Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton, & Fox

Our Team

Janet Ormond Andrizzi

Attorney

Lucy Bentow

Co-Managing Attorney

John Billingslea

Vice President

Jason S. Collier

Senior Vice President

Diana Nguyen

Attorney

Jamie Beth Fox

Sr. Vice-President

Camelia Gamboa

Vice President

Ivan Gomez

Attorney

Jeffrey W. Greathouse

Attorney

Martin J. Herrera

Attorney

Ryan Jones

Attorney

Menely Lari-Joni

Vice President

Lisa R. Kerner

Vice President

Jandre P. Kong

Managing Attorney

Jesse Evan Kozma

Vice President

Derek A. Kuhen

Vice President / Co-Branch Manager

Scott Lassers

Vice President

Jeffrey S. Marsilio

Attorney

Thomas P. Moos

Managing Attorney

James L. Myers

Attorney

Eric Ogawa

Attorney

Brian D. Pederson

Vice President and Managing Attorney

Frederic J. Phaneuf

Attorney

Kimberly S. Poese

Attorney

Cole Ramsey

Attorney

Eric Riggs

Attorney

Christian M. Santos

Vice President

Avi N. Schochet

Attorney

Shannon Ripple

Attorney

Neda Y. Swedelson

Vice President

Alexandra Kabbaz Szabo

Attorney

Thanh Ho

Attorney

Stephen A. Vaccaro

Attorney

Aurora Vasquez

Vice President

Lisa A. Vidmar

Vice President

Paul S. Wolsey

Co-Managing Attorney

George Woolverton

President / Firm Manager

Matthew B. Woolverton

Vice President

Janet Ormond Andrizzi

Position: Attorney
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Janet_Ormond-Andrizzi@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1982. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A. 1978), Loyola Law School (J.D. 1981). Joined the firm on June 19, 2006. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association, State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Lucy Bentow

Position: Co-Managing Attorney
Phone: 714 479-1180
Email: Lucy_Bentow@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2004. Education: University of California Los Angeles (B.A. 2000), Loyola Law School (J.D. 2004). Joined the firm on March 25, 2013. Member: State Bar of California, U.S. District Court and Council on Litigation Management.

John Billingslea

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: John_Billingslea@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2001; Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A. in 1997); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 2000). Member: State Bar of California; California Association of Black Lawyers. Joined the firm on 04/15/2002.

Jason S. Collier

Position: Senior Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Jason_Collier@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1998; Education: University of Alabama (B.A. in 1993); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1997). Joined firm: September 4. 2012; Member of State Bar of California.

Diana Nguyen

Position: Attorney

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2021. Education: California State University, Long Beach (B.S. 2010), New England Law|Boston (J.D. 2018). Joined the firm in July, 2021. Member: State Bar of California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California.

Jamie Beth Fox

Position: Sr. Vice-President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Jamie_Fox@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1980. Education: Temple University (B.A. 1975),California Western School of Law (J.D. 1980). Member: State Bar of California, Workers Compensation and Litigation Sections. Joined the firm in 2012.

Camelia Gamboa

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Camelia_Gamboa@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1999. Education: University of California in Los Angeles (B.A. 1995), Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D. 1999). Joined the firm August 5, 2002. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association and Council on Litigation Management.

Ivan Gomez

Position: Attorney
Phone: 559 226-9030
Location: Fresno

Jeffrey W. Greathouse

Position: Attorney
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Jeffrey_Greathouse@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1999; Education: California State University, Fullerton CA (B.S. 1991), Western State University, Fullerton CA (J.D. 1998). Joined firm: October 23, 2012; Member of State Bar of California.

Martin J. Herrera

Position: Attorney
Phone: 714 479-1180
Email: Martin_Herrera@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2006. Education: Cal State University Fullerton (B.A. 1997), Whittier Law School (J.D.. Magna Cum Laude 2004). Joined the firm on December 2, 2020. Member: State Bar of California

Ryan Jones

Position: Attorney
Phone: 714 479-1180 Email
Email: Ryan_Jones@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar in 2003. Education: California State University East Bay (B.A. 1995), Santa Clara University (J.D. 1999). Joined the firm on May 16, 2017. Member: State Bar of California.

Menely Lari-Joni

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323-935-6669
Email: Menely_LariJoni@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Lisa R. Kerner

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Lisa_Kerner@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1997. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A.1993), Whittier College of Law (J.D., 1996). Joined the firm April 20, 1999. Member: State Bar of California, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Council on Litigation Management

Jandre P. Kong

Position: Managing Attorney
Phone: (415) 734-9310 Email
Email: Jandre_Kong@shwhlaw.com
Location: Oakland

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2015. Education: The University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 2010), Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 2014). Joined the firm in 2017. Member: State Bar of California.

