The Southern California Super Lawyers list is published in the February issues of Los Angeles Magazine, and in the Southern California Super Lawyers edition mailed to every lawyer, judge and corporate counsel in the state. The Super Lawyers honor, which is bestowed upon the top 5 percent of attorneys in Southern California, is decided by an elaborate selection process conducted by a panel of 270 Southland legal peers and leaders after balloting 65,000 lawyers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties requesting nominations of great attorneys in more than 60 practice areas. Following are those who were selected from the greater San Fernando Valley area. Attorneys are listed by name, area(s) of practice they’re recognized for, their law firm, and its location. Sam Abdulaziz, Construction Litigation, Administrative Law, Abdulaziz Grossbart & Rudman, North Hollywood; Peter Abrahams, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Bruce Adelstein, Appellate, Law Offices of Bruce Adelstein, Encino; David M. Axelrad, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Mark D. Apelian, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Bryman & Apelian, Calabasas; Barry M. Appell, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment & Labor, Appell Hilaire Benardo LLP, Sherman Oaks; Glenn Alperstein, Estate Planning & Probate, Non-Profit, Tax, Alperstein, Simon, Farkas, Gillin & Scott, LLP, Encino; Zane S. Averbach, Tax, Business/Corporate, Estate Planning & Probate, Goldfarb Sturman & Averbach, Encino; Robert A. Adelman, Family Law, Adelman & Seide, LLP, Encino; Alan D. Aronson, Real Estate, Aronson Light LLP, Encino; Kenneth R. Ballard, Employment & Labor, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City; David H. Baum, Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate, The Law Offices of David H. Baum, APLC, Encino; Susanne M. Bendavid, Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense, Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan, Encino; Douglas G. Benedon, Appellate, Benedon & Serlin, Woodland Hills; Lynette Berg Robe, Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law Office of Lynette Berg Robe, Studio City; James R. Birnberg, Estate Planning & Probate, Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman, Encino; James E. Blatt, Criminal Defense, Law Offices of James E. Blatt, Encino; Carol Boyd, Appellate, Insurance Coverage, Michelman & Robinson LLP, Encino; Barry A. Bradley, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense, Employment & Labor, Bradley & Gmelich, Glendale; Robert F. Brennan, General Litigation, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Business Litigation; Brennan, Wiener & Associates, La Crescenta; Robert A. Brenner, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Law Offices of Robert A. Brenner, Woodland Hills; James S. Bright, Business Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental, Bright and Brown, Glendale; Maureen J. Bright, Environmental Litigation, Business Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Bright and Brown, Glendale; Ronald F. Brot, Family Law, Brot & Gross LLP, Sherman Oaks; Mark D. Brutzkus, Business Litigation Ezra Brutzkus & Gubner LLP, Woodland Hills; Andrew C. Bryman, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Bryman & Apelian, Calabasas; Bruce M. Bunch, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Contos & Bunch, Westlake Village; Bradley M. Bush, Civil Litigation Defense, Employment & Labor, Elder Law, Crandall, Wade & Lowe, PC, Calabasas; Robert A. Bush, Employment & Labor, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Bush, Quinonez, Gottlieb, Singer, Lopez, Kohanski, Adelstein & Dickinson, Burbank; David L. Burg, Entertainment & Sports, Business Litigation, NBC Universal, Inc., Universal City; Ronald R. Camhi, Real Estate, Business/Corporate, Michelman & Robinson LLP, Encino; David B. Casselman, General Litigation, Government/Cities/Municipalities, Construction/Surety, Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, L.L.P., Tarzana; John S. Cha, Business Litigation, Employment & Labor, Real Estate, Stone, Rosenblatt, Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills; Frank Christine, III, Workers’ Compensation, Tobin Lucks LLP, Woodland Hills; Frederic D. Cohen, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Jonathan