Richard Somes is the Managing Partner of the Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on general liability, premises liability, personal injury, surety law, construction, medical malpractice, toxic and mass torts, and employment law.
Michelle A. Campbell is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Los Angeles and Orange County offices, where she is a member of the Complex Trial Team. Her practice includes general liability, directors and officers liability, and errors and omissions. Prior to joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Campbell gained significant experience in an insurance defense firm in Orange County, California.
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 and wrongful death.
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 and labor and employment practices. Ms. Colgan specializes in insurance defense including catastrophic accidents, personal injury, premise liability, business litigation, and some medical malpractice cases and labor and employment defense including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, retaliation, wage/hour claims, class actions and PAGA representative actions.
Margaret Holm is a Partner in the Orange County, San Diego, and Los Angeles offices and Chair of the Healthcare practice. Margaret is one of the country’s leading trial and appellate litigators for large health care entities in complex civil disputes. She is a well-renowned leader in the legal profession. Margaret defends national and regional insurers in addition to healthcare organizations and providers, including hospitals, medical professionals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities.
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.
Cinnamon J. Carr is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on personal injury defense, including general liability, auto, premises liability, and wrongful death, as well as property damage and defamation cases.
Chiayu Chang is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, employment practices litigation defense, the defense of entity defendants involving alleged sexual torts, bad faith insurance defense, and medical malpractice defense.
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.
Robert has been a practicing attorney for the past 16 years and is now Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on business and contract disputes, automobile accidents, wrongful termination, and premises liability.
Brandon Kerr is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice focuses on general liability/insurance defense and construction litigation.
Christine Luong-Pham is Senior Counsel in the firm’s Los Angeles and Orange County offices. She has experience in litigation, including catastrophic personal injury defense, product liability, toxic tort, and civil qui tam. She has extensive experience handling all aspects of litigation claims, from initial case evaluation, discovery, law and motion, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation.
Nathan E. Malone is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practice is focused exclusively in civil litigation, primarily in the areas of personal injury, general liability, complex and environmental tort, and products liability. Mr. Malone also has experience in lemon law, business litigation, HOA defense, and representation of corporate and HOA creditors in Bankruptcy Court.
Sean McGah is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. His practices focuses on personal injury defense and general liability litigation.
Emily Meeson is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Orange County offices. Her practice focuses on employment practices litigation defense including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims.
Issa Mikel is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes who primarily practices general liability and commercial litigation. Mr. Mikel has extensive litigation experience, including representing businesses and individuals in state and federal courts in California and New York. Today, his practice primarily focuses on premises liability, motor vehicle collisions, product liability claims, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and other business torts.
Wilson Yurek is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County Office. His practice focuses on general liability, catastrophic personal injury, vehicle and premises liability, construction, and mass tort defense.
Stephanie Black is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office and is a member of the complex trial team. Her practice focuses on personal injury matters including auto accidents involving wrongful death or catastrophic injury, premises liability including slip and fall matters, homeowners’ insurance claims including dog bites, and contract disputes.
Kristine Gamboa is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, product liability, and general liability.
Victoria Nguyen is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Through multiple years of experience as a legal professional, Ms. Nguyen has been able to explore and gain experience in a wide-variety of law including worker’s compensation, intellectual property, business disputes, consumer protection, and employment law. Ms. Nguyen’s current practice focuses on personal injury defense and general liability.
Ashley Pidhajny is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Ms. Pidhajny has experience in a wide variety of practice areas, including labor and employment matters, insurance defense litigation, medical malpractice suits, estate planning, and complex litigation.
Kareen Sassounian is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses on insurance defense, general liability, personal injury, and premises liability.
Pooja Shah is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. Her practice focuses primarily on general liability.
Schardé Vallone is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Orange County office. She works on a multi-attorney litigation team focusing on the defense of complex civil litigation actions.