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 and the Connecticut offices. Her practice focuses on the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child sexual abuse…
Geronimo Perez is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on wrongful death, catastrophic injury, premises liability, and employment defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Perez served as Partner at a California insurance defense firm. Mr. Perez brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm. His practice has included handling, overseeing, and managing aggressive litigation…
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…
Rhonda Payne is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Houston office. Her practice focuses on civil litigation defense, including premise liability, trucking accidents, contract disputes, DTPA claims, construction defects, and general personal injury defense. Prior to transitioning to litigation…
Manuel Parra is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. Mr. Parra has nearly four years of litigation experience, spanning employment, real estate, and business litigation. Mr. Parra has had several motions granted by courts in California for his clients and strives to be accessible to his clients…
Anthony Passela is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ New York office. His practice focuses on general liability defense, including premises liability cases, motor vehicle accidents, and the defense of entities such as schools, childcare centers, and religious organizations where sexual torts and misconduct are alleged. Mr. Passela obtained his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 2024. During his time in law school…
Alexis Philpott is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Ms. Philpott has experience defending insurance companies against breach of contract and insurance bad faith claims. She also has experience representing insured parties against personal injury claims on behalf of insurers…
Jaclyn Ponish is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Antonio office. Her practice focuses on insurance defense and personal injury defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Ponish spent six years working in personal injury law, where she gained valuable experience and insight representing…
Nicholas Psyk is an Associate in Tyson Mendes’ Las Vegas office. His practice primarily focuses on insurance defense. Mr. Psyk has experience representing individuals and businesses on both sides of litigation…
Anthony J. Puzo is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office. Mr. Puzo primarily defends against complex and high stakes personal injury lawsuits stemming from both products liability and premises liability claims…
