James G. Bohm
Bar Standing
Mr. Bohm is admitted to the State Bar of California, the United States District Court (Central and Southern Districts of California) and to the United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit).
Area of Practice
Mr. Bohm enjoys extensive experience in both insurance law and business litigation and has represented Fortune 500 companies in various complex business litigation involving claims related to the acquisition of companies, contract disputes, and wrongful termination claims. He has represented numerous companies in coverage and insurance bad faith disputes. Additional areas of focus include substantial trial experience in business related matters.
Trial Experience
Mr. Bohm possesses a broad range of extensive trial experience in major cases. Some examples of Mr. Bohm's verdicts and awards obtained on behalf of his clients have included:
- Obtained a $2 million award for a Fortune 500 client following an extensive jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court where claims of over $12 million were brought against that client relating to the divestiture of one of its subsidiaries.
- Successfully defended a real estate agent alleged to have breached her fiduciary duties to her client by purchasing her client's prospective property and obtaining a secret profit therefrom. No resulting liability attached to the agent.
- Obtained a fraud verdict against a publicly traded leasing company in favor of a major wholesale food distributor, in claims relating to the leasing company's contract and selling practices. This was the first successful lawsuit in over 200 similar cases wherein a verdict against the leasing company was obtained. The leasing company was represented by one of the nation's top law firms and spent over $5 million in attorney's fees.
- Successfully defended a company that was alleged to be a joint venture partner with a debtor company, in an action brought by the debtor company's creditor, resulting in no liability to the client.
- Obtained a jury verdict in excess of $300,000 for a property owner client whose property sustained water damage from an adjoining landowner.
- Obtained a complete defense verdict after a six week jury trial wherein our client, the president of an automobile manufacturing company, was accused of fraud, conversion and securities violations by an investor in and creditor of his company. Plaintiffs sought over $12 million in damages and were represented by a nationally known trial lawyer (who was a lead prosecutor in the government’s case against Ken Lay and Jeffery Skilling of ‘Enron’ fame). It was reported that this attorney had never previously “lost a case”. Plaintiffs spent millions of dollars in prosecuting the matter and had up to seven lawyers representing them at trial. Our client had only one lawyer defending the case: James G. Bohm.
Bar Activities & Legal Associations
Mr. Bohm has served on the Board of Trustees of the Orange County Bar Foundation (1996 to 2003). He is a member of Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter (2001 to present), also holding the following offices: Treasurer (2004-2005), Vice-President (2006), President (2007 to 2008). Mr. Bohm is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and the State Bar of California, where he has served on the Resolutions Committee, and as Section Head for the Section on Civil Procedure.
Education
Mr. Bohm is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1984), and of Pepperdine University, where he obtained his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, and was Class Salutatorian, in 1987. While at Pepperdine, he was the California Survey Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review (1986-87) and the recipient of the West Publishing Company's Award for Highest Scholastic Average for the 1984-85 academic year. Mr. Bohm also received several American Jurisprudence Awards in the areas of Contracts, Constitutional Law, Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy, Remedies, and Criminal Procedure.
Work Experience
Mr. Bohm has been practicing law since 1987. Prior to forming BOHM, MATSEN, KEGEL & AGUILERA, LLP he was the administrative partner of the Costa Mesa office of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, LLP (now Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), where he represented numerous insurance clients. He also has substantial experience directly representing corporations in non-insurance, business-related matters and experience defending directors and officers in securities litigation. Mr. Bohm has represented ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., PureGro, SPI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Union Oil Company of California, Unocal, BMW of North America, Inc., Ingersoll-Rand, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Nature's Best, Tosco Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company and Contessa Foods, among others.
Publications & Presentations
- Author, “California Supreme Court Survey, September 1985-1986” (13 Pepperdine Law Review 861, 1101 (1986))
- Co-Editor and Co-Author, “Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Update” (1989-90)
- Member of the Board of Editorial Advisors for the publication Managing Partner (1999 - 2002)
- Speaker, “Extricating Your Company From the Deathgrip Lease” and “Selecting and Monitoring Outside Counsel”, ICN Conference on High Technology Procurement (Orlando, Florida, September 2001)
- Author, “Prosecuting Your Business Tort Claims: A Defense Perspective”, Advocate (September 2003)
- Moderator, “Jury Selection, Opening Statement and Closing Argument”; “Trying The Business Punitive Damages Case”, Association of Business Trial Lawyers 30th Annual Seminar (Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2003)
- Moderator, “When Things Go Wrong”, Association of Business Trial Lawyers 33rd Annual Conference, (Maui, Hawaii, October 2006)
General Counsel
Since 2008, Mr. Bohm has served as general counsel to Frontera Investments, Inc.
