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Los Angeles Partner David R. Ruiz has been selected as a finalist for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2024 Corporate Counsel Awards. Congratulations David! The Corporate Counsel Awards recognize the accomplishments and significant roles that industry-leading Corporate Counsels play in the success of a business enterprise. The nominees will be honored at an event on Thursday, October 24. Mr. Ruiz is the leader of the Appellate Law (Strategy, Writs, & Appeals) team and a member of the Special Investigations Unit / Insurance Fraud Litigation team at Manning Kass, and he serves as General Counsel for the firm. #LABJ #LosAngelesBusinessJournal #LABJCorporateCounselAwards2024 #LosAngeles #CaliforniaLegal #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife

Join our Los Angeles Office! We offer lucrative and generous bonus structure allowing our Associates to bonus on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Great opportunity to work for a fantastic firm. Check out our latest job postings:?https://bit.ly/48euWV6 #manningkass #hiring #jobopenings

Congratulations to Los Angeles Partner Roslynn M. Wilfert, who was recently selected to participate in the ABOTA SideBar program! The participants were honored at an event at Perch in DTLA last night. The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)’s SideBar program identifies young trial attorneys as prospective ABOTA members, cultivates relationships with them, and introduces them to the organization in a social setting. The program also aims to increase diversity within ABOTA by connecting with young attorneys with varied backgrounds, and it bridges the gap between the ABOTA Fellowship Program and membership by maintaining a relationship with past Fellows. Ms. Wilfert is a member of the Governmental Entity Liability team at Manning Kass. Before joining the firm, she worked as a Deputy District Attorney in the General Trials Unit. She has extensive courtroom experience, handling hearings, motions, and both misdemeanor and felony jury trials. #ABOTA #AmericanBoardofTrialAdvocates #ABOTASideBar #TrialAttorney #TrialAdvocacy #LosAngeles #CaliforniaLegal #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife?

Thank you to the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO) for having us at their Annual Training Conference in San Diego last week! Founding Partner Eugene P. Ramirez represented the firm, presenting a legal update and case debrief alongside Corporal Michael Corral, CATO’s 2022 SWAT Officer of the Year. Check out the highlights below! #ManningKass #CATO #CaliforniaAssociationofTacticalOfficers #CATOAnnualTrainingConference #2024CATOConference?#GovernmentalEntityLiability #PoliceCivilLiability #SWAT #CaliforniaLegal #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife

Congratulations to Los Angeles Associate Amanda Wilbur and San Francisco Associate Anna Kartoshkina for graduating from the Los Angeles ABOTA Trial School! The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) is an invitation-only organization of the finest lawyers and judges in America. Its annual trial school is an intensive course designed to develop attorneys’ trial techniques and skills. Ms. Wilbur is a member of the Special Investigation Unit / Insurance Fraud Litigation and Complex Litigation teams. In the past year, she has taught seminars to the International Association of Special Investigation Units, the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and Lemonade Insurance. Ms. Kartoshkina is a member of the Business Litigation, Premises Liability, Product Liability, and Retail, Restaurant, and Hospitality Litigation teams. Her ABOTA Trial School certificate is the most recent addition to her growing list of academic credentials, which also includes two Master of Laws degrees and an academic certificate in Business Law. #ABOTA #AmericanBoardofTrialAdvocates #ABOTATrialSchool #JackDanielsTrialSchool #TrialAttorney #TrialAdvocacy #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #CaliforniaLegal #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife?

Check out Founding Partner Eugene P. Ramirez’s presentation at CATO’s 2024 Annual Training Conference in San Diego this week! On Tuesday and Wednesday, he will be giving a debrief of a SWAT incident involving a lethal force encounter, as well as a legal update. The California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating programs that teach law enforcement officers how to resolve tactical incidents in the safest manner possible. Its annual conference is a chance to network with the top tactical minds in California, explore the latest technology, and get hands-on experience and knowledge from industry experts — you won’t want to miss it! For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3Y0BGlP. #ManningKass #CATO #CaliforniaAssociationofTacticalOfficers #CATOAnnualTrainingConference #2024CATOConference?#GovernmentalEntityLiability #SWAT #CaliforniaLegal #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife?

The Manning Kass Parachute Trial Team obtained a huge defense verdict on behalf of our client in the Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys on September 4, 2024. Orange County Partner?Lawrence Esten?and Los Angeles Partner?Sophie O. LaFranchi?soared in shortly before trial to defend an admitted liability rear-end collision on the I-210 Freeway. The plaintiff subsequently underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and disc arthroplasty at the C5-6 level, presented a life care plan of more than $850,000, and claimed a future fusion surgery would be necessary. In closing, the plaintiff’s attorney asked the jury to award 4.7 million dollars. After the defense’s closing, and a very short deliberation, it was obvious the jury understood the defense's perspective and came back with a unanimous verdict awarding the plaintiff a nominal $6,000, barely covering the chiropractic treatment the defense did not dispute. Please visit our website for more details on the outstanding work of our attorneys: https://bit.ly/3MQyQtu #Parachute #Trial #DefenseVerdict #Litigation #JuryTrial #Collision #ComplexLitigation

The Manning Kass Governmental Entity Liability team – including Los Angeles Partner Lynn Carpenter, Orange County Associate Jessica Becerra, Los Angeles Equity Partner Missy O'Linn, and San Francisco Partner Maya Rodriguez Sorensen – earned another accolade obtaining summary judgment and complete dismissal on behalf of their officer clients in a recent federal civil rights case. This case involved an officer-involved shooting, wherein police officers responded to a domestic violence call on June 8, 2019, and encountered a woman who had locked herself in a bedroom on the second floor. Officers were dispatched to the address after the reporting party called for assistance, indicating that the woman was combative, possibly having a mental health episode, armed with a knife, and had been drinking alcohol. Please visit our website to find out how this compelling case unfolded: https://bit.ly/3XxdiHf #Police #PoliceDefense #FederalCourt #MSJ #ResponseTeam #Litigation

San Diego Partners Marguerite Jonak and Jason Doshi represented the firm at the Workers' Compensation Institute (WCI) 2024 Conference last month in Orlando, Florida. We had a great time showcasing our firm's services and resources, and mingling with industry professionals. The WCI is a nonprofit educational organization that sponsors the nation’s largest workers’ compensation conference that brings together industry professionals from across the country. Thanks for having us! #ManningKass #WorkersCompensationInstitute #WCI2024 #WorkersCompensation #WorkersComp #Employers #Networking #Conference #LegalNews #LawyerNews #AttorneyNews #AttorneyLife #CaliforniaLegal #SanDiegoLegal #Orlando

Congratulations to New York Managing Partner Jeanette L. Dixon, Esq., CLMP, MRIA, who has been named a finalist by the New York Law Journal for the Office Managing Partner of the Year award. This award recognizes the leaders of New York offices who seem to do it all – they balance their caseloads with management of their firm’s day-to-day affairs while keeping an eye on the firm’s long-term strategic vision. #NewYork #Leadership #Awards #LegalLeaders Please visit our website to learn what type of leader she is and why she is deserving of this recognition. https://bit.ly/3X3kgDq