Laine Mervis's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

6 Client Reviews

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Joshua Klugman

Employment and labor lawyer | May 07

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Laine Mervis is the consummate employment lawyer and litigator. Top credentials and experience and serves his clients well."

Danielle Eanet

Litigation lawyer | Feb 05

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer."

Brian Lauter

Litigation lawyer | Sep 11

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David Bismuth

Litigation lawyer | Sep 07

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"I endorse this lawyer."

Matthew Eanet

Mergers and acquisitions lawyer | Sep 07

Relationship: Co-worker

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Joshua Klugman

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Jerry Jen

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Jason Cirlin

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Tyler Dowdall

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William Kay

Entertainment lawyer

Joseph Huser

Corporate and incorporation lawyer

Monique Rad

Real estate lawyer

Rebecca Hutton

Mergers and acquisitions lawyer

Danielle Eanet

Employment and labor lawyer

Matthew Eanet

Lawsuits and disputes lawyer

David Bismuth

Mergers and acquisitions lawyer

Brian Lauter

Litigation lawyer

Experience

Rating: 9.0 (Superb)

Honors

2004

Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine

2003

Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine

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Work Experience

2014 - Present

Shareholder / Attorney, Eanet, PC

2010 - 2014

Principal/Attorney, Mervis Law Firm

2009 - 2010

Attorney, Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato

2007 - 2009

Counsel, O’Melveny & Meyers, LLP

2005 - 2006

Finance Director, U.S. House of Representatives campaigns

2005 - 2005

Law Extern, U.S. House Of Representiives, Judiciary Committee

2002 - 2005

Attorney, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP

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Associations

2019 - Present

Pasadena Community Toastmasters Club #9452

President

2017 - Present

Turnaround Managers Association

Member

2017 - Present

Sharewell Zimmer Children's Art Museum

Volunteer

2014 - 2015

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

Volunteer Attorney

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Sample of Legal Cases

IIG v. Yi

$400,000 Jury Verdict in client’s favor; upheld on appeal in published opinion (IIG Wireless, Inc. v. Yi (2018) 22 Cal. App. 5th 630)

National Funding, Inc. v. Pop Physique, LLC et al.

Collection action on business loan agreement; summary judgment granted on behalf of client.

Chung v. Huron Trust, et al.

Successfully obtained order and judgment of dismissal on behalf of client.

Trojgaard v. Sarkissian, et al.

Summary Judgment Granted in excess of $700,000 in favor of our client, secured note holder.

Adam Capital Clean Energy Asset Finance, LLC v. The Citizenre Corporation, et al.

Summary judgment granted in favor of client for over $700,000.

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Education

2014

University of Santa Monica

M.A. Spiritual Psychology

2002

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1999

University of California - Davis

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2018

The Author's Guild Protect Yourself: What Writers and Authors Should Know About the Scary World of Publishing

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Publications

2020

Eanet, PC Blog LITIGATION IN THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC?

2019

Eanet, PC blog Broker Beware: Court of Appeal Weighs In On Real Estate Broker Duty to Inspect and Disclose

2019

Enaet, PC blog A Strategic Approach to Purchasing Private Money Loans

2019

Eanet, PC New Ruling For Religious Employers Limits "Ministerial Exception" to Wage and Hour Claims

2019

Eanet, PC Blog Opinion in Red & White Distribution v. Osteroid Enterprises Gives Settling Litigants the Blues

2019

Eanet, PC Blog Case Alert: California Court of Appeals Clarifies Deadline to Bring Anti-SLAPP Motion to Amended Complaint

2018

Eanet, PC If You’re an Investor In a Start Up and You Lose All Your Money, What Are Your Options?

2018

Eanet, PC Court of Appeal Says Complete and Final Agreement is Sort of Complete, Kind of Final, Maybe Neither.

2017

Eanet, PC Loan Renegotiation is "New Phase" in Lending Relationship, May be Considered in whether Lender Breached Duty of Care

2017

Eanet, PC California: Directors of Insolvent Corporations Owe "Limited" Fiduciary Duties to Creditors

2017

Eanet, PC Shareholder Litigation to Obtain Corporate “Books and Records” to Value Company and Investigate Wrongdoing

2016

Eanet, PC blog In California, Sometimes Written Contracts Aren’t Worth the Paper They’re Written On

2005

Northwest Bankruptcy Institute Survey of Recent Significant Bankruptcy Appellate Decisions: March 2004 - February 2005

2005

American Law Institute Chapter 11 Plan Issues: Voting and Solicitation, Claims Trading, and Lock-Up Agreements

2004

American Bankruptcy Institute's Bankruptcy Battleground West Conference Lenders in Possession

2003

Financial Lawyers Conference Is It Malpractice to File in Delaware? A Discussion of the Differences in Case Law and Approach Among the More Popular Venues for Chapter 11 Filings

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