Best Lawyers in Santa Monica, California

Avi Friedman, a Partner with the firm, served six terms (2007-2010 & 2014-2017) on the AILA Department of State Liaison Committee. He served his ninth term as the Consular Affairs Liaison for the Southern California Chapter of AILA. He has authored numerous articles for AILA including: several chapters for the “Visa Processing Guide;” Third-Country National (TCN) and Consular Processing of Non-immigrant Visa Applications in Mexico and Canada: Practice Advisory; Nonimmigrant Wa...

David R. Fullmer joined Wolfsdorf Rosenthal as a partner in 2017. He is a top rated immigration lawyer and former LA County Bar Immigration Section Chair. Mr. Fullmer has practiced exclusively in the area of immigration law for over twenty years. His main goal is to provide leading edge immigration legal services. He strives to educate the parties at the nuts and bolts level on their compliance obligations. He also believes that effective communication combined with service and education is t...

Afshin Mozaffari – Mozaffari Law is a firm born out of a basic commitment to justice and human rights. Its founder, Afshin Mozaffari, has devoted his career to practicing in the area of civil rights and employment law and in protecting the rights of employees. Mr. Mozaffari has successfully represented employees in employment disputes, including those arising from wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, harassment, medical leave and accommodation law violations....

Bernard M. (Bernie) Resser is a nationally recognized, first-chair litigator. As a former federal prosecutor with over 40 years of significant litigation experience, he delivers winning results for a diverse and sophisticated business clientele. His revolutionary use of state-of-the-art technology serves to maintain his on-going success. Bernie’s client-centric approach expeditiously achieves successful dispute resolution through strategic motions and mediation and, when necessary, tria...

Cliff Rosenthal is partner of Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP. Mr. Rosenthal specializes in providing comprehensive immigration solutions to meet the needs of the firm’s diverse spectrum of clientele. Possessing over 18 years of experience and a thorough knowledge of the immigration law practice, Mr. Rosenthal prepares and assists clients with a wide range of immigration cases, focusing on non-immigrant and green card visa petitions, as well as applications for U.S. citizenship. Mr. Rosenthal i...

Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Paul co-founded Gilchrist & Rutter in 1983 and practiced law until 2006, at which time he joined a publicly held REIT client as an executive vice president. After working as an executive vice president and then as co-chief operating officer and general counsel in two publicly held real estate companies from 2006-2014, and the merger of his company into another publicly held REIT, Paul returned to his law practice in January 2014. He combines his lega...

Bernard P. Wolfsdorf is the Past President of the 15,000-member American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where he received the Service Excellence Award for his contribution. He is the Managing Partner of Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP (WR), which has over 150 professionals and attorneys with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Oakland, Santa Monica, and Shanghai. WR is a full-service, top-rated immigration law firm providing exceptional immigration and visa services. With over 30 years of...