Attorneys

Sana Abbasi is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on general litigation and personal injury.

Terra Affourtit is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. She specializes in high exposure catastrophic personal injury and general liability defense.  Ms. Affourtit has experience representing insurance and public entity defendants in a variety of legal matters, including class action tax litigation, tort litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, construction and premises liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, quiet title and boundary disputes, and civil rights and police liability.

Martin Alperen is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Mr. Alperen is an experienced litigator who has practiced law in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and the United States Virgin Islands…

Marvin Amaya is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on personal injury and general liability. Before joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Amaya practiced social security disability law for over 10 year…

David Anderson is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Denver office. He is a seasoned litigation attorney who specializes in serious personal injury defense, construction defects, trucking and automobile accidents, commercial litigation, and wide variety of other areas…

John A. Anselmo is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office, where he vigorously defends clients in general liability matters. He has over twelve years of experience litigating throughout New York…

Debra Avenmarg is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Avenmarg has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals, tribes, and local governments throughout California…

Louis R. Barella is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. He specializes in personal injury and general liability defense. Mr. Barella has successfully defended and resolved hundreds of matters for his clients.

Kevin F. Barrett is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California and Seattle offices. Mr. Barrett has extensive litigation experience representing individuals and businesses in state and federal courts, including at trials, arbitrations, mediations and federal administrative…

Leah Beverly is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office, bringing more than 12 years of litigation experience to the representation of clients in civil defense matters in California. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Beverly worked for the State of Nevada as a prosecutor…

Scott Bonavita is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Tampa office. His practice includes casualty and liability, with a focus on premises liability, first party property claims, products liability, personal injury, professional liability, and construction…

Keith Bostwick is a Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New Jersey office. His practice focuses primarily on civil litigation defense, specializing in the areas of transportation liability, professional liability, products liability, premises liability, and insurance coverage disputes…

David Bregman is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. He has spent the better part of his legal career analyzing and resolving complex business and commercial and construction related disputes and achieved Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards. Mr. Bregman successfully represents clients in a wide range of complex business transactional and litigation matters including contractual disputes, contract review and negotiation, corporate formation, real estate, complex construction litigation, delay claims, mechanics lien actions, and risk management.

James Brewer is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Scottsdale office. His practice focuses on insurance defense litigation, including insurance coverage disputes, personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, premises liability…

Betsy Brown Burgess is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense and employment practices litigation defense. Ms. Burgess has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and businesses in state courts…

Christopher L. Campbell is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on personal injury defense, employment practices defense, and sports-related disputes from high school to Olympic levels.  

Randel Campbell is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Before becoming an attorney in 2000, Mr. Campbell worked in construction for 17 years, and owned and operated his own contracting business…

Amanda Carruth is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on tort claims of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability, and product liability actions. Mrs. Carruth is an experienced litigator in conducting pre-trial discovery…

Lisa Castellanet is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County Office with over 15 years of experience.  Her practice focuses on general liability, personal injury, construction, and tort defense…

Sergio G. Chaidez is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office.  He represents public entities and school districts in litigation involving personal injury and the sexual assault of minors.

Russell D. Christian is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office. His practice focuses on personal injury and general liability defense litigation. He is licensed to practice in all Nevada state and federal courts.

Tara Corsello is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. Ms. Corsello brings over ten years of litigation and advisory experience to the firm. Her practice areas include insurance coverage litigation; construction, including design and defect claims…

William Downes is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. His practice focuses on personal injury defense and New York Labor Law, with a particular focus on insurance defense. Mr. Downes has extensive experience in New York litigation, representing both defendants…

Yaron Dunkel is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Mr. Dunkel has extensive experience representing businesses, individuals, and public entities against claims of orthopedic, neurological, and traumatic brain injuries…

Kyle J. Ellison is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County and Nashville offices. His practice is focused on the defense of complex civil litigation. Mr. Ellison has experience handling dram shop, products liability, construction defect…

David H Failer is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. He specializes in matters of insurance, including regulation, agency, claims compliance, and bad faith. After serving as a clerk with the United States District Court in St. Louis, Mr. Failer practiced law in Southern California…