Community Service
- Elected to the 2004 Presidential Elector College
- Commissioner, Orange County Sheriff's Advisory Council (2005 - present)
- Pepperdine Univiersity, School of Law, Board of Visitors (2008 - present)
Jeffrey R. Matsen
Partner
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California - United States District Court (Central District of California), United States Supreme Court and United States Tax Court.
Area of Practice
Business formations and transactional matters, estate planning, asset protection, probate, tax, real estate and international law.
Experience
Over the past 30 years, Mr. Matsen has provided legal services to a myriad of individuals and business entities in setting up and organizing partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies and drafting the various legal documents relative thereto. In this regard, Mr. Matsen is intimately familiar with buy/sell agreements, shareholder agreements, buying and selling businesses, business dissolutions and representing public companies. Mr. Matsen also has an extensive background in taxation, real estate, estate planning, probate and asset protection law and setting up and representing international businesses. He has represented a multitude of both individual and business clients with respect to business and real estate transactions and has prepared hundreds of sophisticated estate plans.
Legal & Professional Associations
- State Bar of California (Member Section on: Trusts and Probate);
- American Bar Association (Member Section on: Asset Protection Planning);
- Certified in Business Appraisal by Professional Certification Board;
- Member, The Offshore Institute, Member of WealthCounsel.
Education
Brigham Young University (B.A., cum laude 1964). University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1967 highest honors, Order of the Coif). Captain United States Marine Corps (Judge Advocate and Military Judge, 1968 - 1971); Languages: speaks fluent Portuguese.
Work Experience
Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Matsen was employed as an associate attorney by the Los Angeles law firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett. After serving a three-year tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate and Military Judge with the rank of Captain, Mr. Matsen joined the Newport Beach law firm of Westover, Currey & Matsen in 1971. When that firm was dissolved in 1976, he established his own practice. From October 1999 to December of 2000, Mr. Matsen was employed as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Universal Broadband Networks where he was responsible for the preparation and filing of the entire Application process resulting in a listing on the NASDAQ National Market and oversaw every aspect of the Company's legal and SEC matters. Mr. Matsen has been a Professor of Law at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton where he taught for more than 16 years. He has also been a faculty member for the Golden Gate University Graduate School of Taxation and Adjunct Professor of Law at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. He has lectured extensively before professional and lay groups and is the author of the Chapter, "Formulating Buy/Sell Agreements and Valuing Closely Held Stock" in the wildly circulated Mathew Bender Publication, California Closely Held Corporations. He is the co-author of Selecting and Forming Business Entities in California, Family Limited Partnerships, and Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation published by Lorman Education Services and Asset Protection Techniques in California published by the National Business Institute.
Personal
Mr. Matsen is married and the father of seven children.
[back]Craig A. Kegel
Partner
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California - 1985, United States District Court (Central and Southern) - 1987, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -1989.
Area of Practice
Substantial experience and expertise in business litigation, employment law and insurance law. Represented and represents numerous corporations in non-insurance business and employment related matters and many insurance defense clients. Experienced in class action litigation.
Trial Experience
Broad range of jury/court trial and appellate experience over the last 19 years.
Bar Activities & Legal Associations
Member of Orange County Bar Association, Business Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association and State Bar of California
Education
San Diego State University (B.A. Business Administration 1982), Western State College of Law (J.D., Director of Don Program, graduated with honors in top 5% of class in 1985).
Work Experience
Mr. Kegel has been practicing law since 1985. Prior to the formation of Bohm, Matsen, Kegel and Aguilera, LLP, Mr. Kegel has represented numerous businesses and insurance clients in all aspects of litigated matters. He has represented insureds of numerous insurance companies including National Union Fire Insurance Company, California Insurance Guarantee Association, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Aim Insurance Company, Deans & Homer among others. He also has vast experience representing corporations and individuals in non-insurance, business litigation matters.
