Attorneys

A native of Staten Island, New York, Bob Tyson is the Strategic Managing Partner of the firm. Mr. Tyson is a trial lawyer and author of the #1 best-selling, first book written for the defense to limit exposure at trial, Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice for All…

A San Diego native, Pat Mendes is a Founding Partner of Tyson & Mendes and works from the firm’s San Diego headquarters. Over the course of his career, Mr. Mendes has developed a formidable track record in defending insurance companies and businesses…

Lynn Allen is the Southwest Regional Managing Partner for Tyson & Mendes. Ms. Allen is an experienced trial lawyer who represents her clients in a wide variety of complex cases, including insurance coverage disputes, insurance bad faith…

Emily Beck is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Los Angeles offices. Her practice primarily focuses on general liability and commercial and insurance litigation, including personal injury defense…

Sitar Bhatt is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Scottsdale office. His practice focuses primarily on general liability, personal injury, premises liability, professional liability, employment, and bad faith litigation…

Kristi Blackwell is the California Regional Managing Partner for Tyson & Mendes and leads the firm’s Retail, Restaurant, and Hospitality practice group. Her practice focuses primarily on general liability, professional liability, personal injury, products liability, premises liability, coverage, and complex litigation. Ms. Blackwell has wide-ranging litigation experience representing…

Michelle A. Campbell is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office and a Partner in the Los Angeles office, where she is a member of the Complex Trial Team. Her practice includes general liability, directors and officers liability…

Kirsten K. Cinquemani is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County and Los Angeles offices.  Her practice is focused on the defense of complex civil litigation actions involving matters which include high exposure catastrophic injury…

Kathryn Lee Colgan is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Orange County offices. Ms. Colgan is an experienced ten plus year attorney and leads two multi-attorney litigation teams in the areas of general liability…

Catherine Crawley is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses premises liability, transportation and trucking, construction, professional liability, negligent security, and cyber claims…

Danielle DeGeorgio is Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ New York and New Jersey offices.  Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death defense. She specializes in insurance coverage analysis and disputes, as well as defense of professional malpractice claims…

Erick Dimalanta is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on construction disputes, business litigation, premises liability, property damage, subrogation claims and professional liability matters…

Rachel Donnelly is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office and is a member of the Complex Trial Team. Ms. Donnelly has extensive trial and litigation experience. She began her career immediately upon admission to the State Bar of California…

Michael Drews is the Northwest and Central Regional Managing Partner for Tyson & Mendes. He has a wealth of experience and enjoys the challenge of handling cases that draw from diverse practice areas, including professional liability…

Codie Dukes is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. A member of the firm’s Complex Trial Team, she has extensive litigation experience representing individuals and businesses in California state and federal district court cases…

Julee Fritsch Earley is Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses primarily on catastrophic personal injury. Ms. Earley has extensive experience litigating cases in both federal and state courts, representing clients in areas including…

Dan Fallon is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Mr. Fallon leads a group of litigators specializing in professional liability, personal injury, general commercial liability, and business litigation…

Randy Faust is the Tri-State Regional Managing Partner for Tyson & Mendes’ New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut offices. He brings more than 25 years of experience to representing clients in all facets of insurance defense litigation…

Jacob Felderman is Head of Legal Operations and the East Regional Managing Partner for Tyson & Mendes. Mr. Felderman has in-depth experience handling cases in California and Colorado in many practice areas, including general negligence…

Bertha Baranko Fitzer is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice defense involving catastrophic injuries and complex appeals.

Damian M. Fletcher is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Ft. Lauderdale office. Mr. Fletcher is an accomplished trial lawyer and has over 20 years of experience proactively managing liability risks and investigating accidents…

Tara Floyd is a Partner 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…

David Frankenberger is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. His practice areas includes complex litigation, trucking and transportation, premises liability, construction defect liability, products liability, medical malpractice, sexual assault and molestation, and elder abuse cases.

