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MEMBERS:  
GEORGE R. PHILLIPS SR. Born Los Angeles, California, April 2, 1928; admitted to bar, 1957, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1958, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., with honors in Accounting, 1950); University of California School of Law (J.D., 1956). Beta Gamma Sigma; National Business Administration Honorary Society. Certified Public Accountant, 1957. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. [U.S. Army (Finance) S.F.C., 1950-1552]. Practice Areas: Taxation; Real Estate; Business Law; Estate Planning.  Email George Phillips Sr.
JOHN KELLY ASTOR. Born Inglewood, California, October 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, United States Court of Appeal, 9th Cir., U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1979); Western State University (J.D., 1982). Member: Orange and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. (Resident at Orange Office). Reported Cases: AGG Enters. v. Wash. County, 281 F.3d 1324 (2002); Pleasant Hill Bayshore Disposal, Inc. v. Chip-It Recycling, Inc., 91 Cal. App. 4th 678 (2001); Parsons v. Crown Disposal, 15 Cal. 4th 456 (1997); Waste Management of the Desert v. Palm Springs Recycling Center, 7 Cal. 4th 478 (1974); Practice Areas: Solid Waste; Government Affairs; Corporate Law.  Email John Kelly Astor
GARY R. PHILLIPS. Born Pasadena, California, March 13, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District Court of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1985). Certified Public Accountant, 1987. Real Estate Broker's License, California, 1991. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: TBG Ins. Services Corp. v. Superior Court, 96 Cal. App. 4th 443 (2002). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Trial Practice; Business Law; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Trust Litigation; Estate Planning; Employment Law.  Email Gary Phillips
RONALD N. SARIAN. Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1980) College of Letters and Science Honors Program, Omicron Delta Epsilon; Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Defects; Design Professionals Liability.  Email Ronald Sarian
GEORGE R. PHILLIPS JR. Born Pasadena, California, December 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California (B.S.A., 1985; J.D., 1991). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Certified Public Accountant, California, 1993. Reported Cases: LAUSD v. Trump Wilshire Associates, 42 Cal.App.4th 1682 (1996). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Eminent Domain; Business Law; Estate Planning.  Email George Phillips Jr.
JAMES R. BARLOW COELHO. Born Fresno, California, December 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1995). Member: Los Angeles County and Fresno County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Propane Gas Defense Association. Reported Cases: Unetco Indus. Exch. v. Homestead Ins. Co., 57 Cal. App. 4th 1459 (1997). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Business Law; Estate Planning.  Email James Coelho
OF COUNSEL:  
MARK E. LABOUNTY. Born Pomona, California, May 9, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: California State University at Long Beach (B.S., summa cum laude, 1976); Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Beta Gamma Sigma. Certified Public Accountant, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate; Corporate Law.  Email Mark Labounty
ASSOCIATES:  
LYA R. KINGSLAND. Born Santa Monica, California, April 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: California State University at Fullerton (B.S., 1985); Western State University (J.D., with honors, 1988). Member: Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. (Resident at Orange Office). Practice Areas: Probate; Corporate Law.  Email Lya Kingsland
ERIC B. LABOUNTY. Born Glendora, California, January 16, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: California State University, Chico (B.A., 1985); Western State University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real EstateLaw; Estate Planning.  Email Eric Labounty
PAUL R. KASSABIAN. Born Pasadena, California, July 9, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Occidental College (B.A., 1988); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1995). Moot Court Honors Program, UCLA. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trust and Estates Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Probate Law; Trust Law.  Email Paul Kassabian
GERARD V. KASSABIANBorn Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California.  Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Admin., Real-Estate Finance, Dean's List, 1997, B.A., Political Science, 1998); Southwestern University School of Law, Law Review Associate Editor (J.D., 2001); University of Miami School of Law - Estate and Tax Planning Master of Laws (LL.M, 2002).  Author: "Federal Trial Judge's Duty as 'Gatekeeper' to Exclude Unreliable Expert Opinion Testimony," Professional Liability Update, Lewis, D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, LLP (Oct. 2000); employment law case summary, 29 Sw. U. L. Rev. 839 (2001);  legal ethics law case summary, 29 Sw. U. L. Rev. 885 (2001).  Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations.  Practice Areas: Real Estate, Business Law, Estate Planning.  Email Gerard Kassabian
   
  Z. HARRY ASTOR. Retired January 1, 2007.