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. Before joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Seita was a partner at a California law firm, where she served as co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate group. She also previously worked at the Fresno U.S. Attorney’s office…
Jim Sell is an Equity Partner and the Tyson & Mendes San Francisco Bay Area Branch Office Managing Partner 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 33rd year of practice. He has successfully defended his clients in a variety of concentrations including medical liability…
Richard Somes is a Tyson & Mendes Orange County Branch Office Managing Partner. His practice focuses on general liability, premises liability, products liability, personal injury, surety law, construction…
Krista M. Stoumbos is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento offices where she leads a multi-attorney team. Her practice focuses on the defense of entity defendants where sexual torts are alleged, including high-profile sexual assault and child sexual abuse cases, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death defense, and employment litigation defense…
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…
Alexis Schuler is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, and the defense of entities where sexual torts are alleged, including sexual assault and child sexual abuse. Ms. Schuler has extensive civil litigation experience, including representing individuals and business entities in state courts and federal district courts throughout California…
Herrittaccei Shabazz-Starr is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Atlanta office. Her practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation, insurance defense, transportation litigation, construction litigation and personal injury including catastrophic injury. Mrs. Shabazz-Starr brings more than 10 years…
Nathan Shaman is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office and is a member of the firm’s law and motion team. Mr. Shaman’s practice includes all areas of the firm’s defense practice with a focus on strategizing for and winning important motions, writs, and appeals. Mr. Shaman has extensive and diverse litigation experience involving a range of cases representing individuals and businesses in the state and federal courts…
Farah Shirah is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on insurance defense and personal injury. Ms. Shirah has successfully managed high-volume caseloads, represented major insurance carriers, and advocated for clients through all stages of litigation—from pre-suit demands to trial. She is a seasoned litigation attorney with over eight years of experience in insurance defense…
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…
Jason Souza is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses primarily on catastrophic personal injury, premises liability, and habitability and commercial property claims. Mr. Souza has extensive litigation experience, including representing individuals and businesses in state courts throughout California and in federal district courts. He has successfully defended clients in high-stakes litigation…
Emily Straub is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Her practice focuses on defending personal injury, general liability, and professional liability claims. As a primary handling attorney, Ms. Straub has extensive experience in all aspects of civil 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.
Ashish Sudhakaran is a Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Sacramento office. His practice areas include human services, premises liability, professional liability, personal injury, catastrophic accidents, construction defect, and construction accidents. Mr. Sudhakaran has extensive litigation experience, including representing Fortune 500 companies in a variety of antitrust, intellectual property, white collar defense, and…
Grace Shuman is Counsel – Thought Leadership in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego Office. Ms. Shuman’s focus is on developing legal content for the firm’s marketing, education, and training programs. Ms. Shuman was an extern for the Honorable Commissioner Kanazawa at the Division I Court of Appeals…
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…
Nicole Sebial is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Ms. Sebial has experience ranging from employment law, federal disaster loan resolution, and disaster risk management. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Sebial worked as plaintiffs’ counsel, allowing her to gain valuable…
Daniel Sharma is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Fresno office. His practice areas include automobile liability, products liability, premises liability, and casualty. Mr. Sharma is a trial-tested litigator and U.S. Army veteran who brings tactical discipline, courtroom precision, and real-world litigation experience. In 2022, he began his legal career as a prosecutor with the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office…
Sarah Shavers is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses on personal injury, construction defect, medical malpractice, premises liability, and general negligence…
Liam Sidebottom is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Francisco Bay Area office. His practice focuses on a variety of civil litigation matters. Mr. Sidebottom has been recognized by Super Lawyers® as a Northern California Rising Star 2025 for Civil Litigation: Defense. Mr. Sidebottom received his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 2022 and was awarded membership in both…
Sonia Simonson is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Francisco Bay Area office. Her practice focuses on general liability, personal injury defense, premises liability, product liability, and professional liability. Ms. Simonson represents individuals and businesses in state courts throughout California and in federal district courts. Her clients include small businesses and Fortune 500 companies, hotels and restaurant…
Kayla Smith is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense. Through collaboration with experts and legal research, Ms. Smith has successfully settled many cases without the expense and time that is traditionally incurred in trial preparation. She has a deep understanding of medicine that allows her to identify areas of mitigation on claims. Ms. Smith has also had large…
Hailey Standridge is an Associate in Tyson and Mendes’ San Antonio office. Her practice focuses on general litigation defense. Ms. Standridge gained prior experience with litigation during her time clerking at the Alabama Supreme Court and Attorney General’s Office…
Ronald Stewart is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Sacramento office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, real estate, construction and habitability matters. Throughout his career, Mr. Stewart has demonstrated expertise in all aspects of civil litigation, representing individuals and businesses in state courts throughout California and in federal district courts. A skilled litigator, he has secured…
Svetlana “Lana” Volkova is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. Ms. Volkova has extensive litigation experience in personal injury law. She is passionate about fighting for justice and defending the American dream of local and national businesses…
Reese Swincher is an Associate at Tyson and Mendes’ San Antonio office. His practice focuses on personal injury litigation. Mr. Swincher has experience litigating personal injury cases from both plaintiff and defense sides, which gives him insight into countering…
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