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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

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
~ Seneca

Brad A. Byszewski

Partner

“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

“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

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

Brittany A. Charboneau

Attorney

"You should never, never, doubt what nobody is sure about.”
~ Willy Wonka

Eduardo Contreras

Attorney

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

Dina M. DeSousa-Cabral

Attorney

“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

“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

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

Barbara J. Mandell

Of Counsel

“Pressure is a privilege.”
~ Billy Jean King

Jonathan A. Nese

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

“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

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

Kimberly Laurian

Paralegal

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

Nanthakoun Santivong

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

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

“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

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
~ Steve Jobs

Debbie Bennett

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

“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 Secretary

“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

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

Edgar Lopez

AP/AR Coordinator

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