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DONALD J. SANDS
Don is a frequent teacher of continuing education courses in California, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina, and is a member of the North American Committee on Surface Transportation, which participates with representatives from Canada and Mexico on NAFTA related issues. Don focuses his practice on the transportation industry. He has jury and non-jury trial experience and recently prevailed in a high profile, multi-million dollar class action case that was filed by the owner-operators in the Port of Los Angeles against the motor carriers. NEIL S. LERNER
Neil is a frequent guest speaker at luncheons, seminars and association meetings and has been featured, for cases that he has won, in the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Journal, Lloyd's List, and The Seattle Times. He has published four articles on various topics, and is writing a book on a case that resulted in a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court and the imprisonment of the "King of Insurance Fraud." Neil focuses on unusual cases involving all of the firm's practice areas. He has jury and non-jury trial experience and has won appeals before the California and Federal appellate courts. BENJAMIN A. SHAPIRO Ben graduated from Stanford University in 1999 and from Loyola Law School in 2005. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court's Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His cases include Grober v. Markel American Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2615312 (Cal. App. 2006). ARUN DAYALAN Arun graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997, and from Loyola Law School in 2001. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court's Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He primarily handles business litigation, public entity defense and maritime cases. ROZA CRAWFORD Roza was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She immigrated to the United States in 1988 with her parents, grandmother and a cat. Roza graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 1997, summa cum laude, and Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley in 2000. Before becoming a lawyer in 2002, Ms. Crawford ran a residential facility for the elderly, volunteered her time to the Jewish Home for the Aging, and traveled in Europe. Roza is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and before all California state courts. Ms. Crawford handles maritime cases, public entity defense and some business litigation. She also dedicates part of her time to Bet Tzedek Legal Services representing pro-bono indigent and elderly clients. ART SEVERANCE Art graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991 and from California Western School of Law, cum laude, in 2006. He received an LL.M. in Admiralty Law, with distinction, from Tulane University Law School in 2007. Art served as the executive editor of the California Western International Law Journal and published the comment "The Duty to Render Assistance in the Satellite Age," 36 Cal. W. Int'l L.J. 377 (2006). Before becoming a lawyer, he served in the Navy repairing marine electronics. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. |
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Don graduated from Palomar College and California State University at San Diego in 1959, and from the University of West Los Angeles Law School in 1974. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked in the insurance industry for fifteen years adjusting catastrophic claims. He is admitted to practice law before all of the state and federal courts in California.
Neil graduated from Tulane University in 1982, and from George Washington University Law School in 1985. He also attended Bristol University in England from 1980-1981. He is admitted to practice law in New York and California.