Joshua Ferguson is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. He defends clients in a broad variety of tort litigation, including premises liability, construction defect, and fraud cases. He also provides coverage analysis for insurers, as well as litigating coverage disputes…

Bryan Ferrara is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office.  His practice focuses on insurance defense, construction litigation, commercial motor vehicle litigation, casualty litigation, general civil litigation…

Ashley Paige Fetyko is Senior Counsel & Communications Director. Ms. Fetyko is based in the Denver and San Diego offices but serves all offices across the firm. Her practice focuses on client relations, education and advancement of Tyson & Mendes attorneys, and trial…

Jordan Fine is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Houston office. Her practice focuses on a variety of defense matters, including complex commercial litigation, product liability torts, and employment issues. Ms. Fine is a litigator with trial experience in both state and federal courts…

Tara Floyd is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on transportation, professional malpractice, nursing home and assisted living, medical malpractice, general and automobile negligence, and products liability…

Dana Furman is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office with a wide range of practice areas including legal malpractice, bad faith, wrongful death and general liability matters. Ms. Furman has been praised by the judiciary for her legal skill and trial ability and has secured multiple judgments in favor of her clients at trial, arbitration, through motion practice and on appeal.

Sarah Garrick is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice includes the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child sexual abuse, as well as catastrophic personal injury defense…

Matthew Gibbs is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, employment practices litigation defense, the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child…

Chase Goodman is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Mr. Goodman primary practice focuses on catastrophic accidents, personal injury, premise liability, and business litigation.

Michael S. Greenfield is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office, where he vigorously defends clients in general liability matters. He has over a decade of experience litigating matters throughout New York, both in federal and state court…

Jonathan Hack is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York and Connecticut offices. He has over 12 years of experience in insurance defense litigation. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Hack was a partner at an insurance defense firm in New York City…

Christopher Hall is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office and is part of the complex civil litigation team. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense…

Leslie Harrach is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Scottsdale office. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, general liability, insurance defense, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction defect, and bad faith litigation…

Johanna Harrington is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on general liability defense. Ms. Harrington has extensive legal experience, including representing healthcare providers in both Missouri and the U.S. Virgin Islands…

Christina Herrera is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Antonio office. Ms. Herrera brings more than 19 years of experience litigating insurance defenses cases in San Antonio and throughout Texas. Ms. Herrera has significant experience in personal auto, trucking and transportation…

Anne Honey is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office, where her practice focuses on general insurance defense litigation. Ms. Honey has extensive experience representing individuals, businesses, and insurance companies in complex general liability…

Davina Hurt is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Hurt’s practice focuses on civil litigation and insurance defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Hurt built trusted relationships with clear, frank solution-oriented counsel and successfully negotiated…

Tim Irving is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Mr. Irving concentrates his practice on representing insurance carriers and corporate clients in high-stakes litigation. He has more than 25 years of courtroom experience representing clients in complex insurance coverage disputes, commercial litigation, and the defense of professional liability and general liability claims. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Irving was a litigation partner at an AmLaw 100 firm.

Dane Joseph is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office.  His practice focuses on general liability matters, including automobile liability and personal injury matters…

Charles G. Eichhorn, Jr. is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. His practice areas include insurance defense, premises liability, medical malpractice, assisted living facility and nursing home defense litigation…

Mr. Zuetel is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, general civil litigation, and medical malpractice defense. Mr. Zuetel has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and businesses…

Allan Goulding, Jr. is a Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Philadelphia office. His practice includes premises liability, construction, product liability, and casualty litigation. Throughout his career, Mr. Goulding has worked hard to defend clients in complicated matters. He brings more than…

Matthew Junk is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Philadelphia office. His practice focuses on defending complex personal injury cases involving products liability, premises liability, and construction accidents. Mr. Junk also represents non-profit and for-profit social and human…

David Kahn is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office specializing in the defense of complex, multi-party general litigation and personal injury matters. Mr. Kahn has extensive litigation experience representing individuals, businesses…

Brandon Kerr is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  His practice focuses on general liability/insurance defense and construction litigation. 