Jesse Evan Kozma

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Jesse_Kozma@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in December of 2007. Education: California State University Northridge (B.S. 2003), University of West Los Angeles (J.D. 2006). Joined the firm on September 8, 2008. Member: State Bar of California, American Bar Association, National Association of Subrogation Professionals and Council on Litigation Management.

Derek A. Kuhen

Position: Vice President / Co-Branch Manager
Phone: 619-696-1436
Email: Derek_Kuhen@shwhlaw.com
Location: San Diego

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2003. Education:San Diego State University (B.S. 1998), University of San Diego School of Law (J.D.). Joined the firm on December 19, 2005. Member: State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Scott Lassers

Position: Vice President
Phone: 714 479-1180
Email: Scott_Lassers@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1991. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1996), Loyola Law School (J.D. 1990). Joined the firm in 2012. Member: State Bar of California; Orange County Bar Association.

Jeffrey S. Marsilio

Position: Attorney
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Jeff_Marsilio@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2003. Education: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1999), Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D. 2003). Joined the firm July 2011. Member: State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Thomas P. Moos

Position: Managing Attorney
Phone:  805-541-0440
Email: Thomas_Moos@shwhlaw.com
Location: San Luis Obispo

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1985. Education: San Joaquin College of Law (J.D. 1984). Joined the firm September 22, 2003. Member: San Luis Obispo County Bar Association and Council on Litigation Management. Admitted to practice before all California Courts, and Federal Courts including District Courts of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.

James L. Myers

Position: Attorney
Phone:  559 226-9030
Email: James_Myers@shwhlaw.com
Location: Fresno

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2000. Education: San Joaquin College of Law (J.D. 2000). Joined the firm April 22, 2013. Member: American Bar Association; California State Bar Association; Scoutmaster Troop 496, Hanford, CA. Second Counselor in Young Men’s Presidency for Hanford Ward; Liaison with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies including E.D.D., ALRB, workers’ compensation carrier, SJVUAPCD, and Sheriff department.

Eric Ogawa

Position: Attorney
Email: Eric_Ogawa@shwhlaw.com

Admitted to The State Bar of California in 2011. Education: The University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 2005), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D. 2010). Joined the firm in 2020. Member: State Bar of California.

Brian D. Pederson

Position: Vice President and Managing Attorney
Phone: 805-654-8994
Email: Brian_Pederson@shwhlaw.com
Location: Ventura

Graduated from Pepperdine University, BS Political Science (1992), Pepperdine Law School (1997); Member of State Bar of California (1998) and Member of State Bar of Oregon (2007); joined the firm in 2003.

Frederic J. Phaneuf

Position: Attorney
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Frederic_Phaneuf@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1984. Education: Antioch College (B.A. 1977), University of Santa Clara School of Law (J.D. 1984). Joined the firm February 9, 2004. Member: American Bar Association, State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Kimberly S. Poese

Position: Attorney
Phone: (714) 479-1180
Email: Kimberly_Poese@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1994. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A. 1989), Western State College of Law (J.D. 1993). Joined firm in 2019.

Cole Ramsey

Position: Attorney
Phone: 916-924-1862
Email: Cole_Ramsey@shwhlaw.com
Location: Sacramento

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2012. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.S., 2006), University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2010). Joined the firm in October 2012. Member: State Bar of California, American Bar Association.

Eric Riggs

Position: Attorney
Phone: 916-924-1862
Email: Eric_Riggs@shwhlaw.com
Location: Sacramento

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2016. Education: Sacramento State University (B.A., 2010), McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2016). Joined the firm in November 2016. Member: State Bar of California, December 2, 2016

Christian M. Santos

Position: Vice President
Phone: 714 479-1180
Email: Christian_Santos@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1999. Education: San Diego State University (B.A. 1994), Chapman University School of Law (J.D. 1998). Joined the firm February 9, 2004.Member: State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Avi N. Schochet

Position: Attorney
Phone: 916-924-1862
Location: Sacramento

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2017. Education: Thomas Edison State University (B.A. 2010), University of Southern California
Gould School of Law (J.D. 2015). Joined the firm in April of 2019. Member: State Bar of California.

Shannon Ripple

Position: Attorney
Phone: 916-924-1862

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2015. Education: U.O.P. (B.S. 2005), Humphrey’s College – Drivon School of Law (J.D. 2013). Joined the firm in 2021. Member: State Bar of California. Admitted to practice in the United States District Court – Eastern District of California.

