Mr. Abbott received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is an arbitrator for various associations, and serves as a Judge Pro Tem in the Judicial Arbitration Department of the Los Angeles Superior Court. He has authored articles on arbitration and been a speaker at events sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and the National Association of Securities Dealers. He has conducted numerous jury trials in both the state and federal courts and handled several hundred arbitrations.

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Mr. Fleming received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where he graduated cum laude, and earned his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of Law. Mr. Fleming has authored several articles concerning securities law and related issues, and has served in the Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem program and is an arbitrator for various industry associations. He also has held a California Real Estate Broker’s license, and serves as general counsel for the National Association of Independent Brokers Dealers.

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Mr. Fitzgerald received his undergraduate degree from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude, and earned his law degree from Duke University School of Law where he was a member of the Editorial Board for the Duke Law Journal. In 1985, he was instrumental in taking Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd to the United States Supreme Court in one of the seminal decisions firmly establishing a party’s contractual right to arbitration of disputes. He has authored and coauthored several published articles relating to issues concerning arbitration of disputes.

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Mr. Bockman received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and earned his law degree from the Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, where he received the American Jurisprudence award in Insurance Law. He has also been a contributing author to the Business Law publication of the California Bar Association. Mr. Bockman is a Panel Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, an arbitration panel member for the National Futures Association, and serves in the Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem program.

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Mr. Rafeedie received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1988. Mr. Rafeedie has coauthored two papers concerning securities litigation and arbitration that were distributed to the United States District Court judges for the Central District of California at their annual conference. Mr. Rafeedie’s experience includes business, securities, real estate, and class action litigation, as well as real estate and general business transactional work. Mr. Rafeedie has litigated cases in federal and state courts, and before arbitration panels of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and the American Arbitration Association.

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Mr. Hill received his undergraduate degree from Pomona College and his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1989. Mr. Hill is an experienced litigator, having successfully represented numerous clients in federal and state court, as well as in arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the AAA, NASD, JAMS/Endispute, ARC, ADR and similar tribunals. Mr. Hill represents clients in complex business and real estate litigation matters, and in a wide array of business and real estate transactional work. He is a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Los Angeles Superior Court and National Futures Association and has recently authored an article on real estate litigation for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Professional Report.

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Ms. Fitzgerald received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and her law degree from Loyola Law School.

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Mr. Erikson received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he graduated cum laude. Mr. Erikson also received his law degree from UCLA.

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Mr. Turner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of California at San Diego, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Turner earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

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Ms. Takahashi received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California and earned her law degree from Chapman University School of Law. While at law school, Ms. Takahashi was an editor of the Nexus Law Journal and was a judicial extern for the Honorable Terry J. Hatter, Jr., United States District Court for the Central District of California.

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Ms. Hernandez received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Studies and Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Hernandez then attended the University of Southern California School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor.

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A graduate of Stanford University, where he obtained both his undergraduate and law degrees, Mr. Miller has been a member of the California Bar since 1964. Mr. Miller is "Of Counsel" to the firm and concentrates his practice in the areas of probate, estate planning and trust law.

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