Charles R. Rondeau has more than 25 years of experience successfully handling personal injury and employment-related cases throughout California. He has obtained multimillion-dollar settlements and awards for his clients, including high-profile individuals, and strives to attain justice for victims of serious accidents or workplace mistreatment. A Louisiana native, Mr. Rondeau’s acclaimed legal career began in California, where he represented injured persons in cases concerning personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice. He has also represented individuals and business owners in claims pertaining to insurance bad faith and white-collar crimes. He then turned his focus toward workers’ compensation law, founding The Rondeau Law Firm shortly thereafter with the knowledge and skills he amassed throughout his years in practice. Mr. Rondeau is a recognized expert and frequent lecturer on the application and interpretation of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, the standard in medical impairment rating. He was invited by the AMA to serve as a Reviewer for the Sixth Edition of the Guides in 2007. Mr. Rondeau also has considerable experience in appellate matters and has argued cases before the California Supreme Court, the California Court of Appeal, the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court. While he concentrates his practice on representing clients throughout Los Angeles and Orange County, California, Mr. Rondeau is also licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey and is fluent in Spanish.

Puja A. Sachdev is a top-rated San Diego divorce attorney and family law mediator who focuses on family law, child support, and divorce cases and is a Certified Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She received her law degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law at San Diego, graduating cum laude with her Juris Doctorate. She is admitted to practice law in California and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. As a Certified Family Law Specialist, Ms. Sachdev has met the rigorous requirements set by the California State Bar. Some of these include passing a written exam, demonstration of a high level of experience in family law issues, fulfilling specific educational prerequisites and receiving favorable recommendations from colleagues and the judiciary. In order to fulfill these demands and to continue to meet this benchmark, Ms. Sachdev continues to be an expert in the field. Ms. Sachdev serves on a select court-appointed panel of attorneys who are appointed to represent minor children in high conflict and complex child custody cases. Custody and visitation matters are often some of the most contentious issues in Family Law. By taking her lead, the entire team is incredibly passionate about the well-being of children in Family Law cases. Family Law is an incredibly diverse and challenging field, which frequently involves issues in tax law, real property law, contract law, and criminal law. By having a widespread professional network ensures Ms. Sachdev can connect clients with experts in their field and work with these legal experts on their cases. Ms. Sachdev is a trained family law mediator. She received her training from the renowned Forrest “Woody” Mosten of Mosten Mediation in Los Angeles, California who focuses on cutting edge approaches to skill building and creative resolutions. Ms. Sachdev is widely recognized as one of San Diego’s top attorneys receiving honors from San Diego Daily Transcript, SD Metro Magazine, San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program and Super Lawyers. She has been featured in the Alumni Spotlight by San Diego State University College of Business Administration, as a Mover & Shaker in Mission Valley News and quoted by Divorce Magazine and Huffington Post. She has also been a panel speaker for the San Diego County Bar Association and Lawyers Club on work-life balance for new attorneys and solo practitioners and has presented Continuing Legal Education courses to the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers Program, San Diego Law Library and the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts. Attorney Sachdev is also noted for her extensive background in the finance and business field. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno in Marketing and Management. She completed her Masters of Science in Business Administration in Financial & Tax Planning at San Diego State University and obtained the certificate for Personal Financial Planning. Ms. Sachdev enjoys the distinction of being the first family law attorney in the greater San Diego area who obtained the designation of Certified Divorce Financial Analyst ™.

Matt’s practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property law. Matt is a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office registered patent attorney who focuses on patent law, including litigation, prosecution and counseling. He is experienced in a wide variety of technology areas and has litigating patent cases in the fields of software, medical devices, wireless communications and semiconductors.

Attorneys Jeffrey E. Estes and Alton J. Smith have been litigating personal injury cases on behalf of California residents for almost 30 years. Over the years, Estes and Smith have developed a reputation for tough litigation and a strategy for winning substantial settlements and verdicts for their clients. The firm serves all residents across the Great State of California and strives to deliver exemplary, client-focused legal advice and representation.

Jamal S. Mahmood has helped his clients recover millions of dollars through his approach to personal injury. As an experienced litigator, he’s been in the trenches supporting hundreds of injured people. He founded JSM Injury Firm APC with the vision of providing aggressive representation through legal expertise, personal attention and result-oriented goals. Mr. Mahmood graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in Philosophy. He thereafter received his Juris Doctor from Western State College of Law with the distinction of Magna Cum Laude. He is currently a member of the California State Bar Association and admitted to the Federal Court. Mr. Mahmood works diligently to secure the compensation his injury victims deserve. He has a strong sense of justice and compassion for those injured by negligence because he was involved in two major car accidents in 2009 as a passenger. For this reason, he deals with complex cases that other injury attorneys disregard because he values the safety of his clients and their right to compensation for their injuries. He knows that a moment of carelessness or negligence can forever change a client’s life. His goal is therefore to help clients regain a balance in their lives as quickly as possible. Mr. Mahmood takes personal responsibility for the outcome of each case at JSM Injury Firm APC. When he is not helping victims of serious injuries, Mr. Mahmood enjoys spending time with his family and friends, relaxing at the beach, and traveling to new places. He is a fan of football and basketball, and specifically a huge laker’s fan.