Neda Y. Swedelson

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Neda_Swedelson@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1996, the Texas Bar in May of 1995. Education: Baylor University, Waco, Texas (B.A. 1989), Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1994). Joined the firm June 30, 2003. Member: Texas Bar Association, State Bar of California Association and Council on Litigation Management.

Alexandra Kabbaz Szabo

Position: Attorney
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Alexandra_Szabo@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2016. Education: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA (B.A. 2011); Southwestern Law School, 2016. Joined firm January of 2017. Member of State Bar of California

Thanh Ho

Position: Attorney
Email: Thanh_Ho@shwhlaw.com
Admitted to the State Bar of California in December 2019.  Education: California State University, Long Beach (B.S. 2012), New England Law | Boston (J.D. 2018, Cum Laude). Joined the firm on January 11, 2021.  Member: State Bar of California, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California.

Stephen A. Vaccaro

Position: Attorney
Phone:  415-734-9310
Email: Stephen_Vaccaro@shwhlaw.com
Location: Oakland

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2014. Education: California State University, Long Beach (B.S. 2002), Concord School of Law (J.D. 2014). Joined the firm in 2018. Member: State Bar of California.

Aurora Vasquez

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Aurora_Vasquez@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1988. Education: Western State University (J.D. 1987), Loyola Marymount University, B.A., in Political Science and Spanish. Member: Mexican American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, California State Bar, Wilshire Bar Association and Council on Litigation Management. Joined the firm August 15, 2000.

Lisa A. Vidmar

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Lisa_Vidmar@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1991. Education: University of California Los Angeles (B.A. 1988); Loyola Law School (J.D. 1991). Joined the firm September of 2001. Member: State Bar of California and Council on Litigation Management.

Paul S. Wolsey

Position: Co-Managing Attorney
Phone: 714-479-1180
Email: Paul_Wolsey@shwhlaw.com
Location: Orange

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2003. Education: University of California Berkeley (B.A. 2000), University of California Hastings College of Law (J.D. 2003). Joined the firm on January 1, 2006. Member: State Bar of California; Orange County Bar Association and Council on Litigation Management.

George Woolverton

Position: President / Firm Manager
Phone:  323 935-6669
Email: gw@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 1975.
Joined the firm in 1995.

Education:
California State University, Dominguez Hills (B.A. 1972)
Southwestern University School of Law (J.D. 1975)

Associations:
Member of the Southwestern University School of Law Board of Trustees
California Insurance Guarantee Association Board of Governors
Former Chairman of The Fair Employment and Housing Commission
Southwestern Law Review
Council on Litigation Management
State Bar of California
Los Angeles County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Member of the Defense Research Institute

Mr. Woolverton was appointed on September 27, 1999 by Governor Gray Davis to serve as Commissioner and Chairman of The Fair Employment and Housing Commission. He was then reappointed in 2003 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on two occasions where he served as Chairman until he left in 2011.  Mr. Woolverton was appointed by both democratic and republican governors to head the Fair Employment and Housing Commission.  Mr. Woolverton has been sought out as a lecturer in all aspects of both Workers’ Compensation law as well as Fair Employment and Housing issues.

2009 Mr. Woolverton was selected as a Member of the Council on Litigation Management upon recommendation of its Advisory Board and following evaluations of the highest ethical standards and integrity, accomplishment in the profession of law and adherence to the Canons, ethical considerations and disciplinary rules of the Model Code of Professional Conduct.

In 2011 Mr. Woolverton was appointed by Senate Pro Tem Steinberg to the California Insurance Guarantee Association Board of Governors where he still serves as governor.

Matthew B. Woolverton

Position: Vice President
Phone: 323 935-6669
Email: Matthew_Woolverton@shwhlaw.com
Location: Los Angeles

Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2008. Education: University of California Santa Barbara (B.A. 1998), University of West Los Angeles (J.D. 2007).

Matthew Woolverton is a Partner in the Los Angeles office of Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton, and Fox. Since 2008 he has defended employers and insurance companies in all aspects of workers’ compensation claims including multiple trials and appeals. Matt also handles civil claims, including, but not limited to, the defense of discrimination claims under Labor Code §132a and Serious and Willful Misconduct claims under Labor Code §4553. Mr Woolverton has spent more than 14 years litigating on behalf of prominent domestic and international companies including restaurants, super markets, hotels, airlines, manufacturers, movie studios, professional sports teams, and entertainment companies.

 

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