Personal
Born June 9, 1960
[back]A. Eric Aguilera
Partner
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California - 1997, United States District Court (Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts) U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1997.
Area of Practice
A. Eric Aguilera's practice involves all aspects of business litigation, with particular emphasis on labor relations and employment law, including collective bargaining negotiations; arbitrations; "wrongful termination" and "equal employment opportunity" litigation; proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing; wage hour regulation; Bankruptcy Law; and Bankruptcy Trustee Representation.
Trial Experience
A large part of Mr. Aguilera's experience has been devoted to trial practice in both Federal and State courts.
Legal Associations
Mr. Aguilera is a member of the State Bar of California, the Federal Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, including the Labor and Employment Law Sections thereof.
Education
Mr. Aguilera received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994, and his J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles' School of Law in 1997.
Work Experience
Mr. Aguilera has been practicing law since 1997. Prior to the formation of Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP, Mr. Aguilera was an associate at the law firm of Wood, Bohm & Francis, LLP, where he has represented Union Oil Company of California, Unocal, Ingersoll Rand Company, Nature's Best, Tosco Corporation, Interior Architects and ZB Industries, among others. In September of 2005, Mr. Aguilera was elected by SuperLawyer Magazine as a "Rising Star" in the Southern California legal community for his numerous accomplishments.
Personal
Date of Birth: May 14, 1972.
[back]Harriet B. Alexson
Partner
Harriet B. Alexson, Esq. practices in the areas of real estate and commercial finance, corporate law, financial institutions law, private placements and mergers and acquisitions. She handles regulatory legal issues for FDIC insured financial institutions, non-member banks and mortgage companies. She received her B.S. and M.A. degrees from Boston University and her J.D. degree from the University of Southern California Law School. Ms. Alexson has lectured extensively and has written articles on financing and other related topics in her areas of practice. She was an adjunct professor at Western State University College of Law where she taught Commercial Law and Real Estate Transactions. Ms. Alexson is a member of the State Bar of California (Member, Real Estate and Business Section), the Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Estate and Corporate sections) and the American Bar Association where she serves on the Banking Committee. Ms. Alexson is a member of the International Real Estate Trade Group Board of Experts.
She was recently honored as an Influential Women In California Real Estate in Southern California Real Estate Magazine. She was featured in the USC Law Alumni Magazine, in December, 2009, as an alumni who has made a significant impact in the legal field. She is a former partner with the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb. Ms. Alexson has been in the forefront of representing clients in acquisitions of failed financial institutions and assets held in receivership by the FDIC. She also specializes in assisting financial services companies, operating on-line with nationwide compliance issues.
[back]Kari M. Myron
Partner
Bar Standing
Admitted to the State Bar of California – 1992
Admitted to U.S. District Court (Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts) – 1992
US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit – 1992
Areas of Practice
Ms. Myron has extensive civil litigation practice in the areas of medical malpractice, complex mass tort litigation (breast implant, diet drug, construction defect, and toxic torts), class actions (commercial landlord-tenant), insurance (bad faith and coverage issues), business litigation, employment law (including ERISA actions), and civil writs and appeals. She has represented private parties as well as insured and self-insured public entities.
Trial Experience
Ms. Myron's experience includes mediations, binding arbitrations, and both bench and jury trials.
Publications
Hernandez v Paicius (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 452
Legal Associations
Member, State Bar of California
Member, Orange County Bar Association
Member/Past President and Vice President, Lex Romana Italian American Lawyers of Orange County
Work Experience
Prior to joining Bohm, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera as a Partner in 2008, Ms. Myron enjoyed 5 years in private practice after successful affiliations with the prominent Orange County defense firms of Madory, Zell & Pleiss, and Tuverson & Hillyard. Additionally, she was the Southern California in-house counsel for John Glenn Adjusters & Administrators – third party administrators for self-insured entities, paratransit (private/non-profit) and public entity transportation coverage pools, where she supervised the litigation unit.