David M. Frishman is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office, where he is a leader of the Los Angeles Complex Trial Team. His practice includes all facets of the defense of cases involving personal injury…

Kevin Gray is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and leads a multi-attorney team.  His practice focuses on personal injury defense, defense of trucking companies, defense of governmental entities, premises defense, and Special Investigation Unit work.

Haldon Greenburg is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Fort Lauderdale office, where he represents individuals, businesses and insurance carriers related to a variety of different legal matters including claims of personal injury, construction defects, premises liability, wrongful death, first party property claims, and contract related matters.

Candice Nguyen Hamant is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice focuses primarily on general liability, construction litigation, and premises liability…

Kelley Harman is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on general tort claims, including large catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death claims, premises liability, and product liability actions…

Harry Harrison is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. His practice focuses on personal injury, employment, and the defense of entity and organization defendants involving allegations of sexual misconduct.

Griffith Hayes is a Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office. His practice includes general liability, products liability, professional liability, and premises liability as well as construction…

Amy Headrick is the Managing Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ New Mexico office. Her practice focuses on insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, complex civil litigation, medical liability, products liability, trucking, and general insurance defense….

Ashley L. Hollingsworth is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on general liability, transportation, automobile negligence, wrongful death, premise liability, and construction defect matters. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Hollingsworth…

Margaret M. Holm is a Partner in the Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles offices and Chair of the Healthcare practice.  Ms. Holm is one of the country’s leading trial and appellate litigators for large health care entities…

E. Holland “Holly” Howanitz is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office and a Partner in the Nashville office. Her practice focuses on premises liability, transportation, construction defect, professional malpractice, general and automobile negligence, and products…

William Johnson is the Managing Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Nashville office and is a Partner in the San Diego and Los Angeles offices. His practice focuses on defending against claims of catastrophic personal injury, sexual torts…

Michael Kutzner is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. His practice includes general liability and personal injury litigation. Mr. Kutzner represents individuals and businesses in a wide variety of civil litigation matters.  He conducts keen case analysis…

Allison Lawrence is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses primarily on general litigation, premises liability and personal injury matters. Ms. Lawrence has extensive litigation experience defending clients in both civil and criminal California state courts.

Michael Lehman is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. He brings over 30 years of experience to the firm.  His practice focuses on products liability, employment law, and professional negligence…

Edward Leonard is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office with 42 years of litigation and trial experience. His practice focuses on general liability matters with a long-term emphasis on transportation cases involving the trucking industry and logistics.

Cayce E. Lynch is the firm’s Administrative Partner. As part of the strategic leadership team, she drives the formulation, development, and execution of Tyson & Mendes’ administrative functions firmwide and has led the firm through a period of unprecedented growth…

Sue Mason is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses on personal injury, product liability, employment, and the defense of nonprofit organizations…

Thomas McGrath is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office. He handles a wide variety of litigation cases and specializes in general liability, third-party bodily injury…

Kevin P. McNamara is a Partner at Tyson Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, commercial vehicle litigation, premises liability litigation, and general liability litigation…

Kristina Milone is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. Ms. Milone has extensive experience leading all phases of insurance defense, civil, and government litigation…

Joseph J. (“J.J.”) Minioza is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  He brings over 20 years of experience to the firm. His practice focuses on general liability, habitability, employment, elder abuse, D&O, E&O, appellate, and wage and hour cases….

Mina Miserlis is the Chair of Complex Trials. Based in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office, she brings more than 20 years of litigation and trial experience to leading the firmwide Complex Trial Team. She focuses her practice on complex personal injury matters.

Darrell Nguyen is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  His practice focuses on complex multi-party construction litigation, real estate litigation, professional liability, landlord tenant and habitability, personal injury and general liability litigation…

Susan Oliver is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office and leads a multi-attorney team. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged…

Priscilla O’Briant is a Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office. Ms. O’Briant’s practice focuses on insurance law and bad faith litigation.  This includes defending insurers in claims arising from motor vehicle accidents and property losses…

Steven M. O’Brien is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Boston office.  His practice focuses on premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, construction litigation, catastrophic injury litigation, commercial and general litigation, automobile liability, and professional liability.  Mr. O’Brien has 36 years of litigation and trial experience and has represented various types of clients.

