Hurrell Cantrall LLP welcomes Laila Khosroabadi and Adrianna Corrado as associates at the firm.

 Ms. Khosroabadi has defended

complex litigation and business litigation matters, including but not limited to products liability, breach of contract, fraud, trademark infringement, lease disputes and mechanic’s lien matters.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from National University, and her Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law.  While in law school, she received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship for Cultural Diversity.  She is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the San Diego County Bar Association.  Ms. Khosroabadi is admitted to practice in all of the California State Courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 

 

 

 

To learn more about Ms. Corrado and Ms. Khosroabadi, please visit their respective profiles. 

Congratulations to Jill A. Wood and Rittu Kumar, who are included in the 2009 Super Lawyer’s Southern California Rising Stars List. 

Hurrell Cantrall LLP is committed to diversity within the legal profession.  As part of our commitment, we have brought together a superb group of exceptional lawyers with different backgrounds and life experiences.  In fact, as of June 1, 2009, Hurrell Cantrall LLP is composed of approximately 50% minority attorneys and 71% female partners.  Most recently, managing partner Thomas C. Hurrell, partner Mai T. Nguyen, and associate Charles Phan attended DRI’s Fourth Annual Diversity for Success Seminar in Chicago, IL from June 10, 2009 through June 12, 2009 to learn more about the efforts being made to diversify the legal profession to better reflect the community that it serves.

 

To learn more about Hurrell Cantrall LLP’s commitment, please view our Diversity Statement.

 

Thomas C. Hurrell presented “Nuts and Bolts of Product Liability:  What Can You Do To Prevent, Manage, and Mitigate Risks!” at Los Angeles Society for Coatings Technology’s monthly meeting in Buena Park, California.  During this presentation, Mr. Hurrell discussed jury preception regarding the chemical industry and strategies such companies can utilize to minimize and manage risks in litigation.   

 

Hurrell Cantrall LLP would like to welcome experienced litigator and trial attorney Peter Wucetich.  Since admission to the State Bar of California in December 1976,  Mr. Wucetich has participated as lead trial counsel in more than 180 jury trials on behalf of AAA; Mercury Insurance Group, Ohio Casualty Ins. Co., State Farm Insurance Co. and. Reserve Insurance Company.  Some verdicts have been published in national periodicals.  He was co-counsel in a significant case wherein he represented the County of Los Angeles in the case of Geffen vs. County of Los Angeles,  a quadriplegic case involving a dangerous condition of public property.

 

Mr. Wucetich  became a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates in 1989, as well as a member of the Inns of Court of the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is also a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel.

 

To learn more about Mr. Wucetich, please visit his Profile.

 

 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a published decision, overturned the district court’s decision that denied our law enforcement client qualified immunity.  In addition, the appellate court remanded the action to the district court for dismissal, and vacated plaintiffs’ award of attorneys’ fees and expenses.  In this case, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants, a public entity and a number of law enforcement officers, violated their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures when they were detained, their assets in a banking account were seized and their residence searched pursuant to a warrant.  Plaintiffs claimed that there was no probable cause to search their residence or to seize their assets even though probable cause may have existed to search their prostitution business at another location. They also claimed that the public entity defendant had unconstitutional policies, customs, and practices that caused their injuries. On behalf of the public entity and the law enforcement officers, we filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that there was insufficient evidence supporting plaintiffs’ claims against the public entity client, and that the individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. The Court granted the motion with respect to plaintiffs’ claims against the public entity and some of the law enforcement officers. However, the Court disagreed with our argument that one of the law enforcement officers were entitled to qualified immunity. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with us and determined that the law enforcement officer had a reasonable belief that probable cause existed, and that she was entitled to qualified immunity.

Ninth Circuit Decision
LA Times Article
Daily Journal

Congratulations to Thomas C. Hurrell, who is included in the 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers List.  As the managing partner of the firm, Mr. Hurrell has been bestowed with numerous awards and honors including the 2008 Los Angeles County Attorney of the Year Award, and is an Advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. 

Hurrell Cantrall LLP welcomes its new Associate, Noelle Shanahan Cutts. Prior to joining our firm, Ms. Cutts served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Arthur I. Harris of the Northern District of Ohio.  She was also a legal extern for a Member of Parliament (Canada) and for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio.  

Ms. Cutts obtained her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and her law degree cum laude, Order of the Coif, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.  While in law school,  she received CALI Awards for Excellence in Eminent Domain Law:  Litigation Techniques & Trial Practice, Immigration Law Practicum II, and International Real Estate Transactions.

To learn more about Ms. Cutts, please view her profile. 

Hurrell Cantrall LLP is a proud sponsor of the 2009 DRI Civil Rights and Government Tort Liability Seminar, which is being held in New Orleans from January 28, 2009 through January 30, 2009. Hurrell Cantrall maintains an active government tort liability practice, which involves the defense of law enforcement officers and governmental entities against claims of civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Associate Pauliana Nadjarians will participate in the 120th Rose Parade this year, which will be held on January 1, 2009. She has been a volunteer with the Tournament of Roses for four years now and will assist on the Parade Operations Committee. She will be on the Parade Route in the famous White Suit worn by all Tournament of Roses members.