Education
Western State University College of Law, Fullerton
Juris Doctor – 1991
Bachelor of Arts, English – 1987
Personal
Married, one daughter
[back]Judith Michael Fouladi
Partner
Bar Standing
Admitted to the State Bar of California, 1985, and to the United States District Court (Central District of California)
Areas of Practice
Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985 and to the United States District Court (Central District of California), Ms. Fouladi's areas of practice include general civil litigation, class action cases, Labor Code disputes, insurance disputes (bad faith and coverage), writs and appeals, criminal defense and DMV matters. She also serves as general corporate counsel for small businesses and advises Boards of Directors. Prior to joining BMKA in 2007, Ms. Fouladi enjoyed a successful career as a sole practitioner, having commenced her career in 1986 with the Orange County Public Defender's Office. She has extensive litigation and law and motion experience, having tried scores of jury and bench trials.
Education
Western State University College of Law (Juris Doctor 1984); University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., Political Science)
Work Experience
Ms. Fouladi has been trying jury and bench trials since 1986 and has considerable litigation and law and motion experience.
Personal
Ms. Fouladi has served on a number of non-profit Boards of Directors, which has included an elected position to a municipal association. She has served as a fee arbitrator for the Orange County Bar Association, presiding over numerous attorney/client fee disputes. She is a past president of the South Orange County Bar Association and has served on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Bar Association and the National Association of Women Business Owners. She has chaired and MC'd large fundraising and community events and for several years co-hosted a television program on the law.
Currently, Ms. Fouladi is a member of the Orange County Bar Association's Business and Corporations Section, the In-House Counsel Section and the Civil Litigation Section. She is a member of the State Bar of California's Business Law Section.
[back]Sherry Graybehl D'Antony
Partner
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, United States Court (Central and Southern Districts of California) and United States of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Certified Specialist
California Certified Family Law Specialist since 1995
Areas of Practice
Family Law: experienced in all facets of family law, including but not limited to child custody, child and spousal support, property division, domestic violence, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, domestic partnership issues from commencement of the action through trial.
Employment Law: Practice in the area of management law representing employers in all forms of employment disputes, including but not limited to: advising employers on Pregnancy Disability Leave, Family Medical Leave, California Family Rights Act; issues of exempt and no-exempt employees; and the duties and liabilities associated therewith; representing employers in administrative hearings before the California Labor Commission; Employment Development Department (DFEH); preparation of Employee Handbooks; performing investigations on behalf of employers on claims of sexual harassment; advising small companies on Human Resource issues; handled lawsuits involving discrimination based upon disability, age, gender, sexual harassment; wrongful discharge, wage claims and associated torts.
Alternative Methods
Family Law: Experienced in mediation and collaborative law which resolves matters short of court intervention. This method maintains the parties' privacy and minimizes the conflict between the parties. This is an effective alternative to the highly contested litigation involved in the adversarial process.
Trial Experience
Broad range of trial experience ranging in short cause matters through several days of trial. Litigation issues include, but are not limited to the following: custody, visitation, move away cases, child support, spousal support, property division, including but not limited to issue regarding evaluating businesses and real property. Domestic violence, restraining orders, and same sex custody issues.
Bar Activities & Legal Associations
Judge Pro Tem in Los Angeles for Family Law, Board Member for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, as Director of South (2005 through 2007); Member of the Board for Lex Romana (Italian Lawyers Group) (2006- present); Member of the Collaborative Divorce Solutions for Orange County (2008 through present); member of the Orange County Bar Association.
Education
John F. Kennedy University, Northern California (B.S. in Business Administration); John F. Kennedy University (J.D.). Licensed to practice law in 1988.
Work Experience & Personal History
Ms. Graybehl D'Antony has been practicing law since 1989. Prior to joining the law firm of BOHM, MATSEN, KEGEL & AGUILERA, LLP., Ms. D'Antony was a partner at the law firm of D'Antony, Doyle & Moore; prior to that Ms. Graybehl D'Antony worked for nine and a half years for the law firm of Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo, handling all of their family law matters, as well as employment law matters.
Published Works
Employment and Labor Law for the General Practitioner in California, Lorman Education Services, 2000;
Lectures & Seminars
"Sexual Harassment", Irvine Swim League
"Employment Labor Law", Lorman Education Services, (2000)
"Sexual Harassment", Riverside School District
"Prevention of Violence in the Work Place", McGraw-Hill
"Domestic Violence", Orange County Bar Association and Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County's 11th Annual Mexico Seminar (l996)
"Employment Matters", Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
"Sexual Harassment", Ferguson, Metzner & Company
"Pregnancy Disability", Orange County Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.