Tony Kirkwood is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. His practice focuses on a wide range of matters, including first party commercial property claims, personal injury suits, employment disputes, professional liability disputes, and non-solicitation, non-compete…

Shelley Kramer is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. With over 35 years of legal experience, in and out of the courtroom, Ms. Kramer specializes in catastrophic injury…

Maria Regina Kupillas is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Scottsdale office.  Ms. Kupillas’ practice covers a broad range of insurance defense cases…

Marnie C. Lambert is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on general liability, products liability, medical malpractice, toxic and mass torts, premises liability, employment law, personal injury, and construction…

Charles Lawrence is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Nashville offices. His practice focuses on general liability, catastrophic personal injury, vehicle and premises liability, construction defect, and mass tort defense…

Christopher Lund is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office. His areas of practice include employment law, personal injury, general liability, commercial litigation, and representing homeowner’s associations…

Neil MacMillan is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office and is a member of the Law & Motion team.  He focuses on crafting persuasive motions—including motions for summary judgment and other dispositive motions…

Mitchell B. Malachowski is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Northern California offices and engages in full-spectrum civil litigation defense. His trial-court and appellate practice specializes in complex litigation…

Gregory A. Mase is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office and a member of the firm’s Law & Motion Team. Mr. Mase brings 29 years of experience to the firm. Mr. Mase has focused primarily on preparing, opposing, and arguing dispositive motions in high-stakes cases…

Garry (Gerald) McCarthy is a Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. He has almost 30 years of experience as both a business attorney and a litigator, and has extensive experience in all phases of litigation including investigation and discovery…

Ann Merrill is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice areas include negligence, premises liability, habitability, nuisance, and breach of contract claims…

Kevin Metros is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office and concentrates on the defense of personal injury, employment, and sexual tort matters.  He has nearly a decade of experience representing physicians, hospitals, surgery centers, urgent care clinics, and dentists in civil cases involving allegations of negligence, negligent credentialing…

Roberta Nalbandian is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. With over 30 years of litigation experience, Ms. Nalbandian’s practice focuses on diverse complex litigation including construction defect, general liability, personal injury and other related areas of practice.

Aika Nelson is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. Her practice focuses on the defense of owners of residential and commercial properties, labor law defense, and defense of business entities and individuals involved in motor vehicle accidents…

Anh Nguyen is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Nguyen’s practice focuses on personal injury and civil litigation. Ms. Nguyen is licensed to practice law in California and New York. In addition, she is admitted to practice in the Federal Court of New York…

W. Scott Noel is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. He practices in the areas of construction defect and insurance defense (auto bodily injury claims, premises liability, product liability, timber trespass, and other general civil litigation)…

Alexandra Noyes is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. Her practice areas include a full range of insurance defense litigation. She represents clients in complex litigation, premises liability, construction defect liability, personal injury and products liability…

Rob Olson is Senior Counsel in the Orange County and San Diego office. Mr. Olson has specialized experience handling all types of personal injury lawsuits – from major brain and concussion injuries to minor trip and falls…

Traci Owens is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on wrongful death defense, catastrophic personal injury defense, traumatic brain injury defense, defense against claims of mental anguish/distress, and defense against sexual assault…

Brooke Park is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on general liability and commercial litigation. Ms. Park has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and businesses as both plaintiff’s counsel and defense counsel…

Erin Patterson is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Ms. Patterson has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and corporations in Washington State and California. Before joining Tyson & Mendes…

Ms. Pham is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  Her practice focuses on personal injury defense, general liability, and employment law.  Ms. Pham has extensive experience handling all aspects of litigation claims, from initial case evaluation, discovery, law and motion, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation.

