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Colman Perkins Law Group, an AV-rated SIU and litigation firm, is honored to receive this highest of peer ratings, which recognizes professional excellence, legal ability and ethical standards.

“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

“You never quit on a bad day.”
~ Author unknown

Kymberly Threlfall

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

“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

L.A. Attorney Michele Levinson

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

Michele L. Levinson

Partner

“No pressure, no diamonds.”
~ Thomas Carlyle

Sheryl Lee Reeves

Partner

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

Michael G. Hogan

Attorney (Retired)

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”
~ John F. Kennedy

Brittany A. Charboneau

Attorney

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

Dina M. DeSousa-Cabral

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 Flanagan

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

“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

“Don’t sweat the small stuff … and it’s all small stuff.”
~ Richard Carlson

Barbara J. Mandell

Of Counsel

“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”
~ Aristotle Onassis

Chloe P. Graham

Attorney

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

Robert McKeon

Attorney

“Trust the process.” ~ Tony Wroten, 76ers Guard

Any Moskovian

Attorney

“Pressure is a privilege.”
~ Billy Jean King

Jonathan A. Nese

Of Counsel

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

Dat-Vinh Nguyen

Attorney

"My loathings are simple: Stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music."
-Nabokov

Matthew B. Roberts

Of Counsel

“Live life with no regrets.” ~Author unknown

Sara Young

Attorney

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

Hugo Ambriz

Paralegal Supervisor

“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

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

Nanthakoun Santivong

Paralegal

Kelly Kyle, CPLG, Claims Legal Analyst

“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

Sheila Giordano, Claims Legal Analyst, Colman Perkins Law Group, Glendale, Calif.

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

Sheila Giordano

Claims Legal Analyst

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
~ Vince Lombardi

Jo Ellen Faber

Claims Legal Analyst

“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

"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

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

Maria Najera

Senior Legal Assistant Supervisor

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

Jessica Toney

Senior 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

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

Miranda Hunt

Legal Assistant

“Nobody can take away from you what is meant for you.”
~ Author unknown

Lizbeth Vergara

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

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
~ Bruce Lee

Kimberly Laurian

Legal Assistant

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

Becky Anaya

Office Administrator

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

Cinthia Munoz

Administrative Support

“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

Administrative Support

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

Christina Marolo

Administrative Support

“If you focus on what you left behind, you will never see what lies ahead.”
~ Chef Gusteau, Ratatouille

Breanna Gonzalez

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

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

Jessica Aguirre

Administrative Support

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

Edgar Lopez

AP/AR Coordinator

“Don’t give up, it’s normally the last key on the ring that opens the door.” ~ Dejuan Walker

Mark Aguilar

Billing Coordinator

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

Stephen Schillinger

Director of IT

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