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New Members | 34 New Members in the Los Angeles Area
Sanaz Abishour
Company: Wells Fargo Commercial Banking
Title: Vice President | Business Relationship Manager
Phone: (818) 385-2717
Email: sanaz.abishour@wellsfargo.com
Profession: Banking Finance
Home Group: Sherman Oaks I (Host)
Bio: I am a Business Relationship Manager with many years of experience in underwriting, portfolio management and excellent client service who can help your clients with all of their credit and cash management needs.
Koko Archibong
Company: Capital Group Private Client Services
Phone: (213) 615-0613
Email: koko.archibong@capgroup.com
Profession: Investment Advisor
Home Group: Glendale II
Bio: Koko Archibong works with high net worth individuals and their families to design customized plans for protecting and growing their wealth. As a former professional basketball player, he specializes in working with professional athletes and entertainers.
Christopher Barkley
Company: McCathern Law
Phone: (213) 225-6150
Email: cbarkley@mccathernlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Downtown Los Angeles III
Bio: I head up the Intellectual Property department of my law firm. My intellectual property practice focuses on procurement and/or enforcement of intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
Michal Clements
Company: Insight To Action / Vistage Worldwide
Title: Managing Principal
Email: michal@itoaction.com
Profession: Consultant Service
Home Group: Silicon Beach II
Bio: Vistage chair, market strategy consultant focused on growth, targeting and innovation, writer/author.
Simon Esfandi
Company: Compass Law Group, PC
Phone: (310) 289-7126
Email: simon@cmplawgroup.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Santa Monica I
Eric Gharakanian
Company: Myerson Wealth & Insurance Solutions
Phone: (424) 363-0300 x201
Email: eric@myersonwealth.com
Home Group: Playa Vista
Bio: We structure intelligently-engineered strategies to provide Tax-Reduction, Wealth Accumulation and Wealth Transfer planning for high-income and business-owner clients. Life Insurance, Executive Compensation, Estate Planning, Owner-Exit Strategies.
Rick Gordon
Company: Marcus & Millichap
Title: Senior Associate & Director National Land Group
Phone: (818) 212-2721
Email: rick.gordon@marcusmillichap.com
Profession: Real Estate
Home Group: Century City III
Bio: Representing Sellers and Purchasers in the sale and acquisition of land, re-development and adaptive reuse properties. 30+ years of experience. Participated in the sale of over 15,000 acres with a value approaching $750,000,000.
Inna Gorin
Company: Injury Justice Law Firm, APC
Title: Owner
Phone: (818) 642-5229
Email: injuryjusticeattorney@gmail.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Beverly Hills V
Bio: Injury Justice Law Firm APC provides skilled and aggressive representation in cases involving catastrophic injury, products liability, sexual abuse, and wrongful death.
Ann Grant
Company: Law Offices of Ann E. Grant
Phone: (310) 706-4149
Email: agrant@anngrantlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Pacific Business
Corridor I
Bio: I started my family law firm after a career as a partner at a major international law firm where I represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex business disputes. My litigation and negotiation skills allow me to work with my clients to obtain swift and positive results.
Sebastian Hoppe
Company: Sierra Investment Management
Title: Business Development Director
Phone: (310) 452-1887
Email: sebastian.hoppe@sierrainvestment.com
Profession: Investment Advisor
Home Group: Encino IV
Bio: Well-connected legal/financial investment strategist.
Jeremy Karpel
Company: The Karpel Law Group
Title: Attorney
Phone: (818) 461-1950
Email: jeremy@karpellaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Sherman Oaks II
Bio: Jeremy E. Karpel is an experienced attorney practicing exclusively criminal defense. He represents clients in both state and federal court throughout California. He handles matters involving all minor and major crimes – from DUI to homicide.
Kelly Laffey
Company: Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
Title: Attorney
Phone: (818) 444-4538
Email: klaffey@stubbsalderton.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: South Bay III
Bio: Kelly’s practice focuses on advising emerging growth and middle market companies in the technology, digital, internet, interactive media, and entertainment industries in connection with venture capital financings, joint venture and M&A transactions.