Deborah Purcell is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Her practice includes general liability and personal injury litigation. Ms. Purcell is adept at translating complex facts into persuasive arguments. She has successfully won many summary judgment motions…

Laura Reiland is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. She is a seasoned negotiator and litigator with over 30 years’ experience in the fields of construction defect defense, premises liability, professional liability, real estate, and personal injury defense…

Deborah S. Reisdorph is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. She defends employers in civil litigation and provides prelitigation preventative consultation to insulate companies and employers from unwarranted litigation. Ms. Reisdorph brings more than thirty years of experience…

Matthew Riley is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. His practice focuses on litigating complex labor disputes and insurance matters before state, federal, and administrative courts. Mr. Riley has extensive litigation experience, including notable successes at jury trial and appeals…

BeJae Roberts is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Roberts tried over 20 jury cases while practicing criminal law. She is admitted to practice in Florida State Courts and the Middle District of Florida…

Kareen Sassounian is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on general liability, personal injury, and premises liability. Ms. Sassounian has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts…

David Seal is Senior Counsel at Tyson Mendes’ Los Angeles office.  His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, commercial vehicle litigation, premises liability litigation, and general liability litigation. Mr. Seal has experience in various types of civil litigation, including experience…

Pegah Shetabi is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on personal injury and general liability litigation.  Ms. Shetabi joins Tyson & Mendes as an experienced litigator…

Leah Shover is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New Mexico office. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice defense and catastrophic personal injury defense. Ms. Shover has extensive litigation experience in New Mexico. She began her career in 2009 as a prosecutor with the…

Danit L. Sibovits is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. Her practice focuses on premises liability, labor law and construction defect, and the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child sexual abuse…

Jeffrey R. Siegel is Senior Counsel in the Law and Motion Department in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office.  He handles complex motions and appeals. Mr. Siegel has extensive experience in trial and appellate work.  He has tried cases in California, Missouri, Kansas, Guam, and Saipan…

Jessica J. Slusser is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Los Angeles offices.  She handles a wide range of cases, including general liability and commercial and insurance litigation, catastrophic personal injury defense, employment practices litigation defense, the defense of entity…

Saryah Sober is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New York and New Jersey offices. His practice focuses on premises liability, New York labor law, and contractual disputes…

Emily Straub is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses on defending personal injury, general liability, and professional liability claims. Ms. Straub’s practice is also geared towards representing businesses of all sizes, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, in business disputes and employment litigation.

Ms. Stuppiello is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office and a member of the firm’s Complex Trial Team. Ms. Stuppiello has comprehensive experience representing businesses and individuals through all phases of civil litigation. Her practice primarily focuses on defending against personal injury and property damage claims. Her background also includes defending subrogation actions brought on behalf of insurance carriers.

Maihuong Ta is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on general liability and civil litigation. Ms. Ta has experience representing both individuals and institutional clients in a wide range of practice areas, on both plaintiffs’ and defense…

Matthew G. Tang is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, complex commercial litigation, and other general liability matters. 

Judson D. Taylor is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. His practice currently focuses on all aspects of insurance defense. Prior to joining Tyson Mendes, Mr. Taylor’s practice focused on commercial liability, personal lines…

Kristy Kramp Vancore is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense, medical malpractice, and employment practices litigation defense. Ms. Vancore has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and businesses…

Ana Walsh is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office.  Her practice areas include complex and catastrophic loss litigation, commercial real estate, and contracts. Ms. Walsh has extensive experience in business and litigation matters…

Aaron J. Weissman is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. He has been AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 2015. He has worked in civil and business litigation for over 42 years, with an emphasis in motion and appellate practice…

Ian Wilson is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and is part of a multi-attorney team.  He practices general litigation, with a primary focus on construction defect, personal injury, and professional liability defense.

Sara Woods is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office.  Her practice focus includes personal injury, professional liability, and employment practices defense…

Brian Woolfall is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office.  His practice focuses on litigating complex construction defect and property damage claims on behalf of developers, general contractors, and subcontractors along with our construction defect litigation team.  Mr. Woolfall also has also litigated cases involving personal injury, products liability, unfair business practices, and antitrust violations over nearly 25 years of experience.

Jennifer H. Yeung is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on the defense of general liability and medical malpractice matters. Ms. Yeung has extensive litigation experience representing individuals and businesses…