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Lynne S. Goldstein

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Lynne S. Goldstein has extensive experience handling all aspects of commercial real estate leasing, purchase and sale transactions, and real estate finance. Lynne's leasing experience includes negotiations on behalf of landlords and tenants of offices, national restaurant locations and other retail and industrial properties.

Lynne has worked on numerous commercial real estate financial transactions on behalf of borrowers and lenders, including multiple property loan portfolios, from the loan commitment stage through complex title analysis, loan documentation and the closing process.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Real estate finance transactions
  • Representation of landlords and tenants
  • Real estate purchase and sales transactions
  • Corporate and business transactions

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • State Bar of California

EDUCATION:

  • J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1985
    (Editor of Law Review)
  • B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1981

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • State Bar of California

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Jessica Stemple

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Jessica M. Stemple is an attorney in the Litigation Department of Valensi Rose, PLC. Her areas of practice include estate planning and administration, probate and estate litigation, family law, insurance defense, premises liability and other matters.

Jessica has a broad background in business litigation and contract issues. She has prepared pleadings, motions, briefs and memoranda for dispositive motions as well as appellate briefs.

She has represented clients in a range of issues, including insurance matters.

 

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Estate Planning & Administration
  • Family Law
  • Insurance Defense
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • California Bar Association
  • Kentucky Bar Association

EDUCATION:

  • University of Louisville, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2018
  • University of Louisville, B.A.,2015

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Gilda's Club

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • The Center for Women and FamiliesGilda's Club
  • University of Louisville Law Review
  • Journal of Law and Education

 

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Rachelle H. Cohen

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Rachelle Cohen’s areas of practice include business and real estate transactions, estate planning, and legal ethics consulting.

She serves as an outside “in-house” counsel to many of her clients and provides day-to-day guidance on legal challenges that arise in her clients’ businesses. 

Rachelle speaks and writes frequently about business entities and transactions and legal ethics.  In addition, she has taught a course at the USC Gould School of Law on contract drafting and strategy.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Corporate transactions
  • Estate planning
  • Advising on legal ethics

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • State Bar of California
  • Los Angeles County

EDUCATION:

  • Cornell University, BS Business Management, 1997
  • University of California Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2001

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Update Author of CEB 3rd Edition of Advising California Partnerships;
  • Summer Vacation Planning for Attorneys, California Lawyers Association eNews, May 2, 2022;
  • “Informal Consultations with Outside Lawyers: How Much Can Be Shared?”, The Practitioner, California Lawyers Association, March 1, 2021;
  • “Rule 7.3 examined: texts and messaging as solicitations”, Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 28, 2020.
  • Litigation Financing: A Focus on the Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality, Los Angeles Count Bar Association Update, October 1, 2019;
  • California Court of Appeals Opinion – Statutory California Partner Buy-Out Rights Do Not Apply to Foreign LLCs and LPs, CLA Partnerships and LLCs Committee E-Bulletin, April 4, 2019;
  • Court Holds Reverse Triangular Merger Does Not Change Title To Real Estate, CLA Corporations Committee E-Bulleting, October 11, 2018.
  • New Rules of Professional Conduct Changes Requiring Reporting Up of Illegal Conduct in Representing Organizations, CLA Partnerships and LLCs Committee E-Bulletin, October 3, 2018;
  • “California’s New LLC Law is Coming: Prepare for its Arrival” State bar Business Law Committee – distributed at various presentations;
  • “All Grown Up: The New LLC Law and Fiduciary Duties” State Bar Business Law News, Issue 2, 2013;
  • “Law Firm Dissolutions: Who Gets the Results of Unfinished Business?” State bar Business Law Section, E-news, July 9, 2012

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • State Bar of California, Business Law Section; Chair of Partnerships and LLC Committee, 2014 – 2015
  • California Lawyers Association, Business Law Section: Co-Chair of Corporations Committee, 2020-2021.
  • California Lawyers Association, Ethics Committee, Member, 2019-present
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association, Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee, Vice Chair 2020-21
  • Century City Bar Association, Board Member, 2018-present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • Co-Chair of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) Corporations Committee, 2020-2021
  • Vice Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Ethics Committees, current
  • Member, CLA Civics Engagement and Ethics Committees
  • Board member, Century City Bar Association

