors, and property owners.  He was named in 2005 by his peers in the Illinois Bar as one of the “Leading Lawyers in Illinois” for his work in that field over the last 30 years.  He also served as a vice-chairman of an A.B.A. practice subcommittee in the area of toxic tort litigation.

Mr. Cheely has also served individual and corporate clients in employment related matters, for the purposes of both litigation and counseling.  Most of the time, the retentions were for the purposes of litigation representation in response to claims brought under federal or state civil rights statutes.  In this capacity, he handled retaliation, sexual harassment, age discrimination, alleging racial discrimination, and unlawful discharge cases.  He also frequently has been called to render advice on termination agreements and the scope or enforceability of restrictive employment covenants upon departing employees.

Areas of Practice:

• Products Liability
• Church Law and Religious Institutions
• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Business Litigation

Education:

• Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974 J.D.
• Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1971 B.A.

Honors:

• Cum Laude
• Senior Class Vice-President
• Leader, Undergraduate Assembly
• Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions:

• Illinois, 1974
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1975
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1975

Pro Bono Affiliations:
Member of the Board of Advisors for Ave Maria University Law School

Cheely, O’Flaherty & Ayres
19 South La Salle Street
Chicago, IL 60603-1422
(312) 853-8700

Robert Tennessen of Tennessen Law, PLC has long been regarded as an expert in the area of privacy and data practices. He authored the landmark Data Practices Act which included a required disclosure by government that came to be known as the Tennessen Warning. The United States Senate appointed him to serve on the seven-member Federal Privacy Protection Study Commission, and in 1999 was elected to the prestigious American Law Institute, a legal think tank of judges, academics, and practitioners dedicated to clarifying and simplifying the law.

A veteran of the United States Air Force, Mr. Tennessen received an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. He served for more than a decade in the Minnesota State Senate, where he chaired the Senate Commerce Committee and three subcommittees. He also served on the Committee on Rules, the Judiciary Committee, and the Finance Committee, and he was a member of the Legislative Audit Commission. He is in his 19th year as a state appointee to the national Uniform Law Commission (ULC), and is a member of the ULC’s Executive Committee and chairs its Legislative Committee.

Robert Tennessen has extensive experience in Minneapolis government relations advising clients on a range of issues and industries, including insurance, transportation, privacy, excise taxes, banking, education testing and technology, and regulation of professional licensing.

Kenneth F. Fulginiti, a personal injury attorney at Duffy + Partners, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attended the University of Delaware where he obtained his B.S.B.A in 1987, and received his Juris Doctorate in 1990 from Villanova University School of Law. In 1990, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars. Mr. Fulginiti is also a member of the U.S. District Courts for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is listed as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and is “AV” rated, which is the highest professional rating provided by Martindale-Hubble.

As one of the Philadelphia birth injury attorneys of Duffy + Partners, Mr. Fulginiti is a member of the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Associations; the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Associations for Justice; and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. At Duffy + Partners, he practices law alongside experienced attorneys such as Thomas Duffy. Kenneth Fulginiti’s practice areas include Personal and Catastrophic injury caused by Products Liability (defects); Premises Liability; Construction/Industrial Accidents, Motor Vehicle and Trucking Accidents.

Mr. Rice has been in private practice since November 1979 as a tax professional. Prior to law school, Mr. Rice worked for the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Rice is the sole proprietor of the law firm of David Lee Rice, APLC, rated AV by Martindale & Hubbell, and is one of Los Angeles Magazine‘s Super Lawyers for 2006-Present.

Incoming Chair to the Individual and Family Income Tax Section of the American Bar Association and Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Tax Section. He was Former Chair of the State Bar Income Tax Committee, Former Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Committee on Procedure and Litigation, Former Chair of the State Bar Committee on Procedure and Litigation, Commissioner and Chair of the Board of Legal Specialization Committee of the State Bar on Taxation, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, South Bay Bar Association, South Bay Estate Planning Council, Board of Directors of the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center, Board of Director of the Wellness Center in Redondo Beach, CA, and Former Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the University of West Los Angeles Law School.

Mr. Rice is a Certified Specialist in Taxation with the State Bar of California and a Certified Elder Law Specialist. The areas of law that he practices in are:

David Bernfeld was born in New York, New York, April 3, 1942, and later graduated from Adelphi University, B.B.A., in 1962. David recieved his J.D. from New York University in 1965, and was admitted in 1966.

He has practiced as a New York criminal attorney for nearly 40 years in civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, matrimonial law, and healthcare law. He quickly grasps the issues presented by the case, and presents you with a realistic view of what to expect from the legal system. David has a background in accounting, and has had a wealth of experience representing high net worth individuals and businesses in matters involving the securities and commodities industries.

Practice Areas:

• Criminal law
• White-collar crime
• Litigation
• Securities
• Commodities
• Healthcare
• Healthcare litigation
• Commercial litigation
• Corporate law
• Corporate litigation

David Bernfeld is a member of New York State and American, Criminal Justice, Litigation and Family Law Sections, Bar Associations.

Mesa Estate Litigation Services – Estate Planning Lawyer, Michael H. Hough

Partner of Hough Law Offices, PLLC, Family Estate Planning Law Firm in Mesa, Arizona.

Mesa Estate Litigation Attorneys - Estate Planners in Mesa, Hough Law Offices, P.L.L.C.

MICHAEL H. HOUGH is a partner of Hough Law Offices, P.L.L.C. Michael concentrates his practice in estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, and trust administration.

Michael received a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and a J.D. degree from the University of Denver in 1994. While attending law school, Michael was an Officer on the Moot Court Board from 1993 to 1994, a member of the Transportation Law Journal, and a member of Phi Alpha Delta. After law school, Michael joined Hough Law Offices, P.L.L.C. in 1994.

Michael is also a member of the following organizations: State Bar of Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association, and the East Valley Estate Planning Council. Michael serves on the Executive Board of A New Leaf and he is a founding member of The Zanjeros.

Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Wills; Trusts

Admitted: 1994, Arizona
Law School: University of Denver, J.D.
Member: Maricopa County Bar Association (Member, Estate Planning Section); State Bar of Arizona (Member, Probate and Trust Law Section).
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta. Officer, Moot Court Board, 1993-1994. Transportation Law Journal, 1992-1993. East Valley Estate Planning Council, (Member, 1994; President, 1996-1997).
ISLN: 909650085

While the estate planners in Mesa, Arizona of Hough Law Firm practice law in all Arizona counties, our law firm primarily serves clients in Maricopa and Pinal Counties and in such cities as Ahwatukee, Chandler, Gilbert, Gold Canyon, Mesa, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun Lakes, and Tempe.

Tacoma criminal defense lawyer Harry Steinmetz

Criminal defense lawyer Harry S. Steinmetz provides clients in the greater Tacoma, Washington area with legal assistance in the area of criminal law, including DUI, identity theft, and white-collar crime. He also serves his community as a juvenile law attorney.

As a criminal defense lawyer, Mr. Steinmetz has an in-depth knowledge of Washington State law, and a broad knowledge base useful for putting together winning court cases. He has years of experience working with the court system and law enforcement, and is a skilled advocate for his clients both in and out of the court room.

Criminal Defense Practice Areas

• Criminal law
• DUI/DWI
• Felonies
• Misdemeanors
• Identity theft
• Assault
• Domestic violence
• Weapons charges
• Explosives
• Juvenile law
• White-collar crime

Admitted

• California Bar, 1990
• Washington Bar, 1995

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1989
• San Diego State University, B.A., 1985