Kara Pape is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office and is a leader of the Complex Trial Team.  Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense; general liability defense; commercial vehicle litigation; and the defense of public entities where sexual torts are alleged, including child sexual assault and harassment.

Danielle Pascale is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office.  Her practice focuses on the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child sexual abuse…

Charles Reynolds is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Tampa office.  His practice includes casualty and liability, with a focus on premises liability, toxic torts, products liability, personal injury, professional liability, and construction…

Steven Rich is a Managing Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Mr. Rich is an accomplished litigator and trial attorney with experience in complex and multi-party civil litigation. He passionately defends large companies and individuals in high-exposure lawsuits…

Scott Ruksakiati is the Managing Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Chicago office.  For more than 25 years, he has defended clients in diverse and challenging litigation involving catastrophic injury and death, professional liability…

Brett Runyon is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. He brings more than 34 years of experience to the firm, spanning five decades. His practice includes many types of civil litigation throughout federal and state courts…

Bryan D. Scholnick is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Mr. Scholnick’s legal practice focuses on defending general liability cases with a focus on professional liability and automotive claims…

Christopher Schon is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. He specializes in high exposure catastrophic personal injury and general liability defense. Mr. Schon also assists privately held businesses in state regulatory and compliance matters.

Carol Ann Seita is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. Her practice focuses on automobile and autonomous vehicle liability, premises liability, products liability, and personal injury…

Jim Sell is the Managing Partner of Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and leads a multi-attorney litigation team. Mr. Sell has practiced law in the Bay Area since his admission to the California Bar in 1988…

Mark Shanberg is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Chicago o­ffice. Mr. Shanberg is a seasoned litigation attorney in his 30th year of practice. He has successfully defended his clients in a variety of concentrations including medical liability…

Richard Somes is a Partner in the Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  His practice focuses on general liability, premises liability, products liability, personal injury, surety law, construction…

Morgan Van Buren is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office and a member of the firm’s Complex Trial Team. His practice focuses primarily on general liability and high exposure litigation. Mr. Van Buren has significant litigation experience, including handling of matters involving diverse damages claims and potential excess exposure.

Jennifer Merringer Veal is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Her practice focuses on medical malpractice defense, professional licensure issues, appellate practice in state and federal court, and general liability defense.

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.

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

Elham Azimy is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. She has previously handled a wide variety of cases involving complex personal injury, medical malpractice, contract disputes, and employment law matters…

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.

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…

Berta Blen is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses primarily on litigation involving employment practices, general liability and personal injury…

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…

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…

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.  

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.  Her practice areas include general liability, premises liability, transportation, construction, dram shop, coverage, and property.  Ms. Corsello brings ten years of experience to the firm…

Lesley Davis is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  Her practice focuses on general liability, premises and automobile liability.

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…

Stephanie Drenski is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Drenski represents individuals and businesses in a wide variety of matters, including general liability, personal injury, premises liability…

Tracy Duany is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office.  Her practice focuses on general liability defense with an emphasis on catastrophic personal injury defense, medical malpractice defense…

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…

Derek Earley is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on defense of personal injury, general commercial liability, professional liability, and business litigation matters.

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…

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 – Director of Client Relations and Education. Ms. Fetyko is based in the San Diego office, but her practice takes her to all of the firm’s offices. Her practice focuses on education and development of Tyson & Mendes attorneys…

Angela Fidger is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on general liability/insurance defense and construction litigation…

Richard Flood is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on general litigation, products liability, premises liability, personal injury, and wrongful death…

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.

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.

Marianne (Mimi) Gordon is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice includes general and professional liability and insurance litigation. More specifically, her practice focuses on the defense of entity…

Azadeh Gowharrizi is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office.  Her practice focuses on general tort claims, including large catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death claims, premises liability, and product liability actions.

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…

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’ Phoenix office. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, general liability, insurance defense, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction defect, and bad faith litigation…

Sarah Hartig is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office.  Her practice focuses on defense of general liability claims, with an emphasis on motor vehicle accidents, trucking, premise liability, and product liability…

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…

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.

