Attorneys

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 and Seattle offices. 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 Managing Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on general liability, premises liability, products liability, personal injury, surety law, construction…

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.

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.

John-Michael Salas is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on general liability, professional liability, and insurance defense. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Salas worked for a boutique litigation firm which handled matters involving insurance defense…

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…

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…

Arya Sharifan is an Associate at Tyson and Mendes’s Orange County Office. His practice focuses on insurance defense, including personal injury and defense of entity defendants. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Mr. Sharifan gained valuable legal experience as a clerk…

Chloe Sherkat is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Francisco office. During law school, Ms. Sherkat clerked for a large international law firm. She belongs to the Beverly Hills Bar Association (Young Barristers), the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Marin County Bar Association…

Liam Sidebottom is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California Office. His practice focuses on a variety of civil litigation matters. Mr. Sidebottom received his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 2022 and was awarded…

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…