Rob L. Woelfel is the sole criminal attorney for the Woelfel Law Firm, where he combines zeal, pragmatism, and personalization for each client’s case; He has seen ample success in criminal cases involving murder, DUI, sexual assault, robbery, narcotics offenses, and juvenile crimes, amongst others. A respected trial lawyer with nearly two decades of criminal law experience, Rob aims to provide exceptional results. Rob received his admittance into the California Bar Association in 2007, where he went on to work as a prosecutor. He left prosecution for defense and became a founding partner in the civil rights litigation firm Loughrey & Woelfel LLP. Around thirteen years ago, Rob moved north and established his firm Woelfel Law where he practices today. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The American Trial Lawyers Association. After working in several areas of criminal defense, his primary focus has shifted to DUIs, though he still works on a variety of misdemeanor and felony defense cases. He represents clients all over northern California in various counties, El Dorado, Placer, Mono, Sacramento, Alpine, and more. One of his most revered cases was the reversal of Ms. Susan Greenburg’s first-degree murder conviction, which led to her release after 16 years of wrongful incarceration. Rob can be seen in the documentary “Abused” regarding the Greenburg case. When he is not challenging prosecutors in the courtroom, he enjoys competitive sailing and spending time with his wife and four children. He has made positive relationships with several DAs, court officials and staff, and local legal agencies.

Mr. Carr is the founder and owner of the Law Offices of Michael T. Carr. Mr. Carr acknowledges that employment issues are serious legal matters. As an experienced Southern California Labor and Employment Lawyers, Mr. Carr has built his practice fighting to preserve the rights and protections of the law that our clients are entitled to. Through effective representation and aggressive litigation, Mr. Carr is dedicated to protecting individuals who have been unfairly treated by large corporate interests. Mr. Carr has represented clients large and small for nearly 20 years.

With over two decades of experience practicing criminal defense law, Dod Ghassemkhani and his law firm Dod Law, in Downtown San Diego, Orange County, and Vista California, have worked on more than 6,500 criminal cases in and out of the courtroom in the San Diego area. This experience includes nearly every type of criminal case, including more than 100 jury trials and 400 preliminary hearings. Mr. Ghassemkhani also is uniquely qualified by the California State Bar to handle serious capital offenses, including murder charges for clients who have multiple convictions. More about Dod Ghassemkhani.

Michael Berg is an experienced criminal defense attorney who is dedicated to defending his clients and ensuring they receive excellent representation. He has represented more than 1,000 clients in felony and misdemeanor cases in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Imperial, and Kern counties. He has defended clients against a wide array of charges, including murder, sex crimes, domestic violence, drugs, gun crimes, battery, gang crimes, assault with a deadly weapon, three strikes, child abuse, DUI, theft, embezzlement, credit card fraud, identity theft, and traffic matters. Michael also handles probation violations, pre-filing investigations, and negotiations with officers and prosecutors. He additionally represents victims of domestic violence. Through years of practicing criminal law in Southern California, Michael has built relationships with prosecutors and judicial officers based on his ability to identify strong legal and factual defenses for his clients. When appropriate, he also prepares materials for prosecutors to “humanize” his clients and share mitigating factors that can help to prevent charges from being filed or reduce their severity. He also has successfully worked with expert witnesses on DUIs, DNA, gangs, accident reconstruction, mental health, and other issues to develop defenses and prepare the best arguments for pre-trial and trial phases. Michael graduated from Southwestern University School of Law in 2005. During law school, Michael was a certified law clerk in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and handled over 5,000 arraignments and 2,000 bail motions. He also previously clerked in the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.

Sue has extensive experience handling complex litigation, including construction defect disputes, construction litigation, professional liability, general liability, business litigation, employment litigation, and personal injury defense in state and federal courts. She is also experienced in bankruptcy and class action litigation. Sue graduated from Chapman University's Dale E. Fowler School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctorate with an emphasis in environmental, land use, and real estate law. She also served as an extern for the Honorable John E. Ryan (Ret.) and the Honorable John J. Wilson (Ret.) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.