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West Chester divorce lawyer Marta Laynas offers expert legal services to provide resolution to your family law issues.

Marta S. Laynas helps clients define goals for their separations, divorces, custody situations and other domestic matters and develop strategies to obtain results as peacefully as possible. Comfortable as a mediator, or a trial attorney, Ms. Laynas will focus her efforts on protecting your best interests.

Admitted to bar

• 1981, Pennsylvania
• 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Education

• Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, J.D., 1981
• Duke University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1978
• Assistant District Attorney, Chester County, 1982–1987

Member

• Chester County Bar Association
  • Member, Family Law Section
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Member, Family Law Section

The New York sexual harassment lawyers of the Akin Law Group are committed to helping the victims of sexual harassment and discrimination.

Attorney Zafer Akin provides legal representation in the areas of sexual harassment, discrimination, civil rights litigation, employment law, and other civil litigation.

Admitted to practice:

• 1994, New Jersey
• 1995, New York
• U.S. District Court-Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
• U.S. District Court – District of New Jersey

Professional Memberships:

• National Employment Lawyers Association/New York Affiliate (NELA/NY)
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Awards and Recognitions:

Special recognition from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America for services provided to families of 9/11

Education:

• Hofstra University, J.D., 1994
• City University of New York, Brooklyn Campus, B.S., Accounting/Business Administration, cum laude, 1991

The Akin Law Group
45 Broadway, Suite 2650
New York, New York 10006

Attorney Kevin Collins at Kevin L. Collins, P.C. represents criminal law, and criminal defense in San Antonio, TX.

Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., 1986; University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A., 1983

Practice Areas
Criminal Law; Criminal Defense

Admitted
1986, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1991, U.S. Tax Court; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2005, United States Supreme Court

Memberships
San Antonio Bar Association (Member, Criminal Law Committee, 1999-2001; 2003-2004); San Antonio Criminal Lawyers Association; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; William S. Sessions Inn of Court; American Inns of Court

San Antonio criminal attorney, Kevin Collins is a former Prosecutor and a member of the Criminal Law Section of the San Antonio Bar Association. He has comprehensive understanding of both sides of courtroom, and will aggressively defend your rights in federal, state and appellate courts.

Vogue Building, Suite 250
600 Navarro
San Antonio, Texas 78205
210-223-9480

Attorney Michael B. Berger is a senior partner at Berger & Berger. He received his law degree in 1973, and his areas of practice are: immigration, citizenship, green cards, and deportation.

Education:
SUNY Buffalo School of Law, 1973

Admitted to Practice:

• 1974 New York

Areas of Practice:

• Immigration
• Citizenship
• Green Cards
• Deportation

Mr. Berger was voted as among the top new york immigration attorneys. He has also been recognized for his outstanding achievement in the practice of Immigration Law by the following national and local organizations: New York Area’s Best Lawyers, Buffalo’s Business First “Who’s Who in Law,” and The Best Lawyers in America.

Berger & Berger
5530 Sheridan Drive, Buffalo, NY 14221
Phone: (716) 568-4451, Fax: (716) 634-0415

Alan serves as the managing partner at Lowthorp, Richards, Mcmillan, Miller & Templeman, P.C. He represents civil litigation, and he has obtained remarkable verdicts in all areas of litigation throughout the state of California.

Education:

• Ohio University,  Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1963;
• UCLA, Juris Doctor, 1971

Legal Experience:

Alan R. Templeman is selected as one of the top ten National Trial Lawyers of the Year by Lawyers for Public Justice; rated AV by Martindale-Hubble. He is the top Ventura personal injury attorney, and has obtained notable verdicts in personal injuries, insurance bad faith, injuries to athletes, product liability, wrongful death, flooding and land subsidence, fire and agricultural losses, professional liability, and stockbroker and investment advisor fraud.

