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Our Associates
Our Associates
Meet the supporting players behind our partners
Meet our associates who serve our clients and support our partners. Our associates come with a wealth of experience in litigation and coverage matters, and work hard to serve you, our clients.
Hamed Amiri Ghaemmaghami
Admitted to bar, 2004, California.
Education
University of California, San Diego (B.A., Economics, 1996); Southwestern
University School of Law (J.D. 2004). Lead Articles Editor, Southwestern Journal of Lawand Trade in the Americas, 2003-2004; Staff Member, 2002-2003.
Member
State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association
Practice
Mr. Ghaemmaghami’s practice areas include Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Appellate Practice, and Civil Litigation. He speaks English, French, Farsi, and Spanish.
Published Appeal
Ytuarte v. Superior Court (2005) 129 Cal. App. 4th 266.
Email
Hamed@PollakVida.com
Judy A. Barnwell
Admitted to bar, 1998, California; 1998, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; 2003, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Education
California State University, Chico (B.A. with Honors, 1994); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1998). Judicial Extern for the Honorable Robert E. Rose of the Nevada Supreme Court, 1996; Intern for the Honorable Howard Schwab of the Los Angeles Superior Court, Van Nuys, 1997.
Member
State Bar of California
Practice
Ms. Barnwell specializes in insurance coverage analysis and litigation.
Email
Judyb@PollakVida.com
Rebecca E. Orloff
Admitted to bar, 1998, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2022; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2022; U.S District Court, Eastern District of California, 2023; Admitted to Washington State Bar, 2023
Education
Reed College, Portland, Oregon (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa 1995); Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1998). Moot Court Board, Director and Ecology Law Quarterly, Associate Editor.
Member
State Bar of California, Washington State Bar
Practice
Ms. Orloff specializes in insurance coverage analysis and litigation.
Email
Rebecca@PollakVida.com
Karen M. Stepanyan
From Arkalyk, Kazakhstan.
Admitted to California bar, 2021; Admitted to U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 2024; Admitted to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2024
Education
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (LL.M), 2019
Member
State Bar of California
Practice
Mr. Stepanyan concentrates in Appellate Practice and Civil Litigation
Karen@PollakVida.com
Partner Daniel P. Barer
regularly posts articles to his "Weblawg," Government Liability Update. His blog is invaluable for public entities to keep abreast of important developments in California public entity tort liability. Click on the link, below to go to the blog.
Daniel Barer
is also the author of The Claim Book. This book is of incredible value to public entities, and is available free of charge from Pollak, Vida & Barer in PDF format, only
to California public entities and their attorneys.
Partner Scott J. Vida
is the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Liability Insurance Coverage for Rental Vehicle Accidents. It is available free of charge in PDF format, only
to insurance claim professionals .
To request a copy of either of these publications, send an email to law@pollakvida.com. Please let us know in your email your qualification to receive either publication. Thank you.
Contact Us
If you are looking for an insurance defense or public entity defense law firm with substantial trial, arbitration, and appellate experience, in both state and federal court, you’ll find all that and more, at
Pollak, Vida & Barer.
Contact info
11500 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 551-3400
law@pollakvida.com