Saiful Islam is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. His practice focuses on the defense of owners of residential and commercial properties, service and construction contractors, business entities and individuals…

Matthew Izu is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. His practice focuses on medical malpractice defense, elder law defense, regulatory law, personal injury defense, and legal malpractice defense.

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…

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. 

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…

Kristopher Lancial is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. His practice focuses on general litigation, including personal injury defense, corporate liability, and automobile liability.

Max Latman is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses primarily on catastrophic personal injury and general liability. Mr. Latman has extensive experience defending businesses and individuals against claims of personal injury…

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

Kevin Lee is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses primarily on general litigation, construction defect, insurance defense, and bodily injury…

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…

Jay H. Min is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ New York and New Jersey offices.  His practice focuses on general negligence, construction, property, and premises liability…

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.

Matthew Nasser is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office.  His practice focuses on personal injury defense as well as large exposure subrogation files. Mr. Nasser has experience practicing before the courts of the state of California…

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…

Denae M. Olivieri is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Olivieri is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on construction defect litigation, general civil litigation…

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…

Joel Palmer is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Denver office.  Mr. Palmer has experience handling cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, construction defect…

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.

Chuck Planek is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Chicago office. Mr. Planek’s practice focuses on catastrophic and high-exposure including medical and dental malpractice claims, general liability claims of all kinds, and OSHA matters…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Evgenia Terehova is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office, where her practice focuses on general insurance defense litigation. Ms. Terehova has extensive experience representing individuals, businesses, and insurance companies…

Joel Varnell is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Denver office. His practice focuses on the defense of insurers in first party litigation arising out of claims for uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage benefits and bad faith claims handling…

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…

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…

Molly Gilardi is Special Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice focuses primarily on personal injury and general liability litigation.  Ms. Gilardi is an experienced litigator, having successfully defended individuals and businesses throughout the state of California.

Grace Shuman is Counsel for Client Relations and Legal Education at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office. Ms. Shuman’s focus is on developing legal content for the firm’s marketing, education, and training programs.

Bill Koska is Of Counsel at Tyson & Mendes in the Environmental & Toxic Tort practice group.  Mr. Koska has 50 years’ legal experience, the last 30 of which have been devoted to environmental issues.  Mr. Koska represents a variety of clients, both large and small, on a broad range of environmental matters in various courts and administrative boards, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  These litigations include CERCLA, CEQA, Clean Air Act, Proposition 65, asbestos-related cases, federal and state safe drinking water laws, and air quality issues.

Daniel El Arnaouty is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. He represents businesses and individuals in all aspects of civil litigation. His practice focuses on the defense of claims related to general casualty…

Sam Camp is an Associate Attorney in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office.  His practice focuses on personal injury defense. Mr. Camp has extensive litigation experience. He previously worked as staff counsel for a Fortune 500 Insurance Company…

McKenzie Cannata is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  She handles matters focused on personal injury defense and habitability litigation…

Kristen Cardenas is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office.  Her practice focuses on a variety of complex civil litigation matters. Ms. Cardenas participated in Tyson & Mendes’ Clerkship program in Los Angeles…

Daniel Cisneros is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. His practices focus on pre-litigation matters, trucking defense, personal injury defense, automobile liability, and other civil litigation matters, and he assists on a variety of causes…

Clark R. Conforti is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  He has extensive experience litigating personal injury, consumer, and business matters involving catastrophic injury, wrongful death, unfair business practices, and false advertising…

Michael Diaz is an associate attorney at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on general liability and personal injury defense. 

Chris Engle is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Mr. Engle’s practice focuses on construction defect litigation and complex litigation in general. He defends businesses and individuals in tort and contract matters.

Christian Foster is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles and Nashville offices.  Mr. Foster focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury, insurance defense, and complex civil litigation…

Samuel Frasher is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on complex multi-party litigation and general liability matters. Before joining the firm, Mr. Frasher worked at a preeminent Los Angeles law firm…

Andrew Friese is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office, where he is engaged in a wide variety of civil litigation in tort and contract including land use, trespass, breach of contract, and construction defect cases.