Other
Board Member for Green Star Charity through Koll Co.; Chair of Laura's House Golf Tournament (1997)
Personal Achievements
Completed over 12 marathons, and 4 half marathons.
[back]Michael P. Kalish (admitted in Hawaii)
Michael P. Kalish has an extensive background in Social Security disability, personal injury, consumer
law, real estate, veterans benefits and litigation. Michael first began assisting and representing social security claimants as a law student while working for the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and later as a staff attorney. Michael has substantial experience in handling all aspects of the disability litigation process from initial application, through reconsideration requests and representation at hearings before administrative law judges, to federal court appeals. In addition to representing clients before the Social Security Administration on initial claims for disability benefits, he has represented clients on long term disability claims, closed period claims, disability claims for children, adult children claims, surviving spouse claims . He has successfully defended clients against claims by the Social Security Administration for repayment of disability and SSI overpayments. Michael regularly represents clients at hearings before administrative law judges in both in California and Hawaii. The key to Michael’s success in representing social security claimants is his relentless devotion to his clients.
He is a member in good standing in the bars of:
- The State of Hawaii
- U.S. Federal District Court of Hawaii
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
He is an active member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.
Education:
JD, 1999, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii
BA, 1996, University of Hawaii
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Lindsee Gendron
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing:
The State Bar of California, 2009 United States District Court, Central District of California, 2009 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009
Areas of Practice:
Ms. Gendron’s practice involves civil and business litigation.
Education:
Syracuse University (B.A., Political Science, Philosophy, 2006)
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (Juris Doctor, 2009)
Publications:
Author, “Noonan v. Staples: Libel Law’s Shocking New Precedent and What it Means for the Motion Picture Industry,” 7 Denv. Sports & Ent. L.J. 20 (2009).
Author, “A Safer Harbor,” Accepted for Publication, Ohio Northern L. Rev. (2010)
Co-Author, “Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards After Cable Connections: Towards a Due Process Model,” Accepted for Publication, UCLA Ent. L. Rev. (2010)
Work Experience:
Ms. Gendron joined Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP as an associate attorney in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, she worked for two years at a Los Angeles talent-side entertainment litigation firm.
[back]Nicholas P. Carrigan
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, 2007
Areas of Practice
Mr. Carrigan's practice involves business and commercial transactions, asset protection and estate planning as well as business and civil litigation.
Education
University California, Davis - King Hall School of Law (J.D., 2005); University of California, Los Angeles(B.A., History, 2002)
Work Experience
Mr. Carrigan joined Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP as an associate attorney in 2007. Prior to joining as an associate, Mr. Carrigan worked as a law clerk in the legal department of a Fortune 500 insurance company.
Personal
Born September 24, 1982 in Louisville, KY. Mr. Carrigan is married. Mr. Carrigan is also conversant in Persian.
[back]Richard A. Semon
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California; United States District Court (Central and Southern Districts of California); and the United States Tax Court.
Education
University California, Los Angeles.
University of La Verne (Juris Doctor, 1986)
Mr. Semon received the American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Semon's practice includes: Federal and State Court litigation, insurance defense, municipal and governmental liability defense, and employment law matters.
PROFESSIONAL Mr. Semon joined BOHM, MATSEN, KEGEL & AGUILERA,
BACKGROUND: LLP, in 2007.
Mr. SemonÕs experience includes public and private sector employment related matters and litigation before the California Department of Industrial Relations, the DLSE, OSHA, EEOC, NLRB, and PERB administrative agencies. Mr. Semon has represented union employees of the City of Anaheim; the Orange County SheriffÕs Department, Orange County Fire Authority, the Orange County Public DefendersÕ Office, John Wayne Airport, and other Orange County agencies regarding internal affairs investigations, disciplinary proceedings, grievances, and unfair labor practices. Mr. Semon has represented small and large private sector businesses regarding employment issues, including the creation and enforcement of employment policies and procedures.
Mr. Semon previously served as Senior Counsel to Corbis (a Bill Gates wholly owned intellectual property corporation), where Mr. Semon managed the creation, enforcement, and protection of CorbisÕ global intellectual property rights. Mr. Semon has substantial experience in intellectual property representation, and related litigation in Federal Court, the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board, and before the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Mr. Semon has lectured and appeared on seminar panels regarding employment and intellectual property related issues, upon request.
