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| | Address | | 605 "C" Street, Suite 200 | | San Diego, California 92101-5305 | | (San Diego Co.) | | | |
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| Cohelan & Khoury practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial Practice with Emphasis on Class Actions, Wage and Hour, Consumer, Antitrust and Tort Litigation. | | Firm Size: 4 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Timothy Cohelan (Member) born Oakland, California, March 5, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1967); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1974). Member, Editorial Board, California Western Law Review, 1972-1974. Author, Cohelan on California Class Actions, Thompson West Publishing, 1997. Chairman, San Diego Regional Coastal Commission, 1978-1981. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Hoffmaster v. City of San Diego, 55 Cal.App. 4th 1098, (1997); Gomez v. Valley View Sanitorium, 87 Cal.App.3d 507 (1979); Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. 25 CAL. 4th 826 (2001); Hicks v. Kaufman & Broad Home Corp, 89 CAL. App. 4th 908 (2001); Hicks v. Superior Court (2004) 115 CAL. App. 4th 77. Practice Areas: Civil; Class Actions; Antitrust. | | Isam C. Khoury (Member) born Bethlehem, Jordan, August 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1970); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1973). Member: San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Tort Litigation; Class Actions; Antitrust. Email: Isam C. Khoury | | Diana M. Khoury (Member) born Buffalo, New York, October 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: San Diego State University at San Diego (B.S., 1975); Western State University (J.D., 1986). Member: San Diego and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego; Consumer Attorneys of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Tort Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Diana M. Khoury | | Michael D. Singer (Member) born Los Angeles, California, May 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, California; 2001, Colorado. Education: San Francisco State University (B.A., English, magna cum laude, 1980); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1984). Author: "Attorneys Can Send Notices to Possible Class-Action Plaintiffs," Daily Journal, 6/13/03; "The Most Common Employer Violations Entitling Employees to Back Pay," Employee Rights Newsletter, Summer-Fall 2003; "New Law Allows Employees to Sue for Labor Code Violations," Los Angeles Daily Journal, Focus Column, Employment Law, 10/28/03; "How to Guide for Wage and Hours Litigation," Los Angeles Daily Journal, Focus Column, Employment Law, 2/18/04. Member: San Diego County and The Colorado Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Wage and Hour Law; Consumer; Antitrust; Construction Defect Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Michael D. Singer | | ASSOCIATES | | Kimberly D. Neilson (Associate) born Seoul, South Korea, November 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of Tulsa (B.A., 1998); University of San Diego Law School (J.D, 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member: San Diego County Bar Association; Womens Law Council; Lawyers Club of San Diego. Practice Areas: Wage and Hour Law; Employment Class Actions; Construction Defects; Class Actions; Consumer Law; Personal Injury. Email: Kimberly D. Neilson | | Christopher A. Olsen (Associate) born June 14, 1973; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 2002); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Class Actions; Consumer Law. Email: Christopher A. Olsen | | Alexander Dychter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2006, District of Columbia. Education: University of California (B.A, Political Science, with honors, 2000); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2003). Recipient, Wiley W. Manuel, State Bar of California; International Human Rights law Institute. Participated, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program. Editor, Health Care Law, Depaul University College of Law Journal, 2003. Member: San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California; The District of Columbia Bar; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, California Employment Lawyers Association; The Barristers Club. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor and Employment; General Liability; Civil Litigation. | | James Jason Hill (Associate) born Eldorado, Illinois, November 28, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: University of Illinois at (B.A., Philosophy, Political Science, Communications, 1992); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member, California Western Law Review/International Law Journal. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Analysis, Academic Achievement and Law and Economics. Editor, Telecommunications Law Forum. Licensed Broker, California Department, Real Estate. Published Decisions: Scripps Healthy v. Superior Court, 2003, 109 Cal. App. 4th 529 (Holding that Scripps "Incident Reports" were properly withheld from production on the basis of the assertion of the corporate attorney/client privilege and thus reversing a document production order.); Marron v. Superior Court, 2003, 108 Cal. App. 4th 1049 (Holding that "Enhanced Remedies" under the "Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act" are not punitive in nature, and that corporate ratification is an essential element for recovery against an employer under the act.); Jacobs v. Grossmont Hospital, 2003, 108 Cal. App. 4th 69 (Holding that Civil Immunity exists against persons implementing a Section 5150 Involuntary hold, but not for conduct after the hold is instituted.); Ellis v. City of San Diego, 9th Cir. 1999, 176 F.3d 1183 (Holding that statute of limitations for Section 1983 claim against Physician acting as agent of police is tolled under general tolling principles despite provisions protecting health care providers by a shorter limitations period. ); McManis v. San Diego Postal Credit Union, 1998, 61 Cal. App. 4th 547 (Revising summary judgment and allowing trial for Bad Faith claim for disability insurer who permitted repossession of property rather than pay benefits.); San Diego Hospital Association v. Superior Court, 4th Dist., 1994, 30 Cal. App. 4th 8. JSD, (Holding that Hospital's are not subject to strict product liability as they are deemed "End Users" and consumers of medical devices and therefore not in the chain of distribution of allegedly defective medical devices.). Author: "Deciphering a Legal Enigma: Encryption Standards and Data Security," Vol. 5 Telecom News, 1994. Member: San Diego County Bar Association. Federal Communications and American (Member, Communications and Utilities Section) Bar Associations; National Association of Realtors; California Association of Realtors; San Diego Association of Realtors. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Employment Law; Health Care; General Liability; Professional Liability; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Emergency Medical Services Law; Elder Abuse; Dependent Adult Abuse. Email: James Jason Hill |
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