Paul Laurin
Company: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
Title: Partner
Phone: (310) 284-3880
Email: paul.laurin@btlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Santa Monica VI
Bio: 25 years as a commercial litigator with substantial creditors’ rights and bankruptcy experience in real estate, entertainment and investor fraud cases, part of a national law firm based in the Midwest. Considerable experience in advising Fortune 100 companies.
Barbara Madvin
Company: Gaspar Insurance
Title: Producer
Phone: (818) 302-3060
Email: barbara.madvin@gasparinsurance.com
Profession: Insurance
Home Group: Calabasas
Bio: Barbara Madvin is an insurance professional with over 20 years of industry experience. Specializing in personal lines coverage, Barbara differentiates herself from her competition by being ultra responsive and in tune with the needs of each client.
Kevin Manahan
Company: CMC Pension Professionals
Title: Actuary
Phone: (818) 247-7900
Email: kevinm@cmcpenpro.com
Profession: Consultant Service
Home Group: Universal City
Bio: We help advisors and businesses convert tax dollars into effective retirement benefits through customized plan design and administration of all types of retirement plans.
Patti Mann
Company: Law Offices of Patricia A. Mann
Phone: (805) 371-4066
Email: patti@westlakelaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Moorpark
Bio: I am a Family Law Attorney, practicing in Ventura County for 30 years. I focus on assisting parties in making the right decisions in the most difficult time in their lives.
Glenda Martinez
Company: The Law Office of Glenda E. Martinez
Title: Principal
Phone: (310) 750-1725
Email: gmartinez@gemlaw.net
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Century City IV
Bio: Glenda Martinez serves as outside general counsel to entertainment and media companies. Her areas of expertise are labor and employment, including workplace investigations, and programming licenses.
Samuel Miller
Company: Rimon Law
Phone: (949) 514-5982
Email: sam.miller@rimonlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Century City VI
Bio: M&A, Corporate, and Commercial Transactional Attorney licensed in California, England and South Africa. Cross-Border and International work is a core feature of my practice, having worked in multiple jurisdictions.
Amanda Murray
Company: Fox Rothschild LLP
Phone: (310) 228-6998
Email: amurray@foxrothschild.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Beverly Hills IV
Bio: Amanda Murray represents clients in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property matters, breach of contract disputes and employment cases.
Daniel Nathanson
Company: Home Helpers
Phone: (310) 962-2121
Email: dnathanson@homehelpershomecare.com
Profession: Consultant Service
Home Group: Sherman Oaks II
Bio: For over a decade, Home Helpers has provided caregivers for seniors that need and deserve help to continue living safely at home.
Christopher Ng
Company: Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP
Title: Managing Partner
Phone: (310) 552-3400
Email: cng@gibbsgiden.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Century City VII
Bio: Chris is the managing partner of Gibbs Giden LLP, a nationally recognized construction law firm. Chris also specializes in commercial law and creditors’ rights, and counsels finance professionals with business credit and collection issues and disputes.
Tracy O’Connell
Company: Weiss Accountancy Corporation
Phone: (310) 993-2005
Email: tracy@weissac.com
Profession: Accountant
Home Group: Encino IV
Bio: Experienced CPA/CVA has history of working with start-up to middle market clients, primarily in technology, manufacturing and distribution. Skilled in financial analysis and reporting, business valuations, tax prep, QuickBooks and Lacerte.
James Robbins
Company: Colliers International
Title: Tenant Advisory Services
Phone: (818) 517-0296
Email: james.robbins@colliers.com
Profession: Real Estate
Home Group: Silicon Beach
Bio: James and his team advise innovative companies that are trying to grow to make better decisions with real estate. They’ve successfully accomplished this for companies like Coca Cola, Microsoft, the LA Auto Show, and many local and regional companies.
Edi Santos
Company: Wells Fargo
Phone: (310) 426-3903
Email: edi.s.santos@wellsfargo.com
Home Group: South Bay Classic (Host)
Bio: Business Lending: Commercial Real Estate, Practice Finance, SBA Lending.
Floyd Shaheen
Company: Marcus & Millichap
Title: Senior Associate
Phone: (818) 212-2667
Email: floyd.shaheen@marcusmillichap.com
Profession: Real Estate
Home Group: Sherman Oaks II
Bio: I am a Senior Associate at Marcus & Millichap, in 4 years I have represented buyers and sellers in 46 commercial real estate transactions, at a value in excess of $100 Million.
Natela Shenon
Company: Shenon Law Group
Title: Partner/Owner
Phone: (855) 474-3666
Email: nshenon@shenonlaw.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Sherman Oaks I
Bio: Natela Shenon, Esq. is the principal attorney of Shenon Law Group. She prides herself on combining legal dexterity with entrepreneurial innovation. Natela is trusted by clients to resolve litigation/business disputes with savvy, solid advice.
Alan Smith
Company: Hahn & Hahn
Phone: (626) 683-4328
Email: asmith@hahnlawyers.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Pasadena I
Sarah Spector
Company: Spector Wellman
Title: Fractional CFO
Phone: (818) 850-6665
Email: sarah@spectorwellman.com
Profession: Accountant
Home Group: Beverly Hills II
Bio: I am an experienced accounting consultant who provides executive-level financial advice to companies, both large and small. Having spent 15 years as a corporate controller, I’m able to thoroughly analyze & evaluate the financial situation of businesses.
Carlota Venegas
Company: Ameriprise Financial – Castlewatch Wealth
Title: Certified Financial Planner
Phone: (818) 662-1999 ext 5
Email: carlota.b.venegas@ampf.com
Profession: Investment Advisor
Home Group: Pasadena V
Bio: I provide comprehensive financial planning and investment management strategies for individuals, families and small business owners. I specialize in retirement planning, tax planning, portfolio management, and wealth/family protection.
Barry Weber
Company: T3 Dynamics LLC
Title: CTO/CISO
Phone: (818) 584-6565
Email: bweber@t3dynamics.com
Profession: Consultant Service
Home Group: Downtown Los Angeles IV
Bio: Fractional cyber-security (CISO) and IT leader (CIO/CTO). I help SMBs align cyber-security and privacy programs with business risk management, revenue and cost goals.
Allie Weinstein
Company: Law Offices of Allie Weinstein, Inc
Phone: (310) 684-3982
Email: allie@agwfirm.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Mid City
Bio: I am family and fertility law attorney and mediator focusing on divorce mediation, pre and post nuptial agreements, and surrogacy, egg, and sperm donation contracts.
Brooke Witt
Company: Now CFO
Phone: (213) 247-7839
Email: bwitt@nowcfo.com
Profession: Accountant
Home Group: South Bay Classic
David Yang
Company: Hawkinson Yang LLP
Phone: (213) 634-0341
Email: dyang@hycounsel.com
Profession: Attorney
Home Group: Rancho Park
Bio: I am an intellectual property and technology attorney. I primarily work with tech companies based in California and Asia. I am an engineer by training, a registered patent attorney, and a fluent Mandarin speaker.
Alen Zilic
Company: Stonebridge IT
Title: Owner
Phone: (310) 853-8006
Email: alen@stonebridgeit.com
Profession: Information Technology
Home Group: Rancho Park
Bio: We provide support to medium size companies of 10 employee and up. Most of our clients do not have full-time IT staff but that doesn’t mean they cannot leverage professional IT services that help prevent problems, makes their business secure and protected.
Member News
Congratulations to the ProVisors Winners and Nominees of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s 2019 Trusted Advisors Awards
The San Fernando Valley Business Journal hosted a high profile event on August 8th that brought together decision makers and business owners from all industries to recognize businesses and individuals who positively impact the San Fernando Valley business community.
Barry Cohn
Really Great Employee Benefits / JorgensenHR
Barry Kurtz
Lewitt Hackman
Stephen Landsman
Squar Milner
Juan Ros
Forum Financial Management, LP
Brian Ross
Ross Legal Corporation
And, a special highlight of ProVisors Nominees: Gary Barr of Alpert, Barr & Grant APLC, Matt Crisafulli of ACap Asset Management, Inc., Cynthia Flynn of Hackler Flynn & Associates, Teri Frankel of Leavitt Insurance Services of Los Angeles, Darryl Gross of gish SEIDEN LLP, Terri Hilliard of Terri E. Hilliard PC, Don Lanson of Manfredi Levine Eccles Miller & Lanson, Jonathan Light of LightGabler and Douglas Ridley of Ridley Defense, APC. We are proud of you all !!
Paula Bahamon named in The Valley 200 most influential leaders in the valley area 2019
Paula Bahamon with Mission Valley Bank was named by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, the Valley 200 most influential leaders for 2019.
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Paula was also the Award recipient for the Rising Star in April 2019 and the annual Trusted Advisors for the category Banker of the Year 2018.
Nathan B. Hoffman selected to ADEQUATE STATE COURT FUNDING AND OPERATIONS (LACBA OPEN COURTS)
ADEQUATE STATE COURT FUNDING AND OPERATIONS (LACBA OPEN COURTS) Determines how LACBA can best support efforts to keep courtrooms in the California State court system generally,
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and the Los Angeles County Superior Court in particular, open and functioning adequately despite State court budget failure to restore adequate funding. Also supports and assists courts in realizing efficiencies and finding creative responses to funding shortfall.
Ramit Mizrahi was interviewed on AirTalk about workplace pregnancy discrimination and harassment, Pasadena, CA
Ramit Mizrahi appeared on AirTalk (guest hosted by Libby Denkmann) at KPCC to discuss pregnancy discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The primary topic was the memo by a former Google manager that has since gone viral;
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the show also welcomed guest callers to speak about their own experiences. The episode can be found here: Another Google Employee Memo Has Gone Viral, This Time Alleging Discrimination Against Pregnant Women. Ramit can be heard starting at 9:33.
Dana Dattola & Kelly Potter highlighted in Roughnotes Magazine, Arcadia, CA
Provisors members/sisters Dana Dattola (Pasadena1) and Kelly Potter (Irvine North) were interviewed in Roughnotes Magazines “breaking glass” section regarding successful women in insurance. https://roughnotes.com/all-in-the-family-2/
Melissa K. Dagodag Quoted in Time Magazine, Beverly Hills, CA
Melissa was quoted in entertainment and criminal law-related article titled “Do the Women of Big Little Lies Have a Case? We Asked the Experts About the Season 2 Finale”. https://time.com/5629769/big-little-lies-legal-case/
Legal Recruiter Roberta Kass delivers Yale Law School program, Los Angeles, CA
Yale Law School’s Career Development Office once again asked Roberta Kass to present a program for their students about the state of the California legal market. The program covered law practice and lifestyle differences between the geographic regions in California,
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hiring/practice area trends, and tips on landing a law job in California at various points in your career. Roberta is a former practicing attorney with over 25 years of experience as a legal recruiter, representing law firms and in-house legal departments in California.
Award-Winning Documentarian, Klaudia Kovacs, becomes The Immigrant Magazine’s “Cover Girl”, Hollywood, CA
Filmmaker of LEGACY DOCUMENTARIES, Klaudia Kovacs, was interviewed by The Immigrant Magazine and made the publication’s cover. FROM HUNGARY TO HOLLYWOOD – THE STORY OF A REVOLUTIONARY FILM can be read here.
Sheryl Mazirow Named to Boys & Girls Clubs Board of Governors, Conejo Valley, CA
Sheryl Mazirow has joined the board of governors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley. Mazirow joins a board of governors that’s over 30 strong. “Without their volunteer time and effort, their years of experience and their incredible knowledge, reaching our mission would be impossible,”
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state the leaders of the Agoura Hills-based Boys & Girls Club of Greater Conejo Valley. “Working for the young people in our community is about the best way I can think of to help create a better future,” Mazirow said on her decision to join the board. “Our local Boys & Girls Club is one of the best in the country. I look forward to all that we can do. Mazirow is founder and president of Westlake Village-based Mazirow Commercial, Inc., a tenant brokerage firm.
Attoney Dmitry Gorin on Law and Crime Network, Century City, CA
Former District Attorney Dmitry Gorin, now a State-Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialist, discusses a high-profile child death case on the Law and Crime Network.
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Dmitry Gorin recognized in U.S. Best Lawyers, 2020 Edition, Los Angeles, CA
Eisner Gorin LLP announces the selection of Dmitry Gorin to 2020 Edition of “Best U.S. Lawyers, Criminal Defense: General Practice.” Fewer than 25 defense lawyers in California selected in this category.
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