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • “Practical Discussion of Ethics Odds and Ends”, Los Angeles County Bar Association Ethics Symposium, June 14, 2022;
  • “Practical Discussion of Ethics Odds and Ends”, Los Angeles County Bar Association Ethics Symposium, June 14, 2022;
  • “Legal Ethics Briefing: A Look Back at 2021”, California Lawyers Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association webinar, January 2022;
  • “You’re Fired! Thinking Through a Corporate Client’s Firing of a Business Litigator”, co-presenter, CLA Solo and Small Firm Summit, June 2021;
  • “Communicating with Clients, Potential Clients, and the Nonclients Under the Rules of Professional Conduct”, co-presenter, Mexican-American Bar Association MCLE Day, January 25, 2020;
  • “Professional Responsibility in California: Past, Present & Future”, co-presenter, CLA Annual Meeting, October 2019;
  • “Overview of California’s New Rules of Professional Conduct: What Every Lawyer Should Know”, co-presenter, Century City Bar Association, January 2019.
  • “Avoiding and Managing Conflicts Under California’s Ethics Rules”, Lawline.com, January 2019;
  • “Why Delaware? A Spirited Conversation about LLC Formation”, co-presenter, CLA Partnerships and Limited Liability Program, January 2018;
  • State Bar Solo and Small Firm Summit – Employment / Independent Contractor Distinctions, California State Bar Annual Meeting, 2013 and 2014;
  • USC Gould School of Law, Course 710, Contract Drafting and Strategy (Summer, 2015)

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Katharine B. Lau

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Katharine's practice focuses on civil litigation, including probate litigation and torts, as well as on business-related matters. The latter includes transactional work such as entity formation and drafting of contracts; and bankruptcy litigation, such as creditor defense, fraudulent transfer actions, bad faith proceedings, and preference actions.

She has also assisted clients with Chapter 11 reorganizations, personal bankruptcies, and negotiations for restructuring or forgiveness of SBA loans.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Probate Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Transactional Matters

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • California Bar Association
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

EDUCATION:

  • University of Southern California, 2011:  B.A. in Classics, with Minors in Applied Digital Security and East Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Loyola Law School, 2014: J.D

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Loyola Law School Alumni
  • University of Southern California Alumni

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • Member, Board of Directors, PS I Love You Foundation
  • Domestic Violence Volunteer, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Hybridoma, "Generation and Characterization of Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies Against CIP75"
  • Analyzing the Brunner Myth in Bankruptcy – Dischargeability of Student Loan Debt

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Robert L. Kehr

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Robert L. Kehr’s practice includes business and real estate transactions and estate planning, providing legal ethics advice to lawyers, law firms and businesses that work with lawyers, and serving as a consultant and expert witness concerning lawyer conduct and fiduciary issues.

Mr. Kehr was a member of the Committee for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct and is the former Chair of the State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct and of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee.

He is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School, a member of the American Law Institute, a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and for many years has been a volunteer fee arbitrator through California’s mandatory fee arbitration program. He is an author and a frequent speaker regarding the professional responsibilities of lawyers.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Corporate transactions
  • Estate planning
  • Advising on legal ethics

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • State Bar of California
  • Los Angeles County

EDUCATION:

  • Cornell University
  • Columbia University School of Law

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • State Bar of California:
    • Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct (2005-2017);
    • Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (Member, 1996-2001, Chair, 1999-2000 and Special Advisor, 2000-01).
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association: 
    • Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee (Member, 1981-Present; Chair, 1986-87);
    • Evaluation of Professional Standards Committee (Member, 1988- merged into PREC);
    • Arbitrator, Fee Arbitration Committee (1980-Present).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

  • Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School – 2017 – Present
  • American Law Institute – 2011 – Present

PUBLICATIONS:

  • “The Lawyer as Director,” Los Angeles County Bar Updates (April 2018);“
  • The Lawyer as Escrow Holder,” Los Angeles County Bar Updates (March 2018);
  • “Lawyer Ethics in Real Estate Transactions,” ABA Probate & Property, Vol. 26, No. 2 (March/Apr 2012) with Prof. Roger Bernhardt;
  • “The Lawyer as Scrivener,” Vol. 34, No. 6, p. 20, Los Angeles Lawyer (2011);
  • “Midcourse Corrections: Being Professionally Responsible in Property Transactions,” 34 CEB Real Property Law Reporter 123 (July 2011) with Prof. Roger Bernhardt);
  • “When a Lawyer-Mediator Prepares the Settlement Agreement,” Vol. 27, No. 12, ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct (2011);
  • “Principles or Rules: What is the Best Approach to Regulation?” Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 12 and August 13, 2010;
  • “Lawyer Error: Malpractice, Fiduciary Breach, or Disciplinable Offense?” 29 W. St. U. L. Rev. 235 (2002);
  • “Update on Conflicts of Interest,” Vol. 23, No. 4 p. 33, Los Angles Lawyer (2000);
  • “Ruling on the Rules,” Vol. 21 No. 4 p. 37 Los Angeles Lawyer (1998).

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