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“The buck stops here.”
~ Harry S. Truman

Jonathan H. Colman

Founding Partner

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
~ Mark Twain

James J. Perkins

Partner

“When a hero stumbles, the cowards rejoice.”
~ Dave Chappelle

Kymberly Cole

Director of Business Operations

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
~ Mark Twain

Jennifer M. Damon

Partner

“Don’t play for the name on the back of your shirt, you play for the name on the front of your shirt.”
~ Tommy Lasorda

Daniel A. Everakes

Partner

“It’s nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff.”
~ John Daly

Francis J. Fleming

Partner

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.” ~ Calvin Coolidge

John N. Haramalis

Partner

David B. Holnagel

Partner

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Francine B. Kelly

Partner (Retired)

“It don’t take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning, day after day and work for a living. Let’s see him try that, then we’ll see who the real tough guy is. The working man is the tough guy.”
~ Robert De Niro character, A Bronx Tale

Scott M. Koppel

Partner

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
~ Janis Joplin

Michele L. Levinson

Partner

“Live life with no regrets.” ~Author unknown

Sara Young

Partner

"Semper fi."
~ U.S. Marine Corps

Michael G. Hogan

Attorney (Retired)

“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” ~ Chris Grosser

Amir Ahmadi

Attorney

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Blake W. Berger

Attorney

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Amanda M. Blackman

Attorney

“The only way to do is to be.”
~ The Dao by Laozi, translation by Witter Brynner

Daniel J. Boyle

Of Counsel

Becky B. Brooks

Attorney

“All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
~ Ronald Reagan

Kristen B. Brown

Of Counsel

“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Dina M. DeSousa-Cabral

Attorney

“You become what you believe.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

Naveen Q. Feroz

Attorney

“You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.”
~ John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

Sean P. Flanagan

Attorney

“Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple.” ~ Charles Mingus

Geoffrey Gallegos

Attorney

“Stop complaining about what is difficult to do. Get working and do what you need to do.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

Roy D. Goldstein

Attorney

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
~ Norman Vincente Peale

Britney A. Hamilton

Attorney

“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.”
~ Wade Boggs

Kelly Y. Hara-Tadaki

Attorney

“ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill

Sara Kim

Attorney

“Be at your best when your best is needed.”
~ John Wooden

Lauren B. Kutz

Attorney

“You cannot argue rationality with an irrational person.”
~ Matt Huey

Tiffany Lam

Attorney

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde

Tammy Louie Thai

Attorney

“That’s my only goal. Surround myself with funny people and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard.”
~ Joe Rogan

Catherine F. Lukehart

Of Counsel

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” ~ Maya Angelou

Karla V. Luviano

Attorney

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robert G. McKeon

Attorney

“Pressure is a privilege.”
~ Billy Jean King

Jonathan A. Nese

Of Counsel

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Dennis S. Newitt

Attorney

“Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.” ~ Bruce Lee

Dat-Vinh Nguyen

Attorney

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” ~ Mark Twain

Jeremy M. Otchis

Attorney

Truong X. Pham

Attorney

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain

David B. Rosser

Of Counsel

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Original Author Unknown

Jacob R. Slobodien

Attorney

“Don’t dream it, be it.”
~ The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Hugo Ambriz

Paralegal Supervisor

“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
~ Maya Angelou

Grace Arevalo

Paralegal

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
~ Oscar Wilde

Demetria Baxter

Paralegal

“We had better not enjoy the moment, but create the moment.” ~ Ai Weiwei

Melissa Burczyk

Paralegal

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
~ John Wooden

Carlos Gomez

Paralegal

“I am ready to face any challenges that might be foolish enough to face me.”
~ Dwight Schrute, The Office

Denise Juarez

Paralegal

“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think, ‘Would an idiot do that?’ And if they would, I do not do that thing.”
~ Dwight K. Schrute

Sarah Lundy

Paralegal

“ Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Yvette Sanchez

Paralegal

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.”
~ Deep Roy

Kelly B. Kyle

Claims Legal Analyst Supervisor

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
~ Maya Angelou

Joe Beem

Claims Legal Analyst Supervisor

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
~ Judy Garland

Sheila Giordano

Claims Legal Analyst

"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
~ Vince Lombardi

Brian Terrio

Claims Legal Analyst

“Work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.”
~ Tom Osborne

Brad Conley

Claims Legal Analyst

“Attitude is the ‘little’ thing that makes a big difference.”
~ Winston Churchill

Laynna Olehy

Claims Legal Analyst

“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

Cheryl Gall

Claims Legal Analyst

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.”
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Mary Kelley

Claims Legal Analyst

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
~ Aesop

Rita DeMarco

Claims Legal Analyst

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Nelson Mandela

Pravitri Nawbatt

Claims Legal Analyst

“Celebrate the small victories on the path to accomplishing your grandest goals.” ~ Original Author Unknown

Timothy Fay

Claims Legal Analyst

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Mary Faeth-Sullivan

Claims Legal Analyst

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ~ James Baldwin

Mary Harrison

Claims Legal Analyst

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
~ Jimmy Johnson

Maria Najera

Senior Legal Support Manager

"If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”
~ Maya Angelou

Jessica Toney

Senior Legal Support Supervisor – NV

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Jessica Aguirre

Legal Assistant

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Jessica Cooper

Legal Assistant

“Oh yes, the past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.”
– Rafiki, The Lion King

Raquell Hoyes

Legal Assistant

“We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.”
~ Max Depree

Miranda Hunt

Legal Assistant

“Keep your face always towards the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.” ~ Walt Whitman

Desiree Martinez

Legal Assistant

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
~ Nelson Mandela

Luisa Monterrozo

Legal Assistant

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
~ Leo Tolstoy

Alice Nahapatian

Legal Assistant

“Loyalty is a two-way street. If I’m asking for it from you, then you are getting it from me.”
~ Harvey Specter

Melany Nguyen

Legal Assistant

“We keep moving forward—opening up new doors and doing new things—because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
~Walt Disney

Angela Resendi-Latif

Legal Assistant

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
~ Lyndon B. Johnson

Becky Anaya

Office Administrator

“I’m not superstitious but I am a little stitious.”
~ Michael Scott

Nanthakoun Santivong

Billing Coordinator

“A wise girl knows her limits.
A smart girl knows she has none.”
~ Marilyn Monroe

Christina Marolo

Administrative Support

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
~ Oprah Winfrey

Lizette Covarrubias

Administrative Support

“Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors.” ~ Epictetus, Philosopher, 55-135 C.E.

Michelle De Anda

Administrative Support

“You don’t get to take something with you, but hopefully you can leave something good behind.”
~ Anthony Bourdain

Cinthia Munoz

Administrative Support

“You don’t lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.”
~ Muhammad Ali

Edgar Lopez

AP/AR Coordinator

Mark Aguilar

Billing Coordinator

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ~ Arthur C. Clarke

Stephen Schillinger

Director of IT

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