B. Cole, Professional Liability: Defense, Civil Litigation Defense, Business Litigation, Nemecek & Cole, Sherman Oaks; Thomas H. Coleman, Business Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Coleman Law, Valencia; Leonard J. Comden, Business Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property Litigation, Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, L.L.P., Tarzana; James E. Cox, Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Bleier & Cox, Encino; William A. Daniels, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Schwartz Daniels & Bradley, Agoura Hills; Edmond R. Davis, Estate Planning & Probate, Davis & Whalen LLP, North Hollywood; Kevin D. DeBre, Intellectual Property, Business/Corporate, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Sherman Oaks; David Drexler, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Employment & Labor, Law Offices of David Drexler, Sherman Oaks; Steven B. Effres, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Effres & Associates, Calabasas; Howard A. Emmer, Workers’ Compensation, Emmer & Snowden, Canoga Park; Stuart B. Esner, Appellate, Esner Chang & Ellis, Glendale; Jonathan W. Evans, Securities Litigation, Jonathan W. Evans & Associates, Studio City; Robert Ezra, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Ezra Brutzkus & Gubner LLP, Woodland Hills; Susan E. Fields, Workers’ Compensation, Koszdin, Fields, Sherry & Katz, Van Nuys; Andrew Flier, Criminal Defense, Appellate, Flier & Flier, Encino; Bradley C. Gage, Employment & Labor, Class Action/Mass Torts, Civil Rights/First Amendment, Goldberg & Gage, Woodland Hills; Fred Gaines, Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate, Environmental, Gaines & Stacey LLP, Encino; Gregg S. Garfinkel, Transportation/Maritime, Business Litigation, Personal Injury Defense: General, Stone, Rosenblatt & Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills ; John M. Genga, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation, Genga & Associates, PC, Sherman Oaks; William H. Ginsburg, Civil Litigation Defense, Health Care, Business Litigation, Peterson & Bradford, LLP, Burbank; Thomas P. Gmelich, Civil Litigation Defense, Personal Injury Defense: General, Business Litigation, Bradley & Gmelich, Glendale; Andrew Goodman, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Law Offices of Andrew Goodman, Westlake Village; Robert S. Goldberg, Workers’ Compensation, Wilson Pesota & Fox LLP, Encino; Terry M. Goldberg, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, General Litigation, Goldberg & Gage, Woodland Hills; Irwin D. Goldring, Estate Planning & Probate, Tax, Attorney at Law, Sherman Oaks; John B. Golper, Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City; David Gould, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Alternative Dispute Resolution, David Gould, Calabasas; Lawrence P. Grassini, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Grassini & Wrinkle, Woodland Hills; Arthur A. Greenberg, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business/Corporate, General Litigation, Greenberg & Bass LLP, Encino; Ted R. Gropman, Construction Litigation, Law Office Ted R. Gropman, Woodland Hills; Mark P. Gross, Family Law, Brot & Gross LLP, Sherman Oaks; Steven T. Gubner, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation, Ezra Brutzkus & Gubner LLP, Woodland Hills; David Gurnick, Franchise/Dealership, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan, Encino; Barry T. Harlan, Family Law, Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan, Encino; Les Glenn Hardie, Family Law, Attorney at Law, Calabasas; Robert K. Holmes, Family Law, Holmes & Holmes, Glendale; Stephen T. Holzer, Environmental, General Litigation, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan, Encino; Ellis J. Horvitz, Appellate, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Scott H. Howard, Government/Cities/Municipalities, Land Use/Zoning, Personal Injury Defense: General, Office of the Glendale City Attorney, Glendale; Glenn R. Kantor, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Insurance Coverage, Health Care, Kantor & Kantor LLP, Northridge; Steven Kolodny, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Attorney at Law, Woodland Hills; Richard M. Koep, General Litigation, Crandall, Wade & Lowe, PC, Calabasas; Nate