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William L. Banning

Encinitas, CA

William L. Banning has over 30 years of experience in personal injury and maritime law. He has been honored by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America, and is a Certified Specialist in Admiralty & Maritime Law.

Dwight Ritter is a trial attorney and founder of Ritter & Associates. He has been twice named San Diego's Trial Lawyer of the Year and holds the title of Master Trial Lawyer from American Inns of Court. He is an Advocate to the American Board of Trial Advocates and a board-certified member of the National Board of Trial Lawyers. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. With over 35 years of experience, he focuses on representing individuals in personal injury, wrongful death, sexual harassment, product defects, and civil rights claims, including police misconduct and maritime law. He is licensed to practice in California, Arizona, Indiana, and the Island of Guam.

John T. Wendland

Irvine, CA

John Wendland is a partner at W&D Law with extensive experience representing design professionals, construction companies, financial institutions, and real estate firms. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including contract disputes, professional negligence, personal injury, real estate disputes, and intellectual property. He practices in Nevada, Arizona, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bejan K. Ghatrehee

Frisco, TX

Bejan K. Ghatrehee focuses his practice on personal injury cases, including car and 18-wheeler accidents. He also has extensive experience in IRS collection matters, estate planning, and probate. He earned his J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2009 and his B.S. from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2004. Mr. Ghatrehee is admitted to practice in Texas and Guam.

Sergio Rufo

Wailuku, HI

Sergio is proud to live in Hawai`i, where the law gives jurors - men and women like you (and not judges or politicians) - the power to ensure that safety rules are followed in the future by providing full and fair compensation to victims of corporations and hospitals which place profits over people. In other words, it is the jury’s job to enforce the safety rules and keep the community and the islands safe by returning verdicts which these corporations and hospitals will take seriously. Sergio is licensed in Hawai`i, Guam, the CNMI, and Michigan. He is based in Honolulu and focuses on trials of medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury cases. He is a Top-Rated Lawyer in the categories of Medical Malpractice by SuperLawyers. He is rated in the Top-100 attorneys in the category of Civil Litigation and Top-25 in the area of Medical Malpractice in Hawai`i. He carries the highest possible rating (“AV”) from Martindale-Hubbell for professional ethics and legal ability, based on an independent survey of the legal community.

Antonio L. Cortés

Lafayette, CA

Antonio L. Cortés has over thirty years of civil and business litigation experience, and has litigated numerous real estate disputes in California, Palau, and Guam. His extensive experience in real estate involves cases concerning title, deed validity, ejectment, partition, lease rights, cancellation of instruments, claims for public lands, easement and access rights, boundaries, mechanics liens, mortgage fraud, commercial leases, equitable liens, mortgage foreclosure, purchase agreements, nuisance, flood liability, and toxic mold liability. Mr. Cortés has also litigated intellectual property rights, corporate issues such as dissolution and shareholder rights, securities fraud, and employment issues such as unlawful termination and wage and hour disputes. Additionally, Mr. Cortés has litigated cases involving public fiduciary duty, nonfeasance, freedom of information, defense contracting, private entity claims, constitutional interpretation, separation of powers, interstate boundaries, international treaties, intergovernmental transactions, government negligence, and sovereign immunity. He has tried over thirty cases, and has obtained large jury verdicts, including a multi-million dollar punitive damage award.