Abigail Gallagher is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Tampa office.  Her practice focuses on premises liability, construction defect, and general liability…

Renee Gantert is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ New Mexico office. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes in 2023, Ms. Gantert worked for a civil litigation defense firm in eastern New Mexico, where she primarily practiced government liability…

Monique A. Gramling is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  Her experience encompasses insurance defense matters, including automobile accidents, workers’ compensation claims, construction defect issues…

Tiffany Gruenberg is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on general civil litigation, construction defect, contracts, and personal injury. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Gruenberg worked at multiple national civil litigation firms…

Faizan Habeeb is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ New York office, where his practice focuses on New York State Labor Law, products liability, complex insurance and contract disputes, and catastrophic casualty litigation…

Ross Harper is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. He is a member of the firm’s Complex Trial Team, where his practice focuses on a variety of complex civil litigation matters.

Jordan Jones is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California Office. His practice focuses on general litigation, including landlord-tenant disputes, personal injury, construction defect, and automobile liability…

Paul (“CJ”) Repper, Jr. is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. His practice focuses on premises liability, transportation, construction defect, and general and automobile negligence. Mr. Repper has represented individuals and businesses in state courts throughout Florida…

Camille Kollar is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses on general litigation, including personal injury defense, corporate liability, automobile liability, and employment defense…

Christopher Lawrence is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, commercial carrier defense, and defense of corporate entities where labor violations and sexual torts are alleged.

Nancy Leon is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’s Fresno office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Leon worked as an office administrator and case manager at a plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm…

James R. McDaniels is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on insurance defense, general liability, personal injury, and premises liability. Mr. McDaniels has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation, including drafting and arguing dispositive motions…

Leah McKeever is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Scottsdale office. Her practice focuses on defense of general liability and personal injury matters on behalf of individuals and businesses…

Jessica McKennon is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. She handles all stages of civil litigation with a focus on defense of personal injury, premises liability, general commercial liability, and business litigation matters…

Madison Miller is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Denver office.  Her practice focuses on a variety of complex civil litigation matters. Ms. Miller participated in Tyson & Mendes’ Clerkship program in Denver…

Leila Morshed Mohseni is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice areas include professional liability, construction defect, products liability, real estate, and habitability matters…

Alexandra Muehl is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office.  Ms. Muehl’s practice focuses on professional malpractice defense, catastrophic personal injury defense…

Fiona Murphy is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. She is a member of Team Susan, where her practice focuses on personal injury defense, general liability, and the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged…

Brooke Park is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on general liability and commercial litigation.

Joseph Powers is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles Office.  His practice primarily focuses on premises liability, construction defect, and personal injury litigation

Anthony J. Puzo is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office. Mr. Puzo’s practice areas include insurance coverage and insurance defense litigation involving complex and high stakes personal injury lawsuits…

Thomas Reynolds is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. His practice focuses on matters involving personal injury defense and employment defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Reynolds represented businesses and individuals in a variety of matters…

Adam Rivera is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office, where he primarily focuses on personal injury and premises liability cases. Mr. Rivera is an experienced litigator with a track record of success representing both plaintiffs and defendants…

Anna K. Sasaki is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of personal injury-related civil litigation matters. Ms. Sasaki was part of Tyson and Mendes’ Summer clerkship program in 2021 and gained hands-on experience with many stages…

Kareen Sassounian is an Associate 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…

Rena G. Sera is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice includes defending premises liability and habitability matters, as well as employment discrimination, medical malpractice, construction defect, and other general liability matters…

Lauren Sharkey is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense and employment practices litigation defense.

Jennifer Tang is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Las Vegas office.  Ms. Tang has pre-litigation and litigation experience representing individuals and Fortune 500 businesses in Nevada state and federal courts…

Kayla Bramble Toal is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Seattle office. Her practice includes personal and commercial auto bodily injury claims, premises liability, and general liability. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Toal worked as a litigation adjuster…