Personal
Mr. Semon was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
[back]Jennifer Swiller Marvin
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California - 1995, United States District Court Central District - 1995; United States District Court Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts and U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - 1999.
Areas of Practice
Mrs. Marvin's practice involves all aspects of civil litigation, with particular emphasis on cases involving public entities and employees and allegations of civil rights violations and dangerous conditions.
Trial Experience
Mrs. Marvin has successfully represented defendants in wrongful death and personal injury jury trials in State and Federal Courts in California, Alaska and Florida.
Education
Mrs. Marvin received her B.A. degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1992, and her J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1995.
Work Experience
Mrs. Marvin has been practicing law since 1995. Mrs. Marvin has a broad range of civil litigation experience, including civil rights law, maritime law, recreational water-sports law, public entity law, family law and medical malpractice law.
Personal
Date of Birth: May 11, 1971. Mrs. Marvin is married with children.
[back]Thomas V. Perea
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, 1989; United States District Court (Eastern, Central and Northern Districts of California).
Areas of Practice
Mr. Perea's practice focuses on municipality defense including representing cities, police departments and officers in civil rights litigation.
Education
University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Juris Doctor 1988); Cal. State University, Hayward (B.A. Political Science 1985).
Work Experience
Mr. Perea joined Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP as an associate attorney in 2007. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at several well known Orange County and Los Angeles firms where he practiced in areas ranging from general business litigation, insurance coverage, "bad faith" defense and high end personal injury.
Personal
Mr. Perea was born in Martinez, California. He is married with two children, one in college. He is fluent in Spanish.
[back]Raymond E. Brown
Associate Attorney
Raymond E. Brown is a 17-year trial attorney with an exceptional trial record in both State and Federal courts. Over the course of his career, Mr. Brown has represented plaintiffs and defendants, and as lead attorney has never lost a bench or jury trial. Among his more noteworthy accomplishments, he obtained a $2.1 Million verdict against a California city for the shooting death of an 18-year-old man; a $4.25 Million verdict against a County regarding the murder of a 5-year-old girl; and a unanimous verdict on all causes of action in a highly publicized business dispute in Texas: Options National Fertility Registry v. Michael Allon, M.D.
In addition to his trial experience, Mr. Brown has an extensive background in appellate matters. He has successfully handled dozens of State and Federal appeals. Mr. Brown was counsel for the appellant in a recent Federal case that resulted in a published opinion by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturning the trial court's award of summary judgment, Soldano v. United States, 453 F.3d 1140 (9th Cir. 2006).
Mr. Brown has been practicing law since 1993 in the areas of personal injury; professional malpractice; and business and employment disputes. He currently handles business and other civil litigation matters for BMKA clients.
Mr. Brown earned his Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University, after first receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (cum laude) and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from that same institution. He is admitted to all State and Federal courts in both California and Arizona.
[back]Matthew J. Salcedo
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, 2005; United States District Court, Central District of California, 2006; United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 2007; and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2007.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Salcedo's practice involves all aspects of state and federal court civil litigation, with a focus on civil rights litigation and public entity defense.
Education
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D.C., (J.D. and Certificate, Comparative and International Law Institute, 2003); College of Trial Advocacy, Orange County Superior Court, (Certificate, 2007); California State University, Northridge, (B.S., Business Administration and Economics, Option in Business Law, 2000).
Work Experience
Mr. Salcedo joined Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP as an associate attorney in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Salcedo was an associate with the Law Offices of Federico Castelan Sayre, where he practiced in the areas of products liability, civil rights, catastrophic personal injury, professional malpractice, and employment law.
Personal
While in law school, Mr. Salcedo was a staff member of the CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law & Policy, a member of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, and participated in Catholic University's International Business and Trade Summer Law Program in Krakow, Poland. Mr. Salcedo is a California-licensed Real Estate Broker, and is fluent in Greek and proficient in Spanish.
[back]Suzanne J. Reuben
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, 2006; United States District Court (Central District of California), 2006; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2006.