Lowthorp, Richards, Mcmillan, Miller & Templeman, P.C.
300 ESPLANADE DR., STE. 850, P.O. BOX 5167, OXNARD CA 93031
PHONE: (805) 981-8555    FAX (805) 983-1967

Chicago workplace harassment attorney, Mitchell A. Kline reviewed workers’ compensation cases at Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission from 1995 and 1996.

Admitted: 1978, Illinois

Law School: Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, IN, J.D.

College: Harvard University – Graduated with Honors in 1975

Practice Areas:

• Sexual Harassment
• Age Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination
• Employee Benefits
• Employment Law
• Mediation, Personal Injury
• Race Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Retaliatory Discharge
• Sex Discrimination
• Workers’ Compensation
• Wrongful Termination

D.C. auto accident attorney, Richard F. Silber has nearly 30 years of experience handling auto accident cases. He entered private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1991.

Areas of practice:

• Personal injuries
• Medical malpractice
• pediatric malpractice
• Pedestrian accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Construction accidents
• Swimming accidents
• Nursing home abuse and neglect
• Lead poisoning
• Head trauma
• Wrongful death
• Spinal cord injuries
• Product liability
• Premises liability

Recognition:

Attorney Silber has received recognition for his work as an attorney from a wide array of organizations over the course of his career. AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated^SM by Martindale-Hubbell^®—the highest rating for professional ethics and integrity a lawyer can earn from his or her peers—he has earned a Distinguished Service Award from the Department of Justice, an award for Outstanding Services as a Trial Attorney from the Civil Division, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance for his stellar efforts in the Tyra Hunter case.

Education:

• Beloit College, B.S. in Biology 1975
• Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1981

Admissions and professional memberships:

• Washington, D.C.
• Member of The Association of Trial Lawyers in Washington, D.C. where he is on the Board of Governors
• U.S. Claims Court
• Massachusetts
• Missouri

3221 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.609.8476
Fax: 202.333.0858

New Jersey injury attorney,T.K. Shamy is a member of the New Brunswick, Middlesex County,  and New Jersey State Bar Associations, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He has 22 years of experience handling personal injury cases.

Education:

• Seton Hall University, J.D. , 1987

Admitted to Practice:

• New Jersey
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury
  
• Business and Commercial Law
• Banking Law
• Consumer Fraud
• Real Estate

Shamy & Shamy, L.L.C.
866-603-4710 | Toll free
info@shamyandshamy.com

Nassau County criminal defense attorney Rick Collins handles many elements of criminal law. Mr. Collin’s is exceptionally unique specializing a portion of his practice in sports nutritional law and anabolic steroid law.

Rick Collins is the official legal advisor to the International Federation of BodyBuilders. He is also General Counsel to the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1985
• Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, 2004
• District of Columbia and Texas, 2005

EDUCATION

• Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, 1984
  J.D.
• Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1981
  B.A.
• Member, Law Review
  Special Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section (Past Executive Committee)
• Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County (Member, Past President)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member)
• New York State Defender’s Association
• Federal Bar Council
• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Nassau County (Member, Past Elected Director, Past Editor-in-Chief, Nassau Lawyer)

PUBLICATIONS

• Legal Muscle: Anabolics in America
• Alpha Male Challenge, Rodale, 2009.
• Muscular Development Magazine, monthly columnist.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2001 President’s Award of the Nassau County Bar Association

Estate Planning lawyer in Los Angeles, Andrew M. Wallet is a partner at Hinojosa & Wallet LLP. He received the highest possible rating of “AV Preeminent” from the Martindale Hubble Law Directory. Mr. Wallet has been continually named a “Super Lawyer” in the area of Estate Litigation by Southern California Super Lawyers magazine.
Education:

• Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1974
• Northrop University School of Law at Los Angeles, J.D., 1979

Bar Admission:

• California, 1980

Specializations:

Certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Hinojosa & Wallet LLP ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
2215 Colby Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90064
phone   310.473.7000
fax   310.473.1730