Mr. Bendel received his B.S. in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Connecticut in 1997. He then went on to receive his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2000 from Pepperdine University, where he was a member of the Pepperdine Law Review. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Bendel joined the Los Angeles office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, where he practiced for over twelve years. While at Stroock, Mr. Bendel handled complex business litigation, including securities disputes, small business dissolutions, insurance coverage and bad faith matters, and other business and commercial disputes. The primary focus of Mr. Bendel’s practice is insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation. He has provided coverage advice and/or been involved in bad faith litigation with respect to claims made under all types of insurance policies including Commercial General Liability, Directors & Officers, Errors & Omissions, Property, Homeowners, and Automobile insurance policies. Mr. Bendel is admitted to practice before all federal and state courts in California, including the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has tried cases in federal and state courts in Northern and Southern California. In total, Mr. Bendel has over fifteen weeks of trial experience. Mr. Bendel also has experience at the appellate level; he has drafted a number of successful appellate briefs.

John Paladin is a practicing attorney in the state of California. He received his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Located in Glendale, CA, Attorney Justin Tahmazian has ten years of experience working on personal injury cases. His focus includes but is not limited to dog bites, slip/fall injuries, elder abuse, and wrongful deaths. Handling challenging and complex cases alongside his father, Attorney Tahmazian offers potential clients a free consultation.

Prior to becoming an associate at David Lee Rice, APLC, Russell Ozawa was a law clerk at David Lee Rice, APLC and a summer law clerk at Akay Sull LLP in San Francisco, California. During law school, Mr. Ozawa served on the U.S.F. Law Review and was a brief specialist for U.S.F. National Moot Court Competition team and Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition team, earning second best brief and national finalist, and third best brief in those competitions, respectively. During law school, Mr. Ozawa earned Best Brief for the 1L Spring Moot Court Competition in 2008, and Best Brief in Appellate Advocacy for Fall 2009. Mr. Ozawa also received the CALI Award for Excellence in Partnership Taxation in 2009. Mr. Ozawaâ's practice areas include general litigation, probate litigation, tax litigation, corporations law, and tax controversy.