Areas Of Practice
- Land Use Planning:
Discretionary Entitlements, Conditional Use Permits, Variances - Civil Litigation – Business, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Malpractice (Defense and Plaintiff)
- Administrative/Governmental Relations, Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Gaming
- Appellate law
- Constitutional Law
Honors & Awards
- SuperLawyers – 2004 through 2018
- Los Angeles Magazine – 2004 through 2018
- New York Times and Corporate Counsel Magazine, February 2009, 2008
- Rated ‘AV® Preeminent™’ by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available for legal ability and general ethics.
- Rated “10” on AVVO
- Profiled in Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers 2012, 2013 editions
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® – 2016, 2018
- Life Member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum®
- NALCP Associate Member and Presenter
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of California
- State Bar of Michigan
- State Bar of Wisconsin – Inactive
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court Northern District of California
- United States District Court Central District of California
- United States District Court Southern District of California
- United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- Intertribal Court of Southern California Bar Association Member
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1984: J.D.
- Honors: Loyola Law School Scott Moot Court
- University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1981: B.A.
Honors: Blue Key, Major:Political Science
Media
- Profiled in Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers 2012 edition
- 2013 Super Lawyers Business Edition
- Consumner Attorneys of Los Angeles Presenter at the Las Vegas Convention – Depositions
- Host and Panelist for Legal Help Live™ 2000-2006 on KRLA Radio. Legal Help Live currently broadcasts on television (since 2005) on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. on Channels 16 and 36 in Santa Monica and Los Angeles.
- Interviewee, Host and/or Commentator on television and on radio (KRLA, KFI, and others) re legal doctrine and application to current events
Published Works
SuperLawyers Honors Ralph Saltsman and Steve Solomon on the best cheap eats in LA
January 29, 2019 2:15 amInside The Minds - Gaming Law Litigation Strategies
October 19, 2018 9:51 pmConstitutional Law: Taxes, Guns & Privacy: We Need A Pardon!
May 24, 2018 11:56 pmCount 1: Practicing Law Without A License, A Misdemeanor
April 26, 2018 6:01 pmMarijuana Is Here to Stay
February 21, 2017 12:03 amCourt Shines Light On Liquor Licensing
October 20, 2015 1:01 amTemporary Judges: Critical Asset During Budget Crisis
September 8, 2012 11:28 pmNO INDIAN CASINO IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY? WHY NOT?
November 22, 2011 1:06 amLetting The Genie Out of The Bottle?
January 7, 2011 1:15 am
Classes/Seminars Taught
- Instructor, Attorney Assistant Program, UCLA Extension
- Judge, Moot Court Competition, Pepperdine Law School
- Judge, Moot Court Competition, Loyola Law School
- Instructor, Advanced Personal Injury, Advanced Trial Practice, Loyola Law School
- Lecturer, ABC Law and Land Use Planning Seminars
- Lecturer, Live Adult Entertainment Seminar
- Lecturer, Seminars on Personal Injury Law
- Speaker, Legal Rights Seminar
- Guest Panelist, SQUOT Women’s Rights”, Television Program
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Million Dollar Advocates Member
- California Bar Association Member
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers Member
- Los Angeles County Bar Association Member
Contact Info
Address:
- 426 Culver Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90293
Phone:
- Local: (310) 822-9848
- Toll-Free: (800) 405-4222
Fax:
- (310) 822-3512
E-mail:
