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Kay Anderle
With over two decades of trial experience, Kay Anderle has earned a reputation as a leading trial attorney.  She has tried nearly 100 cases to jury verdict.  Kay began her legal career 23 years ago in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office where she spent 12 years prosecuting criminal cases.  She was one of its most respected prosecutors, […]

Jennifer L. Keller
Jennifer L. Keller is one of California’s premier trial lawyers. She has tried over 150 cases to jury verdict, ranging from complex civil matters — including business and intellectual property cases — to white collar to murder. She has received innumerable awards for excellence as a trial lawyer. Jennifer is listed annually in “The Best Lawyers in America®” […]

Jay P. Barron
Jay P. Barron is an experienced business litigator whose practice focuses on complex litigation in state and federal courts, including contract and business tort disputes, real estate litigation, class actions, legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary claims, false advertising and unfair competition cases, and corporate governance and partnership disputes […]

Reuben Camper Cahn
Reuben Camper Cahn is one of the most exceptional lawyers of his generation.  In addition to trying more than 100 cases to jury verdict, Mr. Cahn has argued twice before the United States Supreme Court (in 2011 and 2018), a combination that is all but unknown.  He has also argued extensively before the 9th and 11th Circuits […]

C. Ryan Fisher
Ryan Fisher focuses his practice on commercial litigation and real estate.  He has been an integral part of trial teams for a large white collar jury trial, a complex commercial litigation matter involving real estate worth billions of dollars, and a class action that resulted in a defense jury verdict for KA’s client. […]

Jesse Gessin
Jesse Gessin is a star trial lawyer. He has tried 25 federal jury trials to verdict as lead or co-lead counsel, teaches trial advocacy at UCI Irvine School of Law, and has lectured on trial strategy and techniques throughout the United States. As a deputy federal public defender, Jesse won an astonishing fourteen of those jury trials through acquittal, dismissal, hung jury or reversal on appeal. […]

Shaun A. Hoting
Shaun Hoting focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Shaun’s practice includes litigation related to contract disputes, legal malpractice, patents, copyrights, trademarks, securities, and white collar defense.  He has litigated cases involving technologies as diverse as software, cellular telephones, aerospace seals, and waterpark attractions.  […]

Thomas H. Kao
Thomas H. Kao is a business litigation attorney with more than a decade of experience handling complex litigation in state and federal courts. His practice areas include contract and business tort disputes, M&A disputes, securities litigation, and shareholder suits. Thomas serves on the Board of Directors the Orange Country Asian American Bar Association, and on the Orange County Executive Advisory Council of Asian Americans Advancing Justice.[…]

Nahal Kazemi
Nahal Kazemi combines a strong background in broad, high-stakes litigation with extensive experience as a diplomat. For five years Ms. Kazemi was an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, where she litigated against the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of her client, a major engineering firm, on allegations it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; […]

Stephanie K. Lind
Stephanie focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense.  She has been an essential part of trial teams for the defense of multiple bad faith insurance claims and a nine-month white collar jury trial resulting in acquittal of all charges. She is also a member of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. […]

Dylan Mefford
Before joining Keller/Anderle, Dylan practiced for seven years at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, concentrating on international litigation and offensive actions.  He was part of the team that represented Chevron Corporation in defeating the recognition and enforcement of a $9.5 billion Ecuadorian judgment procured by fraud, corruption, and bribery, helping to expose what The Wall Street Journal called the “legal fraud of the century.”

Anand Sambhwani
Anand Sambhwani is an experienced trial attorney who has been solely responsible for litigating major cases throughout the country. Before joining Keller/Anderle, he was with the Commercial Litigation Branch of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. While at “Main Justice” Anand handled complex commercial […]

Michael A. Schachter
Michael Schachter is a litigation associate at Keller/Anderle LLP, focusing on complex business trials. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the New York University School of Law. Before joining Keller/Anderle LLP, Michael was an associate at Paul Hastings in New York, where he gained significant experience in all phases of pretrial litigation. […]

Chase A. Scolnick
Chase Scolnick specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation, and trials of all types. Having tried as lead counsel approximately fifty federal jury trials before the age of 40, Chase is among the most seasoned young federal trial attorneys in the United States. He speaks conversational Spanish. […]

Jeremy Stamelman
Jeremy Stamelman is an experienced business litigator who before coming to Keller/Anderle spent 16 years at the Los Angeles and New York offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He has extensive experience with complex litigation of all kinds in both state and federal court, and in international arbitrations. […]