Areas of Practice
Ms. Reuben's practice involves civil and business litigation
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (Juris Doctor 2006); University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Economics, Political Science, 2003)
Work Experience
Ms. Reuben joined Bohn, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP as an associate attorney in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Reuben was an associate at a Long Beach based medical malpractice firm.
[back]Jason Chao
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[back]Jonyson A. Pierce
Associate Attorney
Bar Standing
Jonyson A. Pierce was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998. He is also admitted to the United States District Court - Central and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Pierce currently represents municipalities, police departments, and police officers in civil rights litigation, and in litigation involving dangerous conditions of public property and motor vehicle negligence.
Education
Mr. Pierce graduated from Whittier Law School (Cum Laude) in Costa Mesa, California in 1998. While at Whittier Law School, he was on Law Review, earned two American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Writing and Criminal Justice, and graduated in the top 15 percent of his class. He obtained his B.A. in Criminal Justice from California State University Fullerton in 1993.
Work Experience
Mr. Pierce has primarily worked for insurance defense firms throughout his legal career. He has represented clients in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, dog attacks, medical and dental malpractice, and construction defect. While working for these various defense firms, he has obtained valuable deposition, mediation, arbitration, and trial experience.
Personal
Mr. Pierce was born in Vietnam. He is married and has three cats.
[back]Lee A. Wood
Bar Standing
The State Bar of California, United States, District Court (Northern, Central and Southern Districts) United States Supreme Court.
Area of Practice
Trial attorney specializing in major loss litigation, police action and city litigation cases with in depth experience in the representation of insurance companies and public entities. Over 36 years of extensive trial experience litigating cases involving issues of brain damage, quadriplegia, paraplegia, civil rights violations, wrongful termination, police excessive force, police pursuit, real estate, extensive propety damage, land subsidence, and commercial litigation.
Bar Activities & Legal Associations:
American Bar Association, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, and Central Districts of California; U.S. Supreme Court.
Education
Southwestern University School of Law, cum laude
Juris Doctor degree 1973
Pierce College, Accelerated Pre-Law, A.A. Pre-Law 1968
University of Maryland
Work Experience & Personal History
Mr. Wood has been practicing law since 1973. Prior to becoming Of Counsel with Bohm, Matsen, Kegel & Aguilera, LLP he was a contract partner at Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, LLP and a founding partner of Wood, Ward, & Garnett in 1980, which was an insurance defense firm based in Southern California. Prior to that, he was associated with two law firms in Southern California. Other experiences includes four years with I.T.T., and two years as a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. Mr. Wood is a licensed pilot and this has allowed him to represent clients throughout the State of California in remote jurisdictions. Mr. Wood and his wife Dawn are active in local charities.
Date of Birth: September 10, 1944
[back]Lisa Allred
Paralegal
Area of Practice
Probate and Trust Administration, Trust and Estate Litigation, Gift and Estate Tax, Fiduciary Accounting, Conservatorships, Guardianships
Education
Loyola Marymount University (B.B.A.-Finance Emphasis, Top Ten Percent, 1994), Loyola Marymount University (M.B.A.-Finance Emphasis, 1996)
Work Experience
Since 1994, Ms. Myers has been trained under the best estate planning attorneys in Southern California. She worked for the prestigious firm of Davis & Carico LLP in the South Bay for almost 11 years before joining Jeffrey Matsen's staff in December 2004. Her addition to BOHM, MATSEN, KEGEL & AGUILERA LLP has enabled Mr. Matsen further expand his practice by offering highly specialized services to clients in need of probate and trust administration expertise.
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Paralegal
Area of Practice
Mr. Shaw brings over 15 years experience in the civil litigation, focusing on business and corporations law, real property law and debtor/collections matters
Education
Southern California College of Business & Law (A.A. 1994, Graduated First in Class)
Work Experience
For 10 years, Mr. Shaw was employed as Operations Manager and Training Supervisor for the largest commercial collections law firm in California.
During that period he developed a litigation and law office management database which completely automated the firm's collection litigation practice. Prior to joining the BOHM, MATSEN, KEGEL & AGUILERA team in April of 2008, he worked for a real estate litigation Firm in Orange County.
Personal
Mr. Shaw is married and the father of two boys. He is actively involved in local non-profit children's basketball programs and is on the Board Of Directors for the Fullerton Chapter of the National Junior Basketball program.
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