G. Kraut, Appellate, Law Offices of Nate G. Kraut, Sherman Oaks; Jeffrey Krivis, Alternative Dispute Resolution, First Mediation Corporation, Encino; Robert A. Levinson, Business Litigation, Employment Litigation: Defense, Real Estate, Levinson Arshonsky & Kurtz, LLP, Sherman Oaks; Barry R. Levy, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; James M. Lichtman, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property Litigation, NBC Universal Television Group, Universal City; Hugh A. Lipton, Family Law, Appellate, Business/Corporate, Lipton & Margolin, North Hollywood; Lori A. Loo, Family Law, Brot & Gross LLP, Sherman Oaks; Joseph Lovretovich, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Law Offices Of Joseph Lovretovich, Woodland Hills; Mitchell B. Ludwig, Business Litigation, Real Estate, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Knapp Petersen & Clarke, Glendale; Paul J. Magdalin, Workers’ Compensation, Goldman Magdalin & Krikes, LLP, North Hollywood; Ian Malatesta, Family Law, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Attorney at Law, Encino; Christine Masters, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Employment & Labor Masters & Ribakoff, Toluca Lake; Jeffrey N. Mausner, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property, Business Litigation, Mausner IP Law, Woodland Hills; Sanford L. Michelman, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Administrative Law, Michelman & Robinson LLP, Encino; Business Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Real Estate, Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren, Calabasas; Charles M. Miller, Immigration, Miller Law Offices, Studio City; Terri Senesac Miller, Immigration, Miller Law Offices, Studio City; Alan M. Mirman, Michael McCarthy Professional Liability: Defense, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Nemecek & Cole, Sherman Oaks; Garry L. Montanari, Personal Injury Defense: Products, Insurance Coverage, General Litigation, Michaelis Montanari Johnson, Westlake Village; Kent Y. Mouton, Real Estate, Business/Corporate, Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, LLP, Sherman Oaks; Paul G. Murtagh, Business Litigation, Appellate, Insurance Coverage, Murtagh and Associates, Universal City; Alan I. Nahmias, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Business Litigation, Plotkin Rapoport & Nahmias, Encino; Frank W. Nemecek, Business Litigation, Professional Liability: Defense; Nemecek & Cole, Sherman Oaks; Caren R. Nielsen, Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Law Offices of Caren R. Nielsen, Encino; Robert C. Norton, Business/Corporate, Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stone, Rosenblatt, Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills; Frank J. O’Kane, Jr., Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Employment & Labor, The O’Kane Law Firm, Encino; Marshal A. Oldman, Estate Planning & Probate, Trust & Estate Litigation, Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman, Encino; Kenneth E. Ostrove, Estate Planning & Probate, Law Offices of Kenneth E. Ostrove, North Hollywood; Gregory Owen, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Owen Patterson & Owen, Valencia; David Pallack, Legal Aid/Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Pacoima; Mark D. Pastor, Tax, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Attorney at Law, Encino; Clifford H. Pearson, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Pearson, Simon, Soter, Warshaw & Penny, Sherman Oaks; Lisa Perrochet, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Barry S. Pearlman, Workers’ Compensation, Employment & Labor, Insurance Coverage, Pearlman, Borska & Wax LLP, Encino; Mark J. Phillips, Estate Planning & Probate, Goldfarb Sturman & Averbach, Encino; Norman Pine, Appellate, Pine & Pine, Sherman Oaks; Drew Pomerance, Business Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Class Action/Mass Torts, Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, LLP, Woodland Hills; Clara (Zazi) Pope, Intellectual Property Litigation, General Litigation, Entertainment & Sports, Warner Bros., Burbank; Michelle S. Robins, Family Law, Lewitt Hackman Shapiro Marshall & Harlan, Encino; Mark B. Robinson, Administrative Law, Business/Corporate, Michelman & Robinson LLP, Encino; Jon D. Robinson, Professional Liability: Defense, Business Litigation, Nemecek & Cole, Sherman Oaks; Richard S. Rosenberg, Employment & Labor, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City; Ira H. Rosenblatt, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Litigation, Stone Rosenblatt & Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills; Nicholas P. Roxborough, Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Employment & Labor, Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, LLP, Woodland Hills; Marc L. Sallus, Estate Planning & Probate, Business Litigation, Oldman, Cooley, Sallus, Gold, Birnberg & Coleman, Encino; Linda Miller Savitt, Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation: Defense, Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt, LLP, Universal City; Ron Schlager, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, Attorney at Law, Sherman Oaks; Arnold W. Schwartz, Class Action/Mass Torts, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Business Litigation, Schwartz Daniels & Bradley, Agoura Hills; Neil David Schwartz, Workers’ Compensation, Pearlman, Borska & Wax LLP, Encino; Randall B. Schwartz, Workers’ Compensation, Attorney at Law, Studio City; John A. Schulman, Entertainment & Sports, Intellectual Property, Warner Bros., Burbank; Juli C. Scott, Government/Cities/Municipalities, Civil Rights/First Amendment, Employment & Labor, Burbank City Attorney’s Office, Burbank; George N. Seide, Family Law, Adelman & Seide, LLP, Encino; Gerald M. Serlin, Appellate, Benedon & Serlin, Woodland Hills; Leslie E. Shear, Family Law, Appellate, Attorney at Law, Encino; Kevin D. Smith, General Litigation, Professional Liability: Defense, Business Litigation, Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, LLP, Glendale; Adam J. Soibelman, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, General Litigation, Stone, Rosenblatt & Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills; David C. Solinger, Environmental, Environmental Litigation, Resolution Law Group, P.C., Woodland Hills; Gary S. Soter, Class Action/Mass Torts, Insurance Coverage, Employment & Labor, Pearson, Simon, Soter, Warshaw & Penny, Sherman Oaks; Harold J. Stanton, Family Law, Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, Stanton Law Corporation, Encino; Gregory E. Stone, General Litigation, Business Litigation, Civil Rights/First Amendment, Stone, Rosenblatt & Cha, PLC, Woodland Hills; Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Ronald M. Supancic, Family Law, Collaborative Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Law Offices of Ronald M. Supancic, Woodland Hills; Richard J. Tasoff, Immigration, Tasoff & Tasoff, PC, Encino; Ronald J. Tasoff, Immigration, Tasoff & Tasoff, PC, Encino; John A. Taylor, Jr., Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Todd D. Thibodo, Business Litigation, Law Offices of Todd D. Thibodo, A Professional Corporation, Encino; David A. Tilem, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights, Appellate, Law Office of David A. Tilem, Glendale; Mitchell C. Tilner, Appellate, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino; Stephen J. Tully, Civil Litigation Defense, Business Litigation, General Litigation, Garrett & Tully, Westlake Village; Valerie Vanaman, Schools & Education, Newman Aaronson & Vanaman, Sherman Oaks; Daniel L. Warshaw, Class Action/Mass Torts, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Pearson, Simon, Soter, Warshaw & Penny, Sherman Oaks; Alan J. Wax, Workers’ Compensation, Wax & Wax, Glendale; Mary Lee Wegner, Employment & Labor, Entertainment & Sports, Business Litigation, Law Offices of Mary Lee Wegner, Sherman Oaks; Michael L. Wolfram, Employment & Labor, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Wolfram Workplace Law, Camarillo; Roland Gregory Wrinkle, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Appellate, Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products, Grassini & Wrinkle, Woodland Hills; Alice M. Yardum-Hunter, Immigration, Attorney at Law, Encino; Gregory A. Yates, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, Civil Rights/First Amendment, Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates, Encino; Donald Zelinsky, Family Law, Law Office of Donald Zelinsky, Woodland Hills; Stuart D. Zimring, Elder Law, Estate Planning & Probate, Attorney at Law, North Hollywood;
